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International educational youth forum “Hyperborea : the battle of ideas”, in August 2009, in the Republic of Karelia




The State Committee on Youth of the Republic of Karelia is planning to hold the unique international educational youth forum “Hyperborea : the battle of ideas”, in August 2009, in the Republic of Karelia

The objective of the Forum is to create the unique innovative working area for the active youth. This area presents the territory, where everyone may realize their personal growth, demonstrate their potentials to create youth ideas and projects. Thus ,such an atmosphere shall promote every participant to show their talents, increase the level of their human potential, find the people, holding the same views, and get the public and state support.
Hyperborea means “beyond the North”. Boreas is the northern wind. Hyperborea is the blessed northern land ,where the happy people reside. The residents of this land are believed to be very talented, to have the unique knowledge and the ancient wisdom, giving them an opportunity to live in peace with others. Ancient Greeks believed the land Hyperborea to be situated beyond the 60th parallel at the territory of Karelia.
The target group is aged from 16 to 28, who live either at the territory of the North-West Federal District of Russia or the Baltic countries, including the Scandinavian Countries. All the candidates to participate into the Project will be selected on the basis of competitive measures.

The partners of the Forum will be the statesmen, representatives of the federal ,regional and foreign executives branches of power, the representatives of the public associations, who are concerned with the development of the Baltic region; also the federal and international experts and russian and foreign grant-givers.
The most active and creative representatives of the above mentioned regions are supposed to take part in the Forum. These young people are also supposed to play considerable role in social or political life in the nearest future or they may already be significant political and social figures

Discovering Norway



When you are standing on the bank of the river and looking at the forest on the other side, it’s hard to believe that it is another country there. Somebody near you is joking: let’s greet a Russian hare or a Russian squirrel. It may seem that nothing is changing on the other side of the river. It may also seem, though, that everything changes.

For me the north of Norway became a special world, where the comfort of armchairs and the light of candles save people from evening darkness. Here it’s necessary to compete with the severe climate and to win. Here it seems that hurry and bustle have been left somewhere behind the border.

It is my first trip to Kirkenes with the international youth club Solveig. We have spent three days at Pasvik Folkehøgskole, quite close to Russian-Norwegian border. During these days we visited Barents secretariat, learned everything about printing newspapers at the editorial office of “Sør-Varanger Avis”, examined complicated constructions of the electric power station and asked questions about bears at the ecological center. During the days we discovered Norway, and all the evenings were spent with Norwegian students.

Of course I did not have time to notice all the changes that appear after crossing the border. Nevertheless, during these three days I became completely absorbed by the atmosphere that surrounded me.

Unfortunately, in Russia we don’t have any institution, which is similar to a folk school. I remember that after I finished school it was extremely hard for me to choose the field of higher education. Maybe, if Russian students had the possibility to spend a year communicating, traveling and learning people and nature, it could be easier for them to understand their wishes and to make a choice.

The closeness of the border leaves its imprint in this region: we read Russian street names and hear Russian speech in shops. It seems that somehow Norwegian world is close to ours. Maybe, that’s why it was so appealing for us. We would like to visit it again.

Anna Varfolomeeva
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IV International Musical and Theatrical Festival for children and youth “Golden Keys”



During the 24-26 of April the IV International Musical and Theatrical Festival for children and youth “Golden Keys” will be held in Petrozavodsk, Karelia. The organizers are “School of Child’s Arts” and the society “Karelia-Norway” with the assistance of the Ministry of culture and public relations in the Republic of Karelia and the Administration of Petrozavodsk. The subject of this year is “North Fairytales”, and plays in Norwegian, Finnish, English, and Russian staged by young actors from Murmansk, Olonets, Saint-Petersburg, Segezha, Petrozavodsk, and Finnmark (Norway) are in the program. The premiers of the plays after the Norwegian project of Harald Setervoll, the composer and the author of the musical “Missia Macrell”, will be showed at the festival by club “Solveig” and choir “Vozrozhdeniye”. The Finnish opera by Harry Vessman will be performed by choir “Podsnezhnik”.
For the first time the seminar “The role of arts. Child’s theatrical pedagogic” will be held within the framework of the festival. Composers and directors from Finland, Norway, and Russia will share their experience and discuss new Russian and foreign theatrical technologies, among them Scandinavian.
Now young artists work at the projects of festival symbols and the pictures for International Contests of Drawing “North Fairytale”. The works of winners will be placed at the itinerant exhibition.


In 2009 an International youth club “Solveig” (under the Society of friendship «Karelia-Norway») and Pasvik folkehogskole will celebrate 10 years of collaboration . During this period of time 14 people were sent to Norway within the framework of the program of cooperation. And youth exchange educational trips are annually conducted, more than 300 people have already taken part in them.

festival of the amateur Norwegian movies


An international youth club "Solveig" and Petrozavodsk media-centre «Vykhod» invite you to a festival of the amateur Norwegian movies on the 24th of February (Tuesday), at 6.30 p.m. (K. Marks avenue, ap. 14).
Within the framework of the Festival short amateur movies (the production of the direction «Photo, film and video» of Pasvik folkehogskole (North Norway), the results of the international video-cross among the students of Norwegian High school and the members of the club "Solveig" will be shown. The festival took place in February in Kirkenes.
In 2009 an International youth club “Solveig” (under the Society of friendship «Karelia-Norway») and Pasvik folkehogskole will celebrate 10 years of collaboration . During this period of time 14 people were sent to Norway within the framework of the program of cooperation. And youth exchange educational trips are annually conducted, more than 300 people have already taken part in them.

about Solveig



International youth club "Solveig"
ten years of cooperation

International youth club “Solveig” was created on the base of Karelian-Norwegian society in 1999.

The aim of the club is to organize international youth cooperation: realization of transboundary projects, which are made for youth; organization of cultural, educational, ecological, and journalistic international events and festivals.

Nowadays the club consists of 120 members in Russia and 70 members in foreign countries. The club works in 7 directions:

1. international (meetings and communication with foreigners, travels, education abroad);
2. cultural (representing of Karelian and Russian culture for foreigners, organization of festivals);
3. international journalism (education, practice and internships in foreign mass-media);
4. ecological (ecological actions, projects related to environment);
5. human rights (publications, international conferences, defense of youth rights);
6. indigenous people (preservation of culture and traditions, seminars, theatre);
7. youth enterprise and tourism (educational tourism).

During the past 10 years long-lasting partner cooperation with Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish youth organizations has been established. The club assists in reception of youth groups coming to Karelia and represents Karelian and Russian culture abroad.

Within the framework of its activity “Solveig” conducts educational meetings devoted to history, geography, culture, and traditions. The meetings take place two times a month, and representatives of different countries take part in them.

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