This book provides the first comparative analysis of how state size and administrative scale influenced responses to the COVID-19 pandemic across the five Nordic states and two territories. It produces valuable insight into how state size, polity and structural arrangements, and culture influenced the management of the crisis in Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. In an era of recurring global crises, the book offers critical lessons for policymakers, crisis leaders, and public administration scholars.

Ásthildur Elva Bernhardsdottir is Professor of Crisis Management at Bifröst University, Iceland.

Baldur Thorhallsson is Professor of Political Science at University of Iceland, Iceland.