Niklas Jensen-Eriksen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3912364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Niklas Jensen-Eriksen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Niklas |
| FAMILY NAME | Jensen-Eriksen |
| SIGNATURE | JENSEN-ERIKSEN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6762-0333 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
More than meets the eye: Finnish employers and the centralised labour market model, 1960s–2020s
This article examines the evolving role and attitudes of Finnish employers towards centralised bargaining from the late 1960s to the early 2020s. Employing a qualitative historical approach and analysing archival documents from Finnish peak employers’ associations, we explore the motivations behind employers’ commitment to centralised bargaining, from wage moderation and competitiveness to broader political and societal goals. Recently, there has…
Creating an entrepreneurs’ movement: SME associations as political actors in late twentieth-century Finland
When scholars study business power, they usually focus on big business.Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which comprise the vast majority of companies, are therefore excluded.The article looks at how Finnish SMEs have defended their interests in an increasingly corporatist country.It focuses especially on how they have managed to resolve the collective action problem, which prior theoretical studies have identified as a major issue in th…
International Commodity Governance: Softwood Timber Trade 1870–1970
This article explores the history of international softwood timber trade from the late 19 th century until the 1970s, focusing on governance and the interplay between public and private sectors. By examining the roles of business associations and international networks, it highlights how these entities have influenced market regulation, standardization, and resource distribution, thus representing significant forms of commodity governance. The st…
Pioneering the Circular Economy: Small and Medium-Sized Recycling Enterprises in Finland, 1945–1995
This article examines small and medium-sized scrap and wastepaper enterprises in Finland. They operated in the margins of the nation’s industrial economy during the twentieth century but pioneered many of the business models and practices that, in the last few decades, have become crucial elements of the circular economy. We study why and how they tried to develop profitable business models, and why some succeeded while others failed. We give par…
Looking for cheap and abundant power: Business, government and nuclear energy in Finland
Nuclear energy is a particularly regulated and politicised part of energy production. In this article, we analyse how private companies have promoted their interests in this challenging sector. We focus on the case of Finland, where manufacturing industries have regarded cheap and abundant power as a key component of their business strategies. From the 1950s onwards, nuclear energy seemed a particularly attractive option, as Finland had few alter…
Nordic noblemen in business: The Ehrnrooth family and the modernisation of the Finnish economy during the late 19 th century
This article explores the role of nobility in the modernisation of Finland during the late 19th century. We focus on the Ehrnrooths, undoubtedly the most famous noble business dynasty in the country. We find that some members of this old military family were especially successful in expanding their inherited economic, social, and cultural capital as well as combining traditional and modern values and behaviour. These abilities helped them to crea…
Creating clubs and giants: How competition policies influenced the strategy and structure of Nordic pulp and paper industry, 1970–2000
This article shows how companies can circumvent competition legislation by developing new informal ways of cooperation. We focus on the case of the Nordic pulp and paper industry which was particularly eager to set up cartels. Scholars analysing this sector can utilise exceptionally rich sources that reveal how industrialists reacted to the introduction and development of European competition policies. The article shows that companies defended th…
The Northern Front in the Technological Cold War: Finland and East-West Trade in the 1970s and 1980s
This article shows how the United States and the Soviet Union competed technologically in northern Europe during the final decades of the Cold War. The article highlights the U.S. government's ability to enlist neutral countries, and even vulnerable neutral states like Finland, into Western technology embargoes against the Soviet Union. Yet, the Finnish case also demonstrates that determined small countries and their companies were not simply hel…
Suomen rahoitusmarkkinoiden murros 1980-luvulla: Oikeushistoriallinen tutkimus [The transformation of the Finnish financial markets in the 1980s: a study of legal history]
Kirja-arvio. Arvioitu teos: Suomen rahoitusmarkkinoiden murros 1980-luvulla: Oikeushistoriallinen tutkimus [The transformation of the Finnish financial markets in the 1980s: A study of legal history] by Markus Kari, Helsinki, Into Kustannus Oy, 2016, 563 pp., ISBN: 978-952-264-631-6
Familjedynastier: Så blev Sverige rikt
