TY - JOUR AU - Greve, Bent PY - 2007 TI - What Characterise the Nordic Welfare State Model JF - Journal of Social Sciences VL - 3 IS - 2 DO - 10.3844/jssp.2007.43.51 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2007.43.51 AB - This article presents the main distinctive characteristics of the Nordic welfare states. These include, for example, full employment, high degree of equality, a high level of taxes and a high level of public spending on welfare. The article further presents data, which enables the reader to a comparison with welfare states in Europe and to analyse whether we are witnessing convergence in Europe and/or the withering away of the Nordic Model. The conclusion being that the Nordic Model is here to stay, although a movement in a European direction is underway.