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Royal wedding fever hits Sweden

Society: 19 May 13
The Swedish royal family gathered in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm on Sunday for the publication of the banns of marriage ahead of the wedding of Princess Madeleine and her fiancé Christopher O'Neill. READ »

LinkedIn profile lands Swede with hefty tax bill

Business & Money: 17 May 13
A Swedish man is facing a five-million kronor ($750,000) add-on to his tax bill after the authorities took a proper look at his account on the professional networking site LinkedIn. READ »

Ten secrets to a smooth transition to Sweden

Society: 15 May 13
Moving to Sweden as a foreigner can leave even the toughest expats in bitter tears of frustration. But it doesn't have to be that way. British journalist and contributor Tatty Good reveals the secrets to a smooth transition. READ »

Lumberjack declared dead after 102 years

Society: 5 May 13
A Swedish man who was last heard of in April 1911 has been officially declared dead by Swedish authorities, over a century after sending his last letter home from across the Atlantic. READ »

Mystery explosion rocks Swedish tax office

National: 24 Apr 13
Police were called in when an explosion blew the door off a National Tax Agency office in southern Sweden on early Wednesday morning. READ »

Pirate Bay co-founder charged for hacker attack

Science & Technology: 16 Apr 13
Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was one of four people charged in Sweden on Tuesday on suspicions they hacked into several Swedish agencies and companies and attempted to transfer money out of the Nordea bank. READ »

Opposition: Alliance jobs policy 'doesn't work'

Business & Money: 4 Apr 13
The Social Democrat party's economic policy spokeswoman Magdalena Andersson lambasted the government's jobs policy on Thursday, as she addressed party members preparing to officially elect Stefan Löfven as their leader. READ »

Norwegian fury over Swedish tax mix-up

Business & Money: 3 Apr 13
Outraged Norwegian pensioners living in Sweden have reported the head of the Swedish Tax Agency to the police after being asked to repay four years' worth of taxes, claiming the agency gave them bad information. READ »

Sweden's tax hunt abroad yields 'record haul'

Business & Money: 13 Mar 13
Swedish tax authorities recovered a record high 800 million kronor ($125 million) owned on money moved abroad to avoid paying tax in Sweden, with funds sheltered in the UK yielding the biggest chunk of cash. READ »

'Undocumented migrants are not the problem'

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Feb 13
Hunting down undocumented immigrants like animals is immoral and a waste of police resources, argues socialist weekly Arbetaren’s editor-in-chief Daniel Wiklander. READ »

'Supersite' stores all state's mail to Swedes

Science & Technology: 11 Feb 13
The Swedish state has launched a new website that collects and stores all correspondence between citizens and public authorities in a bid to cut costs. READ »

Politician got benefits for son working abroad

Business & Money: 4 Feb 13
The Swedish police are looking into whether a Swedish municipal politician committed benefit fraud by paying his sons to be his personal assistants when one of them was studying abroad. READ »

Two arrested for selling residence permits

National: 29 Jan 13
Two Migration Board employees in Malmö were arrested on Tuesday morning on suspicions they sold residence permits to asylum seekers. READ »

Swedish mob gets 'savvy' as pressure mounts

National: 7 Jan 13
Criminal networks are increasingly savvy when hiding their money trail, according to Swedish tax authorities, who have employed the Al Capone model to go after gangsters' assets. READ »

The Local's guide to moving in Sweden

Lifestyle: 14 Dec 12
There are lots of things to keep track of when you move home. The Local has teamed up with our friends at Adressändring to provide you with a guide to the most important things to think about. READ »

Authorities scramble to kill off fictional Swede

Society: 11 Dec 12
The Swedish Tax Agency scrambled this week to block a personal identification number, linked to Wednesday's date, which could have given a newborn boy a health record that included a pregnancy and prostate cancer at the same time. READ »

'Taxfree bartender' stirs Swedish class debate

Politics: 28 Nov 12
A Stockholm party planner who offered a tax deduction to customers hiring a bartender has fuelled a raging debate about a tax reform originally meant to ease the burden of working families. READ »

Stripper slammed for cheating tax authority

Society: 30 Oct 12
A woman from southern Sweden has been sentenced to community service after having made some 1.5 million kronor ($224,000) from internet striptease shows without paying any tax. READ »

Sweden gets tough on millionaire tax dodgers

Business & Money: 6 Oct 12
Wealthy Swedes stashing away fortunes in tax havens are increasingly being caught thanks to information exchange agreements between Sweden and countries like Switzerland and Luxembourg. READ »

