The six-hour day is a schedule by which the employees or other members of an institution (which may also be, for example, a school) spend six hours contributing.
[3] In 2020, the Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin advocated for a change towards implementing a six-hour working day.
[8] The 6 hour workday has been subject to reoccurring debate since the early 70's after the prominent sociologist and politician Alva Myrdal proposed to implement it to Sveriges socialdemokratiska kvinnoförbund.
")[citation needed] Several small-scale implementations of the concept have been trialed in Sweden, including the private and public sectors.
[5][15] In Gothenburg, an experiment with 70 nurses over 18 months found decreases in sick leave, better self-reported health as well as an increase in productivity, with a cost of 1,3 million USD.
[21] The majority of Swedes are in favour of shorter working weeks, with the greatest support from women and people who are engaged in so called blue-collar jobs.