You can also get a free taxi if you can’t get to the subway because the elevator and/or escalators are broken and you can’t go down the stairs for some reason, for instance if you’re elderly or you’re in a wheelchair.
Your children are most likely eligible for English and German lessons from their first school year, since they have an English and a German parent. If the school doesn't have a German or English teacher, they will probably get a free taxi so they can go to those lessons. Or, at least it worked that way in the early 80s, when I had my first school years, things might have changed since then. In particular we have one party in the parliament that thinks teaching children the language their parents speak is a very bad thing...
Hello, thanks for that useful video ! know a French family who would like to move to Sweden for professional reasons. They practice homeschooling, but as it's now practically forbidden in France too, it gives them even more motivation to leave. Personally, I think it's an interesting way of teaching, but I can understand that some people may be opposed to it, especially in countries where the school system performs well.
Most of these (very generous) systems are basically in place so both parents can work full time and support the family. Since it has been considered a bad thing for decades now that the mother (usually) stays at home and takes care of the family. In time this also meant that you cannot really support a family on just one salary. Which also makes it very hard for low earners to be a single parent in Sweden.
@@LivingSwedish In Sweden it used to be just fine in the 50's and 60's. After that, the taxes where raised significantly to fund all these general welfare improvements. And in the end, taxes got so high that one income is simply not enough for a family. Which is ironic if you think about it.
@@krokodilen31 Sweden is one of the richest countries on earth. With the most developed social welfare system in existence. And still, a low income earner will have a tough time raising a family on their own. You don't think that is a bit strange?
I´m Swedish and I will finally retire next month. I know about all this and I support our Swedish system 100%. All I want back is that you respect our culture, and do everything to be able to support yourself asap. That´s it. If you have a job and pay tax, everything we Swedes have is also yours. You probably study Swedish and Swedes from day one. 🤭🤭. You never pay more than 240$ for a doctor/per year or 260$ for all the medicine you need/per year. Alles Gut. Aufwiederhören.
I live in Norway, and what you are talking about does not exist in Norway. My mother is from Sweden, and I have learned to love that wonderful and beautiful country. With citizens that are very “innocent” and genuinely nice.
As a Swede, I knew all this. When you mentioned how it was in England when your daughter broke her arm and what the employer said, then I think why in England they don't learn from Sweden how to take care of their citizens in all situations, like everything you mentioned here. BUT I don't think only England should do it, but several countries would do the same. When you mentioned how common homeschooling is in the US but not in Sweden. So I can understand why homeschooling is common in the US, because from what I've heard, schooling is worse in the US. Because around this time of year, there were news items on the news, about how many American families moved to Sweden so that their children could go to a Swedish school. What all the families mentioned was that school education is better in Sweden than in the USA and that the children learn more here in Sweden at school than in the USA. The children have shorter days and the children get real food that is healthier than in Sweden. Then by the family becoming Swedish citizens, their children have free education when they study at high school and they can apply freely to the high school without it having to cost several hundreds of thousands to study as in the USA, then of course the parents meant that in Sweden there are no school shootings . So those who are homeschooled in the US can teach the children better than what they would learn in the schools and then the children avoid the risk of being killed at school.
VAB(Vård av barn - Care of children) is actually not exclusive for the parent, ANYONE can VABBA for a child. Lets say that your child gets sick/ill and you are at a job where it is difficult to just leave in a rush, you can have your sibling, your parent, any relative or even a neighbor or just a friend to take this VAB and take care of your children. They then get "paid" from the goverment.
Well, it used to be school buses way back, but they figured out it would be cheaper to have deals with taxi companies. I used to take the bus every day to school, as I had like 40km or so one way..
@@LivingSwedish Well, no need to pay for a bus, a driver etc.. Cheaper to subcontract it.. And the Kommun does not pay normal Taxi prices, but for the Taxi companies it's a steady income so....
Free transport to schools does exist in the UK, it depends on the type of school and circumstances eg distance. When I lived in the country I had a government paid car/taxi to school which was a 50 mile round journey every day for the 3 years I was there. This wasn’t the only school I attended which had free transport. It might not be as easily accessed or as common now, but it does or did exist. 😃
Even if you worked at a company and told them to take 6 months off you can't expect them to take you back willingly and the co-workers might not like you anymore so even if you can work there by law the discomfort of not fitting in might make you want to leave or the CEO can make excuses to get you fired, i've seen it many times.
Of course, I can imagine that's still the case. But it's good to start somewhere and some companies and colleagues embrace it, some don't. Even with parental leave some companies can be weird when you come back and give you a different job etc.
