Sweden Parental Leave

FILE - Henrik Holgersson, right, watches his son, Arvid, center with hat, play with Walter Johansson accompanied by his father Henrik Johansson at a playground in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday June 29, 2011. Fifty years after Sweden became the first country in the world to introduce paid parental leave for fathers, the Scandinavian country has launched a groundbreaking new law granting paid leave allowing grandparents and other legal guardians to care for a child. The law came into effect Monday, July 1, 2024, and allows parents to transfer some of their...