This report offers concise and comparative insights into the policy frameworks guiding integration across the Nordic region in 2025. It outlines responsible actors, strategic priorities, and key measures, such as introduction programmes, settlement schemes and language training for different categories of migrants.
A key feature is the overview table at the end, which summarises the main findings for easy comparison across countries. We hope this overview will serve as a useful resource for authorities, policymakers, practitioners, researchers, media representatives and other experts. Understanding the policy frameworks provides an essential foundation for mutual learning and collaboration across the Nordic countries. The challenge of ensuring effective integration is a shared one, and a vital part of building a socially sustainable, cohesive, and resilient Nordic region.
Integration policy is a constantly evolving field, shaped by shifting migration patterns, political priorities, and societal needs. To reflect these changes, we aim to update this Nordic overview regularly.
This initiative is a collaboration between the Nordic Welfare Centre and Nordregio, as part of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ co-operation programme on integration. We sincerely thank the Nordic steering group, consisting of leading civil servants at the national ministries, for their valuable contributions throughout the process with this report. A special thank you to the authors Anna Berlina, Hjördís Guðmundsdóttir and Jonas Kačkus Tybjerg at Nordregio for their excellent work on the report.