SWY Alumni Association Norway

The alumni association is a forum gathering participants of the Ship for World Youth Program. The main purpose is to keep in contact with each other, the other national alumni associations spread around the world and the Japanese government.

The Norwegian SWYAA currently has 33 members representing participating youths at SWY8 (1996), SWY12 (1999) and SWY16 (2004).

Board of the SWY Alumni Association Norway
President: Siri Johnsen (SWY12, REN01) - presidentswynorway.org
Vice President: Therese Øijord Rustad (SWY 16) - vicepresidentswynorway.org
Vice President II: Oda Smebye Christensen (SWY 12) - vicepresident2swynorway.org
Webmaster: Alexander Refsum Jensenius (SWY16) - webmasterswynorway.org

SWY Norway Official Reports

• Report at Conference for Ex-PYs 2004
• National Report 2003
• National Report 2002
• National Report 2000

Renaissance Youth Leaders' Invitation Program

• REN information (PDF)
• REN application (PDF)
• REN2003

Post-Program Activities

• Alumni gathering 2004
• Alumni gathering 2005
• Ex-PYs at Riddu Riddu festival 2005

Ex-PY Gatherings

• Newsletter from REN reunion in Greece 2006
• Thereses report from the the Ex-Py conference 2006 (program)
• Japanese Ex-PYs to Norway
• Reunion down-under, winter 2006
• Jo and Axel (Swy12, Mexico) at Cardiff castle in Wales, March 2005
• Jo and Mickey from F-group (SWY12, Japan) meets up in Tokyo, October 2004
• Yukiko and a friend visited Norway, September 2005
• Meeting in Bergen