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February 15, 2012
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Anti-surveillance demonstrators hold Stockholm rally
Society: 3 Jul 08
A large crowd gathered in central Stockholm on Thursday afternoon to demonstrate against Sweden's controversial new surveillance law.
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Papers shoot down proposed Gripen sale to Norway
Analysis & Opinion: 2 May 08
David Landes reviews how Sweden’s newspapers reacted to plans for selling upgraded Saab Gripen combat planes to Norway.
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State job appointments shrouded in secrecy
Politics: 27 Apr 08
The government has been accused of a lack of transparency when filling top state jobs. Only one in three appointments have been advertised since the Alliance parties took office.
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Government recruitment shrouded in secrecy
Politics: 28 Feb 08
Mats Odell admits the government has failed in its commitment to adopt an open appointment process when recruiting top-level civil servants.
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Odenberg only candidate for energy agency post
Politics: 22 Feb 08
A consultant hired to find a new director for the state electricity utility had only one name from which to choose.
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Former defence minister to lead state electricity utility
Business & Money: 7 Feb 08
Mikael Odenberg will take over as director general of Svenska Kraftnät.
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Sweden should participate in EU defence forces - poll
Politics: 19 Jan 08
A new study shows Swedes increasingly uncertain about Sweden's military.
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Support for Reinfeldt continues to slide
Politics: 10 Nov 07
As personnel problems continue to beset his government, prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will be unsurprised to learn that Swedish voters are losing faith in his leadership.
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Gay marriage and defence in focus at Moderate conference
Politics: 25 Oct 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt's Moderate Party starts its annual conference on Thursday with a mountain to climb if it is to recover the poll rating it enjoyed when it was elected just over a year ago.
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Reinfeldt presents new trade minister
Politics: 12 Sep 07
She owns a pink Porsche, was caught speeding during the summer and has dumped illegal quantities of soil outside her new house. Fredrik Reinfeldt presents... Sweden's new trade minister, Ewa Björling.
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Reinfeldt: cuts will affect arms industry
Politics: 10 Sep 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt could provide little comfort to protesting shipbuilders during a visit to the southern naval port of Karlskrona. The workers fear the latest round of defence cuts threaten their jobs.
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Papers question Reinfeldt's leadership
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 07
Leader writers in Swedish newspapers have been questioning Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's abilities as a leader, following the resignation on Wednesday of Defence Minister Mikael Odenberg.
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New defence minister refused to bear arms
National: 5 Sep 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has promoted Trade Minister Sten Tolgfors as defence minister. He rejected outgoing defence minister Mikael Odenberg's criticism of military budget cuts: "We don't reach the same conclusions," he said.
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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.
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Swedish defence Minister resigns over cuts
Politics: 5 Sep 07
Defence Minister Mikael Odenberg has resigned in protest at government defence cuts. "I want to be able to face myself in the mirror and look our military personnel in the eye," he tells journalists
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Sweden 'should deepen defence ties with Norway'
National: 31 Aug 07
Sweden plans to deepen defence cooperation with Nato member Norway. Military chiefs in both countries have proposed the idea, and have been supported by Sweden's defence minister, Mikael Odenberg.
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Government plans to scrap conscription
Politics: 30 Aug 07
The government is reportedly hatching plans to replace Sweden's 200-year-old conscription army with a professional force.
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Borg's defence cuts 'would be devastating'
National: 24 Jul 07
Finance minister Anders Borg's call for an annual four billion kronor cut in the Swedish defence budget would have "dramatic consequences" according to Supreme Commander Håkan Syrén.
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Security Service reports suspected spy
National: 15 May 07
The Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) plans to report to the public prosecutor a woman suspected of feeding sensitive information to a Serbian spy while she served in Sweden's Kosovo force.
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Peacetime conscription unnecessary - defence minister
National: 15 May 07
Defence Minister Mikael Odenberg has come down in favour of replacing Sweden's current system of military service with legislation that would enable wartime conscription. And it should apply to women too, he said.
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Thousands demonstrate against Nato in Gothenburg
National: 12 May 07
Several thousand people have marched through Gothenburg to protest against a major Nato naval exercise being carried out from the city's harbour. 'Hope you sink', said one banner.
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Sweden to invest billions in Gripen upgrade
Politics: 6 Apr 07
The government has earmarked 4.1 billion kronor for the upgrade of 31 JAS Gripen planes. The Green Party is concerned that the planes will be used in combat in Afghanistan.
