Abstract

After the end of the Cold War and the formation of a multipolar world Scandinavian countries have chosen different ways, but one goal – to ensure the highest level of defense and security in the region Northern Europe. Mastery of these countries in military peacekeeping missions during the Cold War provided the Scandinavian countries is not right to be the best in this area and the sharing of experiences with the countries that need modernizing the military. High Trust international organizations to peacekeeping forces Scandinavians contributes to the further improvement and development of new models of high-quality military cooperation of different states to more successful peacekeeping missions in places of crises and conflcts. Nordic cooperation in security and defense found its embodiment in such models as cooperation NORDSAMFN, NORDCAPS and NORDEFKO. Transformation towards expansion and modernization of each of these associations took place based on a constant search for the most effective mechanisms to ensure a high level of coordination of military Scandinavia. An example of successful cooperation in the defense fild in northern Europe is NORDEFKO. The overall goal NORDEFCO on the military level – cooperation across the spectrum of defense structures to ensure greater cost effiiency and thus achieve the best quality. It means to have the ability to combine the individual possibilities to prevent any crisis. The aim is also combined with effective contribution to international efforts to ensure peace and security. Deep and comprehensive cooperation between the Nordic countries will increase its contribution to the development of peacekeeping forces and contribute to the consolidation efforts of the EU, NATO and the UN to stabilize conflct situations and possible prevention. Today the transformation of the international system and face new security challenges, as peace and world stability is one of the key requirements for today that the Scandinavian countries have very constructive opinion.