About the publication

Nordic Status Report: Children and youth at risk of poverty
– Nordic approaches to social mobility and remaining challenges

Published by Nordic Welfare Centre ©
February 2026

Authors: Debora Pricila Birgier, Maria Bobrinskaya, Tone Fløtten, Karin Gustavsen, Geir Holtan Møller, Gustaf Norlén and Anna Vasilevskaya.
Project manager: Merethe Løberg
Publisher: The Nordic Welfare Centre

Cover photo: iStock
All photographs used in this report are stock images and do not depict actual children or families affected by poverty.

Layout: Agger Grafisk Design

ISBN: 978-91-89787-31-5
https://doi.org/10.52746/BQGU4980

Please cite the publication as:
Birgier D P, Bobrinskaya M, Fløtten T, Gustavsen K, Møller G, Norlén G, Vasilevskaya A. Children and youth at risk of poverty – Nordic approaches to social mobility and remaining challenges. Nordic Welfare Centre, 2026.

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