Helsingborg · Copenhagen · Malmö · 20–23 Oct 2026

Teach Wednesday. Spend Thursday in Copenhagen.

Sleep in Helsingborg on Tuesday, teach on Wednesday, then spend Thursday in Copenhagen: the resistance museum for 9 April 1940, Denmark's theatre archive, a real concert, and a flight home on Friday. Switch Thursday to Malmö only if David Cuartielles or Fryshuset says yes by 14 October.

The plan

Tue20 Oct
Arrive, Louisiana at night
  1. 13:45Budget pick: Bus4You Oslo 07:30 → Helsingborg 13:45, from 373 SEK. Check the early Hamar → Oslo connection before booking; check in near Helsingborg C.Or: Fly instead: Norwegian OSL 07:40 → CPH 08:50, from 2,075 NOK return before ground transport and bags. The 1,633 NOK fare leaves late Tuesday.
  2. 17:30Ferry to Helsingør (20 min, every 20 min), Kystbane to Humlebæk, walk to Louisiana. Open to 22:00: Tracey Emin, Remedios Varo, Kippenberger.Or: Landing late: free student jazz at Dunkers kulturhus, 18:00, five minutes from the station.
Wed21 Oct
Teach, then Copenhagen
  1. 10:15–15:00SABN02, Campus Helsingborg, C-building. Lecture, workshop, live podcast.
  2. 15:15Coffee with the Psychological Defence Research Institute, in the same department. Ask Jana to set it up.
  3. 16:30Öresundståg to København H (≈1h30). Two nights near the station.
  4. 20:00Randy Brecker + Tivoli Big Band, 100 Years of Miles Davis, Glassalen, Tivoli, next to the station. 220–420 DKK.Or: Theatre instead: Faust at Betty Nansen, 19:30, directed by Norwegian Lea Fedida Claussen.
Thu22 Oct
Copenhagen: 9 April, theatre archives, concert
  1. 10:00Frihedsmuseet, the Danish resistance museum. Denmark was occupied the same morning as Norway; the exhibition starts on 9 April 1940. 130 DKK.
  2. 12:30Lunch meeting with University of Copenhagen: Nordic Studies (already in touch about kulturbase) plus theatre studies.
  3. 14:30Teatermuseet i Hofteatret, reopened March 2026 after five years. Ask about the Royal Library's theatre recordings 1948–88.
  4. 19:30DR Symfoniorkestret: Shostakovich 15 + Barber's Adagio, DR Koncerthuset.Or: Documentary theatre instead: Who Run the World? #2 Colonialism, Betty Nansen at Edison, 20:00, 80–155 DKK.
Fri23 Oct
Home
  1. 10:50–12:00Norwegian Copenhagen → Oslo, displayed 835 NOK/person. Then home to Hamar. The 09:20 and 14:20 flights showed the same fare; check the Gardermoen → Hamar connection.

If Malmö says yes: Thursday 22 there instead

Thu22 Oct
Malmö
  1. 09:30David Cuartielles at the IOIO lab, or Fryshuset's Folkets Park house, whichever said yes.
  2. 13:00K3 FUTURES: Too Much Future? Linda Hilfling Ritasdatter and Kristoffer Gansing, K3 Studio, Niagara. Starts sharp.
  3. 15:30Moderna Museet Malmö, Ljudet av (sound art, to 8 Nov), or Otobong Nkanga at Malmö Konsthall (free).
  4. 19:30The Bulgarian Voices Angelite with NOSTRA, S:t Johannes kyrka. The singers move through the church. The closest echo of the Estonian song thread.

Do this week

  1. by 9 Oct
    Ask Jana for a 30-minute coffee with the Psychological Defence Research Institute (James Pamment's group) after the session on Wednesday.
  2. by 9 Oct
    Write to University of Copenhagen Nordic Studies, already in touch about kulturbase: lunch on Thursday 22, and invite the theatre and performance studies people.
  3. by 9 Oct
    One email each to David Cuartielles and Jenny Berg Nilson (Fryshuset Malmö). A yes from either moves Thursday to Malmö.
  4. by 9 Oct
    Lage: ask his cousin, scenographer at Helsingborgs stadsteater, for a meeting and backstage tour, Tue evening or Wed after 15:00.
  5. by 9 Oct
    Lage: ask Birger about the Randy Brecker / Tivoli Big Band night, Wed 21 (guest list or a talk afterwards).
  6. by 9 Oct
    Write to Frihedsmuseet and ask for the curator of the 9 April 1940 exhibition, Thu 22 at 10:00.
  7. now
    Pick the route (see Getting there), then book. Cheapest: Bus4You Oslo → Helsingborg Tue, Norwegian Copenhagen → Oslo Fri. Cabinn City (free cancellation the day before) keeps the Malmö option open.
  8. now
    Tickets: Tivoli Brecker/Miles Davis on Wednesday. Decide Thursday's concert on 14 Oct.
  9. 14 Oct
    Decide: Copenhagen or Malmö for Thursday. Book that evening's tickets.

