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.)
The politics of pre-school: Intentions and decisions underlying the emergence and growth of the Swedish pre-school
by Barbara Martin Korpi
Source: Government of Sweden. Ministry of Education and Research, 2007
Report in pdf (88 pp.)
Preschool is for your child: A brochure about the preschool curriculum
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2007
Document in pdf (12 pp.)
Strategy to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Sweden
Source: Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 2004
Fact sheet in pdf (4 pp.)
Curriculum documents
General guidelines and comments for quality in leisure-time centres
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2007
Document in pdf (44 pp.)
Curriculum for pre-school (Lpfö 98)
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 1998 (revised 2006)
Document in pdf (17 pp.)
Curriculum for the Preschool Lpfö 98 Revised 2010
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2011 (revised 2010)
Document in pdf (20 pp.)
Curriculum for the compulsory school system, the pre-school class and the leisure-time centre (Lpo 94)
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 1994 (revised 2006)
Document in pdf (21 pp.)
Statistical and evaluative reports
Ten years after the preschool reform: A national evaluation of the Swedish pre-school
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2008
Report in pdf (36 pp.)
Five years with the maximum fee
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2007
Report in pdf (32pp.)
Descriptive data on pre-school activities, school-age childcare, schools and adult education in Sweden 2006
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2006
Report in pdf (162 pp.)
Pre-school in transition: A national evaluation of the Swedish pre-school
Source: Skolverket: Swedish National Agency for Education, 2004
Full report in pdf (46 pp.)