Book review. Reviewed book: Familjedynastier: så blev Sverige rikt [Family dynasties: How Sweden became rich] by Hans Sjögren. Stockholm: Volante, 2017. 190 pp. ISBN 978-91-88123-92-3
Building trust: The history of DNV 1864–2014
In 1995, when the environmental group Greenpeace campaigned against Shell’s decision to sink Brent Spar, an oil storage and loading buoy in the Atlantic Ocean, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was hired to
Tackling Market Failure or Building a Cartel: Creation of an Investment Regulation System in Finnish Forest Industries
Government intervention in the economy is often justified by the need to correct market failures. This study analyzes one case, the investments of Finnish forest industries, in which, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, both policy makers and the trade association representing the sector reasoned that intervention was particularly necessary because otherwise, the only substantial natural resource in the small country would be overexploited. In the…
Tackling Market Failure or Building a Cartel? Creation of an Investment Regulation System in Finnish Forest Industries
Government intervention in the economy is often justified by the need to correct market failures. This study analyzes one case, the investments of Finnish forest industries, in which, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, both policy makers and the trade association representing the sector reasoned that intervention was particularly necessary because otherwise, the only substantial natural resource in the small country would be overexploited. In the…
Lost at Sea: Finnish government, shipping companies and the United Nations embargo against China during the 1950s
Finnish Cold War foreign policy was based on the desire to stay out of all international disputes. Yet, during the 1950s, two Finnish tankers, Wiima and Aruba, received an enormous amount of foreign attention when they tried to sail to Communist China. The United Nations had urged all countries, including non-members such as Finland, to stop selling strategic goods to China, which had intervened in the Korean War. The embargo created a highly pro…
A Potentially Crucial Advantage: Export Cartels as a Source of Power for Weak Nations
Un avantage potentiellement décisif : les cartels d’exportation comme source de pouvoir pour les nations faibles Cet article défend l’idée que les cartels peuvent être une source de pouvoir pour ces nations petites et faibles. Cet aspect a été souvent esquissé dans les débats publics courants au sujet des cartels, qui tendent à se focaliser sur leurs effets négatifs. En particulier, nous examinerons ici les cartels d’exportation, qui, dans la plu…
Presidentin Ministeriö II. Ulkoasiainhallinto ja Ulkopolitiikan Hoito Kekkosen Kaudella. Uudistumisen, Ristiriitojen ja Menestyksen Vuodet 1970–1981 [The President's Ministry II. Foreign Service and t…
Industrial Diplomacy and Economic Integration: The Origins of All-European Paper Cartels, 1959—72
Students of European integration have produced an enormous amount of literature on the intergovernmental negotiations that led to the establishment of such organizations as the OEEC, the EEC and EFTA. However, only a few have devoted substantial attention to the international contacts between companies that attempted to undermine the integration process by building private trade barriers that would replace those that governments had agreed to rem…
Ratakatu 12. Suojelupoliisi 1949–2009
Matti Simola(Ed.) Helsinki, WSOY, 2009 319 pp., €38.40, ISBN 978-951-0-35243-4 Spying is a complex business, and nowhere was this more true than in Cold War Finland. This new history of Suojelupoli
A Stab in the Back? The British Government, the Paper Industry and the Nordic Threat, 1956–72
The British paper and board industry opposed plans to establish the Western European free trade area and the more modest EFTA, arguing that British producers would be unable to compete successfully against their Nordic rivals. The paper industry did support British entry to the EEC, but only because this was considered to be a less bad option than continued membership of EFTA. It is argued that while the British government could not fundamentally…
The first wave of the Soviet oil offensive: The Anglo-American Alliance and the flow of ‘Red Oil’ to Finland during the 1950s
During the 1950s, many observers regarded the expansion of Soviet oil exports as a serious threat to Western political and economic interests. Finland was the first non-communist European country that started to buy Soviet oil on a large scale. This made the country vulnerable to Soviet political pressure. An examination of the Finnish case indicates that Anglo-American governments adopted a much more complex attitude towards the emergence of the…
Industrial Diplomacy and Economic Integration: The Origins of All-European Paper Cartels, 1959—72
Students of European integration have produced an enormous amount of literature on the intergovernmental negotiations that led to the establishment of such organizations as the OEEC, the EEC and EFTA. However, only a few have devoted substantial attention to the international contacts between companies that attempted to undermine the integration process by building private trade barriers that would replace those that governments had agreed to rem…
