Storytelling festival

Join us in our story of a hundred dogs where we act, dance and sing our way through the tale together. Booked groups only.

The fairy tale spinning wheel and where it stops - that's the story! Story time for the smaller children. Booked groups only.

The fairy tale spinning wheel and where it stops - that's the story! Story time for the smaller children. Booked groups only.

Students in grades 3 and 4 from Medle School draw and write letters about their thoughts on the future to the world leaders. Exhibition in Sara Cultural Center.

In the fall of 2024, Mats Jonsson will publish a new graphic novel for young readers and here he talks about the work behind "Stinas Jojk".

Akademibokhandeln is celebrating 170 years and is celebrating during the Storytelling Festival with a number of exciting author visits! Read more here!

The fairy tale spinning wheel and where it stops - that's the story! Story time for the smaller children. Booked groups only.

Ulf Lundström talks about the Kågeträsk diary written by the two sisters Greta Dahlqvist (1859-1947) and Lovisa Dahlqvist (1862-1938).

Local historian Marcus Österström, known from P4 Västerbotten's "Murder in Västerbotten", talks about local folklore, murder and executions.

Maj Degerstedt reads in Faroese from the picture book Han kanski ha brutte baine, written by Jörgen Lindström and illustrated by Sara Nilsson.

Meet author Torbjörn Hedlund and hear him talk about his life and his book Vägval.

Kiruna mine's first female driller IngMari Lundmark talks with her daughter Anneli Lundmark, about the women who led the way in the mine and the resistance they faced.

For the sixteenth year in a row, it's time to open a week filled with storytelling power and listening pleasure throughout Skellefteå municipality. The place is Kulturtrappan in Sara kulturhus and we open with speeches, stories and music!

"The lake had been given heaven and held its breath in happiness". Conversation and music around the musical audiobook Your Servant Hears.

In the fall of 2024, the graphic novel will be turned into a theater performance at Västerbottensteatern and now you have the opportunity to listen to Mats' own story about the process behind the book.

Co-organization with the Skellefteå church chamber owners' association. Participants: Elisabeth Engberg

Suddenly - a storyteller in the classroom! Storytelling raids in one of the municipality's schools are one of the experiences of the Storytelling Festival.

Come and join the Music Adventure together with Kulturskolan's educators. Only booked groups.

We sing some of Riedle's fantastic songs from Astrid Lindgren's movie world! From 4 years old. Booked groups only.

Students in grades 3 and 4 from Medle School draw and write letters about their thoughts on the future to the world leaders. Exhibition in Sara Cultural Center.

Open rehearsals of an uplifting play about depression with Ellenor Lindgren. To save her suicidal mother, a girl makes a list of everything that makes life worth living - and saves herself in the process!

In Today's History - 15 minutes from the archives, staff from Forskarrum Nordanå share some favorites from the archives.

Join us on an imaginative musical journey together with Kulturskolan. From preschool age to about 10 years in adult company

Together with curator Jenny Tingvall, we look at some objects from the museum's collections, and examine how similar things are described in Sara Lidman's books.

Together with Asta Burvall at Skellefteå Museum, we remember and talk about fishing from the past.

Join us on an imaginative musical journey together with Kulturskolan. From preschool age to about 10 years in adult company

What does movement and food mean for our health and well-being? Professor Mai-Lis Hellénius will give a lecture and practical advice for a healthy lifestyle.

Olof Östlund, an archaeologist at Skellefteå Museum, will give a lecture on the oldest immigration to our region.

Unghästens idea of friendship and vulnerability, of the importance of the group and of loneliness. We get to see and feel what bullying is and experience the consequences of it.

Author Åke Lundgren talks in words and pictures about his new documentary book, which took 48 years to complete.

Film screening with discussion - with participants from activities in the House of Associations (Castor).

Kompani Giraff and Riksteatern present: The Goldberg Variations - 100 objects in circus magic for the whole family.

Anecdotes and stories from the life of an author. Simplified performance for those with disabilities. By and with Göran Lundin

Ulrika Nohlgren talks about her debut novel Handlöst blev ditt fall, set in Iceland.

A musical depiction of the brief but intensely passionate artistic careers of two young women - Amy Winehouse and Janis Joplin.

