Scandinavian TechPolitics

SCANDINAVIAN
TECHPOLITICS

Bente KalsnesCommunicationAdvisor,
Origo.no
Email: bente@bengler.noTwitter: @benteka

SCANDINAVIA (ACCORDING TO MY SOCIAL NETWORK):

Norway in brief
Multiparty, parliamentarypoliticalsystem
Monarchy
4,8 mill, 80% live in urban areas
11% ofpopulation immigrants
Notmemberofthe European Union (or the euro)
11% immigrants
Oil, fish, water power

Sweden in brief
Monarchy
MemberoftheEuropean Union (but notthe euro)
13% immigrants
Ikea, H&M, Saab, Sony Ericson

Denmarkin brief
Monarchy
Memberof European Union (but notthe euro)
9,5% immigrants
Renewableenergy (windmills), greenhousing

SCANDINAVIA IS ALSO THIS:

ATTITUDE
HUMOUR
HIGH TECH

SCANDINAVIA - HUGE POTENTIAL FOR TECHPOLITICS:
Strong broadbandpenetration and fairlytechsavvypopulation
Open political systems
Goodlaws in place
High levelsof SOCIAL TRUST
High electionparticipation

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACTS
Sweden: 1766(Freedomofthe press law, theworld’soldest)
Norway: 1970 (FreedomofInformationAct)
Denmark: 1985 (Access to Public Administration Files Act)
USA: 1966(FreedomofinformationAct)

FREEDOM OF SPEECH
Sweden: 1810
Norway: 1814
Denmark: 1849

ePOLITICS

POLITICAL PARTIES
ONLINE COMMUNITIES FOR POLITICAL PARTIES:
The Social Liberal Party (DK)
The Labour Party (NO)

POLITICAL PARTIES CONT.
BLOGGING FOREIGN MINISTERS:
Carl Bildt (SV)
Jonas Gahr Støre (NO)

(NO)

(SW)

eGOVERNMENT

eGOVERNMENT CONT.
INNOVATION COMPETITIONS
(NO)
(DK)

eGOVERNMENT CONT.
(NO)
REQUEST FOR INPUT

eGOVERNMENT CONT.
(NO)
ELECTRONIC MAIL REGISTER

eCAMPAIGNS

eCAMPAIGNS CONT.
(SW)

eCAMPAIGNS CONT.
(NO)

BUILT WITH OPEN DATA

BUILT WITH OPEN DATA CONT.
(SW)

(DK)

(NO)

SCANDINAVIANTECHPOLITICS – MY EVALUATION:
GOOD: ePolitics, eCampaigns
MUST IMPROVE: eGov and Buildtwith open data

CHALLENGES:
Small environmentoftechgeeks
Trust thegovernmenttoomuch to fixthings?
Mainly public funding, few independent foundations

LET’S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION HERE:
Bente KalsnesCommunicationAdvisor,
Origo.no
Email: bente@bengler.noTwitter: @benteka

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Scandinavian TechPolitics

by Bente Kalsnes on Jun 08, 2010

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