Going to nursery in Sweden

DD is almost two and we put him in queue for a spot at a nursery school in Stockholm. We finally got a spot after 2,5 months and he started "dagis" or "forskola" on 28 August 2017. The school is a parents' cooperative private school, which means parents are supposed to be on cleaning/repair or other duties so now and then and be ready to be a substitute teacher for a day if one of the teachers gets ill. DD's school starts with 3 introduction days together with me.

Introduction day 1:
DD immediately went to big in the big yard. He was so busy playing that he didn't want to eat snack twice. He also peed in his pants as he was too occupied playing. The teachers do not really pay attention to his potty needs as the other kids go to toilets on fixed times (before lunch, for instance) and they don't check whether he has wet pants. For lunch we had salty sausage, potatoes and peas. DD just ate sausage mostly. After that, the teacher tried to get him to sleep, to no avail. He played in the afternoon until 14:30 and then we went home. He was very cranky because of overtiredness.

Introduction day 2:
DD was tired from the previous day and was in a bad mood throughout the day. In the morning, after a snack, all the children gather and sit in a ring to sing songs. They do that almost every morning and almost all the children sat and actively participated. DD liked the first couple songs and clapped his hands. After that, he wanted to get away and play with cars (same happened yesterday btw), but the teacher said that he should sit and sing. For lunch we had fish and potatoes, peas and corn and a mayo sauce. It was tasty and we both ate quite a bit. He didn't want to sleep again, screamed and was about to wake up other children who did sleep. So I took him home around 12:30 and he immediately fell asleep in his own bed.

Introduction day 3:
The school always has a day trip out on Wednesday. Every child has to bring his own backpack filled with lunch and drink. We went to the forest and children basically ran around playing freely. DD didn't play with anyone. He hang around me and tasted wild lingonberries. Around 11:30 all children sat down on picknic blankets and ate their home made lunch. Most of them had pasta or macroni. The teachers also ate pasta salad. I couldn't imagine how DD can eat his lunch by himself. There was no opportunities to pee and the teachers implied putting on diaper instead. But I managed to make him pee against trees. After the day trip, DD was really tired. After 20 min struggle, he fell asleep at the nursery bedroom. They had small mattresses on the floor and there is loud background "soothing" music. I told them to wake him up after about 45 min and went home to do some chores. When I came back, he was crying. We then went to Vasaparken around 14:30.

Day 4:
It was the first day for DD to be at the nursery without mama. D dropped him off in the morning and I went to pick him up around 16pm. He was busy playing with water and didn't want to go home. The teacher told me he was fine, but had diaper on all day (byebye, potty training) and didn't want to nap. Apparently he ate pea soup by himself and ate well. He only cried when he didn't get what he wanted.

Day 5:
The school was closed because of meetings.

Conclusion:
Swedish nursery has a free play approach. Children don't learn much, although the head teacher does try to incorporate some educational activities so now and then, such as singing, talking about the summer etc. The teachers seem to be genuinely passionate about children, especially the principal. Food seems ok and the children have plenty of outdoor play. I feel comfortable and at ease for leaving DD at this nursery. But I stay in the queue for English/German speaking schools.