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Bildt: UNESCO decision will 'hurt Palestine'

Politics: 1 Nov 11
Sweden voted against the Palestinian application to join UNESCO on Monday, arguing that the vote had come at the "wrong time" and would harm the Palestinian cause. READ »

Ohly quits as Left leader

Politics: 9 Aug 11
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has informed the nominating committee that he won't stand for the post when the party elects a new leader during its 2012 congress. READ »

Linde challenges Ohly for Left Party post

Politics: 4 Aug 11
The leadership battle for the Left Party has intensified after the party's foreign policy spokesperson Hans Linde announced his intention to challenge current leader Las Ohly for the post. READ »

New Green Party chiefs bring poll success

Politics: 5 Jun 11
Recent polling figures show the Green Party's new spokespeople have raised the party to an unprecedented high, while the Social Democrats have registered another dismal polling result. READ »

Romson and Fridolin to lead Sweden's Greens

Politics: 21 May 11
Sweden's Green Party on Saturday voted to appoint Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson as their new spokespeople at their party conference in Karlstad. READ »

'Cab controversy' colours Green leadership battle

Politics: 20 May 11
Revelations that the Green Party leader candidate Mikaela Valtersson spent thousands of taxpayers' kronor on taxi rides rather than taking public transportation have raised questions about her leadership potential. READ »

Stabbing puts top Green Party official in hospital

National: 2 May 11
Prominent Green Party official Anders Wallner was stabbed early Sunday morning near a Stockholm metro station. READ »

Juholt backed by a quarter of Swedes: poll

Politics: 1 Apr 11
Some 27 percent of Swedes have confidence in the new Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt, a new poll shows, roughly comparable with the support enjoyed by former leader Mona Sahlin. READ »

Green Party proposes new leadership duo

Politics: 29 Mar 11
The Green Party on Tuesday proposed Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson as its new spokespersons to be elected at the party congress in May. READ »

Sweden in 'historic' deal on immigration policy

Politics: 3 Mar 11
Sweden's centre-right Alliance government and the Green Party have reached an agreement on changes to the country's immigration policies specifically designed to diminish the influence of the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats. READ »

Ease immigrant family reunification: Greens

Politics: 4 Feb 11
Sweden's Green Party has announced that it wants to reduce or even remove conditions for immigration on the grounds of family reunification. READ »

Sahlin's final plea: isolate the Sweden Democrats

Politics: 19 Jan 11
The first party leader debate of the year was the last for the Social Democrats' Mona Sahlin, who on Wednesday called for more cross-coalition cooperation to squeeze out the Sweden Democrats. READ »

Bomb attack draws condemnation

Politics: 12 Dec 10
Politicians, foreign embassies in Stockholm and European leaders have joined Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in condemnation of Saturday’s suicide bombing on one of the capital’s busiest shopping streets. READ »

Reinfeldt and Borg top Sweden power rankings

Society: 4 Dec 10
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and finance minister Anders Borg are Sweden’s two most powerful people for the second year in a row, according to a new ranking. READ »

Political parties mull future leadership plans

Politics: 8 Nov 10
Speculation is rife that a majority of the parties in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, may be mulling changes at the top following the general election in September as they contemplate their futures. READ »

The failure of Sweden's Red-Green alliance

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Oct 10
The uneasy alliance between Sweden's Social Democrats, Greens, and Left Party was doomed from the start, argues Social Democratic politician and communications consultant Niklas Nordström. READ »

Swedish leaders see unity on Afghanistan

Politics: 21 Oct 10
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin both expressed satisfaction that common ground could be found after talks on the Swedish force in Afghanistan on Thursday. READ »

Green Party: No agreement with Reinfeldt

Politics: 27 Sep 10
The Green Party confirmed in a press conference on Monday that no agreement has been reached over a coalition with a Fredrik Reinfeldt-led government, revealing that Alliance coalition leaders appeared "split" on the issue. READ »

Live Blog: post-election developments

National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes. READ »

