The festival began in 1992 and has since then taken place every year. A wide range of activities is offered every year, covering the whole spectrum of culture in the form of live performances, exhibitions, shows, lectures and courses, e.g. about film, theatre, literature, social developments, comedy, and different types of music. The festival is usually under the patronage of one politician from Germany and one from the Nordic countries.
2007 The 16th festival in 2007 was under the aegis of
Harald Ringstorff (then governor of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) and the Minister of Culture of
Denmark.
2008 The 17th festival took place from 2 to 9 May under the patronage of Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir (Minister of Culture of
Iceland). Among the performing guests were the Scandinavian
Jazz stars
Viktoria Tolstoy and
LaGaylia Frazier.
2009 The 18th festival from 2 to 9 May was under the aegis of
Erwin Sellering (the governor of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) and
Alexander Stubb (Minister of Foreign of
Finland). Headliners were the Finnish singer Johanna Iivanainen, who played together with the saxophonist
Eero Koivistoinen auftrat, the Marilyn Mazur Group and the sami singer
Sofia Jannok. There were also different comic-exhibitions, amongst others drawings by
Steffen Kverneland.
2010 The 19th festival took place from 6 to 15 May. It was under the patronage of Norway and
Erwin Sellering (the governor of
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) and
Alexander Stubb (Minister of Foreign of
Finland). Highlights were the concerts of the Danish progressive/rock-band
The Savage Rose, the Swedish entertainer
Sylvia Vrethammar and the
Valkyrien Allstars, a folk/pop-group from Norway.
2011 In 2011 the Nordischer Klang celebrated its 20th birthday from 5 to 15 May.
Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth the Swedish Minister of Culture had the patronage. Great acts were the Elin Larsson Group (S), the Jan Lundgren Trio &
LaGaylia (S/USA; Special guest:
Lars Danielsson), a Danish pop-night with the bands Bird and Catbird, the Finnish Wimme Saari Group and the event "Universum" (universe) from
Per Kirkeby.
2012 Under the motto "mächtig gewaltig" (mighty giant) the 21st Nordische Klang took place from 3 to 14 May under the patronage of Denmark's Minister of Culture
Uffe Elbæk together with the Governor of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Erwin Sellering. The Olsen Gang was in town, when
Morten Grunwald alias Benny, the last living actor of the criminal trio, who showed together with the MDR-presenter Janine Strahl-Oesterreich a new Biographie of the Egon-actor
Ove Sprogøe. Musical highlights were the Swedish jazz-trombonist Nils Landgren together with the NDR Bigband, the Polish-Danish pop group Czesław Śpiewa, the Norwegian EstherOrkester and the finish band The Irrationals. Even the founder of the avant-garde jazz in the former Soviet Union Wjatscheslaw Ganelin came to the festival with his trio Priority.
2013 Under the patronage of Iceland too the 22nd Nordischer Klang took place from 2 to 13 May. It was opened with the performance by the Icelandic artist Anna María Björnsdóttir. A special was a music video, which was produced for Greifswald. Kitty Von-Sometime made it with her Weird Girls Project. 14 young women were filmed in crazy costumes in Greifswald. Other highlights were the indie-night with Møll from Norway and
Tilbury from Iceland, the Finnish pop-group Popband
Mariska & Pahat Sudet and the debut of the blues singer Jes Holtsøs alias Börge, a former actor of the Olsen gang. ==Sponsors==