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.