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Swedish town gives 'Negro Village' new name

Society: 13 Feb 12
A suburb of Mjällby, southern Sweden, known by locals as ‘Negro Village’ for forty years, will be changing its name after a storm of recent attention. READ »

Sweden to cut dropout rate by shortening school

Education: 10 Feb 12
The government is hoping to reduce the number of Swedish high school dropouts by offering a shorter course of study for students who "lack the prerequisites" to finish high school, angering opposition politicians. READ »

Swedish schools aim to ditch books by 2013

Education: 1 Feb 12
The Stockholm suburb of Sollentuna plans to get rid its schools of text books entirely by next year in favour of tablet computers like the iPad, but Sweden’s education remained sceptical about the proposal. READ »

Quality of Swedish unis 'too low': minister

Education: 17 Jan 12
Sweden’s education minister Jan Björklund has slammed the quality of the country's higher education system as he unveiled plans to revamp the way university quality is monitored. READ »

Juholt remark sparks political squabble

Politics: 17 Jan 12
Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt once again landed himself in hot water after saying that the government had “pushed through” defence policies with the help of the Sweden Democrats. READ »

Online sale of free school permit sparks outrage

Education: 16 Jan 12
A permit to run a publicly-funded, privately-managed free school is being sold on a popular Swedish buy-sell site, exploiting a legal loophole and angering politicians. READ »

Sweden's teachers free to ban Islamic veils

Education: 11 Jan 12
Teachers in Swedish schools can, in certain situations, prohibit students from wearing Islamic veils that reveal only their eyes, the country's school's agency has ruled. READ »

Björklund questions schools' special status

Education: 2 Dec 11
The rules regarding the funding of Sweden’s three national boarding schools could be changed, after an application by a fourth school brought attention to their favoured status. READ »

Schools agency: kids taught 'to take a beating'

Education: 29 Nov 11
After reviewing the prestigious boarding school Lundsberg, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate has given the foundation until the end of February to prove that they can rid the school of bullying. READ »

No foreigners among Sweden's most powerful

National: 25 Nov 11
Sweden's top 100 most powerful people for 2011 are mainly politicians, men -- and Swedish -- according to Fokus Magazine's annual rankings. READ »

Bildt: UNESCO decision will 'hurt Palestine'

Politics: 1 Nov 11
Sweden voted against the Palestinian application to join UNESCO on Monday, arguing that the vote had come at the "wrong time" and would harm the Palestinian cause. READ »

Quality wins over Stockholm's foreign students

Education: 20 Oct 11
Since Sweden introduced university tuition fees for people from non-EU countries, students' expectations have increased. But those studying at Stockholm University say they are getting good value for money. READ »

Government to boost foreign student scholarship funding

Education: 22 Sep 11
The government has allotted an additional 20 million kronor ($2.9 million) in scholarship funding to help offset tuition fees charged to students from developing countries who want to study at Swedish universities. READ »

'Bildt hushed talk of Darfur genocide'

Politics: 19 Sep 11
Former minister and Liberal Party leader Per Ahlmark has slammed current Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt in a new book arguing that he has a "passive" attitude towards genocide, is ignorant about Israel and holds "reactionary views". READ »

Asylum agreement to reunite thousands

National: 18 Sep 11
Thousands of Somali families could be reunited next year in Sweden following the first step forward in the government’s common migration policy. READ »

Sweden to slash restaurant sales tax

Politics: 12 Sep 11
Patrons at Swedish restaurants will see the value-added tax (VAT) added to their bills cut by more than half staring January 1st, 2012 as part of a government spending package designed to boost employment among young people. READ »

Lund 'slave auction' prompts police probe

Society: 8 Sep 11
One person is suspected of hate speech in connection with a party at Lund University in April featuring the sale of "slaves" complete with blackened faces and ropes around their necks. READ »

Billions to stop Sweden's maths skills slide

Education: 6 Sep 11
After nearly a decade-long slide in Swedish students' maths skills, the government has decided to invest 2.6 billion kronor ($404.9 million) to raise results in Swedish schools. READ »

Swedish pensioners promised tax cut

Business & Money: 5 Sep 11
Sweden's Alliance government has promised pensioners reduced taxes in 2013 or 2014 - if the public finances allow, with reforms to help the poorest pensioners to come into force already next year. READ »

