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Anna Lindh killer breaks silence over murder

Politics: 28 Aug 11
The man convicted of the 2003 murder of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, Mijailo Mijailovic, has finally spoken out about the case after eight years in prison. 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 »

Krantz named as higher education minister

Politics: 17 Jun 09
Liberal Party Riksdag member Tobias Krantz will take over as Sweden’s Minister for Higher Education and Research, the Swedish government announced on Wednesday. READ »

Government minister Leijonborg resigns

Politics: 11 Jun 09
Minister for Higher Education and Research Lars Leijonborg has resigned from the cabinet. "I feel like doing something different," the minister said in a statement. READ »

'Swedish state should not educate imams': report

Society: 1 Jun 09
The Swedish state should not engage in the training of imams, a commission of inquiry into the issue has concluded in its report submitted to the government on Monday. READ »

'Cut taxes to boost competition': Experts

National: 25 May 09
Sweden's Globalisation Council has proposed 28 billion kronor in reforms to taxes and social insurances in its final report published on Monday. READ »

Foreign student fees delayed until 2011

Education: 12 May 09
The Swedish government’s proposal to charge university tuition fees to non-European students has been postponed by one year, officials say. READ »

'Sweden doesn't need more universities': Leijonborg

Education: 13 Mar 09
The government has said it plans to reject applications from Swedish colleges (högskolor) interested in upgrading their status to full-fledged universities. READ »

Government wants to scrap mandatory student unions

Education: 25 Feb 09
A new government proposal calls for compulsory membership in student unions to be made voluntary for students enrolled in Swedish colleges and universities starting in July 2010. READ »

2008: The year in review

Lifestyle: 31 Dec 08
As 2008 draws to a close, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention over the last twelve months. READ »

Borg best in popularity stakes

Politics: 30 Dec 08
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg is ranked highly by his party colleagues with a 71 percent approval rating. Defence minister Sten Tolgfors meanwhile has the backing of only 3 percent of his peers. READ »

'Make Swedish universities independent'

Education: 8 Dec 08
Universities and colleges in Sweden ought to cut ties with the state in order to have more freedom to raise funds and control their own affairs, a government commission has proposed. READ »

Education agency knocks college rankings

Education: 25 Nov 08
Sweden’s National Agency for Higher Education has criticized the ranking of different universities and colleges, arguing the lists don’t help students pick the right school. READ »

Sweden to help universities commercialize innovations

Education: 22 Oct 08
Several colleges and universities in Sweden are to receive money to set up offices of innovation which will help researchers turn their discoveries into commercial enterprises. READ »

Royal share losses reach 10 million kronor

Society: 5 Oct 08
The stock market downturn is punishing Swedish shareholders, with losses averaging 10,000 kronor ($1,400) per shareholder. But the outlook for King Carl XVI Gustav is considerably gloomier. READ »

New funding to help educated immigrants get jobs in Sweden

Education: 18 Sep 08
The Swedish government wants to devote 100 million kronor ($15 million) to provide additional training to people with academic degrees from other countries. READ »

Government wants schools to emphasize entrepreneurship

National: 17 Sep 08
The government announced plans on Wednesday to make entrepreneurship a unifying theme in the Swedish education system. READ »

Björklund: 'Leijonborg ouster rumours false'

Politics: 6 Sep 08
Liberal party (Folkpartiet) leader Jan Björklund has rejected reports that he is set to remove his predecessor Lars Leijonborg from the government in October. READ »

Papers study college fees for non-Europeans

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jun 08
David Landes takes a look at how the papers reacted to the idea of charging fees to non-European students who wish to study at Swedish universities. READ »

No more free education for non-Europeans

Education: 23 Jun 08
Sweden is to start charging tuition to non-European university students, according to higher education minister Lars Leijonborg. READ »

Sweden favours electric cars over ethanol

Science & Technology: 28 May 08
The government has changed its strategy for green cars, deciding that electric is better than ethanol. READ »

Government to examine imam education in Sweden

Education: 22 May 08
The government announced plans on Thursday to examine whether Sweden should implement a special training program for imams. READ »

Swedish state to train imams

National: 5 Feb 08
The Swedish government has begun exploring the possibility of providing religious training for Muslim leaders. READ »

