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'.

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".

Denmark
Laura Pirhonen Nørmark, University of Copenhagen
Mathias Skjødt Christensen, University of Southern Denmark

Finland
Ann-Louise Sirén, Helsinki University
Laura Lathi, Tampere University

Iceland
Inga V. Kristinsdottir, University of Iceland
Margrét Gudnadottir, University of Iceland

Norway
Karl Jonathan Berg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ida K. Landgraff, Bærum Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust

Sweden
David Dahlgren, Lund University
Nadezhda Golovchanova, Örebro University

Estonia
Olga Lupanova, Tallin University

Latvia
Madara Mikelsone, Riga Stradins University

Each travel grant is 5.000 SEK and free participation in the 27NKG.
The NGF congratulates the travel grant receivers of 2024!

In the NGF newsletter you can read about the 27 NKG in Stockholm in 2024, the 2024 winner of the Sohlberg Prize and the NGF Prize for Promising Researcher in Gerontology. The latest issue also features an article about gerontology and geriatrics in Finland, the host of the 28NKG in 2027. 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.

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