Six people worth the trip

1 · Helsingborg · same department as the course

Psychological Defence Research Institute

James Pamment's institute co-edited the national psychological-defence handbook, and the campus started a total defence and civil preparedness programme this autumn. You are already in the building.

Where does culture sit in psychological defence when the official handbook is about information influence? Would VILJE or Niende april work as teaching material?

Through Jana Wrange · psychologicaldefence@iko.lu.se · source ↗
2 · Copenhagen · Thursday lunch

University of Copenhagen: Nordic Studies + theatre studies

Nordic Studies already wants kulturbase for teaching. Theatre and performance studies (Michael Eigtved, Laura Luise Schultz, Solveig Gade) is where the stage-recording teaching actually happens.

Which recordings would change a seminar? Could Danish stage recordings join the catalogue, starting with the Royal Library's 1948–88 collection?

Reply on the existing Nordic Studies thread; copy theatre and performance studies · source ↗
3 · Copenhagen

Teatermuseet i Hofteatret + Royal Library theatre collection

Knud Hegermann-Lindencrone's recordings of Copenhagen theatre, 1948–88: about 2,700 hours, digitised. The nearest Danish counterpart to what kulturbase indexes.

Who controls access to the recordings, and could a public catalogue point at them?

Hofteatret arranges visits outside hours · +45 61 48 25 78 · source ↗
4 · Malmö · the reason to choose Malmö

David Cuartielles · IOIO lab

Arduino co-founder; his lab joins interactive art, education toolkits and embedded hardware. He also works for Qualcomm, so he is not in the lab every day: ask early.

How does AI-klubb1 move from screens to physical, interactive making? How do adults help without taking over?

david.cuartielles@mau.se · ask for 60–90 minutes and a lab visit · source ↗
5 · Malmö

Jenny Berg Nilson · Fryshuset Malmö

Youth-run café, music studio and stage at Folkets Park, plus Vi Behövs!, practical preparedness training for 16–24-year-olds. The closest match to Lage's culture, youth and preparedness mix.

Does running an event or a studio build the confidence to contribute in a crisis? What reaches young people who distrust institutions?

jenny.berg-nilson@fryshuset.se · Norra Parkgatan 2A · source ↗
6 · Malmö · best podcast guest

Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt · K3

Formerly at Tartu and the Estonian National Museum; works on participation in libraries and museums. The only person here who knows both Estonia and Sweden from the inside.

What did Estonia get right that Sweden would read differently?

