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From central Stockholm to villages south of the Arctic Circle, 85 percent of Swedish fathers now take parental leave. As other countries still tinker with maternity leave and women’s rights, Sweden may be a glimpse of the future.



Mikael Karlsson takes his 2-year-old daughter, Irma, and dog, Boris, out hunting.

Casper Hedberg for the International Herald Tribune