Foreigners in Sweden spoke of frustration and despair after a de facto citizenship freeze added even more time to their long waits in the Migration Agency’s queue..
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Sweden is set to make it significantly harder to become a citizen from next summer, which the government has argued will make citizenship 'mean more' than it does today. So we asked The Local's readers what becoming a Sw…
The Local's reader Patrick Henry Gallen argued convincingly in Dagens Nyheter (and The Local) this week against the unjust way new citizenship rules are being applied. It was a small victory, but why did the Swedish medi…
The far-right Sweden Democrats have welcomed a near total stop in citizenship approvals, predicting new security checks ordered by the government will mean fewer foreigners getting citizenship.
The Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) hasn't approved any standard citizenship applications for over a month. But why – and when can we expect it to be resolved? Here's everything you need to know to understand…
The Swedish Migration Agency has been unable to approve standard applications for Swedish citizenship through naturalisation since April 1st due to government-imposed security checks. We want to know how it affects The L…
New security checks have left the Swedish Migration Agency unable to approve any standard citizenship applications for over a month. But which nationalities are the most affected?
Hamayun got a score of 90% in the citizenship test.Lyssna: 1022 ENG Sweden's first citizenship test: Relief for some, uncertainty over neEight out of ten participants passed Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge te…
Eight out of ten people passed Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge test, says Anders Sandberg.Lyssna: 1022 ENG Eight in ten pass Sweden's first citizenship civics knowledge testEight out of ten participants passe…
Even if you love living in Sweden and feel at home here, when you've moved to a different country from where you grew up, there will perhaps always be things you miss. What are those things for you?
Sweden’s liberal Centre Party said it wants to freeze all “unreasonable” deportations from the country if it wins Sunday’s general election.
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As Sweden's annual 'reading break' for schoolchildren gets under way, we want to know what Swedish children's books have had a real impact on you or your children.
Winter is coming, and in Sweden, that means darkness – in some places, round-the-clock. Reflectors are a key safety tool in the Swedish winter darkness, and they're not just for kids. Here's how they work, and how to use…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist is ending her bid to forge a centrist coalition and has handed her exploratory mandate back to the speaker of parliament.
Fresh weather warnings for Sweden in wake of Storm Boelo – and far more children tied to gang violence in Sweden than previously thought. Here's the latest news.
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.
Today's word is uniquely Swedish – despite coming originally from German.
Sweden's farmers may get to milk their cows in daylight, but most other people will have to leave work as it's already getting dark. The clocks are about to go back in Sweden, a clear sign that winter is around the corne…
The European Parliament has given its final approval to a new set of safeguards for the 13 billion people who travel in Europe each year by plane, train, coach, bus or ferry.
More than 350 passengers at Copenhagen Airport have had to rebook their flights due to queues at security, with an additional 230 travellers missing their flights.