May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Sifo":
Politics: 13 May 12
With 6.6 percent of voters backing them, the far-right Sweden Democrats have grown to be Sweden’s fourth-largest party, according to the latest poll from research institute Sifo.
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Science & Technology: 19 Apr 12
Interest among Swedish women in beauty-enhancing plastic surgery operations has ballooned dramatically in the last two years, especially among those aged 15-29.
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Politics: 15 Apr 12
The Social Democrats' recent dramatic rise in opinion polls has continued with the party climbing a further 3.1 percentage points to 36.8 percent according to the latest voter preference survey.
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Politics: 6 Apr 12
Spearheaded by an increasingly popular new leader, the Social Democrats have come out on top of a party preference survey for the first time since the 2010 general election.
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Politics: 18 Mar 12
The Red-Green opposition has claimed 50.1 percent of the vote in a new poll, with support for the government falling to 43 percent as the Social Democrats continue to recover under new leader Stefan Löfven.
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Science & Technology: 12 Mar 12
Three out of four Swedes say they don't know Twitter, a new survey has found, but many nevertheless believe the social media channel has a lot of influence in Swedish society.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Feb 12
As schools in Sweden look for new ways to tackle the problem of unruly students, one school has found success using methods normally employed on the football pitch, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Politics: 19 Feb 12
The Social Democrats' new leader Stefan Löfven has been a major lift for his party. In less than a month, support for the Social Democrats has grown by 4.6 percentage points, the newest opinion poll from polling firm Sifo shows.
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Society: 13 Feb 12
One in five Swedes believes that people rise from the grave after they've died, a new survey has shown.
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Politics: 22 Jan 12
As the Social Democrats begin the search for a new leader after Håkan Juholt's resignation, an opinion poll conducted prior to the dramatic events on Saturday show the party at its lowest ebb since the 1960s.
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National: 16 Jan 12
An increasing number of Swedes are worried about future terror attacks in the wake of the Stockholm suicide bombing and the Norway massacre on Utøya, a new survey has shown.
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Politics: 3 Jan 12
Sweden's Minister of Finance, Anders Borg, scored the highest in a recent poll when Swedes had their say on which ministers they like the best.
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Politics: 1 Jan 12
The support for Sweden's Social Democrats continue to plummet and in the first survey of the year they only received 25.3 percent of votes, a decline by 1.2 percentage points since the last survey.
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Politics: 18 Dec 11
Support for Sweden's Green Party rose to 12.3 percent, yet another record-high result, while the Social Democrats hit a new low in research institute Sifo's December poll.
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Politics: 13 Nov 11
The latest voters' poll shows support for the Social Democrats has risen by 1.9 percentage points while the Moderates dropped 2 percent.
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National: 23 Oct 11
The latest voter poll shows that support for the Social Democrats has dropped nearly 10 points over the past three weeks in the wake of party leader Håkan Juholt's accommodation subsidies scandal.
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Politics: 22 Oct 11
Voter confidence in Håkan Juholt is at an all-time low following the recent scandals and allegations over his personal finances.
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Business & Money: 29 Sep 11
Some 97 percent of Swedes did not find the picture on chocolate giant Fazer's “Kinapuffar” product offensive despite claims of racism, according to a recent survey carried out by market research company Sifo.
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Politics: 28 Sep 11
Only 20 percent of Swedes today would choose Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt as prime minister, while 59 percent would choose current prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, according to fresh figures.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Sep 11
As Swedish news outlets reassess their policies regarding online comments amid an ongoing debate about "internet hate", The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson argues that free speech is too important to be left to fend for itself in an online Wild West.
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National: 16 Sep 11
A naturalised Swedish citizen from Togo in western Africa, has been convicted of staging a coup against the regime there, leaving his family back in Örebro in central Sweden devastated with the surprise verdict.
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Business & Money: 26 Aug 11
People looking for a profession that will help boost their sex appeal among Swedes of both sexes would be well served to bone up on biology and anatomy, a new survey has revealed.
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Business & Money: 22 Jul 11
One in three Swedes will use apps in their mobile phones this summer, but the favourites differ depending on where you are in the country, according to a new survey mapping out Sweden’s top app choices.
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Politics: 30 May 11
Sweden's environment minister Andreas Carlgren has criticised Germany's decision to decommission its nuclear power stations by 2022 as "unrealistic", predicting that it will be forced to import nuclear power from EU partners.
