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Parenthood

The following articles have been tagged with "Parenthood":

'Being a stay-at-home mum is easier for expats'

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Feb 12
Although parenthood is never simple, US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt finds that being a stay-at-home-mum might be just that bit easier if you're an ex-pat than amid your peers at home. READ »

'It's about time': royal expert

Society: 17 Aug 11
The news of Crown Princess Victoria's pregnancy couldn't come at a better time for a Swedish Royal Family looking to turn the page on a tumultuous year, according to one royal expert. READ »

Woman sentenced for spreading HIV

Science & Technology: 12 Jun 11
A woman in her 30s was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for infecting a man with HIV and could face expulsion from Sweden after the completion of her prison time. READ »

Swedish lesbians allege parental leave bonus discrimination

Society: 2 Apr 11
A lesbian couple has accused Sweden's social insurance agency of discrimination after being denied the right to the government's gender equity bonus for parents who share parental leave equally. READ »

Social services in pre-dawn raid over baby horse mix-up

Society: 13 Apr 10
The birth of a foal at a farm in northern Sweden caused confusion on Saturday when social services were called in to investigate reports of an unregistered baby. READ »

'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. READ »

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. READ »

King and queen to launch new youth forum

Society: 26 Dec 09
In traditional Christmas speeches on December 25, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia announced the launch of a new forum for children and youth in honour of the 20th anniversary of the United Nation's Convention of the Right's of the Child. READ »

Online sperm donor sows seeds of debate

Society: 9 Nov 09
A 26-year-old man from Gothenburg, "used but in good condition", has had his advert removed from an auction site after offering his sexual services to lesbian women wishing to become pregnant. READ »

Baby helps fill in white spaces on map

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Aug 09
Having a baby has been a real eye-opener for Joel Sherwood, who continues his Pop Culture series with a curious look at the hidden crannies he never knew existed. READ »

Number crunching at the parental leave precipice

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Jul 09
A sense of giddiness is tempered with trepidation as proud pop Joel Sherwood prepares to embark on a seemingly endless period of parental leave. READ »

Shrugging off news of my shrinking baby

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jul 09
In the first of a new series, Joel Sherwood explains that fatherhood in Sweden is going so well that he isn't even particularly fazed by news that his child is growing smaller. READ »

Gudrun Schyman's quest for equality

Analysis & Opinion: 27 May 09
Feminist Initiative lynchpin Gudrun Schyman speaks to The Local about her vision for a gender equal Europe. READ »

Sweden '50 years' from parental equality: report

Society: 22 Mar 09
Sweden is fifty years from achieving equality among parents if change continues at the current pace, a new report shows. READ »

Abortion increase blamed on declining use of pill

Society: 24 Aug 08
The number of abortions performed in Sweden increased by 17 percent between 2000 and 2007. The declining use of the contraceptive pill is to blame, experts argue. READ »

Swedish parenting: Back to a traditional future?

Lifestyle: 5 Mar 08
Four years on from the start of the great “curling” and “helicopter” debates, the issue of parenting is back in the news. This time round, the focus has switched to the unprecedented popularity of state-sponsored parenting classes. Peter Vinthagen Simpson takes a closer look. READ »

Dozens indicted over Vietnam child smuggling

National: 1 Feb 08
A major child smuggling ring is suspected of bringing dozens of children from Vietnam to Sweden, prosecutors say. READ »

Swedes spurn bling but value education

Society: 14 Dec 07
Owning expensive jewellery and having own company are big status symbols for Americans and Russians, but not for Swedes. Swedes rate language skills highly, however. READ »

Fatherhood boosts men's careers

Society: 23 Nov 07
Men's careers blossom when they become fathers. The same cannot be said for mothers, a new study has found. READ »

No more trips to Finland for lesbian couples

Society: 27 May 05
A new law will give gay women couples the right to fertility treatment in Swedish hospitals. A bill will be presented to parliament in July allowing both partners to be named as parents to the child. READ »


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Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi.
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The problem of profiting ex-politicos isn't simply money, money, money, argues contributor and historian David Linden
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The Local catches up with Sweden’s comedian of the year Al Pitcher and preview our first ever “Local Lockdown” video segment.
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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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