Voters lose confidence in Reinfeldt

Politics: 26 Dec 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt has been overtaken by Mona Sahlin as the most popular party leader in Sweden. Voter confidence in the prime minister has dropped to 45 percent. READ »

Voters have confidence in Reinfeldt

Politics: 14 Sep 07
Voters have greater confidence in Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt than any of the other party leaders, according to a new poll. The Social Democrats' Mona Sahlin is in second place. READ »

Sweden expands research budget by 300m kronor

Science & Technology: 9 Sep 07
Sweden is to commit an extra 300 million kronor to research in the autumn budget, according to higher education and research minister Lars Leijonborg. READ »

Björklund is new Liberal leader

Politics: 7 Sep 07
Sweden's Liberal Party, one of the four parties making up the governing Alliance for Sweden, has formally confirmed Schools Minister Jan Björklund as its new leader, at a conference in Västerås. READ »

Sahlin: Odenberg 'was humiliated'

Politics: 5 Sep 07
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has seized on the resignation of Defence Minister Mikael Odenberg as a sign of governmental weakness. The head of Sweden's armed forces expressed regret. READ »

Leijonborg to accept demotion

Politics: 29 Aug 07
Lars Leijonborg will remain a minister after he is replaced as Liberal Party leader by Jan Björklund next month, although will take a more junior role, Sveriges Radio reports. READ »

Students wobble over financial problems

Society: 12 Jul 07
One in four Swedish students has considered quitting education because of financial problems, according to a report from Sweden's largest white-collar union. Education minister Lars Leijonborg has promised an inquiry. READ »

'Scrap student loan system' - Centre Party

Politics: 25 Jun 07
Sweden's student loan authority, CSN, should be abolished, according to the Centre Party. Instead, the role financing students through their university years should be handed over to banks. READ »

Björklund nominated as Liberal leader

Politics: 15 Jun 07
Schools Minister Jan Björklund looks certain to become the Liberal Party's next leader, after the party's nominations committee unanimously recommended him for the post. READ »

Reinfeldt and Sahlin go head to head

Politics: 13 Jun 07
"What do you plan to do? How do you plan to do it? And who do you plan to do it with?" Fredrik Reinfeldt opened Wednesday's party leader debate with a salvo of questions for debutant Mona Sahlin. READ »

Björklund's leadership bid gains momentum

Politics: 22 May 07
Jan Björklund appears ever more likely to become the next leader of the Liberal Party with party branches almost unanimous in their support of his candidacy. Only Gotland deviated from the norm at Monday's branch meetings. READ »

Momentum builds behind Björklund

Politics: 8 May 07
Momentum is building behind Schools Minister Jan Björklund to be the next leader of the Liberal Party, succeeding Lars Leijonborg. Several local party districts have now declared for Björklund. READ »

Top businesswoman 'should lead Liberals'

Politics: 4 May 07
She's been named by Forbes as one of the hundred most powerful women in the world. Now businesswoman Antonia Ax:son Johnson has been put forward as leader of the Liberal Party. READ »

Convictions in Liberal spying case

Politics: 27 Apr 07
Three people have been convicted over attempts by Liberal Party officials to access the Social Democrats' internal computer network. A further three were cleared, including former party secretary Johan Jakobsson. READ »

Imams must wait for Swedish education

Society: 24 Apr 07
Sweden's education minister wants to wait until Muslim organizations have reached full agreement before introducing a national education programme for trainee imams. READ »

Malmström 'not interested' in Liberal Party leadership

Politics: 24 Apr 07
Cecilia Malmström has ruled herself out as a candidate to succeed Lars Leijonborg as leader of the Liberal Party. Leijonborg resigned on Monday after ten years in charge. READ »

Reinfeldt praises Leijonborg after resignation

Politics: 23 Apr 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said he is sad that Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg has resigned, but added that he hoped he would stay on as education minister. Maud Olofsson and Göran Hägglund also praised his contribution. READ »

Leijonborg quits as Liberal leader

Politics: 23 Apr 07
Lars Leijonborg is to resign as Liberal Party leader at the party's conference in September, after ten years in the job. His leadership has come under attack from within the party over recent months. READ »

Stockholm Liberals 'want to sack Leijonborg'

Politics: 23 Apr 07
The Liberal Party looks set to come one step closer to ejecting leader Lars Leijonborg. The party's Stockholm district is reportedly set to withdraw its support for the veteran leader. READ »

