Picture by Erla Ziskasen

The recent ministerial meeting of the Nordic Defense Cooperation (NORDEFCO) was held in Tòrshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. In the picture above, from the left: the Faroese MFA Høgni Hoydal; Denmark’s MoD Troels Lund Poulsen; Iceland’s MFA Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir; Sweden’s MoD Pål Jonson; Finland’s MoD Antti Häkkänen, and Greenland‘s Permanent Secretary of Statehood and Foreign Affairs, Mininnguaq Kleist. Norway was not physically represented at the meeting.

The Nordic allies believe that Russia will remain a threat against European and global security for the foreseeable future, so they want to engage in operational military interaction under NATO, through a united Nordic region. 

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