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Swedish hospital uses AI to the benefit of patients and staff
What are the challenges with AI and which are the good examples that can be replicated? Skåne University Hospital is already using AI to diagnose and treat cancer patients. We look at AI in Skåne from three angles, inspired by the new technology at Skåne University Hospital.
Nordic Innovation at 50 – AI important now, but where are we in 2073?
“Everyone” is talking about AI these days. Nordic Innovation’s 50-year-old history shows that they were engaged in AI projects as early as the 1980s.
Danish AI cuts wind turbine downtime
Danish Reblade uses AI to help drones land safely on wind turbine blades to carry out repairs using robot technology. The company also uses AI to recruit the best talent from around the world.
Finland wants to teach the world more about AI
In the 1990s, Finland performed magic with mobile telephony and technology. Now the country wants to become a leader in artificial intelligence. The message is being spread around the world through a Finnish training program that has already taught a million people elementary AI.
“Develop a Nordic AI strategy or get overtaken by multinationals”
The Nordic region should develop a common strategy for ethical AI. That is the conclusion from an expert group that has studied Nordic collaboration on artificial intelligence.
The Norwegian automated ferry that can be operated as easily as a lift
A wide range of new workplaces could become available in the wake of autonomous ferries.
Iceland ditches crypto mining for AI: “A great opportunity for Nordic data centres”
The number of data centres has increased rapidly in Iceland in the last few years. Critics say they mostly serve crypto mining, which is not considered the most useful way to use valuable green energy.
Everyone talks about AI, but is it not just more digitalisation?
What is the difference between artificial intelligence and normal digitalisation? What will be the consequences for the labour market? Will it lead to more jobs or fewer?
Hyllie – the district that symbolises the Nordic labour market
A private initiative became the beginning of a dynamic district halfway between Malmö Central and Copenhagen Airport. The Eurovision Song Contest was recently staged here and in June, participants this week gathered to celebrate 70 years of the common Nordic labour market.
Swedish minister: Still room for improvement to the common Nordic labour market
Sweden’s Minister for Employment Johan Pehrson has painted a picture of the Nordic region as a beacon in northern Europe, offering hope and opportunities to people. But what does the agreement on the common Nordic labour market really mean beyond what is already regulated by the EU?
Fresh report: Nordic citizens can work anywhere in the region. So why don’t they?
It would seem we are so comfortable in our home countries that we see few reasons to apply for work in or move to a different Nordic country.
National rules dominate the common Nordic labour market
A new Øresund agreement has been signed. But there are still challenges facing commuters who regularly cross a Nordic national border to get to work.
What does the common Nordic labour market mean to you?
The Nordic Labour Journal asked some of the participants at the conference marking 70 years of the common labour market what it means to them – personally or for their respective countries' labour markets.
Danielle - from Party Swede to seamstress
Like tens of thousands of other Swedish youths, Danielle Backström travelled to Norway to work. She became one of the “Party Swedes” who worked in restaurants, cafés and bars. Since then, she has worked as a home carer and with plants. Now, she is training to become a seamstress.
The story of the common Nordic labour market
The common Nordic labour market was established with little fanfare in 1954. Yet over time it has become one of the main pillars of the Nordic cooperation.
“It had to be the Nordics” – why a Danish priest chose Norway
Anne Anker Bolstad is one of many Danish priests working in Norway, where there is a great priest shortage.
Nordics counting the costs of work-related illness
3,000 Swedes die every year from work-related injuries. Unlike fatalities and accidents in the workplace, the effects of poor working environments are harder to see and measure. For the individual, the lost years amount to an immeasurable loss, but society also stands to lose an estimated 4 per cent of GDP per country a year.
More exposed to cancer – Norwegian firefighters pushing for legal change
They expose themselves to great risks to save others and property. But the price they pay can be high. Firefighters are more likely to develop cancer than people in most other occupations. There are now growing calls for making it easier for firefighters to have cancer recognised as an occupational disease.
No horsing around with the work environment for the Swedish equine sector
The Swedish horse industry faces challenges both in terms of high accident risks and heavy labour. To improve the work environment, they offer training and also use research to find new methods and tools to create better conditions. Now, a new equestrian centre where new technology will be tested is nearing completion.
Swedish MEPs: Climate crucial in EU elections
In the EU it is often said that the green transition will bring future jobs, but now the EU’s main climate actions are threatened. As June’s European Parliamentary elections approach, far-right parties want to either change or tear up existing decisions in the EU Green Deal and Fit for 55. The conservative EPP group is also looking at putting the brakes on the climate transition.
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