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Politics: 19 May 11
Fewer Swedes support Swedish membership in NATO and roughly half are outright opposed to the idea, a new poll shows.
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Lifestyle: 10 May 11
If you’re looking to boost your Swedish sex appeal, The Local's Karen Holst explains why enrolling in a Swedish language course in Gothenburg may be the ticket to wooing that potential Swedish sweetheart.
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Politics: 3 May 11
As a county council election re-run nears in western Sweden, the Social Democrats are losing ground and the Red-Greens stand to surrender power, according to a new poll published on Tuesday.
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Society: 15 Apr 11
A recent survey shows that 22 percent of Swedes would be willing to part with one of their kidneys for in exchange for a hefty sum of money.
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Politics: 25 Mar 11
Mona Sahlin is set to open the Social Democrat extra congress on Friday, her last speech as chairperson of the party before handing over to new leader Håkan Juholt, as polls show the party remains far behind.
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Politics: 20 Mar 11
The decision to make Håkan Juholt new leader of the Social Democrats has still to prove it is the boost in popularity hoped for.
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Science & Technology: 19 Mar 11
The ongoing catastrophe at Fukushima nuclear power station in Japan has prompted renewed debate over nuclear power in Sweden, with a new poll indicating that a majority of Swedes are opposed to its expansion.
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Politics: 20 Feb 11
Sweden's Green Party dropped almost 3 percent in the latest Sifo opinion poll published on Sunday, although the gap between the blocs declined somewhat.
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Politics: 28 Dec 10
More than seven out of ten Swedes have high or very high confidence in Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, the highest rating since records began, while the Centre Party, an Alliance coalition partner, faltered in a new opinion poll.
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Business & Money: 17 Nov 10
A government inquiry has proposed that farm stores in Sweden be allowed to sell both locally produced and imported alcoholic products, while critics argue that the state-owned Systembolaget retail monopoly is at risk.
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Politics: 15 Nov 10
Two prominent Social Democrats announced they are not interested in replacing outgoing leader Mona Sahlin following her resignation on Sunday.
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Politics: 14 Nov 10
The Moderates are the largest parliamentary party in Sweden according to two new opinion surveys, as the Social Democrat youth organization called on party leader Mona Sahlin to resign.
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Politics: 11 Nov 10
Mona Sahlin’s demand for the Social Democratic leadership to resign received mixed reviews in Swedish newspapers on Thursday, while a new poll shows Sahlin isn’t the most popular Social Democrat.
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National: 4 Nov 10
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf on Thursday declined to answer questions about a controversial new biography that includes allegations of love affairs, wild parties with Swedish models and connections to the underworld.
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National: 1 Nov 10
After 10 years of retirement savings under the Premium Pension Authority, only one percent of Swedes are very satisfied with their savings, a survey has found, while investment returns this year have lagged.
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Politics: 28 Oct 10
Fredrik Reinfeldt has come out in support of the Moderate Party's new party secretary Sofia Arkelsten, while one in four voters think she should step down in the wake of revelations that she accepted several all-expenses paid trips.
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National: 20 Oct 10
The body of Kenneth Wallin, the 22-year-old Swedish soldier killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, returned home to Sweden on Tuesday evening, as further Swedes came under fire in the war-torn country.
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National: 19 Oct 10
The supreme commander of the Armed Forces stressed the importance of the troops' work in Afghanistan to Sweden's parliament on Tuesday as the loss of a soldier this weekend was mourned.
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Politics: 21 Sep 10
While party leaders entertain a possible tie-up between the Green Party and the centre-right Alliance, Green Party voters have rejected the idea, according to a new poll.
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National: 18 Sep 10
The centre-left Red-Greens succeeded in diminishing the government’s poll lead on Saturday, while the far-right Sweden Democrats appear poised to enter the Riksdag.
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Politics: 17 Sep 10
As Sweden's parliamentary party leaders prepare for the final televised debate on Sveriges Television on Friday, up to 1.4 million voters are reported to remain undecided ahead of Sunday's election.
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Politics: 14 Sep 10
Four out of ten Swedish voters would consider switching party allegiances and instead vote for a party which risks missing the threshold for parliamentary seats, according to a new survey.
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National: 12 Sep 10
The centre-right Alliance has extended its lead over the centre-left Red-Greens to almost ten percent with only a week to go before the Swedish general election, a new poll showed.
