#kvantitetstidspappan at the Branting Monument — Stockholm
Ordinary fathers, for Arena Idé’s #kvantitetstidspappan campaign · A doll in a baby sling on Carl Eldh’s Branting Monument, 19 November 2024 · Norra Bantorget, Stockholm, Sweden
Photo from the Street Art Utopia archive; photographer and capture date unrecorded. Intervention: #kvantitetstidspappan, 2024. Full photograph shown; resized for display.
On International Men’s Day, 19 November 2024, the bronze Hjalmar Branting at Norra Bantorget raised his fist with a doll in a baby sling on his chest. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · My Modern Met, 26 Nov 2024 Checked It was one of more than 20 places in Sweden where ordinary fathers dressed male statues in slings and carriers for the think tank Arena Idé’s campaign #kvantitetstidspappan (“the quantity-time dad”), about unequal parenting. Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Opinion, campaign case · My Modern Met, 26 Nov 2024 Checked
5 things to know
- Ordinary dads, one think tankThe slings were put up by ordinary fathers. The think tank Arena Idé was behind the campaign, and the agency Arena Opinion came up with the concept and coordinated the action. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Opinion, campaign case Checked
- The numbers behind itSwedish fathers still take only 30.9 percent of paid parental leave days and 38 percent of the days off to care for sick children, the campaign pointed out. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Opinion, campaign case Checked
- A report the same dayArena Idé released a report that day with five proposals for equal parenthood, including a bonus for employers whose staff share parental leave equally. Arena Opinion, campaign case · Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 Checked
- Borrowed from BritainThe idea was inspired by the British activist group The Dad Shift, which ran a similar statue campaign earlier that autumn. Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Opinion, campaign case Checked
- An old statue, a new messageCarl Eldh started the Branting Monument in 1926, a year after Branting died; it was only put up at Norra Bantorget in 1952. Wikipedia, The Branting Monument Reported
Check-in guide
- 📍
- The Branting Monument, in the small park at Norra Bantorget, Stockholm. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Wikipedia, The Branting Monument Checked
- 🗓️
- The sling was a one-day action on International Men’s Day 2024; the monument itself is permanent. Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · Wikipedia, The Branting Monument Checked
Sightings
- 202419 Nov
Branting on the list · Arena Idé
- 202419 Nov
Nationwide action · Aftonbladet
- 202426 Nov
Branting in Stockholm · My Modern Met
Every stamp links to its source. All three are dated reports of the one-day action (Aftonbladet covers the nationwide action without naming this statue); we found no dated photograph of the sling with a known photographer.
On the record
What the dads lose
“här ser vi faktiskt att män förlorar något viktigt – tid med sina barn.”
Here we actually see that men lose something important: time with their children. Vilgot Österlund, statistician at Arena Idé.
The facts
- Work
- A doll carried in a baby sling, tied to the Hjalmar Branting statue. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Opinion, campaign case Checked
- Campaign
- #kvantitetstidspappan, by the think tank Arena Idé; concept and coordination by Arena Opinion. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Opinion, campaign case Checked
- Date
- 19 November 2024, International Men’s Day. Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Aftonbladet, 19 Nov 2024 Checked
- Location
- Hjalmar Branting, Norra Bantorget, Stockholm. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · My Modern Met, 26 Nov 2024 Checked
- Reach
- Male statues in more than 20 places across Sweden. Arenagruppen press release, 19 Nov 2024 · Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 Checked
- Monument
- By Carl Eldh; begun in 1926, put up in 1952. Wikipedia, The Branting Monument Reported
- Status
- A one-day action; reported on 19 November 2024. Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 · Aftonbladet, 19 Nov 2024 Checked
- Our photo
- Shows the Branting statue with the sling and doll; photographer and capture date unrecorded. Street Art Utopia, 18 Oct 2026 · Arena Idé, 19 Nov 2024 Unconfirmed
Related
- Street Art About Kindness (10 Photos): the SAU collection with the Branting sling; SAU’s earlier post on the campaign, with the same photo, is When Statues Become Fathers
All sources (7)
The campaign
- Arena Idé: #kvantitetstidspappan, 19 November 2024. The statue list with Hjalmar Branting, the figures, the quote.
- Arenagruppen press release: “Statyer i bärsjalar sätter fokus på ojämställt föräldraskap” (Statues in baby slings put the focus on unequal parenting), 19 November 2024. More than 20 places, The Dad Shift.
- Arena Opinion: Kampanj #Kvantitetstidspappan. The concept, the coordination, the report.
Press
- Aftonbladet: “Statyer av män får bärsjalar på mansdagen” (Statues of men get baby slings on Men’s Day), 19 November 2024. The nationwide action.
- My Modern Met: Swedish male statues become fathers, 26 November 2024. Names Hjalmar Branting in Stockholm.
The monument
- Wikipedia: The Branting Monument. Carl Eldh, 1926 and 1952.
Our photo
- Street Art Utopia: Street Art About Kindness (10 Photos), 18 October 2026. The hero and share image.
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