Storytelling café where Skelleftebygdens Berättarförening offers a cavalcade of stories that are in various ways recycled and now given new life. 

Meet author Torbjörn Hedlund and hear him talk about his life and his autobiographical book Vägval.

A chronicle of a family's centuries-old struggle to preserve their way of life. A powerful performance about taking back one's history.

The Flying Reindeer Comedy Club brings laughter during Berättarfestivalen with wonderful comedians from Umeå and Skellefteå!

Kulturskolan gives a music, dance and theater performance about Pettson and Findus. Booked groups only.

Students in grades 3 and 4 from Medle School draw and write letters about their thoughts on the future to the world leaders. Exhibition in Sara Cultural Center.

The story of Paul "Palle" Lundkvist - how he lost both his arms in an accident at the age of 8, but how, with an indomitable will and creative ideas, he was able to live a normal life after all.

We sing some of Riedle's fantastic songs from Astrid Lindgren's movie world! From 4 years old. Booked groups only.

Meet Björn Ferry in a lunchtime conversation with Monica Lindgren - about his latest book and his and Heidi's challenge to become fossil-free by 2025.

In Today's History - 15 minutes from the archives, staff from Forskarrum Nordanå share some favorites from the archives.

Pernilla Lindström, architectural historian at Skellefteå Museum, compares the changes that the city of Skellefteå has undergone - from Boliden to Northvolt.

Mona Lindberg tells and shows pictures from her unusual workplace; the icebreaker Ale.

Akademibokhandeln is celebrating 170 years and is celebrating during the Storytelling Festival with a number of exciting author visits! Read more here!

Kulturskolan gives a music, dance and theater performance about Pettson and Findus. Booked groups only.

Jessica Lundmark, building antiquarian at Skellefteå Museum, gives a tour of Hålla hus - Västerbotten's information portal.

Meet Björn Ferry in a conversation with Monica Lindgren - about his latest book and his and Heidi's challenge to become fossil-free by 2025.

Open rehearsals of an uplifting play about depression with Ellenor Lindgren. To save her suicidal mother, a girl makes a list of everything that makes life worth living - and saves herself in the process!

The sustainable human being at the center! The youngster's Kim Gardell in his own monologue about the dream of becoming a professional footballer - a story about how football can be the most beautiful but also the most difficult.

Skelleftebygdens Berättarförening in a program where everything between heaven and earth can happen.

Café Norden is a relaxed talk show where Nordic guests meet in inspiring conversations led by artist and presenter Fredrik Furu.

Author visit with the author and teacher, Nils Lundkvist. Winner of the Children's Radio Book Prize 2023.

Sandra Marklund, educator at Skellefteå Museum, talks about the dairywoman Ulrika Eleonora Lindström, who was the originator of Västerbottensosten.

Ulf Lundström talks about the Kågeträsk diary written by the two sisters Greta Dahlqvist (1859-1947) and Lovisa Dahlqvist (1862-1938).

Kiruna mine's first female driller IngMari Lundmark talks with her daughter Anneli Lundmark about the women who led the way in the mine and the resistance they faced.

A chronicle of a family's centuries-old struggle to preserve their way of life. A powerful performance about taking back one's history.

Palestinian choreographer and dancer Hala Salem in a personal work about the body as a source of belonging.

UKULELEORKESTERN tells the story of Evert Taube's childhood on the island of Vinga, his adventurous life as a sailor and the hard work on the Pampas in Argentina.

Culture School educators Ylva and Maggan visit the Book Bus and play the performance Hattjakten. Booked groups only.

A fairy tale story with experiments about Trollmother's strange birthday party. Booked groups only.

Anna Sténs and Karin Holmgren from Folkrörelsearkivet i Västerbotten show examples and talk about how the war affected everyday life in Västerbotten.

Students in grades 3 and 4 from Medle School draw and write letters about their thoughts on the future to the world leaders. Exhibition in Sara Cultural Center.

Petter Engman and Marianne Folkedotter talk and show a film about the work of the Swedish Lottakår in northern Sweden during the Second World War.

Ulf Lundström, local historian, talks about stories and experiences rooted in the folklore of Västerbotten.

