Quote Originally Posted by English assassin
ASlso IIRC Norway is sitting on a pretty fat pile of cash from north sea oil which they have salted away for future use. Very wise of them. Would they want to share that with the rest of Scandanavia, (inc their former overlords the Swedes)?
Probably never. Their oil reserves and fisheries are their greatest advantages and the origin of their wealth. If I were them I wouldn't have joined the EU either, for it meant the loss of control over these resources.

As for the Nordic Union, I see little in common between the ultra-liberal English policies and the Scandinavian "Welfare states". In my opinion this union wouldn't last long. On the other hand a pure Scandinavian union is probably the only solution for Nordic peoples to be heard, lost amongst a gigantic EU.