Working conditions of trans people in the Nordic countries
Research shows that transgender people face a variety of barriers in life. Trans people experience more unwanted loneliness and are particularly vulnerable to violence and harassment. Research also shows that a higher proportion of young transgender people have been long-term unemployed and are dissatisfied with their situation in school and employment, compared to cisgender people.
At the same time, recent years have seen setbacks in the living conditions of LGBTI people both in the Nordic region and globally, with transgender people particularly hard hit.
The aim of this project is to make visible the living conditions of transgender people in the Nordic region, with a focus on working life, to enable dialogue, identify needs and measures for improvement
To provide a clearer picture of the working conditions of transgender people in the Nordic region, NIKK, Nordic Information on Gender, has been commissioned by the Nordic Council of Ministers to compile and make available existing knowledge from the region in a publication. The knowledge base also includes documentation from discussions held with national stakeholders to identify needs and propose measures to improve the working conditions of transgender people in the Nordic countries.
In 2025, NIKK will continue to work to disseminate the results of the knowledge base and continue to highlight the vulnerable living conditions of trans people in the Nordic region, through a Nordic analysis of the lgbti data released by FRA in 2024 and an event during IDAHOT in the Nordic House in Copenhagen.
NIKK is a co-operative body under the Nordic Council of Ministers, located at the National Secretariat for Gender Research.
We cooperate with:
researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Stockholm University and Nordlandsforskning in Norway, the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Research, relevant labour market actors, LGBTI and trans organisations in the Nordic region.
*Cis-person: A person whose biological sex corresponds to their legal, social and perceived sex
** LGBTI is an abbreviation for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex