About Erikshjälpen
Listening Erikshjälpen is a child rights organisation a non-profit second-hand business. We work to combat poverty and vulnerability by promoting children's rights. This year marks our 80th anniversary.
Internationally, we are known as ERIKS Development Partner. Together with local partner organisations , we work long-term with children's rights in 15 countries. In Sweden, our work for children's rights is mainly done through Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad, in close collaboration with our second-hand shops. In total, we run about 50 Erikshjälpen Second Hand in Sweden and Norway.
Our organization
The children's rights organization Erikshjälpen is a foundation and Erikshjälpen Second Hand is a non-profit association. In practice, we are two legal entities that work together under the same brand, share the same vision and support each other's goals.
Erikshjälpen's board and management
Erikshjälpens management and board consists of two separate boards and a joint management team. Erikshjälpens Secretary-General is Mattias Ingeson.
Erikshjälpen Second Hand is a non-profit organization with its own board. The executive director is Jerker Sandell.
Read more about Erikshjälpen's boards and management.
Fast facts about Erikshjälpen
- We work holistically to strengthen children's rights. Read more about Rights based approach.
- We work closely with our interventions, both locally in Sweden and on the ground in our international projects.
- We believe in child participation and the ability to change their situation. We are a clear voice for vulnerable children and give them the opportunity to be heard.
- We run Sweden's leading non-profit second-hand business, Erikshjälpen Second Handwhere surplus from the stores goes to work for children's rights.
- We have Regional offices in four regions; Asia, East Africa, Eastern Europe and West Africa, through which we work on social and humanitarian interventions in 16 countries, in some 90 projects. We do this to promote children's rights to education and leisure, health, safety and protection. Read more about our interventions in the world.
- Our head office is in Huskvarna, but we have employees all over the world.
Published: 30 January 2026
