Camphill Svetlana Village is a therapeutic intentional community of nearly 40 residents in Russia serving people with special needs or disabilities.
Camphill Svetlana is located on 57 hectares of land, about 140 km east of Saint Petersburg, near Lake Ladoga.
[1] Camphill Svetlana Village was founded by Norwegian Margit Engel and Michael Michaelov of St Petersburg and received significant financial support from the Norwegian Camphill Village Trust and the Bennett Trust of Norway.
The house was subsequently named Fridtjof Nansen House, in honor of the Norwegian explorer and diplomat who intervened to alleviate famine in Russia in the early 1920s.
[2] The village participates on a regional level in an association of Village Communities from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia which provides mutual support on cultural, educational, social and practical levels.