NORWAY’S YOUTH ARE FULL OF POTENTIAL.

But not everyone is finding their way forward.

Most young people in Norway are doing well. In Ungdata 2025, around 9 in 10 young people said they have a good life, and a similar share reported having close friends. But behind that positive picture, thousands of young people still face challenges with belonging, education, motivation and access to opportunity.

75,000

In 2025, around 75,000 young people aged 16–25 had neither completed upper-secondary education nor were currently participating in it — approximately 11.5% of the age group.

105,300

Preliminary register figures for 2025 show around 105,300 people aged 15–29 outside employment, education and labour-market programmes — about 10.1% of young people in that age group.

1 IN 10

Around one in ten upper-secondary students recorded 20 days or more of absence, while approximately one in six had at least 50 hours of absence.

ABOUT HALF

Only around half of Norwegian teenagers participate in an organised club, association or team, and participation is lower among children growing up in families with persistent low income.

BEHIND EVERY NUMBER IS A YOUNG PERSON

A student who needs someone to believe they can learn.

A teenager who needs somewhere to belong.

A young person with creativity but no platform.

Someone uncertain about education, work or the future.

Someone who may simply need one trusted adult to listen.

This is where ATANDA IMPACTFULNESS™ wants to contribute.

We are not claiming that one organisation can solve these challenges alone.

We want to become part of the solution.

Through:

IMPACTFULNESS AKTIV™
Creating belonging, activity, teamwork and youth leadership through sport.

IMPACTFULNESS LEARNING & MENTOR™
Strengthening learning, digital competence, confidence and future readiness.

IMPACTFULNESS CREATIVE ARENA™
Giving young people tools, space and confidence to create and express themselves.

IMPACTFULNESS DRIVE & TALK™
Creating trusted conversations that can turn uncertainty into direction.

IMPACTFULNESS TECH & FUTURE™
Helping young people move from consuming technology to creating, solving and innovating.

OUR ROLE IS SIMPLE

We want to meet young people before disengagement becomes exclusion.

Before:

“I’m struggling” becomes “I’ve given up.”

And help create more moments where a young person can say:

I belong.
I can learn.
I can create.
I can contribute.
I can build a future.

ATANDA IMPACTFULNESS

See the young person.
Create the opportunity.
Develop the capability.
Change the direction.

We do not want to stand outside Norway’s youth challenges and describe them.
We want to become part of the solution.