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Swedish lobbying boom prompts regulation calls
Politics: 16 May 13
Sweden's top EU politician Cecilia Malmström wants to register lobbyists, stating that Sweden's small size means political networks and friendships often overlapped.
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'Swedish lobbyists have a culture of transparency'
Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 13
Following revelations that one-in-three Swedish politicians or top political aides go on to consult for Swedish lobbyists, The Local speaks with industry spokeswoman Anna-Karin Hedlund about how the Swedish landscape differs from other countries.
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Scrap mock solutions to unemployment: Löfven
Politics: 4 Apr 13
Stefan Löfven, who was officially elected to head his party on Thursday, said in his first address that the Social Democrats must outline a "feminist agenda" in a speech also dominated by labour policy.
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'Sweden's youth pay for diluted job insurance'
Business & Money: 25 Mar 13
Rising underemployment and curtailed access to job insurance is hitting Sweden's younger workers with a double whammy as they attempt to shore up their income security, unions have warned.
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'Swedes have forgotten leftist US sympathizers'
National: 1 Mar 13
The CIA invested heavily in propaganda in Sweden during the early years of the Cold War to counteract Soviet influence, confirms a new documentary that includes details about left-leaning Swedes who sympathized with the US.
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UN slams Sweden for guest worker policy
Business & Money: 28 Feb 13
The United Nations has criticized Sweden for limiting trade unions' right to join forces with guest workers, in a statement from the International Labour Organization (ILO).
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Almost 20,000 temp jobs gone in 2012: report
Business & Money: 17 Feb 13
Some 19,000 temporary jobs disappeared from the Swedish labour market in 2012 as unemployment continued to hit young workers the hardest, new figures show.
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Job centre berated for 'lacklustre' Saab effort
Business & Money: 14 Feb 13
With one in five former Saab employees still out of work, the Swedish Public Employment Service has come under fire for lacklustre attempts at helping them find new employment after the Sweden-based carmaker went bankrupt in 2011.
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Blue-collar support for Sweden Democrats rises
Politics: 8 Feb 13
Swedish blue-collar workers increasingly sympathize with the anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party, an opinion poll review showed on Friday.
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Most work permits given to low-skilled workers
Society: 29 Jan 13
A 2008 change to Sweden's labour migration laws designed to make it easier for companies to recruit non-Europeans to hard-to-fill high-skilled jobs has instead been used primarily to bring low-skilled workers to Sweden, a new report shows.
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Unions propose profit cap on welfare business
Business & Money: 15 Jan 13
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation has proposed a new type of company that would limit profits made in the tax-funded welfare sector, in a move that goes against the line of their traditional political ally, the opposition Social Democrat Party.
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Reinfeldt 'more fun at dinner' than his foe
Politics: 6 Jan 13
Between Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and opposition leader Stefan Löfven, a majority of Swedes prefer Reinfeldt both as head of government and as a dinner party companion.
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One woman makes Sweden's power top-ten
Politics: 23 Nov 12
Only one woman, Enterprise Minister Annie Lööf, has made it into an annual top-ten list of the most powerful Swedes.
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Young Swedes struggle with woeful job market
Society: 19 Nov 12
With Sweden's youth unemployment statistics consistently high and more young Swedes forced to seek greener pastures in Norway, AFP's Soren Billing looks into the Swedish model and how it's leaving young Swedes jobless.
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Boys fall further behind girls in school: report
Education: 8 Nov 12
There is an increasing difference between the performance of girls and boys in Swedish schools, with girls pulling away from their male counterparts, according to new statistics published on Thursday.
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More berry pickers could be exploited: expert
Business & Money: 23 Jul 12
New guidelines issued last year to make it harder for companies to take advantage of foreign labour don't apply to EU citizens, making these more attractive for employers, according to an expert.
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Fury over strawberry vendor's baseball bat
Business & Money: 19 Jul 12
A strawberry vendor in western Sweden was given a baseball bat as a means of protecting herself, prompting unions to cry foul about sub-standard working conditions for street-side fruit sellers.
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'CEOs earn in a year what workers earn in a lifetime': union
Business & Money: 29 Feb 12
CEOs in Sweden earn on average in one year what manufacturing workers stand to earn in their entire lifetimes, according to a report from Sweden's main trade union group.
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'High hopes' for Löfven as Social Democrat head
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 12
Sweden's leader pages painted newly named Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven as a down-to-earth, politically inexperienced man from northern Sweden who has a good chance of strengthening the struggling party.
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Juholt expected to resign as Social Democrat head
Politics: 21 Jan 12
Despite Friday’s announcement by the Social Democrat Executive Committee that embattled leader Håkan Juholt will remain at the helm, many now believe that he will announce his resignation on Saturday afternoon.
