On 24 November 1958, the delegations from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden present a Joint Statement which sets out plans for the establishment of Nordic economic cooperation.
On 11 November 1958, the French daily newspaper Le Monde analyses the impact of the proposed Nordic common market, as drawn up by the five Members of the Nordic Council, and outlines in particular Denmark’s special trading position with the Six.
On 23 March 1962, representatives from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden sign a Treaty of Cooperation in Helsinki which aims, in particular, to develop their cooperation in legislative, cultural, social and economic matters and in communications, without prejudice to the work already carried out by the Nordic Council.