Alliance takes one step towards majority

Politics: 22 Sep 10
Sweden's governing Alliance coalition has preliminarily increased its number of seats in the Riksdag to 173, two short of an overall majority, as the recount of advance and overseas ballots continued on Wednesday afternoon. READ »

Moderates and Greens call for time

National: 20 Sep 10
The Moderate and Green parties held press conferences on Monday calling for time for the election results to be completed and digested, with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt promising an orderly process to a new Alliance government. READ »

Åkesson waits for party invites to cooperate

Politics: 20 Sep 10
One day after its history entry into parliament, the Sweden Democrats now await an invitation to join a coalition with the other parties. However, so far no parties have contacted leader Jimmie Åkesson. READ »

Alliance loses majority as far-right wins seats

Politics: 20 Sep 10
Sweden's ruling Alliance coalition won the most votes, but fell short of a majority in Sunday's general election as the Sweden Democrats entered parliament for the first time. READ »

Live Blog: election night in Sweden

Politics: 20 Sep 10
The Local's correspondents bring you all the latest news from the Swedish election, live from the main parties' headquarters in Stockholm. See the drama unfold live here. READ »

Welfare and taxes dominate final debate

Politics: 18 Sep 10
Sweden's welfare state overshadowed the possible entrance into parliament of the far-right Sweden Democrats in the final televised party leader debate before elections on Sunday. READ »

Eriksson: Green-Alliance tie-up 'not on the table'

Politics: 9 Sep 10
Although leading Green Party officials have indicated they would cooperate with the centre-right Alliance should the Sweden Democrats hold the balance of power following the election, Green spokesman Peter Eriksson has flatly rejected the possibility. READ »

Introducing the Greens

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Green Party, bidding to assume power within the centre-left Red-Green coalition and become Sweden's third largest party. READ »

Left Party's Ohly rebuked for 'breast pump' advice

Society: 6 Sep 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has been slammed by breastfeeding experts and Red-Green coalition colleagues for advising nursing mothers to pump milk out of their breasts so that they can go back to work earlier. READ »

Introducing the Red-Greens

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 10
Here's a look at the centre-left Red-Greens, who hope they can move from opposition to Sweden's governing coalition. READ »

Party leaders, not issues, will determine election

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Aug 10
Elections in Sweden tend to be decided over issues rather than candidates, but with the upcoming September 19th vote for the first time pitting two blocs against each other, personal politics are playing an unprecedented role, writes AFP's Rita Devlin Marier. READ »

Nuclear vote condemned as activists face trial

National: 18 Jun 10
Environmental group Greenpeace has condemned the Swedish parliament vote in favour of the construction of new nuclear reactors, as activists went on trial for illegal trespass at the Forsmark plant north of Stockholm this week. READ »

Sweden approves new nuclear reactors

Politics: 17 Jun 10
Sweden's parliament on Thursday narrowly passed a landmark government proposal allowing the replacement of nuclear reactors at the end of their life span. READ »

Jobs in focus during party leader debate

Politics: 16 Jun 10
The jobs, the environment and unemployment were the dominant themes in the party leaders' debate in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, on Wednesday. READ »

Greens call for 35-hour working week

National: 16 May 10
The Green Party voted at its annual congress on Saturday to include demands for a 35-hour work week in its manifesto for this September’s general election. READ »

Jobs and climate top priorities for Greens

Politics: 14 May 10
Investing in jobs and climate policies remain the top priorities for the Greens, the party said as it opened its annual party congress in Uppsala. READ »

Alliance best for economy: poll

Politics: 14 May 10
A majority of Swedes believe that the Alliance government has the best policies for the economy, taxes and businesses, according to a survey by Novus Opinion. READ »

Opposition outlines billion kronor tax hike

Politics: 28 Apr 10
The left-green opposition has proposed the raising of environmental taxes by a total of 11 billion kronor ($1.52 billion) over the coming two years, as well as reintroducing wealth taxes to raise a further four billion per annum. READ »

