The purpose of the study was to investigate school councellors’ view on stress among children. The study was also aimed at investigating what their work with stressed children looked like. In order to answer the questions, a qualitative method with semi-structured interviews have been used. The selection in the study consist of four school councellors within an administration in Sweden. The author had personal meetings with all the informants. As a method for analysis on the empirical data, thematization and coding have been used. The theoretical perspectives that have been used to interpret and understand the results are Antonovsky’s KASAM theory and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory. The result of the study shows that the school councellors meet children that are experiencing stress and that this is a phenomenon that has increased over time and that seems to be found in younger and younger children. The result shows that stress and demands from society and adults are perceived as causing stress among children. Homework, tests, grades and lack of calm in school were school related factors perceived as causing stress among children. Too many sparetime activities, lack of sleep, exercise and nutritious food were other things causing stress among children according to the informants. Individual dialogues with children were the most used interventions for school councellors when working with stress. Other interventions were working with groups of children on various themes. Collaborations with parents, collegues in other professions and with the student health team were more interventions used by the informants. The result also shows opportunities in educating children about stress and stress coping strategies in order to help them deal with stress. Furthermore, there are opportunities in educating children about the benefits of good health, how to strengthen their self esteem and about norm critiques.