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Sweden plummets in income equality ranking

Business & Money: 15 May 13
The living conditions of most Swedes have improved in recent decades, but income inequality is growing rapidly, according to a new OECD report, which saw Sweden drop 14 spots from its first place ranking in 1995. READ »

Borg defends critique of strong Swedish krona

Business & Money: 10 May 13
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has hit back after the shadow finance minister slammed him for voicing opinions on monetary policy. READ »

'Young Swedes need more mental health help'

Science & Technology: 6 Mar 13
One in four 16- to 18-year-olds in Sweden suffers from mental health issues, according to a report from the OECD, which found Sweden loses 2.8 percent of GDP annually in mental health-related costs. READ »

'Pension age could inch up again': report

Business & Money: 21 Feb 13
Swedes may again be facing additional years at work, with the official pension age hitting 69, if a government review expected in the spring goes from words to actions. READ »

Swedish taxpayers least honest in the Nordics

Business & Money: 8 Feb 13
Sweden has the biggest black market in the Nordic region, according to a new study, which also found workers in France are more honest than their Swedish counterparts in reporting their income to tax authorities. READ »

Sweden's minimum wages 'too high': OECD

Business & Money: 17 Dec 12
Sweden needs to do more for people excluded from the labour market, the OECD said on Monday, citing high minimum wages and integration policies have left some groups trapped in poverty. READ »

Swedish 10-year-olds' literacy slips again

Education: 11 Dec 12
Young Swedish students have become worse at reading but slightly better at the natural sciences, according to the results of two key international comparisons of student achievement released on Tuesday. READ »

Union fury at McDonald's 'job selling' scheme

National: 5 Dec 12
Trade unions see an immigrant-exploitation scheme uncovered a McDonald's in Sweden as "the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to abuse of labour migration laws which they feel make foreign workers too dependent on their Swedish employers. READ »

Swedish education level slips in global ranking

Education: 3 Dec 12
Sweden is set to slide down the scale in a new global comparison of education achievement, said a report published by the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education on Monday. READ »

Sweden snags top spot in European tax ranking

Business & Money: 3 Oct 12
Sweden has once again topped the European tax league, boasting a 56.6 marginal tax rate, according to a new report. READ »

Sweden to boost foreign student scholarships

Education: 19 Sep 12
In a bid to encourage diversity at Swedish universities, the government wants to double the resources available for scholarships to help students from developing countries study in Sweden. READ »

Sweden unveils plan to slash corporate tax rates

Business & Money: 13 Sep 12
Sweden aims to cut corporate tax rates by 15 percent in 2013 in a move estimated to cost state coffers about 16 billion kronor ($2.4 billion). READ »

'Every global citizen should work in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Jun 12
Sweden's efforts to liberalize rules governing labour migration are meant to ensure that working in Sweden becomes an obvious choice for every global citizen, argues migration minister Tobias Billström. READ »

Sweden drifting from 'Swedish model': report

Business & Money: 21 May 12
Sweden's historically generous social safety net isn't as robust as it once was, according to a new report, which reveals Sweden has fallen below the average for many other developed countries when it comes to various types of social insurance. READ »

Sweden world's most generous donor: OECD

Politics: 7 Apr 12
Sweden dishes out more development aid in relation to gross national income than any other country, according to figures released by the OECD this week. READ »

Liberalisation fastest in Sweden: report

National: 24 Mar 12
Sweden has had a quicker liberalisation than any other advanced economy in the world, in terms of privatisation and deregulation, according to conservative American think tank The Heritage Foundation. READ »

Runaway krona must be 'reined in': experts

Business & Money: 21 Feb 12
The Swedish krona is 25 percent overvalued against the US dollar, according to the OECD, jeopardizing the currency's appeal as a “safe haven” for investors. READ »

How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe. READ »

Tuition fees change Sweden's student population

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jan 12
With tuition fees for non-EEA students in effect, the makeup of Sweden’s non-European student population is shifting and the pressure is on for universities to deliver services worth selling, argues contributor Sven Hultberg Carlsson. READ »

