The Meaning of It All - According to Svend Brinkmann

Name: The Meaning of It All - According to Svend Brinkmann
Start: 2026-10-21T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-21T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Roskilde Kongrescenter

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 · 19:00 — 21:00

Roskilde Kongrescenter, Roskilde

lecture culture

The Meaning of It All - Svend Brinkmann: Wednesday 21 October 2026, 19:00–21:00, Roskilde Kongrescenter, Roskilde.

Svend Brinkmann seeks answers to life's biggest question: what is the meaning of it all?

About the venue: Roskilde Kongrescenter

Roskilde Congress & Sports Centre is the largest congress centre on Zealand outside Copenhagen. It opened in 1959 as Roskildehallen and has been expanded several times since - most recently in 2013, when Hall D was added, designed by the Danish architecture firm Christensen & Co. The 13,500 m² facility includes four halls, eight meeting rooms and a lecture and concert hall seating 919, hosting conferences, trade fairs, concerts, theatre and sports events. The largest hall holds up to 2,500 seated guests and serves as the home arena for Roskilde Håndbold.

Møllehusvej 15, 4000 Roskilde Get directions

About: Svend Brinkmann

Psychology professor and bestselling author Svend Brinkmann has built a reputation for articulating what many feel about modern society's relentless pressure to change and self-improve. On stage, he joins satirist Frederik Cilius in a show that mixes cultural critique with self-deprecating humour.

80,000+

sold copies of "Stå fast" in Denmark

~20

languages that "Stå fast" has been translated into

300,000+

total print run of Brinkmann's books

18+

sold-out performances of "Hvad er der NU galt?"

What's new

2025-08
Brinkmann published the professional book "Human Ethics" (August 19, 2025), a practice-oriented professional ethics for people who work with other people.
2024-2025
The show "What's Wrong NOW?" with Frederik Cilius continued its extended tour and reached 18 sold-out performances across the country.
2024-10
Cilius and Brinkmann performed "What's Wrong NOW?" at the Royal Theatre's Old Stage in Copenhagen.

Tour

KøbenhavnAarhusRoskildeVejleSønderborg

Tracks

Stå fastBreakthrough book from 2014, over 80,000 copies sold in Denmark, translated into approximately 20 languages

StåstederFollow-up to "Stand Firm", part of the bestseller trilogy

Gå glipThird book in the trilogy about the art of constraints

MenneskeetikNon-fiction book published August 2025 about professional ethics in working with people

Hvad er der NU galt?Stage show with satirist Frederik Cilius, over 18 sold-out performances

The Meaning of It All - According to Svend Brinkmann

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