pille.pruulmann.vengerfeldt@mau.se · source ↗

Evenings

Tuesday 20

17:30–22:00
Pick

Louisiana, late opening ↗

Humlebæk · 145 DKK · ferry + train ≈1h15 from Helsingborg

18:00

Student jazz, Sundsgården music line ↗

Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg · free

20:00

Juveler (Balanchine), Royal Danish Ballet ↗

Gamle Scene, Copenhagen · 145–875 DKK · if you sleep in Copenhagen instead

Wednesday 21

20:00
Pick

Randy Brecker + Tivoli Big Band: 100 Years of Miles Davis ↗

Glassalen, Tivoli · 220–420 DKK incl. entry

19:30

Faust, dir. Lea Fedida Claussen ↗

Betty Nansen Teatret, Copenhagen · 75–485 DKK · in Danish

19:30

Bill Stewart Trio (Grenadier, Walter Smith III) ↗

Victoriateatern, Malmö · if you base in Malmö

19:30

MALMÖTXT 60: Statovci, Steinar Opstad, Lina Wolff ↗

Inkonst, Malmö · free · date from organiser listing, recheck

Thursday 22 · Copenhagen

19:30
Pick

DR Symfoniorkestret: Barber, Shin cello concerto, Shostakovich 15 ↗

DR Koncerthuset

20:00

Who Run the World? #2: Colonialism ↗

Betty Nansen at Edison · 80–155 DKK · documentary theatre

19:00

Is-slottet (Vesaas), first public night ↗

REPUBLIQUE · from 325 DKK · Danish staging of a Norwegian novel

20:00

Grigory Sokolov, solo piano ↗

Louisiana · 495 DKK incl. museum · rare, but ends ≈22:00 far north of the city

Thursday 22 · Malmö

19:30
Pick

The Bulgarian Voices Angelite + NOSTRA ↗

S:t Johannes kyrka · unnumbered pews · ≈2h

19:00

Beethoven 5 + Anders Nilsson Symphony 5 (premiere) ↗

Malmö Live · 185–485 SEK · English intro 18:00

17:00

LOVE Malmö: the skateboard square that crossed the Atlantic ↗

Teknikens och sjöfartens hus · museum ticket + Billetto seat

Skip

Museums, in order

MuseumHours · priceWhy
Frihedsmuseet ↗
Copenhagen
Tue–Sun 10–17 · 130 DKKStarts on 9 April 1940. Bring the Niende april material.
Louisiana ↗
Humlebæk
Tue–Fri 11–22 · 145 DKKEmin, Varo, Kippenberger, Matthew Wong. Best at night.
Teatermuseet i Hofteatret ↗
Copenhagen
Tue–Sun 11–16 · 100 DKK300 years of Danish theatre in a 1767 court theatre.
Moderna Museet Malmö ↗
Malmö
Tue–Wed 11–17, Thu 11–19 · 50 SEKLjudet av: sound art, to 8 Nov.
Malmö Konsthall ↗
Malmö
freeOtobong Nkanga, from 10 Oct.
Skissernas Museum ↗
Lund
Thu 11–19, free 17–19Sketches behind public art. Only if Lund is on the way.
Copenhagen Contemporary ↗
Copenhagen
Thu 11–21 · 140 DKKTurrell's Aftershock; open late on Thursday.

Getting there

Vy strike. Locomotive drivers have been on strike since 18 Sep and escalated on 5 Oct; Hamar–Oslo/Gardermoen and Oslo–Göteborg are exposed. Vy updates strike cancellations about two days ahead; today’s disruption does not establish which trains run on 20–23 Oct. Check the airport approach too. status ↗

OptionPer person · intercity faresDetails
Bus out, fly home · budget pick
Tue Oslo 07:30 → Helsingborg 13:45; Fri CPH 10:50 → OSL 12:00
373 SEK + 835 NOKDirect Bus4You out, Norwegian home. Add Hamar connections, Helsingborg → Copenhagen and airport transfer. About 1,500 NOK is a planning estimate, not an inclusive quote. Later direct buses: 10:00–16:10 and 13:15–19:25; their prices did not load in this check.
Bus, Tue (SJ) ↗ · Flight home, Fri ↗ · Hamar connections ↗
Fly both ways · preserve Tuesday
Tue OSL 07:40 → CPH 08:50; then train to Helsingborg
from 2,075 NOK + transfersNorwegian return search fare. 13:50 outbound from 1,875 NOK return; 08:50 and 12:30 from 2,475. Cheapest 1,633 NOK return leaves Tue 18:40 or 22:10, losing Tuesday activities. No overhead cabin bag in headline fares. Return pairing and two-seat availability need checking; SAS prices unavailable.
Flights, Tue–Fri ↗ · Norwegian ↗ · Hamar ⇄ Gardermoen ↗ · Skånetrafiken ↗
Bus both ways · lowest checked intercity cost
Tue 07:30–13:45 out; Fri Copenhagen 08:50 → Oslo 16:55
918 SEK + connections373 SEK out + 545 SEK home. Add Hamar connections and local travel. Friday bus takes 8h05 before the trip from Oslo to Hamar.
Out, Tue ↗ · Home, Fri ↗
Train · check strike and price
Tue Oslo 08:14 → Helsingborg 14:13, one change
729 SEK out; from 918 SEK home06:11–12:13 outbound from 691 SEK. Friday 05:44–13:45 from 918 SEK, 07:30–15:47 from 1,218 SEK. Add Hamar and local travel. Direct Snälltåget Tue 14:48–20:45 is another option, but its price did not load and it misses Louisiana. Friday Snälltåget connection showed unavailable.
SJ search ↗ · Snälltåget timetable ↗
Car, parked in Helsingborg
≈7h driving each way, 620 km
≈1,200–1,900/person, split two waysFuel, tolls and 3–4 days of parking remain estimates. Add Helsingborg ⇄ Copenhagen train tickets; Friday means returning to Helsingborg for the car. (estimate)
Parking ↗ · Train tickets ↗
Car to Copenhagen
≈7.5h, plus stops
Recalculate for your carCar ferry starts at 299 SEK one way, subject to departure availability. Bridge: 690 SEK each way at booth, or 620 with newsletter online discount. New ØresundGO: 268 each way + 545 annual fee = 1,081 SEK for two crossings. Add fuel, tolls and hotel parking; CABINN's parking page has conflicting 180/245 DKK figures. (estimate)
Ferry prices ↗ · Bridge prices ↗

