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Billström sparks 'blonde, blue-eyed' outrage

Politics: 18 Mar 13
Migration Minister Tobias Billström unleashed a storm of criticism on Monday with comments that people who help illegal immigrants in Sweden are rarely "blonde and blue-eyed". READ »

Publicist replaces Sabuni as equality minister

Politics: 21 Jan 13
Following Equality Minister Nyamko Sabuni's quick retreat, the government announced that her top aide, Maria Arnholm, who has a history in PR and marketing, would take over. READ »

New citizens should all speak Swedish: expert

Politics: 14 Nov 12
Sweden needs to introduce language and cultural knowledge requirements for would-be Swedish citizens, according to one political scientist at an expert panel in Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Man freed after attack on PM's bodyguard

Society: 8 Nov 12
The Brazilian tourist who attacked a bodyguard outside the offices of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in August has been released and deported after being declared fit after a week at a secure psychiatric unit in Sweden. READ »

Threats against ministers reason for upped security

Politics: 19 Oct 12
Threats received by a man in his thirties against several ministers are believed to be behind the heightened security at the government offices, according to reports. READ »

'I wanted to kill the king': bodyguard attacker

Society: 28 Sep 12
A tourist from Brazil has spoken out after he attacked a security guard in Stockholm in early August, in what he revealed was a “crazy” attempt to steal the guard’s gun and kill the king of Sweden. READ »

Man with knife attacked Reinfeldt bodyguard

National: 21 Sep 12
A 24-year-old man armed with a knife attacked a bodyguard outside the government offices of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt at Rosenbad in central Stockholm, saying he wanted to kill King Carl XVI Gustaf. READ »

Swedish military readies to protect Reinfeldt

Politics: 12 Sep 12
The Swedish government has upped security for the government buildings at Rosenbad in Stockholm and soldiers are getting ready to protect the government offices against potential terrorist attacks or war. READ »

Random woman attends Swedish ministerial meal

National: 25 Apr 12
A 67-year-old Swedish woman with the same name as a former government minister caused a stir recently when the unknown retiree turned up as an invited guest at a formal government dinner. READ »

British PM in Sweden to discuss women and work

Politics: 8 Feb 12
David Cameron joined Fredrik Reinfeldt and other heads of government from northern Europe who have gathered in Stockholm to discuss common future challenges at the Northern Future Forum. READ »

Reinfeldt sends lost teddy bear 'home' to Belgium

Society: 18 Oct 11
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt brought a new dimension to Swedish foreign policy recently when he sent a stray teddy bear back to its young owner in Belgium. READ »

Bomb scare empties government offices

National: 13 Oct 11
Parts of Sweden's government offices at Rosenbad in Stockholm were evacuated on Thursday morning following the discovery of two suspicious packages, one of which was reportedly a gift from Uruguay's visiting president. READ »

Stockholm security hiked after Norway attacks

National: 25 Jul 11
Stockholm police have increased their monitoring of key spots in the capital following Friday's twin terror attacks in Norway, according to security police. READ »

"Our thoughts are with Norway": Reinfeldt

National: 23 Jul 11
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt held a press conference on Saturday, commenting on yesterday's attacks in Norway. READ »

Borg: economy will continue to strengthen

Politics: 5 Aug 10
The Swedish economy will continue to strengthen in coming months, Finance Minister Anders Borg has said. But he also warned that there remained risks to global economic stability. READ »

Left coalition partners in show of conference unity

Politics: 1 Nov 09
The Social Democrats welcomed their centre-left coalition partners, the Green and Left parties, to their ongoing conference on Sunday - the first time outside parties have taken part. READ »

Bodström reported over CIA terror deportations

National: 19 Jan 09
Former justice minister Thomas Bodström and former prime minister Göran Persson have been reported to the Riksdag's constitutional committee after new details emerged over the expulsion of two terror suspects from Sweden to Egypt in 2001. READ »

Sweden pressured in 2001 terror case: report

National: 19 Jan 09
Fresh details have surfaced about the deportation of two terror suspects from Sweden to Egypt in December 2001, including allegations of US pressure and the role of former foreign minister Anna Lindh, following the release a new book on Monday. READ »

Reinfeldt meets Rice as Iraq talks begin

Politics: 29 May 08
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday morning prior to the beginning of an international conference on Iraq. READ »

Muslim ambassadors 'made no demands'

Politics: 7 Sep 07
Sweden's prime minister met on Friday with ambassadors from 22 Muslim countries for talks surrounding the publication in a Swedish newspaper of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad. READ »

