About the Nordic Social-Statistical Committee (NOSOSCO)

The Nordic Social-Statistical Committee (NOSOSCO) was set up in 1946, following a decision by the Nordic Ministers of Social Affairs.

In 1979, the Committee was made a permanent statistical committee under the Nordic Council of Ministers with separate fundings from the Nordic Committee on Social Policy. Today, the Committee has a permanent secretariat in Copenhagen.

The aim of NOSOSCO is as follows:

• To be responsible for the co-ordination of the social statistics in the Nordic countries and to undertake comparative analyses and descriptions of the scope and the substance of social security measures.
• To initiate new projects to improve comparisons of statistics.
• To inform about Nordic activities, mainly by publishing annual statistics as well as the results of special projects, surveys, etc.
• To co-ordinate and take part in international statistical collaboration, including activities in the Baltic countries.