Ann Zofie Duvander, Associate professor of Demography and Sociology.

This particular rule, the "speed premium", meant that those who were pregnant or had their second child within a certain range, got to keep the same level of compensation from parental insurance even if the parent had worked less or had started to work part-time. Prior to the premium was introduced, the children in Sweden were in general born with greater range.

- It was intended to protect the parents' income, especially the income for all women who started to work part-time, says Ann-Zofie Duvander.

The rule might be about to be abolished  - more on that in program on Swedish Radio that you can find here (only in Swedish).