Sweden and US in climate change deal

Politics: 28 Jun 07
Top level representatives from the Swedish and US governments met on Thursday to sign a cooperation agreement on the 'one big thing' - climate change. Volvo also committed to an environmental project partly funded by the two governments. READ »

Danielsson tsunami story contradicted by tapes

National: 9 Jun 07
Back-up tapes investigated by a Commission into the Swedish government's handling of the tsunami crisis once again call into question the story given by the most senior aide to the then Prime Minister Göran Persson. READ »

Catastrophe Commission looks to security guards

Politics: 21 Mar 07
Security guards at government offices have been given permission to break their vow of professional silence to speak out about the the period surrounding the tsunami crisis in 2004. READ »

Reinfeldt to move in to official residence

Politics: 29 Jan 07
Fredrik and Filippa Reinfeldt and their three children will soon be leaving suburbia for the official prime ministerial residence at The Sager House in central Stockholm. READ »

Tsunami tapes expose Danielsson contradictions

Politics: 29 Jan 07
New information has emerged that contradicts Lars Danielsson's account of the government's handling of the tsunami crisis. READ »

Persson government reported over tsunami emails

Politics: 14 Jan 07
Someone made sure that emails sent from Government Offices in the aftermath of the tsunami were not revealed to the catastrophe committee. A further inquiry hopes to establish who and why. READ »

Unemployment fund row escalates

Politics: 27 Dec 06
Sweden's main opposition party has reported the government to the Constitution Committee for its proposed changes to the a-kassa unemployment funds, which would see charges rise and payments fall. READ »

Tsunami email backups found in government drawer

National: 13 Oct 06
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced at a hastily-arranged press conference on Friday that tapes containing details of emails sent after the tsunami have been found in the Government Offices. READ »

Minister who skipped nanny's tax 'earned millions'

Politics: 10 Oct 06
Trade minister Maria Borelius, who claimed that she 'couldn't afford' to pay employer fees for her nanny during the nineties, had a joint income with her husband of 17 million kronor during the decade. 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 »

The Social Democrats' dilemma

Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 06
The economy is growing well, official unemployment is falling, and the welfare state is still supported by most Swedes. Are Social Democrats a victim of their own success, asks David Stavrou. READ »

Persson aide 'takes time out'

Politics: 19 May 06
After a week in the media spotlight over his whereabouts on the day of the southeast Asian tsunami, the prime minister's state secretary Lars Danielsson is to take 'time out'. READ »

Persson aide may sue over affair rumours

Politics: 19 May 06
Lars Danielsson has said he could sue over allegations that he lied about his whereabouts on the day of the tsunami to cover up an affair. READ »

Danielsson: I was at the office on tsunami day

Politics: 12 May 06
Lars Danielsson, Göran Persson's closest advisor, has insisted he was at Swedish government HQ on the day the tsunami struck South Asia. His evidence comes in interviews released on Friday. READ »

Jan Eliasson Sweden's new foreign minister

Politics: 27 Mar 06
President of the UN General Assembly Jan Eliasson has been named as Sweden's new foreign minister. The announcement was made by Göran Persson at a press conference at Rosenbad on Monday morning. READ »

Freivalds quits

Politics: 21 Mar 06
ANALYSIS: WHY FREIVALDS HAD TO GO
Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds has resigned, said Prime Minister Göran Persson at a press conference at Rosenbad on Tuesday morning. She said the situation was "damaging to the government, to the party and to the foreign ministry". READ »

?Nazi? terror suspects deny plot

National: 11 Jan 05
Four people accused of a right-wing terror plot throw accusations at each other as their trial opens in Västerås. And one defendant claims that he didn’t know that a photo he had taken was of Göran Persson’s home. READ »

Over 100 Swedish children confirmed missing

National: 5 Jan 05
Police announce that over 100 of more than 700 Swedes confirmed missing are under the age of 20. And with another 1201 Swedes whose whereabouts are unknown, the country comes to a standstill for three minutes silence in honour of all of the victims of Asia's tsunami catastrophe. READ »

Persson: "The worst catastrophe of our time"

National: 29 Dec 04
The Prime Minister declares New Year's Day a national day of mourning and warns that the death toll "will increase significantly". READ »

Sweden reacts to Bush victory: Jaaaaaaaa...

Politics: 5 Nov 04
It was a generally underwhelming response from Sweden's politicians and press to George W Bush's victory in this week's US election. Only the Greens, the Left and Aftonbladet got off the fence to say just how upset they were. READ »

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