Creating an entrepreneurs’ movement: SME associations as political actors in late twentieth-century Finland
When scholars study business power, they usually focus on big business.Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which comprise the vast majority of companies, are therefore excluded.The article looks at how Finnish SMEs have defended their interests in an increasingly corporatist country.It focuses especially on how they have managed to resolve the collective action problem, which prior theoretical studies have identified as a major issue in th…
Creating clubs and giants: How competition policies influenced the strategy and structure of Nordic pulp and paper industry, 1970–2000
This article shows how companies can circumvent competition legislation by developing new informal ways of cooperation. We focus on the case of the Nordic pulp and paper industry which was particularly eager to set up cartels. Scholars analysing this sector can utilise exceptionally rich sources that reveal how industrialists reacted to the introduction and development of European competition policies. The article shows that companies defended th…
Ratakatu 12. Suojelupoliisi 1949–2009
Matti Simola(Ed.) Helsinki, WSOY, 2009 319 pp., €38.40, ISBN 978-951-0-35243-4 Spying is a complex business, and nowhere was this more true than in Cold War Finland. This new history of Suojelupoli
Pioneering the Circular Economy: Small and Medium-Sized Recycling Enterprises in Finland, 1945–1995
This article examines small and medium-sized scrap and wastepaper enterprises in Finland. They operated in the margins of the nation’s industrial economy during the twentieth century but pioneered many of the business models and practices that, in the last few decades, have become crucial elements of the circular economy. We study why and how they tried to develop profitable business models, and why some succeeded while others failed. We give par…
The Northern Front in the Technological Cold War: Finland and East-West Trade in the 1970s and 1980s
This article shows how the United States and the Soviet Union competed technologically in northern Europe during the final decades of the Cold War. The article highlights the U.S. government's ability to enlist neutral countries, and even vulnerable neutral states like Finland, into Western technology embargoes against the Soviet Union. Yet, the Finnish case also demonstrates that determined small countries and their companies were not simply hel…
A Potentially Crucial Advantage: Export Cartels as a Source of Power for Weak Nations
Un avantage potentiellement décisif : les cartels d’exportation comme source de pouvoir pour les nations faibles Cet article défend l’idée que les cartels peuvent être une source de pouvoir pour ces nations petites et faibles. Cet aspect a été souvent esquissé dans les débats publics courants au sujet des cartels, qui tendent à se focaliser sur leurs effets négatifs. En particulier, nous examinerons ici les cartels d’exportation, qui, dans la plu…
The first wave of the Soviet oil offensive: The Anglo-American Alliance and the flow of ‘Red Oil’ to Finland during the 1950s
During the 1950s, many observers regarded the expansion of Soviet oil exports as a serious threat to Western political and economic interests. Finland was the first non-communist European country that started to buy Soviet oil on a large scale. This made the country vulnerable to Soviet political pressure. An examination of the Finnish case indicates that Anglo-American governments adopted a much more complex attitude towards the emergence of the…
Looking for cheap and abundant power: Business, government and nuclear energy in Finland
Nuclear energy is a particularly regulated and politicised part of energy production. In this article, we analyse how private companies have promoted their interests in this challenging sector. We focus on the case of Finland, where manufacturing industries have regarded cheap and abundant power as a key component of their business strategies. From the 1950s onwards, nuclear energy seemed a particularly attractive option, as Finland had few alter…
Nordic noblemen in business: The Ehrnrooth family and the modernisation of the Finnish economy during the late 19 th century
This article explores the role of nobility in the modernisation of Finland during the late 19th century. We focus on the Ehrnrooths, undoubtedly the most famous noble business dynasty in the country. We find that some members of this old military family were especially successful in expanding their inherited economic, social, and cultural capital as well as combining traditional and modern values and behaviour. These abilities helped them to crea…
Lost at Sea: Finnish government, shipping companies and the United Nations embargo against China during the 1950s
Finnish Cold War foreign policy was based on the desire to stay out of all international disputes. Yet, during the 1950s, two Finnish tankers, Wiima and Aruba, received an enormous amount of foreign attention when they tried to sail to Communist China. The United Nations had urged all countries, including non-members such as Finland, to stop selling strategic goods to China, which had intervened in the Korean War. The embargo created a highly pro…
