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Sweden earmarks billions for elderly care boost

Business & Money: 15 Dec 11
In the wake of a series of nursing home scandals in Sweden over the last few months, the government on Thursday pledged to invest 4.3 billion kronor ($617 million) into elderly care over the next few years. READ »

Sweden ups cash offer to attract egg donors

Science & Technology: 25 Oct 11
Several Swedish county councils are planning to pay three times as much as the current rate in order to entice more women to become egg donors, hoping to meet increasing demand. READ »

Petzäll backed by Sweden Democrat rebels

Politics: 28 Sep 11
A network of former Sweden Democrats has offered support to 23-year-old William Petzäll after his decision to leave the party and remain in the Riksdag as an independent, encouraging him to stand strong against the party hierarchy. READ »

Sweden looks to regulate camera-wielding patients

Society: 31 Aug 11
Swedes are increasingly using mobile phone cameras to document their contact with the healthcare system, prompting authorities to act to curb the practice. READ »

Firebombing teens target Gothenburg cops

National: 17 Aug 11
Several police came under attack in the Gothenburg district of Angered overnight as teenagers hurled Molotov cocktails at police vehicles. READ »

Pet abuse on the rise in Sweden: agency

National: 12 Jul 11
Hundreds of cats being kept in a small apartment, lame horses kept unwatered and battered and bruised pooches - the number of pet-owners losing their right to keep animals on the grounds of abuse is increasing steadily in Sweden. READ »

Fuglesang survives homeopathic pill overdose

Science & Technology: 7 Jul 11
A group from a Swedish science organisation, with astronaut Christer Fuglesang in the lead, took an overdose of sleeping pills in Almedalen, at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, in order to disprove the effects of homeopathy. READ »

Fewer Swedish teen girls getting abortions

Science & Technology: 8 Jun 11
Young women and girls in Sweden are getting fewer abortions, according to new figures, which also reveal a slight increase in controversial later-term abortions. READ »

Sweden slammed over EU oceans directive

Politics: 21 Mar 11
Swedish Greenpeace experts have accused the Swedish government of breaking European law as the government after failing to implement safeguards against the exploitation of the seas. READ »

Treatment, not jail, for drunken Swedes: report

Society: 9 Mar 11
Intoxicated Swedes apprehended by police would be placed in sobriety centres rather than jail cells, according to a forthcoming government report on dealing with substance abuse. READ »

Immigrant kids prone to 'special needs' label

Education: 1 Feb 11
Several government agencies have directed criticism at 30 Swedish municipalities for placing children at special schools based on erroneous grounds, with children of immigrants particularly vulnerable. READ »

Health system wait times improve in Sweden

Science & Technology: 20 Jan 11
While Sweden’s health system now delivers care to 90 percent of patients within prescribed time limits, social affairs minister Göran Hägglund believes too many Swedes are forced to wait too long for the care they need. READ »

Swedish minister slams grading appeal proposal

Education: 12 Jan 11
Sweden's education minister has slammed a proposal that would allow Swedish students the right to contest the marks they receive in school. READ »

'Elderly coordinator' to fix health care problems

Society: 12 Jan 11
Sweden has appointed a special elderly care coordinator to help address deficiencies in healthcare and other services the country provides its older residents. READ »

Swedish aid agency tops Afghanistan funding

Society: 6 Nov 10
A Swedish aid agency will invest 90 million kronor ($13.65 million) in a project to support Afghanistan's efforts to reduce poverty by establishing self-governing village councils. READ »

Sweden Democrats slam unions over freeze out

Politics: 29 Sep 10
Active Sweden Democrats will not be allowed to be members in one of Sweden's main healthcare professionals unions, the chair of the labour group said on Wednesday, prompting claims from the party that they are "politically corrupt." READ »

Sick pay claimants reapply for handouts

National: 24 Sep 10
Every third person who was forced out of the sickness benefit system during the first three months of 2010 has reapplied for benefits, according to a new report. READ »

Sweden Democrat leaves party after winning seat

Politics: 23 Sep 10
A Sweden Democrat candidate who won a seat on the local council in Gällivare in northern Sweden has resigned from the party after reading its manifesto. READ »

Sweden Democrats tip scales in 30 councils

Politics: 22 Sep 10
The Sweden Democrats hold the balance of power in 30 of Sweden's 290 municipal councils, the anti-racist magazine Expo revealed on Wednesday in a compilation of election results. READ »

