The LAPL was an EASA EU wide sub ICAO licence.
Ah, that was not entirely clear to me, thanks for clarification. However, why the "was"? Bar Brexit, what has changed?
@T/S: on a very general note, powered recreational flying is not very well regarded in that "southernmost of scandinavian countries". There is a remarkably strong presence of Dutch pilots and even Dutch-registered planes in western Germany and in north-eastern Belgium - guess why...