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Forced labour on the rise in Sweden: report
National: 15 Jan 12
Organized begging, forced labour and forced participation in thefts have bypassed human trafficking for sexual purposes, shows a recent report from the National Police Board.
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Migrant workers on the rise in Sweden
Politics: 23 Nov 11
The number of people coming to Sweden to work is rising at the same time as the number of refugees coming to the country is falling, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.
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Young Swedish workers abandon unions
Business & Money: 4 Nov 11
Only one in three young Swedes are union members, compared to 80 percent in the same age group only 15 years ago, according to a new report.
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Swedes slam centrally negotiated wages
National: 23 Jul 11
A majority of Swedes, 60 percent, want to arrange their own salary raises through individual negotiations with their boss, shows a survey published Friday.
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Government loses sick pay vote by slim margin
Politics: 1 Jul 11
The Swedish government suffered another setback in the Riksdag on Friday, when the Sweden Democrats voted with the centre-left opposition parties to force through its proposal by a single vote.
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Think tank: cut wages to boost immigrant jobs
Business & Money: 30 May 11
The government should work to cut wages in low paid jobs so that more new Swedes can get into the labour market, according to Swedish free market think tank Timbro.
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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.
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Moderate u-turn on political party donations
Politics: 28 Apr 11
In a reversal of a long-held position, the Moderate Party announced on Thursday it would "immediately" reveal the names of individuals who donate substantial sums of money to the party.
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Leading Social Democrat calls party 'Stalinist'
Politics: 8 Mar 11
Former union-boss and prominent Social Democrat Stig Malm said on Tuesday he is "ashamed" to be a member of the party in light of its protracted leader selection process.
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Minister: housewives threaten EU economy
Politics: 8 Mar 11
The EU's GDP could increase by almost 30 percent if more women in Europe worked, according to Sweden EU Minister Birgitta Ohlsson, who warned that "a Jurassic Park filled with old men" may be the alternative.
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Swedish unions have become obsolete: leaders
Business & Money: 13 Feb 11
Two of Sweden's union leaders have singled out the failure of the organisations to modernise their approaches to collective bargaining as a major reason an increasing number of Swedes choose not to become members.
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Swedish CEO salaries 'unacceptable': union
Business & Money: 7 Feb 11
The CEOs of Sweden's 50 largest companies earn on average 40 times more than an industrial worker, a finding that a union organisation head believes is "totally unacceptable" and requires a "popular uprising" to remedy.
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Top Swedish execs hire bodyguards over threats
National: 14 Jan 11
An increasing number of Sweden's top business executives are hiring bodyguards as the threat and risk of robbery and extortion grows in the country.
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Swedish union head to leave next year
National: 12 Jan 11
Wanja Lundby-Wedin, the chairwoman of one of Sweden's largest and most influential trade union groups, has announced that she will step down at the group's next congress in the spring of 2012.
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Moderates largest party in Sweden: survey
Politics: 8 Dec 10
Sweden's ruling Moderate Party have overtaken the Social Democrats, which for decades dominated the country's political scene, as the country's biggest political party, according to a new survey released on Wednesday.
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Jobless Swedes told to look for work abroad
Business & Money: 11 Nov 10
With unemployment reaching double digits in some parts of northern Sweden, job seekers are being encouraged to look for work in other countries.
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Introducing the Social Democrats
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Social Democrats, bidding to assume power at the head of the Red-Green coalition.
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Two candidates caught buying sex in union flat
Politics: 19 Aug 10
Two Social Democratic election candidates from central Sweden were caught by police having sex with prostitutes in a Swedish Trade Union Confederation (Landsorganisationen i Sverige, LO) flat in Stockholm.
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Liberals propose state unemployment insurance
Business & Money: 27 May 10
The Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) has reiterated its call for a state-run unemployment insurance fund, risking a conflict with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation who consider unemployment insurance to be a union matter.
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Wallström voters' pick for Prime Minister: poll
Politics: 9 Jan 10
Social Democrat Margot Wallström is a more popular choice than Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to lead the country, according to a new poll. The result follows speculation surrounding a secret plan to oust opposition leader Mona Sahlin.
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Workers pick Sweden's shrubs and data hubs
Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago.
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Gap widening between rich and poor: study
National: 8 Dec 09
The gap between the rich and poor in Sweden has grown considerably in recent years, according to a new report from the country's largest labour group.
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Driving bus while gabbing on a mobile 'not a crime': Swedish court
National: 3 Dec 09
A Swedish bus driver convicted for driving while speaking on a mobile phone and writing in a notebook at the same time has been acquitted of reckless driving by the Swedish Supreme Court.
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Teacher who paid for sex with minor 'can't be fired'
National: 15 Oct 09
Being found guilty of paying for group sex with a minor is not sufficient grounds for education officials in Stockholm to fire a teacher who has refused to quit following his conviction.