The Local's guide to the 2010 Swedish elections

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Sep 10
Still confused about who's who and what's what ahead of Sweden's September 19th elections? Check out The Local’s Guide to the 2010 Swedish Elections for information on the parties, what they stand for, and what seats are up for grabs. READ »

How to vote in the Swedish elections

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 10
Voting may not seem that complicated, but doing so in a different country can be. The Local has thus endeavoured to help any first-time voters by covering some of the basics about how to vote in Sweden. READ »

Social Democrats call for market prices on public asset sales

Politics: 11 Sep 10
The Social Democrats have called for new legislation to prevent local governments from selling public assets at below-market prices. READ »

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. READ »

Bridal couple grateful for toaster

Society: 19 Jun 10
Crown Princess Victoria and fiancé Daniel Westling received a toaster and a wooden horse as wedding gifts when officials converged on Stockholm City Hall for a reception on Friday afternoon. READ »

Royal wedding festivities begin in earnest

Society: 18 Jun 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Friday opened the more ceremonial state proceedings of the impending royal wedding, when he hosted a government reception at Stockholm City Hall. READ »

Sweden is best - it's official

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 10
Sweden is simply the best. And don't take our word for it - this is the conclusion of a whole range of global rankings, write Bo Ekman and James Wine from the Tällberg Foundation. READ »

Middle-aged men dominate election lists

Politics: 11 Jun 10
The majority of candidates running for the parliamentary election in the fall are middle-aged men, according to a survey from Sveriges Radio's (SR) news service Ekot. READ »

Opposition flirts with single mums

Politics: 1 May 10
Sweden' left-green opposition is pledging to earmark 1.225 billion kronor ($170 million) in benefits for single parents as part of its push to bolster gender equality. READ »

'Don't separate elderly couples': Minister

Society: 7 Apr 10
Public health minister Maria Larsson has called for a new law forcing local councils to jointly house older couples following a spate of high profile cases in which people requiring elderly care have been separated from their partners. READ »

Borg pares back municipal billions

Business & Money: 6 Apr 10
As the economic recovery continues, Sweden's government has said local councils can expect 12 billion kronor ($867 million) less in state funding next year following a temporary 17 billion kronor cash injection for 2010. READ »

'Every wasted krona amounts to theft'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 10
Recognizing frustration among a heavily taxed electorate, the Swedish Taxpayers Association has joined hands with the free-market think tank Timbro to appoint a special ombudsman to which citizens can report wasteful government spending. READ »

'Force councils to accept refugees'

Politics: 19 Feb 10
The opposition Social Democrats have called for legislation to force all of Sweden's municipalities to accept their share of refugees. READ »

Stockholm 'one of Europe's richest regions'

Business & Money: 18 Feb 10
The Stockholm area is one of the ten richest regions in the European Union, according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency. READ »

Sweden counts cost of winter snowfalls

National: 18 Feb 10
Swedish municipalities are struggling to balance budgets as the cost of keeping streets and buildings free of snow continues to escalate as winter keeps its hold on the country. READ »

Council votes to keep wolves from the door

National: 17 Feb 10
With Sweden's wolf population in critical danger, a municipal council in the north of the country Sweden has courted controversy by voting to stay a wolf-free municipality. READ »

Homeless need more help: Health minister

National: 30 Jan 10
Sweden's Public Health Minister Maria Larsson has called for new measures to help those living on the streets and a review of legislation to stop children being evicted from their homes. READ »

'Send Swedes to Latvia for operations'

Education: 20 Jan 10
The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga is planning to start a Swedish-owned hospital in the Latvian capital in order to raise the standards of the country's hospitals and to remove some of the burden from the Swedish healthcare system. READ »

Fewer obese children in Sweden: report

Science & Technology: 5 Dec 09
The number of obese and overweight ten-year-olds is higher in Bollnäs, Västerås and Ystad than in Karlstad and Umeå. These were the findings in a comparison between municipal councils that the National Public Health Institute has carried out. READ »

Sweden’s swine flu response wins EU praise

Science & Technology: 4 Dec 09
Two European-wide health bodies have praised Sweden’s response to the swine flu pandemic, particularly the country's mass vaccination programme. Nearly half of all Europeans to have been vaccinated are Swedes. READ »

