Fredrika Mårtensson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6158293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fredrika Mårtensson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fredrika |
| FAMILY NAME | Mårtensson |
| SIGNATURE | MÅRTENSSON F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1350-5780 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Space for being, developing and self-regulating
Semi-structured and photo interviews with 14 Swedish adolescents aged 12–15 years old • Explores how everyday outdoor life supports adolescents in feeling good and functioning well • Identifies six outdoor pathways to wellbeing, organised as being, developing and self-regulating • Shows that multiple outdoor pathways often overlap and co-occur in everyday settings • Highlights schoolyards, neighbourhood streets and nearby green and blue spaces as…
Creating nature-based play settings for children through looking, listening, learning and modifying in a Swedish landscape laboratory
Children's outdoor play and access to nature are important for their health and development of environmental agency but there is a global decline of green spaces available to them. The aim is to explore the possibilities of creating nature-based outdoor settings for play and learning which benefit children as well as the wildlife and wider ecosystems. A fieldwork on developing nature based play settings in an outdoor landscape laboratory in Swede…
The quality of Swedish adolescents’ outdoor life and its relationship with self-esteem and well-being
The quality of adolescent outdoor life is positively associated with well-being. • Examined differences between seasons, sexes and living environments. • Girls were less satisfied with their outdoor environments than boys. • Suburban areas were perceived as safer than rural and urban areas. • The Covid-19 pandemic had limited effect on adolescents’ time spent outdoors. This study investigates the relationship between outdoor life and the well-bei…
Play biotopes put into practice—Creating synergies between children and nature
Global urbanisation reduces greenery and species richness (biodiversity) and limits opportunities for most children to gain experiences of nature. Disconnecting children from nature has implications for their play, health, well‐being, and comprehension of ecological systems, as well as their engagement with the environment as adults. In the competition for land for built infrastructure, the preservation of remaining greenery is essential to fulfi…
Toddlers’ engagements with preschool playgrounds
This article explores toddler -place relationships outdoors during early childhood education in Sweden. Informed by Tim Ingold's theorization of movement, we explore toddlers' embodied engagements with the preschool playground and how the human-non-human environments become entangled. The results show that, just as in the wider world, the processes enabling and limiting toddlers' engagements in the playground are continuously in motion. Toddler-p…
You can be outside a lot
The global decline of children's independent mobility is well documented. Whilst the Nordic countries are no exception, a previous study discovered high levels of independent mobility in a suburban community in the south of Sweden (Johansson, M., A. Raustorp, F. Martensson, C. Boldemann, C. Sternudd, and M. Kylin. 2011. "Attitudal Antecedents of Children's Sustainable Everyday Mobility."Transport and Health Issues: Studies on Mobility and Transpo…
The meaning of participation in school ground greening
School ground greening has many acknowledged benefits for play, learning and health, but less is known about the outcomes of such projects from children’s perspectives. This study aims to investigate the process, and children’s participation, at two Swedish schools over four years of planning, planting, management and maintenance, using short interviews and observations. There was a large general interest among the children to participate in the …
Young adults' use of emotional food memories to build resilience
A repeated measurement study investigating the impact of school outdoor environment upon physical activity across ages and seasons in Swedish second, fifth and eighth graders
We conclude that school outdoor environment design and outdoor play time impact physical activity on a daily basis and may contribute to increasing girls' physical activity and moderate the sharp decline in physical activity by age. The school outdoor environment may thus be a potential health promoter during school time
Children’s affective experience of every-day travel
Outdoor environmental assessment of attention promoting settings for preschool children
Outdoor environmental assessment of attention promoting settings for preschool children
You can be outside a lot
The global decline of children's independent mobility is well documented. Whilst the Nordic countries are no exception, a previous study discovered high levels of independent mobility in a suburban community in the south of Sweden (Johansson, M., A. Raustorp, F. Martensson, C. Boldemann, C. Sternudd, and M. Kylin. 2011. "Attitudal Antecedents of Children's Sustainable Everyday Mobility."Transport and Health Issues: Studies on Mobility and Transpo…
