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Sweden on Sunday began implementing the new EES biometric border checks, with all non-EU travellers arriving at the country's airports from outside the Schengen Area and fingerprinted at border control. Here are the key…
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The Local's Emma Löfgren tries to explain what we actually know and don't know about the electoral fraud allegations in Dalarna, and shares the other top stories of the week.
On August 21st, a pupil at a school in central Sweden killed a 17-year-old girl and injured three boys in the second school attack in Sweden in two years. Here's what we know so far.
On August 15th the first civics test for citizenship will be held for around 1,000 people at the Stockholmsmässan conference centre in Älvsjö, southern Stockhholm. Here's what you need to know.
We want to know about what just 'works' for you about life in Sweden. Maybe it's to do with public transport, schooling or the use of services like BankID and Swish. Let us know!
Kristersson calls on speaker to force parliamentary vote to break Swedish government deadlock – and right-wing bloc takes clear lead over left wing in new poll. Here's the latest news.
As Sweden doesn't yet have a new government, outgoing Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson will present a caretaker budget in November. It will be completely devoid of election pledges and fresh policy initiatives – exc…
Sweden is expected to hike its interest rate – and the budget deadline is fast approaching, as well as the deadline for sending Christmas presents outside Europe. Here's that and everything else that changes in November.
Speaker to call party leaders after Centre Party fails to forge centrist government – and Swedish security firm pays out 50,000 kronor over age discrimination. Here's the latest news.
When something in a culture becomes so iconic that it's ubiquitous, it can be easy to assume that its status is overblown. But even after all this time and exposure, Pippi Longstocking still lives up to the hype, writes…
As Sweden's annual 'reading break' for schoolchildren gets under way, we want to know what Swedish children's books have had a real impact on you or your children.
Winter is coming, and in Sweden, that means darkness – in some places, round-the-clock. Reflectors are a key safety tool in the Swedish winter darkness, and they're not just for kids. Here's how they work, and how to use…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist is ending her bid to forge a centrist coalition and has handed her exploratory mandate back to the speaker of parliament.
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Jonas Gahr StøreNorges statsminister 2021–
Alexander StubbFinlands president 2024–
Vladimir PutinRysslands president 2000–2008 och 2012–
Benjamin NetanyahuIsraels premiärminister 1996–1999, 2009–2021 och 2022–
Ted BundyAmerikansk seriemördare
Flavio BolsonaroBrasiliansk politiker
Elisabeth SvantessonSvensk politiker och nationalekonom
Ulf KristerssonSveriges statsminister 2022–
Volodymyr ZelenskyjUkrainas president 2019–
Mette FrederiksenDanmarks statsminister 2019–