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forumNordic Closes for Vacation
The forumNordic team is on vacation for the next couple of weeks. Here in the Nordics, we still know how to take time off — and we do it to keep our minds fresh and focused.Even though climate change is upon us too, we can still enjoy actual...
Revisiting COVID‑19 – Have Lessons from Nordics Been Learnt?
During the COVID‑19 pandemic, Nordic countries exhibited relatively low mortality despite divergent policies. Denmark, Finland, and Norway recorded minimal excess deaths compared to reference years, while Sweden experienced modest excess...
Saab’s Innovative Unmanned Airborne Early Warning Solution
Saab, the Swedish defence and security leader, has announced a groundbreaking partnership with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to develop an innovative Unmanned Airborne Early Warning (UAEW) solution. This strategic cooperation...
Nordic Countries like Finland Must Link Data Centre Development to New Energy and Grid Commitments
In today’s energy‑constrained world, data centres are far from innovations—they are colossal consumers of electricity. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), “there is no AI without energy – specifically electricity,”...
America’s Democratic Drift: Why the Nordics Should Be Concerned
By Nicholas Anderson, Editor-in-Chief, forumNordic In an increasingly interconnected world, the stability of the United States—economically, politically, and morally—has long served as a cornerstone of Western liberal democracies. For decades,...
Breakthroughs from Nordic Research Bodies: A Review of Nine Key Scientific Advances
In the latest edition of forumNordic News, nine press releases highlight groundbreaking scientific achievements from Nordic institutions including SINTEF, VTT, Aalto, DTU, Chalmers, and KTH. These announcements span diverse fields from climate...
Nordic-French Energy Alliance Powers UK’s Renewable Ambitions
A powerful cross-border partnership between Finland’s Wärtsilä and France’s EDF Renewables is helping the UK take major steps toward its clean energy goals. Combining Nordic battery innovation with French renewable energy expertise, the two...
CyberCoach and the M&S Cyberattack: A Missed Opportunity
The recent cyberattack on Marks & Spencer plc (M&S), attributed to the hacking group Scattered Spider, highlights the critical need for comprehensive and psychologically smart cybersecurity training across all levels of an organization. The...
Innovative Breakthrough in the Fight Against Chlamydia
Chlamydia trachomatis is the world’s most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infection, with over 130 million new cases reported globally each year. Despite this staggering figure, current treatments remain heavily reliant on broad-spectrum...
Revolutionary 3D Bioprinting Breakthrough Inside the Human Body
A groundbreaking advancement in medical science is unfolding through the development of a 3D printer designed to operate inside the human body. This innovation, led by Professor Stina Simonsson and her team at the University of Gothenburg,...
Help the World Discover Nordic Innovation — Send Us Your News
Nordic innovations shape the future of sustainability, health, digital technology, and energy—yet few outside our region ever hear about them. A comprehensive 2024 study by forumNordic revealed a striking visibility gap: over five years, Nordic...
Bonalive: Finnish Innovation Tackling Global Infection Crisis
Exploring Bonalive's Breakthrough Products, Research, Global Reach, and Financial Growth 1. Products: An Antibiotic-Free Solution to a Global Threat Bonalive, a biomedical company founded in 2009 in Turku, Finland, has developed an innovative...
A Night at the Opera—With an Innovative Twist: “Transsi” at the Finnish National Opera
The grand halls of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet in Helsinki are typically associated with elegance, tradition, and a kind of quiet reverence for the arts. But one recent evening, the venue pulsed with a different kind of energy. The...
Summary of ‘Is This the Year We Doom Civilization?’ by Paul Krugman
Readers who follow forumNordic will know that we, the Nordics, hold dear many important human values and virtues that appear to be lost to the current American leaders. There are however clear and clever voices that shout from the pews to the rest...
A Grip on the Future: How Universal Robots, Piab AB, and Joulin Are Transforming Smart Automation
In an era where flexibility and precision define the manufacturing floor, a powerful European-American alliance is taking robotic automation to the next level. Danish cobot pioneer Universal Robots, Swedish vacuum automation leader Piab...