Swedish police raid Stockholm web host

Science & Technology: 2 Oct 12
Swedish police on Monday raided Stockholm-based web hosting company PRQ – previous hosts to The Pirate Bay and whistle-blowing site WikiLeaks. READ »

Pirate Bay financier files for bankruptcy

Science & Technology: 19 Sep 12
Pirate Bay financier and Swedish crispbread heir Carl Lundström, one of four men convicted of facilitating copyright violations for their role in operating the popular filesharing site, has filed for personal bankruptcy. READ »

Pirate Bay co-founder remanded into custody

Science & Technology: 14 Sep 12
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been remanded into custody on suspicion of hacking into a Swedish IT security company and accessing confidential information from the Swedish Tax Authority. READ »

Pirate Bay founder held in new hacking probe

Science & Technology: 11 Sep 12
Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, who faces a year-long prison sentence for promoting copyright infringement, was detained on new computer hacking suspicions when he landed in Sweden on Tuesday morning. READ »

Foundation head held tax-funded birthday party

Business & Money: 21 Aug 12
The head of Sweden’s Knowledge Foundation, has come under fire amid reports that she spent over 100,000 kronor ($15,000) of research money on lavish fiftieth birthday celebrations in November. READ »

Sweden to offer prostitutes sick pay

Society: 5 Jul 12
Prostitutes in Sweden who pay taxes should have the right to sick pay, according to new guidelines being drawn up by the National Social Insurance Agency. READ »

Swedes have 'little faith' in jobs agency: survey

Business & Money: 2 Jul 12
Swedes have a low-level of confidence in the agency tasked with helping their out of work compatriots find jobs, according to a new survey. READ »

'Give foreign PhDs a clear path to residency in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 16 May 12
Sweden needs to change rules that strip foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH). READ »

Swedes given last-minute tax filing reprieve

Politics: 2 May 12
Last-minute tax filers in Sweden were given a short reprieve on Wednesday after the country's tax authorities extended the 2012 filing deadline due to a technical glitch. READ »

Riksdag move to fight Stockholm taxi-fare battle

Business & Money: 27 Apr 12
After increased discussions about the problem with taxi drivers in Stockholm, the parliament decided Wednesday to begin taking steps towards regulating the city’s taxi service. READ »

87-year-old woman discovers she is 'dead'

Society: 29 Mar 12
An "active" 87-year-old woman from western Sweden was gobsmacked recently when she received a letter informing her of her own death. READ »

Tax agency targeted in 'serious' hacker attack

National: 29 Mar 12
Personal details of thousands of Swedes, including those with protected identities, may have been accessed in a hacker attack targeting an IT-firm supplying services to the Swedish Tax Agency. READ »

Princess Estelle skirts Swedish naming laws

Society: 24 Mar 12
Princess Estelle's surname, or rather lack of one, has become a matter for the Parliamentary Ombudsman after the Swedish Tax Agency was reported for allowing Sweden's Royal Family to skirt the country's naming laws. READ »

Swedish court disallows teen's Sharia marriage

National: 15 Mar 12
A Swedish court has ruled that a 17-year-old girl's marriage by a Sharia court in the West Bank is invalid in Sweden, overturning a lower court's decision. READ »

Dead Swedes face burial against families' wishes

Business & Money: 5 Mar 12
Twelve dead Swedes who have spent several years in the deep freeze, pending the legalisation of an “environmentally friendly” burial procedure, may be buried against their families’ wishes. READ »

Swede denied right to call himself ‘black work’

Society: 3 Mar 12
A man from Stockholm has been denied the right to adopt the word “Svartjobb” (literally: black work) as his name after tax authorities deemed it to have negative connotations and to be indicative of a poor work ethic. READ »

Swede Tequila raises a glass to 'new' name

Society: 27 Feb 12
A Swedish teen girl named Tequila is celebrating news that her name had been officially recognized by Swedish tax authorities – 14 years after she was born. READ »

Löfven presents his ‘shadow government’

Politics: 24 Feb 12
New Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven on Thursday presented the team he calls his new “shadow government”, featuring both new and old names. READ »

Valentine's Day in Sweden - readers' sweet tweets and love stories

Society: 14 Feb 12
With Valentine's day upon us again, The Local called for messages from the star-crossed lovers of Sweden, who sent us their loving letters and sweet tweets in a celebration of love in Sweden. READ »

Ministry official fired over dodgy massage parlours

Society: 10 Jan 12
A high-ranking civil servant in Sweden's defence ministry has been sacked after it was revealed he was involved in running several Thai massage parlours on the side. READ »

Lottery winner loses out on millions after mix-up

Society: 3 Jan 12
A 32-year-old woman in Sweden recently lost out on winning a share of 80.5 million kronor ($11.7 million) due to the tax agency having her registered at the wrong address. READ »

