Nasdaq First North

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Nasdaq First North Growth Market is a division of Nasdaq Nordic and an alternative stock exchange (legally a multilateral trading facility) for smaller companies in Europe.{{cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/solutions/nasdaq-first-north-growth-market |title=Companies listed on Nasdaq First North |accessdate=11 August 2016 |publisher=Nasdaq}} The market place Nya Marknaden in Stockholm changed name to First North in June 2006{{cite web |url=http://www.cisionwire.com/omx/omx-launches-the-alternative-market-first-north-in-sweden |title=OMX - press release |publisher=Cision Wire |accessdate=2006-05-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714194219/http://www.cisionwire.com/omx/omx-launches-the-alternative-market-first-north-in-sweden |archivedate=2009-07-14 }} and the First North exchange expanded to the stock exchange on Iceland in January 2007 and Helsinki in April 2007.

First North uses a less extensive rulebook than the main market. Unlike the regulated main market, every company on First North has a Certified Adviser to ensure that companies comply with all requirements and rules. It shares a single trading system with the main markets.

Around 550 companies were listed on Nasdaq First North in early 2024.{{cite web | title=First North Growth Market | website=Nasdaq | date=2022-10-11 | url=https://www.nasdaq.com/solutions/listings/markets/nordic/first-north | access-date=2024-02-26}}