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Sweden has 'lower tax burden' than Senegal

Business & Money: 22 May 13
While Sweden has a reputation for having one of the most painful tax bills in the world, a new report ranks Sweden 20th when comparing the tax burden on salaries when social security payments and salary brackets are taken into account. READ »

H&M CEO to Bangladesh: raise minimum wages

Business & Money: 16 May 13
H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson has urged Bangladesh to raise its minimum wage, adding the Swedish fashion giant is "willing to pay more" in the wake of a garment industry disaster which killed more than 1,100 people. READ »

Top ten tips for earning a higher salary in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 13 May 13
Want more money? Want to learn how to convince your Swedish boss that you are indispensable? Sure, but make sure you do your homework first, explains union ombudsman Anna-Karin Mattsson. READ »

Swedish actors go silent in kids' TV strike

National: 10 May 13
Swedish actors who dub children's programmes from industry giants such as Disney are in their second week of strike action over wages that have remained stagnant for a decade. READ »

Why social democrats in Sweden love Springsteen

Analysis & Opinion: 7 May 13
With Bruce Springsteen playing to sell-out crowds at Stockholm's Friends Arena, political scientist Stig-Björn Ljunggren explains why Sweden's old-school social democrats recognize themselves in The Boss's attempt to balance a political commitment with living in a consumer society. READ »

Wanted: Men to work in Swedish preschools

Education: 6 May 13
The lack of men working in Sweden's preschools is cause for concern, according to Equality Minister Maria Arnholm, who has said she's open to altering employment rules to make it easier for men to enter the education field. READ »

New drive to address teacher shortage

Education: 4 May 13
Stockholm University plans to launch a fast-track teaching course in a bid to counteract the shortage of qualified science teachers in Swedish schools. READ »

New bill gets tough on refugee-shy towns

Politics: 2 May 13
Swedish municipalities will be forced to welcome underage asylum seekers who come to Sweden without parents or guardians from January onward, if the government gets its way. READ »

Sweden's ex-politicians often cash in as lobbyists

Politics: 29 Apr 13
More than a third of former Swedish politicians and political appointees have transitioned into lobbying activities in the last six years, a new investigation has shown, prompting calls for more regulation. READ »

Public sector strike called off after pay deal

Business & Money: 28 Apr 13
A planned strike by Swedish public sector workers was called off on Sunday following a pay deal between employers and the unions. READ »

Many teachers in Sweden lack proper training

Education: 16 Apr 13
More than half of subject-area teachers in Sweden who teach pupils in their final years of compulsory school lack training in the subjects they teach, a new report has shown. READ »

'Idiot' prosecutor fined after sex-buy sting

Business & Money: 11 Apr 13
A top Swedish prosecutor arrested in Stockholm for buying sex while he was on duty to register sexual crimes reports coming in from the police has pleaded guilty and been fined. READ »

Swedish café owner defends his kid ban

Business & Money: 5 Apr 13
A Swedish café owner who told parents to keep their kids away from his shop stands by his decision, despite losing a fair chunk of his "latte parent" customers and complaints about discrimination. READ »

Sweden's industrial workers set for pay hike

Politics: 2 Apr 13
Workers in Sweden's industrial sector earned a 6.8-percent raise in wages on Tuesday, agreeing to a new collective wage deal following a lengthy set of negotiations. READ »

Builders' strike averted after last-minute deal

Business & Money: 2 Apr 13
A looming construction workers' strike that threatened to shut down work on dozens of major infrastructure projects across Sweden was narrowly averted on Monday night after unions agreed to a last-minute deal. READ »

Swedes ignore equality law on salary surveys

Business & Money: 7 Mar 13
Swedish employers are increasingly failing to keep tabs on whether men's and women's salaries are equal, a requirement stipulated by law. READ »

UN slams Sweden for guest worker policy

Business & Money: 28 Feb 13
The United Nations has criticized Sweden for limiting trade unions' right to join forces with guest workers, in a statement from the International Labour Organization (ILO). READ »

