In Sweden, children are guaranteed access to ECEC from age one …

„In Sweden, children are guaranteed access to ECEC from age one, with municipalities required to provide a place within four months of application. […] The cash-for-care allowance was introduced in Sweden in 2008 and abolished in 2016 as it was almost exclusively used by migrant mothers, for whom the support represented a source of income, but also a disincentive to invest – through enrolment in ECEC – in the long-run integration outcomes of themselves and their children.“

OECD (Hrsg.), State of Immigrant Integration – Nordic countries (2025), S. 24.