Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1944, Page 56

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LE NORD
Researchers visiting Copenhagen can always be assured of
advice and assistance from the Institute in their work and they
are of course very welcome to make free use of the Institute’s
archives and library.
Scandinavian Collaboration
Of the greatest practical value to the Institute has been the
collaboration that, dating from the last years of the 1930S’, was
established with the newly founded Utrikespolitiska institutet in
Stockholm, the Norsk komité for internasjonale studier in Oslo
and the Chr. Michelsens Institut for Videnskab og Aandsfrihed
in Bergen.
At the yearly study conferences in the various European coun-
tries close contact was always quickly established with these insti-
tutions, and in 1938 at a meeting held in Copenhagen on the in-
vitation of the Institute, it was decided to establish a permanent
direct collaboration among the four Scandinavian organizations.
Among the many practical arrangements that were made, was
a plan whereby subscribers to the Norwegian Internasjonal Poli-
tikk, the Swedish Mellanfolkligt samarbete, or the Danish 0ko-
nomi og Politik can get the two other reviews for half price. As
the three Scandinavian tongues resemble each other so closely,
language has been no hindrance to this plan which has had an
excellent reception in all three countries.
When the war broke out in September 1939 and brought the
work of the International Study Conference practically to a
standstill, the Scandinavian institutes decided to organize their
own “Program Committee” within the framework of the Con-
ference, believing that they, as neutrals, would have less difficul-
ties in carrying on within their limited scope while the war lasted.
The new committee worked out a program of research center-
ing on the relations between the great and small powers from
1919 to 1939 but the work had not progressed very far before
the sudden invasion of Denmark and Norway put an abrupt
end to these plans. However, despite the hampering fetters of
censorship and travel restriction, the highly appreciated colla-
boration with the Swedish Utrikespolitiska institutet has continued
to the present day with great profit for the Danish Institute.
Shortly before the second world war broke out the Institute