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May 28, 2012
Childcare
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'Sweden made me re-think affirmative action'
Analysis & Opinion: 23 Nov 11
Although Sweden’s emphasis on gender can at times seem a bit much to a foreigner, the battle to change perceptions of how a gender equal society can look, has made it a model to follow, Ruben Brunsveld observes.
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Daycare sends infant girl alone in taxi
Society: 7 Oct 11
A daycare centre in Jönköping, southern Sweden, sent an unaccompanied 15-month-old girl by taxi when she needed to be transported between care facilities.
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Daycare 'punch clocks' catch on in Sweden
Education: 14 Sep 11
Preschoolers at a daycare in northern Sweden now have their attendance tracked through an electronic punch clock system in order to help streamline the assessment of fees.
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Shorter parental leave for immigrants: minister
Politics: 18 Jun 11
Immigrant parents with young children should have a shorter parental leave when the family moves to Sweden minister for enterprise and energy Maud Olofsson, said in an interview.
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Parental leave 'traps' immigrants at home
National: 14 Jun 11
Less parental leave for those who have just arrived in Sweden with kids will help getting immigrant women out on the labour market, according to two Swedish experts.
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Babysitting free for all exposes children: report
National: 22 Mar 11
Sweden’s babysitting industry is booming, but there are currently no safeguards as to who can tout their trade on the internet leaving children exposed to exploitation.
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Minister: housewives threaten EU economy
Politics: 8 Mar 11
The EU's GDP could increase by almost 30 percent if more women in Europe worked, according to Sweden EU Minister Birgitta Ohlsson, who warned that "a Jurassic Park filled with old men" may be the alternative.
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Preschool pickup pressure 'hampers careers': Swedish union
Society: 7 Mar 11
Many parents feel pressured to collect their children early from preschool, or dagis, because 'everyone else picks up early', according to a report from the Swedish Municipal Workers’ Union.
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Sweden's economy on display in Davos
Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's strong economy is in focus at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, giving the centre-right Alliance government a chance to spread a new image of Sweden, writes Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and three of his ministers.
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Sweden's childcare allowance 'a fiasco'
Politics: 10 Jan 11
Sweden's childcare allowance, strongly promoted by the Christian Democrats as a way to help parents who wish to spend more time at home with their young children, has been a fiasco, according to a previously unreleased report.
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Social Democrats blame taxes for election loss
Politics: 3 Dec 10
The Social Democrats likely lost the election because of their tax policy proposals, an internal report from the party’s crisis commission has concluded.
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Moderates lead, Social Democrats decline: poll
Politics: 14 Nov 10
The Moderates are the largest parliamentary party in Sweden according to two new opinion surveys, as the Social Democrat youth organization called on party leader Mona Sahlin to resign.
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Swedish mums seek more kids time: study
Society: 27 Oct 10
Swedish mums would like to spend more time with their kids, half think that other mums would like to be housewives if they could, while six of ten feel that fathers take more responsibility in the home, a new survey has shown.
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Live Blog: parliament opens
Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy.
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Introducing the Christian Democrats
Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Christian Democrats, bidding to retain power as one of the smaller parties within the centre-right Alliance coalition.
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PM: mandatory jobs insurance unlikely
Business & Money: 17 Aug 10
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said that the election 2006 promise to make unemployment insurance obligatory is unlikely to be realized during the next mandate period.
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Birgitta Ohlsson - A maverick in a ministerial suit
Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jun 10
Sweden's Minister of EU Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson talks to The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson about freedom of expression in Sweden and Europe today; the euro and Sweden's status outside of it; and what can be done to encourage and promote universal European liberal values.
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Opposition flirts with single mums
Politics: 1 May 10
Sweden' left-green opposition is pledging to earmark 1.225 billion kronor ($170 million) in benefits for single parents as part of its push to bolster gender equality.
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'Don't force mothers to stay at home'
Analysis & Opinion: 25 Feb 10
The European Commission's proposed new directive on maternity leave is well-meaning but fatally flawed, argues Minister for EU Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson.
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Sweden slams forced maternity leave
Politics: 25 Feb 10
The Swedish government is critical of a new EU directive proposal making it obligatory for women to be at home for the first six weeks after birth. EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson plans to argue Sweden's case in the EU parliament.
