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The strongest opposition to responding with armed force is in Germany (58%), followed by France (53%) and Italy (51%). More than half of Americans (56%) and Canadians (53%) are willing to respond to Russian military aggression against a fellow NATO country.
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. ' the North ') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic.It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
Both Denmark and Iceland showed a clear preference for joining the Scandinavian Defence Union over NATO. [1] [2] According to a 2018 literature review, the reasons why Danes preferred a Scandinavian military alliance over a North-Atlantic one were "ideology (pan-Scandinavianism), the domestic political situation, a strong belief in Swedish military power, and, especially given the different ...
France is a cultural superpower, still consistently ranked among the most powerful nations in soft power, [182] [183] if not the most powerful of all. [184] France is a developed country with the world's seventh-largest economy by nominal GDP and ninth-largest by PPP; [185] in terms of aggregate household wealth, it ranks fourth in the world. [186]
The Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO) is a collaboration among the Nordic countries in the area of defence. [1] [2] Its five members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. The aim of the organization is to strengthen the member countries' defence capabilities by identifying areas for cooperation and to promote effective solutions.
Like other Nordic countries, Denmark has adopted the Nordic Model, which combines free market capitalism with a comprehensive welfare state and strong worker protection. [151] As a result of its acclaimed "flexicurity" model, Denmark has the freest labour market in Europe, according to the World Bank.
Strength athletics in Iceland refers to the participation of Icelandic competitors and holding national strongman competitions. The sport's roots have a long and ancient history going back many centuries with the legends of Orm Storolfsson and Grettir Ásmundarson to the 19th century traditional strongmen including Snorri Björnsson, Brynjólfur Eggertsson and Gunnar Salómonsson; before the ...
The roots of the competition goes back to the Nordic Strongman Championships which was continued until 2013 with participation of athletes from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark. In 2014, Giants Live upscaled it to global level, renaming the competition to 'World's Strongest Viking'. [1] In 2015, Strongman Champions League took over. [3]