1st Edition

Nordic Peace in Question A Region of and for Peace

Edited By Christopher S. Browning, Marko Lehti, Johan Strang Copyright 2025
234 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book explores historically and theoretically Nordic peace as a marker of identification, ontological (in)security and regional branding. It emphasizes how conceptions of Nordic peace have been translated into policy practices and how it has maintained its relevance over time. The book distinguishes between the Nordic region as a region of peace, a prime example of a Deutschian security... Read more

1. Nordic Peace Revisited

Christopher S. Browning, Marko Lehti and Johan Strang

PART 1: A Region of Peace

2. Nordic Peace: Identity, Brand, Branding

Christopher S. Browning

3. From Peace on the Scandinavian Peninsula to Nordic Peace: Geopolitical Rhetoric and Pan-Scandinavian Reconciliation

Ruth Hemstad

4. The Scandinavist Origins of “Nordic Peace”: Fredrik Bajer and the Peaceful Afterlife of a NineteenthCentury Pan-Ideology

Frederik Forrai Ørskov

5. The Lutheran Heritage and Political Developments in the Nordic Community

Hans Morten Haugen

6. Nordic Peace since the End of History: Exceptionality without Distinction

Johan Strang

Part 2: A Region for Peace

7. Normative Interventionism: Nordic Policies and Practices on ‘Women, Peace and Security Agenda’

Marko Lehti

8. The ‘Birth’ of Nordic Peacekeeping: Can It Withstand Closer Scrutiny?

Martin Ottovay Jorgensen

9. Humanitarian Action: Does the Nordic Model Make a Difference?

Cecelia Lynch

10. “In Practice, It Just Happens”: How the Nordics Work Together Within Peace and Conflict Resolution

Isabel Bramsen and Anine Hagemann

11. Branding Peace: Norway's Campaign for a UN Security Council Seat

Sigrun Marie Moss and Malcolm Langford

Biography

Christopher S. Browning is Reader of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK.

Marko Lehti is Research Director and Senior Research Fellow at Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) and Academic Director of the master’s program in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research (PEACE), both at Tampere University, Finland.

Johan Strang is Professor at the Centre for Nordic Studies (CENS), University of Helsinki, Finland.