A Stab in the Back? The British Government, the Paper Industry and the Nordic Threat, 1956–72
The British paper and board industry opposed plans to establish the Western European free trade area and the more modest EFTA, arguing that British producers would be unable to compete successfully against their Nordic rivals. The paper industry did support British entry to the EEC, but only because this was considered to be a less bad option than continued membership of EFTA. It is argued that while the British government could not fundamentally…
The first wave of the Soviet oil offensive: The Anglo-American Alliance and the flow of ‘Red Oil’ to Finland during the 1950s
During the 1950s, many observers regarded the expansion of Soviet oil exports as a serious threat to Western political and economic interests. Finland was the first non-communist European country that started to buy Soviet oil on a large scale. This made the country vulnerable to Soviet political pressure. An examination of the Finnish case indicates that Anglo-American governments adopted a much more complex attitude towards the emergence of the…
A Stab in the Back? The British Government, the Paper Industry and the Nordic Threat, 1956–72
The British paper and board industry opposed plans to establish the Western European free trade area and the more modest EFTA, arguing that British producers would be unable to compete successfully against their Nordic rivals. The paper industry did support British entry to the EEC, but only because this was considered to be a less bad option than continued membership of EFTA. It is argued that while the British government could not fundamentally…
Ratakatu 12. Suojelupoliisi 1949–2009
Matti Simola(Ed.) Helsinki, WSOY, 2009 319 pp., €38.40, ISBN 978-951-0-35243-4 Spying is a complex business, and nowhere was this more true than in Cold War Finland. This new history of Suojelupoli
Presidentin Ministeriö II. Ulkoasiainhallinto ja Ulkopolitiikan Hoito Kekkosen Kaudella. Uudistumisen, Ristiriitojen ja Menestyksen Vuodet 1970–1981 [The President's Ministry II. Foreign Service and t…
Industrial Diplomacy and Economic Integration: The Origins of All-European Paper Cartels, 1959—72
Students of European integration have produced an enormous amount of literature on the intergovernmental negotiations that led to the establishment of such organizations as the OEEC, the EEC and EFTA. However, only a few have devoted substantial attention to the international contacts between companies that attempted to undermine the integration process by building private trade barriers that would replace those that governments had agreed to rem…
Lost at Sea: Finnish government, shipping companies and the United Nations embargo against China during the 1950s
Finnish Cold War foreign policy was based on the desire to stay out of all international disputes. Yet, during the 1950s, two Finnish tankers, Wiima and Aruba, received an enormous amount of foreign attention when they tried to sail to Communist China. The United Nations had urged all countries, including non-members such as Finland, to stop selling strategic goods to China, which had intervened in the Korean War. The embargo created a highly pro…
A Potentially Crucial Advantage: Export Cartels as a Source of Power for Weak Nations
Un avantage potentiellement décisif : les cartels d’exportation comme source de pouvoir pour les nations faibles Cet article défend l’idée que les cartels peuvent être une source de pouvoir pour ces nations petites et faibles. Cet aspect a été souvent esquissé dans les débats publics courants au sujet des cartels, qui tendent à se focaliser sur leurs effets négatifs. En particulier, nous examinerons ici les cartels d’exportation, qui, dans la plu…
Building trust: The history of DNV 1864–2014
In 1995, when the environmental group Greenpeace campaigned against Shell’s decision to sink Brent Spar, an oil storage and loading buoy in the Atlantic Ocean, Det Norske Veritas (DNV) was hired to
Tackling Market Failure or Building a Cartel: Creation of an Investment Regulation System in Finnish Forest Industries
Government intervention in the economy is often justified by the need to correct market failures. This study analyzes one case, the investments of Finnish forest industries, in which, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, both policy makers and the trade association representing the sector reasoned that intervention was particularly necessary because otherwise, the only substantial natural resource in the small country would be overexploited. In the…
Tackling Market Failure or Building a Cartel? Creation of an Investment Regulation System in Finnish Forest Industries
Government intervention in the economy is often justified by the need to correct market failures. This study analyzes one case, the investments of Finnish forest industries, in which, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, both policy makers and the trade association representing the sector reasoned that intervention was particularly necessary because otherwise, the only substantial natural resource in the small country would be overexploited. In the…
Suomen rahoitusmarkkinoiden murros 1980-luvulla: Oikeushistoriallinen tutkimus [The transformation of the Finnish financial markets in the 1980s: a study of legal history]
