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Centre Party leader under fire

Politics: 7 Apr 11
The future of Centre Party leader Maud Olofsson was plunged into doubt again on Wednesday as party members renewed calls for a change. READ »

'Grant rejected asylum seekers work permits'

Politics: 31 Mar 11
A parliamentary committee has proposed granting work permits to rejected asylum seekers and allowing immigrants to live abroad for up to five years without losing their right to reside in Sweden. READ »

Bildt WikiLeak 'troublesome' if true: MP

Politics: 21 Jan 11
A Green Party member is considering reporting Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and Migration Minister Tobias Billström to a parliamentary committee following a WikiLeak exposing statements that they made in 2007 about Iraqi refugees. READ »

Two arrested in beating of Centre Party MP

National: 23 Sep 10
Two men have been arrested for the attack on Centre Party parliamentarian Fredrick Federley, who was beaten and robbed outside his home in Stockholm last week. READ »

Säpo to probe beating of Centre Party MP

National: 16 Sep 10
Fredrick Federley, a Centre Party MP, was beaten and robbed outside his Stockholm apartment on Wednesday night. The Swedish Security Service has taken over the investigation. READ »

Federley forced to pay salad bar rent

National: 28 Apr 10
Centre Party politician Fredrick Federley and former member of pop group Army of Lovers, Dominika Peczynski, have been ordered to pay 300,000 kronor ($41,000) in rent owed for their Stockholm salad bar. READ »

Politician blames transvestite alter ego for sunny island freebie

Politics: 10 Feb 10
High profile Centre Party member of parliament Fredrick Federley passed the buck to Ursula, his transvestite alter ego, when put on the spot for accepting an all expenses paid trip to Gran Canaria. 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 »

Asylum seekers 'should live near jobs'

Politics: 4 Nov 08
A Moderate Party working group has proposed withdrawing economic support for asylum seekers in Sweden who choose to live in municipalities where they can’t support themselves. READ »

Government unites around new FRA-law

Politics: 26 Sep 08
Sweden’s centre-right Alliance government announced a new version of the country’s controversial surveillance law on Thursday, claiming it had succeeded in making changes to the measure which satisfy critics of the original bill. READ »

'Exempt Swedes from FRA surveillance'

Politics: 21 Aug 08
Signals intelligence agency FRA should not be permitted to eavesdrop on Swedish citizens at least until the legal implications have been fully examined, according to a new proposal from the Centre Party READ »

Snoop law vote to go ahead

Politics: 18 Jun 08
After several hours' delay, a controversial signal surveillance bill will be put to the vote on Wednesday evening. READ »

Critics force snoop law postponement

Politics: 18 Jun 08
Swedish lawmakers have agreed to postpone plans for the passing into law of a controversial surveillance bill following an emotional debate in the Riksdag on Tuesday evening. READ »

Dissenters put snoop vote on knife edge

Politics: 17 Jun 08
Four centre-right members of parliament, the exact number needed to block Sweden's hotly debated new surveillance law, have not yet committed to voting in favour of the bill. READ »

Centre Party split over surveillance

Society: 17 Jun 08
Sweden's Centre Party is meeting on Tuesday morning for eleventh hour deliberations ahead of Wednesday morning's parliamentary vote on the government's far-reaching surveillance bill. READ »

Party whips to force through snoop law

Politics: 17 Jun 08
Sweden's governing centre-right parties are expected to gain the majority of votes needed to pass a deeply controversial surveillance law. READ »

Federley assaulted in homophobic attack

Politics: 11 Dec 07
Centre Party member of parliament Fredrick Federley was the victim of a homophobic attack in central Stockholm on Saturday night. READ »

Opposition demands gay marriage

Politics: 5 Oct 07
The three opposition parties are piling pressure on the government to table a bill establishing gender-neutral marriage. They are demanding gay marriage is legalized by March. READ »

Swedes turn out to back Burmese

Politics: 28 Sep 07
Demonstrations are planned in Stockholm and Gothenburg on Friday in support of protesters in Burma, with some members of the public turning up to work in red to express sympathy for the Burmese monks. READ »

Federley quits as Centre's youth leader

Politics: 1 Mar 07
The high-profile leader of the Centre Party's youth wing, Fredrick Federely, has said he plans to quit. "I've become the group's old hag," the 28-year-old member of parliament said. READ »

Federley in salad bar swoop

Politics: 13 Feb 07
Centre Party politician Fredrick Federley is preparing to make a bid for blockaded Gothenburg salad bar Wild'n Fresh. He is joined in the bid by former pop star Dominika Peczynski. READ »

Union furious over salad bar mafia slur

National: 7 Dec 06
Sweden's Hotel and Restaurant Union is demanding a government apology after MP Fredrick Federley described the blockade of a salad bar in Gothenburg as "mafia methods". READ »


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20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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