Councils pay out billions to cash-strapped Swedes

Business & Money: 30 Nov 09
Social assistance payments to Swedes struggling to make ends meet jumped by 19 percent during the third quarter, new statistics show. READ »

Liberals reject immigrant citizenship course

Politics: 22 Nov 09
The Liberal Party has voted against a proposal from the party leadership for the introduction of mandatory courses for all immigrants seeking Swedish citizenship. READ »

500 refugee children in urgent need of housing

National: 16 Nov 09
As housing shortages for refugee children reach crisis levels, Swedish migration authorities have decided to more than double the number of municipalities assigned to receive young asylum seekers. READ »

Deadly skin cancer on the rise in Sweden: study

Science & Technology: 16 Nov 09
The number of Swedes diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer has increased by 50 percent over the last decade, a new study shows. READ »

Moderate hierarchy warns Vellinge party cadre

National: 15 Nov 09
The Moderate party secretary Per Schlingmann has warned party members in Skåne in southern Sweden over comments regarding the housing of refugee children at a Vellinge youth hostel. READ »

Government mulls new law to force care for asylum kids

National: 13 Nov 09
Government parties have called for legislation to force municipalities to care for children seeking asylum amid recent protests over the housing of young refugees in Vellinge in southern Sweden. READ »

500,000 more swine flu vaccine doses on the way

National: 9 Nov 09
County health authorities in Sweden are set to receive half a million more doses of the swine flu vaccine on Tuesday, with up to a million doses expected to be delivered weekly in two weeks time. READ »

One dose is enough: Swedish health officials

Science & Technology: 6 Nov 09
Swedish health authorities have determined that one dose of vaccine is sufficient to provide adequate protection against the swine flu for healthy people over 13-years-old, including pregnant women. READ »

'Dyslexia and anorexia aren't real': educator

Society: 28 Oct 09
A school principal from southern Sweden has infuriated health workers and disabilities rights advocates after claiming in a newspaper article that dyslexia and anorexia are made-up diseases. READ »

Stockholmers 'fund the rest of Sweden': report

Politics: 21 Oct 09
Stockholm-area taxpayers help fund the rest of Sweden to the tune of 14 billion kronor ($2 billion) a year to put the country’s municipalities on an equal financial footing. READ »

'Council demands for ethical meat break EU law': authority

National: 4 Oct 09
The Swedish Competition Authority has ruled that demands from local councils to ensure ethical standards of meat served in schools runs contrary to EU regulations. READ »

Swedes set to ignore church elections

National: 20 Sep 09
Polling booths are opening across Sweden on Sunday morning to welcome voters in the national church elections. The election is however expected to be given the cold shoulder by 90 percent of registered voters. READ »

Swedish military ready to battle swine flu

Science & Technology: 5 Sep 09
Sweden’s military is well-equipped to defend itself against an outbreak of the A/H1N1 flu virus, and to assist in swine flu vaccination programmes run by public health authorities. READ »

Sweden mulls mandatory classes for refugees

Politics: 3 Sep 09
The government will shortly introduce reforms proposing that it be obligatory for all refugees arriving in the country to take part in a society orientation course to facilitate their establishment in Swedish society. READ »

Alliance parties agree to reduce taxes

Politics: 28 Aug 09
The Alliance parties have agreed to reduce income tax by 10 billion kronor next year, as part of the fourth stage in the parties’ in-work tax credit programme, meaning individual tax cuts of up to 250 kronor per month. READ »

Seven of ten Swedes want swine flu jab

National: 27 Aug 09
More than seventy percent of Swedes are considering taking the vaccination against the swine flu if the vaccine is approved, a new survey for the Swedish Health and Welfare Board shows. READ »

Sweden finds funds for swine flu vaccinations

National: 25 Aug 09
The Swedish government announced on Tuesday that one billion kronor ($142 million) has been set aside to help fund the vaccination of the entire population against swine flu. READ »

'Smokers cost Swedish councils billions': report

Society: 25 Aug 09
Smokers are costing Swedish municipalities 2.6 billion kronor ($367 million) per annum in the form of breaks and sickness absences, a new report shows. READ »

Councils to cash in on autumn budget

Business & Money: 10 Aug 09
Local council finances, investments in welfare services and measures to counter unemployment are to be given priority in the autumn budget, according to Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Major differences in handling of social assistance seekers