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Young Swedish workers reject collective wage deals: study
Business & Money: 4 Jun 09
Eight of ten young workers in Sweden favour negotiating their pay individually rather than having their wages set by a central agreement, a new study shows.
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Swedish companies use crisis as pretext to shed poor performers
Business & Money: 28 May 09
Companies in Sweden are using the economic crisis as an excuse to fire workers who don’t measure up, according to a new study.
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Swedish labour model talks collapse
National: 11 Mar 09
Talks between Sweden's main employers' and employees' associations on a major revision to the agreement which has governed Sweden's labour relations for seven decades, collapsed on Wednesday.
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AMF Pension CEO named Sweden's top businesswoman
Business & Money: 4 Mar 09
Ingrid Bonde, the head of Swedish pension firm AMF Pension, has been named Sweden’s most powerful businesswoman by a leading business magazine.
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Income gap widening in Sweden: study
Society: 4 Feb 09
Top managers from the Swedish business world earn 50 times as much as a common labourer, according to a new study carried out by one of the country’s largest labour organizations.
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Borg tops in Sweden power rankings
National: 14 Nov 08
Finance minister Anders Borg has surpassed prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as Sweden’s most influential powerbroker, according to a new ranking.
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Outcry after Sahlin's Left Party snub
Politics: 9 Oct 08
Mona Sahlin has come in for withering criticism from both labour groups and members of her own Social Democratic Party following a decision to embrace the Greens at the expense of further cooperation with Sweden’s Left Party.
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Renewed focus on vocational education
Politics: 1 Sep 08
The government has announced plans to devote 1.8 billion kronor ($278 million) over the next three years toward improving vocational training in Sweden.
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Membership collapse worries union boss
National: 1 Jun 08
The Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) spokesperson Wanja Lundby-Wedin used her opening speech at the 26th congress to address the collapse in union membership.
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Pension fund poaches cheif regulator to be new CEO
Business & Money: 29 May 08
The head of Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen), Ingrid Bonde, has announced she is stepping down to take a job leading one of Sweden’s largest pension funds.
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Swedish labour model set for a facelift after 70 years
Business & Money: 6 May 08
Sweden’s main employers’ and employees’ associations have announced plans for a major revision to the agreement which has governed Sweden’s labour relations for seven decades.
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More bad news for unions
National: 6 Mar 08
Nearly one in ten members left the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) last year.
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Reflecting on gender equity on the 6.37am bus
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Mar 08
Social democratic newspaper editor Eric Sundström thinks about the position of women in society today.
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LO economist 'no longer understands' Riksbank
Business & Money: 21 Feb 08
A speech by Stefan Ingves to trade union economists did little to shed light on the bank’s decision.
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Swedish unions bleed members
National: 4 Feb 08
Wanja Lundby-Wedin, chairwoman of trade union federation LO, points the finger at Labour Market Minister Sven Otto Littorin.
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USA confiscates Swedish aid money
National: 15 Jan 07
When Swedish trade union confederation LO-TCO tried to send aid money to Liberia it saw the payment blocked by an American bank.
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Vaxholm case reaches EU Court
National: 9 Jan 07
Swedish union leaders are in Luxembourg as the European Court opens hearings over the famous Vaxholm case, which pits Swedish collective agreements against the EU's freedom of movement guarantees.
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LO: Sweden should use UN jobless figures
Politics: 1 Sep 06
Sweden's trade union confederation has called for the country to adopt international standards for measuring unemployment. That would lead the jobless figure to jump from 4.8 to 7.4 percent.
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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.
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Builders' union calls for boycott of Polish project
National: 31 Mar 05
The Swedish Building Workers’ Union asks other Swedish unions to support their boycott of a Polish construction firm currently renovating a restaurant in Alingsås - without the help of Swedish builders.
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Young Social Democrats demand leader's resignation
Politics: 5 Mar 05
Twenty eight members of Sweden's Young Social Democrats write to a national newspaper demanding the resignation of their chairman after it emerges that he used party funds to finance his own leadership campaign.
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Sweden's wage gap widens
Smörgåsbord: 4 Jan 05
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Union chiefs to evict "needy women" from holiday cottages
Society: 23 Nov 04
The housing charity scandal continues as a group of cottages which have been hired out to elderly and low-income women for generations are to be pulled down - to make way for luxury homes.
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Östros to fight for Swedish labour laws at EU meeting
Smörgåsbord: 23 Nov 04
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Karolinska Institutet opens office in Singapore
Smörgåsbord: 5 Oct 04
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All's fair in love and Swedish politics
Politics: 6 Aug 04
A new pair of scandals for the government this week. One black sheep returns to the ministerial fold after her business fails and Bosse Ringholm forgets to collect some taxes - from the football club where he is the chairman.
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