Senior Fair 2025
Now we take new steps and plan for this year's magnificent Senior Fair, which once again will be held at Brinova Arena on November 4th.
Date: November 4
Time: The Senior Fair is open between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Location: Brinova Arena
Free admission. There is no bag ban inside the fair.
Activities throughout the day
Between program items, you are welcome to visit our exhibitors inside and outside the arena:
Karlskrona Municipality's food department offers samples of emergency food.
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Fluid station from the VA-verket water tank.
Try out sports activities with RF-SISU (the Swedish Sports Confederation and SISU Sports Educators).
Exhibitors and associations will be on site throughout the day.
Karlskrona Municipality's family café will be open throughout the fair. Family counselors and dementia nurses will be on site.
Trydes Mat will serve coffee and lunch during the day. Slottsstek: SEK 100.
Program
Moderator: Dejan Smiljanic
10:00 Welcome!
Therese Stjerna, Head of Health and Prevention, Elderly Care Administration, Karlskrona Municipality
10:15 Opening
Anders Wiklander, Security Manager, Karlskrona Municipality
10:20 Emergency food, open restaurants, and taste panel
Karlskrona Municipality Food Department
10:40 Civil preparedness
Anders Wiklander, Security Manager, Erik Skrapegård, Security Officer, and Ola Gren, Water and Port Manager, Karlskrona Municipality
What happens when everyday life is turned upside down? In this lecture, you will learn how the municipality is preparing – and how you as a senior citizen can prepare yourself to feel safe, even when society is put to the test.
11:25 Music entertainment with Stjerna
11:30 Should you dare to follow your dreams and your heart?
11:30 Should you dare to follow your dreams and your heart, even as the years go by?
Suzanne Axell, journalist and former host of SVT's Fråga doktorn
Suzanne's talk gives us examples from all the thousands of people she has interviewed during her time at newspapers, radio, and TV.
12:05 Lunch lecture 1: Good housing for seniors in Karlskrona
Karlskrona Seniorhusförening gives some examples of good housing in Karlskrona for seniors. The lecture is organized by Seniormöten.
12:25 Lunch lecture 2: Audika – personalized hearing care with the latest technology
The lecture is organized by Seniormöten.
12:45 Square dancing with Hamboringen
12:50 Home preparedness
FRG, the Volunteer Resource Group, gives a brief talk on home preparedness.
13:00 Legal matters for relatives – we are all relatives in some way at some point in our lives
Anders Altenby, family lawyer.
Moderator: Krisanti Johansson, family consultant
1:30 p.m. Karlskrona Municipality presents activities for seniors:
Meeting places and Team Senior: Meeting places for seniors
Welfare technology in Karlskrona Municipality: Technology and aids for seniors.
Christmas for everyone: For the third year in a row, Karlskrona Municipality invites everyone to a communal Christmas celebration at Militärhemmet
Moderator: Therese Stjerna, Head of Health and Prevention, Elderly Care Administration, Karlskrona Municipality
2:00 p.m. Daring to stand up for what you believe in
Anders Tegnell, former state epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden and Sweden's public face during Covid-19.
From anonymity to worldwide attention. How did he handle it?
From anonymity to worldwide attention. How did he handle the criticism and fame that came with the pandemic, and what lessons can we learn for future challenges?
2:45–3:00 p.m. The fair closes, thank you for this year!
Closing remarks by Therese Stjerna, Head of Health and Prevention, Elderly Care Administration, Karlskrona Municipality
Subject to any changes or updates to the program.
The Karlskrona Senior Fair is organized in collaboration with Karlskrona Municipality, KPR, PRO SPF SKPF, and RPG.
Time: The Senior Fair is open between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Location: Brinova Arena
Free admission. There is no bag ban inside the fair.
Activities throughout the day
Between program items, you are welcome to visit our exhibitors inside and outside the arena:
Karlskrona Municipality's food department offers samples of emergency food.
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Fluid station from the VA-verket water tank.
Try out sports activities with RF-SISU (the Swedish Sports Confederation and SISU Sports Educators).
Exhibitors and associations will be on site throughout the day.
Karlskrona Municipality's family café will be open throughout the fair. Family counselors and dementia nurses will be on site.
Trydes Mat will serve coffee and lunch during the day. Slottsstek: SEK 100.
Program
Moderator: Dejan Smiljanic
10:00 Welcome!
Therese Stjerna, Head of Health and Prevention, Elderly Care Administration, Karlskrona Municipality
10:15 Opening
Anders Wiklander, Security Manager, Karlskrona Municipality
10:20 Emergency food, open restaurants, and taste panel
Karlskrona Municipality Food Department
10:40 Civil preparedness
Anders Wiklander, Security Manager, Erik Skrapegård, Security Officer, and Ola Gren, Water and Port Manager, Karlskrona Municipality
What happens when everyday life is turned upside down? In this lecture, you will learn how the municipality is preparing – and how you as a senior citizen can prepare yourself to feel safe, even when society is put to the test.
11:25 Music entertainment with Stjerna
11:30 Should you dare to follow your dreams and your heart?
11:30 Should you dare to follow your dreams and your heart, even as the years go by?
Suzanne Axell, journalist and former host of SVT's Fråga doktorn
Suzanne's talk gives us examples from all the thousands of people she has interviewed during her time at newspapers, radio, and TV.
12:05 Lunch lecture 1: Good housing for seniors in Karlskrona
Karlskrona Seniorhusförening gives some examples of good housing in Karlskrona for seniors. The lecture is organized by Seniormöten.
12:25 Lunch lecture 2: Audika – personalized hearing care with the latest technology
The lecture is organized by Seniormöten.
12:45 Square dancing with Hamboringen
12:50 Home preparedness
FRG, the Volunteer Resource Group, gives a brief talk on home preparedness.
13:00 Legal matters for relatives – we are all relatives in some way at some point in our lives
Anders Altenby, family lawyer.
Moderator: Krisanti Johansson, family consultant
1:30 p.m. Karlskrona Municipality presents activities for seniors:
Meeting places and Team Senior: Meeting places for seniors
Welfare technology in Karlskrona Municipality: Technology and aids for seniors.
Christmas for everyone: For the third year in a row, Karlskrona Municipality invites everyone to a communal Christmas celebration at Militärhemmet
Moderator: Therese Stjerna, Head of Health and Prevention, Elderly Care Administration, Karlskrona Municipality
2:00 p.m. Daring to stand up for what you believe in
Anders Tegnell, former state epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Sweden and Sweden's public face during Covid-19.
From anonymity to worldwide attention. How did he handle it?
From anonymity to worldwide attention. How did he handle the criticism and fame that came with the pandemic, and what lessons can we learn for future challenges?
2:45–3:00 p.m. The fair closes, thank you for this year!
Closing remarks by Therese Stjerna, Head of Health and Prevention, Elderly Care Administration, Karlskrona Municipality
Subject to any changes or updates to the program.
The Karlskrona Senior Fair is organized in collaboration with Karlskrona Municipality, KPR, PRO SPF SKPF, and RPG.
Information
- Phone number +46 709-61 00 11
- Web page https://www.karlskronasenior.se
- E-mail annelie.smiljanic@karlskronasenior.se
- Arena Karlskrona idrottshall / Östersjöhallen