A musical depiction of the brief but intensely passionate artistic careers of two young women - Amy Winehouse and Janis Joplin. Played as a STORYTELLING LUNCH with soup.

The diary of sisters Greta and Lovisa Dahlkvist was written between 1891 and 1901 on the Anten-Ors farm in Storkågeträsk and provides a unique insight into daily life on the farm.

Film screening with discussion - with participants from activities in the House of Associations (Castor).

In Dagens historia, staff from Forskarrum Nordanå talk about some of their favorites from the archives.

Robert Tedestedt and Harald Larsen discuss Sara Lidman in correspondence and media.

Asta Burvall, ethnologist at Skellefteå Museum, talks about a time when almost everyone went dancing. About the dance as a place for socializing and meeting.

Our archive assistant Elisabeth Wiklund takes you to the archives, shows and tells stories from the archives of popular movements.

Birger Sundström and the Skellefteå Hot Four take us back to Paris in the 1930s, interspersing the music of the Romani jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt with stories about his life. 

Open rehearsals of an uplifting play about depression with Ellenor Lindgren. To save her suicidal mother, a girl makes a list of everything that makes life worth living - and saves herself in the process!

Akademibokhandeln is celebrating 170 years and is celebrating during the Storytelling Festival with a number of exciting author visits! Read more here!

Jörgen Andersson, archivist at Skellefteå Museum, gives us one of many stories from the Second World War and how it was lived in Västerbotten.

Guest performance by Scottish Dogstar Theatre. See Matthew Zajac in an award-winning storytelling performance that will leave no one indifferent.

Kurt Boman talks openly about his book, including the difficult moments and happy discoveries that have marked his life.

The Entertainment Factory interprets Mary Shelley's classic story Frankenstein.

Poems and tunes with Kristina Åkesson, Ingrid Benjamaa, Johanna Bergmark and Helena Markström.

Dramatic and humorous glimpses of a writer's life by and with author Göran Lundin.

A chronicle of a family's centuries-old struggle to preserve their way of life. A powerful performance about taking back one's history.

Torbjörn Hedlund, a well-known orthopaedic surgeon living in Hamnviken, talks about different choices in life.

Thursday night we end with a Scottish/Irish Ceilidh! It will be full of fun and high spirits with music and stories from Scotland.

A fairy tale story with experiments about Trollmother's strange birthday party. Booked groups only.

Students in grades 3 and 4 from Medle School draw and write letters about their thoughts on the future to the world leaders. Exhibition in Sara Cultural Center.

Come and join the Music Adventure together with Kulturskolan's educators. Only booked groups.

A fairy tale story with experiments about Trollmother's strange birthday party. Booked groups only.

Joik and stories with Juhán Niila Stålka who is a Lule Sami joik artist and storyteller from Jokkmokk. He works with traditional joik interspersed with stories from the Great Lule River where he has his roots.

Per Gottfredsson from the Stockholm Improvisation Theater, together with two world musicians, offers a completely improvised stage work.

Inspired by the photo exhibition "Krister and Edla", we paint and color photo prints from the past. A creative afternoon together with the museum's educators.

Follow the stevedore Saga on an exciting adventure across the seven seas with the three-masted ship Antoinette. Children 6-10 years old. Adults are also welcome!

To celebrate the Sami language week, we have language games in both Sami and Swedish. From about 4 years in adult company.

A workshop for children and the fictional detective agency Forskarbyrån. With historical elements of learning and play, we solve tricky cases among hidden and forgotten archival documents.

Akademibokhandeln is celebrating 170 years and is celebrating during the Storytelling Festival with a number of exciting author visits! Read more here!

Meet author Ulrika Lagerlöf who talks about the first part of the novel suite about the women, the work and the conflicts in the magnificent Swedish forest.

This year's Book of the Year winner is back with a stylishly winding story, Mödramärg.

To celebrate the Sami language week, we have language games in both Sami and Swedish. From about 4 years in adult company.

Test your knowledge of the Sámi languages and win great prizes! Afterwards, we will serve cake to celebrate the upcoming Sami Language Week.

