A mom in Sweden took 21 months off when her kids were born, and her partner took 15. Sharing parental leave changed their expectations of each other.

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Nicola Lindgren, her husband and their two kids.
"Having my husband take a good chunk of parental leave made me feel like we got to walk a mile in each other's shoes," Lindgren said.

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Like the F-16, French Mirage 2000-5 fighters are good planes, but they aren't the best Western jets for Ukraine

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A photo taken on Feb. 1, 2021 shows a French Mirage 2000-5 in the Djiboutian air space.
A photo taken on Feb. 1, 2021 shows a French Mirage 2000-5 in the Djiboutian air space.

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Why the Swedish and Finnish Air Forces are a powerful add to NATO

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Three Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets escort a B-52H Stratofortress in a 2022 flight.
Three Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets escort a B-52H Stratofortress in a 2022 flight.

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Sweden's early warning plane will be a boost for Ukraine's air defenses and F-16 fighters

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Saab 340 Erieye AEW&C model
A model of the Saab 340 Erieye AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) aircraft on November 3, 2015.

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Putin has 'both eyes' on a strategic island belonging to new NATO member Sweden, army commander says

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Two Swedish military instructors in military clothing stand with their backs to the camera, watching a pair of soldiers fire a machine gun while lying on mossy ground on a grey day, outside Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, March 21, 2024
Swedish military instructors watch as soldiers fire a machine gun on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden, March 21, 2024

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McSki in Sweden is McDonald's only ski-thru restaurant, where you can grab a Big Mac to take down the slopes

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The exterior of the McSki location in Sälen, Sweden
McDonald's Ski-Thru restaurant in Sweden.

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I'm a Swede who used to work with Americans. These are the main differences I saw in our working cultures.

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Man with baby
CEO Sofia Brandt said Sweden's parental leave laws mean dads can play a bigger role in their kids' lives.

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NATO's newest member says it's ready to fortify a strategic island in the middle of the Baltic Sea close to Russia

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Sweden Gotland Island C-130
Swedish military officials watch a C-130H take off from a runway on Gotland Island on October 23, 2021.

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Sweden conducted its first reconnaissance flights near the Russian border since joining NATO

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Planes from different NATO nations' militaries fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge on June 6, 2022, during an exercise in the Baltic Sea.

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With Sweden in NATO, the alliance has new ways to strike Russia's prime targets

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Air force from different nations fly in formation over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) on June 6, 2022, during the BALTOPS 22 Exercise in the Baltic Sea. -

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