This book explores India’s political, economic, and cultural relations as well as arms transfers and defence cooperation with the Nordic-5—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden—from 1947 to the present day. It contains fifteen chapters dealing with major topical issues including development cooperation, the India-EFTA Economic Partnership Agreement, migration, mutual perceptions, the Arctic, and the potential for cooperation in low carbon technologies with Scandinavia.

This well-researched, pioneering book fills a long‑felt gap in the existing literature. It examines the complexity, the elements of convergence and divergence as well as the challenges and prospects of India’s relations with the Nordics.

The painstakingly compiled appendices on the exchange of bilateral visits and agreements between India and the Nordics would be of immense use as a handy reference to scholars, policy-makers, and other interested persons and institutions.

Rajendra K. Jain was formerly Professor and Chairperson at the Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, and Visiting Professor, Warsaw University (February-May 2022). He was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow/Professor at the universities of Constance, Freiburg, Leipzig, and Tübingen and Science and Politics Foundation (SWP), Ebenhausen (1995). He has been the first Jean Monnet Chair in India and Adjunct Research Professor, Monash European and EU Studies   Centre, Melbourne (2010-2015). He was Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) Professor of Contemporary India, Leuven University (2015).