Over the past thirty years, all the Nordic countries have established state mechanisms designed to combat gender discrimination and ensure equal opportunities for all members of society. These mechanisms comprise, on the one hand, a broad network of institutions and posts dedicated to promoting gender equality policies, and on the other, a system of anti-discrimination legislation underpinning social security. The equality mechanisms also include state-funded and organisationally supported gender research networks, established in every Scandinavian country and actively cooperating with one another. The gender dimension within the state governance system has taken on new characteristics: women have begun to participate more actively in the country’s governance and political life, in the activities of women’s social organisations, have increasingly stood as candidates for state governing bodies, and have advocated for equal rights with men. In this way, significant representation of women in state governing bodies has been achieved. All these achievements by women differ significantly from the position they held in the past