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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Kerstin, Enflo author Alvarez Palau, Eduard Josep author Martí Henneberg, Jordi author Before industrialisation the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) were part of Europe's poor periphery, but over the last century these countries have become some of the richest in the world. This article analyses the origins of Nordic growth from the late nineteenth century, focusing on a previously neglected topic: the role of transportation. We argue that transportation, and most notably large investments in railways, played a key role in Nordic industrialisation. Railways made the exploitation and exportation of natural resources possible in what had previously been isolated areas and helped fuel a process of rural-based industrialisation. By creating conditions that favoured migration towards previously scarcely populated, but economically booming areas, Nordic industrialisation was paralleled by a reduction in regional inequality as measured in per capita GDP. We assert that railways were built before local population growth and helped shape the economic landscape of the entire region. We illustrate these points using maps based on Historical Geographic Information Systems (HGIS) highlighting railways, regional GDP and population densities from the mid nineteenth century until 1960. Kerstin, E., Alvarez-Palau, E. & Martí-Henneberg, J. (2018). Transportation and regional inequality: the impact of railways in the Nordic countries, 1860-1960. Journal of Historical Geography, 62(), 51-70. doi: 10.1016/j.jhg.2018.05.001 0305-7488 10.1016/j.jhg.2018.05.001 http://hdl.handle.net/10609/93180 regional inequality railways historical GIS population growth economic growth nordic countries desigualtat regional ferrocarrils SIG històric creixement de la població desenvolupament econòmic països nòrdics desigualdad regional vías férreas SIG histórico crecimiento de la población crecimiento económico países nórdicos Economic development Desenvolupament econòmic Desarrollo económico Transportation and regional inequality: the impact of railways in the Nordic countries, 1860-1960