Nordic Youth Council


The Nordic Youth Council, abbreviated UNR, is a forum organization of the Nordic Council. It consists of the member countries' youth wing parties.

History

The youth wing parties of the Nordic Council have, since the council's foundation in 1952, held independent seminars before the Nordic Council's sessions. The purpose of the seminar was to discuss the subjects on the council's agenda.
In the late 1960s it was discussed to create an independent organization for the youth wing parties. A trial session was held in Stockholm in 1971. Creating the UNR as an independent organization was dismissed, but the yearly seminars continued. During the 70s and 80s UNR continued with yearly seminars. UNR was first able to influence the Nordic Council's session in 1987, where they were given opportunity to present the results from the seminar.
At the Nordic Council's session in 2002 in Espoo UNR finally became an independent permanent organization. The organization was to have a president and a presidium. The organization is administered from Finland.

Members

The youth wing parties of the member states are members of the UNR. Additionally a number of non-affiliated organizations hold observer status.
This list shows all the umbrella organizations that are members of UNR.
  • GUN - Grön Ungdom i Norden
  • FNSU - Förbundet Nordens Socialdemokratiske Ungdom
  • KDUN - Kristdemokratisk Ungdom i Norden
  • NCF - Nordiska Centerungdomens Förbund
  • NFU - Nordisk Friheds Ungdom
  • NLU - Nordens Liberale Ungdom
  • NUU - Nordisk Ungkonservativ Union
  • SNUS - Sammanslutningen för Nordiska Unga Socialliberaler
  • SUN - Socialistisk Ungdom i Norden
The following list shows the umbrella organization that hold observer status in UNR.
  • FNUF - Föreningarna Nordens Ungdomsförbund

Presidents

  • 2003: Knud Edmund Berthelsen, Norway
  • 2004: Magnus Öster, Finland
  • 2005: Andrés Jónsson, Iceland
  • 2006: Lotta Backlund, Finland
  • 2007: Tytti Seppänen, Finland
  • 2008-2009: Lisbeth Sejer Gøtzsche, Denmark
  • 2010-2011: Minna Lindberg, Finland
  • 2012: Erik Winther Paisley, Denmark
  • 2013: Silja Borgarsdóttir Sandelin, Finland
  • 2014: Jakob Esmann, Denmark
  • 2015: Kai Alajoki, Finland
  • 2016: Anna Abrahamsson, Finland
  • 2017: Espen Krogh, Denmark
  • 2018: Kati Systä, Finland
  • 2019: Barbara Gaardlykke Apol, Faroe Islands
  • 2020: Nicholas Kujala, Finland
  • 2021: Aldís Mjöll Geirsdóttir, Iceland
  • 2022: Rasmus Jungersen Emborg, Danmark
  • 2023: Rasmus Jungersen Emborg, Denmark
  • 2024: Anders P. Hansen, Denmark
  • 2025: Alexander Winge, Sweden