It’s not clear who won this election, but it’s clear who lost: the Social Democrats and the Sweden Democrats. The spell that the Sweden Democrats have cast over Swedish politics over the past sixteen years has been broken..
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The Sweden Democrats' migration map does not depict reality, but instead a "fantasy of fear" which collapses in on its own absurdity as soon as it is given the least scrutiny, writes Faisal Khan, an engineer, author, and…
The Sweden Democrats are the biggest losers in the general election, with the party losing ground in 285 of Sweden's 290 municipalities.
Today's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ludvig Aspling, migration spokesperson for 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…
This week: Is Sweden heading for a second election? How can a citizenship test take half a decade to produce? Why are the Sweden Democrats bickering about Swedishness? And what's the hardest Swedish sound to pronounce?
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist was tasked by the Speaker of Parliament with exploring the possibility of forming a new government.Lyssna: 1026 ENG Political scientist: Extra election still not likely, but…
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…
One of the most high-profile MP's for the Sweden Democrats has blamed his party's election setback on the other right-wing parties' refusal to impose a total halt to new citizenship awards when they took power in 2022
Crime, foreign policy and security dominated Sweden's political agenda over the past year. But the story changed as Election Day drew closer, a new analysis by The Fix Advisory & Research in partnership with The Local sh…
The opposition Social Democrats have launched their election programme just two weeks before Sweden goes to the polls, headlining it with a generous pledge for the state to cover the cost 90 percent of all adult dental c…
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Scott BessentAmerikansk affärsman och ämbetsmanBritain'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…