Notes on Corporate Democracy in Norway

Unstructured notes and observations about corporate democracy in Norway, meaning the laws and regulations meant to give employees a say in how companies are run.

Nordic social democracy is a lot more than just free health care, college and high taxes. In this story I am jotting down random notes from my research into different aspects of Norwegian corporate democracy.

I will use the following sources:

• History of Corporate Democracy in Norway — Report produced by FAFO, a research institute for social science founded by the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO).
• Corporate Democracy — by Store Norske Leksikon, which is a Norwegian online encyclopedia owned and operated by the major educational institutions in Norway, which provide the content.
• Lovdata — Norwegian laws online.
• Corporate Leadership in Norway

As my intention if to write for a foreign audience interested in understanding the Nordics better and Norway in particular, I will try to adapt the information in a way that makes sense to Americans primarily. Why Americans? America is probably the best known country internationally, due to its major economic and…