Swedes shun tax havens in favour of amnesty

Business & Money: 28 Dec 11
A voluntary amnesty for Swedes with assets hidden in tax havens is paying dividends, according to Swedish tax authorities, who report that the amnesty had brought in close to a billion kronor in new tax revenue in 2010. READ »

Tax agency: 'Divorce to change name'

Society: 15 Nov 11
Swedish name laws have been slammed as ”ridiculous” after a couple in Örebro in central Sweden were told the best way to ensure they all share one family name would be to get divorced. READ »

Sweden acts to curb corporate tax-avoidance

Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
Finance minister Anders Borg announced plans on Monday to close loopholes in the Swedish tax code following criticism that healthcare companies are using complicated schemes to avoid paying taxes in Sweden. READ »

Thai massage parlours in sex trade raids

National: 24 Oct 11
Police and the tax authorities have launched closer surveillance of Thai massage parlours in Sweden, suspecting that the sharp increase in their number indicates sex trafficking and tax evasion. READ »

Refugee jobs reform 'not working': report

National: 14 Sep 11
Sweden's much touted integration policy reform has failed to ensure that refugees start the process of finding work before receiving welfare benefits from local authorities, a new study has shown. READ »

57 convicted in massive Swedish doping scandal

National: 4 Aug 11
Fifty-seven people were convicted on Thursday for being part of a massive doping ring in one of the largest criminal cases in Swedish legal history that accrued an estimated 58 million kronor ($9 million) in legal fees. READ »

Fresh questions raised over Saab finances

Business & Money: 13 Jul 11
The future of cash-strapped Swedish automaker Saab remains uncertain after doubts emerged over the finances of potential investor Vladimir Antonov and the revelation that the company has substantial tax debts. READ »

Tax agency rejects 'His Majesty' name change request

Society: 20 Jun 11
A Swedish man's bid to have 'His Majesty' officially added to his name has been rejected because it could lead to "misunderstandings". READ »

Swedes set to reap billions in tax refunds ahead of Midsummer

Business & Money: 8 Jun 11
More than 20 billion kronor ($3.25 billion) in tax refunds are set to rain down on close to 3 million Swedes ahead of the Midsummer holiday, marking a new record due in large part to the popularity of filing tax forms electronically. READ »

Pensions firm head resigns after tax planning revelations

Business & Money: 13 May 11
The chairman of Swedish pensions insurance firm AMF is leaving his post after the firm's owners took exception to his tax affairs. READ »

Tax agency: DNA-test no proof of paternity

National: 10 May 11
The Swedish Tax Agency is refusing to recognise a DNA-test as proof that a man born in Sierra Leone is the father of a son, despite the National Board of Forensic Medicine assertion that it is 99.999 percent certain of his paternity. READ »

Tax agency warns of last gasp declaration delays

Business & Money: 2 May 11
The Swedish Tax Agency has warned that many of those seeking to file online tax returns could suffer problems as its website struggles to cope with the last minute rush. READ »

Go your own way – setting up a business in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Mar 11
Fed up with trying to find a job in Sweden? Why not try starting your own business? As The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers, it's not always easy, but there is plenty of help available, regardless of your Swedish language skills. READ »

Sweden's population nears 9.5 million

Society: 18 Feb 11
Sweden's population continued to grow at the end of 2010, despite a drop in immigration for the first time since 2004. READ »

US emerges as new Swedish 'tax haven'

National: 19 Jan 11
Swedish taxpayers looking to shield earnings from the country's tax authorities may have an unlikely tax haven at their disposal across the Atlantic: the United States. READ »

Taxman eyes Swedish online poker star

Society: 13 Jan 11
A Swedish high-stakes poker player has made his identity public after successfully playing under online moniker for over a year, and may now risk a hefty Swedish tax bill. READ »

Swedish population growth slows

National: 20 Dec 10
The Swedish population continued to grow in 2010, but at a slower pace than 2009, according to new official statistics. READ »

Tax agency reports boom in ID card applications

National: 10 Nov 10
The Swedish Tax Agency has seen a sharp rise in applications for identification cards following changes which allow cross-checking of personal information with the Migration Board. READ »

Minister's labour law comments irk unions

Business & Money: 9 Nov 10
Sweden's unions are furious at how the country's migration minister has reacted to revelations about abuses related to a new law on labour migration. READ »

Swedish couple shocked to learn marriage invalid

Society: 28 Oct 10
A Dalarna couple who wedded in July were shocked to learn that they are not legally married because the minister who performed the ceremony is not registered to officiate at weddings. READ »

