ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the incidence of foodborne illnesses in the five Nordic countries-Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden-which have a total population of around 24 million (Fig. 1). In 1998, the population was 5.3 million in Denmark, 5.2 million in Finland, 275,000 in Iceland, 4.4 million in Norway, and 8.9 million in Sweden. Denmark, Sweden, and Finland are member countries of the European Union (EU). All the Nordic countries joined the WHO Surveillance Program for the Control of Foodborne Infections and Intoxications in Europe at an early stage, at the beginning of the 1980s.