Checked 6 Oct 2026 on Google Flights and SJ: displayed one-adult fares, not checkout quotes or a guarantee of two seats at that price. Norwegian headline fares exclude an overhead cabin bag. Hamar connections and local transfers are additional; car costs are estimates.

Sleep

Bed arrangement matters: a double may mean one narrow bed. For two colleagues, compare private twins, private bunk rooms or two singles. Dorm-bed headlines are not room prices.

NightWherePer room, per night
TueHelsingborgs Vandrarhem · budget lead
Private rooms, shared showers; linen/towels included, no breakfast. Confirmed 10% email discount. Earlier 550–650 SEK double / 800–900 SEK two-single estimates were not reproduced for these dates. · Hostel / email enquiry ↗
Ask for 20–21 Oct quote
TueHotell Stadsparken · new value candidate
Displayed Hotels.com double rate includes breakfast and cancellation until 19 Oct; may use member pricing. Separate twin beds not verified. Compare against the hostel's final quote. · 20–21 Oct hotel search ↗
940 NOK double; official offer 978
TueElite Hotel Mollberg · comfort alternative
Cancellation displayed until 20 Oct. Hotels.com queen room 1,005 NOK with breakfast and cancellation; may use member pricing. Exact twin quote not verified. Original V Hotel / Radisson 850–900 SEK estimates remain unconfirmed. · 20–21 Oct hotel search ↗
1,046 NOK official-site offer
Wed + ThuCABINN City · budget hotel, ≈8–10 min from København H
Displayed Hotels.com Standard+ has ONE 140 cm queen bed, not a twin. Earlier direct 690 DKK twin / 799 DKK double rates remain unverified: booking engine returned an error. Breakfast 125 DKK/person/day. Direct Flexible Rate cancels online by 23:59 the day before arrival; nonrefundable does not. · CABINN City ↗ · Terms ↗
995 NOK double; flexible 1,037
Wed + ThuWakeup Carsten Niebuhrs Gade · hotel alternative
21–23 Oct, two travellers. Hotels.com standard nonrefundable 1,119; flexible 1,224 with cancellation until 19 Oct. Breakfast and bed layout need checking. Bernstorffsgade / Borgergade headline leads: 1,025 / 1,270 NOK, room terms unverified. · Wakeup ↗
1,085 NOK official-site offer
Wed + ThuSteel House / Next House / Generator · private-room leads
Steel House has private twins, but its 506 NOK headline was a female dorm BED. Next House 535 and Generator 534 NOK headlines are not verified private twins. Generator is at Adelgade near Kongens Nytorv, not Central Station. · Steel House room types ↗ · Next House ↗ · Generator ↗
Get a private twin quote
Wed + Thu, if MalmöMoment Hotels · next to Malmö C
Displayed Hotels.com ensuite with ONE 140 cm double bed, breakfast included; flexible cancellation until 19 Oct. These date-specific offers exceed the earlier 500–700 SEK estimate. Add Copenhagen commuting before comparing costs. · Moment Hotels ↗
1,023 NOK double; flexible 1,089
Wed + Thu, if MalmöHotel N Hostel · specify hostel or hotel room
Private twin HOSTEL room has a shared bathroom; HOTEL double has ensuite and breakfast. The earlier 500–700 SEK estimate is unverified for 21–23 Oct. · Hotel N Hostel room types ↗
Exact-date quote unverified
Stadsparken + CABINN flexible double, three nights≈3,014 NOK for both; CPH breakfast extra
Stadsparken + Wakeup official offer, three nights≈3,110 NOK for both; CPH breakfast/terms unverified
Stadsparken + Moment double, three nights≈2,986 NOK for both; cross-border commuting extra
Private twins or separate roomsGet exact room quotes; totals above are double-room comparisons

Hotel search offers checked 6 Oct for two travellers: Helsingborg 20–21 Oct; Copenhagen/Malmö 21–23 Oct. All numeric hotel offers above are NOK per room/night, even when the provider charges DKK or SEK. Some partner offers use member pricing. Confirm room type, breakfast, cancellation cutoff and final total before booking. Two Copenhagen breakfasts for both people at CABINN add 500 DKK.