Social Democrats seek apology over Sahlin slur

Politics: 27 Apr 10
Top Social Democrat Thomas Östros has demanded an apology from Mats Odell after the local government minster dredged a 15-year-old scandal back up to the surface of Swedish politics. READ »

Lars Ohly turns down royal wedding invite

Politics: 14 Apr 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has declined the invitation to attend Crown Princess Victoria's wedding to Daniel Westling on June 19th, citing his opposition to the monarchy as grounds for staying away. READ »

Opposition lead widens in new poll

Politics: 10 Apr 10
Sweden's left-green opposition has stretched its lead over the governing centre-right coalition to 8.7 percentage points in a new poll. READ »

Surprise vote of confidence in Reinfeldt: poll

National: 3 Apr 10
The Swedish electorate has expressed a vote of confidence in Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, according to a survey published on Thursday. READ »

Reinfeldt leads voter support poll

Politics: 20 Mar 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt retains his position at the top of the party leader board in a new survey on voter confidence while support for opposition leader Mona Sahlin continues to decline. READ »

Record support for Greens: poll

National: 6 Mar 10
Support for the Green Party has increased by three percentage points to 10.6 percent according a new poll, which shows a majority of voters support Sweden's Left-Green alliance. READ »

Opposition to end housekeeping tax relief

Politics: 2 Mar 10
The left-green opposition has confirmed that it plans to abolish the system of tax relief for household services that the government claims has generated 7,000 jobs. READ »

Green Party stumbles in new poll

Politics: 5 Feb 10
The two political blocs have drawn to within three percentage points of each other, a new voter poll shows. The Green Party is the biggest loser in the new survey. READ »

Green Party makes ground among voters

Politics: 7 Nov 09
Green Party co-leader Maria Wetterstrand has surpassed Mona Sahlin as the main challenger to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt for the affections of Swedish voters, according to a new poll READ »

Reinfeldt reclaims top spot in Sweden power rankings

National: 6 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt can once again lay claim to the title of Sweden’s most power person, having nudged his own finance minister Anders Borg from the top spot in a new ranking released on Thursday. READ »

Left coalition partners in show of conference unity

Politics: 1 Nov 09
The Social Democrats welcomed their centre-left coalition partners, the Green and Left parties, to their ongoing conference on Sunday - the first time outside parties have taken part. READ »

Reinfeldt and Olofsson back Green party talks

National: 23 Oct 09
The Moderates and Centre party have backed coalition partner the Liberal party in calls to work with the Green party instead of the Sweden Democrats if the far-right party held the balance of power in parliament. READ »

Liberals open to Green support to block far-right

Politics: 23 Oct 09
Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has opened up the possibility of cooperating with the Green party if the far-right Sweden Democrats garnered enough votes to hold the balance of power after the 2010 election. READ »

Stockholm traffic bypass gets green light

National: 3 Sep 09
The government has approved the controversial Bypass Stockholm traffic link that will cost the state around 27 billion kronor ($3.75 billion). The project has been strongly criticised on environmental grounds. READ »

Euro support hits six-year high: poll

Business & Money: 23 Jun 09
Support for Sweden joining the eurozone has reached its highest point since the 2003 referendum, with voters in favour of retaining the krona maintaining a lead of just one percentage point in a new poll. READ »

Swedish Pirate Party headed for Brussels

Politics: 7 Jun 09
Sweden's pro-file sharing Pirate Party is on its way to Brussels having secured more than 7 percent of the country's votes in the European Parliament elections, according to early exit polls. READ »

Crisis and EU dominate party leader debate

Politics: 18 May 09
The financial crisis and its effects dominated the debate between the seven parliamentary party leaders on national Swedish television on Sunday evening. Party leaders would have liked more time to discuss the EU elections. READ »

May Day nuptials for same-sex couples

National: 2 May 09
The first same-sex couple to be granted the same legal status as their heterosexual counterparts married in Stockholm on May Day. READ »

Opposition wants end to nuclear power

Politics: 22 Mar 09
The three opposition parties have announced their intention to phase out Sweden's nuclear power capacity if they were to win the next election in 2010. READ »

