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NordicFuzzCon
NordicFuzzCon logo
Other names NFC
Location
Malmö, Sweden
Website
https://www.nordicfuzzcon.org/
Status Ongoing
First iteration March 28–31, 2013
Organizer(s) NordicFuzzCon AB
Charity Various
Subject Furry
Resources Photos, videos, reports: NordicFuzzCon resources
NordicFuzzCon (edit)
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NordicFuzzCon 2013
NordicFuzzCon 2014
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NordicFuzzCon 2016
NordicFuzzCon 2017
NordicFuzzCon 2018
NordicFuzzCon 2019
NordicFuzzCon 2020
NordicFuzzCon 2022
NordicFuzzCon 2023
NordicFuzzCon 2024
NordicFuzzCon 2025
NordicFuzzCon 2026
NordicFuzzCon 2027
NordicFuzzCon 2028
NordicFuzzCon staff
NordicFuzzCon guests of honor

NordicFuzzCon (NFC) is an annual Swedish furry convention.[1]

Overview[edit]

Its first iteration was in 2013. It is a multi-venue convention and one of the largest furry conventions in Europe by attendance, with more than 6000 tickets sold and 5962 registered attendees in 2026.[2]

Organization[edit]

NordicFuzzCon (802467-4924) is a Swedish non-profit organization (ideell förening), registered 30 August 2012.[3] Its subsidiary interest organization, NordicFuzzCon AB (559041-6425), a private company limited by shares, was registered 15 December 2015[4] and is led (as of 2018) by CEO Trax and vice-CEO Miles T.F. Baxxter.[4] The organization's fiscal year ends June 30 - its 2015-16 report was signed by directors Trax, NewEinstein, Miles and Pinky Fennec; former head of security Clover succeeded NewEinstein for 2016-17 and '17-18.[4][5][6].

Mascots[edit]

NordicFuzzCon's mascot is a lovable "raus" (combination of mouse and rat) known as Mausie.[7] Mausie has grayish fur, brown eyes, and has a blue bow tied to his tail. Mausie premiered as a fursuit during the opening ceremony of NordicFuzzCon 2015.[8]

At the NordicFuzzCon 2019 opening ceremony, Iris was introduced to share mascot duties with her cousin, Mausie.[9] Like her cousin, she is also a raus. Iris has brown and beige fur, blue eyes, and has a baby blue bow tied to her tail.

Pictures, reference sheets, and more information about the convention's mascots can be found on the NordicFuzzCon website.

History[edit]

With special exception during the COVID-19 pandemic,[10] NordicFuzzCon has taken place annually since 2013 with no indication of being discontinued.

Guests[edit]

Between 2013 and 2023, NordicFuzzCon had a traditional Guest of Honour (GoH). Starting from the 2017 convention, the "Northern Light" (NL) concept was added.[11] This was an additional guest invited alongside the Guest of Honour, where one of the important criteria was that they should be an "underappreciated talent from the Nordic countries".[12] The Northern Light concept was discontinued after the 2023 convention alongside the Guest of Honour.

Starting with the 2024 convention, NordicFuzzCon has instead invited various external guests to visit and perform at the convention in various capacities, typically performing at specific events or otherwise providing entertainment for attendees:

  • The 2024 convention featured the Swedish folk metal band Grimner to tie in with the Nordic Mythology theme.[13] FurScience were also invited this year.[14]
  • The 2025 convention featured Taiwanese dance group WannaBeast[15] as well as the Taiko group TAIKO BASTARDS,[16] tying in with the Asia-inspired theme.
  • The 2026 convention featured a live performance by Circus Florida[17] as well as the Batería Malmö marching band[18] to tie in with the circus theme. FurScience and Grimner were additionally invited back.[19][20]

Conventions[edit]

