FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER · STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

Migration · TOP STORY

Wrong man deported after two identities were mixed up

The Swedish Migration Agency office complex in Solna seen across railway tracks.

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Reported pro-Russia links raise questions over SD staff vetting

Politics

Graduates in black academic gowns and caps gather at a crowded ceremony in Nigeria.

Sweden recognises foreign degrees, then wastes the people behind them

Power & Consequence

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More Jönköping communities get Hesa Fredrik warning sirens

News

News & Politics

Skatteverket's name and symbol on the facade of its Kronan office in Sundbyberg.

Politics

Skatteverket ID cards could end in March 2027

Rows of Swedish party ballot papers at a polling station in Borlänge.

Politics

L climbs to 3.0% as M hits seven-year low

A complete prefilled syringe labelled AJOVY 225 mg rests on a neutral surface.

News

No Swedish region meets migraine specialist-care benchmark

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A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 on the runway at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.

Making It

Ryanair signs collective agreement for Arlanda cabin crew

The Discrimination Ombudsman’s sign on an office wall in Solna.

Belonging

Over-70 banking rule was age discrimination, DO says

A worker operates an electric jackhammer on broken asphalt in Lysekil.

Life Here

8 in 10 inspected workplaces failed vibration-safety checks

A clinician administers a vaccination into an adult’s upper arm.

Life Here

Västra Götaland makes pneumococcal vaccine free from age 65

Sweden Explained

An empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs in Tollarp, Sweden.

Sweden Explained

School closures may reach 79 municipalities as child numbers fall

Black Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses sit in front of their brown charging case.

Sweden Explained

Ray-Ban Meta glasses make hidden filming easier in Sweden

White nicotine pouches in an open container.

Sweden Explained

Surveyed snus users report less littering, but pouch counts stay flat

Two SVT camera operators prepare a television studio at Almedalen Week in Visby.

Sweden Explained

Crime became Sweden's top worry, but refugee opposition stopped rising

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Power & Consequence

Graduates in black academic gowns and caps gather at a crowded ceremony in Nigeria.

Power & Consequence

Sweden recognises foreign degrees, then wastes the people behind them

Five women meet around a conference-room table.

Power & Consequence

Women reach Sweden’s boardrooms, but men keep the top jobs

Editorial illustration of an adult and smaller figure sending a heavy line toward a blocked response path.

Power & Consequence

Police mocked a Somali mother while her missing son was still alive

Three employment-support staff meet around a table at Ung Sluss in Simrishamn.

Power & Consequence

Women caseworkers matched men’s results and earned 8 percent less a year

Opinion

Magdalena Andersson carries Sweden’s budget towards the Riksdag through a crowd of officials and cameras.

DailySweden view

The Social Democrats’ failure to draw ideological lines might cost them the election

Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson speaks at Almedalen Week in June 2024.

DailySweden view

Tidö cannot sort immigrants into good and bad without dividing Sweden

A crowd at a Stockholm manifestation holds a sign reading No to Racism, Yes to Humanity.

DailySweden view

Brown victims and white perpetrators: Race cannot matter only when the attacker is brown

A Swedish flag waves from a white flagpole against a clear blue sky.

DailySweden view

Power hungry divisive politicians need to heal the country

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