Swedish daycare: International example or cautionary tale?

A fascinating assessment of the highly-vaunted Swedish daycare system

September 10, 2015 | by Jonas Himmelstrand
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Endnotes

  1. Skolverket. The Swedish National Agency for Education.  Retrieved from www.skolverket.se
  2. Swedish parental leave is 16 months. As a result, there are no babies under age one in daycare.
  3. Familjen i framtiden – en socialistisk familjepolitik. (1978). The Women’s caucus of the Swedish Socialdemocratic Party. Retrieved from http://data.s-info.se/data_association/404/documents/120229_familjframtid.pdf
  4. These comparable countries are Finland, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Wales and Scotland. Ungdomar, stress och psykisk ohälsa. (2006). SOU 2006:77 Youth, stress and psychological ill-health. Official Swedish Government investigation. Retreived from http://data.riksdagen.se/fil/EC7F788B-7CA5-4D22-AF6F-44D824A54E89
  5. Folkhälsorapport. (2014).Report from the Public Health Agency of Sweden, Retrieved from https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/pagefiles/17825/Folkhalsan-i-Sverige-arsrapport-2014.pdf
  6. Orth-Gomér, K., Lewandrowski, E., Westman, L., Wang, H., Leineweber, C. (2005). Vem orkar till 65? Inte kvinnorna – mer än hälften avslutar arbetslivet i förtid. (Who can to work until 65? Not women: More than half of them leave work life early) Nr. 34, Vol. 102: Läkartidningen. Retrieved from http://www.lakartidningen.se/OldWebArticlePdf/1/1809/LKT0534s2296_2303.pdf
  7. Ibid.
  8. Johansson, B. (2007, January 26). Att våga sätta gränser (To dare to set limits). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved from www.svd.se/att-vaga-satta-granser
  9. Hakim, C. (2011). Feminist myths and magic medicine, London: Centre for Policy Studies, pp. 25-26. Retrieved from http://www.eprints.lse.ac.uk/36488/1/Feminist_myths_and_magic_medicine_the_flawed_thinking_behind_calls_for_further_equality_legislation_%28lsero%29.pdf
  10. OECD. (2015). Improving Schools in Sweden: An OECD Perspective. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/edu/school/improving-schools-in-sweden-an-oecd-perspective.htm Schleicher, A. (2015, May 4). How Sweden’s school system can regain its old strength. OECD Directorate for Education and Skills. Retrieved from http://oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-swedens-school-system-can-regain.html
  11. TIMSS. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. Reports 2003 and 2007. Retrieved from http://timss.bc.edu
  12. Kihlbom, M., Lidholt, B. and Niss, G. (2009). Förskola för de allra minsta. (Daycare for the smallest children – for good and for bad). Carlssons förlag.
  13. Waldenström, U. (2014). Mår barnen bra i förskolan (Are the children doing alright in daycare). Karolinska Institutet University Press.