Sweden's five biggest news stories of 2011

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Dec 11
As 2011 draws to a close, The Local looks back at some of the stories that dominated headlines in Sweden in the past year. READ »

Sweden needs 'tougher controls' on labour migration: OECD

Business & Money: 19 Dec 11
Sweden needs to implement tighter controls of new rules governing foreign labour migration, according to the OECD, which nevertheless concluded that the 2008 reforms have worked fairly well. READ »

'Uncertainty' over Swedish nuke waste storage: experts

Science & Technology: 17 Dec 11
There are still questions surrounding some important points in the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management's application for final disposition, concluded an international expert group. READ »

Number of fat Swedes expanding: study

Science & Technology: 24 Nov 11
The number of obese people in Sweden has all but doubled in the last two decades, but is still comparatively low compared to other OECD countries, according to a recent study. READ »

Swedish home loans in rapid rise

National: 20 Nov 11
Seemingly undeterred by the debt crisis, Swedish households are taking out more new loans than any other Europeans, according to a comparison of mortgages presented in Swedish media. READ »

OECD: Sweden has poor eye on working conditions

Business & Money: 6 Nov 11
Sweden has poor control over people coming from outside the EU to work, specifically related to the pay and conditions they've been promised, according to findings by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). READ »

Billions to stop Sweden's maths skills slide

Education: 6 Sep 11
After nearly a decade-long slide in Swedish students' maths skills, the government has decided to invest 2.6 billion kronor ($404.9 million) to raise results in Swedish schools. READ »

Maltreatment reports increasing in Swedish geriatric care

National: 13 Aug 11
Many are now reporting maltreatment of elderly to Sweden's health and welfare watchdog, and cases are increasing in several parts of the country, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Slower growth ahead for Swedish economy: report

Business & Money: 22 Jun 11
Sweden's economic growth is expected to slow further in 2011 following record strong growth in 2010, according to a new forecast from the Sweden's National Institute of Economic Research. READ »

Swedes 'most satisfied' in Europe: report

Society: 27 May 11
Swedes are the most content among Europeans when it comes to a number of factors related to people's sense of well-being, a new OECD report shows. READ »

OECD slams Sweden for using aid for embassies

Politics: 17 May 11
The OECD has criticised Sweden for using money from the development aid budget to finance embassy operations, in contravention of international regulations. READ »

Alliance tax cuts top 100 billion kronor

Politics: 23 Apr 11
The center-right Alliance in Sweden has lowered taxes by over 100 billion kronor since 2006 with the most generous tax breaks going to those in work. READ »

'Renationalise Sweden's schools': minister

Education: 15 Mar 11
Sweden's minister for education and the head of an influential teachers' union have called for a new centralised school system in Sweden. READ »

'Record growth' for Sweden's economy

Business & Money: 1 Mar 11
The Swedish economy expanded at a record 7.3 percent in 2010, a growth rate not seen in the country since 1970. READ »

Sweden's economy on display in Davos

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's strong economy is in focus at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, giving the centre-right Alliance government a chance to spread a new image of Sweden, writes Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and three of his ministers. READ »

Clinton praise as Sweden woos Davos

Business & Money: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will on Friday address the ongoing World Economic Forum in Davos to explain Sweden's relative economic prosperity as ex-US president Bill Clinton joined the chorus of admirers. READ »

Sweden 'strong like Pippi Longstocking': OECD

Business & Money: 20 Jan 11
The head of the OECD compared the strength of the Swedish economy to that of the popular Astrid Lindgren's character during a conference in Stockholm on Thursday. READ »

Swedish GDP growth nears record high: report

Business & Money: 21 Dec 10
Sweden's GDP growth is currently at levels that have been outpaced only four other times since World War Two, according to a finance ministry agency on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish jobless funds 'among OECD's worst'

Business & Money: 7 Dec 10
A study compiled by an Uppsala University researcher reveals that Sweden has one of the worst unemployment fund schemes among wealthy nations. READ »

Swedish pupils slide in new global ranking

Education: 7 Dec 10
The reading comprehension and mathematics skills of 15-year-old Swedish students have deteriorated in the 2000s, a new triennial OECD study released on Tuesday has found. READ »