Travel times

Copenhagen Airport → Helsingborg≈1h15Öresundståg, several an hour
Helsingborg → København H≈1h30Öresundståg, direct
Helsingborg → Helsingør20 minfoot passenger: 69 SEK low-price app single; 85 SEK standard single / 170 same-day return
Helsingborg → Lund / Malmö30 min / 1hÖresundståg or Pågatåg
Malmö C → Copenhagen Airport≈20 minÖresundståg
Helsingborg C → Campus Helsingborg10 min walkUniversitetsplatsen 2, C-building
Hamar → Helsingborg by train≈9–10hvia Oslo and Göteborg

Local-ticket saving: buy Skånetrafiken tickets for both adults together: 20% together discount across Sweden–Denmark, 25% within Skåne. A 24-hour ticket costs two singles and can cover local travel within the purchased zones. Malmö hotel savings must exceed extra crossings and late-evening travel.

2026 ticket terms ↗

Everyone else

Reeta Hafner / Martin Thörnkvist · Media EvolutionMalmö · Art, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Learning

Creative community with a current Human Collaboration and AI foresight cycle, September 2026–January 2027; earlier cycles include sound/song, learning and creative expression. Reeta is the foresight contact; Martin is COO/programming. Strong connector to practitioners across your interests.

Request a small exchange with a creative practitioner and technologist. How do shared future conversations become working prototypes? What would someone embedded in a creative community help its members build?

reeta@mediaevolution.se / martin@mediaevolution.se · Stora Varvsgatan 6a; weekday front desk 08–17. A hosted gathering needs agreement. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Enes Musa / Sanna Lilie · STPLNMalmö · Making, Art, Entrepreneurship, Learning

Current creative hub and cultural incubator, connecting informal learning, art, podcasts, film and technology. A September 2026 workshop combined Arduino and AI in interactive art. Enes leads The Lab; Sanna is managing director. Excellent for the social infrastructure of experimentation.

What lets someone try an odd creative idea before it becomes a business or a finished artwork? Ask to meet one current creator, and discuss the adult support and technical help that are actually missing.

enes@stpln.se / sanna@stpln.se · Malmöhusvägen 5. Study visits offered; curated visits may have a fee. The old machine makerspace is archived, not verified at this address. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗ · source 3 ↗
Hedvig Jalhed · Inter Arts CenterMalmö · Art, Technology, Music

IAC director. Lund University’s artistic research infrastructure in Malmö offers cross-disciplinary spaces and technical support. Current projects include new musical instruments and an augmented organ-vibraphone. Particularly good for seeing art and engineering being developed together.

Ask for one studio visit with an artist wrestling with an unfinished technical problem. What can be discovered by improvising and prototyping together, before anyone can write a specification?

hedvig.jalhed@mhm.lu.se / info@iac.lu.se · Bergsgatan 29. Appointment required; the advertised 15 October sessions are outside your probable dates. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Lisa Engström / Linda Stjernholm · Libraries and preparednessLund / Malmö · Libraries, Preparedness, Democracy, Learning

Lisa researches libraries and democratic participation; Linda works on inclusive preparedness at LTH/Certec. Their 20 October Malmö conference examines crisis conversations with people with intellectual disabilities, and libraries’ role in preparedness. A direct continuation of the Estonia culture/defence questions.

When preparedness becomes an individual obligation, who is left out? How can libraries make it collective, accessible and grounded in everyday trust? The professional afternoon provides a live example.

lisa.engstrom@kultur.lu.se · conference Tue 20 October 13–16 at Malmö Stadsbiblioteket, no registration required for afternoon. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Karin Karlsson · Malmö MötsMalmö · Culture, Democracy, Music

Project leader for the first Malmö Möts democracy week, 12–18 June 2026, combining public discussion, culture, humour, live podcasts and youth. The closest local counterpart to Arvamusfestival; her background also includes Malmö Live and Eurovision organisation.

What actually makes a democracy festival welcoming to people who would never attend a political seminar? What did its organisers learn, and what continues through the year? Strong podcast subject for Lage.

malmomots@malmo.se · request the organiser, 45–60 minutes. June festival is over; no October festival is implied. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Agneta Gulz · Educational Technology GroupLund · Learning, Youth, Technology

Cognitive science professor whose educational-agent research includes children learning by teaching a digital companion. Her upcoming cognition conference presentation is critical of pupils outsourcing thinking to GenAI. A useful countervoice to AI Leap, tied directly to Spørrespeilet.

