Inside Sweden: Glögg, migration politics and what to expect next
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week and wishes you all a Happy Christmas in our Inside Sweden newsletter.

The Local's editor Emma Löfgren rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter..
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The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week and wishes you all a Happy Christmas in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter... and makes a confession.
The Local's deputy editor Becky Waterton rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Snowy and windy conditions are coming later this week.Lyssna: Snow and sleet may be on the way in Sweden — here's where it might fallSnow and sleet are expected across large parts of Sweden towards the end of the week.It…
Richard Orange suggests that Sweden should stop splitting couples and families by forcing people to leave Sweden when applying for residency on new grounds, before running through the week's news.
Sweden's wild boar population has soared in recent years.Lyssna: Report: Not enough wild boar meat being served up in Sweden's schools and elderMunicipalities in Sweden are serving up too little wild boar meat, even thou…
Sweden's fuel prices set to jump as parliament rejects Sweden Democrat tax cut bid – and why Sweden's next prime minister could be forced to govern on an opposition budget. Here's the latest news.
Swedish party leaders clash on taxes and work permits, Sweden Democrats join U-turn on letting to-be-deported teenagers stay in Sweden, and Ukrainian drone forces crushed Sweden in defence exercise. Here's the latest new…
In this week's Inside Sweden newsletter The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange runs through the massive amount of migration news in the pipeline in March, and then rounds up the week's stories.
An Indian computer programmer and blogger based in Gothenburg has gone viral in India after complaining that in Sweden he faces social isolation, a near total absence of community and "silence that hits you every winter…
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PersonerBritain's ambassador to Sweden, Samantha Job, is set to meet the chair of the Swedish parliamentary committee responsible for immigration on November 11th, to discuss what can be done to help Brits refused post-Brexit re…
As of November 10th, passengers flying with Europe's biggest budget airline must check their luggage at least an hour before departure.
The Social Democrats and Green Party are due to meet with both the Centre Party and the Left Party today to discuss ways to overcome the obstacles to forming a viable government coalition.
Sweden's national weather agency, SMHI, has issued yellow weather warnings for snowfall on Thursday and Friday across parts of the country.
The Centre Party won the trust of foreign-born voters by promising to stand up for their rights and keep the Sweden Democrats out of power. If it abandons these central election pledges, many will see it as a betrayal th…
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson still has his eyes set on the prime minister role in four years' time – and SMHI issues yellow warnings for first major snowfall of the season. Here's the latest news on Wednesday.
Arguably untranslatable into English, svek covers a wide span of situations where trust has been breached, from treachery and betrayal to infidelity, to just letting someone else down.
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Jackie Rulander, a cross-cultural strategist from Barbados who is based in Jönköping.
Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has said that she is ready to again try to form a government – but needs more time.
On Friday, the Sweden Democrats dropped their demand for ministerial posts. The Left Party hasn’t budged on its own. Between them, they’ve given the Centre Party the cover it needs to back Ulf Kristersson as the least il…