Record high voter confidence for Reinfeldt: poll

Politics: 18 Mar 09
Confidence in Fredrik Reinfeldt has climbed by more than 10 percentage points in the last 12 months, with a record high 52 percent of voters supporting the Swedish prime minister. READ »

Opposition presses ahead with anti-nuke stance

Politics: 9 Feb 09
Sweden’s three opposition political parties plan on arriving at government energy talks on Thursday armed with a common position, the parties announced on Monday. READ »

Outrage over language ban proposal

Education: 2 Feb 09
Elementary students in Sweden with foreign backgrounds should no longer be allowed to study maths in their native languages, according to a Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) working group. READ »

Green party leaders to resign after election

Politics: 23 Dec 08
The leaders of the Swedish Green party have confirmed that they intend to step down only a year after the next general election, in 2011. READ »

Sahlin sets Christmas cooperation deadline

Politics: 19 Nov 08
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has said a decision will be reached by Christmas as to whether the main parties of the opposition will run for election in 2010 on a joint electoral platform. READ »

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. READ »

Economy and the Left dominate party debate

Politics: 13 Oct 08
Following a week of downbeat news about the economy and speculation about the Left Party's role in a future Social Democratic-led government, leaders of Sweden's seven major political parties squared off in a televised debate on Sunday night. READ »

Left Party snubbed by Sahlin and Greens

Politics: 8 Oct 08
Social Democratic party leader Mona Sahlin confirmed on Wednesday that Sweden’s Left Party was not welcome at the table as her party and the Greens announced plans to deepen their cooperation. READ »

Sweden plans for green spending spree

Business & Money: 9 Sep 08
The government’s upcoming budget proposes spending 3 billion kronor ($443 million) on environment and energy measures. READ »

Left Party shift on election cooperation

Politics: 28 Aug 08
The Left Party’s Lars Ohly now says he wants to appoint a working group to create a red-green governing policy ahead of Sweden’s 2010 parliamentary elections. READ »

Poll: broad public support for dialogue with the far-right

Politics: 17 Jul 08
The broad base of Swedish voters support a dialogue between the established parties and the far-right Sweden Democrats, a new poll shows. READ »

Foreign children 'should be taught in their own languages'

Politics: 10 Jul 08
Foreign children who move to Sweden should have a right to be taught maths and English in their native language, the opposition Green Party has said. READ »

Minister rejects opposition 'games' on snoop law

Politics: 8 Jul 08
Sweden's defence minister has rejected an invitation from the Social Democrats to negotiate about the country's controversial new surveillance law. READ »

Anti-surveillance demonstrators hold Stockholm rally

Society: 3 Jul 08
A large crowd gathered in central Stockholm on Thursday afternoon to demonstrate against Sweden's controversial new surveillance law. READ »

Poll: Sahlin gaining ground

Politics: 14 Mar 08
The Swedish electorate continues to have most confidence in Fredrik Reinfeldt, but his lead on Mona Sahlin is shrinking. READ »

Top Green in EU drop-out rethink

Politics: 27 Feb 08
Green Party spokesperson Maria Wetterstrand no longer believes Sweden should quit the EU. READ »

Left Party leader rejects common election platform

Politics: 12 Feb 08
Lars Ohly says he’s not interested in compromising with the Greens and Social Democrats to come up with a common election platform. READ »

Voters lose confidence in Reinfeldt

Politics: 26 Dec 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt has been overtaken by Mona Sahlin as the most popular party leader in Sweden. Voter confidence in the prime minister has dropped to 45 percent. READ »

Voters have confidence in Reinfeldt

Politics: 14 Sep 07
Voters have greater confidence in Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt than any of the other party leaders, according to a new poll. The Social Democrats' Mona Sahlin is in second place. READ »

Social Democrat voters not keen on Sahlin

Politics: 16 Mar 07
On Saturday Mona Sahlin is expected to be named the new leader of Sweden's largest political party. But only half of the party's voters have confidence in her ability to do the job. READ »

