Theme: I am...

From an increasingly multicultural society to a redefinition of the world around them, youth in Sweden have a lot to say. We will be engaging the high school youth in the community of Helsingborg, Sweden, which is filled with bright and curious minds who are ready to share and listen to ideas. Students will talk about how they define themselves, their passions, their perspective of the world, and how they plan to make it brighter.

International School of Helsingborg Kultursalen
2 Studievägen
Helsingborg, Skåne län, 252 47
Sweden

Elsa Kulatunga

Student

A passionate writer and violinist, she is American, Sri Lankan and Swedish. An enthusiastic contribution to the world of arts, she expresses herself through music, photography and writing. Her work ranges from mental health to identity or rights, and her talk focuses on challenging open-mindedness to be able to inspire it amongst others, this being of personal importance to her and her advocacy of LGBTQ+ rights.

Katja Haglund

Student

Half Swedish, half Balkan, she has lived in Malaysia and is a competitive swimmer. She takes great interest in arts, music and language and spends her free time playing cello. Her speech is about the unrealistic standards we set for ourselves and the reality of failure.

Matilda Lannér

Student

She is a saxophone-playing language enthusiast. Originally from Sweden, she has lived abroad half of her life. She is engaged in social issues and enjoys discussions. Her work is based on the use of the language form "slang" in the modern society and how slang can benefit people intellectually, personally and socially. Also covered is how slang is seen as an underappreciated and overlooked form of language that experiences common negative judgment on the use of it.

Prisha Nagpal

Student

Born and raised in Sweden, she is a hard-working student with big visions for her future. Engaging in sports, she is a swimmer, representing her town of residence together with others in her club. Her talk is about the importance of emotional intelligence for your social and academic performance, and the theories regarding the fostering of this emotional intelligence concept at a young age.

Sai Shivani Devata

Student

An Indian-born teenager residing in Sweden, she has lived all over the world, influencing her perspective on cultures and people to create an open mind. She is a dexterous badminton player who loves to engage in social issues. The theme for her talk is the inequality in Indian rural villages, in particular the lack of support for the rights of females. It is an issue that she takes close to heart, and never ceases to forget the importance of educating others.

Šejla Delkić

Student

Half Swede, Half Bosnian, she was born in Sweden but her heart belongs to Bosnia. She is an active person who embraces fitness and indulges in a secret love of physics, the theory of relativity being of great interest to her. She will walk about morals and values, guilt and mistakes, and how one can overcome them.