- It's really serious.

There may be many parents who have to extend their parental leave because we do not have a place, says Ingela Berg, operations manager for preschool at Ronneby municipality.

The lack of preschool places is not a new problem in Ronneby but became even more acute this summer when two departments burned down.

In addition, a preschool was recently urgently closed as the building lacked both a building permit and fire protection.

- We have had to place those children in other preschools, which means that we have no places left at all, says Ingela Berg.

Looking for new premises

The greatest shortage is in central Ronneby and Kallinge.

The municipality has plans to build new preschools, but due to several appeals, those processes have been delayed.

This means that the municipality is now looking for new premises.

The hope is to be able to open more preschool departments in March next year.