Welcome to take part in the language cafés of the Roots and Future – Empowering Minority Language Education and Communities project, organised as part of the European Capital of Culture year. The online language cafés included in the Oulu2026 programme strengthen knowledge of minority languages and cultures in the Northern Cap region.
The Oulu2026 programme includes the Bara prata svenska online Swedish language cafés in spring and autumn 2026. At the end of 2026, joined language cafés for Kven, Meänkieli, Swedish, and Finnish will also be organized. The language cafés take place on Zoom and are open to anyone interested in the region’s minority languages and cultures. Participants also join from Northern Sweden and Northern Norway.
Roots and Future language café series consist of six sessions, where the language is practised in a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere through practical, everyday activities. The cafés increase participants’ ability to use minority languages in daily life and strengthen Nordic cooperation.
The Swedish language online café series begin on 13 March at 2–3 pm on Zoom. Read more and join in:
Welcome to speak Swedish at the Bara prata svenska language cafés – Interreg Aurora
The first 30 participants to join will be admitted to each language café.
The partners of the Interreg Aurora–funded Roots and Future project are Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Sverigefinska folkhögskolan in Haparanda (Sweden), and the Kven Language Centre in Alta (Norway). Oulu University of Applied Sciences is responsible for organizing the Bara prata svenska language cafés.
Read more about the Interreg Aurora project Roots and Future here.