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Politics: 11 Sep 10
More than one million Swedish voters may yet change their allegiance on election day, according to a new poll, signaling that the battle for control of the Riksdag is far from over.
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Politics: 5 Sep 10
The Social Democrats have posted their worst poll result in 13 years just two weeks before Swedes head to the polls.
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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.
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Politics: 23 Aug 10
A poll published Monday, less than a month before the Swedish general election, showed that nearly two-thirds of Swedes support Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to lead the next government.
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Politics: 22 Aug 10
Sweden's four-party centre-right Alliance would achieve an outright majority if a general election were held today, according to pollster Sifo's third August survey.
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Politics: 18 Aug 10
The centre-left coalition has announced an agreement over property taxes, claiming that only one percent of Sweden's house owners will see their taxes climb if the Red-Greens win the election.
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Politics: 16 Aug 10
With 35 days to go before Sweden votes in a general election the Alliance coalition retained its slim lead over the Red-Green opposition, a new poll shows. The far-right Sweden Democrats would meanwhile claim seats in parliament.
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Politics: 8 Aug 10
With a general election just six weeks away, Sweden’s four-party Alliance has opened up a 3.3 percentage point lead over the Red-Green opposition in a new poll.
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National: 22 Jul 10
An increasing number of Swedes are optimistic about the economy, according to a new SIFO poll.
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Politics: 13 Jul 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's popularity has dipped as a result of the resignation of employment minister Sven Otto Littorin amid allegations that he bought sex in 2006, two new surveys shows.
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Politics: 30 Jun 10
A clear majority of voters aged 18 to 29-years-old support the red-green opposition coalition ahead of the autumn election, a new survey shows.
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Politics: 13 Jun 10
Sweden's Moderates have overtaken the Social Democrats as the country's largest party, according to a new Sifo poll which shows the government coalition nosing ahead of the opposition.
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Politics: 24 May 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats continued their slide in a new voter poll and are now well below the threshold for parliamentary seats, the centre-left meanwhile increased their lead over the centre-right.
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Politics: 21 May 10
The Swedish electorate have significantly more faith in the centre-right government to handle an economic crisis than the centre-left opposition, a new Sifo survey shows.
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Business & Money: 21 May 10
Swedish telecom firm TeliaSonera has announced its intention to appeal to the Supreme Court an anti-piracy law ruling ordering the firm to hand over the names and addresses of people behind a file sharing website.
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Business & Money: 18 May 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom giant TeliaSonera has been instructed by the appeals court to hand over the names and addresses of people behind a filesharing website in a landmark anti-piracy law ruling.
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Politics: 17 May 10
The gap between the two political blocs in Sweden closed to 3.1 percent (3.5) in the May voter poll by Sifo, while the far-right Sweden Democrats, the Left Party, and the Christian Democrats also showed steep declines.
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Politics: 23 Apr 10
Almost a fifth of the Swedish electorate could envisage switching sides in the September general election, a new survey shows, with the Green and Moderate parties the most likely beneficiaries.
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Politics: 18 Apr 10
Sweden's Pirate Party is shedding members rapidly as enthusiasts who signed up in conjunction with last year's high profile Pirate Bay case fail to renew their membership.
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Politics: 18 Apr 10
With the general election just five months away, Sweden's centre-right coalition government has closed the gap on the left-green opposition to 3.5 percentage points, according to a new opinion poll.
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Society: 16 Apr 10
Swedes are increasingly using electricity to fuel their chemistry as 23 percent of respondents in a survey report finding love online.
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National: 4 Apr 10
The Swedish state should focus on developing new investment funds for venture capital as well as seeking out international and national capital investment, according to a proposal published this week in Dagens Nyheter newspaper.
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National: 1 Apr 10
A year after the adoption of Sweden's IPRED anti-piracy legislation, new figures show that file sharing is growing in popularity, internet traffic has rebounded strongly, and only a small handful of cases have been brought before the courts.
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Business & Money: 19 Mar 10
Swedish firms have started to ease restrictions on advertising budgets, with new figures indicating an 18 percent hike in spending during the first two months of 2010.
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National: 9 Feb 10
Three men have been arrested in Afghanistan on suspicion of being connected to the the death of Swedish soldiers Johan Palmlöv and Gunnar Andersson near Mazar-e Sharif on Sunday.
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Politics: 24 Jan 10
Sweden's opposition has a strong lead at the start of the election year, according to a new poll which puts the left-green coalition more than ten percentage points ahead.