Young adults' use of emotional food memories to build resilience
Children’s affective experience of every-day travel
The meaning of participation in school ground greening
School ground greening has many acknowledged benefits for play, learning and health, but less is known about the outcomes of such projects from children’s perspectives. This study aims to investigate the process, and children’s participation, at two Swedish schools over four years of planning, planting, management and maintenance, using short interviews and observations. There was a large general interest among the children to participate in the …
Outdoor environmental assessment of attention promoting settings for preschool children
Children’s affective experience of every-day travel
A repeated measurement study investigating the impact of school outdoor environment upon physical activity across ages and seasons in Swedish second, fifth and eighth graders
We conclude that school outdoor environment design and outdoor play time impact physical activity on a daily basis and may contribute to increasing girls' physical activity and moderate the sharp decline in physical activity by age. The school outdoor environment may thus be a potential health promoter during school time
Young adults' use of emotional food memories to build resilience
The meaning of participation in school ground greening
School ground greening has many acknowledged benefits for play, learning and health, but less is known about the outcomes of such projects from children’s perspectives. This study aims to investigate the process, and children’s participation, at two Swedish schools over four years of planning, planting, management and maintenance, using short interviews and observations. There was a large general interest among the children to participate in the …
You can be outside a lot
The global decline of children's independent mobility is well documented. Whilst the Nordic countries are no exception, a previous study discovered high levels of independent mobility in a suburban community in the south of Sweden (Johansson, M., A. Raustorp, F. Martensson, C. Boldemann, C. Sternudd, and M. Kylin. 2011. "Attitudal Antecedents of Children's Sustainable Everyday Mobility."Transport and Health Issues: Studies on Mobility and Transpo…
The quality of Swedish adolescents’ outdoor life and its relationship with self-esteem and well-being
The quality of adolescent outdoor life is positively associated with well-being. • Examined differences between seasons, sexes and living environments. • Girls were less satisfied with their outdoor environments than boys. • Suburban areas were perceived as safer than rural and urban areas. • The Covid-19 pandemic had limited effect on adolescents’ time spent outdoors. This study investigates the relationship between outdoor life and the well-bei…
Play biotopes put into practice—Creating synergies between children and nature
Global urbanisation reduces greenery and species richness (biodiversity) and limits opportunities for most children to gain experiences of nature. Disconnecting children from nature has implications for their play, health, well‐being, and comprehension of ecological systems, as well as their engagement with the environment as adults. In the competition for land for built infrastructure, the preservation of remaining greenery is essential to fulfi…
Toddlers’ engagements with preschool playgrounds
This article explores toddler -place relationships outdoors during early childhood education in Sweden. Informed by Tim Ingold's theorization of movement, we explore toddlers' embodied engagements with the preschool playground and how the human-non-human environments become entangled. The results show that, just as in the wider world, the processes enabling and limiting toddlers' engagements in the playground are continuously in motion. Toddler-p…
Creating nature-based play settings for children through looking, listening, learning and modifying in a Swedish landscape laboratory
Children's outdoor play and access to nature are important for their health and development of environmental agency but there is a global decline of green spaces available to them. The aim is to explore the possibilities of creating nature-based outdoor settings for play and learning which benefit children as well as the wildlife and wider ecosystems. A fieldwork on developing nature based play settings in an outdoor landscape laboratory in Swede…
Space for being, developing and self-regulating
Semi-structured and photo interviews with 14 Swedish adolescents aged 12–15 years old • Explores how everyday outdoor life supports adolescents in feeling good and functioning well • Identifies six outdoor pathways to wellbeing, organised as being, developing and self-regulating • Shows that multiple outdoor pathways often overlap and co-occur in everyday settings • Highlights schoolyards, neighbourhood streets and nearby green and blue spaces as…
Psychology (8 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (3 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works)