The Nordic Smart City Network is a collaboration initiative joining five Nordic countries, and currently 20 Nordic cities with a common goal: to explore the Nordic way to create livable and sustainable cities. All capital cities are presented in the network. Collaboration is key to stay competitive in the global market. Nordic smart cities have many shared values and visions, such as open data and the active role of citizens. The cities can benefit from closer collaboration by sharing experiences and the network provides innovative solution providers with a wider market.
The Nordic network shares experiences and best practices, aiming to make the cities better for the citizens. The cities involve approximately 5.300.000 million people and affect their everyday life.
The Nordic countries are known as solid democratic societies with high social trust, advanced digitalization, topping the rankings of happiness amongst the citizens, welfare and growth. Nordic Urban Living Labs is a joint project of the Nordic Network of Smart Cities financed by Nordic Innovation. The project has been running from 2018- 2019. The aim is to share best practices for living labs and urban development – and so has been done within several thematic projects related to different areas from people flow data to wayfinding and smart waste. The collaboration can open new possibilities such as scalability for Nordic innovative companies and attract global investment.
