This chapter analyses the egalitarian structure of the Nordic countries and investigate how income distributions have changed along with the re-organization of the welfare state since the early 1990s. It describes the overall developments in the Nordic income distributions, focusing on inequality and poverty trends. The chapter discusses more complete understanding of the egalitarian structure of the Nordic countries, it is therefore necessary to focus more explicitly on the changes in the lower part of the income distribution and analyze the developments in the EU at-risk-of-poverty rate. The chapter also analyses the overall trends and focuses more closely on the poverty risks in different groups characterized by old and new risks. It provides a more comprehensive account of the current state of the Nordic welfare model. The chapter focuses on the analysis of income distributions against the changes introduced to social policy. It also focuses on the Nordic income distributions against the backdrop of changes introduced to major redistribution programmes.