08.05.2026
25 YEARS OF THE EUROPEAN CHARTER IN SWEDEN: ACHIEVEMENTS, GAPS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN SWEDEN AND BEYOND
- University of Stockholm
- 8 MAY 2026
- 09:00-13:00
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30 Welcoming words
Anna Jungner-Nordgren | Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity.
Anna Solé | European Commission
Laura Alvarez Lopez | Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. University of
Stockholm
09:30 – 10:30 Keynote speech_ The Charter and its 25 years
Jarmo Lainio | Member of the Committee of Experts (COMEX) of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
10:30 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:30 Thematic session_ Twenty-Five Years of the Charter in Sweden: Evidence,
Experiences and Remaining Challenges
Minority communities’ perspectives: what has really changed in 25 years?
Sari Pesonen | The Institute for Language and Folklore (Isof)
Monitoring and data: how do we know whether the Charter is working?
Jürgen Pirker | Vice-Chair of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for
Regional or Minority Languages (ECRML) – Online
MODERATOR: Lasse Vuorsola | University of Stockholm
11:30 – 12:45 Panel discussion_ Beyond Sweden: Lessons from Across Europe
ECML: Common Achievements and Recurrent Gaps across Europe
Vesna Crnić-Grotić | University of Rijeka (Croatia)
Implementing the Charter in a Multilevel State: Lessons from Wales
Emyr Lewis | Aberystwyth University (Wales)
From Co-Officiality to Everyday Use: The Charter and Spain’s Languages
Eva Pons | Universitat de Barcelona (Catalonia) Online
Small Languages, Strong Frameworks: Frisian under the Charter
Jelske Dijkstra | Mercator- Fryske Akademy (Fryslân)
Linguistic Diversity in Finland: The Charter and Swedish and Sámi
Tom Moring | University of Helsinki (Finland)
MODERATOR: Lasse Vuorsola | University of Stockholm
12:45 – 13:00Closing words
Anna Jungner-Nordgren | Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity.
13:00 – 14:00 Networking Lunch
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