In this week's Sweden in Focus we discuss: industrial action hits Tesla and Klarna, fears that new salary requirements for work permit holders will undermine the Swedish labour market model, how an oil spill and new fishing quotas have put the Baltic Sea in focus, and an ill-tempered battle for control of Sweden’s Green Party..
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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…
Leader of the Center Party Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist and Parliament Speaker Andreas Norlén. Lyssna: Speaker’s PM vote decision draws criticismSeveral party leaders are critical of the Speaker's decision to put the Centre…
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…
The Patriot air defence systemLyssna: Swedish Armed Forces: Russian threats against Swedish shipments to Ukraine on tRussia is intensifying its attempts to sabotage Swedish shipments to Ukraine, the Swedish Armed Forces…
Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist appeared before the media on Monday.Lyssna: Centre Party leader: No majority for Centrist governmentCentre party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist said on Monday that she is ending her attempts t…
Falun will host the Nordic Ski World Championships in Februar-March 2027.Lyssna: Swedish Ski Association urges visa ban for Russian and Belarus skiersSweden's Ski Association and Sports Confederation has asked the govern…
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…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist will meet with all the other party leaders this week. Lyssna: Centre party leader on chances of forming a government 'in the middle'Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqv…
Parliament's speaker Andreas Norlén has tasked the Centre Party's Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist to explore support for a centrist government in Sweden.Lyssna: Centre Party leader given task to explore support for a centrist…
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…
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Antonio TajaniItaliensk politikerLast month, The Local's Mandy Pipher wrote a grumpy op-ed about Swedish attempts at Halloween – but then actually had a good time going trick-or-treating in her Umeå neighbourhood. Read about her experience – and the wee…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has launched a bidding process for her party's support, saying it will back whichever candidate for prime minister can offer the best 'total package' of policies and governme…
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has announced that his party will unconditionally 'tolerate' Ulf Kristersson as prime minister, dropping its demand for both ministerial positions or policy promises. What does this…
At a press conference in his hometown of Sölvesborg, Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson dropped his party's demand for governing positions in order to allow a right-wing government, however he said his party intends t…
Authorities are yet to confirm who is behind the bomb hoaxes affecting air travel in Europe this week, but experts suggest there are indications to explain who might be behind the spate of threats.
The National Anti-Corruption Unit has closed the investigation into voter fraud which originated from information in a newspaper opinion piece.
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?
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson is set to hold a press conference in his hometown of Sölvesborg around lunchtime today to address the ongoing government formation talks.
Sweden Democrat leader to give update on far right's cabinet demands – and Stockholm taxi firms rattled as low-cost rival branches into Sweden. Here's the latest news.
No one outside of Sweden has heard of it, and people in Sweden's larger cities farther south tend to speak about it with a drop of disdain, but The Local's Mandy Pipher says she wouldn't want to live anywhere in Sweden b…
