Norwegian education agreements and programs

The Nordic nations’ education accords and frameworks are included below.
To guarantee that Nordic residents are given access to education across the area and that Nordic higher education certificates are recognized in all Nordic countries, the Nordic nations have signed many agreements. Many Nordic cooperation study courses provide chances to learners throughout the area.

Nordic education agreements
Mutual higher education diploma recognition
The 2004 Reykjavik Declaration is a Nordic agreement on third-level education recognition. This declaration was updated in 2022.

Higher education credentials from one Nordic nation are typically recognized in the others under the declaration. You may even have your education examined in another Nordic nation to prove its recognition.

Contact any of the 5 Nordic office for qualification recognition (NORRIC) for additional information.

Access to higher education.
The 1996 agreement among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden on higher education access allows Nordic citizens to apply to higher education in other Nordic countries on equal terms. The agreement also allows credit transfer from one Nordic nation to another on comparable terms with applicants in that country.

The agreement allows you to apply to higher studies in a Nordic nation with prior schooling from other Nordic country.

Nordplus
Nordplus, the Nordic Council of Ministers’ main assistance initiative, promotes lifelong learning, education, mobility, and languages. Five sub-programs of Nordplus support a variety of mobile activities, networks, and development initiatives for all ages and participants from the Nordic and Baltic areas each year. A specific arrangement with Denmark allows Danish minority schools in South Schleswig to qualify for Nordplus financing. Nordplus started in 1988.

Nordplus allows students to engage in mobile activities including exchange projects and programs with other Nordic or Baltic students. Your school must engage in a Nordplus initiative with other Scandinavian or Baltic schools.

As a Nordic or Baltic school employee, you may get help to create mobile activities, networks, or development initiatives with other institutions.

Nordkurs
University-level summer courses in Nordic languages, literature, and culture are called Nordkurs. Annual ECTS-credit courses are available in Danish, Finnish, Finnish Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish. Some years may provide Faroese, Greenlandic, and Sami courses. Over 350 Nordic students take the courses annually.

Nordic-language pilots
Nordic Language Pilots, founded in 2007, is a supplemental training course for Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish instructors who want to improve their neighboring language didactics and serve as resource people for their colleagues. This applies to Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish native and foreign language instructors. titled The Language Pilots course is for elementary and secondary teachers.

As the primary or higher education teacher, the course helps you understand Nordic languages as adjacent and foreign languages and build didactics and methods to include Nordic content into teaching. The training and lodging are free, however participants must pay for transportation and teaching replacements.

Norden 0-30
Norden 0-30 supports children and youth programs to increase their political, cultural, and social engagement. A minimum of three Nordic nations must be involved in a project to help young people and kids under 30.

Nordic 0-30 allows organizations, groups, municipalities, institutions, associations, and networks to apply for assistance for networking activities that engage young people and kids and promote Nordic cooperation. This might involve meetings, camps, seminars, procedures, campaigns, or reports. Applicants need not be target group members. Minimum 15% self-financing is needed for up to EUR 25,000 applications.