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Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Energy Security: Contemporary Challenges -- CHAPTER 2. Global Energy Market Dilemmas -- CHAPTER 3. Energy Balance in the Second Decade of the 21st Century -- CHAPTER 4. Energy Policy of the European Union in the 21st Century -- CHAPTER 5. Norden States in the Context of Energy Security: Fundamental Issues -- CHAPTER 6. The Kingdom of Denmark: Leader in Energy Efficiency -- CHAPTER 7. Republic of Finland: Dynamic Modernization of the Energy Sector -- CHAPTER 8. The Republic of Iceland: Ambitious Energy Plans -- CHAPTER 9. The Kingdom of Sweden: Transition to an Ecologically Sound Society -- CHAPTER 10. The Kingdom of Norway: Standing in Energy -- CHAPTER 11. The Nordic Countries in the Face of Current Challenges of Energy Security -- CONCLUSION.

The increased interest in the Arctic by global players is generated by new economic opportunities related to commercial maritime transport, development of oil and gas deposits, mining, fisheries, and tourism. The natural results are closer economic and geopolitical relations between the Arctic and the rest of the world. Many observers perceive this development as a source of growing conflict because of competition related to control over the natural resources of the region. It seems also quite clear that the Arctic cannot follow its own original way of development which would be independent from the global power system.