Halvard Rundberg from northern Norway and Ylva Maria Pavval from northern Sweden believe there is a vivid and very much alive Barents identity. Others say that this is just a concept created by politicians selling their visions, but Rundberg and Pavval can say the opposite because they meet it every day, travelling all over the Barents Region. – Many of the youth we meet say that they feel a common identity with others in this giant region. The only thing is that they do not know what it is called. So we just give them a name for something which is already there, says Rundberg.
