We explain Sweden
The festivities are over at Littlebearabroad HQ. The twinkling strings of lights have been taken down and we’re bracing ourselves for the bitterly cold months of January and February in Stockholm. The kids are sick of wearing their winter-overalls and are just… well, sick. In collaboration with LittleBearAbroad Parents all over Stockholm are dreaming of […]
You never want to start a new chapter in your life or an exciting adventure thinking about the worst, or what could go wrong. It seems almost fateful to even indulge the consequences of what would happen if your family’s immigration didn’t work out. It’s a reality that even the most pragmatic amongst us shuns. […]
As my child’s birth inched closer, a friend encouraged me to attend an English language introduction at Östra Sjukhuset. Having learned that birthing location would not be decided until labor begins, I readily agreed. The regimented way in which some aspects of Swedish society run intimidates me. Arming myself with knowledge before this foray into […]
English is the language my entire family speaks. Only English. I know a smidgeon of French from high school, but that is it. My husband speaks both his primary language as well as English, which he learned from an early age. He came to the United States for college and in our home, he exclusively […]
Sweden has some of the most generous paid parental leave policies in the world, and as a newbie in Sweden, chances are likely that you have moved from a country with less generous parental leave (or no paid parental leave in my case). When you see 480 days to be divided between you and your […]
I moved to Sweden with my husband when we applied for asylum on the 9th of March 2015. Later, I got pregnant with my first baby. It was mixed feelings between happy and worried, happy to start our parenting journey and worried for his destiny with us as we are still not settled and waiting for our […]
The Swedish parental leave – the so called föräldrapenning is a generous one. Parental leave is paid out for no less than 480 day (approximately 16 months) for each child. Parents are – because of gender equality aspects – encouraged to share the leave. That is why 90 days out of the total 480 days […]
