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121 Int'l Lab. Rev. 259 (1982)
The Nordic Social Security Convention

handle is hein.journals/intlr121 and id is 275 raw text is: International Labour Review, Vol. 121, No. 3, May-June 1982 The Nordic Social Security Convention Adam TRIER* The Nordic Social Security Convention' between the five Nordic countries-Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden-dates back to 1955. It replaced 12 different multilateral and bilateral Conventions covering the individual branches of social security, thus codifying and extending the provisions on co-ordination of the social security legislation of the Nordic countries. The Convention, which is a result of the close political and economic co- operation between the five countries, was a necessary adjunct to the Convention of 1954 establishing the Common Nordic Labour Market. By the late 1970s, however, it had undergone frequent amendment, mainly as a consequence of changes in national legislation. A radical overhaul of the text had therefore become necessary, partly because the many amendments had made it obscure, and partly because it lagged behind general international practice in various respects. The revision of the Convention was treated as a common Nordic matter by the Nordic Council of Ministers, which consists of the Governments of the five Nordic countries, and by the Nordic Council, an advisory body consisting of members of parliament from the five countries. The Convention thus underwent thorough revision by a committee of experts, which in 1979 submitted a report2 containing a draft of a new Nordic Social Security Convention. The Governments of the countries passed on tle draft to a great number of national authorities and organisations for comment. After making some amendments, the Nordic Council of Ministers (on this occasion including the Ministers of Health and Social Affairs of the Nordic countries) agreed to submit the draft to the Nordic Council. Upon the recommendation of the Council the Convention was subsequently signed by the Ministers of Social Affairs of the countries concerned on 5 March 1981 and entered into force on 1 January 1982. * Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Affairs, Denmark. Copyright © International Labour Organisation 1982