Show Oppgaveautomaten and Spørrespeilet. What would demonstrate that they increase perseverance, reasoning and later unaided performance? How should a voluntary club differ from school?

agneta.gulz@lucs.lu.se · LUX, Helgonavägen 3; appointment. Tuesday morning may clash with an internal cognition meeting. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Garaget + Arena 305Malmö · Libraries, Making, Youth, Music

Two complementary public capacities at Lönngatan 30: Garaget lends tools and musical equipment and offers study visits; Arena 305 supplies rehearsal, recording, film, dance and podcast facilities for ages 15–25. The clearest local counterpart to the Estonia library-of-things and creator agenda.

Ask how confidence, peer learning and access work after equipment is supplied. At Arena, see young people’s work and ask what adults do when a project becomes ambitious or messy.

garaget@malmo.se / arena305@malmo.se. Garaget current named contact: Anna Langefors Bräutigam, anna.brautigam@malmo.se. Arena weekdays 15–22; arrange visits, do not assume adult access to youth sessions. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Susanne Boström / Emma Lewin · LT21Lund · Youth, Making, Entrepreneurship, Democracy

Central Lund youth hub for mainly ages 16–25, supporting self-directed projects, associations, entrepreneurship, production and youth influence. Its own framing says young people know what they want to do and adults coach them. A smaller, practical candidate worth taking seriously.

How much agenda-setting power do young people really have? Can someone bring an unusual project, recruit collaborators and change what the house provides? A possible exchange partner for AI-klubb1.

susanne.bostrom@lund.se / emma.lewin@lund.se / lt21@lund.se · Lilla Tvärgatan 21. Tuesday sewing studio 17–20. Thu 22 is odd week 43, outside listed even-week Thursday sessions. · source 1 ↗
Björn Lundberg · Childhood and preparednessLund · Youth, Preparedness, Democracy, Learning

Historian of childhood, scouting, citizenship and knowledge. Newly started Children’s Rights and Participation in Swedish Civil Preparedness (August 2026–August 2029), alongside Barn i beredskap. Especially relevant to your teaching day and youth club.

How can young people be active contributors to preparedness without childhood being organised around fear? What distinguishes rights and participation from simply mobilising the young?

bjorn.lundberg@hist.lu.se · request a Lund campus coffee, potentially adjacent to the teaching day. · source 1 ↗
Per-Anders Hillgren · Malmö Living LabsMalmö · Art, Democracy, Technology

Interaction-design professor with fine-arts background, initiator of Malmö Living Labs, working across civic organisations, public institutions and cultural practice. His profile includes The Forbidden Music.

How do you stay with an organisation’s half-formed need until you discover what is worth building? An excellent thinking partner on participatory prototyping; could join Pille or David in one meeting.

per-anders.hillgren@mau.se · K3; appointment. · source 1 ↗
Susan Kozel · Dance and responsive technologiesMalmö · Art, Technology, Music

Professor connecting dance, philosophy, responsive technology and somatic archives, with 2026 work on AI-inflected immersive dance.

What does an artist discover when a technologist can improvise alongside them? What should be sensed, remembered or left unrecorded? Stronger if connected to an actual experiment.

susan.kozel@mau.se · K3; appointment. · source 1 ↗
Lucy Cathcart Frödén · NGBG / LISTENMalmö · Music, Culture, Democracy

Malmö researcher working on collective listening and sustainable city life with NGBG, with participatory experience involving prisons, asylum and language learners. NGBG’s Kulturljudzon protects coexistence of music, making and industry.

How does shared music-making build agency and trust? Walk Sofielund with someone involved and discuss what a city must protect so informal culture can survive. Closest Telliskivi-style enquiry.

lucy.cathcart-froden@mau.se / info@kulturljudzon.se · NGBG office Kopparbergsgatan 8; published weekday hours 14–18, hosted visit preferred. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Jasmina Dizdarevic Cordero · Dawit Isaak LibraryMalmö / Hyllie · Culture, Democracy, Youth, Libraries

Library of censored literature; Speakers Corner was developed with young people aged 15–25. A particularly concrete meeting about culture as a practice of freedom.

