スウェーデン人の休暇と所得保障

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The Swedish tradition has clearly distinguished between work and free time. Work is a very important part of Swedish life and culture. And they enjoy holidays so much.In Sweden, women make up half of the Swedish workforce. The Swedish can take their statutory 5 weeks of annual vacation and enjoy 15 months of maternity leave, including the father. The Swedish take the whole summer off work.The school year is divided into 2 terms (40 weeks) with 12 weeks holiday. The first term begins in the second or third week of August and continues until the third week of December. Christmas holidays begin in the third week of December and last until about the 10th of January. The second term is usually from the second week of January until the first or second week of June.Summer holidays are from about the 10th of June until the middle of August. Midsummer is celebrated during the weekend around the longest day of the year. In summer, men and women of all ages enjoy a long vacation with the shining sun. In February or March each commune takes a week holiday for the school called SPORTLOV (sports holiday). During this week most parents take the children skiing.The Swedish have an almost sacred relationship to nature. They have the right called ALLEMANSRÄTTEN. It means the legal right of access to private land. This is an old unwritten law unique to Sweden which encourages everyone to enjoy the outdoors freedom. The Swedish have the liberty of hiking throughout forests and fields, going swimming, sailing, camping, picking berries and mushrooms anywhere while certain restrictions apply. Allemansrätten also enumerates responsibilities, for example to not litter of destroy.The most popular sports in Sweden are predominantly winter sports such as skiing and icehockey. Summer sports such as tennis, football and golf are enjoyed.