Homeschooling in Sweden

Talk about EXTINCT!!!

I just found a homeschooling family that lives in Sweden! Apparently homeschooling in Sweden is a very rare thing, just as I had suspected. This family has 4 children and they live out in the country on a farm. How cool is that?! A homeschool association exists here, with a whopping 50 members, of which only 20 are active.
Even more incredible is the fact that there are only 87 children in ALL of Sweden that are homeschooled (this is the official figure from the national school authorities!!)

The legal regulations of homeschooling in Sweden are about the same as in the U.S. However, homeschoolers meet with "massive opposition from the Swedes, the socialization aspect being the most irritating subject." The majority of Swedes do not even know that homeschooling is a possibility! The homeschooling family in Sweden must be prepared to deal with isolation. According to the article I read, the only other homeschooling family they have contact with lives 200 miles away!

On the bright side, I did find a Yahoo email group for homeschoolers in Sweden! (And I signed up!)
Maybe there's a secret sect of homeschoolers that can only be found via email and the internet....

Rejoice Evermore!
Marla