This book examines the effects of the Great Depression on the Nordic states in the interwar years, focusing on commercial and monetary policies but also important industries such as forestry, agriculture and fishing.

1. Introduction 2. British-German rivalry in Northern Europe revisited Patrick Salmon 3. Nordic trade cooperation in the 1930s Sven-Olof Olsson 4.Why did Norwegian trade become more active in the interwar period? Monica Værholm 5. Effective protection, prices and GDP growth: Tariffs in Finland during the interwar period Jari Kauppila 6. Re-examining Norwegian monetary policy in the 1930s Lars Fredrik Øksendal 7. Danish exchange rate policy and and economic Interest groups: the interwar experience Hans Kryger Larsen 8. Norway's and Sweden's bilateral exchange clearing with Germany during the 1930s Peter Hedberg 9. The Scandinavian food system between organisation and state Flemming Just 10. Trade crisis and regulation of the farm sector: Sweden in the interwar years Mats Morell 11. Comparing the Icelandic and Norwegian fisheries' responses to the economic crisis of the 1930s Guðmundur Jónsson 12. The state and the formation of the fishing industry: Denmark in the interwar period Morten Karnøe Søndergaard 13. Cartels in the Swedish forest industry in the interwar period Birgit Karlsson 14. Big business, market power and small nations: The Norwegian aluminium and nickel industry 1920-39 Pål Sandvik & Espen Storli