Nordic Youth Perspective on Mental Wellbeing

Poor mental health is a growing problem among youth in the Nordic countries. This is a worrying development and an urgent issue to address. In 2024, the Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society, MUCF, with the support of the Nordic Council of Ministers and the European Union, led a process to gather Nordic knowledge and expertise on mental health. The goal was to support improved mental wellbeing among youth in the Nordic countries.

Nordic Youth Perspective (NYP) on Mental Wellbeing took place throughout the year. It is a process in which MUCF brought together Nordic youth, experts and decisionmakers to seek solutions to a joint problem. Youth played a key role in the process. NYP contained three stages: preparatory workshops, a main NYP event in Stockholm, and a public event where the results were shared. 

Nordic Youth Perspective (NYP)
Nordic Youth Perspective (NYP) - Vy från Färöarna

Preparatory workshops

Leading up to the main NYP event in Stockholm in November, MUCF hosted a series of dialogue workshops with youth-lead organisations, addressing mental wellbeing of youth. 

MUCF aimed to include and give voice to youth from all Nordic countries and regions included in NORDBUK. In addition, MUCF seeked to include youth with different perspectives and lived experiences in the dialogue workshops.

MUCF worked closely together with the youth representatives in NORDBUK.

Nordic Youth Perspective (NYP) - konferensdatum i Stockholm

Delegates meet in Stockholm

On 6-7th November 2024, the main NYP event was held in Stockholm, Sweden.

The knowledge gathered in the earlier preparatory workshops were used to build the foundation of the event agenda. 

The event served as a forum between the Nordic countries to share knowledge on mental wellbeing concerning youth. 

Through dialogues, invited delegates identified common Nordic challenges, with the aim to bring forward suggestions on measures for positive change.

Nordic Youth Perspective (NYP) - handstående på strand i Norge.

Summing up the results

On the 26th of November 2024, MUCF hosted a public, digital event where the draft results of NYP were shared. 

The event was broadcast live on MUCF:s YouTube channel - click on the above headline to find the embedded recording. 

What did some of the NYP participants think during the earlier main event in Stockholm?