Society: 5 Aug 09
There are major differences in how local authorities in Sweden treat those seeking social assistance, according to a new study. READ »

Councils rapped over Swedish credits for Chinese students

Education: 29 Jul 09
Swedish education officials have criticized two municipalities for awarding Swedish high school equivalency credits to Chinese students that have neither lived nor studied in Sweden. READ »

Afghan teens in Swedish asylum limbo

National: 29 Jul 09
A wave of teenage Afghan refugees has arrived in Malmö and other Swedish cities in recent weeks. Many remain in limbo as most Swedish municipalities refuse to accept them. READ »

Pandemic fears prompt new flu guidelines

Science & Technology: 15 Jul 09
Swedish health officials have revised their strategy for dealing with a swine flu pandemic, arguing that it is no longer realistic to focus resources on preventing a major outbreak that is becoming increasingly inevitable. READ »

How do I know whether my doctor is any good?

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jul 09
Ask The Local: Doctors in Sweden aren't immune to making mistakes. We offer some suggestions about how to learn more about your doctor's past performance. READ »

Erotic garden opens in Stockholm suburb

Society: 14 Apr 09
Jorma Toivonen's dream is to open a sex museum, but municipal councils have been lukewarm. In the meantime "Scandinavia's largest collection of erotic items" will be put on show in a Stockholm suburban garden. READ »

Local councils to receive cash injection

Politics: 7 Apr 09
The Swedish government has announced an extra provision of 17 billion kronor ($2.1 billion) in its spring budget to help municipalities weather the financial storm. READ »

Säpo to investigate chicken glass mystery

National: 1 Apr 09
Sweden's security police (Säpo) have been called in to assist national police in the investigation into a slew of recent incidents involving glass in chicken products. Meanwhile chicken is being taken off menus across Sweden. READ »

'Economic crisis as bad as the 1990s': report

Business & Money: 31 Mar 09
The Swedish economy will deteriorate sharply this year. GDP will drop by 3.9 percent and 250,000 jobs will disappear by the end of 2010, according to a new report published on Tuesday. READ »

Sweden invests in parental support

Business & Money: 31 Mar 09
Sweden is to invest 70 million kronor ($8.4 million) in 2009 to offer increased support for struggling parents, public health minister Maria Larsson announced on Tuesday. READ »

Sweden to reward quick learning immigrants

Education: 13 Mar 09
The Swedish government has announced the launch of a performance-related bonus for immigrants pursuing state-funded language courses. READ »

Frosty reception for vulnerable refugees

Society: 12 Feb 09
The unwillingness of Swedish municipalties to take in refugees who are traumatised or disabled has been described by the head of the Migration Board as "a major problem". READ »

AstraZeneca profits up as more job cuts announced

Business & Money: 29 Jan 09
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Thursday reported 2008 annual net profits were up 9 percent to $6.10 billion, but that the company plans to shed 7,000 more jobs by 2013. READ »

Christian Democrats announce plan to save marriage

Society: 24 Jan 09
The Christian Democrats have announced a proposal aimed at saving the institution of marriage - a free counselling check up for all newly weds. READ »

Christian Democrats propose VIP care for the elderly

Politics: 4 Jan 09
Elderly patients with a high demand for medical care should be given VIP passes and preferential hospital care, according to a new proposal from the Christian Democrat party. READ »

Trade group: 'Government must act to arrest car sales slide'

Business & Money: 2 Jan 09
Automotive industry trade group Bil Sweden has called on the Swedish government to act to arrest the dramatic decline in car sales as new figures show a 17.3 percent drop in 2008. READ »

Student receives damages for headscarf slight

Society: 13 Dec 08
A student at a Landskrona secondary school in southern Sweden has been awarded damages for being told not to wear an Islamic headscarf. READ »

Unemployment forecast to top 9 percent by 2010

Politics: 9 Dec 08
145,000 people are forecast to lose their jobs over the next two years, pushing unemployment up to 9 percent by 2010, according to a new forecast from the Swedish Public Employment Agency. READ »

'Too many doctors can't speak Swedish'

National: 17 Nov 08
Doctors in Sweden from other European Union countries don’t speak Swedish well enough, according to patients and other healthcare personnel. READ »

