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Young children play together in daycare. In Sweden, all parents get 480 days of paid leave to share per child.
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May 3, 2010

Sweden — Up North, Down to Earth

by: Emma Randecker & Rikard Lagerberg
Sweden — Up North, Down to Earth is a book about Sweden today. A country of great natural beauty and open space, and a society focused on equality, human rights and sustainability. The book presents r ...
Oct 19, 2012

Sweden — where children count

by: Rikard Lagerberg
In Sweden, children count as individuals, and they are being listened to. This is clear when you look at statistics, the number of children’s organizations, government programs and laws, or directly a ...
Jul 2, 2012

10 ingenious uses for slimy algae

Aaah, a cooling dip in the Baltic Sea! But, hang on, what’s this green-brown slime? Algae are a big problem for the Baltic, with algal blooms often forming as soon as the water along the Swedish shore ...
Apr 13, 2012

Internet freedom in Sweden — a closer look

by: Stefan Geens
Sweden promotes internet freedom globally. But what about internet freedom within Sweden? Just how free are people emailing in Umeå, linking in Linköping or downloading in Dalarna?
Feb 23, 2012

Swedish baby princess is born

by: Rikard Lagerberg
Sweden’s first royal birth in over three decades came early in the morning on February 23, 2012. Prince Daniel announced that his wife Crown Princess Victoria had given birth to a healthy baby princes ...
Jan 3, 2012

Artistic triumphs mark eventful 2011 for Sweden

by: Aleksander Kovacevic
A Nobel Prize for Tomas Tranströmer and a Hollywood adaptation of Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel were just two events that put Sweden in the world’s spotlight in 2011.
Sep 29, 2011

Växjö sets sustainable example for Europe

by: David Wiles
The Swedish city of Växjö has been named Europe’s greenest city, reducing CO2 emissions per person by more than a third. What are the secrets of its environmental successes, and where will it go from ...
Sep 16, 2011

Dag Hammarskjöld — the Peacemaker

by: Gunnel Torén
It’s 50 years since Sweden’s most famous peacemaker, Dag Hammarskjöld, was killed in a plane crash in Africa — but his legacy lives on. The United Nations Secretary-General believed that problems shou ...
Jul 6, 2011

Almedalen Week — a lobbyist dream

by: Rikard Lagerberg
Almedalen Week (Almedalsveckan) is an annual political event in Sweden. The event borrows its name from a park in the city of Visby on the Swedish island Gotland, where the main events of the week tak ...
Jul 1, 2011

Slow food from Sápmi

by: Lola Akinmade
Greta Huuva perks up as she tells me how to make Torrköttsoppa (dried reindeer meat soup), her favorite food. We're sitting in Restaurang Samernas in Viddernas Hus in Jokkmokk, a village in sub-Arctic ...
Apr 29, 2011

The King of Sweden: “I’ve been shy all my life”

by: Sofia Tanaka/TT
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden turned 65 in April 2011. Although he has reached retirement age, he has no plans to “start feeding the birds yet”, he says in an interview with Swedish news agency TT.
Apr 28, 2011

The Swedish Sami consciousness

by: Lola Akinmade Åkerström
In Sweden there are about 20,000 Sami, recognized by the UN as an indigenous people. Many Swedes’ understanding of the Sami lifestyle is limited to nomadic reindeer herding, which has been a strong sy ...
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