In this week's Essential Sweden, we look at whether you can get citizenship through ancestry, how to survive November in Sweden, as well as tipping etiquette, the Swedish tax system and why variable rate mortgages are so popular..
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The work-life balance and generous support for family life offered by Sweden is the main factor attracting highly skilled workers to the country, eclipsing salary levels, and the opportunities offered by the labour marke…
Tipping culture does indeed appear to be shifting in Sweden – at least according to our reader survey – with a clear majority of respondents telling us that they feel rules on tipping are either definitely or possibly ch…
Sweden's government is bringing in far-reaching tax cuts in 2026, new rules will increase the wait for citizenship to 8 years, and there's a general election. Here's what changes in Sweden in 2026.
This week: Sweden calls for sanctions on Israeli ministers, and why are the Sweden Democrats promoting cookie-cutter 'Sweden houses'? For Membership+ subscribers: Will cash every make a comeback in Sweden? And what is th…
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…
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…
Sweden's wild boar population has soared in recent years.Lyssna: Report: Not enough wild boar meat being served up in Sweden's schools and elderMunicipalities in Sweden are serving up too little wild boar meat, even thou…
If this year's Swedish election is about anything, it's about how much money various parties are promising to put in voters' wallets. Here are the tax cuts (and tax increases) promised by the various parties which might…
Whether or not to tip in restaurants and bars is a question that often confuses newcomers to Sweden, so we thought we'd ask our readers what their approach is, and also get their opinions about whether Swedish tipping ha…
This week in Sweden in Focus, James Savage, Mandy Pipher and Emma Löfgren discuss a new poll showing what foreigners in Sweden think of life here – and what the government's immigration policy means for their plans to st…
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Volodymyr ZelenskyjUkrainas president 2019–
Ulf KristerssonSveriges statsminister 2022–
Magdalena AnderssonSveriges statsminister 2021–2022
Carl-Oskar BohlinSvensk politiker
Abu DhabiHuvudstad i Förenade Arabemiraten och i emiratet Abu Dhabi
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Thomas BodströmSvensk politiker, advokat och fotbollsspelare
Andreas NorlénSvensk jurist och politiker (moderat)
Anders YgemanSvensk politikerArguably 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…
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…
Hundreds of thousands of SAS passengers may have had their booking details exposed in a massive data breach.
Stockholm is set to get its first snowfall on Thursday, with large swathes of Sweden also expecting snow this week.
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…