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“Here, when you have a child, you take care of it”: report in Sweden, where fathers take 144 days of paternity leave

2024-03-07T05:15:50.514Z

Highlights: In Sweden, fathers take the longest parental leave in the world: 144 days on average. The result of very generous family policies but also of social pressure to take care of your children. A mixture which, despite everything, creates a healthier relationship with work. Niklas, a Franco-Swedish thirty-something, and his wife, Elsa, welcome us to their home in Malmö one afternoon in February. Both tall and slender, he dark-haired, she blonde, have lived in this city located opposite Denmark since November 2021.


In Sweden, fathers take the longest parental leave in the world: 144 days on average. The result of very generous family policies but also of social pressure to take care of your children. A mixture which, despite everything, creates a healthier relationship with work.


“Otto, no!”

Too late: the little fist rises, falls and crashes on the

semlor

, these Swedish buns filled with almond paste and cream, placed on the coffee table.

All this without Niklas, Otto's father – 1 year old and hilarious, having time to stop him.

This Franco-Swedish thirty-something, who has lived in Paris for a long time, and his wife, Elsa, welcome us to their home in Malmö one afternoon in February.

Both tall and slender, he dark-haired, she blonde, have lived in this city located opposite Denmark since November 2021. “After years in France, Elsa had to return to live and work in Sweden,” says Niklas.

We were thinking of moving to Stockholm, but I found a job here.”

In this case, key account manager of a sports equipment company, which he joins in June 2022... at the time when Elsa, a senior executive in e-commerce, returns to work.

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Also read “I am no longer “just” a mother and I sometimes have the impression of being nobody”: these women who left the world of work when their children arrived

A month after his arrival, still in the trial period, Niklas announced his departure on parental leave to his superiors...

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Source: lefigaro

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