Fryshuset is a Swedish non-profit youth organization. Today Fryshuset runs a total of around 70 project, activities, educational programs and schools within four main areas; Fryshuset also cooperates with foreign and international organizations (such as the United Nations, the European Commission, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Homeboy Industries). Fryshuset has venues in Hammarby Sjöstad, Skärholmen, Husby, Nybro, Torsås, Östra Göinge, Göteborg, Malmö and Borlänge.

History

Fryshuset was founded in 1984 by Anders Carlberg, a well-known Swedish advocate for social justice and reconciliation. He was on the board of the YMCA of Southern Stockholm and was commissioned to find a building where YMCA could gather all its youth activities. He found an old cold storage in the outskirts of the city. It was renovated and rebuilt into a basketball hall and into music studios for young musicians. It was called Fryshuset (the Swedish word for cold storage) and soon became a meeting place for a variety of youth groups. Since then, the organization has grown steadily, today there are Fryshus branches operating in eight cities around Sweden. Fryshuset has venues in Hammarby Sjöstad, Skärholmen, Husby, Nybro, Torsås, Östra Göinge, Göteborg, Malmö and Borlänge.

Activities

Rolemodels and future perspective

Education and training

Youth Culture

Also at Fryshuset