The Norwegian actor Aksel Hennie is one of the best known Norwegian actors outside of Norway. He rose to international fame with the hit thriller "Headhunters" released in Norway last year and in the rest of Europe in 2012. Among his film appearances are comprehended several Norwegian films, including "90 Minutes" ...

The past week, from November 30 to December 5 was held in London the inaugural edition of Nordic Film Festival, an independent festival focused on Nordic films organized by Londoner production company Day For Night. This new festival is a unique initiative within UK as to create a film festival dedicated ...

The Finnish actress Emilia Uutinen is one of the Nordic actresses known abroad. She works in Spain and is known for her roles in the Spanish television and film industry. Her films include titles such as "An almost Perfect World" (Un Mundo Casi Perfecto), "Somne", "20 Centimeters" or "Unfarewell" and TV ...

Yesterday December 6th Finland celebrated its Independence Day. The festivities and institutional events took place throughout the day culminating in the traditional Independence Day Party held at the presidential palace in Helsinki. It is the first time that this celebration is chaired by the newly elected President Sauli Niinistö. The tradition ...

Transparency International has just released the results of its annual comparison study on corruption, held in 176 countries worldwide. Finland and Denmark have gone back to the first position in the list of the least corrupt countries, sharing first place with New Zealand. Sweden is ranked number 4,  Norway is ranked ...

Eight European countries, including Norway, Sweden, Finland along with the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and the UK, are looking for workers from other countries in the fields of metal engineering, shipbuilding and medicine. The employment representatives of two Nordic companies and three firms of the Netherlands  were present in the European ...

Pernilla August (before Pernilla Wallgren) is one of the most internationally recognized Swedish actresses. Also playwright and filmmaker, this veteran actress  has just released in Sweden her latest film, "Callgirl" in which she worked under the direction of Mikael Marcimain.  August began her career with small roles in the seventies. Her ...

The way to get to Svalbard  is to take the plane from the Norwegian capital, Oslo or from the city of Tromsø in northern Norway. The Svalbard Airport is located on the island of Spitsbergen, about 5 kilometers northwest of the capital Longyearbyen. The airline operating flights to Svalbard is Scandinavian ...

In the month of September was released in Sweden, coinciding with its screening at the 60th International Film Festival of San Sebastian, "The Hypnotist", the latest film of the Swedish director Lasse Hallström, based on the bestselling novel of the same title by the writer Lars Kepler, pseudonym of the ...

The easiest way is to fly to Greenland is to catch a plane to the capital, Nuuk, located on the west coast of Greenland. Nuuk Airport is located very close to the city and receives annually about 60,000 passengers, being the main base of the airline Air Greenland. This company ...