Forsmark 'does not meet nuclear safety standards'

Science & Technology: 30 Jan 07
Sweden's Forsmark nuclear power plant fails to meet standard safety requirements, according to a critical internal report made public on Tuesday. READ »

Sweden loves Reinfeldt and Wallström

National: 29 Dec 06
Who do Swedes most admire? Royals, sports personalities and comedians are all in evidence on the nation's top ten lists - but Swedes reserve greatest admiration for their political leaders. READ »

Greens "convinced" of success

Politics: 16 Sep 06
Green Party spokeswoman Maria Wetterstrand tells voters she's "absolutely convinced" that the red-green bloc will still be in power after the election. READ »

23 year old named as possible minister

Politics: 10 Sep 06
The Green Party has proposed 23 year old member of parliament Gustav Fridolin as a potential minister in a new government. If he's not made minister, he'll go to university, he says. READ »

Hägglund booed at Pride festival

Society: 5 Aug 06
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund was jeered as party leaders answered questions at Stockholm Pride gay festival. I'm not going to change my message just because I'm here, he said. READ »

Sweden's leaders set for intense week on Gotland

Politics: 3 Jul 06
Göran Persson has kicked off the annual Almedalen political fest on Gotland saying that the Alliance has made a "terrible mistake" by focusing on cuts in unemployment and sick benefits. READ »

Leaders face Sweden's youth

Politics: 23 May 06
The Centre Party's proposal to tackle youth unemployment by making it easier to fire young people was rejected by the other Alliance parties in a televised debate in front of a youthful audience. READ »

?There will be Green ministers?

Analysis & Opinion: 22 May 06
We will be part of the government if the left wins the next election, Green Party spokesman Peter Eriksson tells The Local in an exclusive interview. But even under this government, the Greens have made their presence felt. READ »

Punish failing politicians - Green Party

Politics: 20 Apr 06
Cut defence spending in half, create 40,000 new jobs in the public sector, introduce a 35-hour working week and punish politicians who break their promises. The Greens launch their election campaign. READ »

Trust in Reinfeldt and Olofsson declines

Politics: 17 Apr 06
Voters' confidence in Fredrik Reinfeldt and Maud Olofsson is declining rapidly - but Reinfeldt, the leader of the Moderates, is still Sweden's most trusted party leader. READ »

Reinfeldt tops party leader poll

Politics: 18 Mar 06
Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt remains the most popular party leader in Sweden, ten points ahead of Göran Persson. But the Prime Minister is closing the gap. READ »

Swedish opposition laments 'jobless growth'

Politics: 16 Mar 06
Sweden's finance minister, Pär Nuder, predicts strong growth for the next two years. "Unfortunately Sweden is the world leader in jobless growth," says the opposition. READ »

New Swedish weapon in Iraq

National: 7 Feb 06
American forces in Iraq will shortly start using artillery shells incorporating components produced by Swedish defence systems manufacturer Bofors. The government's allies, the Left and Green parties are not happy. READ »

Swedes most confident in Reinfeldt

Politics: 2 Jan 06
The popularity gap between Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt and Prime Minister Göran Persson is increasing. 48% of Swedes say they have great or very great confidence in Reinfeldt, compared to just 32% backing Persson. READ »

Leaders clash over jobs

Politics: 12 Oct 05
Göran Persson and Fredrik Reinfeldt have come to blows over jobs in an acrimonious parliamentary debate. Jobs and welfare again provide the meat for claims and counter-claims. READ »

Persson losing voter confidence

Politics: 10 Sep 05
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Social democrat support may be up, but only 29% of voters say they have confidence in party leader and prime minister Göran Persson. READ »

Reinfeldt "wins TV battle"

Politics: 5 Sep 05
Two united blocks battled it out in Sunday's party leader debate. But accusations that the socialist block has no idea how to halt unemployment help the Right claim victory. READ »

Green Party split on feminist approach

Politics: 5 May 05
The F-word looms large over the Greens' national congress, with an all-female group calling for greater status within the party. But the leadership disagrees. READ »

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