How do reading, performance and creative expression become things young people use to exercise freedom? Strong continuity with the Singing Revolution and Refling Hagen discussion.

dawitisaakbiblioteket@malmo.se / jasmina.cordero@malmo.se · now Hyllie Boulevard 21, not old Bergsgatan address. Tue/Thu 12–21, staffed 12–16. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Peter GärdenforsLund · Learning, Technology, Art

Emeritus cognitive-science professor, active in conceptual spaces, understanding and AI. His book Kan AI tänka? supplies a sceptical creativity/cognition perspective.

Which external tools enlarge human conceptual creativity, and which merely supply more combinations? A good continuation of the Jaan Aru line from your original Estonia research.

peter.gardenfors@lucs.lu.se · coffee/podcast request; availability unconfirmed. · source 1 ↗
Robert WillimLund · Art, Culture, Technology

Artist and digital-cultures/ethnology researcher working on technology, imagination and postindustrial environments.

Compare Tallinn and Malmö: when does technological infrastructure enable imagination, and when do stories about innovation start determining what people can imagine?

robert.willim@kultur.lu.se · LUX; appointment. · source 1 ↗
Joakim Lübeck · X-Lab + VentureLabLund · Making, Entrepreneurship, Learning

University makerspace with students and visitors; VentureLab now operates within X-Lab. Good working-environment visit around the university day.

Meet a student maker as well as staff. What turns machines into a community where people cross disciplines and dare to begin?

joakim.lubeck@matstat.lu.se · Kommunikationsvägen 5. Sun–Thu 13–18 except holidays/exams; published LTH exams start 23 October, but confirm staffing. Spring-2026 staff listing. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗ · source 3 ↗
KRUT · Malmö City LibraryMalmö · Youth, Libraries, Making, Democracy

Youth-designed space for ages 14–30 with studio, blackbox, workshop and self-organised events. A convenient addition to the preparedness conference’s library visit.

What does ‘by young people’ mean in budgeting and decisions? Could a library host a youth-led AI studio as public cultural infrastructure?

krut@malmo.se · Kung Oscars väg 11, floor 3; arrange staff conversation, respect youth-session access. · source 1 ↗
Ulf Jonsson · Hedda AnderssongymnasietLund · Youth, Making, Learning, Entrepreneurship

School makerspace using Arduino, Raspberry Pi and ESP32; equipment is described as evolving with makers’ needs and interests.

A productive school/VIVITA comparison: how far can learner interests shape projects within a curriculum? Ask to see student work.

ulf.jonsson@lund.se · Svanevägen 17; school appointment required. · source 1 ↗
Pamela Nunez Wallgren / Jesper Wallgren / Martin Kretz · FinchMalmö connection · Art, Technology, Entrepreneurship

Architect-founders of an AI design platform, growing from a tool for their own practice. A concrete professional-creativity startup rather than a generic AI business.

Working demo: which judgement can be encoded, and when do additional design options help or overwhelm an architect?

Current official demo/contact route; Minc introduction possible. Confirm local meeting location rather than presuming founders remain in Malmö. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Above Agency · Malmö studioMalmö · Art, Making, Technology, Entrepreneurship

Design and engineering studio with hardware/software co-creation; projects include music devices, ClockClock and generative creativity.

Ask to meet a designer/engineer pair doing exploratory prototyping. What can a small cultural organisation borrow from this collaboration model?

hello@above.se · Grimsbygatan 24; invitation needed. Request Malmö explicitly; client-project access may be limited. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Rickard Hansson / Tomas de Souza · MincMalmö · Entrepreneurship, Technology

Tech coach and CEO, respectively, at the incubator; active AI Startup Network through December 2026. Most useful as connectors.

Request two relevant founders for a lunch, ideally creative AI or youth/learning. Choose the actual people before allocating a large block of the day.

rickard@minc.se / tomas@minc.se; tours office@minc.se · Anckargripsgatan 3. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Christian Balkenius / Birger Johansson · Cognitive Robotics LabLund · Technology, Learning

Lab managers studying cognitive development, humanoid robots, trust and human–robot interaction.

What does building a body teach us about intelligence and trust that a chatbot cannot? Good if you want a surprising physical demonstration.

christian.balkenius@lucs.lu.se · lab visit by appointment. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Stefan Larsson · AI and SocietyLund · Technology, Democracy, Preparedness

Research leader connecting law, institutions, trust, human–AI relations and accountability.

