The document discusses the MittNordens Folkhälsonätverk (MittNordens Public Health Network) and its goals of developing collaboration and knowledge sharing on public health issues across northern Europe. It outlines several past and upcoming conferences and meetings held by the network. It also discusses the PoDD (Political Decisions on Determinants) project which aims to better utilize scientific knowledge about health determinants to inform political decision-making processes and policies across sectors like health, social welfare, employment, agriculture and more. The document provides brief summaries of several presentations made on topics like measuring tools for evaluating policy impacts, partners involved in the PoDD project, and facts about the HUNT public health study in Norway.