I love public speaking!

I really love being on a stage and always give everything during my presentations. I speak in English and Swedish, for companies, conferences, schools, festivals and events.

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Talks

From finance to 9a
After the Stockholm School of Economics I had a safe career in finance ahead of me. Instead I went all in on climbing, and a few years later I became the first Nordic woman to climb 9a. A talk about daring to choose your own path, making big decisions without an answer key, and what it takes to reach the world elite.

Risk assessment
How does a climber think about risk? Hundreds of metres up a wall, every decision is about judging what could go wrong and what you can actually control. I talk about how my climbing partners and I plan, communicate and know when to turn back, and what that can teach us about risk at work and in life.

Climbing highlights
From the junior Swedish championships to the world elite. I talk about setting a world record in big wall climbing on Rayu (8c, 610 m), the hardest big wall ever climbed by an all-female team, finishing sixth at the World Games, becoming the first Nordic woman to climb 9a, and the first female ascent of Spomin.

Formats

  • Keynotes and lectures
  • Panels and on-stage interviews
  • Workshops and climbing clinics

Selected stages

  • Stockholm Climbing Festival 2023, Swedish Climbing Federation: the talk “Ett liv av klättring” (A life of climbing)
  • Idrottsgalan 2023, Sweden: speech and award presentation, live on TV to 2.5 million viewers
  • Petzl Frankenjura Kletterfestival, Germany: talk about my career
  • Arc’teryx Academy, Squamish, Canada (2025): live on-stage interview, listen on the Enormocast
  • Arc’teryx Alpine Academy, Chamonix, France (2025): athlete talk and women’s climbing clinic

Matilda Söderlund on stage at Petzl Frankenjura Kletterfestival Here I’m talking about my career at Petzl Frankenjura Kletterfestival in Germany.

Matilda Söderlund giving a speech at Idrottsgalan Here I’m giving a speech and an award at “Idrottsgalan”, in front of a live TV audience of 2.5 million people

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