Ikea supplier claims its meatballs are 'horse-free'

Business & Money: 26 Feb 13
Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier on Tuesday claimed its own tests failed to reveal any horsemeat in its Swedish meatballs as Ikea widened its meatball ban to 24 countries following reports the iconic food contained horsemeat. READ »

'Undocumented migrants are not the problem'

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Feb 13
Hunting down undocumented immigrants like animals is immoral and a waste of police resources, argues socialist weekly Arbetaren’s editor-in-chief Daniel Wiklander. READ »

Zlatan opens door for Bayern Munich move

Sport: 19 Feb 13
Swedish footballing star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hinted he's open to moving to Bayern Munich of Germany's Bundesliga, less than a year after signing with Paris Saint Germain. READ »

Assange policing costs near 30 million kronor

National: 16 Feb 13
The costs of maintaining a police presence at the Ecuadorian embassy in London have totalled almost 30 million kronor ($4.7 million) following Julian Assange's decision to jump bail and seek asylum there last June. READ »

'Earlier grades could help vulnerable pupils'

Education: 14 Feb 13
Sweden's finance minister has proposed the introduction of grades in third grade, arguing that it could help children with less-educated parents and help Sweden meet its aims for a modern knowledge-based economy. READ »

Swedes open to pay cuts to save jobs

Business & Money: 7 Feb 13
More than half of Swedes would accept a cut in their salary if it protected against job losses in the current employment climate, a new opinion poll showed on Thursday. READ »

Swedish employment package talks collapse

Politics: 29 Jan 13
Swedish employers groups on Tuesday pulled out of negotiations over a key government youth unemployment package expected to create 30,000 jobs, but Finance Minister Anders Borg downplayed the development. READ »

SAS announces a further 200 job cuts

Business & Money: 27 Jan 13
Scandinavian airline SAS has announced that a further 200 administrative jobs are set to be cut, on top of the 800 already announced at the struggling carrier. READ »

Seven key facts about Swedish job insurance

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Jan 13
Confused about unemployment insurance in Sweden? As part of JobTalk Sweden, The Local's new series offering tips and insights about working in Sweden, we've put together a few pointers to help you navigate the process. READ »

'Transparency level is adequate': King

Society: 31 Dec 12
Commenting for the first time on the demand for increased transparency into the royals' finances, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf said his money is adequately accounted for. READ »

New app lets Swedes transfer cash via mobile

Science & Technology: 19 Dec 12
Sweden’s major banks have joined forces to launch an app allowing users to transfer money in real time using mobile technology, simplifying restaurant bill-paying and moving Sweden one step closer to being a cashless society. READ »

Swedes set for slew of new laws in 2013

Politics: 18 Dec 12
Free vaccines, higher parental leave benefits, and more job security for temporary workers, are among the many changes set to take effect in Sweden after the New Year as part of a potpourri of new laws, also covering a few controversial topics. 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 »

SAS expects profits in 2013 after cost cuts

Business & Money: 12 Dec 12
Scandinavian airline SAS announced it expected to be profitable in 2013 thanks to aggressive cost cutting, despite predicting the current quarter to be "extremely weak". READ »

Soldier turned up drunk to guard Swedish king

Society: 5 Dec 12
The Swedish military wants to send a solider to rehab because he showed up to guard the Royal Family after a night of heavy drinking, which left him “unshaved, red-eyed and with snus in his mouth”. READ »

Swedish children need to study more: minister

Education: 27 Nov 12
Sweden failed to make an appearance in a list of the top 20 countries worldwide ranked by education quality, a review which coincided with the Finance Minister claiming that Swedish kids need to study more. READ »

Former minister gets double-wage package

Business & Money: 22 Nov 12
Moderate Party MP and former minister for defence, Sten Tolgfors, has been paid 115,000 kronor ($17,140) per month since this spring, despite not taking active part in any parliamentary activity, according to a media report. READ »

SAS 'ultimatum' angers Swedish unions

National: 20 Nov 12
Swedish unions have likened SAS's initial failure to consult its employees to "an ultimatum", which they say flies in the face of the Swedish model of consensus-based labour negotiations. READ »

No future for SAS in Europe: expert

Society: 19 Nov 12
Despite Scandinavian airline SAS announcing on Monday that all eight unions had signed deals to save the company from bankruptcy, one analyst has predicted that the company needs to change tack if it wants to stay airborne. READ »

Young Swedes struggle with woeful job market

Society: 19 Nov 12
With Sweden's youth unemployment statistics consistently high and more young Swedes forced to seek greener pastures in Norway, AFP's Soren Billing looks into the Swedish model and how it's leaving young Swedes jobless. READ »

Seven of eight unions sign new deals with SAS

Society: 19 Nov 12
Scandinavian Airlines representatives met with union officials throughout Sunday night, with all but one of the trade unions signing new collective agreements in an effort to stave off the company's bankruptcy. READ »

SAS in talks while staff prepare for bankruptcy

Business & Money: 18 Nov 12
Despite intensive negotiations between Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, and union representatives on Sunday, the company and staff have not been able to reach an agreement and bankruptcy may be imminent. READ »

SAS staff face 'worst pay' in Sweden: report

Business & Money: 15 Nov 12
A last ditch savings plan to save SAS would make cabin personnel among the lowest paid in the Swedish job market, it emerged on Thursday. The airline denied the claim, however, amid reports it is closer to bankruptcy than previously thought. READ »

SAS tickets still selling amid passenger concern

Business & Money: 13 Nov 12
Despite a flurry of worried phone calls from travellers, ticket sales for Scandinavian airline SAS continued to sell on Tuesday as many passengers ignored the airline’s current financial turbulence. READ »

Sickness benefits claims break agency's budget

Business & Money: 13 Nov 12
Unexpectedly high sickness benefits claims have forced Sweden's social insurance agency to beg the government for an additional 2.5 billion kronor ($368 million) to ensure sick Swedes get paid while home from work. READ »

Troubled SAS has 'less than a year' left: expert

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Nov 12
Aviation experts doubt a massive savings plan announced on Monday by Scandinavian airline SAS can save the company, with one analyst forecasting the airline would cease to exist within 12 months. READ »

SAS unveils massive cost-cutting bid

Business & Money: 12 Nov 12
Scandinavian airline SAS announced plans on Monday to slash 3 billion kronor ($445 million) in costs, with at least 800 jobs to be cut in what the company's CEO has labelled "the final call" for the troubled airline. READ »

SAS in last minute bid to avoid collapse: report

National: 11 Nov 12
According to reports in several Swedish media sources, Scandinavian Airline SAS is reported to be in a last minute bid to avoid bankruptcy with staff set to be told to take a pay cut or face losing their jobs. READ »

Swedes set for 'record' holiday shopping spree

Business & Money: 1 Nov 12
Swedish retailers can expect another record-setting Christmas shopping season this year, according to a new report, which finds Swedes are ready to spend despite economic uncertainty in the rest of Europe. READ »

H&M slams claims of 'low' Cambodian wages

Business & Money: 24 Oct 12
After an investigative Swedish TV programme claimed H&M paid “low” factory wages in Cambodia, the clothing giant has blasted the show and the claims, explaining that they are in fact working hard to raise local salaries. READ »

Man charged over hidden camera sex film scandal

Society: 24 Oct 12
A 22-year-old man who secretly filmed a staff-bathroom romp with a female colleague was charged with attempted blackmail on Tuesday after he threatened to show her family the video if she didn’t pay him. READ »

H&M under fire for 'low' Cambodia wages

Business & Money: 24 Oct 12
Swedish clothes giant H&M has been accused of using suppliers in Cambodia that underpay their textile workers. But the company counters the workers have unions and collective agreements. READ »

Swedes pay 70 percent of salary in taxes: study

Business & Money: 18 Oct 12
Swedes who earn a salary on par with the average municipal worker contribute the equivalent of 70 percent of their monthly salaries in taxes, a new study has found. READ »