Laggard Swedish grads costly to economy: report

Education: 3 Dec 10
Swedish students who take their time to graduate from post-secondary study are extremely costly to the economy, a new government study has shown. READ »

Britain looks to Sweden for austerity plan ideas

Analysis & Opinion: 24 Oct 10
As Britain braces for massive spending cuts, observers say Prime Minister David Cameron should take note of Sweden's successful battle to shrink its huge deficit in the 1990s, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

Live Blog: parliament opens

Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy. READ »

Swedes perform poorly in charitable giving survey

Business & Money: 10 Sep 10
Sweden came in 45th place among 153 countries in a survey measuring charitable behaviour around the world, tied with neighbouring Finland, as well as Lebanon, Zambia, and Ghana. READ »

Borg: Strong economic recovery continues

Business & Money: 8 Sep 10
Sweden appears to be making a spectacular recovery from the deep recession its export-reliant economy experienced during the global financial crisis. READ »

Experts: politicians misled voters on pensions tax

National: 18 Aug 10
Sweden's politicians have been slammed by leading economists who argue that they are misleading the electorate by claiming that income taxes discriminate against pensioners, who in actual fact pay less tax than those in work. READ »

Swedish growth hits European big league

Business & Money: 28 May 10
Sweden has exceeded analysts' economic forecasts with quarterly growth up 1.4 percent and year-on-year figures placing the country at the top of the European pile. READ »

Sweden faces mortgage debt hangover: report

Business & Money: 26 May 10
Swedish household borrowing continues to increase at one of the world's highest rates and economists at the state Housing Credit Guarantee Board have raised concerns over the risks for individuals, house prices, and the Swedish economy. READ »

More single parents living in poverty: report

Society: 12 Apr 10
As average incomes increase, more people in Sweden are falling below the line classified as relative poverty, with single parents particularly affected, new statistics show. READ »

'Inflexible welfare model keeping young Swedes out of work'

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Mar 10
An excessively rigid labour market is at the root of Sweden's high youth unemployment and helps explain the recent proliferation of young people in early retirement schemes, argues Nima Sanandaji, CEO of the Captus think tank. READ »

Fees make competition for students more equal

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 10
A bill proposing tuition fees for students from non-EU countries will enable Sweden to compete on a more level playing field with universities in other countries, argues Niklas Tranæus from the Swedish Institute. READ »

Sweden fares badly in global economic report

National: 7 Feb 10
Swedes by and large have not fared well during the deep recession. The report card comes from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. READ »

Agency blasts Sweden's 'most expensive' ranking

Society: 11 Jan 10
The Swedish Institute has slammed as “nonsense” an index released last week which ranked Sweden as the most expensive country in the world. READ »

Sweden lagging behind in equality for women professionals

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Nov 09
Sweden's much-vaunted gender equality statistics do not stretch as far as the boardrooms of private companies, an area in which the country has fallen way off the international pace, argues Nima Sanandaji. READ »

Budget bill sees Sweden shedding more jobs

Business & Money: 21 Sep 09
Sweden's unemployment will climb above 11 percent, according to the 2010 budget bill presented by the government to the Riksdag on Monday, requiring measures focused on job creation and jump-starting growth. READ »

Sweden pledges aid money to Palestinians

National: 12 Aug 09
Sweden has agreed to pay direct support of 50 million kronor ($6.9 million) to the beleaguered Palestinian Authority, the foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. READ »

Praise for Sweden's development aid

Business & Money: 9 Jul 09
Sweden’s development aid policies received generally high marks in a review published on Thursday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). READ »

Borg bashes business group 'ideologues'

Politics: 3 Jul 09
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg lashed out at the country’s business community on Friday, calling Sweden’s main business group “ideological megaphones” who’ve shirked their responsibility during the economic crisis. READ »

Birthplace matters in Swedish job market

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
Foreign-born graduates of Swedish universities suffer discrimination in the Swedish labour market and are often under-paid and over-qualified, a new report shows. Action is demanded to meet the challenges of an ageing workforce. READ »

Currency woes hit Swedish wallets

Business & Money: 29 Dec 08
The recent devaluation of the Swedish krona has made the nation poorer. If the currency's 15 percent decline against the euro stands there is a risk of Sweden dropping down the OECD wealth league table. READ »

Swedes: hard workers or hardly working?

