International Confirmation Camps
For over three decades, our international Confirmation Camps have been uniting youth worldwide!
Every year, we welcome around 200 young people in individual groups of 50 to 60, to embark on a memorable journey at our ten-day camps. Held amidst the Finnish summer at the Päiväkumpu camp center in Orivesi, Finland, our bilingual (Finnish & English) camps offer new friendships, cultural exchange, and unforgettable memories.
International Confirmation camps 2025
Remaining free places and queue for cancellation places
The actual application period for Confirmation Camps was 1.5.-31.8.2024.
We have sent an email about camp places on 13.9. from toimisto(at)lastenjanuortenkeskus.fi (please check your spam folder) to those who applied before the deadline. We received over 180 applications and we have 200 camp places to offer.
From 16.9.2024 onwards guardians can guardians can directly book a place for their youth, if there are available places or sign up to the queue for cancellation places.
The registration program automatically detects if there are free camp places or if you have to register in a queue.
Free places are reserved directly and the first part of the camp fee (190€) has to be paid at the time of booking.
When a place becomes available in the queue, the programme automatically sends an email message to the person waiting, after which the place must be accepted within 72 hours or it will automatically be offered to the next person in the queue.
Reserve/queue place here:
Update 16.9.24: Camps 1 and 2 have free places. Camps 3 and 4 are full.
Based on last year, there will be cancellations and changes to camp places long into the spring of the Confirmation camp year.
The dates for the 2025 summer camps:
- Camp 1: June 16 – June 25, 2025 (Confirmation on Wednesday, June 25)
- Camp 2: June 26 – July 6, 2025 (Confirmation on Sunday, July 6)
- Camp 3: July 15 – July 2, 2025 (Confirmation on Thursday, July 24)
- Camp 4: July 25 – August 3, 2025 (Confirmation on Sunday, August 3)
The international confirmation camps are organized by LNK – The Finnish Association for Children and Youth and Felm – Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission.
Our confirmation camps are all about new experiences, learning, reflection and personal growth, but also free time, music, and a wide range of other activities. On the last day, we have a confirmation ceremony where all family and friends are welcome. The camps last ten days, and the confirmation preparation period is six months.
The price for our international confirmation camp is 790 €, which includes accommodation and meals. Meals will be served five times a day, and the accommodation is in shared rooms of three to six people.
If you have any questions regarding the camp, we kindly ask you to first read the FAQs. If you are still unable to find the answer, please do not hesitate to contact both the coordinators Kaisa Kahra (kaisa.kahra@lastenjanuortenkeskus.fi) and Miina Kurjenmiekka
(miina.kurjenmiekka@suomenlahetysseura.fi).
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Photo: Neila Hanslian