Editorial Team 
You have your personnummer and the flat is starting to feel like home, but no child benefit has reached your account yet. Swedish child benefit pays 1,250 kronor a month for every child, and it is normally paid without an application. For a family that has just moved here, the first payment waits until Försäkringskassan … Read more
Your toddler wakes up too warm to go anywhere, förskola is out, and one of you has to stay home. In Sweden that day has a name, vab, and Försäkringskassan pays for it. You stay home first and apply afterwards, and the money lands at a little under 80 percent of your income, up to … Read more
If your toddler is not yet talking as much as you expected, you are not alone, and Sweden has a clear, free system to help. Here is how a concern travels from a BVC checkup to a speech therapist, and what kind of support, including parent courses, is on offer once you get there. Language … Read more
If your baby is due in June, July or August, you are in good company. July is the month when more children are born in Sweden than in any other, at the same time as hospitals run on reduced summer staffing while employees take their legally protected holidays. For parents who are new to the … Read more
A new Karolinska study on sudden infant collapse, plus the six safe-sleep steps Swedish health authorities recommend. Calm, clear guidance for new parents.
A cultural doula gives free support in your own language through pregnancy, birth and the first weeks. Here is how to get one in Stockholm.
Moving to Sweden with a toddler means navigating a little bureaucracy before family life clicks into place. None of it is hard once you know the order to do it in. This is your practical checklist for the first weeks, from the personnummer to your first preschool place. Sweden runs on the personal identity number, … Read more
Raising a toddler in Sweden means meeting a parenting culture that may differ from the one you grew up in. It is gentle, equal and remarkably relaxed, built around independence, the outdoors and a word you will hear everywhere: lagom. Understanding it helps you feel at home faster. There is no single right way to … Read more
A newly mobile toddler will find every hazard in your home before you do. Childproofing is less about wrapping the world in foam and more about removing the few things that can cause real harm. Here is a calm, room-by-room guide to a safe home for a toddler in Sweden. Most homes in Sweden, whether … Read more
The years from one to three are a whirlwind of firsts: first steps, first words, first stubborn “no”. Knowing roughly what to expect helps you enjoy the journey and spot, calmly, if anything needs a closer look. Here is a guide to toddler development and how Sweden keeps an eye on it. Every child develops … Read more