# Year Dates Venue Location Theme Charity Charity total Attn.  % Diff. Guest(s)
1 2013 Mar 28–31 Quality Hotel Winn Haninge,
Sweden 		Vikings vs. Pirates Södertälje Katthem[21] 30,000 SEK[21] 172[21][22] N/A DivineVixen & Snout (GoHs)[23]
2 2014 Feb 27 - Mar 2 A Steampunk Murder Mystery Djurens Ö[24] 57,408 SEK[24] 268[22][25] +55.8% Bryan Talbot (GoH)[26]
3 2015 Feb 26 - Mar 1 Utsikten Meetings Nynäshamn,
Sweden 		Scandinavian Folklore: The Enchanted Forest Hittehund[27] 53,675 SEK[27] 382[22] +42.5% EosFoxx & EZwolf (GoHs)[28]
4 2016 Mar 3–6 Atlantis: The Lost Paradise Kottecentralen[29] 55,000 SEK[29] 513[22][30] +34.3% Silverfox (GoH)[31]
5 2017 Mar 9–12 Scandic Infra City Upplands Väsby,
Sweden 		Japan: Samurai or Super Kawaii? Fågelcentralen[32] 73,744 SEK[32] 814[22] +58.7% JD (GoH)[33],
Spocha (NL)[11]
6 2018 Feb 28 - Mar 4 The Legend of El Dorado: A Pre-Columbian Jungle Adventure Assistenthunden[34] 92,659 SEK[34] 918[22] +12.8% Kazul G Fox (GoH),[35]
Ailah (NL)[36]
7 2019 Feb 27 - Mar 3 A Winter Howliday – Yule Love It! Svenska Djurambulansen[37] 85,000 SEK[37] 1,149[22] +25.2% Kéké Flipnote (GoH),[38]
Oakspirit (NL)[39]
8 2020 Feb 19–23 Clarion Malmö Live Malmö,
Sweden 		Love it or hate it, it's Furovision Katthjälpen i Malmö[40] 126,206.21 SEK[40] 1,499[22] +30.5% Pointedfox (GoH),[41]
Burr Koda (NL)[42]
1* 2021 Mar 5–28† Discord & Website Online Art Bazaar†
Music Festival†
Fursuit Extravaganza†
Gaming Gala† 		Odsherred Zoo Rescue[43][44] 10,233.12 USD[43][45] 644‡ N/A Multiple††
9 2023 Feb 19–26 Clarion Malmö Live Malmö,
Sweden 		Toy Town 126,087 SEK 2,349[46][47] +56.7% Berneri (GoH),[48]
Johis (NL)[48]
10 2024 Feb 21–25 Multiple venues Ragnarök UAnimals[49] 323,452 SEK[50] 3,704[51][52] +57.7% FurScience[14],
Grimner[13]
11 2025 Feb 19–23 Spirits of the Zen Garden Dýrahjálp[53] 462,022 SEK[54] 5,225[55] +41.1% TAIKO BASTARDS,[16]
WannaBeast[15]
12 2026 Feb 18–22 Cirque du Nord Råtthjälpen TBD 5,962[2] +14.1% Circus Florida,[17]
Batería Malmö,[18]
FurScience,[19]
Grimner[20]
13 2027 Feb 24–28 Crime Noir TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

* NFC@Home was the first online convention, it replaced the 2021 convention due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[56][57]
† NFC@Home ran for four consecutive weekends throughout March, each with its own theme.
†† Several previous guests of honour, including EoSFoxx, JD, Kéké Flipnote, and Pointedfox, were invited to host and participate in certain events as “special guests”.
‡ Attendance is based on the number of members in the Discord server by the end of the convention.

Venues[edit]

NordicFuzzCon originally took place around the Greater Stockholm region in Sweden, utilizing various venues across multiple municipal areas before moving down south into central Malmö, Sweden's third largest city and a significant travel hub with strong international connections.

It hosted its first two conventions in the Quality Hotel Winn venue in Haninge.[58][59] It then moved to Nynäshamn, into the now-defunct Utsikten Meetings venue.[60][61][62] The convention outgrew this venue already by their second year, requiring registration to be closed once approximately 500 attendees had signed up in order to not exceed the maximum capacity set by the venue fire regulations.[63]

For the 2017 convention, NordicFuzzCon moved to Upplands Väsby into the Scandic Infra City venue.[64][65][66] This venue was highly regarded for its expansive lobby area, featuring Scandinavia's largest indoor tropical garden, including a large live Koi pond running throughout the entire center of the lobby.[67] The venue also featured the popular "Party Wing", a special section of hotel rooms where higher noise levels were permitted, meant to accommodate attendees wishing to host room parties that may get a little louder.[68]

By 2019, the convention once against was stretching limits of what the venue could handle and it took the decision to relocate to Malmö for its 2020 convention onward, choosing the Clarion Hotel & Kongress Malmö Live venue as the new home of NordicFuzzCon.[69] To mitigate the lack of a dedicated party wing, the "Party boat" was introduced.[70][71] This was a rented boat stationed in the river, close to the venue, which provided space for attendees to host various party-type events and activities. A second boat was added for the 2024 convention.[72] To mitigate concerns about outgrowing yet another venue, NordicFuzzCon also decided to add an additional venue instead of moving venues yet again. This additional venue was announced as the "Valhalla" venue.[73][74]

