Bergur Thormundsson
Research expert covering technology in the Nordics, AI and smart cities
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Despite living across the wide and different landmass of Scandinavia and the Nordic territories, the peoples of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland, are similar in their adoption of AI throughout their societies. Over 70 percent of companies and organizations in Sweden, the largest of the Nordics, use machine learning within their enterprise. Machine learning itself constitutes the most common and easy-to-make category of AI. However, nearly 50 percent of businesses throughout Denmark use deep learning, a much more complex and difficult type of AI to utilize, requiring a considerable level of skills across multiple programming specialties.Skillful population in a growing field
The Nordic nations are praised for their educated population, a necessity of having such a small number of people within their landmass. This knowledge base extends into the level of technology and data science. Among the G7 and other international economic powerhouses, most of Western Europe is at the forefront of technological skills. Comparably the Nordics are in a similar, if not more advanced stage, compared to global competition, with all of them being ranked as cutting-edge in technological skills. This combined with a healthy level of educated immigration with a focus on AI nets the Nordic region a strong footing and a favorable start in the AI competition worldwide. This is quite important as there are considerable difficulties around the world in finding the amount of skilled labor needed to operate projects with a focus on AI. These difficulties have only grown in recent years, making it even more vital for nations to be competitive in the field of artificial intelligence.