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Profile: Sweden's new EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson was named as Sweden's new EU minister on Tuesday. An outspoken advocate of feminism, equality and civil liberties issues, as well as a keen supporter of Nato membership, Ohlsson also harbours dreams of a top UN human rights post.
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Pornstar cap 'no attire for nursery worker'
National: 23 Jan 10
Headgear emblazoned with the label 'Pornstar' has cost a nursery worker his job after parents caught sight of the man wearing it on a Facebook photo.
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Home childcare trend fuels segregation fears
National: 5 Jan 10
Sweden’s childcare allowance is proving ever more popular in heavily immigrant neighbourhoods, resulting in the closure of some preschools and prompting fears about the measure’s unintended consequences.
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Paternity leave: an exercise in military precision
Analysis & Opinion: 17 Nov 09
It's time to pull on the flak jacket, maintain a stiff upper lip, and refraining from slipping into bouts of mindless panic: Diarist dad Joel Sherwood is now officially on paternity leave.
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Legislate right to full-time employment: Left Party
National: 30 Aug 09
The Swedish Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) wants to abolish several reforms adopted by the governing Alliance parties, according to a new report. These would include the childcare allowance, the equality bonus and tax deductions for household services.
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Economic crisis tops Sweden's EU presidency agenda
Analysis & Opinion: 5 Jun 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Minister of Finance Anders Borg outline Sweden's priorities for the upcoming EU presidency.
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Is Sweden a good place to bring up kids?
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Feb 09
Every week we ask a panel of readers to discuss an aspect of life in Sweden. This week: raising children.
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Sweden tops child welfare ranking
Society: 12 Dec 08
When it comes to caring for children, Sweden ranks highest among the world’s wealthy countries, according to a new report from the United Nations children’s organization, Unicef.
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Union calls for subsidized home help
Society: 31 Aug 08
The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees (TCO) has called for the introduction of subsidized household services for families with children. The only path to equality, TCO argues.
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Foreigners tempted by Swedish town's cash incentive
Society: 5 Aug 08
The northern Swedish town of Arjeplog has been inundated with requests from people interested in cashing in on the municipality's innovative new repopulation scheme.
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Five year sentence for pre-school fraud
National: 26 May 08
The woman in charge of several suburban Stockholm pre-schools was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison for defrauding the city of millions of kronor.
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Swedish dads steer clear of paternity leave
Business & Money: 12 Mar 08
Swedish fathers enjoy one of the most generous paternity leave policies in the world but few dads take advantage of the opportunity, writes AFP's Sebastien Buffet.
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Sahlin pushes for more paternity leave
Politics: 11 Mar 08
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has said she is ready to fight to ensure that dads spend more time with their kids.
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Schools employing sex offenders
Education: 10 Mar 08
At least 75 convicted sex criminals have worked as substitutes in Swedish schools and daycare centers since 2003.
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Papers push back on papa payments
Analysis & Opinion: 29 Feb 08
David Landes looks at press reaction to the Moderate Party's suggestion of additional incentives designed to ease the ability of fathers to stay home and care for their children.
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Finance Minister pushes for pre-school reform
Politics: 13 Nov 07
Finance Minister Anders Borg has called for children to be allowed to start pre-school at the age of three.
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Convicted murderer trains as doctor
Society: 7 Nov 07
Sweden's top medical university has said it cannot expel a man accepted onto its medicine course who later turned out to be a convicted murderer. The man could now become licensed as a doctor in Sweden without a formal criminal check being carried out.
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Top aides admit to tax dodges
Politics: 6 Nov 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt's woes continue as ten out of fifteen Moderate Party state secretaries admit to having paid cash-in-hand for domestic services at some point.
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Study looks at women's sick leave
Science & Technology: 11 Oct 07
With women in Sweden twice as likely as men to take long term sick leave, a new study has examined the probable causes.
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Government offers money for stay-at-home parents
Politics: 4 Sep 07
Parents who want to stay at home to look after their young children will be entitled to extra money from their local councils, under new proposals unveiled by the government on Tuesday.
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Unregistered students cost councils millions
Society: 26 Aug 07
With millions of kronor at stake, university towns are calling for students to register themselves in the area rather than remaining registered in their home towns.
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Tax breaks boost cleaning firms
Society: 7 Aug 07
The number of cleaning companies in Sweden has risen dramatically since the government introduced tax breaks for home cleaning.