NordicFuzzCon has continued using its Clarion and Valhalla venues together, positioning itself as a multi-venue convention. Both venues offer bars, restaurants, and social spaces, as well as multiple panel rooms and stages. Several convention facilities have also moved from the Clarion venue into the Valhalla venue, such as the Arcade, Dealers' Den, and Haunted House.[75] During the 2026 convention, there were parallel dances taking place in both venues.[76] Additionally, some of the spaces and conference rooms in the Comfort Hotel, neighboring the Valhalla venue, were used to host certain events and activities.[77]

Recurring events and activities[edit]

Blipping and achievements[edit]

Since NFC 2016, the convention badges feature built-in NFC tags. These can be used with special cheese-shaped tag reader boxes to participate in an activity known as "Blipping". By placing your badge against the so-called "blip boxes", the boxes will register the badge and keep track of when and how often each badge has been registered. There are several achievements and convention mini-games that rely on the blipping mechanic. For example, there are achievements for blipping at certain times of the day, during certain panels, directly after a staff member, or after attendees from a certain country or whose fursona is a certain species.[78]

Achievements are tracked in the official convention app, allowing attendees to compete with one another to unlock as many as they can throughout the convention, and shoutouts are sometimes given to those attendees who blip the highest number of times and unlock the most achievements.[79]

Fursuits – Gotta Catch 'Em All[edit]

In 2018 introduced an at-convention game called Fursuits – Gotta Catch 'Em All.[80][81] The way the game works is that each participating fursuiter gets a code written on their fursuit badge, and attendees can enter that code into the NordicFuzzCon phone app or website to "capture" the fursuiter. The app features lists of who has caught the most fursuiters and which fursuiters have been captured the highest number of times.