Swedish biker gangs in expansion fast lane

National: 8 Oct 10
The Bandidos, Hells Angels and other criminal motorcycle gangs have ramped up their expansion in Sweden, while at the same time gaining a foothold in Europe. READ »

Tax agency staff set to face fraud charges

Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
An administrator at the Swedish Tax Agency and three other people are expected to be charged for their involvement in a fraud scandal involving at least 120 million kronor ($16.89 million). READ »

Swede sought for selling phony iPhones

Science & Technology: 11 Sep 10
An Uppsala businessman suspected of having sold 1,400 counterfeit iPhones to telecom operators in Sweden is under investigation for fraud. READ »

Svenska Spel chair to repay expenses

Business & Money: 19 Aug 10
Svenska Spel chair, former deputy prime minister Margareta Winberg, will repay more than 22,000 kronor ($2,982) that she received erroneously in expenses for her role, according to the company's report to the Ministry of Finance. READ »

Household tax relief opponents claim benefit

Politics: 10 Aug 10
In the last 12 months, nearly 890,000 people have claimed a tax deduction for work carried out on and in their homes, according to Swedish Tax Agency figures. Among them are several politicians whose parties oppose the system. READ »

Terminally ill woman can get pension early

Society: 21 Jul 10
A terminally ill woman with cancer who was denied the right to withdraw her personal retirement savings account prematurely by the Tax Agency (Skatteverket) will now be allowed to do so, media reports said late on Tuesday. READ »

Parents fined by tax board for nameless son

Society: 20 Jul 10
The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has fined a couple 6,000 kronor ($816.25) for failing to give their 16-month-old son a name. READ »

Terminally ill woman denied early pension

Society: 16 Jul 10
The Swedish tax agency has rejected the request of a 40-year-old terminally ill cancer patient who wanted to cash in her pension account early in order to travel with her family while she still had the strength. READ »

Household tax relief retains popularity

Business & Money: 2 Jul 10
In the last 12 months, nearly 890,000 people have claimed a tax deduction for work carried out on and in their homes, according to Swedish Tax Agency figures. READ »

Tax agency cracks down on cash register cheats

Business & Money: 14 Jun 10
Starting at the half-year mark, the National Tax Agency (Skatteverket) will take a hard line to stop small businesses from cheating through their cash registers. READ »

Man ages 12 years after Swedish court decision

National: 7 Jun 10
A Swedish court has ruled that a Cambodian man should be allowed to change his tax agency birth date records, thereby adding 12 years, arguing that "existing erroneous information is just as false as new erroneous information". READ »

The Ark runs tax gauntlet with music magazine

Business & Money: 28 May 10
Swedish glam band The Ark's novel approach to combating music industry monetary woes by releasing its new album as a magazine freebie could have fallen foul of tax agency regulations and ultimately prove costly for the band. READ »

Court ruling paves way for flood of 'Princes'

Society: 25 May 10
A Swedish appeals court has cleared the path for parents to name their children Prince (Prins) after rejecting a tax agency argument that the name was a professional title. READ »

Auschwitz theft suspect claims persecution

National: 24 May 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström, held in Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz, has reported the tax agency for denying him protected identity, arguing that he is being victimized. READ »

Tax agency grants day's grace

National: 4 May 10
The Swedish Tax Agency has extended the deadline for the submission of tax returns for those unable to file online on Monday after the system proved unable to cope with the high demand. READ »

Tax agency swamped with online declarations

Business & Money: 3 May 10
The Swedish Tax Agency website struggled to cope on Sunday as large numbers of people filed last minute online declarations, with many greeted with a message to try again in 15 minutes. READ »

Chinese pop star in Reinfeldt tax plea

Society: 28 Apr 10
Chinese superstar pop singer Wei Wei has appealed to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to intervene to settle a dispute with the Swedish tax authorities, which she claims have recently begun seizing her assets. READ »

Top bloggers take on tax agency

National: 9 Apr 10
Three women with enormously popular lifestyle blogs have joined forces in a rearguard action against the Swedish Tax Agency, which plans to tax the scribes for gifts they've received from firms keen to promote their products online. READ »

Sweden a tax haven for investors

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 10
By using an investment vehicle known as kapitalförsäkring, residents of Sweden can essentially avoid capital gains taxes from equity investments, writes hobby investor Joel Molin. READ »

Tax agency opens e-declaration service

National: 23 Mar 10
The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has announced the opening of its internet declaration service, enabling those with electronic identification to declare their taxes online from Tuesday. READ »

