SUSTAINABLE
NORDIC CITIES
CONNECTING NORDIC CITIES
Nordic City Network is a networking organisation connecting professional urban planners and designers, dedicated to sharing the latest knowledge to develop sustainable cities in the Nordics.
Our network connects Nordic city representatives with business, academia and civil society to explore sustainable urban planning and development. By sharing, exploring and learning we boost urban planning in our Nordic Cities to become sustainable and to reach Agenda 2030.
Oct 07 | 2025
Nordic Cities Can Lead the Way
The board of Nordic City Network (NCN) has published a joint opinion piece in the Swedish architecture journal Arkitekten, titled “Nordic Cities Can Lead the Way – Together”. The article is a call to action for stronger political leadership, cross-sectoral cooperation, and a renewed commitment to inclusive and sustainable city-making.
Sep 20 | 2025
Count down to the Jubilee lab: key note Finn Williams
This year marks 20 years of collaboration and knowledge exchange within Nordic City Network. To celebrate, we’re hosting an anniversary conference in Linköping. One of our inspiring speakers is Finn Williams, city architect at Malmö City Planning Office. "Finn will contribute with a Nordic perspective and focus on how architecture can be used as a tool for democracy."
Sep 15 | 2025
Countdown to the Jubilee Lab: key note Maria Klint
This year marks 20 years of collaboration and knowledge exchange within Nordic City Network. To celebrate, we’re hosting an anniversary conference in Linköping on October 1st – and you’re warmly invited to join us, free of charge. One of our inspiring speakers is Maria Klint from Dark Matter Labs, who highlights some of the most pressing issues facing Nordic cities.
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february
Member meeting for the contact persons of Nordic City Network.
Contact Hannah at AFRY for any further queries: may
More information coming soon.
Contact Stine at GEHL for any further queries: june
In Lunch Meeting #2, we will place a special focus on social resilience in urban development. In the development of resilient cities that can withstand stress and sudden crises, social resilience is absolutely crucial.
We see this when cloudbursts and other climate disasters strike, and we saw it to an extreme degree in the aftermath of the pandemic.
A socially resilient city requires attention to how we can build strong local networks, ensure access to resources, and create inclusive decision-making processes.
But how is this done in practice? Who has a role to play? And how can the value of social resilience be made visible?
These are some of the questions we will explore at Lunch Meeting #2.
We will hear from various stakeholders who, in their own ways, work to create social resilience:
august
october
