STEFFEN E. ANDERSEN is Specialized in Monetary Theory and Policy, and Economic History. He has worked for the Federation of Danish Industries, and Danish and foreign banks. Past positions include Head of Nordic Credits, and Senior Adviser to the Management of the Nordic operations of a German bank. He has written various books on the Danish capital market and the Danish economic history.

• Introduction: What's it all About? Sweden-Finland, 1650-1814: Wilderness Replaced by Confusion Denmark-Norway in the Age of Globalization, 1736-1814 Denmark, 1814-1918: A Dismembered Country Finland, 1809-1917: A Changed World Norway, 1814-1918: From Province to Nationhood Sweden, 1814-1916: First Banking Acts in the Nordics Denmark, 1918-2010: Towards Financial Abyss and Back Finland, 1918-2010: A Quick Adaptor Norway, 1918-2010: Saved by the North Sea Sweden: Too Good to Be True, 1918-2009 A Few Reflections

STEFFEN E. ANDERSEN is Specialized in Monetary Theory and Policy, and Economic History. He has worked for the Federation of Danish Industries, and Danish and foreign banks. Past positions include Head of Nordic Credits, and Senior Adviser to the Management of the Nordic operations of a German bank. He has written various books on the Danish capital market and the Danish economic history.

• Introduction: What's it all About? Sweden-Finland, 1650-1814: Wilderness Replaced by Confusion Denmark-Norway in the Age of Globalization, 1736-1814 Denmark, 1814-1918: A Dismembered Country Finland, 1809-1917: A Changed World Norway, 1814-1918: From Province to Nationhood Sweden, 1814-1916: First Banking Acts in the Nordics Denmark, 1918-2010: Towards Financial Abyss and Back Finland, 1918-2010: A Quick Adaptor Norway, 1918-2010: Saved by the North Sea Sweden: Too Good to Be True, 1918-2009 A Few Reflections