What creates justified trust in public-sector AI, and what happens to preparedness when institutions depend on opaque external systems? Strong digital-state follow-up.

stefan.larsson@lth.lu.se · appointment. · source 1 ↗
Trans Europe HallesLund · Culture, Entrepreneurship, Democracy

European network of independent cultural centres, particularly grassroots and repurposed industrial spaces. A useful Estonia-to-Europe connector.

Ask for the colleague working with young collectives/Baltic partners: how can independent culture remain civic infrastructure under financial and political pressure?

info@teh.net · Tomegapsgatan 22. Camp Meeting in Italy 22–25 October may take staff away; Tuesday is more plausible. No current director name assumed. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Caroline Ekelöw / Anna Miklos Sahlberg · Lund librariesLund · Libraries, Preparedness, Democracy

Operators of Bibliotek i beredskap, autumn 2026–spring 2027, bringing mental resilience, media literacy and AI into public libraries.

What can an ordinary library do now to preserve everyday public trust? Ask for the practitioner view and something Hamar could adapt.

Verified introduction route: Annelie.Krell@skane.se, Region Skåne. · source 1 ↗
Max LiljeforsLund · Art, Culture, Preparedness

Art-history professor researching art’s transformative potential and teaching Arts, Aesthetics and Existential Resilience.

How can cultural experience strengthen people’s capacity to live with uncertainty? A conceptual counterpart to Lage’s performance-based preparedness work.

max.liljefors@kultur.lu.se · appointment. Sandblomdagen, Healing Power of Creativity, also appears on university calendar Thu 22, 14–17; clashes with K3. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Therese Frykstrand · Yalla TrappanMalmö · Making, Entrepreneurship, Culture

Social enterprise joining craft, catering, paid work and neighbourhood belonging. A useful grounded contrast with venture-backed entrepreneurship.

What does innovation look like when formal qualifications and capital are scarce, but skills and community are abundant?

therese@yallatrappan.se · confirm visit location. Avoid stale founder-as-chair descriptions. · source 1 ↗
Johan Galster / Maiken Meedom · Demokrati GarageCopenhagen · Making, Democracy, Entrepreneurship

Former workshops turned into civic innovation hub, combining assemblies, Democracy Fitness, neighbourhood work and a citizen bakery.

How do democratic commons sustain themselves, and how does festival energy become everyday participation? Worth a dedicated excursion only with a strong hosted meeting.

johan@wedodemocracy.dk / maiken@demokratigarage.dk; tours book@demokratigarage.dk · Rentemestervej 57. Allow a substantial part of the day; not within a strict one-hour Lund door-to-door radius. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Annie Lindberg / Emil Nilsson · Skissernas MuseumLund · Art, Culture, Learning

Museum of artistic process and public art: unusually good for your interest in how ideas become real. Annie is current director; Emil curates Public Domain. A strong visit even without an arranged meeting.

Look at sketches, discarded possibilities and the infrastructure behind public commissions. On Thursday choose the Public Domain curator tour or FN och konsten; both start 17:30.

annie.lindberg@skissernasmuseum.lu.se / visning@skissernasmuseum.lu.se · Finngatan 2. Tue 11–17, Thu 11–19; Thu free 17–19. · source 1 ↗ · source 2 ↗
Aktivitetshuset TryckerietHelsingborg · Youth, Making, Technology

City-run youth activity house on Stortorget with two H22-LAB rooms and a 360° film room for building virtual worlds.

What do young people make here when no one sets the brief?

aktivitetshuset.tryckeriet@helsingborg.se · source 1 ↗
Helsingborg MakerspaceHelsingborg · Making

Volunteer makerspace (3D printing, electronics, wood). Open Wednesdays 18–20, the evening after the course.

Who comes, and what keeps them coming?

info@helsingborgmakerspace.se · Gåsebäcksvägen 2; email before turning up · source 1 ↗
Mötesplats SkaranHelsingborg · Youth, Culture, Technology

Municipal youth meeting place for theatre, art and tech projects.

Could a Skaran group run one of the SABN02 workshop formats?

kontaktcenter@helsingborg.se · 042-10 50 00 · source 1 ↗
Dansk KulturinstitutCopenhagen · Culture, Preparedness

Co-hosted the Nordic stage at Arvamusfestival in Paide, including the session 'Culture and Defence: Different Tools, Same Purpose?', and ran 'Kultur som en del af Danmarks totalforsvar' at Kulturmødet 2026. Director Camilla Mordhorst.

Who spoke in Paide, and is anyone in Denmark building culture into total defence in practice?

Baltic office: baltics@danishculture.com · source 1 ↗