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Migration

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Migration

Migration Agency lifts Ukraine protection forecast to 10,000

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MigrationFive parties refuse to lift Sweden’s 900-person refugee quotaRead - 1 min read - 12:29Syrian refugees with luggage gathered outside Stockholm Central station after arriving in Sweden in September 2015.CitizenshipSweden’s citizenship withdrawal plan will pass to next governmentRead - 1 min read - 12:29A Swedish passport photographed from above.MigrationBank blocks access to SEK 350,000 return grant after recipient surrenders homeRead - 1 min read - 12:29The Swedish Migration Agency building in Solna, photographed from outside.

Opinion

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Swedish police officers stand between barriers and a crowd at a Stockholm rally in August 2014.
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Born in Sweden. Why does the crime debate still call them immigrants?

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DailySweden viewSweden cannot claim to protect migrant mothers while splitting their familiesRead - 4 min read - 11:16Johan Forssell wearing a dark suit and red tie outside the Riksdag during its 2018 opening.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 Egypt

Living in Sweden

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The Janteloven plaque at Aksel Sandemose's childhood home in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark.
Living in Sweden

High achiever? Be careful of Swedish Jantelagen

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

VAB days belong to the child not parents

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Politics

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Ebba Busch speaks at Soltorget in central Stockholm on 8 September 2018.
Politics

Ebba Busch: Pragmatist?

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PoliticsMagdalena Andersson: Iron LadyRead - 5 min read - 13:20Magdalena Andersson poses for a photograph with two members of the public outside the Riksdag in Stockholm in September 2025.PoliticsNooshi Dadgostar: Agent ProvocateurRead - 5 min read - 12:41Left Party leader Nooshi Dadgostar in a formal portrait taken in May 2018.PoliticsDaniel Helldén and Amanda Lind: A Green RevolutionRead - 5 min read - 12:41Green Party co-leaders Daniel Helldén and Amanda Lind in a side-by-side editorial composite.

Money

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MoneySwedish inquiry proposes easier debt relief and three-year plansRead - 1 min read - 12:51The Kronofogden name and symbol photographed on a translucent glass sign beside a window.EconomySweden funds healthcare, but healthy eating is still a class issueRead - 2 min read - 18:22Green beans and red apples displayed in crates at a produce market.MoneySweden proposes new sick pay and parental benefit rules for self-employed workersRead - 1 min read - 12:22The Försäkringskassan sign on the agency’s main office building in Stockholm.EconomyKronofogden warns of longer summer waitsRead - 1 min read - 07:10A Kronofogden sign mounted on an exterior wall beside a flowering tree in daylight.

Work & Labour

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Work & labour

Forged assistant-nurse certificate triggers nationwide checks

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A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.
Work & labour

Sweden’s track-change repeal hit restaurant workers hardest—most of 700 approvals came through permanent residence

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A close view of the green Arbetsförmedlingen symbol and bilingual agency name on a glass-fronted building.
Work & labour

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

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Health

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Healthcare

Liberals and SD promise 7% rise in personal-assistance payments

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HealthcareWatch out this summer: TBE infections rising sharplyRead - 1 min read - 12:58A female castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus) resting on dry grass.HealthcareSweden mobilised SEK 155bn for Ukraine. Elderly care still lacks workersRead - 1 min read - 10:53An older woman wearing a face mask walks with a rollator on a sidewalk in Jönköping.HealthcareSweden expands national workforce plan to eldercareRead - 1 min read - 12:26Danvikshem nursing home beside the water in Stockholm.

Housing

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Historic orange and ochre buildings line a cobblestone street in Stockholm's Gamla Stan.
Housing

57% of Swedes still live where homes are scarce

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A large active construction site with cranes and partly completed structures in Malmö.
Housing

Swedish inquiry will test more housing near military sites

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Transport

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Climate & Environment

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Education

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

Sweden sets 2029 start for centrally marked final exams

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Rosenbad, the Swedish government offices in central Stockholm.
Education

Sweden opens review of CSN income limits and long degrees

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Nordics & Europe

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European Health Insurance Cards tucked into a brown leather wallet.
Nordics & Europe

Important to know: EU health cards do not replace travel insurance

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Flowers, candles, a Norwegian ribbon and a sign reading 'UTØYA' between red hearts at a memorial outside Oslo Cathedral.
Nordics & Europe

Norway warns far-right threat has grown 15 years after Utøya

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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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A cup of coffee and a slice of chocolate cake are served outdoors for Swedish fika.
Food culture

Love Swedish coffee? It might make your hands shake

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FilmNolan makes the cinema itself part of The OdysseyRead - 1 min read - 20:23Matt Damon at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival.CultureNational Library to make Swedish-Jewish heritage easier to searchRead - 3 min read - 17:03Exterior of the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm.

Lifestyle

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Freshly foraged chanterelle mushrooms spread on green grass.
Food

New to Sweden? Mushroom foraging comes with one vital warning

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The Försäkringskassan sign on the agency’s main office building in Stockholm.
Family

Försäkringskassan told to speed support for parents of seriously ill children

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

New VAB rules used most often for school meetings, agency finds

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Crime & Justice

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A Swedish police car drives through Stockholm with its emergency lights activated.
Crime & justice

Crime fell on paper—but assault reports rose in Sweden

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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.Crime & justiceNew law requires platforms to remove gang recruitment channels within an hourRead - 1 min read - 14:24A person holding a smartphone with its screen visible.Crime & justiceSocial Democrats will support criminal-responsibility age of 14Read - 1 min read - 14:24Social Democratic election campaign signs on a street in Malmö.

Tech

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An upward daylight view of Skatteverket's Kronan office facade and entrance sign in Sundbyberg.
Tech

The pension swap that only works above the ceiling

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The red Migrationsverket name and bridge symbol displayed on a glass office wall.
Tech

The startup work-permit discount is narrower than it sounds

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People visit the Green Party's public political tent during Almedalen Week in 2023.
Tech

Green Party seeks pause to Google's Torsboda deal

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World

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Swedish development minister Benjamin Dousa standing outdoors.
World

Sweden adds SEK 1.4 billion to World Bank support for Ukraine

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AfricaSweden allocates SEK 45 million to regional Ebola responseRead - 3 min read - 07:39An archival Red Cross Ebola response team in Kikwit in the Democratic Republic of the CongoWorldSweden adopts nine aid strategies worth about SEK 6 billionRead - 3 min read - 01:23Swedish development minister Benjamin Dousa standing outdoors.