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During this year’s Gothenburg Book Fair, we recorded a live podcast episode in collaboration with En Svensk Tiger, a Swedish podcast about modern history. The episode focused on the Holocaust and the Nordic region. Listen to it here. Guests on the episode include Anna Florén, program director at Voksenåsen; Sebastian Klein, historian at the Falstad Center; and the producers and podcast hosts from En Svensk Tiger, Henrik […]

Democracy will be the main theme at the Gothenburg Book Fair in 2027. The theme is being organized in collaboration with Natur & Kultur, the Lärarstiftelsen Foundation, and the Voksenåsen Cultural Center. For Voksenåsen, this partnership represents an important opportunity to contribute Nordic perspectives on democracy, education, culture, and youth participation at one of the Nordic region’s largest cultural gathering places. – We are proud to be a […]

Voksenåsen will participate in the Gothenburg Book Fair from September 24–27, 2026, with 20 talks and its own booth, C03:02. The program below is organized by Voksenåsen and other partners. Thursday, September 24, 10:00–10:45 a.m. The Heart of Democracy: What happens to democracy when more and more people encounter information through algorithms rather than shared public spaces? As digitalization, information overload, and declining trust increase, […]