Children Day Care, Pre-School or förskola in Stockholm, Sweden

Up to Age 6 years : Pre-School or förskola

Children from 1 year age to 6 years old can be sent to Pre-school or förskola. Day care is from Age of 1 year to 5 years. Then during the Year 6, they are prepared to send to school next year when they turn 7 (to send to Grade 1).

In general, Swedish pre-schools are excellent, they take care of kids very well. Each Pre-school has a different number of kids but there would be a care taker for a group of 5 or 6 kids. Hence, we need not worry about their care when they are in day care.

How to apply for Pre-school or Day care or förskola ?

Visit this link and login with Mobile Bank Id. Most of the schools have very long queues. Hence, it's better to apply for child care as soon as child gets a personal number even if you want to send kid after 1 year or 2 year or 3 years with a future start date.

What are the Fees for Pre-school?

This is the most trickiest part and very interesting system as well, which I had not seen anywhere in the world. It's not very simple to understand.

Your child fee is depending on following factors:

1. Household income per month before tax (both parents)

2. How many children in the family

3. How many hours per week would you like to send your children to Pre-school (Part-Time or Full Time).

First, let us understand what's part time and full time fee as this is very crucial.

Full Time Fee : 

Child age : 1 to 2 years and they are sent to day care for more than 30 hours per week.

Youngest child : 3% of income, maximum 1382 SEK

The second youngest child : 2% of the income, maximum 922 SEK
Next child : 1% of income, maximum 461 SEK
From the fourth child : no fee.

Part Time Fee : 

Child Age 1 to 2 years : Up to 30 hours per week is considered part-time.

Child Age 3 to 5 years : Even if they are sent more than 30 hours per week, they will be considered part time fee. This is applicable from the time the child turns 3 years old beginning from Aug term of the year.

Youngest child : 2% of income, maximum 922 SEK
The second youngest child : 1% of the income, maximum 461 SEK
Next child : 1% of income, maximum 461 SEK
From the fourth child : no fee.

Link to Stockholm Stad web site : Fees for Child care

Contact Details of Stockholm Stad for Pre-school queries

Phone: 08-508 00 508 
E-mail:  forskola@stockholm.se