50+ Fascinating Facts About Living in Sweden You Probably Didn’t Know

Everyone in the world, except for employers in the US, knows that having a child can throw your schedule out of whack. Sometimes, you’ll have everything planned for the next four weeks, but if your babysitter calls out sick, you either have to lose a day’s worth of pay or pay a higher price to hire a last-second nanny.

This isn’t the case in Sweden. In the country that is so much better than the US in many ways, if you or your partner are forced to stay at home and care for the kids, your boss won’t just let you go home—they’ll still pay you for a day’s worth of work!