Early childhood education and care country profiles - Sweden
Source: OECD, 2006
Profile from Starting Strong II in pdf (7 pp.)
Curricula and pedagogies in early childhood education and care
Source: OECD, 2004
Full report in pdf (34pp.)
Early childhood education and care in Sweden
by Barbara Martin Korpi
Source: OECD, 2000
Conference paper in pdf (9pp.)
Overviews and fact sheets
An overview of the Swedish education system
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2009
Interactive diagram (Flash required)
From preschool pedagogy to nanotechnology: Education and research in Sweden
Source: Government Offices of Sweden, 2009
Document in pdf (28 pp.)
In Sweden, all children are considered to be entitled to a child care place. For over three decades, child care has been an integral part of the Swedish welfare state and of most families' everyday lives. In 1998 the government moved responsibility for child care from the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs to the Ministry of Education and Research as part of an effort to reform and expand early childhood education and care. The Curriculum for Preschool was released in August of that year and preschool became "the first step in the education system for children".