We just had a guy come back after spending 6 months abroad. No hard feelings. No discomfort between us colleagues. It’s pretty much the same as when people are off after having kids. They are often replaced with someone, either someone employed on a temporary contract or someone from the same organization who likes to try out another area of work. Of course a ceo can make up excuses to get you fired. That goes for everything. Its that you have the opportunity to do it that is special.
With regard to taking time off for your child or wanting a career break, they do exist in the UK. It’s dependent on your employer, mine allows time off if your child is unwell, but it’s usually taken as paid leave. It’s not the same as the Swedish system though. Career breaks are anywhere between 6 months to 5 years. They don’t guarantee you’ll get your old job back (the majority do though), but you are still employed. 😁
Yes, true, a career break does exist. I think it's called garden leave in the UK. I just thought it's interesting that you can actually take some time off to start your own business in Sweden :)
An idea for future video; the Trust between people and government. Swedes trust government in a higher degree than other countries. An example was the Covid regulations. The goverment trusted the people to follow their advice and generally people followed them. It was no law that you should do that and that, just advice. And Sverige managed to have the lowest death rate caused by Covid
Hi this was super interesting thanks. Im actually thinking of moving to Sweden (from UK) and also want to set up my own business. I'm a business analyst, so similar to you and I was wondering if it was worth starting it up straight away or joining a company first to integrate and get to know how it works. What are your thoughts and if you have any videos on how you started a business there, that would be great! It's great to know that entrepreneurship is encouraged but do you know if Sweden are looking for particular skills or start-ups? Thanks!
Thanks for your comment! It's a bit tricky to answer your question and give a straightforward reply. I'm currently working on my business but I create multiple income streams rather than working as an Insights Analyst at the moment. It might be useful to start a job here to understand the landscape better, and then start your own business. But then, I didn't do that sooooo... hahaha Difficult to say ;)
Hi Living Swedish ! I demand a video number two. (or put it the Swedes way I would like to see a video number two plz). Skål Tom ☕😄 P.S uppbyggnadsskede, that was so cute to hear. Practice makes perfect. D.S
Yes some great benefits from living in Sweden time off work and study so useful. I think there is too much pressure in overpopulated UK for such policies. Tack for interesting video.
Om du fått ledigt från anställningen får du inte starta ett bolag som konkurrerar med företaget du är anställd i, har jag för mig. Jag har kanske fel men det känns mest logiskt med.
Okay so here's my question and it is probably a controversial subject, but I need to know. In my country there are at least a couple of known cases where taxi drivers took advantage of children when driving them places. This makes me anxious at the least to hear that the government facilitates for a in my eyes very easy way to harm children. How is this taxiservice instated? Are there very strict application rules or timestamps in place to make a save transfer sure?
It's devastating to hear that people take advantage of young children. I have not heard anything like that in Sweden. I don't know if there's anything in place to control it strictly but I know that Sweden in general focuses a lot on children's well-being. Things might still happen, of course, which is horrible but I don't think taxi drivers who bring kids to school have abused this here.
Thank you so much for your response! That is really good to hear. I know that Sweden is known especially for all its safety measures and overall safety, so I would be surprised if there was no legislation. As someone who works with children myself I want to do as much as possible to protect them from any possible dangers. If I was living in Sweden with my own children though and these services would apply to me, I would definitively dive into this subject a bit deeper to make sure that my children are well protected by safety measures around this transport.
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You can also get a free taxi if you can’t get to the subway because the elevator and/or escalators are broken and you can’t go down the stairs for some reason, for instance if you’re elderly or you’re in a wheelchair.
Oh, interesting! Thanks for sharing!👌🏻
Amazing! For an American/Italian with dual citizenship as I am living in Italy, I find Sweden to be the place I want to live now!
Oh, interesting! Where in Italy do you live now? It's also a beautiful country but I have never lived there.
Your children are most likely eligible for English and German lessons from their first school year, since they have an English and a German parent. If the school doesn't have a German or English teacher, they will probably get a free taxi so they can go to those lessons. Or, at least it worked that way in the early 80s, when I had my first school years, things might have changed since then. In particular we have one party in the parliament that thinks teaching children the language their parents speak is a very bad thing...
I think it's super cool Swedish schools offer lessons in the native language :) I heard it's still a thing but we'll find out!
Hello, thanks for that useful video ! know a French family who would like to move to Sweden for professional reasons. They practice homeschooling, but as it's now practically forbidden in France too, it gives them even more motivation to leave. Personally, I think it's an interesting way of teaching, but I can understand that some people may be opposed to it, especially in countries where the school system performs well.
Her accent is adorable
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Most of these (very generous) systems are basically in place so both parents can work full time and support the family. Since it has been considered a bad thing for decades now that the mother (usually) stays at home and takes care of the family. In time this also meant that you cannot really support a family on just one salary. Which also makes it very hard for low earners to be a single parent in Sweden.