Reinfeldt: I will not meet Sweden Democrats

Politics: 21 Apr 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt has said he will not debate with Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson. He should not be given one millimetre more publicity, the prime minister said. READ »

Liberals put more pressure on Leijonborg

Politics: 13 Apr 07
Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg is coming under renewed pressure from members of his own party, with a second party district calling on him to resign. READ »

Liberal Party spying scandal goes to court

Politics: 9 Apr 07
Those involved in the Liberal Party's pre-election spying scandal have their first day in court on Tuesday. Can party leader Lars Leijonborg survive yet another bout of bad publicity? READ »

Top Liberal backtracks on Centre Party criticism

Politics: 6 Apr 07
The Centre Party is becoming far too 'new Liberal', warned the Liberals' own party secretary Erik Ullenhag in a recent, highly critical, opinion article. Now he has withdrawn his comments. READ »

Sweden signals radical shift in integration policy

Politics: 6 Apr 07
Three ministers have indicated that newly arrived immigrants and asylum seekers will no longer be free to live where they want. Instead they are to be placed in areas where there are jobs. READ »

Wealth tax abolition widely welcomed

Politics: 28 Mar 07
The move to get rid of wealth tax has been widely welcomed in political and business circles. But union movement LO has said it is "unacceptable" that pension savers will have to pay the price. READ »

Sweden to abolish wealth tax

National: 28 Mar 07
Wealth tax will disappear this year, the leaders of the governing Alliance parties have promised in a surprise move. READ »

Government advertises jobs in newspapers

Politics: 15 Mar 07
In a tentative first step towards relinquishing the power of appointment, the government has placed job ads for top public sector posts in two major newspapers. READ »

Leijonborg adds value to languages and maths

Politics: 21 Feb 07
Education minister Lars Leijonborg wants languages and maths to be worth more than wine studies and manicure courses to college applicants. READ »

Leijonborg calls for transformation of Swedish media

National: 23 Jan 07
Press subsidies should be scrapped, advertising tax should be abolished, and a new national radio news channel should be started, Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg has said. READ »

Politicians call for foreign language classroom ban

National: 2 Jan 07
Two local Liberal Party politicians want to ban the use of languages other than Swedish in Malmö schools. MP Allan Widman points to the city's "very unique situation". READ »

Genius meets royalty on Nobel Day

Science & Technology: 10 Dec 06
Sunday saw the Swedish party of the year: the Nobel banquet. And as usual, genius and royalty took centre stage at the Stockholm celebrations. READ »

Kisses for Fuglesang as Shuttle lift-off looms

Science & Technology: 7 Dec 06
Sweden is crossing its fingers as the country's first astronaut prepares to head into space. Christer Fuglesang has said his family goodbyes, and is now fully focused on the mission ahead. READ »

Liberals publish spy investigation

Politics: 13 Nov 06
Sweden's Liberal Party has published the findings of its internal investigation into the party's unauthorized access to the Social Democrats' internal computer network. READ »

Universities oppose fees for international students

Society: 27 Oct 06
A proposal to charge students from countries outside Europe who want to study at Swedish universities has been met with caution by the higher education establishment. READ »

Liberal spying investigation complete

Politics: 26 Oct 06
Prosecutors in Stockholm have said they may pursue cases against six current and former officials from the Liberal Party, who are accused of spying on the Social Democrats' internal network. READ »

Liberals aim for recovery with new secretary

Politics: 10 Oct 06
In a move being interpreted as an attempt to rediscover its social-liberal roots, Sweden's Liberal Party on Tuesday appointed Erik Ullenhag as its new party secretary. READ »

Party leaders rejected foreign post

Politics: 7 Oct 06
The appointment of Carl Bildt as foreign minister may have been seen by many as a masterstroke by Fredrik Reinfeldt - but he was not the new prime minister's first choice, it has emerged. READ »

Carl Bildt Sweden's new Foreign Minister

Politics: 6 Oct 06
Former prime minister Carl Bildt has been named Foreign Minister in the new government presented by Fredrik Reinfeldt. Ten of the 21 new ministers are women, and nine ministers are Moderates. READ »

Leijonborg denies bribe claims

Politics: 25 Sep 06
Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg has denied that his party tried to bribe former press secretary Per Jodenius to keep quiet over how much he knew about attempts to spy on Social Democrats. READ »

