A cohesive Nordic AI strategy would consolidate resources, expertise, and innovative capabilities to develop robust, ethically sound AI solutions. The Nordic Ethical AI Expert Group recommends five strategic actions to overcome the main barriers related to the rapid development of AI and at the same time turn responsible use of AI into an advantage for Nordic businesses:
| 1. Develop a joint Nordic strategy for ethical and responsible AI |
| 2. Establish a Nordic center for ethical and responsible AI focused on AI innovation |
| 3. Promote and coordinate large language models (LLMs)s for Nordic languages |
| 4. Cultivate a skilled workforce and competent society |
| 5. Enhance transparency in sustainability of AI technology |
"Four out of five Nordic countries are updating their national digitalization and AI strategies this year. Our ambition is that the recommendations will serve as a roadmap and contribution to this. The rapid development of artificial intelligence presents both democratic challenges and new business opportunities," says Svein Berg, Managing Director at Nordic Innovation.
"The Nordic countries, with our high level of digitalization, face a critical moment. We need to follow two tracks simultaneously: developing and implementing AI actively and not lose sight of how this can be done in an ethical way. At the same time, we can’t solve this alone. We must work together across the Nordics."
The five Nordic Prime Ministers signed a declaration for Digital Resilience in Oslo in October 2023 underscoring a shared commitment to digital resilience and the responsible use of AI.
The Nordic Ethical AI Expert Group
The Nordic Ethical AI Expert Group consists of 23 leading Nordic experts from business, academia, public sector and civil society. The group has been set up by Nordic Innovation, an organization under the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordic Innovation works towards the vision of making the Nordics a leading region within digitalization, ethical AI and responsible use of data.
Members of the expert group:
Gry Hasselbalch, Co-founder DataEthics.eu, Senior Key Expert, EU International Outreach for Human-Centric AI (InTouchAI.eu), PhD. in Data and AI ethics
Fredrik Heintz, Professor Computer Science, Linköping University
Tonia Sideri, Director, AI & Analytics Centre of Excellence (CoE), Novo Nordisk
Erlend Willand-Evensen, SVP Nordic Head of Analysis, Gjensidige
Mikael Jensen, Director D-seal
Alex Moltzau, Senior AI Policy Advisor, NORA
Giovanni Leoni, Head of Business Strategy & Development, Credo AI
Cristina Andersson, Chair, AI working group, Finnish Standards Association
Johanna Vigdis Gudmundsdottir, CRO and Cofounder Defend Iceland, former Managing Director, Almannarómur
Alexander Galt, Digital Ethics Leader, Inter IKEA Group
Sahar Asadi, Director of AI Labs, King
Helga M. Brøgger, Principal Researcher AI & Healthcare expert, DNV
Henriette Cramer, Co-founder, PaperMoon.AI, Ex-Director of Algorithmic Impact, Spotify
Jon Eklöf, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, GKN Aerospace Engines
Anne Bøgh Fangel, User experience manager, Omilon
Morten Irgens, Vice Dean for Innovation and Impact, Copenhagen Business School
Pirkka Frosti, Founder & CEO, Ioxio
Erik Josefsson, CEO, R-evolution
Peter Jørgensen, Managing Director, Nordic Data & AI Practice Lead, Accenture
Sonal Makhija, Responsible AI and Data Specialist, H&M Group
Anna Metsäranta, Head of Sustainable AI, Solita
Anders Søgaard, Professor in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning, University of Copenhagen
Jaakko Vainio, COO, Silo AI
