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Iceland: Schools to Screen Children for Violence
Screening for violence against children will begin in primary schools across Iceland in October, while a new clinic for children who have experienced violence opened in August, RUV reports.
The initiatives are among 25 measures aimed at addressing violence against and among children, announced by the government in autumn 2024 and presented in spring 2025.
Health Minister Alma Möller says the screening in primary schools will primarily be carried out by school nurses.
“We are using a resource that is already there – a conversation between a healthcare professional and children in a familiar environment, somewhere they feel safe,” Möller said.
The programme was piloted in five schools in the spring. Initially, screening will be offered to pupils in Years 7 and 9. Möller says the programme is likely to be expanded to include more year groups at a later stage.
6 out of 10 young people in Northern Norway had a summer job last year
In 2025, 61 per cent of young people in Northern Norway between the ages of 15 and 22 had a summer job. This is almost 10 percentage points more than in 2015 and well above the national average of 53 percent, according to the Knowledge Bank in SpareBank 1 Northern Norway.
Furthermore, 44 per cent of young immigrants had summer jobs compared to 71 per cent of Norwegian-born with two Norwegian-born parents.
The proportion of young people with summer jobs also varies significantly between municipalities. Beiarn (85 percent) and Båtsfjord (79 percent) had the most young people with summer jobs while Nesna (39 percent) had the fewest.