The far-right Sweden Democrats will wield significant influence in government if the four centre-right parties win the September 2026 election, said Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.. Läs mer på The Local
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has his eyes set on roughly half of the seats in a future right-wing cabinet, including three of the following portfolios: finance, foreign, justice and defence.
Senior politicians for the far-right Sweden Democrats have reacted to the party's poor election result by blaming immigrant voters and newly naturalised Swedish citizens voting for the first time. Is there any truth to t…
In this week's podcast: PM says Sweden Democrats will get migration minister position if right wins election, inside Sweden's deportation centres, high-skilled workers losing trust in Sweden, and why is competition a dir…
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the Moderates said on Wednesday that his party will change their position and agree to work with the Sweden Democrats in government, if the Tidö coalition is elected in September…
One of the most senior figures in the far-right Sweden Democrats has compared the political editor of Sweden's leading left-wing newspaper to Vidkun Quisling, who headed Norway's puppet government during its occupation b…
In this week's podcast: Sweden Democrats demand major role in next government, work permit exemption list a letdown for many immigrant workers, smoking reaches record low, half-price transport tickets, and councils stop…
A central source has said that the Christian Democrats and the Liberals are irritated with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson for appearing to promise the Sweden Democrats specific areas of government responsibility if they…
This week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features analysis of the Liberal Party's decision to no longer oppose far-right Sweden Democrat inclusion in a future government.
The Centre Party has announced in a press conference that its aim is for Sweden to have a new government after the next election – one which is not reliant on the Left Party or the Sweden Democrats.
In this week's podcast: reactions to Sweden Democrats' 'immigration map'; where did brands like Billys and Gorbys get their names?; Swedish humour, Migration Agency contact centres closing; delays to language tests for c…
Every year, tens of thousands of people sit högskoleprovet, the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test, the results of which can be used on university applications. Take The Local's English-ified version of the Swedish vocabul…
Sweden's first citizenship test on civic knowledge was held on August 15th 2026, with close to 1,000 people from across the country sitting for it in the Stockholm area. Now that the results are finally in, what do they…
Tributes paid to youth worker, 24, shot dead at Stockholm sports hall – Sweden issues emergency cybersecurity warning over global PHP crisis. Here's the latest news.
Matilda Molander, head of the green and liberal think tank Fores, shook up Sweden's political world last week with an article outlining the painful concessions the Sweden Democrats might need to make for the Centre Party…
Sweden on Wednesday charged a man described by media as a top gang boss with masterminding a slew of violent attacks, as the country sees a reduction in its decade-long organised crime wave.
Some 44 members of the European Parliament from 15 different EU countries and six political groups have called on EU transport ministers to break the deadlock and get the plan to end the seasonal changing of the clocks m…
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