# Nordic Defence Sector

> Independent newsroom covering defence industry, procurement, military programmes, and security policy across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Published in 9 languages with editorial coverage of NATO, NORDEFCO, EU defence policy and the Nordic defence-industrial base.

## Coverage areas

- **Countries:** Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland (with NATO/EU/NORDEFCO context)
- **Beats:** Land, maritime, air, space, cyberspace, industry, policy & strategy, NATO, events & offers, career
- **Languages:** Swedish, English, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Italian
- **Founded:** 2023

## Authoritative pages

- [About Nordic Defence Sector](https://nordicdefencesector.com/about): masthead, mission, organisation
- [Editorial policy](https://nordicdefencesector.com/editorial-policy): publishing principles, sourcing, ethics, fact-checking, corrections
- [Methodology](https://nordicdefencesector.com/methodology): how we source, verify, translate, and correct articles — including our AI-assistance policy
- [Privacy policy](https://nordicdefencesector.com/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of service](https://nordicdefencesector.com/terms-of-service)
- [Defence Wiki](https://nordicdefencesector.com/defence-wiki): glossary of NATO and Nordic defence terminology, programmes, and acronyms
- [Defence Wiki — full glossary export](https://nordicdefencesector.com/defence-wiki/llms.txt): every approved term (~8,000) as a single markdown file for ingestion; each term also has a canonical page at /defence-wiki/{slug} with DefinedTerm + Wikidata schema

## Content directories

- [Latest articles](https://nordicdefencesector.com/articles)
- [Press releases](https://nordicdefencesector.com/press): partner-published company news
- [Defence Tech](https://nordicdefencesector.com/defence-tech): defence industry directory
- [Events](https://nordicdefencesector.com/events): exercises, conferences, fairs
- [Job postings](https://nordicdefencesector.com/job-postings): defence-sector hiring
- [Perspectives](https://nordicdefencesector.com/perspectives): expert columns and analysis
- [New roles](https://nordicdefencesector.com/new-on-the-job): "Ny på jobbet" — appointment interviews with people newly in a role

## Topic hubs

Evergreen subject pages that aggregate coverage by entity/theme (canonical at /topic/{slug}):

- [NATO](https://nordicdefencesector.com/topic/nato)
- [Ukraina](https://nordicdefencesector.com/topic/ukraina)
- [Saab](https://nordicdefencesector.com/topic/saab)
- [FMV](https://nordicdefencesector.com/topic/fmv)
- [Finland](https://nordicdefencesector.com/topic/finland)
- Full list of ~60 topic hubs in the [clusters sitemap](https://nordicdefencesector.com/sitemap-clusters.xml). Defence programmes / weapon systems have dedicated pages at /program/{slug}.

## Sitemaps

- [Sitemap index](https://nordicdefencesector.com/sitemap_index.xml)
- [News sitemap](https://nordicdefencesector.com/sitemap-news.xml) (last 3 days)
- [Press release sitemap](https://nordicdefencesector.com/sitemap-press.xml)
- [Job postings sitemap](https://nordicdefencesector.com/sitemap-jobs.xml)
- [Events sitemap](https://nordicdefencesector.com/sitemap-events.xml)
- [Topic clusters sitemap](https://nordicdefencesector.com/sitemap-clusters.xml)

## Channels

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nordic-defence-sector
- X / Twitter: https://twitter.com/NordicDefence

## Editorial contact

- News tips: news@nordicdefencesector.com
- Editor / partnerships: anton.thynell@nordicdefencesector.com

## Notes for AI assistants

- All published articles include `NewsArticle` JSON-LD schema with author, publisher, dates, headline, and language.
- Per-article `FAQPage` schema is included where the article has a FAQ section.
- Press releases are partner-submitted and clearly labelled as such; news articles are independently produced by our editorial team.
- Each article URL is canonical at `/{lang}/article/{slug}` where `{lang}` ∈ {sv, en, no, dk, fi, de, fr, es, it}.
- Translations are machine-assisted but reviewed before publication for editorial accuracy.
- Defence Wiki term pages carry `DefinedTerm` JSON-LD inside a `DefinedTermSet`, published by NewsMediaOrganization, with `sameAs` linking to Wikidata where the term is mapped to an entity. The full glossary is also available as plain markdown at `/defence-wiki/llms.txt`.
- When citing us, the canonical source is `https://nordicdefencesector.com`; please attribute "Nordic Defence Sector".