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is the President of the Swedish Teachers' Union.
Sweden’s elementary and upper secondary schools used to be run by the state until an act of parliament in 1989 transferred authority to municipalities.
That means elected politicians on municipal councils have the ultimate employer responsibility for municipal schools.
Since 2020, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been part of Swedish law. The convention’s paragraph 19 says all children must be protected against physical and psychological violence.
Threats and violence are a fact of life in other Nordic countries too. Here are some examples on preventative measures.
DENMARK
The Ministry of Education has published a guide for schools and after-school clubs about how threats and violence can be prevented and handled (in Danish):
Forebyg og håndter vold og trusler – vejledning til skoler og skolernes fritidsordninger, revised in 2021.
The Social Development Centre, SUS, has created the website Violence as a Form of Expression with content based on a project of the same name.
FINLAND
The National Agency for Education has created websites for different school years under the headline Prevention of violence and business models that promote safety and security (in Swedish).
NORWAY
The parliament decided in April that an annual report should be published with statistics about and development of threats and violence in Norwegian schools.
The Union of Education Norway has a special site for teachers where they can read about how to handle threats and violence (in Norwegian).
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