Gamla — old, in Swedish and other Nordic languages. Not ancient, but not new. Something that belonged to a previous era of non-profit work, roughly pre-2010, maybe pre-COVID. And religion — because it wasn’t just a job. It was a doctrine.
What about you — do you remember the “Gamla NP religion”? Do you still practice it? Or are you glad it’s gone? gamla np religion
Not entirely. But it’s in diaspora. You see fragments of it in community foundations, in small rural NGOs, in fundraisers who still insist on birthday cards to every monthly donor. Gamla — old, in Swedish and other Nordic languages
There’s a quiet nostalgia creeping into conversations among long-time fundraisers, program directors, and NGO workers. We’re starting to whisper about what I’ve started calling the And religion — because it wasn’t just a job
So, what was the Old NP Religion?