Election 2024: Childcare in Sweden — Roscommon native pays €110 a month for two kids

In Sweden, a childcare place is guaranteed, though it may not be the first choice, which is definitely very different to Ireland, where a lack of care spaces, particularly in rural areas, bedevils the sector

(Left to right) Emilia, Florentin, Linnaea and Maj Britt Gleeson. 'We wanted a change from Ireland and we wanted to see how we’d get on.'

Maj Britt Gleeson is a Roscommon native who has a Swedish mother and currently lives in Helenelund in Sollentuna kommun (municipality), just north of Stockholm. While she grew up in Ireland, she also attended school in Sweden as a child.

She has two daughters with her French husband Florentin — five-year-old Linnaea and Emilia, who is three.