WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER · STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

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Moderates want security vetting for future ministers

The party says prospective cabinet appointees should be checked before taking office.

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Swedish bill would expand national health-data registers

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News

Sweden begins first bank-accessibility inspections

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News

More than half of Swedes cannot identify a poisonous mushroom

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Telia character limit blocked SE-Alert warnings

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Household Ledger

One Accident Payout May Leave Other Insurance Claims Open

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Decision to Doorstep

Changing Clinics Can Change Who Pays for Your Care Journey

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Opportunity Map

You May Be Able to Try a Business Without Resigning

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Household Ledger

Check Your Autumn Preschool Bill Against Sweden’s New Fee Rules

Sweden Explained

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Sweden Explained

School closures may reach 79 municipalities as child numbers fall

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Sweden Explained

Ray-Ban Meta glasses make hidden filming easier in Sweden

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Sweden Explained

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

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Sweden Explained

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

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Power & Consequence

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Power & Consequence

‘100% from now’: pregnancy still closes workplace doors

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Power & Consequence

Born in Sweden, but furthest from power

Swedish police officers check vehicles at the Öresund Bridge border-control lanes in Malmö.

Power & Consequence

Swedish police still stop people on a gut feeling

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Power & Consequence

Sweden recognises foreign degrees, then wastes the people behind them

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

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DailySweden view

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

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DailySweden view

Power hungry divisive politicians need to heal the country

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