Over recent decades, we have witnessed a decline in the number of democracies worldwide, and fewer than seven per cent of the global population now live in states defined as full democracies. The Nordic countries have a long tradition of being societies characterised by openness, trust, and transparency, and yet the turmoil of our time shows that even long-standing democracies can face significant challenges.
Even in the Nordic region, democracies are confronting new issues: falling voter turnout, increasingly polarised public debate, rising global uncertainty, and the evolving expectations of younger generations. This year’s Democracy Day at Hanaholmen, organised in collaboration with the Anders Chydenius Foundation, invites the public to explore how we can strengthen Nordic democracies and safeguard their future.
The programme includes a keynote Democracy and time: learning from the past, preparing for the future by Timo Miettinen, a presentation of the Democracy report 2025 by Marina Nord from the V-dem institute and two Dialogues for our futures. The dialogues are part of Hanaholmen's anniversary programme and are arranged together with the University of Helsinki, Åbo Akademi university, the Itla Children’s Foundation, NordicSom, and All Our Children with the topics How can we bring more voices into the public discussion? and How can we strengthen children’s and young people’s hope for the future through inclusion? The event ends with Democracy Drinks.
Read more and see the full programme here: www.hanaholmen.fi/en/events/hanaholmen-democracy-day-2025
Language: English.
The seminar is arranged by Hanaholmen and the Anders Chydenius Foundation, in cooperation with the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation.
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