Nordic Model is an economically moderate, civically liberal (mostly), and mostly culturally left ideology that believes in the Nordic political model. Its economic system is market capitalism with a large welfare state and a neo-corporatist bargaining system, while also having a parliamentary form of government (3/5 monarchist, 2/5 republican).
It can be debated if the model is aligned more with 
Social Democracy or 
Social Liberalism due to the similarities between the two of them. Most of its followers would claim to be the former, particularly outside of the Nordic countries.
Bernie Sanders is probably his biggest fan outside of Scandinavia.
History
Sweden 
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Norway 
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Denmark 
Danish Social Democracy (In Danish: Socialdemokratiet) represents the social democratic political party in Denmark. Under the leadership of Mette Frederiksen, the party became increasingly skeptical of mass immigration from Islamic countries, 
globalization, and other 
neoliberal policies that have been adopted under the social democratic parties in Europe that have caused their political performance to decline due to the abandoning of social democratic values for the rise of 
third-way neoliberalism. It has been described as 
welfare chauvinist.
Finland 
- Sanna Marin is a Finnish politician, former congressman, Minister of Transport and Communications and the Prime Minister of Finland. As a congresswoman, she has served on the grand committee, legal committee, and environment committee, and has had congressional memberships on administration, futures, and finance committees.
As prime minister, she aimed to reform the Nordic Model to adapt to the environment, also opposing nuclear energy and having made alliances with environmentalists. It self-proclaims its values being "freedom, equality and solidarity" and "joint and communal responsibility". A characteristic of her government would be its opposition to Russia and Putin, who even initially opposed NATO membership, later, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in which Finland became favorable to NATO membership, making the alliance sign an accession protocol, in addition to being pro-Zelenskyy and pro-improvement of the relationship with Estonia. Even though it claims to be left (center-left), Finland is still the most economically free country, with Denmark behind according to The Heritage Foundation.
There are controversies surrounding her, such as the actions regarding the pandemic, the low quality of the food benefit (among other things) and a video of a private party she attended, increasing opposition, especially from the 
conservatives.
Iceland
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Personality
Shy, reserved, and pessimistic, but when you get to know him (or get him drunk), he is a very optimistic and happy-go-lucky kind of person.
Likes to visit the sauna and get drunk.
His favorite drink is coffee.
Gets annoyed when people call him a socialist and gets VERY mad when they say it as an insult.
How to Draw
The flag and ball design of the Nordic model is based on the naval jack of Sweden-Norway.
- Draw a ball.
- Split the ball into four triangular parts using two diagonals.
- Color the left and right parts Navy Blue, with a Golden Yellow horizontal stripe going across in the middle
- Color the top and bottom parts Deep Red, with a White-Blue-White vertical stripe going top-to-bottom
- Draw two eyes
- (Optional) Show the ball holding a coffee cup (a very common beverage in North European countries)
You're done!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Red | #BA0C2F | 186, 12, 47 | |
| Navy Blue | #00205B | 0, 32, 91 | |
| White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
| Golden Yellow | #FACD01 | 250, 205, 1 | |
Nordic Council design
Alternatively, the flag of the Nordic Council can be used to represent the Nordic Model in comics or artwork.
- Draw a ball
- Fill the ball with Cyan
- Draw a large white ring outline in the center
- At the bottom of the ring, draw a white straight line
- From the left side of the bottom line, draw four diagonal lines leaning left and stopping at the border of the ring
- Add two eyes
You are finished!
| Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyan | #006EB6 | 0, 110, 182 | |
| White | #FFFFFF | 255, 255, 255 | |
Relationships
Vänner/Venner/Venner
Paternalistic Conservatism - I'm progressive for the most part, but 
Høyre is still good. 
PiS are valuable allies against R*ssland, too.
Bismarckism - My more conservative 19th century counterpart south of me.
Social Liberalism - Ease of doing business mixed with welfare programs? Baserad!
Social Democracy - Literally me, for the most part.
Constitutional Monarchism - He allowed me to work in 3/5 of his countries.
Social Libertarianism - A more extremist version of myself.
Monetarism - He helped me during the 80s and 90s.
Third Way - A tiny bit of neoliberalism and being pro-NATO does not hurt.
Keynesian School - He taught me a lot during my early years.
Social Capitalism - My economic system.
Technoliberalism - Centrist capitalist unity! Estland is not Nordic and never will be, get over it already.
Market Socialism - The only socialist that I like. He likes markets and co-ops just like me.
Neoconservatism - We are all either in your club or want to join it.
Welfarism - The welfare state is a big part of the nordic nations.
Regulationist Capitalism - Capitalism is good, but the market needs regulations (not many, anyway).
Neutral/Nøytral/Neutral
Classical Liberalism - We all love markets, but slow down buddy!
Social Authoritarianism - I like your democratic brother more.
Social Corporatism - Good guy, even if he's too authoritarian.
Democratic Socialism - Welfare and democracy are cool, but so is capitalism. And I'm not socialist!
Conservative Socialism - Accuses me of abandoning the workers and their interests in favor of identity politics. Alright, maybe I've done so a few times lately, but you'll still vote for me, right?
Yellow Socialism - I like your economic ideas but sadly you're still socialist & I'm not.
