Yesterday, the Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials KENNETH HØEGH and Senior Arctic Official for the Kingdom of Denmark TORSTEN KJØLBY NIELSEN had a meeting with the ICR director and Secretary General of World Reindeer Herders (WRH) ANDERS OSKAL while visiting the NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab in Guovdageaidnu/Kautokeino, Norway.

The Kingdom of Denmark (which includes Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands) holds the rotating Chairship of the Arctic Council for the 2025–2027 term.

Priorities

5 priority topics during the Kingdom of Denmark’s Chairship:

• Indigenous Peoples and Communities of the Arctic
• Sustainable Economic Development and Energy Transition Solutions
• Oceans
• Climate change in the Arctic
• Biodiversity

The Arctic Youth Conference, scheduled to take place in Nuuk, Greenland, from 26–28 February 2027, is one of the key upcoming events of the Danish Chairship of the Arctic Council. WRH and ICR are proud to support this initiative and are planning to bring the NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab to Greenland as part of the conference activities.

Photo left: ICR, photo right: Arctic Youth Conference in the NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab, by Petra Polčičová