Försäkringskassan, the Swedish social security agency

Försäkringskassan, the Swedish social security agency, took the initiative in 2006 to invite several researchers and journalists to reflect on factors changing the conditions for social security administration during the coming decade. Hans Bergstrom´s contribution focused on demography and value transformations between generations. An important observation was that the years of full responsibility had been reduced by a prolonged “youth” period as well as a new period of “freedom” among the younger elderly. The essay was later published by Försäkringskassan under the title “Baby boomer´s era of freedom” (Report 2009:11).