High North – regional civil preparedness cooperation
The civil preparedness efforts in the two northernmost regions of Finland, Sweden, and Norway are united under the High North Cooperation. The aim is to strengthen and expand this unique cooperation. Therefore, we exchange information and experiences, identify common risks, and organise joint events and train together.
Today’s geopolitical situation in the High North highlights that close cooperation is needed now more than ever. The inclusion of all nations in NATO has further strengthened cooperation and highlighted its necessity.
Together we are stronger in facing crises.
The County Governors of Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, Norrbotten, Västerbotten, and Finnish Lapland met in Bodø, Norway, for Governors North 2025. The Norwegian region of Nordland hosted 25 representatives from
Finland will host Rescue Borealis 2025, a Nordic exercise focusing on the Euro-Arctic cross-border cooperation involving rescue services in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Rescue Borealis 2025 includes a field training exercise that will take place near Oulu between 29 September and 3 October 2025.
On February 4, 2025, the High North Cooperation was represented at the Swedish National Defense University and Ted Stevens Center roundtable dialogue: Arctic Security Dialogue.
