Engaged and inspired – together
Nordic Youth Seminar 2026
📍Kungälv, Sweden, 27th-29th of March 2026
✨ We bring together 90 young leaders and volunteers from across the Nordic region for an inspiring gathering focused on engagement, collaboration, and shared learning.
🌱 As a participant, you will:
- Gain and share perspectives on how to strenghten youth engagement, agency, and the future of our organizations
- Build lasting friendships with like-minded youth across the Nordic region
- Return home with tools, inspiration, and a renewed belief in the power of youth
Who can apply?
The seminar is for young people aged 18-30 who are part of a youth organization in a Nordic country.
Applicants with a leadership role or organizational responsibility in their organization will be prioritized.
We will focus on three main areas:
- Knowledge and experience sharing
- Partnerships and projects
- Nordic culture and friendships
In workshops and sessions, we will dive into various themes, including:
- Sustainable volunteering
- Empowering safe youth engagement
- Tendencies in Nordic civil society
- Youth involvement in decision-making
And much more!
Collaboration makes us smarter, stronger - and it opens new doors!
Explore how you can work with other Nordic youth organizations and get funding.
Take the first (or next) step in your Nordic partnership.
Get inspired by meeting young people from all corners of the Nordics
Discover Nordic cultures, languages, and ways of thinking
And build lasting friendships and connections!
Practical details
You will be informed no later than March 6th about whether or not you have secured a spot at the seminar.
We will contact you to organize the final details regarding your participation
The project covers the costs of transportation, food, and accommodation
We will arrange food and accommodation in connection with the activity.
The seminar will be held at Nordiska Folkhögskolan in Sweden at Olof Palmes väg 1, 442 31 Kungälv, from Friday, 27th of March at 17.15 to Sunday, 29th of March at 15.30.
Transportation
You can either book your transportation yourself and have the costs reimbursed afterward, or we can book it for you. If possible, we prefer that you book your own transportation to and from the seminar.
If you buy your own tickets, it's important that you consider the financial, climate, and environmental costs, stay within the specified budget, and ensure your travel aligns with participating in the entire program.
Remember to send your reimbursement request by filling out DUF's online reimbursement form - no later than April 29th, 2026. You can read more about reimbursement here.
Accommodation
Most participants will stay in shared rooms with one or two other participants. By default, room assignments will be based on the gender indicated in the application form.
We take specific needs into consideration
We would like to know if you have any specific needs related to e.g. accommodation, facilities, or equipment (hearing aids, translation, mobility disabilities, anxiety, etc.). The seminar is accessible for people in electric wheelchairs.
Feel free to contact us about this or if you have questions about whether we can accommodate your needs.
Ground rules
As we will be living and learning together, all participants are expected to follow the shared ground rules.
You can read the ground rules here
Contact us!
If you have any questions, you can always contact Hanna at hn@duf.dk or +45 6020 1446.
Together, we strengthen engagement, agency, and future collaboration
The Nordic Youth Seminar 2026 is part of the broader Youth Network NORD initiative—a unique collaboration between the Nordic youth councils.
Our approach to meetings between Nordic youths is:
🤝 Meeting around a common third cause, as well as exchanging knowledge and experiences, provides the sense that we have much in common and can learn from each other. This fosters curiosity, understanding, communities, collaboration, and partnerships.
🙌 Through peer-to-peer meetings and friendships, we gain experience with Nordic cultures and languages, and we feel part of a meaningful and inspiring Nordic community.
💪 Creating strong partnerships requires capacity building and support for collaboration, especially help with securing funding.
🫶 Concrete experiences with cultures, languages, and Nordic cooperation deepen our understanding of the shared linguistic, cultural, and value-based community in the Nordic region.
In this way, we empower young people and youth organizations. We contribute to ensuring that more people feel part of a Nordic community and understand the value of Nordic cooperation. And we strengthen the common Nordic youth voice.
All of this is an important foundation for addressing regional and global challenges and ensuring a sustainable and cohesive Nordic region.