Women in this society hold their heads very high. Alexandra von Schwerin, a journalist and entrepreneur, explained it to me as she sees it: “They have been used to being independent since Viking times when the men went away for years in their long boats. Women began to be educated in large numbers at the beginning of the 20th century and equality has been pushed hard ever since. The glass ceiling in the business world still remains almost impenetrable for top positions, but in all the professions women have equal pay and authority. All women work. Women have been working for four generations now. My great-grandmother worked. And all working parents have access to a municipal-run creche for their children, even for those only a year old.”
‘In search of the Swedish soul’ by Jonathan Power | Prospect Magazine July 2009 issue 160
