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We’ll be a Wildcard at Folkemødet

Every year in June, there is the political festival Folkemødet at Bornholm, the Danish island in the Baltic Sea, and this time, Nordic Bildung and our good friends at Data Ethics have qualified to become a Wildcard! This means that we will host an event free of charge on one of the official stages. We are very grateful that we … Read More

First time ever: The Nordic Secret in Danish

For the first time ever, Lene Rachel Andersen’s book The Nordic Secret will be out in Danish in April. This, of course, is mostly relevant to the Danes, but we thought the rest of the world should know it too. Check out the English version here: https://www.nordicbildung.org/the-nordic-secret/

Course program 2026 out now!

You can book our online courses now: Intro to all three courses here: https://www.nordicbildung.org/courses/

Join the planning of Nordic Bildung Week 2026

Join us at Nordiska Folkhögskolan north of Gothenburg when we start planning Nordisk Sivistys Vika 2026: Conference begins Wednesday, March 4th at 13:00Papers & Posters from 9:00Conference ends Friday, March 6th at 13:00 We need to strengthen our Nordic democracies and civil societies and we cannot do that without bildung, more bildung, and better bildung. Read more here: https://www.globalbildung.net/nbn/kungalv-2026-planning-nordisk-sivistys-vika/ The … Read More

Global Meeting on Equinox on September 20

Don’t miss our online event on September 20: https://www.globalbildung.net/what-it-means-to-be-human-2025-september-20/! There will be speakers and participants from all over the globe, and it is free of charge! Invite your friends, family, and colleagues — and your students if you are an educator. It is a free trip around the globe, it is extremely environmentally friendly, and it is always a great … Read More

The Nordic Secret released in China

It’s official: The Nordic Secret is now available in Chinese! It has been almost three years since Michael Jiang, a Chinese gentleman living in the US, reached out to Lene Rachel Andersen and asked if he could translate her book into Chinese. And now it’s here! — Or, actually: there. In China. But you can watch Lene’s intro video to … Read More

Important, True, and Meaningful: New book April 30

Important, True, and Meningful is Lene Rachel Andersen’s 21st book about the human predicament and our future as a species. The book will be released in Danish on April 30, 2025. An English version may be due later this year. Read more about then new release in Danish here: https://www.nordicbildung.org/da/det-vigtige-det-egentlige-og-meningen-med-det-hele/

Nordic Bildung Conference & Network

Now we will also start a Nordic Bildung Network and host meetings, conferences, and other activities about bildung in the Nordics. Its Nordic name is a mix of Scandinavian, Finnish, and Icelandic: Nordiskt Sivistys Netverkið. The first conference was just this Thursday and Friday, March 6-7, at Nordiska Folkhögskolan in Kungälv, just north of Gothenburg, Sweden. 35 people participated, and … Read More