Liberal secretary "acted alone" over computer scandal

Politics: 25 Sep 06
Johan Jakobsson, the Liberal party's former secretary, says that no other senior members of the party knew of the unauthorised access to the Social Democrats' computer network. READ »

Ulvskog regrets rapist outburst

Politics: 23 Sep 06
The Social Democrats' party secretary Marita Ulvskog has said that she regrets comparing Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg to a rapist before last weekend's election. READ »

Alliance leaders discuss new government

Politics: 18 Sep 06
Fredrik Reinfeldt is expected to meet speaker Björn von Sydow on Tuesday to be asked to form a government. The Alliance leaders have been meeting to discuss how to deal out ministerial jobs. READ »

Alliance leaders gather to celebrate

Politics: 18 Sep 06
To cheers of "the Alliance, the Alliance", the four leaders of Sweden's new governing parties took to the stage at the Moderates' election party. "Tomorrow we start building a new Sweden," says Reinfeldt. READ »

Campaigning Alliance breaks with tradition

Politics: 17 Sep 06
The four leaders of the opposition Alliance party went against tradition on Sunday as they took to the streets of Stockholm to hand out flowers to voters. Fredrik Reinfeldt says he's taking nothing for granted. READ »

Leijonborg - this won't slip through our fingers

Politics: 16 Sep 06
Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg says his party has been cast between hope and despair, and notes that the election is closer than any for generations. He also accused the Social Democrats of exploiting the network scandal. READ »

Leaders in final plea to voters

Politics: 16 Sep 06
The leaders of Sweden's main parties crossed swords in a final televised debate, as they tried to persuade floating voters to tip Sunday's election in their favour. Once again, jobs dominated. READ »

Persson gets thumbs down after debate

Politics: 15 Sep 06
Thursday's penultimate party leader debate sees an irritable Göran Persson accusing the Alliance of "unpleasant right-wing policies". Friday's papers were not impressed. READ »

Leijonborg 'knew nothing' about network scandal

Politics: 13 Sep 06
The man at the centre of the row over the Liberal Party's unauthorized logins into the Social Democrats' computer network has said party leader Lars Leijonborg did not know about the spying. READ »

Journalist suspected over scandal

Politics: 8 Sep 06
A journalist from tabloid Expressen has been officially named a suspect in the scandal over unauthorized attempts to log in to the Social Democrats' computer network. READ »

Leijonborg fights to win confidence

Politics: 8 Sep 06
Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg faced a grilling following the party's week of scandal. He asked Sweden for forgiveness but maintained he knew nothing about the unauthorized logins to the Social Democrats' network. READ »

Leijonborg's evening of destiny

Politics: 7 Sep 06
Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg reckons he got lucky when he was picked to be the last of Swedish Television's pre-election leader interviews. On Thursday evening he has the chance to save his shattered party. READ »

Reinfeldt tells Ulvskog to stop

Politics: 6 Sep 06
Moderates leader Fredrik Reinfeldt speaks out for the first time about the Liberal computer scandal. It's serious, he says, but slams Marita Ulvskog for comparing Lars Leijonborg to a rapist. READ »

Ulvskog compares Leijonborg to rapist

Politics: 6 Sep 06
Marita Ulvskog, party secretary for the Social Democrats, said Lars Leijonborg is "acting like a rapist who blames the victim." Feminist Initiative spokeswoman Gudrun Schyman criticizes her choice of words. READ »

Leijonborg faces questions over scandal

Politics: 6 Sep 06
Lars Leijonborg must take responsibility for the Liberal Party's violation of the Social Democrats' internal computer network, says Social Democrat party secretary Marita Ulvskog. READ »

Liberal party secretary resigns

Politics: 5 Sep 06
The woes of the Liberals grow, as party secretary Johan Jakobsson becomes the latest victim of the scandal surrounding unauthorized entry into the Social Democrats' network. READ »

Press chief dragged into Liberal scandal

Politics: 5 Sep 06
The Liberal Party's top press officer is now the subject of a criminal investigation over the use of log-in details to gain unauthorized access to the Social Democrats' computer network. READ »

Persson 'disgusted' by Liberal violation

Politics: 5 Sep 06
Prime minister Göran Persson has said he is 'disgusted' by the attempts of people within the Liberal Party youth movement to access the Social Democrats' internal computer network. READ »

