Courtesy of Nicola Lindgren
- Nicola Lindgren, a platform manager living in Sweden, has taken 21 months of paid parental leave.
- In Sweden, new parents are given 480 total days of leave per child.
- There's no stigma about parents taking time off to spend with their new children, Lindgren said.
Nicola Lindgren moved from New Zealand to Sweden for a job in her mid-20s.
She didn't plan on staying for longer than a year — until she met her future husband. They got married in 2015.