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Work & labour

Sweden’s registered unemployment falls by 22,000 in June

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Kylian Mbappé embraces France coach Didier Deschamps after scoring against Sweden at the 2026 World Cup.
Football

Mbappé becomes greatest scorer in World Cup history, crushes Messi’s record

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News

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Tech

The pension swap that only works above the ceiling

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TechThe startup work-permit discount is narrower than it soundsRead - 2 min read - 00:06The red Migrationsverket name and bridge symbol displayed on a glass office wall.Crime & justiceAppeal court raises former Växjö politician's sentence to four yearsRead - 1 min read - 12:26The historic Göta Court of Appeal building in Jönköping.TechGreen Party seeks pause to Google's Torsboda dealRead - 1 min read - 12:25People visit the Green Party's public political tent during Almedalen Week in 2023.

Politics

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Politics

Sweden’s opposition parties reject return grants for citizens

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PoliticsKiruna Christian Democrat candidate quits after NMR links emergeRead - 1 min read - 12:26People visit the Christian Democrats' public political tent during Almedalen Week in 2023.PoliticsSweden orders review of postal needs during war and crisisRead - 1 min read - 12:25A PostNord delivery van parked in Skogås, south of Stockholm.PoliticsSwedish MEP reports Danish colleague over 'go home' remarkRead - 1 min read - 14:25Centre Party MEP Abir Al-Sahlani standing outdoors.

Opinion

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DailySweden view

Sweden cannot claim to protect migrant mothers while splitting their families

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DailySweden viewSD’s repatriation proposal puts a price on who counts as SwedishRead - 4 min read - 13:22Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson speaking at Långholmen in Stockholm in 2024.DailySweden viewArgentina’s calm in crisis is the mark of championsRead - 4 min read - 00:44Alexis Mac Allister, Lionel Messi and Cristian Romero together during Argentina’s World Cup match against EgyptDailySweden viewTuchel built a wall and trapped England behind itRead - 4 min read - 00:44Thomas Tuchel watching England during the 2026 World Cup match against Ghana

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Personnummer

The Swedish address your mailbox cannot solve

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Permits & visas

The Swedish job offer the Migration Agency may not trust

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Migration & Integration

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Citizenship

What happens if you fail Sweden’s citizenship test?

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MigrationSD: “Sweden has far too many people who are not ethnic Swedes”Read - 1 min read - 15:12Sweden Democrats supporters hold party flags reading 'Heja Jimmie' during Almedalen Week in Visby in July 2014.CitizenshipModerates want domestic-violence convictions to block citizenshipRead - 1 min read - 12:23A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.MigrationTidö parties consider earlier release for people facing expulsionRead - 1 min read - 14:25The Swedish Migration Agency office in Solna.

Money

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EconomySwedish diesel price jumps SEK 1.40 in two daysRead - 1 min read - 07:10Processing towers and industrial equipment at the Preemraff oil refinery in Lysekil.Consumer rightsSweden orders review of potentially misleading food labelsRead - 1 min read - 12:26A grocery store aisle in Sweden with packaged food displayed on shelves.EconomySweden's preliminary inflation rate eased to 0.7% in JuneRead - 3 min read - 17:04An ICA grocery shop in Mariannelund, Sweden.Consumer rightsSwedish proposal would put legal force behind customer-service dutiesRead - 3 min read - 17:01Customer-service staff working with headsets in a call centre office.

Work & Labour

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Work & labour

C wants SEK 738m shifted from return grants to jobs and integration

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Apoteket and Kronans Apotek pharmacy entrances side by side at Kungens Kurva in 2016
Work & labour

Sweden’s top migration court declines to hear Kiruna pharmacists’ case—the 10-day job-ad rule behind their removal

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Work & labour

Centre and Liberals clash over unemployment figures

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Health

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Danvikshem nursing home beside the water in Stockholm.
Healthcare

Sweden expands national workforce plan to eldercare

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HealthSweden orders review of social media's effects on boysRead - 1 min read - 12:25A person holding a smartphone with its screen visible.HealthcareGovernment and opposition split over targeted healthcare grantsRead - 1 min read - 14:25Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Stockholm.HealthcareIxchiq vaccine use restricted to people at high chikungunya riskRead - 1 min read - 09:33Aedes aegypti mosquito, a vector for chikungunya virus, on human skin

Housing

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Housing

Swedish inquiry will test more housing near military sites

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Apartment blocks in Södermalm, Stockholm. The bill concerns housing-cooperative homes across Sweden.
Housing

Swedish bill widens grounds to forfeit co-op homes

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The Swedish Navy submarine HMS Gotland moored in Ystad harbour.
Europe

Poland agrees to buy three Saab A26 submarines from Sweden

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Civil Society

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An electrical substation in Tuntorp, Lysekil Municipality. Energy is one of 11 sectors covered by the resilience bill.
Civil Society

Swedish bill sets resilience duties for 11 critical sectors

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Civil SocietyProtected housing in Sweden increasingly a last resort, investigator saysRead - 2 min read - 08:27The Trygg-Hansa office complex on Fleminggatan in Stockholm, near Statskontoret's visiting address.Civil SocietyMSF report documents widening attacks on healthcare in UkraineRead - 3 min read - 07:39An archival view through a damaged wall towards a maternity hospital struck in Dnipro, UkraineCivil SocietyChild poverty gaps run deep within Swedish municipalities, new map showsRead - 4 min read - 05:11A tyre swing hanging at a public playground in Lund, Sweden.

Culture

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Matt Damon at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival.
Film

Nolan makes the cinema itself part of The Odyssey

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CultureNational Library to make Swedish-Jewish heritage easier to searchRead - 3 min read - 17:03Exterior of the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm.

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Lifestyle

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Food

New to Sweden? Mushroom foraging comes with one vital warning

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