This week: Final election results, far right blames immigrants for loss, and what the election outcome means for foreigners in Sweden..
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On Sunday, Sweden will make a choice with profound implications for foreigners living here — and the latest polls show it could go either way. But don’t imagine the problems will evaporate with a change of government, sa…
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…
Hundreds of thousands of extra votes are being counted in the Swedish election on Wednesday and Thursday. Could this change the outcome?
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?
If a new election is called, the Election Authority will have to carry it out just three months later.Lyssna: Sweden's Election Authority prepared for a snap second electionSweden's now been without a government for 46 d…
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…
Lyssna: Digital welfare services can create barriers for older immigrants to SwedenNew research shows that increasing digitalisation of welfare services can lead to social exclusion for older people with an immigrant bac…
Why did it take almost a full week for the Swedish election results to come out? Here, we explain how the Swedish Electoral Authority counts votes and delve into why this year took a bit longer.
When TV4 and then SVT publish their exit polls at around 8pm tonight, it will be hard for the side that's ahead not to start celebrating. But as the 2022 Swedish election taught us, national votes here really aren't over…
Today's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ludvig Aspling, migration spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats.
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Fredrik FurtenbachSvensk journalist och politisk kommentatorBritain'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…