In the edited collection Athletics in the Nordic Countries, scholars from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden explore historical developments and current pheno

The first book to bring together studies of sport participation in Scandinavian and Nordic countries, this book investigates the factors behind high levels of s

This book examines the relationships between the Nordic social democratic welfare system (‘The Nordic Model’) and physical culture, across the domains of sp

Iceland is a tiny Nordic nation with a population of just 330,000 and no professional sports leagues, and yet its soccer, basketball and handball teams have all

The Scandinavian and Nordic countries have some of the highest participation rates in sport and physical activity in the world and are therefore important case