The Nordic Arctic Programme awards 10.3 million DKK to 23 projects this year
Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic cooperation programme, the Nordic Arctic Programme, awards 10.3 million DKK to 23 high-quality projects. The Nordic Arctic Programme is administered by The Nordic Institute in Greenland (NAPA) in collaboration with Ilisimatusarfik.
During the latest application around, Nordic Arctic Programme 2025-2027: A Resilient Arctic received 60 highly relevant apllications.
At the annual meeting of the Nordic Advisory Committee for the Arctic (NRKA), held this year in Nuuk, it was recommended that funding be granted to 23 projects which are all aligned with the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Vision 2030: a green, competitive and socially sustainable Nordic Region.
The ambition of the Nordic Council of Ministers is for the Nordic Arctic Programme 2025–2027 to strengthen sustainable development in the Arctic through Nordic cooperation. The programme’s overall objective is to promote resilience – socially, economically and environmentally – in response to growing global and regional challenges. The funded projects reflect this vision, whether through documenting Indigenous place names across the Arctic, strengthening mental health and knowledge production in the education sector, enhancing food security, or developing green solutions to concrete climate challenges in the Arctic.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic Cooperation Programme. The Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Karen Ellemann says: The Arctic is high on the global agenda. In 2026, the Nordic Council of Ministers celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Nordic Arctic Programme, and we are therefore particularly pleased that we are able to support as many as 23 projects to further strengthen people-to-people cooperation in the Arctic.
Commenting on the funding round, Director of the Nordic Institute in Greenland, Susanne Andreasen says; We are truly happy about the continued strong interest for the Nordic Arctic Programme. The projects cover a wide range of topics and demonstrate the importance of close collaboration across the region. This year, the Nordic Council of Ministers and NAPA are placing additional focus on events that highlight the Nordic Arctic Programme in celebration of its 30th anniversary.
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Project Overview
Project lead | Project Title | Amount DKK |
Naalakkersuisut | Crowdsourcing of Indigenous Place names in the Arctic (CiPA) | 500.000 |
Fibershed Norge | VikingGold 2.0: Exploring and Preserving the “Gold” the Vikings Left Behind | 490.000 |
Ilisimatusarfik | Arctic Transformation of Teacher Education through Student Voices and Co-Creation | 440.000 |
Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark) | Seals, Stigma and Survival: Finding Solutions to the EU | 500.000 |
Hold Norge Rent | Local action to global impact: Empowering Arctic communities to combat litter through collaborations | 475.000 |
Umeå University | Tourism employment in the Arctic: Towards decent work | 395.111 |
University of Akureyri | Sustainable Nordic-Arctic Educational Leadership in Times of Opportunities and Challenges (CANDLES) | 500.000 |
Amund Sjølie Sveen | Pan-ArcticVision 2026 | 300.000 |
University of the Faroe Islands | Recycling concrete for zero-emission cement in the Arctic – RECON – 2nd year | 500.000 |
New Arctic Kitchen | Arctic Food Almanac | 485.100 |
Arctic Economic Council | ARC-GREEN – Arctic Resilient Corridors for Green Shipping | 500.000 |
Kvinneuniversitet Nord | Nothing About Us Without Us Implementing CRPD in Nordics – Country Consultations Tools & Conference | 500.000 |
Finnish Meteorological Institute | Shifting Dynamics in Kola Metal Industry Emissions: Environmental Impacts on Northern Fennoscandia | 500.000 |
LinkNordic | The Future of Local Resilience: Entrepreneurship and Food Security in the North Atlantic | 493.060 |
Hrimfare Group AB | Sailing4Science Arctic-a balanced timely BluePaper in tune with science, nature and local communities | 500.000 |
University of Lapland | Strengthening the Transfer of good practices in the Arctic Waste Management Cooperation (STRAWCO) | 500.000 |
De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland | Knowledge Centre for Responsible Sourcing of Deep-Sea Minerals in the Arctic Region | 500.000 |
Statistisk sentralbyrå | ECONOR The Economy of the North 2030 | 500.000 |
Arctic Arts Summit Norway | Arctic Arts Summit 2028
| 300.000 |
Arctic Mayors’ Forum | Speaking Arctic – The Polynya Effect podcast | 275.000 |
Arctic Foundation | Women’s Living Memory: Culture, Identity and Mental Health in the Arctic | 500.000 |
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) Working Group of the Arctic Council | 2026 Polar Maritime Seminar | 200.000 |
University of Lapland | Community-based Benefit-Sharing Toolkit for Arctic Green Transition (CoBest-Arctic) | 500.000 |
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