Swedish parties split on Palestinian recognition

Politics: 1 Sep 11
Swedish political parties represented in the Riksdag are sharply divided as to whether or not Sweden should officially recognise a Palestinian government. READ »

Sweden battles rise in university cheating

Education: 31 Aug 11
With reports of cheating and plagiarism at Swedish universities on the rise, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at how big the problem really is and what's being done to address it. READ »

Liberals in favour of more immigration

Politics: 6 Jul 11
If you have a Master's degree you should be welcome to Sweden to apply for work, without already having secured employment, suggest the Liberals in a bid to attract "hard-working and well-educated" people to Sweden. READ »

Chinese should be taught in schools: minister

Education: 6 Jul 11
Learning Chinese at any elementary school in the country could become reality for children in Sweden within the next decade, if education minister and Liberal Party head Jan Björklund gets his way. READ »

Government to appoint ‘future commission’

Politics: 4 Jul 11
The Swedish government will appoint a commission with the purpose to address the central challenges that Sweden will face in the future, the four government alliance party leaders wrote on Monday in a daily newspaper. READ »

Shorter parental leave for immigrants: minister

Politics: 18 Jun 11
Immigrant parents with young children should have a shorter parental leave when the family moves to Sweden minister for enterprise and energy Maud Olofsson, said in an interview. READ »

Rise of violence against teachers: study

Education: 12 Jun 11
Every day, on average, a teacher in Sweden is victimized by student violence representing a dramatic spike in classroom assaults, according to a recent report. READ »

Sweden's free school profits debate heats up

Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 11
While applications to start privately-run, publicly-funded free schools are on the rise in Sweden, there is nevertheless gathering unease about the suitability of schools being run by private companies, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains. READ »

Pressure is on - elite classes for younger students

Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As the idea of elite education takes hold in Sweden, a country known for promoting equality, The Local's Karen Holst looks at the debate surrounding a decision to offer advanced classes to younger students. READ »

EU network: Sweden passive on 'slave auction'

National: 17 May 11
The pan-European network of NGOs and research institutes has called on the Swedish government to use the opportunity of a "slave auction" held in Lund in April to "address the specific needs of victims of racism and racial hatred". READ »

Free school applications hit new highs

Education: 13 May 11
Sweden's independent school sector continues to expand, with applications for new schools increasing 12 percent on a record 2010, according to new figures from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate. READ »

Sweden set to toughen arms export laws

Business & Money: 11 May 11
Sweden has moved a step closer to toughening its arms export laws to make it harder to sell to dictatorships, following a deal struck between the Social Democrats and the parties of the centre-right Alliance government. READ »

Sweden to add truancy to school report cards

Education: 11 May 11
Despite criticism from several quarters, truancy will be displayed in the grade reports of all school children in Sweden, minister for education Jan Björklund has decided. READ »

Lund responds to 'slave auction' with new course

National: 7 May 11
In response to the recent ‘slave auction’ at a party at Lund University, top administration announced a new programme that will be initiated this fall to educate both students and staff about the university’s core values. READ »

Jesse Jackson: Lund party 'a racist spectacle'

National: 4 May 11
The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has reacted strongly against the ‘slave auction’ recently held at a Lund student party and the racial slurs against the person who reported the incident. READ »

Sweden moots further tax cuts for wage earners

Politics: 12 Apr 11
Sweden's Alliance coalition government announced Tuesday that it is ready to push ahead with further tax cuts provided public finances continue to expand. READ »

Major spending boost for Swedish railways

Politics: 8 Apr 11
The Swedish government on Friday announced plans to invest an additional 800 million kronor ($128 million) in the country's rail system during 2011 following a harsh winter in which the country's trains were plagued by malfunctions. READ »

Government yes to Gripen deployment

National: 29 Mar 11
The Swedish government has given the green light to sending JAS Gripen fighters to Libya following a request from NATO for Swedish assistance. READ »

Björklund: Swedish arms exports 'embarrassing'

Politics: 19 Mar 11
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has called for a tightening of conditions for Swedish arms exports, calling sales to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain an "embarrassment". READ »

'Renationalise Sweden's schools': minister

Education: 15 Mar 11
Sweden's minister for education and the head of an influential teachers' union have called for a new centralised school system in Sweden. READ »

Sweden in 'historic' deal on immigration policy

Politics: 3 Mar 11
Sweden's centre-right Alliance government and the Green Party have reached an agreement on changes to the country's immigration policies specifically designed to diminish the influence of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats. READ »

