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Sweden: Parents barred from homeschooling son

The parents of a student in a northeastern Gothenburg suburb may no longer homeschool the child, the Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten) ruled on Thursday.

In its ruling, the court pointed out that the parents refused to cooperate in an investigation. They have homeschooled their son until the fifth grade, during which time he has passed national [...]

Homeschooling to be Criminalized in Sweden

Will be permitted only under “extraordinary circumstances.”

STOCKHOLM, March 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government of Sweden is taking a hard line against homeschoolers, proposing a bill that will only allow home education under “extraordinary circumstances,” reports the Home School Legal Defense Association. The bill is expected to pass in the Swedish parliament, following a review [...]

State takes custody of 7-year-old over homeschooling

Now human rights organizations reviewing 'state-napping'

Annie and Dominic Johansson

Social workers have been visiting a Swedish couple whose son was "abducted" by government agents last year because he was being homeschooled, but that's not necessarily a good sign, and now two major rights organizations are exploring options to reunite the family.

The Home School Legal Defense Association [...]

Socialist Sweden Moves to Ban Homeschooling for Religious or Philosophical Reasons

Government accused of "showing off its worst totalitarian socialist roots".

STOCKHOLM, August 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Swedish Association for Home Education (ROHUS) is asking for support from the international community to stop an attempt by the Swedish government to outlaw homeschooling. The new legislation argues that because a child’s education should be "comprehensive and objective" [...]

Sign Our Petition ~ for you living outside of Sweden

The Swedish Government is trying to pull the rug from underneath the home-educated children in Sweden, in their proposal for a new School Law.

We will not sit still and passively watch while our kids are forced (!) to school, after so many years in what they love: To learn in their own pace, in a [...]

Riksorganisationen för Hemundervisning i Sverige

bildades 2008-05-25.
Medlemsansökan, kallelse till årsmöte, organisationsnummer mm – kommer inom kort.
 
Fösta årsmötet blir på hemundervisningskonferensen V.31 söndag 27 juli — lördag 2 augusti 2008.

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The Swedish Association for Home Education

The first annual meeting will be held at the Home Educators Conference, Sunday July 27 — Saturday August 2, 2008.

The purpose of the Association is to work toward that:

the UN Declaration of Human Rights, regarding the parents’ right to choose education for their cildren, is upheld by authorities and government in Sweden.
the Protocol to the [...]

  
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