fathers

Family

Four fatherly facts about Sweden's 'equal' dads

Swedes celebrated Father's Day this Sunday. Here are four facts and statistics about being a dad in the famously most gender equal country in the world.

parental leave

Parental leave bonus to be scrapped in 2017

Couples in Sweden will no longer be entitled to a gender equality bonus for spliting parental leave, if the government's autumn budget gets passed next month.

fathers

Two thirds of Swedes celebrate Father's Day

A survey has suggested that two thirds of Swedes celebrate Father's Day but an ethnologist has expressed his surprise that the tradition remains ongoing in 2014.

Crime

Dads often keep custody after killing kids' mums

More than 120 children in Sweden have had their mothers killed by their fathers in the last decade, with the dads nevertheless retaining custody of their children in four out of ten cases, according to a new review.

Sick leave

Agency to probe Swedish mothers' sick leave

Swedish mothers stay home with sick children more often than fathers, leading to a huge gap in leave days and prompting a government inquiry to be carried out by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan).