Terhi Ainiala
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4998-9983
University of Helsinki, Finland

Emilia Aldrin
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8085-1419
Halmstad University, Sweden

Birgit Eggert
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8454-7430
University of Copenhagen, Denmark

https://doi.org/10.4467/K7478.47/22.23.17752 

Abstract
The recently founded Nordic network New Trends in Nordic Socio-Onomastics was started as a workshop program in 2018 and 2019, funded by The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The aim was to stimulate innovative research development within the socio-onomastic field by enabling Nordic researchers to come together, participate in discussions, explore new theoretical and methodological tools and identify new problem areas suitable for future joint Nordic projects. In this article, we present the network and the activities that have been organized in order to enhance international collaboration. We also discuss the current state of socio-onomastics in the Nordic countries and identify some important objectives and areas for future research.

Keywords: socio-onomastics, variation, Nordic, international collaboration