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Politics

SD Doubles Down: Sweden Has Too Many “Ethnically Foreign” People

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PoliticsSweden’s opposition parties reject return grants for citizensRead - 1 min read - 15:12A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.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.

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

Living in Sweden

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Permits & visas

The Swedish partner permit your lease can weaken

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Citizenship

How debts can block you from Swedish citizenship

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Migration & Integration

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Citizenship

Sweden Granted Citizenship in Just One-Third of June Decisions

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CitizenshipWhat happens if you fail Sweden’s citizenship test?Read - 1 min read - 15:46A Swedish passport photographed from above.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.

Money

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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.EconomyKronofogden warns of longer summer waitsRead - 1 min read - 07:10A Kronofogden sign mounted on an exterior wall beside a flowering tree in daylight.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.

Work & Labour

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Work & labour

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

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Work & labour

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

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Work & labour

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

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Health

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Healthcare

Sweden mobilised SEK 155bn for Ukraine. Elderly care still lacks workers

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HealthcareSweden expands national workforce plan to eldercareRead - 1 min read - 12:26Danvikshem nursing home beside the water in Stockholm.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.

Housing

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Housing

57% of Swedes still live where homes are scarce

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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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Education

Sweden opens review of CSN income limits and long degrees

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Nordics & Europe

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Nordics & Europe

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

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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.

Sport

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Lifestyle

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Food

New to Sweden? Mushroom foraging comes with one vital warning

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Family

Försäkringskassan told to speed support for parents of seriously ill children

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Family

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

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Crime & Justice

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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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Tech

The pension swap that only works above the ceiling

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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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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.