Every child has the right to early childhood education. Early childhood education supports the child’s growth, development and learning, and makes it possible for the parents to work or study full-time.
Early childhood education can be applied for in Swedish as well as in Finnish. Scroll down to find information on how to apply for daycare in the different municipalities. If you have any issues with the process please contact the Swedish daycare centre you are applying for, or the municipality, for more information on how to ensure your child a place. The Swedish daycare centre does not include Finnish in the curriculum, as the children will start learning Finnish later on at school. The children, however, may use Finnish in the playground, as many Finnish children in Swedish daycare come from bilingual families.
Options include:
- municipal daycare centre or family daycare
- private daycare centre or family daycare (financial support available)
- a childminder employed by the parents (financial support available)
- a parent has the right to stay at home with their child and take leave from their job until the child is three years old (financial support available)
How to apply:
- Early childhood education can be applied all year round. Municipal early childhood education must be applied for four months before the need for a place. Urgent care because of employment or studies can be applied for at the latest two weeks before the need. The municipality is obliged to provide a place for a child, but it may be further away than the preferred option. One can stay in the queue and transfer if a place becomes available.
- In order to apply for private daycare, you must contact the daycare centre directly.
Read more about early childhood education at InfoFinland.
Read more about Swedish early childhood education in the municipalities in the Capital Region.
The city of Helsinki has made a portal where you will find all the information you will need on early childhood education in Swedish.
A variety of daycare options are available, from full time, five days a week, to hiring a nanny.
On this page you write your home adress, put a mark in the Swedish box and the municipal daycare centers closest to you will be shown. The electronic application that must be sent through Asti.fi four months prior to the need for care. You can also apply by filling in this paper.
In order to apply for private daycare, you must contact the desired daycare centre directly.
Sedmigradsky has centers in Rödbergen/Punavuori, Munksnäs/Munkkiniemi and in Kronohagen/Kruununhaka.
Barnavårdsföreningen has two centers in Berghäll/Kallio, one in Tölö/Töölö and one in Mejlans/Meilahti.
Daghemmet Fyren has one center in Nordsjö/Vuosaari.
You’ll find the Swedish speaking early education centers on this service map. Click on the Unit language Swedish-button.
Early childhood education can be applied all year round. An application to municipal daycare must be sent four months prior to the need for care. If the need for care is urgent and/or rises due to employment, studying or education, an early childhood education place must be applied for as soon as possible, but no later than two weeks before the need for care begins.
In order to apply for private daycare, you must contact the desired daycare centre directly.
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You can find the Swedish daycare center your child belongs to on this service map . Write “Day care in Swedish” in the search box and your home adress in the designated box. The service will list the daycare center your child belongs to.
Here is a list to the Swedish daycare centers in Vanda, both municipality based and private.
Early childhood education can be applied all year round. An application to municipal daycare must be sent four months prior to the need for care. If the need for care is urgent and/or rises due to employment, studying or education, an early childhood education place must be applied for as soon as possible, but no later than two weeks before the need for care begins. To apply for private daycare, please be in contact directly with the center.
You can find the Swedish daycare center your child belongs to on this service map . Write “Day care in Swedish” in the search box and your home adress in the designated box. The service will list the daycare center your child belongs to.
Here is a list to the Swedish daycare centres in Grankulla, both municipality based and private.
You can read up on the daycare system in Grankulla, the text is in Swedish.
The application system for early childhood education is only in Swedish or Finnish in Grankulla.
You can contact the Chief for Early Childhood Education Annika Hiitola, annika.hiitola [at] kauniainen.fi , phone 050 341 6269, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9.30 – 11 if you have any questions.
There are two private options in Grankulla.
Lyan run by the Bensow foundation and Ekebo, a parent collective. To apply, please be in contact with the centers directly.