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Nordisk Vision (Danish/Norwegian/Swedish: Nordisk Vision, Finnish: Pohjoismainen Visio, Greenlandic: Nunat Avannaamioqatigiit Anguniagaat) is an NGO dedicated to closer cooperation between the Nordic countries and ultimately accomplishing the creation of a democratic federation of autonomous regions – a united Nordic state. The organisation was founded on May 17, 2001, at Voksenåsen in Oslo, Norway. However, since 2004, the association formally consists of independent associations for each country, as there appeared to be too many legal border barriers associated with having one common pan-Nordic association. Membership is open to world-wide sympathisers and the organisation strongly distance themselves from extremist and racist groups. Nordisk Vision claims to have no ideological connections beyond the desire for a Nordic union and several of the members are also stated to be active in other pro-Nordic NGOs, such as Foreningen Norden. ==Background== The kingdoms of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and their then territories were all united in the Kalmar Union under Margaret I on June 17, 1397. A series of personal unions kept it alive up until the election of Gustav Vasa as king of Sweden in 1523, which led to a de facto split. The following centuries were marked by Nordic wars, but vibrant economic ties and population flows across the borders were maintained. The 19th century saw a strong political and cultural regional movement developing in the Nordic countries, Scandinavism. This advocated a military defence pact and a new Nordic union, similar to what was established in Germany and Italy. One of the outcomes of the movement was the Scandinavian monetary union created in 1871. This cooperation lasted until World War I, when the one-to-one pegging was scrapped. In the aftermath of World War II, negotiations on possible deeper military and economic integration were revitalised (See e.g. Nordek). One of the many concrete outcomes of this process was the Nordic Passport Union. Complete integration were close to realisation, but were then abruptly abandoned as a consequence of the cold war.〔Nordic Council: ( ''The history of Nordic Co-operation - 1953–1971 Many plans and initiatives, little progress''. )〕〔Stampehl, Jan (2001): ''Ist Finnland ein nordisches Land? Der Nordek-Prozess 1968–70 als Fallstudie'', Chapter 3 - ( ''Die Nordek-Verhandlungen'' ). Masters Thesis at Philosophische Fakultät II, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany. (''In German'')〕〔European Tribune: ( ''A Nordic Union (That Wasn't)'' ), Mar 30th, 2008.〕 Since the collapse of the Sovjet Union the efforts to cooperate between the Nordic countries have once again increased; this time often including the baltic countries in the dialogue as well.〔Nordic Council: ( ''History of the Nordic region - Five welfare states in a global world (approx. 1920 to the present)'' )〕 An example of the latter is the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB). One of many indicators of a positive shift in attitudes towards further Nordic cooperation is Thorvald Stoltenberg's February 2009 report to the Nordic foreign ministers, "Nordic co-operation on foreign- and defence policy".〔Stoltenberg, Thorvald: ( ''Nordisk samarbeid om utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitikk'' ), February 9th, 2009. (''In Norwegian'']〕 The idea of a Nordic/Scandinavian Federation has recently received more attention in Nordic media. The historian Gunnar Wetterberg's proposal of a union in one of the bigger Swedish daily papers, Dagens Nyheter (October 27, 2009), gave widespread attention in Nordic media. Wetterberg (and Stoltenberg) argued that it would give member countries more influence if they combined their voices on the world stage. The six countries, if combined, would have the world's tenth largest economy; larger than e.g. Russia or Brazil.〔Wetterberg, Gunnar: ( ''De fem nordiska länderna bör gå ihop i en ny union'' ) , Dagens Nyheter, October 27th, 2009 . (''In Swedish'')〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nordisk Vision」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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