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Sweden's paid grandparent leave when your family lives abroad

For new parents in Sweden, family help can mean planning across borders.

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A grandmother cradles a newborn beside a window.

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A couple speak with an agent during a home viewing.

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The salary you need for a first-hand flat in Sweden

Interpreters wearing headsets work with documents inside a booth overlooking an IAEA meeting in Vienna.

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Language help changes with the agency handling your case

Apartment blocks and a small house stand side by side in Södermalm, Stockholm.

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Sweden's housing shortage eased while tenure inequality remained entrenched

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A woman stands beside a baby seated in a stroller outdoors.

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Mothers take 69% of parental leave. Women’s pensions trail SEK 7,100

The Swedish Migration Agency office in Solna, seen from outside.

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New family rules could add years before Sweden starts deciding

A social worker with a red folder speaks with two adults across a table, with papers in front of them.

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How to handle a Swedish decision you cannot understand

A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.

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The one step to take when the Migration Agency keeps you waiting

Two adults work together at a weaving loom during an adult-education activity in Norrtälje.

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Sweden's education-linked life-expectancy gap has reached 6.7 years

An empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs in Tollarp, Sweden.

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Parents can now use VAB for the meeting, not only the sick day.

A surgical team performs an operation in a hospital operating room.

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In reported regions, 27 percent of patients missed Sweden's 90-day care guarantee

A person holds a bank card while using a laptop for online shopping.

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Swedish online shops must now make cancelling as easy as buying

People gather around a decorated Midsummer maypole beside red wooden buildings in Rälta, Sweden.

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Sweden's brightest season can be its loneliest

Historic orange and ochre buildings line a cobblestone street in Stockholm's Gamla Stan.

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Sweden's paid grandparent leave when your family lives abroad

Essential Signature

The salary you need for a first-hand flat in Sweden

Language help changes with the agency handling your case

Sweden's housing shortage eased while tenure inequality remained entrenched

Find your next English‑speaking job in Sweden

Latest in Signature

Mothers take 69% of parental leave. Women’s pensions trail SEK 7,100

New family rules could add years before Sweden starts deciding

How to handle a Swedish decision you cannot understand

The one step to take when the Migration Agency keeps you waiting

Sweden's education-linked life-expectancy gap has reached 6.7 years

Parents can now use VAB for the meeting, not only the sick day.

In reported regions, 27 percent of patients missed Sweden's 90-day care guarantee

Swedish online shops must now make cancelling as easy as buying

Sweden's brightest season can be its loneliest

57% of Swedes still live where homes are scarce