Kirja-arvio. Arvioitu teos: Suomen rahoitusmarkkinoiden murros 1980-luvulla: Oikeushistoriallinen tutkimus [The transformation of the Finnish financial markets in the 1980s: A study of legal history] by Markus Kari, Helsinki, Into Kustannus Oy, 2016, 563 pp., ISBN: 978-952-264-631-6
Familjedynastier: Så blev Sverige rikt
Book review. Reviewed book: Familjedynastier: så blev Sverige rikt [Family dynasties: How Sweden became rich] by Hans Sjögren. Stockholm: Volante, 2017. 190 pp. ISBN 978-91-88123-92-3
The Northern Front in the Technological Cold War: Finland and East-West Trade in the 1970s and 1980s
This article shows how the United States and the Soviet Union competed technologically in northern Europe during the final decades of the Cold War. The article highlights the U.S. government's ability to enlist neutral countries, and even vulnerable neutral states like Finland, into Western technology embargoes against the Soviet Union. Yet, the Finnish case also demonstrates that determined small countries and their companies were not simply hel…
Creating clubs and giants: How competition policies influenced the strategy and structure of Nordic pulp and paper industry, 1970–2000
This article shows how companies can circumvent competition legislation by developing new informal ways of cooperation. We focus on the case of the Nordic pulp and paper industry which was particularly eager to set up cartels. Scholars analysing this sector can utilise exceptionally rich sources that reveal how industrialists reacted to the introduction and development of European competition policies. The article shows that companies defended th…
Looking for cheap and abundant power: Business, government and nuclear energy in Finland
Nuclear energy is a particularly regulated and politicised part of energy production. In this article, we analyse how private companies have promoted their interests in this challenging sector. We focus on the case of Finland, where manufacturing industries have regarded cheap and abundant power as a key component of their business strategies. From the 1950s onwards, nuclear energy seemed a particularly attractive option, as Finland had few alter…
Nordic noblemen in business: The Ehrnrooth family and the modernisation of the Finnish economy during the late 19 th century
This article explores the role of nobility in the modernisation of Finland during the late 19th century. We focus on the Ehrnrooths, undoubtedly the most famous noble business dynasty in the country. We find that some members of this old military family were especially successful in expanding their inherited economic, social, and cultural capital as well as combining traditional and modern values and behaviour. These abilities helped them to crea…
International Commodity Governance: Softwood Timber Trade 1870–1970
This article explores the history of international softwood timber trade from the late 19 th century until the 1970s, focusing on governance and the interplay between public and private sectors. By examining the roles of business associations and international networks, it highlights how these entities have influenced market regulation, standardization, and resource distribution, thus representing significant forms of commodity governance. The st…
Pioneering the Circular Economy: Small and Medium-Sized Recycling Enterprises in Finland, 1945–1995
This article examines small and medium-sized scrap and wastepaper enterprises in Finland. They operated in the margins of the nation’s industrial economy during the twentieth century but pioneered many of the business models and practices that, in the last few decades, have become crucial elements of the circular economy. We study why and how they tried to develop profitable business models, and why some succeeded while others failed. We give par…
Creating an entrepreneurs’ movement: SME associations as political actors in late twentieth-century Finland
When scholars study business power, they usually focus on big business.Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which comprise the vast majority of companies, are therefore excluded.The article looks at how Finnish SMEs have defended their interests in an increasingly corporatist country.It focuses especially on how they have managed to resolve the collective action problem, which prior theoretical studies have identified as a major issue in th…
More than meets the eye: Finnish employers and the centralised labour market model, 1960s–2020s
This article examines the evolving role and attitudes of Finnish employers towards centralised bargaining from the late 1960s to the early 2020s. Employing a qualitative historical approach and analysing archival documents from Finnish peak employers’ associations, we explore the motivations behind employers’ commitment to centralised bargaining, from wage moderation and competitiveness to broader political and societal goals. Recently, there has…
Economics (17 works) · Business (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Economy (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Government (linguistics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Economic history (5 works) · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics (5 works) · International trade (5 works)