Yes, I was thinking about that a lot lately. It's hard to live on only one income anywhere (at least in Europe). Not good 🥺
@@LivingSwedish in witch countries is it easyer to be a single parent on average?
@@LivingSwedish In Sweden it used to be just fine in the 50's and 60's. After that, the taxes where raised significantly to fund all these general welfare improvements. And in the end, taxes got so high that one income is simply not enough for a family.
Which is ironic if you think about it.
@@krokodilen31 Sweden is one of the richest countries on earth. With the most developed social welfare system in existence. And still, a low income earner will have a tough time raising a family on their own. You don't think that is a bit strange?
@@Jonteponte71 Nej inte alls faktiskt, vi har väl ändå en idé om att man ska anstränga sig för att nå högre ? 🥴
I´m Swedish and I will finally retire next month. I know about all this and I support our Swedish system 100%. All I want back is that you respect our culture, and do everything to be able to support yourself asap. That´s it. If you have a job and pay tax, everything we Swedes have is also yours. You probably study Swedish and Swedes from day one. 🤭🤭. You never pay more than 240$ for a doctor/per year or 260$ for all the medicine you need/per year. Alles Gut. Aufwiederhören.
It makes sense when you benefit from a social system to also give back. Otherwise, it wouldn't work.
I live in Norway, and what you are talking about does not exist in Norway. My mother is from Sweden, and I have learned to love that wonderful and beautiful country. With citizens that are very “innocent” and genuinely nice.
Interesting that there are quite a few differences. Thanks for clarifying! :)
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Hallo!
I would like you to talk about swedish food, if it is very different from german or if it has things in common.
Greetings from Brazil🇧🇷🌻
That seems like a great idea for a video :) Let me work on it. Thanks for the inspiration!
As a Swede, I knew all this. When you mentioned how it was in England when your daughter broke her arm and what the employer said, then I think why in England they don't learn from Sweden how to take care of their citizens in all situations, like everything you mentioned here. BUT I don't think only England should do it, but several countries would do the same. When you mentioned how common homeschooling is in the US but not in Sweden. So I can understand why homeschooling is common in the US, because from what I've heard, schooling is worse in the US. Because around this time of year, there were news items on the news, about how many American families moved to Sweden so that their children could go to a Swedish school. What all the families mentioned was that school education is better in Sweden than in the USA and that the children learn more here in Sweden at school than in the USA. The children have shorter days and the children get real food that is healthier than in Sweden. Then by the family becoming Swedish citizens, their children have free education when they study at high school and they can apply freely to the high school without it having to cost several hundreds of thousands to study as in the USA, then of course the parents meant that in Sweden there are no school shootings . So those who are homeschooled in the US can teach the children better than what they would learn in the schools and then the children avoid the risk of being killed at school.
Yeh, I totally agree with you that would be my thought process as well.
VAB(Vård av barn - Care of children) is actually not exclusive for the parent, ANYONE can VABBA for a child.
Lets say that your child gets sick/ill and you are at a job where it is difficult to just leave in a rush, you can have your sibling, your parent, any relative or even a neighbor or just a friend to take this VAB and take care of your children. They then get "paid" from the goverment.
Yes, of course! That's something to highlight as well. Thanks for clarifying :)
Well, it used to be school buses way back, but they figured out it would be cheaper to have deals with taxi companies. I used to take the bus every day to school, as I had like 40km or so one way..
Oh, that's interesting! I also took a school bus every day in Germany. That's more usual I'd say. Interesting that it's cheaper with a taxi.
@@LivingSwedish Well, no need to pay for a bus, a driver etc.. Cheaper to subcontract it.. And the Kommun does not pay normal Taxi prices, but for the Taxi companies it's a steady income so....
Depends on how many children who needs to go to Schools from the same area. There are busses to.
Free transport to schools does exist in the UK, it depends on the type of school and circumstances eg distance. When I lived in the country I had a government paid car/taxi to school which was a 50 mile round journey every day for the 3 years I was there. This wasn’t the only school I attended which had free transport. It might not be as easily accessed or as common now, but it does or did exist. 😃
Thanks for sharing! I didn't know.
I knew about everything.
But I'm a swede.
I havnt made much thought about them though before you mentioned them.
So that was informative.
cheers.
Even if you worked at a company and told them to take 6 months off you can't expect them to take you back willingly and the co-workers might not like you anymore so even if you can work there by law the discomfort of not fitting in might make you want to leave or the CEO can make excuses to get you fired, i've seen it many times.
Of course, I can imagine that's still the case. But it's good to start somewhere and some companies and colleagues embrace it, some don't. Even with parental leave some companies can be weird when you come back and give you a different job etc.
