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 illiberal of two illiberal options, argues James Savage.. Läs mer på The Local
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's Centre Party is facing difficult choices as negotiations over the country's next government continue.Lyssna: 1110 ENG Centre Party faces difficult choices as Sweden's government talks contThe Centre Party is wei…
Snowy and windy conditions are coming later this week.Lyssna: Snow and sleet may be on the way in Sweden — here's where it might fallSnow and sleet are expected across large parts of Sweden towards the end of the week.It…
Magdalena Andersson says the Left Party and the Centre Party now need to cut a deal.Lyssna: Andersson: Time for the Centre Party to make an effortSocial Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has told broadcaster SVT she no…
Centre leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.Lyssna: Centre Party’s Friday ultimatum to Sweden’s PM hopefulsThe Centre Party announced today they want both the Social Democrats and the Moderates to present complete packages o…
Jimmie Åkesson held a press conference about the prime ministeral vote today.Lyssna: Sweden Democrats say they can tolerate Kristersson as prime ministerJimmie Åkesson, the leader of the Sweden Democrats, held a press co…
Märsta detention centre, north of Stockholm.Lyssna: Increasingly long stays at Migration Agency's largest detention centreDetention times for rejected asylum seekers and other individuals facing deportation who are being…
Caretaker Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says forming a new government will be "very difficult".Lyssna: Kristersson's turn for new government talksModerate Party leader Ulf Kristersson has accepted the Speaker's mandate…
MPs in parliament during Tuesday's Prime Minister debate and vote.Lyssna: Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist loses Sweden's second Prime MinisMPs have rejected Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist as…
The speaker of the Swedish Parliament Andreas Norlén.Lyssna: Speaker calls PM vote on Centre Party leaderThe speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlén, announced today he will put the Centre Party leader Elisabet…
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.
Sweden's parliament is set to vote on Wednesday to change the constitution to make it possible for dual citizens convicted of 'crimes that seriously harm Sweden's vital interests' to be stripped of their Swedish citizens…
Blue-collar unions are putting pressure on the Left Party to drop its demand for ministerial posts – and 350,000 SAS passengers hit by major data breach. Here's the latest news on Tuesday.
More than 50 days after the election, Sweden's government negotiations are suddenly moving fast, with the Centre Party currently playing the role of king-maker. What do you think of it all?
The Sweden Democrats' bombshell decision to drop its demand for cabinet posts and the Centre Party's threat to switch sides sparked a flurry of activity from Sweden's political parties over the weekend. But what are the…
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Volodymyr ZelenskyjUkrainas president 2019–
Nina LarssonSvensk politiker
Ulf KristerssonSveriges statsminister 2022–
Magdalena AnderssonSveriges statsminister 2021–2022
Carl-Oskar BohlinSvensk politiker
Abu DhabiHuvudstad i Förenade Arabemiraten och i emiratet Abu Dhabi
Andreas NorlénSvensk jurist och politiker (moderat)
Anders YgemanSvensk politiker
