ABSTRACT
In 1968 Sweden became the first country in the world to frame a government policy of achieving equality between the sexes by changing the role of men as well as that of women. In a statement to the United Nations that year the Swedish government had declared that it was not enough to guarantee women their rights. The Social Democratic women's organization played a crucial role in bringing home to the ruling Social Democratic Party the realization that it must incorporate the goals of sex-role equality in its program. The Center Party aims at "a democratic welfare society" with protection of the environment the major goal. Although nationalization of the means of production might still have been the ultimate goal, day-to-day struggle and parliamentary maneuvering were the strategy. This pragmatic model was especially attractive to Sweden.
