Deregulation, privatisation and marketisation of Nordic comprehensive education: social changes reflected in schooling

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Table 1. Synthesis of deregulation, marketisation and privatisation in comprehensive education in the Nordic countries.

Theme	Sweden	Denmark	Iceland	Finland	Norway
Deregulation	Decentralised governance, school inspections, standardised testing	Decentralised governance, school inspections, standardised testing	Decentralised governance, school inspections, standardised testing	Decentralised governance, no school inspections, no standardised testing	Decentralised governance, school inspections, standardised testing
Marketisation	Private and public educational providers, choices promoted, publishing learning outcomes	Private and public educational providers, choices promoted, publishing learning outcomes	Public and private educational providers, choices subtly promoted in cities, publishing learning outcomes	Mainly public educational providers, choices subtly promoted in cities, learning outcomes not published	Mainly public educational providers, choices subtly promoted in cities, publishing learning outcomes
Privatisation	Vast range of independent and alternative schools, profit-making allowed, tuition fees denied	Vast range of independent and alternative schools, profit-making denied, tuition fees allowed	A range of independent and alternative schools, profit-making denied, tuition fees allowed	Some alternative schools, profit-making and tuition fees denied	Some alternative schools, profit-making denied, tuition fees only in independent schools (2%)