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Olofsson claims Sweden has tapped phones 'for decades'
Politics: 9 Mar 07
Deputy prime minister Maud Olofsson has backed defence minister Mikael Odenberg's controversial surveillance bill. Sweden has tapped phones for decades, but without legal safeguards, she says.
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Controversial surveillance bill sent to parliament
National: 8 Mar 07
Defence minister Mikael Odenberg has angered many with his far-reaching wire-tapping proposal. On Thursday he sent the bill to parliament.
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'Big brother' surveillance makes waves in Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 07
A far-reaching wiretapping programme proposed by the government has stirred up a fiery debate, with critics decrying the creation of a 'big brother' state.
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Sweden edges closer to bugging
Politics: 9 Feb 07
Defence minister Mikael Odenberg can continue working on his bugging proposal after gaining crucial support from the Legislative Council.
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Bugging proposal 'enjoys support of government partners'
Politics: 24 Jan 07
Defence minister Mikael Odenberg is pressing on with plans to extend the powers of the National Defence Radio Establishment, best known for its work during the Cold War.
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Swedes favour more bugging
National: 12 Jan 07
Public bodies are queuing up to pan the defence minister Mikael Odenberg's plans to listen in on more phone calls and read more emails. But ordinary Swedes support the idea, a new poll shows.
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Flooding "not a catastrophe"
National: 14 Dec 06
Flooding in the Gothenburg area does present a difficult situation, defence minister Mikael Odenberg has said. He denied, however, that the situation was catastrophic.
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Sweden could join new Nato force
National: 2 Dec 06
Sweden could break with tradition and contribute to Nato's new rapid-reaction force, which was given the go-ahead at the Riga summit on Wednesday.
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Minister asked to explain taxi rides
Politics: 27 Nov 06
He took 200 taxi trips between the Riksdag and his apartment over an 18 month period – a trip that takes six minutes by metro. Now defence minister Mikael Odenberg has been asked for an explanation.
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Swedish security concern over Russian pipeline
National: 15 Nov 06
Plans by Russian oil giant Gazprom to build a pipeline across the Baltic Sea are causing worry across the political spectrum in Sweden. Defence minister Mikael Odenberg says the pipeline could be an intelligence platform.
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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.
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The Centre Party: Eager beavers bet on jobs
Analysis & Opinion: 16 Aug 06
They might have a homespun image, but the Centre Party has a hard-nosed view of how Sweden's economy needs to change. And economic spokesman Roger Tiefensee tells James Savage that the Alliance is focused on winning.
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Swedish finance minister delivers 'budget of reforms'
Politics: 18 Apr 06
An evidently satisfied Pär Nuder declares that things are improving for Sweden and promises a wave of reforms. But opposition politicians are far from satisfied, slamming the budget's lack of real structural changes.
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Alliance rows over Centre deal with SDP
Politics: 23 Mar 06
The Liberal Party had slammed its allies in the Centre Party for cooperating with the Social Democrats over energy policy. But Moderates say it's no big deal.
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Swedish opposition laments 'jobless growth'
Politics: 16 Mar 06
Sweden's finance minister, Pär Nuder, predicts strong growth for the next two years. "Unfortunately Sweden is the world leader in jobless growth," says the opposition.
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Moderates: investigate civil servants
Politics: 5 Dec 05
Senior civil servants' actions following the tsunami disaster could have amounted to misconduct. Leading Moderate Mikael Odenberg has asked the Prosector General to investigate.
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Lower taxes but higher fees in Alliance budget
Politics: 3 Oct 05
The 45 billion kronor tax cuts proposed by the centre-right opposition would be financed partly through higher fees for things like unemployment insurance. But most people would still be better off, the Alliance insists.
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Budget: Nuder spends to cut jobless figure
Politics: 20 Sep 05
Sweden's finance minister Pär Nuder said unemployment would fall modestly and GDP would increase in 2006. He promised to spend government money on fighting joblessness, and said government debt would increase.
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"Budget for the unemployed" disappoints unions
Politics: 15 Apr 05
Sweden's finance minister Pär Nuder delivers his first budget and it is focused firmly on creating new jobs in time for the 2006 election - but neither the unions nor the opposition parties are satisfied.
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Östros intends to hold on to state companies
Smörgåsbord: 17 Mar 05
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Sweden?s tax rates ?could get even higher?
Politics: 30 Jan 05
Swedes already face some of the highest taxes in the world, and the government says it will argue for even higher rates in future. Now even Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg is saying that a right-wing government should drop the idea of tax cuts.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
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 »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
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 »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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