Anders Öberg

Nina Ivaska

Sunderby folkhögskola welcome you to a serene setting with many possibilities!

Here we offer conference facilities, hotel accommodation and good food.

We also provide education in full time, part time and distance. In addition we handle a lot of exciting projects.

Sunderby Folkhögskola is locatedin Norrbotten.

The population in Norrbotten is about 250 000 people in 14 municipalities.The majority, about 170,000 live inthe coastal area near Lulea witch isthe largest town.

Sunderby Folkhögskola is locatedbetween the towns of Luleå andBoden.

Sunderby Folkhögskola is owned by LO, ABF and Unga Örnar.

We have over 8200 participantweeks whichrepresents about 230 annual pitches.

Our turnover is about 35 million per year.

We are about 55 full-time employees.

Sunderby Folk High School offers courses in thefollowing areas ...

General program - pre-university educationPart-time and distance learningSenior 55 +Dog nurses and paramedics dogScience B

Artistic education 1-3 yearsArt Teacher training 2 years

Leadership and team developmentBoard of EducationCompound economyTraining in Social Enterprises

Other operations

Sunderby Folkhögskola conductsextensive projects.

We are a leading actor in education regarding the social economy.

We offer conferences and accommodationas well as a popular restaurant.

Vidga Horisonten”See beyond the horizon”

Norrbotten is facing a demographic challenge.

The average age in the county is now significantly higher than the national average and more people are expected to retire in the next ten years.

An aging and simultaneously shrinking population poses major challenges in society and the labor market.

Norrbotten will miss labor!

Employment Service's projections of population figures in Norrbotten shows that if you compare the number of who can retire at age 65 with the 19-year-olds that can enter the labor market, we will have 19,000 (!) people missing by the year of 2025.

In seven of Norrbottens fourteen communes the newly added 19-year-olds will not even be enough to fill the needs of the public sector.

We need the elderly!

The elderly are a large and important resource in the regions labor market.

All human resources will be needed – for example people in the age of 60-65 who wants to work longer, perhaps on their own terms.

We need to find new models and test new methods for managing generational change in Norrbotten.

See beyond the horizon

Sunderby Folkhögskola has initiated a project in 2013 for men and women over 60 years. Both retired and professionals involved in the project.

With the goal ...

- That more people in the age group starting up in business- Creating new models for mentoring- Contributing to finding new ways and terms of employment- Finding new markets for their skills- Finding ways how to support the elderly - To find 60-plus' own desire to develop- To develop methods for individuals 60-plus that can support businesses and entrepreneurs

Creating an existing and ongoing activitie for the target group at Sunderby Folkhögskola

Course content ...

Your lifeidea CreativityEntrepreneurship Idea-workshopSituational analysisEnvironment analysisMentoringAction plan

15 weeks of training with a date3 hours per week

Project led by Sunderby FolkhögskolaConducted by Priorum Business Development.

Are you 60+ and thinking

of wahat you want to do

with the rest of your life?

See beyond the horizon is a cooperation among