Folkemødet 2025
Paprika Steen / Sara Bro / Nicolaj Kopernikus / Maren Uthaug / Sofie Riise Nors / Mathias Broe / Petra Nagel / Rosa Lund / Ghita Nørby / Esben Dalgaard / Christoffer Boe / Ane Qvortrup / Carolyne Kaddu Rasmussen / Niels Krause-Kjær / Martin Kongstad / Tine Fischer / Sandy French / Lone Theils / Keld Reinicke / Bo Lidegaard / Leif Davidsen / Karianne Solbrække / Jan E. Jørgensen / Nicolai Nørregaard / and many more
The world is constantly changing, and we are facing important questions about society, culture, and media. At this year’s Folkemøde, Egmont delves into Danish film and literature, discusses the role of news media, and explores the significance of cultural heritage. We look at how children and youth at risk navigate life’s choices, what screen culture means for our society, and how we can ensure strong education for the future. Along the way, we touch on both the big picture and the close-up details. Look forward to exciting conversations, debates, and perspectives as a lineup of actors, authors, politicians, journalists, experts, and cultural figures take the stage at Egmont’s two venues Baghaven and Terrassen in Havnegade, Allinge, Friday 13th of June.
Line-up June 13
/ Mikkel Maltha / Anders Kjærhauge
Start the day with morning singing in the company of Mikkel Maltha and Anders Kjærhauge, who has selected songs that are each relevant to society today.
/ Sara Bro / Esben Dalgaard / Rosa Lund / Sofie Riise Nors
Young people with illness also dream of education, jobs and love. But they have to fight extra hard. Sara Bro is visited by Esben Dalgaard, politician Rosa Lund, illustrator, author and feminist, Sofie Riise Nors. Together they will discuss some of the dilemmas that young people experience when they live with a chronic or serious physical illness. Come and hear young people from SygtStærk talk about a young life with illness and present dilemmas from their everyday lives.
/ Keld Reinicke / Diana Ringe Krogh / Niels Wetterberg
Join us for an important conversation about you and your children's screen culture and Denmark's future as a cultural producer. Computer games are often referred to as "bad screen time" - but what about the many positive effects we rarely hear about? We bring together politicians and gamers from the gaming industry for an engaging conversation about what computer games and the Danish gaming industry can do. How can we exploit the gaming industry's potential to strengthen Denmark, and what positive effects do games have?
/ Petra Nagel / Ane Qvortrup / Andreas Rasch Christensen / Carl Emil Lind Christensen
Analyses show that young people in primary and secondary schools thrive mentally and socially, but there is a need to increase their professional well-being, which scores low. What can help increase professional well-being? And what can contribute to greater trust in one's own abilities to master the profession? What do the experts say? And what do the young people themselves say?
/ Maren Uthaug / Petra Nagel
A lot of men are angry with Maren Uthaug. Perhaps because in her books she reduces them to breeding animals and gives women the power that men otherwise possess. Is the future brighter without men, and is equality even possible? That is the focus of this conversation between author Maren Uthaug and journalist Petra Nagel.
/ Leif Davidsen / Peter Ernstved Rasmussen / Bo Lidegaard
The world is facing major changes and global unrest. Historian Bo Lidegaard and author Leif Davidsen delve into the current geopolitical situation and discuss how conflicts, great power rivalry, and political tensions are shaping our times.
/ Ulla Pors Nielsen / Sandy French / Karianne Solbrække / Niels Krause-Kjær
In Norway, Egmont is behind the public service media house TV 2, which fulfills the same role in Norwegian society as Danish TV 2 and DR do here. All three deliver news reporting and public service in a time when media consumption is increasingly individualized, the supply is greater than ever, and fake news challenges trust in our society. So how do TV stations ensure their credibility, quality and reach in the fast-paced news flow? How do they themselves avoid bias in a more polarized world? And is it even possible to engage the younger generations in something as old-fashioned as TV news?
/ Paprika Steen / Carolyne Kaddu Rasmussen / Rikke Dal Støttrup / Caroline Højrup Heidemann
Join us for a live edition of ALT for damernes' weekly podcast, where we invite two famous guests into the Friday bar every week for a chat about current topics and life's highs and lows. Here at Folkemødet, editor-in-chief Rikke Dal Støttrup and journalist Caroline Heidemann are visited by nurse and author CarolyneKaddu Rasmussen and director and actress Paprika Steen for a conversation about generational and cultural encounters - seen through women's eyes.
/ Rane Willerslev / Anne Sophia Hermansen / Mastarn Bandian / Heidi Sørensen
Can you participate in democracy if you don’t read? The reading crisis among children and young people demands answers. The world is changing rapidly, and democracy is under pressure. At the same time, reading motivation among youth is plummeting. Denmark ranks at the very bottom internationally when it comes to reading enjoyment among schoolchildren, and more and more young people are leaving compulsory school without reading well enough to pass their final exams — especially those growing up at risk. But what does reading enjoyment mean for democracy, and for young people's ability to participate and influence? And should we do more to support the joy of reading among children and youth in difficult living conditions? These are the questions we’ll explore when two generations meet for a conversation about the impact of the reading crisis — particularly on those growing up at risk.
/ Martin Kongstad / Nicolai Nørregaard / Kristoffer Dahy Ernst
Gastronomy is flourishing on Bornholm. What is the reason for this, and what does it mean for the island, the islanders, the tourists and, not least, for good taste? Gastro magazine editor-in-chief Kristoffer Dahy Ernst has invited Kadeau's co-owner Nicolai Nørregaard onto Egmont's stage for a conversation about the Bornholm gastro miracle, where Kadeau and Nordlandet have been among the frontrunners. Also on stage is Martin Kongstad, who hosts the popular gastro podcast "Bearnaise is the king of the animals", and who will give his personal take on how Bornholm has developed on the gastro front. There will be lots of funny robber stories and clever Bornholm tips, while we learn more about where Solskinsøen's food scene is heading.
/ Christoffer Boe / Nicolaj Kopernikus / Bent Isager-Nielsen / Lone Theils
”Rejseholdet – det første mord” is an upcoming blockbuster film from Nordisk Film directed by Christoffer Boe and starring Nicolaj Kopernikus. The film goes back in time to the 1920s, when the first travel team is established and must solve a murder mystery in Esbjerg. The Travel Team has inspired films and TV series. On Egmont’s stage, we will discuss the Travel Team and the borderland between fact and fiction.
/ Tine Fischer / Asger Flygare / Mathias Broe / Louise Vesth / Anders Leifer / Jan E. Jørgensen
With the media and film agreements from last year and with the agreement on a production discount, the financial framework for Danish film has been set. The ambitions are great, because Danish film must be a unifying force. At the same time, however, the fragmentation and the fight for Danes' time have never been greater. So how do Danish films remain - or become - relevant for everyone? Is the film industry in sync with the Danish audience? How do we get more large and broad films with artistic quality? And is there even room for the free voice of film storytellers and new talents?