Permanent Nordic higher education agreement
The approval of the agreement amending the agreement between the Nordic countries on admission to higher education
The agreement between the Nordic countries on admission to higher education will be made valid indefinitely. The agreement guarantees students the right to apply for higher education in another Nordic country on the same terms as the country's own applicants.
- Status
- Passed
- Submitted
- 27 Sep 2018
- Latest event
- 29 Nov 2018
- Votes
- 0
- Speeches
- 1
- Statute
- 135/2020
- Source
- eduskunta.fi ↗
What is proposed
The Nordic agreement on admission to higher education, which was previously renewed periodically, will be made valid indefinitely to remove the administrative burden of repeatedly extending its validity.
What it means
The amendment will stabilise the mobility and equal treatment of higher education students in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. The student-specific compensation system between the countries will remain unchanged, and Finland's contribution to the Nordic budget was estimated at approximately 5.9 million euros in 2018.
How Parliament voted
The bill passed without a vote – no MP proposed rejecting or amending it in plenary.
Debate in the chamber
MPs' plenary speeches verbatim from the parliamentary record. Open a debate to read what was said about the bill and by whom. Speeches are shown in their original language.
1 speech · 1 speaker · 1 debate
Keskustelu päättyi. Asia lähetettiin sivistysvaliokuntaan.
Stages of consideration
The bill's path from the preliminary debate to the decision, as recorded by Parliament.
- 27 Sep 2018Eduskuntakäsittelyn vireilletulo · Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö
- 3 Oct 2018Lähetekeskustelu · Täysistunto
- 16 Nov 2018Valiokunnan mietintö tai lausunto · sivistysvaliokunta
- 22 Nov 2018Ainoa käsittely · Täysistunto
- 23 Nov 2018Eduskunnan vastaus ja kirjelmä
Decisions by law proposal1
- Sopimus Tanskan, Suomen, Islannin, Norjan ja Ruotsin välillä pääsystä korkeampaan koulutukseen tehdyn sopimuksen muuttamisestaHyväksytty · 135/2020
Proposed law text
The law proposals in the bill as the Government presented them. The final act may differ after committee consideration.
The law text is shown in Finnish or Swedish from Parliament's official documents; it is not translated into English.
Main content of the bill (official)
The summary and title were produced with AI on 13 Sep 2026. They are not official documents – check the details in the original bill. The title and summaries are machine translations of the Finnish AI summaries. Speeches and quotations are always shown in their original language.