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Join us at Open Arms Fest Oslo! 🇳🇴Open Arms Fest 2026 is a travelling Ukrainian festival bringing together contemporary culture, innovative technology and conversations about identity, freedom and security. It connects Ukrainian experiences, ideas and people with Norwegian authorities and society.
The initiative is organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ukrainian embassies in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia, the Ukrainian Institute, Victory Drones, Victory Neurones, the Ukrainian Council of Defense Industry and MITS Capital. Its aim is to share the culture and experience that give Ukraine the strength to withstand a much larger enemy.
Open Arms Fest presents contemporary Ukrainian art and knowledge as a space for examining national identity and the transformation of cultural symbols in a radically altered reality.
PROGRAMME | 31 October
▪️13:30–14:10 · Panel discussion: “Ukraine and the Nordic Countries: A Forgotten Connection”
Historical and contemporary connections between Ukraine and the Nordic countries: shared and separate paths.
Speakers: Vakhtang Kipiani and a local speaker to be announced.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukashov, actor, director, journalist, radio host and service member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️14:10–14:50 · Panel discussion: “The Words of War”
How war reshapes language, concepts and values, and why “Hemingway knows nothing”.
Speakers: Ihor Mitrov, poet, writer and Ukrainian service member; Alina Sarnatska, Ukrainian servicewoman, veteran, human rights defender and radio host; and a local speaker to be announced.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukashov.
▪️17:00–21:00 · Concert
Vasyl Slipak Ensemble, Orchestra 59, NAZVA and Ziferblat.
From musicians who have served in Ukraine’s Defence Forces to experimental ethno music and the band that represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2025.
We look forward to meeting you, hearing your perspectives during the discussions and exploring the exhibition together.
📲 Free admission with registration
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