We just had a guy come back after spending 6 months abroad. No hard feelings. No discomfort between us colleagues. It’s pretty much the same as when people are off after having kids. They are often replaced with someone, either someone employed on a temporary contract or someone from the same organization who likes to try out another area of work. Of course a ceo can make up excuses to get you fired. That goes for everything.
Its that you have the opportunity to do it that is special.
With regard to taking time off for your child or wanting a career break, they do exist in the UK. It’s dependent on your employer, mine allows time off if your child is unwell, but it’s usually taken as paid leave. It’s not the same as the Swedish system though. Career breaks are anywhere between 6 months to 5 years. They don’t guarantee you’ll get your old job back (the majority do though), but you are still employed. 😁
Yes, true, a career break does exist. I think it's called garden leave in the UK. I just thought it's interesting that you can actually take some time off to start your own business in Sweden :)
I’m married to a Swedish man I’m hoping to learn their language
You have the perfect requirements 👌🏻 You can schedule times where you're only allowed to speak Swedish 😉🇸🇪
An idea for future video; the Trust between people and government. Swedes trust government in a higher degree than other countries. An example was the Covid regulations. The goverment trusted the people to follow their advice and generally people followed them. It was no law that you should do that and that, just advice. And Sverige managed to have the lowest death rate caused by Covid
Hi this was super interesting thanks. Im actually thinking of moving to Sweden (from UK) and also want to set up my own business. I'm a business analyst, so similar to you and I was wondering if it was worth starting it up straight away or joining a company first to integrate and get to know how it works. What are your thoughts and if you have any videos on how you started a business there, that would be great! It's great to know that entrepreneurship is encouraged but do you know if Sweden are looking for particular skills or start-ups? Thanks!
Thanks for your comment! It's a bit tricky to answer your question and give a straightforward reply. I'm currently working on my business but I create multiple income streams rather than working as an Insights Analyst at the moment. It might be useful to start a job here to understand the landscape better, and then start your own business. But then, I didn't do that sooooo... hahaha Difficult to say ;)
@@LivingSwedish no problem, thanks for replying!
Hi Living Swedish !
I demand a video number two.
(or put it the Swedes way I would like to see a video number two plz).
Skål Tom ☕😄
P.S
uppbyggnadsskede, that was so cute to hear. Practice makes perfect.
D.S
Hahaha noted! There will be a second one... soon-ish ;)
Yes some great benefits from living in Sweden time off work and study so useful. I think there is too much pressure in overpopulated UK for such policies. Tack for interesting video.
Om du fått ledigt från anställningen får du inte starta ett bolag som konkurrerar med företaget du är anställd i, har jag för mig. Jag har kanske fel men det känns mest logiskt med.
Det är rätt. Det är inte möjlig (eller inte tillåtet) att starta ett bolag som konkurrerar med företaget du är anställd i. Tack för klargörandet!
Much of the benefits also are demands from the strong unions in Sweden.
Okay so here's my question and it is probably a controversial subject, but I need to know. In my country there are at least a couple of known cases where taxi drivers took advantage of children when driving them places. This makes me anxious at the least to hear that the government facilitates for a in my eyes very easy way to harm children. How is this taxiservice instated? Are there very strict application rules or timestamps in place to make a save transfer sure?
It's devastating to hear that people take advantage of young children. I have not heard anything like that in Sweden. I don't know if there's anything in place to control it strictly but I know that Sweden in general focuses a lot on children's well-being. Things might still happen, of course, which is horrible but I don't think taxi drivers who bring kids to school have abused this here.
Thank you so much for your response! That is really good to hear. I know that Sweden is known especially for all its safety measures and overall safety, so I would be surprised if there was no legislation. As someone who works with children myself I want to do as much as possible to protect them from any possible dangers. If I was living in Sweden with my own children though and these services would apply to me, I would definitively dive into this subject a bit deeper to make sure that my children are well protected by safety measures around this transport.
This was mostly about kids (that I don't have), but no surprises.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll make sure to come up with another video which includes surprises for non-parents as well ;)
@@LivingSwedishLOL, thanks :)
Number to is so so strange to me! Awesome though
I totally agree 😊
@@LivingSwedish very interesting
@@lil-mumma-adventures It's a novelty and it doesnt work in reality in most cases.
Ilov you 🌷🌷🌷
the rules for "tjänstledighet" is not as easy as this.
I found a short explanation on the website for Unionen www.unionen.se/rad-och-stod/tjanstledighet-ledighet-utan-lon
@@LivingSwedish Yes and as it states "Your employer don´t have to give you tjänstledigt, its not mandatory by law".
my god ,HTF did I get to this channel; ,stop waving your arms about
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