On the opening day of Sami Language Week, Henrik Barruk talks about his pioneering work to save Ume Sami, a language that was close to extinction. Moderator: Tora von Platen

Poetry by and with author Ina Lundberg and Spoken Word artist and songwriter Tula Widmark.

The Sami Language Centre together with Skellefteå Municipality and Skellefteå Sami Association organize the opening of the Sami Language Week 2024 at Sara Kulturhus in Syöldate/Skellefteå.

Immediately after the opening of the Sámi Language Week 2024, there will be an opportunity to have a Sámi dinner at Restaurant Mandel.

Meet The Drowners, one of the influential bands of the 90s when the pop city of Skellefteå delivered all over the world. Discussion leader: Per Strömbro

The opening of the Sámi language week ends with a joik concert with Jörgen Stenberg and Saara Hermansson.

Brave and talkative storytellers compete in an impromptu and highly entertaining "Storytelling Battle". The result is spontaneous and hilarious!

Students in grades 3 and 4 from Medle School draw and write letters about their thoughts on the future to the world leaders. Exhibition in Sara Cultural Center.

Västerbotten County Heritage Association invites you to a day with a large number of storytelling programs from several parts of the county - all with varying content.

Jonas Fahlman presents the book about Sten & George - a posthumous life story drawn together with his sister Elisabeth Holmlund.

Skottes Musikteater in a musical family performance about Jönsson the pig who runs away to try to find happiness. Children 4-9 years and family.

Inga-Britt Hultmar tells us about Jon Erik Eriksson, the uplander who settled in Bastutjärn. Who was he, the father of the author brothers Frithjof and Karl Örngrim?

Akademibokhandeln is celebrating 170 years and is celebrating during the Storytelling Festival with a number of exciting author visits! Read more here!

Come and listen as author Berit Juvonen reads from the second book about Jano and the Children of the Forest, The Prison Camps.

Karin Söderlund, Lycksele, gives us a story about coffee, coffee rope, buns, cakes and Seven kinds of cakes.

Christina Ohlsson, Malå, shows some of her decorated margarine boxes and tells how her hobby became a business.

Skottes Musikteater in a musical family performance about Jönsson the pig who runs away to try to find happiness. Children 4-9 years and family.

Storytelling Power aims to encourage and develop oral storytelling in the county. Now it is the public final and the participants share their stories on the theme "Truth and Dare"!

Akademibokhandeln is celebrating 170 years and is celebrating during the Storytelling Festival with a number of exciting author visits! Read more here!

Finally, we get to revel in our local dialect. Come and listen to the storytellers and musicians who have the country dialect in their blood!

Two authors, each with a current book, meet in a performance where the common starting point is questions about man's place on earth and in history.

Third graders in Malå have interpreted historical objects in text and images.

This year's Book of the Year winner is back with a stylishly winding story, Mödramärg. The program is part of SkeLitt.

Storytelling performance with Karin Söderlund based on Kent Lundholm's book about Ester (Duva) Nilsson.

Explore the textile world of Sara Lidman through an exciting journey through her writing and discover the unique language costumes in Jernbanan.

Meet author Ulrika Lagerlöf who talks about the first part of the novel suite about the women, the work and the conflicts in the magnificent Swedish forest.

Fiddler and storyteller Thomas Andersson with a performance about creation set in our Västerbotten reality.

A concert with the Finnish-Swedish musical wonder Vasas Flora och Fauna, whose razor-sharp social observations leave no one untouched.

Students in grades 3 and 4 from Medle School draw and write letters about their thoughts on the future to the world leaders. Exhibition in Sara Cultural Center.

Come, see and listen to stories of women's community, struggle and history through the flags and banners of the archive.

Welcome to a storytelling café and exhibition in Jörn Railway Station!

Maj Degerstedt reads fairy tales in Faroese and from the picture book "Han kanski ha brutte baine".

Sandra Marklund, educator at Skellefteå Museum, talks about the dairywoman Ulrika Eleonora Lindström, who was the originator of Västerbottensosten.

Rock'n Roll Music Film Festival with three different documentary films where we get to go behind the scenes and learn more about some of our greatest artists.

Some insights into the history of cafés in northern Västerbotten - with Katarina Åman.