Ministers Adlercreutz and Bergqvist to learn about children's and young people's leisure activities in Norway

Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz and Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity Sandra Bergqvist will visit Oslo on 18 November. The ministers will learn about the arrangements, practices and prices of young people's leisure activities, and age restrictions in sports.

The ministers will visit the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families and meet Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery, who is responsible for sports policy. The ministers will also meet the chair and the secretary general of Norway's Confederation of Sports and visit Olympiatoppen, the elite sports organisation, to meet its management and representatives. 
Adlercreutz and Bergqvist will then visit the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, a specialised university with a national responsibility for research and education in the field of sport sciences.

Their tour will also include a school where they will learn about children's leisure activities. The purpose of the minister's visit is to discover new perspectives into promoting physically active lifestyles, engaging children and young people in sports and physical activity, and promoting elite sports.  

Inquiries:
Silja Borgarsdóttir Sandelin, Special Adviser, (Minister Bergqvist), tel. +358 295 160 152
Laura Ollila, Special Adviser (Minister Adlercreutz), tel. +358 295 330 130