People’s Festival 2023: Shame, NATO and the Kalmar Union. Are our young people ‘Nordic’?

The world around us is in turmoil. Sweden and Finland are joining NATO, Poland and Hungary are acting as a brake on development in the EU and democracy is in retreat in many parts of the world.

Is there potential in the Nordic Region, and what does the Nordic Region actually have to offer Danish young people? This debate addresses whether there is such a thing as a Nordic identity and what new opportunities there are for working together.

Could we create a shared public service platform? Nordic co-operation on defence? How much potential is there for better coordination before climate summits and fighting together for democracy in the world? 

• Karen Ellemann, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers
   
• Rasmus Emborg, President, Nordic Youth Council

• Ellen Jakobsson, Festival Director, Nordic Youth Democratic Meeting NORD

• Emilia Modigh, Project Manager, Nordjobb, Norway 

Moderator: Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok, Programme Manager, Nordic Youth Democratic Meeting NORD