A new survey suggests many young people in Sweden are skeptical about the traditional format of democratic governance, and think the country being ruled by experts rather than politicians would be a good idea.
A Swedish MP who was elected to the Riksdag as part of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats and was recently removed from their list for the 2018 general election has revealed that he wants to become an immigrant in Hungary in order to escape immigration.
A local politician from Småland was left in an embarrassing position after accidentally trying to take her son's scout knife into the Riksdag on Thursday, only realising when she attempted to go through the security check at Sweden’s parliament.
The centre-right Moderates have fought back and overtaken anti-immigration Sweden Democrats (SD) as Sweden's second-largest political party, according to a key voter poll.
King Carl XVI Gustaf reminded MPs that it is their duty to represent all of Sweden, including immigrants and young people, as he reopened the country's parliament on Tuesday.
Hundreds of young people who came to Sweden as unaccompanied refugees are holding a sit-down protest outside the Riksdag demanding that the country stops deportations to Afghanistan.
Strong voices within Sweden's centre-right opposition Moderate party are calling for leader Anna Kinberg Batra to be replaced before the 2018 election, according to reports in two Swedish newspapers.
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has promised to quadruple the minimum penalty for carrying a hand grenade in the country, during his speech at the first party leaders debate of 2017.
Last week NFGL students got the chance to attend a workshop with Kvinna till Kvinna, a women's rights organization. NFGL member María José Velásquez Flores talks about the experience.
On November 2, the Swedish Institute organized a study visit to Riksdag, the Swedish parliament. SI NFGL member Mariia Opanasenko writes about the experience.
In 2012 the Swedish government decided to recognize West Sahara as an independent state. But years later it's still not official. This week two parties hosted a panel of West Saharan activists who discussed their experiences, and why the territory must be given freedom from Morocco.
Stefan Löfven has started talks to form a new government, but the former welder faces huge challenges in bringing together an administration that will work. The Local explains why.
Finance Minister Anders Borg defended his spring budget on the floor of parliament on Wednesday, facing opposition flack from all quarters, including Sweden Democrat critique of asylum policy.
A cleaner doing the rounds in Sweden's parliament found a woman in a pool of vomit sleeping in the high-security complex. How she got in remains a mystery.
Sweden's minority government coalition on Wednesday lost a fight to lower taxes for high-earners in a vote that may have long-term "ugly free-for-all" consequences for how budget decisions are made.
The speaker of Sweden’s parliament has stopped a vote called by Sweden’s opposition parties that would have led to a key government tax cut being blocked.
Sweden's MPs should be forced to abide by a code of conduct to help reduce the risk of corruption, urges a new report that also raps the Riksdag for lax rules about gifts to elected officials.
An unusual cross-bloc alliance emerged in Sweden's Riksdag on Wednesday in a vote on controversial changes to the generous severance pay packages offered to MPs when they leave parliament.
Badly dressed, speaking poor English and giving cheap gifts to their hosts - a few of the accusations on a long list of faux pas made by Swedish MPs on business trips overseas, according to a new internal Riksdag report.
