The Situation of the Languages in and Outside the Nordic Region
Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish, and Swedish are all official languages. Along with Faroese, Greenlandic and Sámi, they are the languages that our communities and history are based on. The Nordic sign languages have a particular position in Nordic societies. “Declaration on Nordic language theory” describes the status of the languages and for key regions of Nordic language policy. The liability for following up on the information lies at the national level, but Nordic co-operation is intended to support national purposes. Danish, Finnish and Swedish are official languages of the European Union. Danish is an official language in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. In the South Schleswig region, Danish has been one of many official languages since 2015. Finnish is known as a minority language spoken in the Republic of Karelia, in north-west Russia.