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Nordic culture exercise its resilience on fortress island of Suomenlinna
On the Suomenlinna island outside Helsinki, Nordic artists, culture workers and institutions meet as resources dwindle and working conditions get harder. Despite budget cuts, cooperation is growing, as is a shared conviction that culture is not a luxury but part of the Nordic region’s resilience. Suomenlinna’s role as a fortress is relevant again.
11 minutes
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Life on Suomenlinna – a haven between canons and thermos flasks
A typical archipelago island, but with Helsinki within sight. Suomenlinna, the fortress island with a military and bloody history, was constructed to keep the Russians away. Today, tourists are invading this Nordic haven.
6 minutes
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DJ and inclusion consultant without job security
Laura Astrid Colstrup has chosen to forgo a permanent job, a pension scheme and unemployment insurance in favour of a life as a self-employed person with four sources of income and a working community for the self-employed.
7 minutes
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Jazz musician on working life: “You have to take responsibility for your own career”
Norwegian Drummer and improvisor Tollef Østvang never expected to find a permanent job as a musician. As a freelance jazz musician he has chosen artistic freedom and his own projects, but feels welfare schemes are poorly adapted to indepentend artists’ needs. Now, LO Selvstendig (LO Self-employed) seeks better systems for these types of jobs.
10 minutes
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The freelancer making a living from her love of dogs
Training a support dog handler is about improving the human’s skills – not the dog’s. Behind the concept is a freelancer who has been making a living for more than 20 years from a life-long true passion: our four-legged friends.
8 minutes
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“You can’t afford to be ill when you run your own business”
Sunniva Johanna Troll Imhof is at home on parental leave with her second child. Being a self-employed physiotherapist brings greater economic uncertainty than if she had been permanently employed.
7 minutes
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The role of the lunch in working life: More than a meal
The lunch break is the highlight of the day at HTC Waterfront in Keilaniemi, Espoo. It is a social meeting place with hot food and lively conversations. At the same time, new studies point to a different trend: shorter and fewer lunch breaks in the Nordics.
8 minutes
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New job trend: More community-focused corporate events
Learning to know each other and building a workplace culture plays a much bigger role as companies bring employees together for parties, conferences and other events.
6 minutes
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Corporate sport in Norway encouraging an active working life
“We are about to become a sedentary and overweight population who spend too much time in front of a screen,” warns Karen Ellemann, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers. Research shows that just a few minutes of activity during a working day means lower sickness absence, better work environments and increased well-being.
10 minutes
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Can kindness make Swedish workplaces safer?
Workplace safety culture requires more than technical barriers. Now Hövlighetsguiden – the Civility Guide – aims to help develop the organisational and social work environment. The method focuses on the group, not the individual, and is based on employees’ own perspectives and experiences.
7 minutes