Modi in Norway highlights: PM maintains interaction with Norwegian business leaders

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Oslo on May 18-19 for the third India-Nordic Summit comes at a time when the logic of India’s engagement in Northern Europe has fundamentally changed.

When India met the Nordic countries – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland – for the first time in Stockholm in 2018 and again in Copenhagen in 2022, the relationship was mainly anchored on cooperation on climate, innovation, digitization and blue economy. These priorities remain important, but the transformed geopolitical environment gives the partnership strategic depth and economic purpose.

The ongoing change reflects developments outside of bilateral ties. The war in Ukraine has changed the security order in Europe, while tensions within the transatlantic alliance have disrupted long-term assumptions.

The Oslo summit must mark India’s turn to the north

India is not an Arctic nation, but it is undeniably an Arctic stakeholder