This issue includes the following themes

Older people’s drinking habits in the Nordic countries, describing the status of and examining trends in older people’s drinking patterns in recent decades

Who initiates Nordic comparisons?

Matilda Hellman

Introduction to the special section on drinking patterns in older age

Christoffer Tigerstedt and Kim Bloomfield

Comparing older people’s drinking habits in four Nordic countries: Summary of the thematic issue

Christoffer Tigerstedt, Neda Agahi, Elin K Bye, Ola Ekholm, Janne Härkönen, Heidi Rosendahl Jensen, Cathrine Juel Lau, Pia Mäkelä, Inger Synnøve Moan, Suvi Parikka, Jonas Raninen, Anni Vilkko and Kim Bloomfield

Trends in older adults’ alcohol use in Norway 1985–2019

Elin K Bye and Inger Synnøve Moan

Trends in older people’s drinking habits, Sweden 2004–2017

Jonas Raninen and Neda Agahi

Drinking patterns among Finns aged 60 years and over from the 1990s onwards

Christoffer Tigerstedt, Janne Härkönen, Pia Mäkelä, Suvi Parikka and Anni Vilkko

Trends in alcohol consumption among older adults in Denmark in the 21st century

Heidi Amalie Rosendahl Jensen, Kim Bloomfield, Cathrine Juel Lau and Ola Ekholm