S A Andrée's Polar Days 2026

S A Andrée's Polar Days takes place on 16-17 October 2026. Friday's lectures are reserved for invited schools, while Saturday's programme is open to the public. All lectures are held in the PolarQuest hall at Grenna Museum.

Registration is done via email: andree@grennamuseum.se - specify which lectures you wish to attend and how many people you are registering. Tickets are sold on site the same day, but advance registration is welcome. Saturday prices: 80 kr/adult, 60 kr/pensioner or student, 20 kr/child. The ticket price includes museum entry.

FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER
Lecture with Henrik Swärdh for invited schools.

SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER - Full-day symposium

10.50-11.00 Welcome address from Grenna Museum director Maria Linderström.

11.00-11.40 Henrik Swärdh
Henrik Swärdh is a secondary school teacher who exchanged the classroom for the Canada-Sweden Arctic Ocean 2026 expedition. He shares his experience of living and working aboard an icebreaker in the frozen Arctic Ocean, and his mission to bring science to the next generation - with a background in chemistry, geography, mathematics and a research school for teachers.

11.40-12.00 Break

12.00-12.40 Jonas Åkerman
Jonas Åkerman is a university lecturer at the Department of Environmental and Geosciences at Lund University and secretary of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG). He discusses the society's role in early Swedish polar history - including the subject's status, connections with the Royal House, and Ymer as a publication channel.

12.40-14.00 Lunch

14.00-14.40 Mikael Lagerborg
Mikael Lagerborg is a retired special librarian from the University of Southeast Norway who has catalogued a book and map collection on Svalbard, including the first printed map and the first book about the archipelago's discovery in 1596. The work resulted in the book Svalbard på kartet (with contributions from Thor Bjørn Arlov and Birger Amundsen, Museumsforlaget, 2025). The lecture spans from the 16th century's mythological Arctic imagery through Willem Barentsz's first map with uncertain coastlines.