Arctic Council

Arctic Council
Arktisk Råd (Danish); Arktinen neuvosto (Finnish); Conseil de l'Arctique (French); Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiit (Greenlandic); Norðurskautsráðið (Icelandic); ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ (Inuktitut); Árktalaš ráđđi (Northern Sami); Arktisk råd (Norwegian); Арктический совет (Russian); Arktiska rådet (Swedish);
	members observers
Formation	September 19, 1996 (Ottawa Declaration)
Type	Intergovernmental organization
Purpose	Forum for promoting cooperation, coordination, and interaction among the Arctic states, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities
Headquarters	Tromsø, Norway (since 2012)
Membership	Canada; Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Russia; Sweden; United States;
Main organ	Secretariat
Website	arctic-council.org

The Arctic Council is a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic region. At present, eight countries exercise sovereignty over the lands within the Arctic Circle, and these constitute the member states of the council: Canada; Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Russia; Sweden; and the United States. Other countries or national groups can be admitted as observer states, while organizations representing the concerns of indigenous peoples can be admitted as indigenous permanent participants.^[1]

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Arktisk Råd (Danish) Arktinen neuvosto (Finnish) Conseil de l'Arctique (French) Issittumi Siunnersuisoqatigiit (Greenlandic) Norðurskautsráðið (Icelandic) ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ (Inuktitut) Árktalaš ráđđi (Northern Sami) Arktisk råd (Norwegian) Арктический совет (Russian) Arktiska rådet (Swedish)

members observers
Formation	September 19, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-09-19) (Ottawa Declaration)
Type	Intergovernmental organization
Purpose	Forum for promoting cooperation, coordination, and interaction among the Arctic states, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous communities
Headquarters	Tromsø, Norway (since 2012)
Membership	Canada Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Russia Sweden United States
Main organ	Secretariat
Website	arctic-council.org