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 08
Doug Lansky takes a look at how Swedish tradition, technology, sick leave, vacations, public holidays and a new management style mean many 'full-time' Swedish workers get 130 days off per year. READ »

Sweden tops child welfare ranking

Society: 12 Dec 08
When it comes to caring for children, Sweden ranks highest among the world’s wealthy countries, according to a new report from the United Nations children’s organization, Unicef. READ »

Swedish students worse at maths and science: study

Education: 10 Dec 08
Swedish students are getting worse at maths and natural science, according to the results of an international study. READ »

US think tank: Swedish foreign aid 'best in the world'

Politics: 5 Dec 08
Sweden’s foreign assistance programme has been given top marks by an influential American think tank. READ »

OECD backs Sweden to survive crisis

Business & Money: 3 Dec 08
Sweden is well placed to ride out the global economic crisis despite risks of exposure to the overseas financial sector, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. READ »

Moderates propose major development aid reforms

Politics: 27 Nov 08
The Moderate Party wants to ditch Sweden’s development aid goal of devoting 1 percent of the country’s gross national income (GNI) to foreign assistance. READ »

Swedish economy set for minor recession

Business & Money: 29 Oct 08
The National Institute of Economic Research predicts Sweden's economy will shrink slightly next year as the country’s main economic indicator dropped to its lowest level since 1996. READ »

Sweden second in global tax league

Politics: 15 Oct 08
Sweden has maintained its position as the country with the second highest tax burden in the world, according to the OECD. READ »

Borg presents 2009 budget to Riksdag

Politics: 22 Sep 08
The government presented the 2009 Budget Bill on Monday, which features 32 billion kronor ($4.8 billion) in reforms designed to counteract the effects of a weakening economy. READ »

Swedish economy to slow further

Business & Money: 4 Jun 08
Sweden’s economy is set to weaken further this year and next, but inflation fears continue to pose a threat, according to a recent OECD report. READ »

Swedish authorities seize hazardous refrigerators

National: 3 Apr 08
A truck loaded with refrigerators to be shipped to Nigeria has been stopped by several Swedish authorities. READ »

Swedish dads steer clear of paternity leave

Business & Money: 12 Mar 08
Swedish fathers enjoy one of the most generous paternity leave policies in the world but few dads take advantage of the opportunity, writes AFP's Sebastien Buffet. READ »

100 Swedes in Liechtenstein tax probe

Business & Money: 26 Feb 08
Sweden's tax authorities are claiming to have acquired information about some 100 Swedes with bank accounts in Liechtenstein. READ »

Sweden rises in OECD ranking

National: 15 Feb 08
Sweden has moved into ninth place in the 2007 OECD prosperity league table. READ »

'Build four new nuclear reactors'

Politics: 11 Jan 08
Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has called for the construction in Sweden of four new nuclear reactors. READ »

Wealth and property taxes officially axed

Business & Money: 18 Dec 07
Sweden's parliament has voted in favour of abolishing wealth and property taxes, enacting a key pledge in the government's manifesto. READ »

Sweden plunges in new school study

Society: 29 Nov 07
Swedish 15-year-olds have dropped down the global rankings in a new OECD study. READ »

Korean hunger striker targets Tetra Pak

Business & Money: 29 Oct 07
A leafy Swiss park is the unlikely setting for a showdown between a South Korean hunger striker and a global corporation he accuses of "gangster" tactics in shutting down a factory. READ »

SFI is failing immigrants

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Oct 07
SFI language courses aim to promote basic understanding of the Swedish language and society. But, argues Captus's Nima Sanandaji, with low pass rates and politicized content, neither aim is fulfilled. READ »

Sweden ill-equipped to deal with corruption

National: 8 Oct 07
Sweden does not have a effective framework in place to combat bribery and international corruption, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI). READ »

Companies accused of cheating tax system

Business & Money: 30 Jul 07
International companies in Sweden avoid tax by setting false transfer prices, a controversial former pharmaceuticals executive has said. READ »

