ABSTRACT
The Nordic cooperation includes a self-articulation of exceptionalism and recently also a set goal to be the most integrated and sustainable region by 2030. This positioning includes an implicit point of comparison. However, the past and present of Scandinavianism and Nordic cooperation has seldom been analysed in a comparative pan-nationalist perspective. The self-articulated goals only implicitly recognise other similar pan-nationalisms. Today these legacies and traditions might still play a role. In EU politics the Europe of regions policy has been challenged recently by potential blocks. In the light of this development also Nordic cooperation, with its 200 years of history, might become a factor to reckon with in the union.