Originally, attendees could chose between one of three teams to join when registering to participate in the game. This mechanic allowed attendees to compete in factions by trying to earn the most points for their team. This mechanic has however since been discontinued.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ NordicFuzzCon 2013 archived webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NFC 2026 Information - furrycons.com (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  3. ↑ NORDICFUZZCON - allabolag.se (retrieved 2019-04-04)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 NordicFuzzCon AB company information - allabolag.se (retrieved 2019-04-04)
  5. ↑ NordicFuzzCon 2017-18 annual report (filed 2018-12-03) - Allabolag.se (free registration required)
  6. ↑ NordicFuzzCon AB key figures and annual reports - Proff (dated June 2018, retrieved 2019-04-04)
  7. ↑ What is NordicFuzzCon? NordicFuzzCon website (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  8. ↑ NordicFuzzCon Gallery Mausie meets the public (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  9. ↑ Iris is introduced announcement on X (retrieved 2019-07-25)
  10. ↑ NordicFuzzCon@Home archived 2021 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Northern Light archived 2017 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  12. ↑ 2019 Northern Light announcement on X (dated 2018-12-21, retrieved 2025-03-25)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Grimner at NFC 2024 announcement on X (dated 2024-01-31, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 FurScience at NFC 2024 announcement on X (dated 2024-01-21, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 WannaBeast at NFC 2025 announcement on BlueSky (dated 2025-01-28, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Taiko Bastards archived 2025 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Circus performance at NFC 2026 announcement on BlueSky (dated 2026-02-21, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Batería Malmö announcement on BlueSky (dated 2026-02-21, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Furscience at NFC 2026 announcement on BlueSky (dated 2026-01-22, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Grimner returning to NFC 2026 announcement on BlueSky (dated 2025-10-22, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 A view back on NFC2013 Journal on the official Furaffinity account (dated 2013-04-07, retrieved 2021-04-11)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 NordicFuzzCon archive index (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  23. ↑ Guests of Honour archived 2013 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 2014 Charity total tweet on the NordicFuzzCon account on X (dated 2014-03-05, retrieved 2014-03-06)
  25. ↑ Edit by GreenReaper Number cited from personal communication between NewEinstein and GreenReaper (dated 2014-07-21, retrieved 2021-04-11)
  26. ↑ Guests of Honour archived 2014 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 2015 Charity total tweet on the NordicFuzzCon account on X (dated 2015-03-08, retrieved 2015-03-10)
  28. ↑ Guests of Honour archived 2015 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Charity amount The final amount for Kottecentralen revealed! on the NordicFuzzCon website. Dated 2026-04-03, retrieved 2021-04-11)
  30. ↑ NordicFuzzCon 2016: A Retrospective Furaffinity journal (dated 2016-03-25, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  31. ↑ Guest of Honour archived 2016 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 2017 Charity total tweet by the official convention X account (dated 2017-09-04, retrieved 2019-05-07)
  33. ↑ Guest of Honour archived 2017 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 2018 Charity total tweet on the official convention X account (dated 2018-03-26, retrieved 2018-03-27)
  35. ↑ Guest of Honour archived 2018 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  36. ↑ Northern Light archived 2018 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 2019 Charity total tweet by the official convention X account (dated 2019-03-12, retrieved 2019-03-23)
  38. ↑ Guest of Honour archived 2019 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  39. ↑ Northern Light archived 2019 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Post by Katthjälpen i Malmö on Facebook (dated 2020-04-18, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  41. ↑ Guest of Honour archived 2020 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  42. ↑ Northern Light archived 2020 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 2021 charity total announcement on X (dated 2021-04-09, retrieved 2021-04-11)
  44. ↑ NFC 2023 charity mention post on X (dated 2023-01-31, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  45. ↑ Official donation page (retrieved 2021-04-11)
  46. ↑ What is NordicFuzzCon? archived 2024 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  47. ↑ NordicFuzzCon 2023 Information - furrycons.com (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Special Guests archived 2023 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  49. ↑ NFC 2024 Charity announcement post on X (dated 2023-12-15, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  50. ↑ Live charity counter on the NordicFuzzCon website (retrieved 2024-02-26, no longer available)
  51. ↑ What is NordicFuzzCon? archived 2025 page (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  52. ↑ NordicFuzzCon 2024 Information - furrycons.com (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  53. ↑ NFC 2025 Charity announcement post on BlueSky (dated 2024-12-21, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  54. ↑ Charity Donations for 2025 archived 2025 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  55. ↑ NordicFuzzCon 2025 Information - furrycons.com (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  56. ↑ Cancellation announcement of the 2021 convention (dated 2020-09-16, retrieved 2021-04-11)
  57. ↑ Announcing the NFC@Home online convention (dated 2020-12-26, retrieved 2021-04-11)
  58. ↑ NFC 2013 venue archived 2013 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  59. ↑ NFC 2014 venue archived 2014 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  60. ↑ Permanently closed listing on Google Maps (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  61. ↑ NFC 2015 venue archived 2015 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  62. ↑ NFC 2016 venue archived 2016 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  63. ↑ Registration closed for NordicFuzzCon 2016 (dated 2016-01-24, retrieved 2026-03-23)
  64. ↑ NFC 2017 venue archived 2017 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  65. ↑ NFC 2018 venue archived 2018 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  66. ↑ NFC 2019 venue archived 2019 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  67. ↑ Scandic Infra City hotel information (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  68. ↑ Party Wing archived 2017 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  69. ↑ NFC 2020 venue archived 2020 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  70. ↑ Announcement of the Party Boat (dated 2019-07-20, retrieved 2026-03-23)
  71. ↑ Party Boat archived 2020 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  72. ↑ Mentioning the second party boat (dated 2024-02-17, retrieved 2026-03-23)
  73. ↑ Initial announcement of the Valhalla venue (dated 2023-12-22, retrieved 2026-03-23)
  74. ↑ Valhalla venue archived 2024 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-23)
  75. ↑ NFC 2025 Conbook, convention map, pp. 20-21 (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  76. ↑ DJ announcement for NFC 2026 on BlueSky (dated 2026-02-12, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  77. ↑ Announcement of the Comfort Hotel being used as additional convention space during the 2026 convention on BlueSky (dated 2026-02-02, retrieved 2026-03-23)
  78. ↑ NFC 2016 Conbook Blip introduction, pp. 1, 12-13 (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  79. ↑ NFC 2018 Conbook app features, pp. 15 (retrieved 2026-03-30)
  80. ↑ Fursuiters – Gotta Catch 'Em All! trailer video on YouTube (dated 2018-03-13, retrieved 2026-03-30)
  81. ↑ Game explanation archived 2018 webpage (retrieved 2026-03-30)

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