West Nordic Day 2025

Where: Skálin
Duration: 90 min

How can we strengthen food security and preparedness in the West Nordic communities, based on local and often underutilized ingredients? That is the theme of West Nordic Day, which also offers culinary experiences.

In 2024, NORA hosted the Arctic Young Chef competition (www.ayc.fo), where young chefs were challenged to utilize local ingredients, including offal and lesser-known fish species. Sustainability and food waste were key themes – experiences we are now building on.

This day will present concrete solutions and examples of best practice. The program features three presentations:

• Jákup Sørensen, Adviser at NORA – Arctic Young Chef seen through the lens of local ingredients, knowledge, and food security

• Tróndur Leivsson, Director at Búnaðarstovan – Food supply security from a Faroese perspective, based on a Nordic report on self-sufficiency in small communities

• Gutti Winther, Chef and Coordinator of the event Úr Haga á Hill – Food supply security in practice: experiences from Úr Haga á Hill, where local and underutilized ingredients are used in commercial food production

The day concludes with a tasting experience created by young culinary talent Mogens Højsted (participant in Arctic Young Chef), together with chefs Gutti Winther, Janus Einar B. Sørensen, and Jaspur Svabo Jørgensen.

Everyone is warmly welcome.

The event is organized in collaboration between The Nordic House, Norden i Fokus, and the North Atlantic Cooperation (NORA).

West Nordic Day
West Nordic Day is held every year on September 23 to strengthen cooperation and community between the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. The day is celebrated simultaneously in all three countries, around the autumn equinox, as a tribute to the shared history and culture of the West Nordic region.