Karin Lidén
Manager of the Food Administration in Kramfors kommun
President of the organisation
Swedish Association of Dietitians.
The distance from
Kramfors city
to Stockholm city is
475 km, a 6 hour- drive.
Stockholm
Göteborg
Kiruna
Östersund
Malmö
History• Second half of 19th century
– meal service started, but only for poor children
• 1937/38 – government grants to school meals
• 1966/67 – end of government grants
• 1968 – municipal optional activity/voluntary
•1997 – law on free school meals
Giudelines from 2001
2007
– revised dietary guidelines
”Good food
in school”
The guidelines are addressed
•1) to the politicians
•2) to the headmasters
•3) to the dietary manager
•4) to the chefs in the kitchens
•5) to the students
•6) to the parents
But…big differences across the country
LOBBYING!
Politicians / experts Opinion articles Networking Invitated us to Government meetings
… and finally!
2011
law on free and nutritious school meals
Good schoolmeals
Nivå 1Näring
MåltidsutbudSäker mat
Nivå 2 MiljöpåverkanService och pedagogik
Elevenkät
Personal-enkät
Föräldra-enkät
Skolrapport
Skolmåltids-kvalitet
Nationelladata
Skolmåltids-kvalitet
Nivå 3Organisation
UppföljningArbetsmiljö
1,5 million schoolmelas serverd every day financed by taxes.
The costs of school-meals/year in Sweden
8 billion SEK (878.368.817,1351 EUR)
of which 3 billion SEK
(329.388.306,4257 EUR)is food-costs.