Children are less likely to gender stereotype and more open to socializing with peers of the opposite sex if they attend a gender-neutral preschool, a new Swedish study shows.
A Statoil petrol station in Stockholm on Tuesday becomes the first in Europe to undergo a makeover that bosses hope will attract more women and young people to its forecourts and convenience stores.
A Swedish mum-of-three has started making her own hyper-realistic dolls, designed to challenge gender stereotypes. The Local spoke to Julia Taube as she prepared to put the toys on sale, despite a backlash in one of the world's most equal nations.
Born as a girl called Iris, a brave Swedish 10-year-old has spoken out about his decision to change his gender and live as a boy by the name of Sam – in a video which has gone viral in Sweden.
Gender neutral toilet signs at a Swedish museum have sparked debate in the Nordic country, known for its openness and tolerance. The Local has spoken to the graphic designer behind the idea.
No more “I'll just pop to the ladies'”, or “have you seen the queue over at the gents'?” Transgender activists have been covering public toilet signs with stickers as part of a campaign to make more toilets in Sweden gender neutral.
The Swedish Armed Forces are determined to have a gender advisor in every regiment by 2016, as part of an ambitious action plan to help the military develop its gender policies.
A top UK toy seller is set to advertise "gender neutral" toys, bowing to pressure from a campaign group inspired by a Swedish toy catalogue that showed Spiderman pushing a pram and a young girl with a gun.
The controversial Swedish word "hen", proposed as a gender-neutral pronoun, has found its way into legal lingo after a court in northern Sweden used it in a verdict.
