A Northern Light in Southern Struggles: Swedish Solidarity Towards Greece

We are delighted to invite you to a joint panel co-organized by the Swedish Institute at Athens (SIA) and NORMED, which operates under the auspices of the Research Centre for the Humanities (RCH).

The panel will take place at the Danish Institute in Athens, Herefondos 14, on Monday, July 7, 2025, at 19:00.

A Northern Light in Southern Struggles: Swedish Solidarity Towards Greece

Sweden and Greece are bound by a history of empathy, civic engagement, and shared democratic values. Join distinguished panelists Giorgos Papandreou, Kajsa Ekis Ekman and Marie Mauzy, moderated by prominent journalist Alexandra Pascalidou, as they trace this history and how solidarity can evolve in the face of new geopolitical and economic challenges. Welcome to an evening of reflection and celebration of how a northern nation extended a hand of solidarity to Greece during some of its most critical 20th-century struggles. The discussions will reach from the presence of the Swedish Red Cross during WW2 to Sweden’s response to the Greek debt crisis, via the 1960s solidarity movements and Swedish reactions to the Greek military dictatorship. 

George Papandreou
fm. Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, MP 

Kajsa Ekis Ekman
Journalist, Author of Κλεμμένη άνοιξη Το χρονικό της κρίσης με τη ματιά της σουηδής δημοσιογράφου (Κέδρος) and member of Nätverket för Grekland

Marie Mauzy
Author, scholar  

Panel chair: ALEXANDRA PASCALIDOU
Author, journalist

Welcome messages by Jenny Wallensten (SIA) and George Kalpadakis (Academy of Athens & NORMED). 

Warmly welcome!

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