Scandinavian TechPolitics

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SCANDINAVIAN TECHPOLITICS

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Presentation given at Personal Democracy Forum http://personaldemocracy.com/ in a panel about "Best of European TechPolitics.

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SCANDINAVIANTECHPOLITICS

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Bente Kalsnes Communication Advisor, Origo.no

Email: [email protected]: @benteka

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SCANDINAVIA (ACCORDING TO MY SOCIAL NETWORK):

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Norway in brief

• Multiparty, parliamentary political system• Monarchy• 4,8 mill, 80% live in urban areas• 11% of population immigrants• Not member of the European Union (or the

euro)• 11% immigrants• Oil, fish, water power

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Sweden in brief

• Multiparty, parliamentary political system• Monarchy• 9,4 mill, 85% live in urban areas• Member of the European Union (but not the

euro)• 13% immigrants• Ikea, H&M, Saab, Sony Ericson

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Denmark in brief

• Multiparty, parliamentary political system• Monarchy• 5,5 mill, 85% live in urban areas• Member of European Union (but not the euro)• 9,5% immigrants• Renewable energy (windmills), green housing

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SCANDINAVIA IS ALSO THIS:

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HUMOUR

ATTITUDE

HIGH TECH

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SCANDINAVIA - HUGE POTENTIAL FOR TECHPOLITICS:

• Strong broadband penetration and fairly tech savvy population

• Open political systems• Good laws in place• High levels of SOCIAL TRUST• High election participation

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACTS

Sweden: 1766 (Freedom of the press law, the world’s oldest)

Norway: 1970 (Freedom of Information Act)

Denmark: 1985 (Access to Public Administration Files Act)

USA: 1966 (Freedom of information Act)

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FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Sweden: 1810Norway: 1814Denmark: 1849

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ePOLITICS

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POLITICAL PARTIES

The Labour Party (NO) The Social Liberal Party (DK)

ONLINE COMMUNITIES FOR POLITICAL PARTIES:

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POLITICAL PARTIES CONT.

BLOGGING FOREIGN MINISTERS:

Carl Bildt (SV)Jonas Gahr Støre (NO)

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POLITICAL PARTIES CONT. (NO)

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POLITICAL PARTIES CONT. (SW)

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eGOVERNMENT

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eGOVERNMENT CONT.

INNOVATION COMPETITIONS

(NO) (DK)

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eGOVERNMENT CONT.

(NO)REQUEST FOR INPUT

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ELECTRONIC MAIL REGISTER

eGOVERNMENT CONT. (NO)

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eCAMPAIGNS

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eCAMPAIGNS CONT. (SW)

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eCAMPAIGNS CONT. (NO)

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BUILT WITH OPEN DATA

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BUILT WITH OPEN DATA CONT.(SW)

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BUILT WITH OPEN DATA CONT.(DK)

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BUILT WITH OPEN DATA CONT. (NO)

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SCANDINAVIAN TECHPOLITICS – MY EVALUATION:

GOOD: ePolitics, eCampaigns

MUST IMPROVE: eGov and Buildt with open data

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CHALLENGES:

• Small environment of tech geeks• Trust the government too much to fix

things?• Mainly public funding, few independent

foundations

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Bente Kalsnes Communication Advisor, Origo.no

Email: [email protected]: @benteka

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