Press officer behind Liberals' computer scandal

Politics: 4 Sep 06
The Young Liberals employee who admitted to gaining unauthorized access to the Social Democrats' internal computer network was the organisation's press officer, Per Jodenius, it has emerged. READ »

Alliance agrees on family platform

Politics: 30 Aug 06
People who want to stay home longer with their children will get more support from the state, in a new agreement from the Alliance launched on Wednesday. READ »

"Integration contract" for new refugees

Politics: 26 Aug 06
Newly refugees will have to sign a personal contract establishing their rights and responsibilities, says integration minister Jens Orback. And if they don't learn Swedish, they won't get paid. READ »

Social Democrats plan new job schemes

Politics: 24 Aug 06
Swedish finance minister Pär Nuder has said the government will create more places on job seeker courses and subsidize more jobs, as part of efforts to tackle unemployment. READ »

Leijonborg: no more religious schools

Politics: 20 Aug 06
With less than a month to go before the election, the leader of the Liberal Party, Lars Leijonborg, has repeated his demand that no new independent religious schools be opened in Sweden. READ »

Liberals: fight needed on organized crime

Politics: 18 Aug 06
The Liberal Party has called for more to be done to cut off the finances of organized criminal gangs. Leader Lars Leijonborg also called for stiffer penalties for those involved in organized crime. READ »

Alliance leaders scorn Social Democrat manifesto

Politics: 18 Aug 06
Poll: Alliance lead extended
The four leaders of the opposition Alliance have criticised the lack of job creation initiatives in the Social Democrats' manifesto. READ »

Ohly: government must stop following US policy

Politics: 13 Aug 06
The leader of Sweden's Left Party, Lars Ohly, fiercely attacked the government's foreign and criminal justice policies in a summer speech at the launch of his party's election campaign on Sunday. READ »

Alliance: employment service politicized

Society: 9 Aug 06
The Swedish employment service manipulates jobless figures to make unemployment look lower, the Alliance says. We've always done it this way, replies employment Minister Hans Karlsson. READ »

The Alliance: putting faith in unity

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Aug 06
By the end of September, the four parties of the Alliance could well be ruling Sweden. But how can they ensure success, and how will they govern together if they win? David Stavrou finds out. READ »

Hägglund booed at Pride festival

Society: 5 Aug 06
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund was jeered as party leaders answered questions at Stockholm Pride gay festival. I'm not going to change my message just because I'm here, he said. READ »

Leijonborg: Reinfeldt's our man

Politics: 23 Jul 06
Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg has confirmed that Fredrik Reinfeldt is the "obvious candidate" to be prime minister if the Alliance forms a government after the election. READ »

Swedish politicians pray for victory

Politics: 21 Jul 06
The leaders of all of Sweden's major parties are heading to Öland on Friday to face questioning from a leading Swedish evangelist. The politicians are also set to sing hymns and join in prayers. READ »

Phophorous 'could be banned from detergents'

National: 4 Jul 06
With the Baltic Sea in an ever more parlous state, Sweden's environment minister promises to look into banning the use of phosphorous in washing powders. READ »

Sweden's leaders set for intense week on Gotland

Politics: 3 Jul 06
Göran Persson has kicked off the annual Almedalen political fest on Gotland saying that the Alliance has made a "terrible mistake" by focusing on cuts in unemployment and sick benefits. READ »

Liberal support weakens

Politics: 18 Jun 06
Support for the Liberal Party has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since May, according to a new poll. READ »

Alliance agrees to keep nuclear

Politics: 14 Jun 06
The opposition Alliance has said it will increase the effect of remaining nuclear power stations, but will not build any new stations or reopen closed plants, in a joint statement on Wednesday. READ »

Liberals drop nuclear demand

Politics: 9 Jun 06
An Alliance deal over energy policy came one step closer on Friday after the Liberal Party dropped its demand for new nuclear power stations to be built during the next parliament. READ »

Leaders face Sweden's youth

Politics: 23 May 06
The Centre Party's proposal to tackle youth unemployment by making it easier to fire young people was rejected by the other Alliance parties in a televised debate in front of a youthful audience. READ »

Liberals slammed over Danielsson affair rumours

Politics: 18 May 06
Two Liberal politicians spread rumours on the Internet that Lars Danielsson had lied about his actions on the day of the tsunami in order to cover up an affair. This is incredibly serious, says Marita Ulvskog. READ »

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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

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Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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