Illegal immigrants to get new rights in Sweden

Politics: 3 Mar 11
Illegal immigrants in Sweden should in future have the right to free healthcare and education, and be able to start their own companies, the government has agreed. READ »

Minister takes aim at free school 'profits'

Education: 25 Feb 11
Sweden's education minister Jan Björklund has sharpened his tone against privately-run "free schools", conceding that there are several indications that profit takes precedence over quality. READ »

Boys discriminated in school grading: report

Education: 10 Feb 11
Boys are given lower marks in school more often than girls compared to the results each group achieves in national tests, a report based on statistics from the National Agency for Education shows. READ »

Sweden Democrat made to take Swedish lessons

Politics: 5 Feb 11
A local Sweden Democrat politician from Eslöv in southern Sweden is set to attend Swedish language classes after repeated complaints from fellow council members that they can't understand him. READ »

Swedish schools run by convicted paedophile

Education: 1 Feb 11
A Swedish paedophile received permission to open three schools despite a previous conviction of having sex with a seven-year-old girl, according to a television news report on Monday. READ »

Sahlin's final plea: isolate the Sweden Democrats

Politics: 19 Jan 11
The first party leader debate of the year was the last for the Social Democrats' Mona Sahlin, who on Wednesday called for more cross-coalition cooperation to squeeze out the Sweden Democrats. READ »

More cheaters booted from Swedish colleges

Education: 17 Jan 11
The number of students expelled from Sweden's colleges and universities for cheating went up by nearly 50 percent in 2010 compared to the year before, new statistics show. READ »

Swedish minister slams grading appeal proposal

Education: 12 Jan 11
Sweden's education minister has slammed a proposal that would allow Swedish students the right to contest the marks they receive in school. READ »

Top Swedish execs less keen on the euro

Business & Money: 27 Dec 10
A number of prominent Swedish business leaders have become more sceptical towards Sweden joining the euro in the near future, but stressed their belief in the currency's viability in the long term. READ »

Reinfeldt and Borg top Sweden power rankings

Society: 4 Dec 10
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and finance minister Anders Borg are Sweden’s two most powerful people for the second year in a row, according to a new ranking. READ »

Swedish universities prep for tuition fee fallout

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Dec 10
Despite good intentions, the decision to introduce tuition fees for non-European students who enroll at Swedish universities may end up doing more harm than good, contributor Adam Mullett discovers. READ »

Sweden launches integration policy reform

National: 1 Dec 10
The Swedish government has launched a "sweeping" reform of integration policy, shifting the main responsibility for immigrant "establishment" in the country on the Public Employment Service. READ »

Riksdag to probe US embassy surveillance

Politics: 23 Nov 10
The Swedish Riksdag’s constitutional committee has announced that it will look into what current and former cabinet ministers knew about the US embassy in Stockholm's surveillance of people in Sweden. READ »

Sahlin and Åkesson clash in first Riksdag duel

Politics: 3 Nov 10
Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin and the Sweden Democrats' Jimmie Åkesson traded barbs on the floor of the Riksdag on Wednesday in the first party leader debate since Sweden's September 19th general election. READ »

Sweden looks at limits for profit-making schools

Politics: 21 Oct 10
The Swedish government plans to look at disciplining profit-making schools that don't make the grade by limiting how much money they can make. READ »

Sweden to beef up teacher licencing system

Education: 18 Oct 10
The Swedish government has proposed implementing a new licencing system which would disqualify unlicenced applicants for permanent teaching jobs starting in 2012. READ »

Sweden unveils new school curriculum

Education: 11 Oct 10
Sweden's education minister Jan Björklund on Monday presented a new school curriculum promising clearer goals for teachers and pupils, with the introduction of grades from year six. READ »

Christianity prioritised in Swedish schools

Education: 10 Oct 10
Sweden’s schools agency wants all religions to receive equal treatment when taught in Swedish schools, but government maintains that Christianity should continue to have special status. READ »

Sweden tries to rein in religion at free schools

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Oct 10
While Sweden’s 'free schools' have inspired education authorities in other countries to explore similar approaches, the Swedish model is not without its problems, explains contributor Nils Adler. READ »