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National: 27 Dec 09
A majority of the Swedish population is positive about immigration, according to a new Sifo opinion poll. Members of the Left Party were the most positive, while Sweden Democrats were the most negative.
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National: 21 Dec 09
Every third Swedish driver occasionally reads or sends text messages while behind the wheel, according to new Sifo statistics. Experts say that texting can impair driving ability even more than extreme intoxication.
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Politics: 14 Dec 09
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has admitted he is concerned by poll results showing the opposition in a commanding lead over the centre-right coalition government.
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Politics: 13 Dec 09
Sweden’s three left-green opposition political parties have enough voter support to form their own majority, according to a new poll, which also shows the far-right Sweden Democrats with enough support to gain a spot in the Riksdag.
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National: 3 Dec 09
One in four Swedes is in favour of prohibiting the building of more minarets in the country, a new poll shows.
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Politics: 15 Nov 09
The far-right Sweden Democrats have gained a record 5.8 percent of voter sympathies in a new poll published on Sunday; the party is now bigger than both the Christian Democrat and Centre parties.
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Politics: 18 Oct 09
The opposition red-green coalition have the support of 49.2 percent of the Swedish electorate, an established lead over the governing Alliance on 44.4 percent, a new voter poll shows.
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National: 9 Oct 09
Half of the Swedish population plans to be vaccinated against the swine flu, while a third have decided against, according to a new survey. In August 70 percent confirmed that they planned to get the jab.
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Science & Technology: 30 Sep 09
Six months after the introduction of Sweden's controversial anti-piracy law, 11 percent of Swedes continue to download copyrighted material.
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Politics: 13 Sep 09
A year before the Swedish general election the opposition have a slight lead in the opinion polls, a new voter survey shows. Meanwhile Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt remains twice as popular as his main rival Mona Sahlin.
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Politics: 4 Sep 09
60 percent of Swedes expressed faith in Fredrik Reinfeldt as prime minister in a new voter survey. Opposition leader Mona Sahlin has the confidence of only 20 percent.
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Politics: 23 Aug 09
Sweden’s centre-left opposition parties maintain a slight lead over the governing Alliance parties, while the far-right Sweden Democrats have enough support to gain a seat in the Riksdag, according to a new poll.
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Society: 20 Jul 09
Holidaying Swedes are prepared to pay extra to offset their emissions when they travel, but are not prepared to go as far as to change their habits, a new survey shows.
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Politics: 14 Jun 09
The Pirate Party remains buoyant after its EU election success and could be on its way to claiming seats in the Swedish parliament, a new poll shows.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jun 09
If tech-savvy campaigning helped power Barack Obama to the White House, the election of Sweden's Pirate Party in Europe signals that internet and related privacy issues are political drivers for young voters, writes AFP's Marc Preel
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Politics: 5 Jun 09
The Pirate Party continues to gain ground in Swedish opinion polls ahead of Sunday’s EU-parliamentary elections.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week.
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Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda.
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National: 30 May 09
The Moderate party has dropped five percentage points to 22.6 percent, according to opinion polls on upcoming elections to the European Parliament conducted by Sifo since April.
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Politics: 23 May 09
One out of three Swedish voters is unsure how he or she will vote in the EU parliamentary elections in two weeks. The outcome is uncertain, according to a new opinion poll by Sifo and Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper.
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Politics: 17 May 09
The opposition has increased its lead over Sweden's Alliance government according to a new opinion poll by Sifo.
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National: 9 May 09
The Social Democratic Party and the Moderate Party both emerged clear leaders ahead of elections to the European Parliament in the latest Sifo opinion poll.
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National: 5 May 09
A 67-year-old man from Örebro in central Sweden is in prison in Togo in western Africa suspected of having helped plan a coup in his former homeland.
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Science & Technology: 30 Apr 09
A month into life under tougher anti-internet piracy measures, new statistics suggest that Swedes have abandoned their previous enthusiasm for internet file sharing.
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National: 19 Apr 09
Swedes in favour of joining the euro zone now outnumber those against, for the first time, a new survey indicates.
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Politics: 19 Apr 09
Sweden's Alliance government and opposition bloc share voter support, a new poll published on Sunday shows. A second poll suggested that the Alliance had extended its lead.
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Politics: 15 Apr 09
Healthcare is the only policy area that the Social Democrats and their fellow opposition parties would handle better than the current centre-right Alliance government, a new poll shows.
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