Movies & Series

Nordic Film Treasures for Kids

Children's films from Scandinavia conjure up a high degree of human closeness

Did Greta Thunberg go to the cinema a lot as a child? Of course, one shouldn't even ask such a question, as it is as speculative as it is unseemly: how else is the young woman from Sweden supposed to have gotten part of the courage one needs to commit oneself to a mission? But the question is obvious, because for many years now, children's films from Scandinavia have been lighting a utopian fire that infects and inspires young people. Children's and youth films from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, as well as from Iceland and some Baltic countries, deal with even the most serious topics with warmth and intimacy, yet always create a high degree of human closeness.

Did Greta Thunberg go to the cinema a lot as a child? Of course, one shouldn't even ask such a question, as it is as speculative as it is unseemly: how else is the young woman from Sweden supposed to have gotten part of the courage one needs to commit oneself to a mission? But the question is obvious, because for many years now, children's films from Scandinavia have been lighting a utopian fire that infects and inspires young people. Children's and youth films from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, as well as from Iceland and some Baltic countries, deal with even the most serious topics with warmth and intimacy, yet always create a high degree of human closeness.

Did Greta Thunberg go to the cinema a lot as a child? Of course, one shouldn't even ask such a question, as it is as speculative as it is unseemly: how else is the young woman from Sweden supposed to have gotten part of the courage one needs to commit oneself to a mission? But the question is obvious, because for many years now, children's films from Scandinavia have been lighting a utopian fire that infects and inspires young people. Children's and youth films from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, as well as from Iceland and some Baltic countries, deal with even the most serious topics with warmth and intimacy, yet always create a high degree of human closeness.