OA Mandates and the Nordic Countries

"Of these 36 mandates there are 32 institutional mandates; 6 from universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden and 26 from the Universities of Applied Sciences in Finland.(8) The are four funder mandates. Two from Norway; the Norwegian Research Council, and the Norwegian Knowledge Centre for Health Services and two from Sweden; The Swedish Research Council, and Formas, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning....The revision of the NIH mandate in 2008 seems to have had a great impact on the rapid recent growth of mandates, not only in the Nordic countries but all over the world....."