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HEARING ABOUT NEW NORDIC LANGUAGE POLICY
April 2005 - The Nordic Language Council has issued a draft Nordic language policy for consultation this spring. It takes the form of a declaration designed to raise Nordic language co-operation up onto a more political level and was drawn up as a direct result of a recommendation by the Nordic Council.
The main purposes of the Nordic Language Council are to promote inter-Nordic language understanding, spread knowledge about Nordic languages in the Nordic countries, promote a democratic language policy and attitude to languages in these countries and strengthen the position of the Nordic languages in and beyond the Nordic region.
The Nordic Language Council is part of the Nordic Council, which is the interparliamentary body involving the MPs from the parliaments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden as well as the three autonomous areas: the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland. The Nordic Council takes initiatives and acts in an advisory and supervisory capacity on issues and matters of interest to official Nordic co-operation including languages.
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For further information about the consultation process: (Swedish version)
Sami Language Council:
General information about Faroe Islands:
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