Tickets for a Christmas-themed children's dance show in a small Swedish town sold out in record time after a technical and linguistic mix-up led fans of the French rapper Jul to think they were snapping up a bargain..
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This week: Halloween in Sweden, Swedish media coverage of the Tidö government’s migration crackdown, our favourite Swedish children’s books, efforts to form Sweden’s next government, and a language quiz.
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…
A far-right demagogue in a medium-sized Swedish town could enter the Riksdag on the most extreme platform of any party in recent times. So who are the Örebro Party and Markus Allard?
Swedes living in France are up-in-arms over the country's move to class tobacco-free nicotine pouches as a "dangerous substance", making even possession an offence, with Sweden's trade minister condemning the law as "a b…
The best-selling science fiction novel Starry Sky by Lars Wilderäng is now available on Amazon and Storytel as an e-book in English. Starry Sky (Stjärnklart) by Lars Wilderäng The series of books has sold ove…
A music festival in Sweden on Friday cancelled a concert with rapper Yasin, following media reports of a murder plot against the artist, organisers said.
Amalia Rud Stenlöf represents the Social Democrats in the Constitutional Committee.Lyssna: Swedish parliament votes to allow revoking citizenship in certain casesThe Swedish Parliament has voted today on a constitutional…
A guitar found in Owe’s house in the small town of Gullspång turns out to have belonged to Hollywood star Gene Autry. It vanished in Chicago in 1932. How did one of the world’s finest guitars find its way to Sweden?
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…
Air France och KLM har lämnat Terminal 2 och flyger sedan den 20 oktober från Terminal 5 på Stockholm Arlanda. Flytten samlar bolagen med SAS och andra medlemmar i SkyTeam och kan framför allt förenkla byten mellan de tr…
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Benjamin NetanyahuIsraels premiärminister 1996–1999, 2009–2021 och 2022–Britain'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…
