The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Four fatherly facts about Sweden's 'equal' dads Swedes celebrated Father's Day this Sunday. Here are four facts and statistics about being a dad in the famously most gender equal country in the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20151106/four-fatherly-facts-about-swedish-dads Fri, 06 Nov 2015 17:42:00 +0100 four-fatherly-facts-about-swedish-dads Parental leave bonus to be scrapped in 2017 Couples in Sweden will no longer be entitled to a gender equality bonus for spliting parental leave, if the government's autumn budget gets passed next month. https://www.thelocal.se/20150916/parental-leave-bonus-to-be-scrapped-in-2017 Wed, 16 Sep 2015 17:27:43 +0200 parental-leave-bonus-to-be-scrapped-in-2017 Two thirds of Swedes celebrate Father's Day A survey has suggested that two thirds of Swedes celebrate Father's Day but an ethnologist has expressed his surprise that the tradition remains ongoing in 2014. https://www.thelocal.se/20141109/two-thirds-of-swedes-celebrate-fathers-day Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:26:00 +0100 two-thirds-of-swedes-celebrate-fathers-day Dads often keep custody after killing kids' mums More than 120 children in Sweden have had their mothers killed by their fathers in the last decade, with the dads nevertheless retaining custody of their children in four out of ten cases, according to a new review. https://www.thelocal.se/20130103/45396 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:08:00 +0100 45396 Agency to probe Swedish mothers' sick leave Swedish mothers stay home with sick children more often than fathers, leading to a huge gap in leave days and prompting a government inquiry to be carried out by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan). https://www.thelocal.se/20121018/43892 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:19:00 +0200 43892