To give a well-written account on the expenses of Sletten 2025 one would typically start by covering the types of expenses from the largest to smallest, while giving the amount the appropriate perspective, for instance by providing the amount to something fixed – like the ticket income. And that is what we are going to do now.

The largest expense – by far – is none other than the rent charged by the Scouts for each overnight staying guest. The Scouts were kind to give us a discount this year, so the charge was lowered from 75 dkk to 70 dkk per head per night. With 1.160 heads on Full Week, Half Week, Horses 1½ Week or OneNight tickets the calculation was a whopping 6.516 overnight stays. This impressive amount of overnight stays translates into a bill of 456.120 dkk which includes the facilities of the Little House On The Prairy (water, electricity and waste removal) – necessities a modern viking surely cannot live without(?). The bill on the overnight stay rent is what eats up almost 2 thirds (60%) of the Ticket Income.

The next big item on the list is surprisingly hygienic as it is our Sanitation wagons. Without this expense the area of Sletten would simply not be as idyllic as they were. This year more Sanitation stations was located around the camp, so this made for more expenses. The price for toilet wagons had also increased from last year. Toilet wagons and Washing stations account for a total of 21% of the Ticket income or 156.999 dkk.

Moving further down the list the next expense is warming our hearts – quite literally as it is the Firewood used for all camps. A good deal was made and 72 cubic meters of wood was sent to the Sletten campsite this summer for 9% of the ticket income or a total expense of 67.318 dkk.

And now we move on to the last items on the expense sheets and it becomes smaller and smaller purchases. Overall a 32.429 dkk was spent on various big and small practical Campsite items like discussion closers, cleaning utilities, signage and many other things. All items necessary for making the gears of the Sletten week working well. This year, the participation coin to each and every member of the viking society on Sletten took up half this bill – it is expensive to bring atmosphere to the scene, however we hope you appreciate this small token.

Behind-the-scenes expenses are some of those that we – from the Orga team – would like to reduce as much as possible, but Administration expenses are hard to eliminate totally. These expenses include travel expenses (yes, Orga needs to drive around), storage space, bank fees, website bills, transaction fees on tickets and more for 3% of Ticket income or a total of 25.359 dkk.

Lastly, we did want to express gratitude towards the volunteers behind the Sletten 2025. Gifting red-glazed cups as well as some special-made participation coins was the smallest of expense items for a total of 6.848 dkk. We want to be transparent on these numbers as well, as we feel it necessary to appreciate the tonnes and tonnes of working hours the volunteers put into the event.

Now, when taking the difference between the total income and the total expenditures, one would get the Surplus of Sletten 2025. This amounts to 170.858 dkk, where the main surplus comes from the unused investment / extra income of 82.177 dkk.

This leaves 18.681 dkk – the unspent part of the Buffer –  to be explained by various “healthy” financial decisions, where the Orga team did not spend unnecessary money. Of course one could argue that the money could have been spent on necessary or nice items as well.

As this is the third year of the individual organization, Sletten Vikings, we take these numbers seriously and would like to be much better on enriching the scene and the event for the years to come.

We would like to be smart about using this money, as the event and the organization is still new and traditions of the event is still evolving naturally. We would like to facilitate – not dictate – this evolution.

In 2024 we transferred 70.000 dkk to an account for “seriously hard times” – a stormy weather fund, one could call it – so as to be prepared for a real bad year. These money we keep there for now.

As such the surplus 100.858 dkk is planned for real investments into gear and improvements on the Campsite of Sletten.