'Time to toss out' Swedish for Immigrants

Politics: 28 Oct 08
A group of Moderate Party politicians wants to scrap Sweden’s current programme for teaching introductory Swedish to newly arrived immigrants in favour of courses more closely tied to the job market. READ »

Swedish breast cancer survival rate nears 90 percent

Science & Technology: 28 Oct 08
Nearly nine out of ten women in Sweden suffering from breast cancer are likely to beat the disease, according to a new report. READ »

Stagnation in your Swedish town? Blame Florida

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 08
Which comes first: urban creativity or sound economic growth? Nima Sanandaji aims to separate the chickens from the eggs as he examines the influence on Swedish policy-makers of US urban theorist Richard Florida. READ »

Budgetary woes plague many Swedish counties

Society: 9 Oct 08
A new report shows that about half of Sweden’s county councils will post a loss this year, with widespread lay offs also expected. READ »

Swedish tax money benefits Scientology

National: 1 Oct 08
Swedish taxpayers have been indirectly supporting the Church of Scientology though local government contracts given to front organizations with ties to the group. READ »

Thousands of Swedes order home chlamydia tests

Science & Technology: 1 Sep 08
Tests for the sexually transmitted disease, which are available for order over the internet, have proven extremely popular in Sweden. READ »

Mountain of foreign glass sparks recycling feud

Society: 14 Aug 08
Bickering between Swedish recycling companies and local councils over who should pay for recycling foreign booze bottles has reached breaking point, and the government has been forced to step in as a mediator. READ »

Moderates challenge councils over independent schools

Education: 8 Aug 08
Moderate party education representatives want to see a centralization and simplification of the independent schooling system. Councils should lose the right to delay the opening of new schools, they argue. READ »

Sveriges Television in Olympic broadcast controversy

Society: 1 Aug 08
The journalists' union is accusing Sveriges Television (SVT) of spreading "uncritial propoganda" after broadcasting a documentary on Wednesday about preparations for the Olympic Games. READ »

Government proposes animal offenders list

National: 28 Jul 08
A new register of all those forbidden from keeping animals has been presented in a new proposal from the Ministry of Agriculture, Riksdag & Departement reports. READ »

Ombudsman calls time on Sami discrimination

Society: 6 Jul 08
The Sami are routinely subjected to discrimination and their rights disregarded, a new report from the discrimination ombudsman shows. READ »

Taxpayers prop up political parties

Politics: 24 Jun 08
The amount of money paid out in grants to Sweden's political parties has risen by more than 40 percent over the last seven years. READ »

Teachers: 'Go back to state schools'

Education: 23 May 08
Eight out of ten teachers would like the state to exert more influence over Sweden's schools, a new study has shown. READ »

Hospitals offer care to illegal immigrants

National: 17 May 08
Half of Swedish healthcare authorities give the same care to illegal immigrants as they do to other patients. READ »

Green cars hit record highs

Business & Money: 16 May 08
Green is the new black as sales of environmentally friendly cars hit the roof in Sweden. READ »

Nurses walk off jobs in droves

National: 5 May 08
As the nursing strike enters its third week, an additional 4,300 healthcare union workers walked off their jobs at noon on Monday. READ »

Walpurgis Night revelries run the usual gamut

Society: 1 May 08
Most parts of Sweden experienced a typically chaotic Walpurgis Night on Wednesday. READ »

Female pedestrians get road sign recognition

Society: 30 Apr 08
Sweden's government has paved the way for the development of road signs at pedestrian crossings that portray women rather than just men. READ »

Ikea accused of mistreating German workers

Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
Swedish home furnishing giant Ikea has been accused in Germany of illegal labour practices, including secretly filming its workers. READ »

Striking nurses make for striking debate

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Apr 08
David Landes looks at press reaction to the Swedish nursing strike. READ »

Patients feel effects of nurses strike

National: 21 Apr 08
Health services in several parts of Sweden began redirecting ambulance traffic so that emergency rooms participating in the healthcare workers strike can close as planned at noon on Monday. READ »

Health workers union steps up strike pressure

Business & Money: 16 Apr 08
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) approved an additional round of industrial action on Wednesday. READ »

More elderly Swedes prescribed antidepressants

National: 9 Apr 08
The prescribing of antidepressants for people over 75-years-old has increased dramatically since 2000. READ »

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