INTRODUCTION

This publication presents 14 recommendations for improving the integration of migrants in the Nordic countries. The recommendations are divided into four categories: framing and foundation, structural domains, social and relational domains, and transformative practice. The recommendations have been developed by The Nordic Migrant Expert Forum 2025–2027, which consists of 16 experts on integration. All members were born outside the Nordic Region and have since settled in a Nordic country, providing the Forum with a unique combination of professional expertise and lived experience.

The Forum members have been appointed by the national ministries responsible for integration in the Nordic countries. Together they represent a broad knowledge base, with expertise in areas such as the labour market, education, social and health care, gender equality, democracy and citizenship, as well as issues related to segregation.

The Nordic Migrant Expert Forum has been established by the Nordic Council of Ministers as a platform for dialogue between policymakers and foreign-born residents in the Nordic Region. The Forum provides professional perspectives on what constitutes effective integration, and on how Nordic cooperation in this field can be strengthened. In this way, the Forum contributes to the implementation of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Vision 2030, with particular emphasis on the priority of creating a socially sustainable Nordic Region.

Alexa Madrid
Country: Sweden
Country of origin: Honduras

Fernando Ugarte
Country: Greenland
Country of origin: Mexico

Jouya Shafiei
Country: Åland
Country of origin: Iran

Minja Tea Dzamarija
Country: Norway
Country of origin: Bosnia-Herzegovina

Sarifa Moola-Nernæs
Country: Norway
Country of origin: South Africa

Sylvia Garduño Magnussen
Country: Faroe Islands
Country of origin: Mexico

Alyssa Bittner-Gibbs
Country: Åland
Country of origin: USA

Ioannis Chatzopoulos
Country: Denmark
Country of origin: Greece

Juan Camilo Roman Estrada
Country: Iceland
Country of origin: Colombia

Rushy Rashid Højbjerg
Country: Denmark
Country of origin: Pakistan

Sermon Shaba
Country: Sweden
Country of origin: Irak

Ann Marie Cunanan
Country: Greenland
Country of origin: Philippines

Jassin Rezai
Country: Finland
Country of origin: Afganistan

Marvi Gil
Country: Iceland
Country of origin: Philippines

Runa Preeti Ísfeld
Country: Faroe Islands
Country of origin: Mauritius

Sofia Achame-Räisänen
Country: Finland
Country of origin: Ethiopia