The Local Sweden

Baby boom: Sweden near top of European fertility table

Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:27:32 +0200

France and Sweden have the highest fertility rates in Europe but births across the EU are less than needed to replenish the population naturally, the bloc's statistics agency said on Wednesday.

'Swedes, please give your sperm a purpose'

Tue, 03 May 2016 08:59:18 +0200

Swedish men should stop jerking off in public places or having unprotected sex and start donating sperm to help single women have babies, argues Stockholm-based writer Matilda Karlsson.

Swedes are Europe's third best baby-makers

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:22:27 +0100

Swedes are Europe's third busiest baby-makers, according to fresh statistics. But the birth rate appears to be dropping in the Nordic country.

Swedish technique helps US score first womb transplant

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:24:07 +0100

The surgeons used a method pioneered in Sweden, which they hope will allow a 26-year-old to have America's first uterus transplant baby.

Swedes told they shouldn't use surrogate mothers

Wed, 24 Feb 2016 08:41:46 +0100

Surrogacy puts too much pressure on women, top experts advising ministers have concluded.

Single women in Sweden told they can soon get free IVF

Thu, 14 Jan 2016 11:16:26 +0100

Women living in Sweden will from April be allowed to apply for state-funded fertility treatment in order to become single parents.

Swedish twin dad loses bid to reject fatherhood

Thu, 29 Oct 2015 13:30:00 +0100

A Swede who tried to have his paternity revoked after his wife gave birth to twins, rather than the one child he was hoping for, has lost his case in the country's highest court.

IVF bid for Swedish singles moves forward

Thu, 21 May 2015 16:19:00 +0200

Plans to allow single women in Sweden to have fertility treatment funded by taxpayers are expected to come into force next year. The new rules would allow the same reproductive rights to singles as women in a relationship.

Sweden could legalize IVF for single mothers

Fri, 16 May 2014 14:37:00 +0200

Single women in Sweden should no longer need to travel abroad for in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a new inquiry has proposed. If applied, single women would have the same reproductive rights as women in a relationship.

Swedish man ruled legal father of unwanted twins

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:35:00 +0100

A Malmö court has ruled that a man is the legal father of twins, conceived "against his wishes" when his wife lied to the fertility clinic abroad.

IVF linked to risk of mental disability: study

Wed, 03 Jul 2013 09:52:00 +0200

A certain kind of in-vitro fertilization used for male infertility is linked to a small increased risk of intellectual disability, according to an international study published on Tuesday.

Eating pigeon to get pregnant in Sweden

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:07:00 +0200

While fertility treatment in Sweden did eventually help her get pregnant, Stockholm-based Australian writer Louise Ling explains that her journey to motherhood wasn't without a few unexpected bumps – and birds – along the way.

Skåne County to offer fertility tests for all

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 11:09:00 +0200

In future Malmö hopes to offer all young couples help to find out how good their chances are of conceiving, thus hopefully avoiding involuntary childlessness later in life.

Swedish couple forced to give back adopted son

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:49:00 +0200

A couple from western Sweden was forced to give up their adopted son when his biological mother changed her mind eight months after giving him up for adoption.

Lesbian couples cause run on Swedish sperm banks

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:06:00 +0200

A shortage of healthy sperm and a spike in demand from lesbian couples has caused a backlog of artificial insemination applications at Swedish fertility clinics.

Sweden's baby boom hits new high

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:40:00 +0100

Swedish women are giving birth to more babies than at any point since the earlier nineties, new figures show.

Higher birth rates among Sweden's foreign-born

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:43:00 +0100

Foreign-born women living in Sweden are giving birth to more children on average than women born in Sweden, new statistics show.

Swedish lesbian couple sues over fertility treatment rules

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:13:00 +0200

The ombudsman against discrimination due to sexual orientation (HomO) is taking the case of a lesbian couple from northern Sweden who claim they don’t have equal access to artificial insemination procedures.

Swedes go to Cyprus to choose sex of babies

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 14:38:00 +0200

Swedish couples are circumventing national law and going abroad to predetermine the sex of their children. Around ten Swedish couples have enlisted the help of a doctor in the UK, who in turn has sent them to Cyprus to undergo a treatment that is forbidden in both Sweden and the UK.