Sweden 2.5.2

Sweden does not have a specific framework for diversity education. This is not to say that cultural diversity is not a priority in education on various levels, and in various contexts. On the contrary, cultural diversity is an area that is emphasized on most, or all, levels of education in Sweden. For example, the national curriculum for schools and pre-schools states in its description of the purposes and general principles of the Swedish school system that “The internationalization of Swedish society and the increasing mobility across national borders place high demands on people’s ability to live with and realize the values that lie in cultural diversity. … The school is a social and cultural meeting place that has both an opportunity and a responsibility to strengthen this ability in everyone who works there.”