The Nordics 2025 candidacy is facing competition from France, Poland and Switzerland for the hosting rights ©Nordics 2025

The Governments of the four Nordic nations have pledged their full support behind a joint bid to host the European Women’s Football Championship in 2025.

Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have tabled the "Nordics 2025" proposals to UEFA in a bid to stage the event across the four countries in two years’ time.

Statements from each Government expressing their commitment to the bid has also been provided to UEFA as they ramp up their efforts to secure the hosting rights.

According to Nordics 2025, the Danish Government has classified the staging of the European Women’s Football Championship as a "matter of general major interest and of international importance".

The Norwegian Government underlined its "long-standing tradition in co-operating and building better societies together with the Nordic neighbours", while the Finnish Government said it was "looking forward to welcoming a worldwide audience to Finland for a first-class international sporting event".

Nordics 2025 said the Swedish Government also stressed its full support, arguing that the "Nordic values and co-operation will guarantee the success of the tournament".

The statements come with less than two months to go until UEFA is due to decide the winning bid on April 4.

The Danish Government, led by Mette Frederiksen, described the staging of the European Women’s Football Championship as a
The Danish Government, led by Mette Frederiksen, described the staging of the European Women’s Football Championship as a "matter of general major interest" ©Getty Images

Copenhagen and Odense in Denmark, Helsinki and Tampere in Finland, Oslo and Trondheim in Norway and Stockholm and Göteborg in Sweden have been proposed by Nordics 2025 as host cities for the competition.

The Nordics 2025 bid claims it is set to be the biggest European Women’s Football Championship, with more than 800,000 tickets due to be made available and the final to be held at the 50,000-capacity Friends Arena in Swedish capital Stockholm, should the proposal be successful.

The event has been staged in Scandinavia on five occasions, with the last of those coming in Sweden in 2013.

Norway held the tournament in 1987 before jointly staging it with Sweden in 1997, while Denmark and Finland played host in 1991 and 2009 respectively.

Sweden also won the inaugural edition in 1984 before Norway triumphed in 1987 and 1993.

Nordics 2025 is rivalled by standalone bids from France, Poland and Switzerland.