You, who are committed to the conditions of students.
HRH Crown Princess Victoria
You, who choose to spend your time and energy creating change through democratic means.
You, who speak up for your comrades, and who cherish the trust that it entails:
You are an asset to our country!
March 19 continues to be a historic day for the Swedish student movement; the day we were founded and the day we celebrated our first hundred years together with students and our student unions. On hand to celebrate a hundred years of national student influence were also representatives from our history as well as royalty and collaborators from organizations and politics. We are overwhelmed that so many wanted to join us and celebrate with us.
During the evening it was clear how much the movement missed the physical meeting and we can see in retrospect that the time was short. During the evening we are pretty sure that we broke a new record in new acquaintances and scheduled conversations between unions, politicians and previous generations of SFS members.
The Swedish National Union of Students was founded with the aim of bringing together the country's students for international solidarity and cooperation across national borders. These cornerstones, we see, not least now, are important factors for freedom and a strong, independent academy. SFS remains a vital movement that, on a national and international level, will never compromise our democratic principles. In a 100th anniversary gift from Minister of Education Anna Ekström, a promise was also made that the conditions for student influence will be in focus in 2023 when Sweden takes over the presidency of the EU. Our celebration became a light in the pitch-black Europe and our glow became a common fire for our continued work for democracy and students' conditions.
The Presidium, Linn Svärd and Oskar M Wiik, would like to especially thank Crown Princess Victoria, Minister of Education Anna Ekstrom, Emily McPherson (Norwegian student organization), Jacob Blasius (Danish Student Council) and Konstantin Kouzmitchec (Suomen ylioppilaskunten liitto) for your beautiful words to our members. Thank you conference David Persson for all the entertainment. Thank you The Pink Quartet for unforgettable verses. Thanks to our event coordinator Rasmus Persson who rowed the event to port with great success.
And thank you to you. All members and students. Regardless of whether you celebrated on site on Saturday, March 19, 2022, we celebrated and thanked you for 100 years of a colorful, turbulent and absolutely wonderful first century.
With all our love and struggle,
Oskar M. Wiik, Vice Chairman
Linn Svärd, chairman