Housing system under fire

Society: 29 Jun 07
The authors of an official report on the Swedish rental market argue that companies in the public housing sector should 'strive for market rates'. READ »

More tax cuts in the pipeline

Politics: 27 Jun 07
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has proposed further tax breaks for people in work. The cuts will benefit low and medium income earners most, he says. READ »

Union power should come with responsibility

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jun 07
Swedish interest rate rises have been pushed on by high wage demands from trade unions. The unions' short-term gains are being won at the expense of the economy as a whole, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus. READ »

Finance Minister defends property tax reform

Business & Money: 29 May 07
Speaking at a taxation conference on Tuesday, Finance Minister Anders Borg defended the government's decision to replace residential property tax with a council fee. But the OECD forecasts the resurrection of the tax "within five years". READ »

Bright outlook for Swedish economy

Business & Money: 24 May 07
Sweden's economy will continue to grow at a healthy pace, according to a new prognosis from the OECD, but inflation poses a threat. READ »

Sweden gets a dose of liberalism

Politics: 8 Apr 07
Sweden's election of a centre-right government in September has led to a whole host of reforms to nudge the country away from its high tax, high spend traditions, as Delphine Toitou reports. READ »

OECD criticizes Sweden's property tax reform

Politics: 4 Apr 07
Taxes in Sweden are too high, according to the OECD. But the government should reduce labour taxes rather than property taxes, the organization argues. READ »

OECD calls for Swedish labour market reform

Business & Money: 30 Mar 07
Less red tape, more competition and labour market liberalization are the ingredients required if Sweden is to maintain its high standards of social welfare, according to a new report. READ »

Smokers take eight days more sick leave per year

Science & Technology: 29 Mar 07
A new Swedish study has shown the negative impact of smoking on productivity. The average number of sick days per person is 25, while the average smoker took a further eight days. READ »

Wealth tax abolition widely welcomed

Politics: 28 Mar 07
The move to get rid of wealth tax has been widely welcomed in political and business circles. But union movement LO has said it is "unacceptable" that pension savers will have to pay the price. READ »

Sweden to abolish wealth tax

National: 28 Mar 07
Wealth tax will disappear this year, the leaders of the governing Alliance parties have promised in a surprise move. READ »

Sweden's entrepreneurs face an uphill struggle

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 07
Sweden ranks 18th out of the EU's 25 member states in measures of the number of entrepreneurs in society. But the government doesn't seem to have grasped the need for reform, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus. READ »

Sweden good for children's well-being

Society: 14 Feb 07
A new UNICEF report rates Sweden as one of the best countries in the rich world for children to grow up in. Britain comes off worst, while the United States is rated little better. READ »

Sweden 'needs to shake up jobs and housing'

National: 14 Feb 07
The Swedish economy is performing well, according to a new report from the OECD. But the housing rental market needs reform and further efforts will be needed to get people into work. READ »

Nordic economies forge ahead of European rivals

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Dec 06
The Nordic countries are all in rude economic health, with growth outstripping that of Britain, Germany and France. AFP's Delphine Toitou takes a look at their recipe for success. READ »

OECD: Sweden must raise interest rates

Business & Money: 28 Nov 06
Sweden's economy will keep growing strongly and unemployment will fall over the next couple of years, the OECD says. But interest rates will need to rise to help sustain growth, it warns. READ »

Sweden must reform to stay afloat

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Nov 06
While Sweden's economic future looks bright in many respects, it will soon lose its competitive edge without major reforms to the role of the public sector, argues Nima Sanandaji READ »

Sweden tops world tax league

Business & Money: 13 Oct 06
Sweden leads the world when it comes to national tax burdens, according to new figures from the OECD. READ »

Persson 'lied about job statistics'

Politics: 12 Sep 06
Prime minister Göran Persson has been accused of routinely lying about job figures in election debates and interviews. "Journalists need to question his statistics," according to a leading think tank. READ »

Western immigrants earn more than Swedes

Society: 19 Apr 06
People who come to Sweden from western countries earn more on average than Swedes, although they're also more likely to be jobless. People from other parts of the world earn less than native-born Swedes. READ »

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