The Nordische Gesellschaft ("Nordic Society") was an association founded in 1921, with the objective of strengthening German-Nordic cultural and political cooperation.

[2] During the Second World War, it ran two publications, Pressedienst Nord and Der Norden, directed towards influencing the political debate in the Scandinavian countries towards a pro-German position.

[1] It dealt mainly with Nordic issues and actively tried to foster a concept of a common Baltic Sea historical and cultural heritage, based on the legacy of the Hanseatic league.

The publishing house did a conscious effort to include Scandinavian writers, such as Knut Hamsun, Erling Bjørnson and Karl Olivecrona.

[2] A sizeable amount of brochures were published by the association; most of them were part of the series Veröffentlichungen der Nordischen Gesellschaft zum Zeitgeschehen.

[2][5] A special 'cultural branch' was set up under the leadership of Heinrich Jessen, to facilitate contacts with the cultural and academic sphere in the Scandinavian countries.

[2] The cultural branch worked actively throughout the war years to foster contacts with Swedish academics and artists.

The activities included study visits, lectures and concerts in Germany and tours of German scholars and artists in Sweden.

[6] Johan Bojer and Barbra Ring played key roles in the Norwegian activities of Nordische Gesellschaft during the 1930s.

It faced competition from the Hamburg-based Deutsch-Nordische Gesellschaft and, to a lesser extent, Kulturabteilung des Auswärtigen Amtes in Berlin.