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'Carry out criminal checks on youth leaders'
Society: 19 Jul 07
The head of Sweden's Scout movement has called for volunteers who want to work with children to be subjected to criminal record checks. Children must be protected from paedophiles who try to infiltrate youth groups, he argued.
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Child bitten by snake at pre-school
Society: 8 Jun 07
A child and an employee at a pre-school in central Sweden have been bitten by adders within a few days of each other.
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Broken bottles found in pre-school sandpit
National: 23 May 07
Staff at a pre-school in Örebro suspect malicious intent after a number of broken bottles were found hidden in a sandpit.
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Boom in Swedish cleaning companies
Business & Money: 21 May 07
Two months before the introduction of Swedish government's plan to give tax relief for home cleaning and childcare services, the number of companies established to offer such services is already booming, according to new statistics
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Ministers announce job policy measures
Politics: 4 Apr 07
The leaders of the four governing parties have announced a package of measures to encourage more Swedes to get back to work.
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Swedish countryside goes double Dutch
Society: 13 Mar 07
An increasingly number of Dutch people are moving from their crowded homeland to the open spaces of rural Sweden. Swedish regions are fighting to attract what is viewed as a very desirable immigrant group.
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German controversy over Swedish childcare
Society: 27 Feb 07
Swedish nursery schools are psychologically damaging for children and turn women into "baby machines," German television has heard from a Catholic bishop and a sociologist.
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Ministers admit nanny tax dodges
Politics: 7 Oct 06
In a perfect advertisement for government tax breaks on domestic services such as childcare and cleaning, two new ministers have admitted employing nannies without declaring the tax.
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Women still earn less than men
Society: 26 Sep 06
Swedish women still earn less money than men for doing the same job - and the situation has not improved in 14 years. "We're still a gender-biased society," says Liberal MP Birgitta Ohlsson.
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Skövde schools in arson mystery
National: 13 Sep 06
Another nursery school was set on fire in Skövde on Tuesday night. It is the fifth such incident in three weeks in the area.
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Why your vote counts
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 06
Even if you're not a Swedish citizen, you could be entitled to vote in the local elections and referendums on September 17th. Håkan Sörman, head of local government body SALAR explains why you should.
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Alliance agrees on family platform
Politics: 30 Aug 06
People who want to stay home longer with their children will get more support from the state, in a new agreement from the Alliance launched on Wednesday.
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Sweden: paradise for parents?
Lifestyle: 9 Jun 06
Lengthy parental leave and great nursery provision have had many people abroad - particularly in Britain - looking to Sweden to see how it's done. Jenny Lepley asks whether Swedes really have it so good.
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The Social Democrats' dilemma
Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 06
The economy is growing well, official unemployment is falling, and the welfare state is still supported by most Swedes. Are Social Democrats a victim of their own success, asks David Stavrou.
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Swedish parliament rejects childcare split
Society: 8 Mar 06
A controversial government proposal to split the childcare allowance equally between parents who are separated, whether or not both agree to it, has been rejected by parliament.
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Stockholm Syndrome: Kidz rule
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 06
Business meetings, radio shows, adult classes - our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers that in Sweden, nowhere is off limits to the true power holders in the country: children.
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Priced out of the housing market? Not in Kramfors
Society: 23 Nov 05
For the price of a two bedroom flat in Stockholm you could buy 95 similar apartments in Kramfors. And for that you get to live in one of the most child-friendly, business-friendly places in Sweden.
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Alliance gets on the rails to woo voters
Politics: 10 May 05
Sweden's opposition leaders hop on a train at the start of a tour to persuade voters around the country that they can run the government better than the Social Democrats.
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Feminist party "could undermine government"
Politics: 8 Mar 05
International Women's Day brings intensified rumours of a new feminist party - much to the dismay of Sweden's social democrats, whose party secretary Marita Ulvskog marked the occasion by launching a new feminist network. Plus: what kind of feminist are you?
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Nine out of ten women ?lose out by working?
Society: 12 Feb 05
There’s little incentive for Swedish women to work, according to a new report. When lunch and travel costs are deducted, most working women would have been better off staying at home on sick leave.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
Prime Minister Reinfeldt chats with The Local »
"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »
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