[ecrea] New book: Access to Information

Access to Information in the Nordic Countries

A comparison of the laws of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland 
and international rules

By Oluf Jørgensen

Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg 2014, 40 pages.


Free access to public records is crucial to democratic control and 
participation. Rules of law and legal practice concerning  access and 
secrecy are of far-reaching significance to all sectors of society and 
to the relationship between citizens and the state.



This publication Access to Information in the Nordic Countries explains 
and compares the legal rules determining public access to documents and 
data in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. In addition, 
international rules emanating from the United Nations, the Council of 
Europe and the European Union are elucidated.


Access to Information in the Nordic Countries demonstrates that, in the 
five Nordic countries, right-of-access rules are very different and show 
no consistent pattern. A country with the best conditions in some areas 
may have poor conditions in others.



This publication in English is based on a more comprehensive version in 
Danish published in Nordicom-Information No 3/2014, Nordicom, University 
of Gothenburg.



Download a pdf version of the publication: 
http://www.nordicom.gu.se/en//publikationer/access-information-nordic-countries



Best regards,



Ulla C.





Ulla Carlsson, Dr., Professor

Director

NORDICOM

University of Gothenburg

Box 713

SE 405 30 Göteborg

www.nordicom.gu.se







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