Russia, Norway and the North. Historical Relationships

April 26 2018, there will be an International conference in Murmansk, at the Murmansk Arctic State University, called «Neighbours in the far North: historical relations between Russia and Norway». The book will be presented here as well, and various questions related to the Russian-Norwegian neighbourhood across the centuries are to be discussed. UIT’s new director, Jørgen Fossland will also take part in this event, as well as the Norwegian Consul-General in Murmansk, the adviser on education, science and technology at the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow and the Russian Federation Consul-General in Kirkenes.

      The aim of these events is to highlight the importance of traditionally good neighbourly relations between Russia and Norway, based on new sources and publications. We consider that this theme is particularly topical in view of the present unstable international climate. These Russian-Norwegian events are devoted to the 25^th anniversary of the agreement on cooperation between the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V.Lomonosov, Arkhangelsk and University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway, as well as to the 50^th anniversary of the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway.

     Organizers:

• HSL Faculty of the University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway (Barents Institute; Institute of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology; Institute of Tourism and Northern Studies)
• Murmansk Arctic State University
• The Russian Academy of Science
• Northern (Arctic) Federal University
• The Administration and Museum of Local Lore of the Pechenga district of Murmansk region