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Scandinavian countries are well-known for their broad social safety net and their public funding of services such as universal health care, higher education, parental leave, and child and elderly care. High levels of public spending naturally require high levels of taxation. In 2019, Denmark’s tax-to-GDP ratio was at 46.3 percent, Norway’s at 39.9 percent, and Sweden’s at 42.8 percent. This compares to a ratio of 24.5 percent in the United States. So how do Scandinavian countries raise their tax revenues? A first breakdown shows that consumption taxes and social security contributio...

The growing interests and presence of Russia, China and the US in the Arctic have a destabilising effect on the region’s security, according to the annual risk assessment conducted by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS). Tensions within the Danish Kingdom, which includes Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, may be more openly exploited, especially by Russia and China, according to a report published by DDIS on Thursday. Although Denmark is responsible for the Danish Kingdom’s defence and foreign affairs, the three countries have different views and interests when it comes ...