US immigrant sent on Swedish bank run-around

National: 4 Mar 10
When US citizen Sylvie Acra arrived in Sweden and began her search for a job she decided it would be wise to open a standard bank account, but after three visits to three major Swedish banks she remains dissatisfied. READ »

Public bodies to accept thousands of interns

Business & Money: 26 Feb 10
To meet labour market policy goals the Swedish Alliance government is demanding that public authorities accept 65,000 interns in a move designed to get the unemployed back to work. READ »

Ingrid, 79, declared dead by Swedish tax authorities

National: 9 Feb 10
79-year-old Ingrid Ståhl of Malmö in southern Sweden found out to her surprise that she had been registered as dead after a mistake by the Swedish Tax Agency. READ »

Give young transsexuals special ID cards: doc

Society: 7 Jan 10
Young Swedes who suspect they are transsexuals ought to be issued special ID cards allowing them to hide their undesired gender during their trial phase as the opposite sex, a leading child psychiatrist argues. READ »

Swedes change last names in droves

National: 31 Dec 09
Despite occasional interference by the Swedish Tax Agency, Swedes set a new record in 2009 in changing their last names. READ »

Attempted tax dodge ends up costing Swedish firms dearly

Business & Money: 26 Dec 09
Several hundred Swedish companies will have to pay back a total of half a billion kronor ($70 million) in back taxes after having moved funds to Cyprus in order to evade taxes, reported Swedish Television (SVT). READ »

Parents refused right to name son Allah

Society: 23 Dec 09
In the latest battle over what people may legally call their children, the Swedish Tax Authority has ruled that the parents of a two-month-old boy in Skåne in southern Sweden may not call their child Allah. READ »

Swedish tax agency extends court battle over one krona dispute

Society: 23 Nov 09
One krona ($0.15) is apparently all it takes to get the ever-watchful Swedish tax authorities to set their lawyers in action, as the agency has opted to launch an appeal following a lower court ruling over a disputed payment. READ »

Bildt in tax probe over nanny’s fees

Politics: 21 Nov 09
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and his wife EU parliamentarian Anna Maria Corazza Bildt have been reprimanded by the Swedish tax authority for dodging payments for their Ukrainian nanny. READ »

No appreciation for Token as kid's name: Swedish tax agency

Society: 20 Oct 09
Swedish tax authorities have decided to continue their fight to bar a Stockholm-area mother from naming her child Token. READ »

Swedish cross-dresser wins final battle to be named Madeleine

Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine. READ »

Borg caught up in tax payment blunder

Politics: 16 Sep 09
Sweden’s Minister of Finance Anders Borg had some explaining to do on Wednesday when it was revealed he failed to follow new tax rules that he himself introduced back in 2007. READ »

Tax agency ordered to pay for thwarted vacation

National: 1 Aug 09
The Swedish Chancellor of the Justice has ordered the Swedish Tax Agency to pay a Swedish family 13,750 kronor ($1,950) due to an administrative error that thwarted the family's vacation plans. READ »

Tax agency rejects Swedes' Michael Jackson naming tribute

Society: 29 Jul 09
A Swedish family’s bid to honour late pop star Michael Jackson by naming their daughter Michael has been scuttled by the country’s tax agency. READ »

Online tax evasion worth billions

Society: 18 Jul 09
The Internet has enabled many companies to operate outside the purview of public authorities. The Swedish Tax Authority (Skatteverket) estimates that online tax evasion amounts to around 5 billion kronor ($638.7 million). READ »

Agency rule leaves Swedish toddler 'nameless'

Society: 17 Jul 09
An arbitrary rule administered by the Swedish Tax Agency has left a two-year-old girl nameless, and her parents stuck with a 2000 kronor ($255) fine. READ »

Tax agency targets Chinese pop star

Society: 30 Jun 09
Chinese pop music star and Stockholm resident Wei Wei has been targeted by Swedish tax authorities, who recently attempted to freeze 50 million kronor ($6.5 million) of the singer’s assets. READ »

Saab creditors accept massive write-down

Business & Money: 17 Jun 09
Saab Automobile’s creditors agreed on Wednesday to write down 75 percent of the automaker’s debts, reducing the burden facing the Koenigsegg Group by roughly 8 billion kronor ($1 billion). READ »

Tax agency in 2 billion kronor tax haven haul

Business & Money: 12 Jun 09
Swedish tax authorities have managed to recoup more than 2 billion kronor ($258 million) from overseas foreign tax havens in the last five years. READ »

Tax agency ready for June 1st ID card rush

National: 29 May 09
After two and half years of waiting, immigrants arriving in Sweden will finally be able to obtain Swedish national identity cards, and the tax agency is expecting to accept a flood of applications starting June 1st. READ »

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