The Nordic Council

The Nordic Council was established and its statutes were set out in the 1962 Helsinki Agreement. According to these statutes, the parties undertake “to seek to preserve and further develop cooperation among the countries in legal, cultural, social, and financial fields as well as in matters relating to transport and environmental protection.” More binding cooperation has since been extended to include foreign policy and security-policy issues. The Nordic Council of Ministers, established in 1971, is the forum for Nordic governmental cooperation.