Nordic Gerontological Federation





27NKG 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden

Ageing in a transforming world: 27NKG in Sweden, 2024

We invite you to the 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, June 12-14, 2024

On behalf of the Swedish Gerontological Society, the Swedish Geriatrics Association, Karolinska Institutet, and the Nordic Gerontological Federation, we invite you to join the 27NKG and share your knowledge and engagement with ageing in a transforming world.

The world is constantly changing, but recent crisis including climate change, the pandemic and wars suggest rapid and profound transformations in living conditions. During such challenging periods, certain groups in the population, including older adults and frail individuals, may be particularly susceptible to negative consequences.

At the 27NKG, we want to explore how researchers from different scientific disciplines and practitioners can come together to bring new insights that facilitate better living conditions for older adults and contribute to the sustainable development of current and future generations.

We believe that the Nordic countries can take a more active role in promoting healthy ageing globally. This includes being forerunners in research and practice on increasingly important issues with implications for older adults, such as equity, global health, living conditions, migration, welfare technology, and the organisation of health and social care.

Learn more and register at www.nkg24.se



Professor Teppo Kröger

Photo: Kristiina Kontoniemi

The Sohlberg Prize 2024 is awarded to Professor Teppo Kröger, University of Jyväskylä, Finland  

The Sohlberg Prize is the most prestigeous Nordic prize in Gerontology, sponsored by the Païvikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation. It will be awarded at the 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology in Stockholm where Teppo Kröger will give a prize lecture.

The prize is awarded to a scientist active in a Nordic country who is a leader in gerontology with a major influence on the development of his/her field in ageing research. To be considered the candidate should have built a strong research group or initiated research of major importance for developments in gerontology.

The worthy recipient of the Sohlberg Prize 2024 is Professor Teppo Kröger from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Teppo Kröger has been engaged in research on ageing since the mid 1990ies, and has a long experience leading national and international research projects. He has an extensive and impressive list of publications on various topics including eldercare services from all the parties involved (frail older persons, their families and paid care workers). Teppo Kröger was appointed as Professor of Social and Public Policy at the University of Jyväskylä in 2011. Since 2018, he has been the Director  and PI of the Centre of Excellence in Research and Care and Team Leader of it's Research Group 1 'Ageing and Comparative Care Policy'.



Kaisa Koivunen

The Prize for Promising Researcher in Gerontology 2024 is awarded to reseacher from Finland  

At the 27NKG in Stockholm the Nordic Gerontological Federation Prize for Promising Researcher will be handed out for the 6th time, this time to Kaisa Koivunen from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

The prize is intended for a promising researcher from the country that hosts the following Nordic Congress of Gerontology. The candidate must not hold a senior position.

The worthy recipient of the NGF Prize 2024 is Kaisa Koivunen, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Koivunen is a versatile researcher in the field of gerontology. Her main interests are in public health, physical functioning, and specifically systemic resilience and psychometrics. Her basis education is a Master of Health Sciences (Physiotherapy).

Koivunen defended her doctoral thesis "Resilience in Old Age: Physical Performance and Psychosocial Factors in Changing Sociocultural Contexts and as a Resource in Adversities" at the University of Jyväskylä in 2021. Since then, Koivunen has continued her academic research as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä. At present, she is working on her research project "Resilience and Aging Well: A Complex Systems Approach".


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In the NGF newsletter you can read about the 27 NKG in Stockholm in 2024, as well as a feature article about gerontology and geriatrics in Norway. Other upcoming congresses in the Nordic countries, new PhD dissertations and journals in the field of ageing is also featured in this newsletter.  The President of the NGF, Jette Thuesen, from the Danish Gerontological Society, introduces the issue writing about research policies and visions for an ageing society.

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The Nordic Gerontological Federation (NGF) was founded 1974 as an umbrella organization for the gerontological and geriatric organizations in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The primary mission of NGF is to support, organize and expand gerontological research, development and education within the Nordic countries. Read more about NGF by clicking the tabs in the left menu.