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Seminars

The annual Engelsberg Seminar is a Swedish institution with international hallmarks. Since 1999, the foundation has brought together world-leading scholars and thinkers to discuss history, the age we live in and the future.

Themes such as the future of religion, media and media power, and the return of geopolitics have generated ideas that have reverberated around the world. For Swedish academics and journalists, the Engelsberg Seminar provides unique opportunities to establish international contacts, while intellectuals from other countries can develop their attachment to and understanding of Sweden.

2022: Liberty

What does the concept mean today and what must we do to preserve the freedoms previous generations fought for?

2021: Man and technology

The word technology is often used to describe tools and practical skills. But technology is present in many different contexts.

2020: Society in crisis

About humanity’s capacity for adaptation and reorientation. A crisis presents problems, but also opportunities.

2019: Past and Present

History teaches us about the present and the future. How can events of the past help to solve our present conditions and conflicts?

2018: Knowledge & information

In this seminar, leading scholars discuss how knowledge and information have been preserved and transferred throughout history.

The Engelsberg Seminar 1999–2017

Since 1999, the annual Engelsberg Seminar has brought together world-leading scholars and thinkers.

Other seminars

Building on the spirit of the Engelsberg Seminar, the foundation also arranges other seminars and conferences in Sweden and abroad.

Forum Axess: the book

The book contains an account of the activities within Forum Axess since its inception in 1999 and documentation of seminars, conferences, lectures, books, Axess TV and Axess Magazine.