Days and Nights for the Forest is a festival for the whole family – a meeting place to share knowledge and spread joy and commitment in the continued fight for all life in the forest. The festival is an arrangement of Living Älvdal in collaboration with Protect the Forest and the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in the High Coast-Ådalarna with support from the Maria and Eric Strangell Foundation for Nature and Animal Conservation.
16-19 July 2026, Skogsnäs, Ångermanland
The festival opens with an opening at 6 pm on Thursday 16/7, and ends at 5 pm on Sunday 19/7.
Music: NiOki Beats | Kieli | Kamilla Sol | Elias Grind | Earth Creation | The Kelo Collective
Lectures: Ecophilosophy, Linda Ellegaard Nordström | The fight for forests, Christina Åhrén (Ohredahke Sami village) | The Forest, Time and the Passage of Nature, Jon Andersson (Protect the Forest) | The fight for the Bloodstone Forest
Forest excursions for everyone!
Together, we create a nourishing, inspiring context where you will have the opportunity to participate in forest excursions and learn about inventory, participate in lectures, workshops and solidarity talks on themes such as forest ecology, ecophilosophy, Sami perspectives, popular resistance and close-to-nature forestry.
Workshops: Close-to-nature forestry, Michaela Ehmann & Kim Hultgren | Microscopy of lichens | The importance of resistance, The Forest Rebellion | Building a forest defence, Daniel Rutschman & Kim Hultgren | Cyanotopy & Screen Printing | Lichens for beginners, Anne-Katrin Würthele | Friends of the Earth
Performances & children’s activities: Flower Party, Skogsnästeatern | Songs from the forest, Kamilla Sol and Kotten Urskogsson | The Nature Snakes | Crafts