Fiscal Conservatism - Please, can I spend just a little more? I promise I will be responsible.
Esoteric Fascism - I hate you so much, but you're the only other guy at the Nordic Countries Fanclub.
Sandersism - My #1 fanboy who doesn't seem to understand that I want to distance myself from socialism. Still, at least you say it as a compliment unlike 
those rövhattar 
.
Mediacracy - Thanks for making me popular with Americans, but c'mon, Bernie isn't actually THAT bad.
Socialism - I really really hate being called a socialist, especially in the USA but I can't hate him for this. After all, we both wanted a more fair society...
Syndicalism - I like trade unions, but this is a bit too far.
Neoliberalism - I like to say I hate him, but the truth is that I've warmed up to him since the 90s after his son introduced me to him. I just really don't wanna upset my more left-wing fans if they see me hanging out with you from time to time.
Reformist Marxism - I used to be one of your followers in my youth, but then I discovered class collaboration and the free market.
Liberal Conservatism 
- My main rival. Nowadays he likes to pretend that he's an "enlightened conservative" who opposes mass immigration and Islam even though it was them who opened the borders under "The Alliance." Your neoliberal economics also sold us out to China. However, Carl Bildt has grown on me over time.
Welfare Chauvinism - At least 
you 
like my economics unlike a lot of other right-populists, but definitely not a fan of the xenophobia and extreme cultural conservatism. And yes,
Frederiksen kinda likes you, but it's just not as bad ok?
Erdoğanism - Why are you still trying to stop Sweden from entering NATO? I thought we came to a compromise. At least Finland got a green light, so that's good.
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Here's a list of people I want you to give me. Then we can talk.
Seriöst? Just because they called you "Erdopoop"?- Evet.
European Federalism - Denmark, Sweden and Finland are all EU members. Stay away from Norway's oil and Iceland's fish though.
Eugenicism - NO, I don't know you and I TOTALLY have nothing to do with you! I swear!!
Multiculturalism - At first I supported you because of our falling birth rates. But then the crime rate went up, not to mention the fact that most refugees refused to integrate into our society and culture, which in turn made the far-right popular.
Helvetic Model - My more pro-free market counterpart, essentially Classical Liberalism to my Social Democracy. Nowadays they're mad at me for dropping neutrality, but I had the reason for doing so.
American Model - Important NATO ally, but too Capitalist and anti-egalitarian for my taste.
Fiender/Fiender/Fjender
Marxism - Hurr durr eat the rich, what a psycho.
Objectivism - Hurr durr eat the poor, what a psycho.
Dengism - You stole Volvo from me and kidnapped Gui Minhai. Prepare to die!
Marxism–Leninism - For the last time we are not communists! Also, Русская революция Russian Revolution, Красный террор Red Terror, Убийство Троцкого Assassination of Trotsky, Голодомор Holodomor, Депортации Deportations, ГУЛАГ Gulag, финская зимняя война Finnish Winter War, Скотный двор Animal Farm, Пакт Молотова-Риббентропа Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Тито-Сталинский раскол Tito-Stalin Split, Красный империализм Red Imperialism, Десталинизация De-Stalinization, Венгерская революция 1956 года Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Nazism - Darwinists who invaded Denmark and Norway. I even had to briefly bring back the death penalty to remove 
Quisling. My swedish side sold you iron though.
Juche - I sold you a bunch of cars, but you still haven't paid me back. Please give me my money!
Democratic Confederalism - I have nothing to do with you, no matter what 
he said. I had to publicly denounce you just to get Turkey on board.
State Liberalism - Yes, I support welfare and labor rights, and you hate me because I have a large white population? Jesus Christ, why is a totalitarian SJW talking to me right now?
Rasmus Paludan - Look, I know that open immigration thing has backfired horribly, but burning the Quran for attention won't solve anything! And now Turkey froze Sweden's application to NATO because of you! Thanks a lot, dipshit.
- I don't like reds like you and neocucks anyway, get rekt.
Francoism - Satans mördare!
Minks - Virusspredere! Fjern minkene!
Gallery
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Old portrait
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Credit: Bruno-radical
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Legacy icon
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One of the old flag designs, by Denatidum
Further Information
Literature
- The Nordic Model of Social Democracy by Dag Einar Thorsen, Nik Brandal, and Øivind Bratberg
- Viking Economics: How the Scandinavians Got It Right-and How We Can, Too by George Lakey
- The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life by Anu Partanen
- The constitution of the Kingdom of Norway
- The Constitution of the kingdom of Sweden
Wikipedia
- Nordic Model
- Nordic model approach to prostitution
- National income policy agreement (Finland)
- Government Pension Fund of Norway
- Rehn–Meidner model
- Flexicurity
Parties
- Social Democrats
- Social Democratic Party of Finland
- Social Democratic Alliance
- Labor Party
- Swedish Social Democratic Party
SAMAK- The Social Democratic Group
Videos
- How Denmark invented Social Democracy by Kraut
- Norway and Sweden Compared by
Mr. Beat 
Economics Explained's videos on Norway and Sweden- The Nordic Model by
Econoboi - Why Oil Doesn’t Corrupt Norway by PolyMatter
- How Finland Became the World's Happiest Country by h0ser
