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STORIES FOR SOCIETY - BERÄTTELSER FÖR SAMHÄLLET
Our organization
Stories for Society is a non-profit NGO founded in 2010. Our organization stands for:
An initiative for the development of innovative pedagogical methods linked to story-telling which appeals to today's children, inspires teachers and provides new tools for a creative, inclusive and norm-critical approach to teaching.
Our Board
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Lauriane Baillet, see about us -
Martin Dworén Head of Corporate and External Relations for the world's largest youth center, Fryshuset. www.fryshuset.se -
Ingrid Carlsson Florin Principal of IVIK High School in Stockholm which works with integration issues and has students speaking 30 different languages. Previously adviser at the Authority for Schools Development. www.ivik.edu.stockholm.se -
MaiBritt Giacobini MD and PhD. Specialist in child and youth psychiatry and clinical genetics. Founder of Prima BarnPrima Barn och Ungdomspsykiatri AB, Scandinavia's largest private specialist children's psychiatric care clinic. www.primabarn.se -
Manne af Klintberg Well-known activist for children's rights, and live performer as well as television personality as Manne the Clown. Chairperson for the International Play Association's chapter in Sweden campaigning for children's right to play. www.ipa-sweden.org -
Julie Lindahl, see about us -
Eva Norén see about us -
Håkan Sandberg Marketing pedagogue with a broad background in humanistic and commercial organizations. Today he works as a communications consultant with a learning perspective concerning organizations, groups and individuals. Parallel with this, he pursues studies in pedagogics at Stockholm University with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. hakansandberg.se -
Beth Topolovsky Corporate and organizational development. Founder and senior partner of Stinson Partners. www.stinsonpartners.se
Image created by students at Munsö skola, Ekerö, Sweden, 2010.
I liked it when we drew. Nothing was boring."
- Student, age 10.
“Edith must have loaned the books from school since children of agricultural laborers didn't have any books in those days. Not farmer's children either, at least not me. Edit told stories and read and then I continued with the same for my younger siblings.
- Tell us about the ghosts, murderers and war! my little sister, Stina, pleaded.
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They should get cookies and caramels at the end of the story, my little sister Ingegerd said determinedly.
So I kindly told a story about the ghosts and murderers who got cookes and caramels at the end."
Astrid Lindgren I samtal med Margareta Strömstedt, augusti 1970 i Astrids Klokbok (Eriksson & Lindgren, 1997) - our own translation of this quotation from "Astrid Lindgren in conversation with Margareta Strömstedt"
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