Reinfeldt unveils reshuffled cabinet

Politics: 5 Oct 10
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presented his new government during the opening session of the Riksdag on Tuesday, announcing a team with seven new names as well as a new ministry. READ »

Live Blog: election night in Sweden

Politics: 20 Sep 10
The Local's correspondents bring you all the latest news from the Swedish election, live from the main parties' headquarters in Stockholm. See the drama unfold live here. READ »

Tempers flare in final party leader debate

Politics: 17 Sep 10
Mona Sahlin accused Fredrik Reinfeldt of spreading lies as the two traded jabs in a heated Thursday night debate pitting the leaders of Sweden’s seven Riksdag parties against each other just four days before election day. READ »

Left leader makes on-air wedding proposal

Politics: 16 Sep 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly took the opportunity of a televised party leader debate to propose to his long-term girlfriend, Åsa, who accepted the offer. READ »

Parties struggle to entice first time voters

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Sep 10
With record numbers of first time Swedish voters heading to the polls on September 19th, politicians continue to struggle to reach both young Swedes and their parents, explains the AFP’s Rita Devlin Marier. READ »

Introducing the Liberals

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Liberal Party, bidding to retain power and regain their place as third largest party in Swedish politics. READ »

Alliance dominates the polls as election nears

Politics: 8 Sep 10
The centre-right Alliance coalition enjoyed a clear lead in a brace of opinion polls published on Wednesday, with a Novus survey showing a 5.5 percentage point lead over the centre-left Red-Greens. READ »

Introducing the Alliance

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 10
Here's a look at the centre-right Alliance, which is looking to win another term as Sweden's ruling coalition. READ »

Alliance on course for absolute majority: poll

Politics: 29 Aug 10
Sweden's governing coalition has retained a strong poll lead over the Red-Green opposition with the general election just three weeks away. READ »

Alliance touts tax cuts in election manifesto

Politics: 26 Aug 10
The ruling Alliance coalition has promised its fifth in-work tax credit if it wins the election next month, it promised as it rolled out its manifesto on Thursday. READ »

Liberals: Link free school funding to quality

Education: 19 Aug 10
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund announced on Swedish public radio's P1 channel on Thursday morning that the dividends to the owners of privately run free schools should be stopped if the schools experience a drop in quality. READ »

Minister proposes elite high school classes

Education: 17 Aug 10
Sweden's education minister Jan Björklund has proposed the establishment of elite high school classes to enable select pupils to pursue a chosen subject in depth, calling for an end to the conformist "Jante Law" within Swedish education. READ »

Let teachers ban face veils - Liberals

Politics: 4 Aug 10
Sweden’s schools and universities should be allowed to ban students and teachers from wearing face veils, education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has said. READ »

Class-skipping pupils targeted by new bill

Education: 2 Aug 10
Minister for Education Jan Björklund has presented a legislative proposal that would enable truancy to be displayed in the grade reports of all school goers. READ »

Party leaders slam opinion poll flood

Politics: 13 Jul 10
There are too many voter opinion polls with the large number of polls meaning that they lose their value - on this point parliamentary party leaders are in agreement, according to a survey by the Svenska Dagbladet daily. READ »

Feminist cash burning provokes backlash

Politics: 7 Jul 10
The Feminist Initiative's controversial burning of 100,000 kronor ($13,000) in Visby on Tuesday in a demonstration for equal pay between the sexes, has come in for criticism from allies and opponents alike. READ »

Opposition agrees education compromise

Education: 7 Jul 10
The centre-left opposition has proposed the introduction of national testing from seventh grade with written testimonials already from first grade, the leaders of the three parties confirmed at a press conference in Visby on Tuesday. READ »

Anti-Semitic hate crimes rise in 2009: report

National: 2 Jul 10
The number of anti-Semitic crimes reported in Sweden rose 57 percent last year, mainly in the southern region of Skåne, the national crime prevention council said on Thursday. READ »

Man arrested over Rinkeby riots

National: 9 Jun 10
A man in his twenties has been arrested on suspicion of rioting after Tuesday night’s serious disturbances in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby. More arrests are expected. READ »

Riots must be brought under control: Reinfeldt

National: 9 Jun 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt cautioned that the riots that blighted the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby on Monday and Tuesday needed to be brought quickly under control, as ministers visited the area on Wednesday to take stock. READ »

