Meta has changed its mind on allowing the Swedish Election Authority to place election information advertisements on Instagram and Facebook, according to a press release from the Election Authority.. Läs mer på The Local
Selma Gúsic from the Swedish Institute for Human Rights and (left) childrens artwork.Lyssna: Overcrowding and privacy shortcomings reported at Swedish Migration Agency’s asThe Migration Agency says it is working to impro…
The Stockholm School of Economics.Lyssna: Businesswoman Barbro Ehnbom is part of a Swedish preliminary investigation abouBusinesswoman Barbro Ehnbom is part of a Swedish preliminary investigation about suspected procurem…
Sweden's foreign residents face an Election Day that could have a huge impact on their life in this country. The Local's team will be reporting live later today – join the conversation now.
The Liberal Party leaped over the 4 percent parliamentary threshold in a poll out on Wednesday, putting this Sunday's national election very much in play. Play around with our election widgets and see if you can make a w…
With less than three months to go until the Swedish election, we’re getting ready here at The Local to deliver the most useful election coverage for foreigners, guided by our readers.
Sweden's opposition has been in the lead in every single poll since the 2022 election. But it still looks hard for Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to form a workable coalition. Try out The Local's election wid…
Everything in Swedish politics next year will point towards the election on September 13th. We spoke to three Swedish university professors to get their predictions on how it will play out.
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has been criticised for letting friends and family use the prime minister's official country residence of Harpsund for private events, including a student party and a 70th birthday.
In this week's Politics in Sweden, Richard Orange argues that only one question will determine which candidate gets to be Sweden's next prime minister: the ultimate wishes of Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist…
This week’s Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Brenda and Marcus Ramström, a couple in western Sweden who spoke to The Local just days before she was forced to return to her native Brazil following a Migrat…
The opportunities for building or renovate a home in Sweden are mind-boggling, with empty plots galore and rural areas crammed with run-down houses. Are you building or renovating a property? We’d love to hear about your…
Newly married and expecting her first child, it should be the happiest year of Brenda Ramström's life. But tomorrow she's going to have to get on a flight back home to Brazil, not knowing when she'll be able to reunite w…
Henrik Landerholm, the childhood friend who Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson appointed national security adviser, has been found guilty of 'negligence with classified information' after a court overturned his not-g…
The 20 Filipino electrical engineers who were seized by Swedish police on October 9th and held in a Migration Agency detention centre have been released, with the company's lawyer calling the decision to detain them "unl…
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has invited the Centre Party's Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist for a "no-strings-attached conversation on the parliamentary situation", posting an open letter on X.
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