WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

Check Your Autumn Preschool Bill Against Sweden’s New Fee Rules

Preschool fees fell in July, but Stockholm and Malmö charge differently. Your autumn invoice needs a check against your household income and your child’s age.

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Yan Krukau

Parents in Stockholm and Malmö have new preschool fee rules to check against their autumn invoices. The same household income can produce different charges in the two cities, while a child’s age can change the calculation again.

Both cities’ July changes reduce the income used to calculate fees. That does not make the final bill identical: each municipality’s published rates still matter, as

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