Strings

We are happy to announce Strings by Nór Hernø.

What if you could change who you are?

Awakening in a liminal space between past and present, you find yourself holding your string of life.

Around you, echoes of your past flicker into being as flashbacks draw you back to the moments that shaped who you have become. Now, in this space between what was and what could be, you must decide: Will you accept what life has made you, or alter your string to begin anew?

Bed of Reeds

We are looking forward to have Pihla Lehtinen run the larp Bed of Reeds

A woman has begun to wear the skin of a pike and is slipping away from the world of humans. Her loved ones gather for a ritual to force her into her old form so they can coerce her to stay. Yes, this is a trans-allegory.

This folk horror fable about the loved ones of a shapesifter explores the friction between cultural norms and transitions that transgress them. The shapesifter is played by the designer and is influenced by her own life as a trans woman.

Will contain ecofeminism: like all stories of beasts and men, this is a story about violent control. May contain a happy ending in the form of letting the shapesifter go.

Supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation and the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency.

content notes: weight of cultural norms, allegorical transfobia, violence towards non-human animals,
hooks.

Be a Grenselandet hero!

Grenselandet takes place thanks to volunteers who are willing to put in time to make this happen. A lot of people contribute by running larps, others by practical organising. If you want to give us a hand with the practical part, now is your chance!

Here are some of the ways you can help:

Station Manager: A station manager helps with the practical stuff at one of the venues. They may play the larp running in that venue if there is space and there is nothing practical that needs to be done.

Party: Helping with the party means rigging up and down and making the party venue nice. If you do this, you cannot play a larp Saturday 17-21.

Cleaning: Helping cleaning up means meeting up at the HQ the day after and help with cleaning and transporting our stuff to the storage. It usually takes about one hour. Afterwards, we go to Cafe Sara where everyone usually meets up Sunday, and cleaning helpers gets free food.

Other: Other can be something you have an idea for yourself. Do you want to make some nice decorations? Play a DJ set? Have other ideas for something nice? Let us know!

To sign up, please fill in this form.

Faerie - A Blackbox Fairytale

We are happy to announce our next programme item for Grenselandet 2026!

Faerie by Halfdan Keller Justesen

Faerie by August Malmström

Faerie is a tale about four mortals, who enter the realm of the Fae. They are torn apart and caught up in the eternal dance of the four seasonal courts. As the humans are vastly outnumbered, and unable to find their way out, they become the play things of the Fae. Will their tragic prophecies be fulfilled or will the mortals find a way to circumvent their fate?

Panopticon

First larp out in October is Panopticon by Nor Hernø

 

In the Panopticon prison, you live under constant surveillance until a glitch disrupts the system, offering brief moments of freedom. Seizing these outages, you can navigate between cells to reconnect with people from your past but must return before power is restored. In the end you will make one final decision that will determine your fate and potentially the fate of those around you.

NB.: Participation requires a level of physical mobility, as fast-paced movement is necessary during the larp, as well as being comfortable with heavy use of sound and light.

ESTRANGED

We hare pleased to give you our next programme update: ESTRANGED by Maya Hindsberg

"Mom, now you're being unreasonable, you're making me sad."
This is a story about how you get to the point where you have to make the choice about whether you want to cut ties with a parent or stay. Join us on the journey and experience the picture perfect moments, the nightmares, the good and bad days, when relationships are cut, when they aren't, and hear the words of the outside world when you make a decision that will have consequences. 

This is a scenario about love and grief, and the ambivalence and relief that comes with breaking of a relationship with your parent that is not healthy for you. You will play either parent or child in a pair, and find out which way your relationship will go. 

Created through Love

We are happy to present Created through Love by Nina Runa Essendrop

Children must learn how to navigate life. They dream about the future they want, they learn how to guard themselves from harm and they adapt to the norms of the people around them. These are precious things needed to safely grow, but at some point they might no longer serve us.

In ‘Created through Love’ the players are guided to physically explore how childhood dreams, defense mechanisms and group norms can become obstacles later in life and how to possibly find the courage to let go. The dreams, defense mechanisms and norms are represented by physical objects and each player creates their characters’ story through abstract interactions with the objects, the space and each other.