During Stockholm Pride 2025 I presented my research together with colleagues at Pride House on Wednesday July 31st and Friday August 2nd
Wednesday July 31st: Academic Pride: Transgender rights, demographics and access to care in Sweden from 1972 until today
| Photos: Oskar M Wiik |
Friday August 2nd: The Challenges of Gay Fatherhood in Scandinavia
This seminar highlights the challenges male same-sex couples face on their journey to parenthood in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. Data from the past two decades shows about 600 fathers in male same-sex couples compared to 7,000 mothers in female same-sex couples, underscoring significant difficulties. Fathers who do achieve parenthood are often wealthy and highly educated, turning to surrogacy abroad due to its illegality in the Nordic countries. Finally, we’ll show how limited parental rights impact gay fathers’ work and family life, with non-biological fathers facing stricter requirements for parental leave.
Previous public and media appearances:
Interview with the New York Times: “Can the Government Get People to Have More Babies?”
Interview with the Czech newspaper RESPEKT.
Interview on a BBC podcast: “How Sweden led the way on parental leave”
Interview with the BBC: “Sweden: Where it’s taboo for dads to skip parental leave“
Interview with MBC Gyeongnam NEWS (South Korean TV channel) about Swedish parental leave.
“International Women’s Day Lunch Lecture: Ylva Moberg” Stockholm School of Economics, 9th of March 2020. Host: Socialdemokratiska Ekonomklubben.
“Vad har RUT och ROT inneburit för jämställdheten?” Forum Jämställdhet, Luleå, 30th of January 2019.
Participated in “Ekonomingel med två panelsamtal. En feministisk samhällsekonomi i praktiken, vad är det?” Almedalen, 3 juli 2017.
“Är lesbiska föräldrar mer jämställda? – föredrag av Ylva Moberg.” Bokcafé Projektil, Uppsala, 18 maj 2017.
“‘Division of Labour in Same-Sex Couples’ a Ph.D lecture by Ylva Moberg.” 6th of November 2014, Ekonomikum, Uppsala. Host: Pareto Uppsala Economic Association.
Ylva Moberg 