Liberals propose state unemployment insurance

Business & Money: 27 May 10
The Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) has reiterated its call for a state-run unemployment insurance fund, risking a conflict with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation who consider unemployment insurance to be a union matter. READ »

Ministers take the train to counter opposition

Politics: 4 May 10
A total of 14 ministers, including Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, have embarked on a cross-country train trip to win support for the government ahead of September's election. READ »

Liberal leader meets embattled Malmö Jews

Politics: 25 Apr 10
Education minister Jan Björklund met with representatives of the Jewish Community in Malmö on Saturday to discuss a recent rise in the level of harassment and threats faced by Jews in the southern city. READ »

Government proposes new teacher certification

Education: 12 Apr 10
The Swedish government has announced the introduction of a professional certificate for teachers from 2012, with only those in possession eligible to secure a permanent contract. READ »

Opposition lead widens in new poll

Politics: 10 Apr 10
Sweden's left-green opposition has stretched its lead over the governing centre-right coalition to 8.7 percentage points in a new poll. READ »

'Don't separate elderly couples': Minister

Society: 7 Apr 10
Public health minister Maria Larsson has called for a new law forcing local councils to jointly house older couples following a spate of high profile cases in which people requiring elderly care have been separated from their partners. READ »

Girl raped and rejected by Swedish community

National: 26 Mar 10
A storm of outrage has met revelations that a 14-year-old girl from a small Swedish community was raped at her school only to be rejected by her friends and adult society when she reported the attack. READ »

Reinfeldt leads voter support poll

Politics: 20 Mar 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt retains his position at the top of the party leader board in a new survey on voter confidence while support for opposition leader Mona Sahlin continues to decline. READ »

Government opposes plan to scale down domestic defence

National: 7 Mar 10
A squabble evidently is in the making between the government and Swedish Armed Forces, that is calling for reduced spending on home defence. READ »

Sweden Democrats could enter parliament: poll

National: 14 Feb 10
The nationalist Sweden Democrats have moved ahead of the threshold required for entering parliament, according to a national poll. READ »

Unions welcome teacher training overhaul

Education: 11 Feb 10
In a move welcomed by Sweden's teaching unions, the government has proposed a raft of sweeping changes to the country's teacher training system. READ »

Green Party stumbles in new poll

Politics: 5 Feb 10
The two political blocs have drawn to within three percentage points of each other, a new voter poll shows. The Green Party is the biggest loser in the new survey. READ »

Profile: Sweden's new EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson was named as Sweden's new EU minister on Tuesday. An outspoken advocate of feminism, equality and civil liberties issues, as well as a keen supporter of Nato membership, Ohlsson also harbours dreams of a top UN human rights post. READ »

'Asylum kids have a right to free schooling'

Education: 2 Feb 10
A government inquiry has recommended that asylum seekers should be given the right to attend pre-schools and schools, bringing Sweden closer into line with UN conventions. READ »

Ohlsson defies critics to claim EU minister post

Politics: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson has been named as Liberal Party colleague Cecilia Malmström's successor as Sweden's EU minister despite the initial reservations of party leader Jan Björklund. READ »

Drastic funding cuts for independent schools

National: 2 Jan 10
The Swedish National Agency for Education's new method for calculating funding for independent high schools means that the institutions risk losing millions of kronor every year. READ »

Liberals call for lower taxes at party congress

Politics: 20 Nov 09
Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has rallied members during a speech at the party conference in Växjö calling for lower taxes, developments in nuclear power production and for Sweden to adopt the euro as its currency. READ »

Tanya endures six-month wait for jobless benefits

Society: 17 Nov 09
As jobs in Sweden continue to disappear, the country’s unemployment insurance funds have been struggling to keep up with jobless claims, forcing many to wait more than six months before receiving their benefits. READ »

Malmö Moderates open to SD cooperation

Politics: 8 Nov 09
The Malmö branch of the Moderate party has not ruled out cooperating with the far-right Sweden Democrat party after next year's general election. READ »

Green Party makes ground among voters

Politics: 7 Nov 09
Green Party co-leader Maria Wetterstrand has surpassed Mona Sahlin as the main challenger to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt for the affections of Swedish voters, according to a new poll READ »

Reinfeldt reclaims top spot in Sweden power rankings

National: 6 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt can once again lay claim to the title of Sweden’s most power person, having nudged his own finance minister Anders Borg from the top spot in a new ranking released on Thursday. READ »

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