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Living his boyhood dream on Faroese football pitches
Sep 19, 2024 Mikkel Dahl has played against global stars like Ivan Perisic, he has won the championship, the cup final and holds the record for most league goals. He has done it all with a club he never heard about before he was 27: Havnar Bóltfelag in the Faroe Islands.
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The Swedish football club using sports against unemployment and for inclusion
Sep 19, 2024 The challenge for sports clubs is to attract those who have not yet become engaged, especially those who need support on their journey toward a healthier life and who want to become more involved in society. It’s about more than just building muscles.
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Company sports enjoys high participation levels in Iceland
Sep 19, 2024 In most Nordic countries, company sports are overseen by a special federation. In Iceland, it is done by the public sports section at the National Olympic and Sports Association. Participation levels have been good, and the companies see more and more benefits from increasing them.
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Red workers with white sails
Sep 19, 2024 Sports and politics are closely related in Finland. For more than a century, the country has had double sports clubs – for people on the political left and the political right. Now, the Finnish Workers' Sports Federation is considering its future as fewer and fewer identify as workers and class divisions decrease.
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Swedish hospital uses AI to the benefit of patients and staff
Aug 26, 2024 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.
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Finland wants to teach the world more about AI
Aug 26, 2024 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.
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Iceland ditches crypto mining for AI: “A great opportunity for Nordic data centres”
Aug 26, 2024 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.
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Mixed Nordic reception for EU traineeship directive
Aug 22, 2024 Once again, the European Commission is proposing regulations on matters that the member states manage best themselves, argues the Swedish parliament. It is now submitting a “yellow card” against the Commission's proposal for an EU directive on better conditions for trainees, put forward in spring 2024.
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