Tillsammans för god gemenskap i hela befolkningen – nationell strategi mot ensamhet
English translation. This entry was submitted in Swedish. It was translated by AI and checked against the original by a second pass. The Swedish text below is the contributor’s own, and it is the authoritative version. If you spot a translation that misses the point, please say so in the General space.
Together for good community across the whole population – a national strategy against loneliness
The Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) is implementing the national strategy and working to raise and spread knowledge about loneliness as a societal and public-health problem, and we are developing knowledge about how community can be strengthened and loneliness prevented and counteracted. We bring together and drive forward other actors, and we run networks including one for other authorities, one for companies, and a cross-sectoral network. The first year of our work has focused on creating a knowledge base for the work. During year 2 (2026) we will focus more on moving from knowledge to action. We will also arrange a national awareness day on loneliness.
What it sets out to do
The main goal is to create equal conditions for social relationships.
Who it reaches
National
Who runs it
Folkhälsomyndigheten (the Public Health Agency of Sweden)
What seems to make it work
Our work is not aimed primarily at the general public; rather we provide support to professionals who come into contact with people.
We have not evaluated the work, so it is difficult to say whether it is effective and if so why. But we find that there is strong engagement on these issues and it has been easy to establish cooperation with various actors. We have had – and have – good collaboration with many different actors, and these have also partly been co-creators of the strategy we drew up. This means that many see it as relevant and workable.
What gets in the way
There is a concern that the work on loneliness is linked to one party in the government, and that a change of government could affect the commitment to this issue. We see that many voluntary organisations receive very short-term funding, which makes the work harder. But none of this is something we at the Public Health Agency of Sweden have any real power over.
How it is funded
The Government
Moving it somewhere else
The Swedish strategy is general enough to be able to work in other countries. There are also similarities between the Swedish strategy and national strategies from other countries.
Read the original in Swedish
Folkhälsomyndigheten implementerar den nationella strategin och arbetar för att höja och sprida kunskap om ensamhet som ett samhälls- och folkhälsoproblem, och vi ta fram kunskap om hur gemenskap kan stärkas och ensamhet förebyggas och motverkas. Vi samlar och driver på andra aktörer och vi har nätverk för bland annat andra myndigheter, företag samt ett tvärsektoriellt nätverk. Det första året av vårt arbete har varit fokuserat på att skapa en kunskapsgrund för arbetet. under år 2 (2026) kommer vi att ha större fokus på att gå från kunskap till handling. Vi kommer också att arrangera en nationell uppmärksamhetsdag kring ensamhet.
What it sets out to do
Det huvudsakliga målet är att skapa jämlika förutsättningar för sociala relationer.
Who it reaches
Nationellt
Who runs it
Folkhälsomyndigheten
What seems to make it work
Vårt arbete riktar sig inte primärt till allmänheten utan vi ger stöd till profession som kommer i kontakt med människor.
Vi har inte utvärderat arbetet så det är svårt att säga om det är effektivt och i så fall varför. Men vi upplever att det finns ett stort engagemang i dessa frågor och det har varit lätt att få till samarbete med olika aktörer. Vi har haft – och har – god samverkan med många olika aktörer och dessa har också delvis varit medskapare till den strategi som vi tog fram. Det gör att många upplever den som relevant och genomförbar.
What gets in the way
Det finns en oro för att arbetet kring ensamhet är kopplat till ett parti i regeringen och att ett regeringsskifte skulle kunna påverka satsningen på frågan. Vi ser att många frivilligorganisationer får väldigt kortsiktig finansiering, vilket försvårar arbetet. Men inget av detta har vi på Folkhälsomyndigheten någon egentlig makt över.
How it is funded
Regeringen
Moving it somewhere else
Den svenska strategin är tillräckligt allmän för att kunna fungera i andra länder. Det finns också likheter mellan den svenska strategin och nationella strategier från andra länder.
The record
- Lead organisation
- Folkhälsomyndigheten
- Target populations
- General population
- Countries
- Sweden
- Evaluation status
- Not yet evaluated
- Peer reviewed
- No
- Publication
- https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/vara-amnesomraden/psykisk-halsa/forebyggande-och-framjande-arbete-inom-psykisk-halsa/forebygg-ensamhet/
- Contributed by
- Hillevi Busch, Folkhälsomyndigheten
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Where this entry comes from
This description was submitted to the LONELY-EU mapping of what is being done about loneliness across Europe. It is published in the language it was written in, and reproduced as it was given to us. The contributor gave permission to be named. Recorded aim: prevention and support.
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Hillevi Busch, Folkhälsomyndigheten (2026). Tillsammans för god gemenskap i hela befolkningen – nationell strategi mot ensamhet. LONELY-EU Intervention Registry, entry LEU-069. https://buddyboss.silc-exchange.com/interventions/tillsammans-for-god-gemenskap-i-hela-befolkningen-nationell-strategi-mot-ensamhet/
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