At least if you decide to settle in one of the urban areas. But perhaps it’s country life that attracts you, one of the many scenic villages in our vast municipality. Still, you won’t have endless commutes. We’ve got the right place for anyone wanting to dial down the stress and find a more sustainable lifestyle. 

The preschool in Blattnicksele has two groups with a focus on outdoor education, wherein each child develops by means of outdoor pursuits, play, movement, excitement and experiences engaging all the senses and with nature as a playground and source of knowledge. However, having nature on our doorstep means that even the preschools without a pronounced outdoor focus spend a great deal of time outside and incorporate nature in their activities.

Sorsele also has a private preschool with a focus on sustainability.

What is preschool about?

In Sweden, the aim of preschool is to encourage child development and learning and to offer safe childcare while parents are working or studying or to meet a child’s needs due to other circumstances affecting the family’s situation.

All children have the right to attend preschool from the age of one, and even if the parents aren’t working or studying, the child is entitled to attend preschool fifteen hours a week. Preschool accepts children aged one to five for a maximum of twelve hours a day. Sorsele Municipality cannot currently offer childcare in the evenings or on weekends.

All children, regardless of their parents’ occupation, are entitled to general preschool from the autumn term of the year in which they turn three. General preschool encompasses 525 free hours a year scheduled during the school terms. Over and above this number of hours, preschool is associated with costs for the additional time the child spends at preschool. This cost is differentiated and depends on the parents’ income and how many children they have at preschool. Accordingly, income information must be provided when applying for preschool places for your children. There is a ceiling for the monthly fee, known as the maximum fee.

For children registered in Sweden and aged six to fifteen, school is compulsory. Children who are not registered in Sweden are not subject to compulsory schooling but are entitled to attend school just the same as everyone else. The compulsory schools in Sorsele Municipality have had a focus on knowledge and values for several years.

Compulsory school encompasses reception, which is attended from the autumn term of the year a child turns six, to year nine. 

Compulsory school pupils living at least two kilometres from school are entitled to school transport. Depending on where you live, school transport is provided by means of a larger bus or a taxi. 

Youth recreation centre

If you need childcare outside normal school hours, you can apply for a place at a youth recreation centre. The youth recreation centre shall encourage pupils’ development and learning as well as offer them meaningful leisure time and recreation. Pupils are allowed to attend the youth recreation centre from the year they turn six and until the spring term of the year they turn thirteen. Youth recreation centres are found in Ammarnäs, Blattnicksele, Gargnäs and Sorsele. The municipality doesn’t offer activities at youth recreation centres in the evenings or on weekends.

While this isn’t compulsory, it does provide a good foundation for later university studies. Sorsele Municipality has no upper secondary school, so youngsters wanting to attend upper secondary school have to do so elsewhere and, depending on where they choose to go, need to either commute daily or live in an apartment of their own. For youngsters who live in an apartment of their own in places with an upper secondary school agreement with Sorsele Municipality, a boarding supplement is offered. Please contact the school office for more information.