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Nordic Dialogues on Human Security

28-29 January 2026 | Stockholm, Sweden

Hosted by the UN Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS), the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Across the globe, nations are reassessing how to protect people amid growing geopolitical tensions, climate related shocks, digital disruptions, and complex transnational risks. These pressures shape not only international dynamics but daily life in communities everywhere, and they require fresh thinking about how security, foreign and national policy can work together to strengthen long term resilience.

As part of the broader Nordic Dialogues on Human Security, the UNTFHS and SIPRI are convening a series of discussions to explore how a human centred lens can help navigate an evolving global landscape. For these discussions, Human Security provides the organizing framework, offering an integrated understanding of risk across sectors — from governance and social cohesion to climate, livelihoods, and technology — and helping ensure policy shifts remain human-centred, preventive and responsive to a rapidly changing world.

Amid Sweden’s ongoing efforts to recalibrate elements of its security, foreign and national policy, the events in Stockholm offer a timely opportunity to examine how human-centred approaches can inform national security priorities, development cooperation and international engagement. They also situate Sweden’s experience within a wider Nordic conversation on how to uphold core values and strengthen resilience in an uncertain global landscape.

Below is an overview of the three interconnected engagements taking place in Stockholm as part of the Nordic Dialogues on Human Security.

1. PUBLIC EVENT: Leading With Humanity: Advancing People Centred Security in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape

? Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (in?person only)

28 January ? 14:30–17:30

This public event brings together leaders and experts across Sweden’s development, defence, humanitarian, and academic sectors to explore how current policy developments relate to human centred approaches to security. It also opens the Nordic Dialogues on Human Security, placing Sweden’s evolving policy context within a wider regional and global discussion on security, geopolitics, and the future of multilateralism.

2. HIGH LEVEL DINNER (Closed): Nordic Reflections on Human Centred Approaches in a Changing Landscape

28 January ? 18:00–20:00

This closed, high level dinner provides space for candid discussion among senior leaders on Sweden’s and the Nordic region’s role in advancing human security, and on emerging opportunities for strengthened Nordic leadership in this area.

3. EXPERT ROUNDTABLE (CLOSED-DOOR): Practical Pathways for Human Centred Approaches in Sweden’s Foreign and Security Policy

29 January ? 09:30–12:00

Building on insights from the public event and dinner, this roundtable explores practical ways human centred approaches can inform discussions across Sweden’s security and foreign policy community, particularly in relation to resilience and complex, interconnected risks.

The Nordic region has long been known for its commitment to peace, multilateralism, inclusion and strong public institutions. These values continue to influence how Nordic societies think about security in a rapidly evolving global landscape, and they provide an important foundation for examining how human centred approaches can remain relevant as geopolitical, environmental and technological pressures grow.

Across Swedish and Nordic institutions, civil society organizations and research communities, there is broad engagement in understanding how different risks intersect — from climate impacts and digital vulnerabilities to social and economic pressures. These perspectives contribute to a policy and practice ecosystem in which integrated and human centred approaches are widely recognized and actively explored in policy debates and operational action.
A long standing Nordic perspective is that societal resilience and human dignity are integral to security. Trusted systems, inclusive governance, climate preparedness, and strong social cohesion help underpin stability, particularly during periods of uncertainty or rapid change.

Against this backdrop, the dialogues in Stockholm and across the Nordic region present a inclusive space to reflect on how the Human Security approach can contribute to broader regional and global discussions on the future of security, development, and multilateral cooperation.