North Koreans in Sweden on 'discreet' trade visit

Business & Money: 5 Oct 12
A North Korean trade delegation has been in Sweden this week in an attempt to learn more about the Swedish economy through a discreet tour of banks, companies and state agencies. READ »

Minding the gap: Swedish firms search globe for talent

Lifestyle: 3 Oct 12
Many Swedish industries are crying out for foreign talent - and changes to migration laws have made moving here for work easier than ever. READ »

Union agreement halts looming school strike

Business & Money: 27 Sep 12
Sweden’s teacher unions on Wednesday came to an agreement with employers about a rise in pay, narrowly avoiding a strike many believed was imminent. READ »

'We can afford to invest in Sweden': Reinfeldt

Politics: 18 Sep 12
Sweden's parliament officially opened on Tuesday with sombre remembrances, royal reflections, and a promise from Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt that the goverment would "invest in Sweden". READ »

Sweden alters parental leave benefit rules

Society: 17 Sep 12
The government wants to alter Sweden's system of parental leave benefits in an effort to get more immigrant women into the workforce. READ »

Swedish millions to fund nighttime childcare

Education: 10 Sep 12
The government has put aside 108 million kronor ($16.3 million) to support having childcare facilities open during nights and weekends, a scheme that will come into effect in 2013 and last for three years. READ »

Are you a graduate? Insure your income in Sweden

Lifestyle: 10 Sep 12
If there was an A-Z of living and working in Sweden, then top of the list of would be a-kassa. To spell it out, they are the organisations that offer unemployment insurance. READ »

Fake work permits a growing problem: police

National: 28 Aug 12
The sale of false work permits to immigrants is causing more problems for Swedish police, who claim that the documents are being sold for up to 250,000 kronor ($38,100) by criminals who are proving very difficult to catch. READ »

Swedish towns to offer 'night time' childcare

Education: 23 Aug 12
Over the course of 2012 a record number of child care facilities catering for inconvenient hours will be opened across Sweden, according to a new survey. READ »

Politicians seek to close 'elephant graveyard'

Politics: 7 Aug 12
Politicians are calling for an end to the system in which sacked heads of government agencies are kept on with full pay in alleged "non-jobs". READ »

Berry picker trafficking suspect released

Business & Money: 1 Aug 12
The 43-year-old man held on suspicion of trafficking Bulgarian berry pickers to Sweden has been released as there was not enough evidence to prove his guilt, prosecutors announced Tuesday. READ »

Stranded pickers to be bussed home: official

Business & Money: 26 Jul 12
Bulgaria will foot the bill for bringing home the hundreds of its nationals stranded in Sweden after the berry harvest turned sour, the city of Stockholm announced on Wednesday. READ »

Pickers 'dumped' in forest after poor harvest

Business & Money: 24 Jul 12
Many foreign berry pickers want to return home after the scant berry harvest has caused employers to simply dump them in the woods. READ »

More berry pickers could be exploited: expert

Business & Money: 23 Jul 12
New guidelines issued last year to make it harder for companies to take advantage of foreign labour don't apply to EU citizens, making these more attractive for employers, according to an expert. READ »

Bulgarian berry pickers camp out in Stockholm

National: 21 Jul 12
Some 200 Bulgarian berry pickers have gathered outside the Bulgarian embassy in central Stockholm after promises of work bore no fruit. READ »

Man held for smuggling berry pickers to Sweden

National: 20 Jul 12
A man was arrested and detained by police Thursday on suspicion of people-smuggling after berry pickers in eastern Sweden told police he had tricked them into coming to the country. READ »

Sweden reveals myth of EU healthcare 'freedom'

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jul 12
Despite EU legislation about citizens' healthcare rights, the situation in Sweden reveals a system riddled with problems that create uncertainty about treatments and leave many with huge bills to pay, The Local's Salomon Rogberg discovers. READ »

French socialists slam Zlatan's 'indecent' wages

Sport: 19 Jul 12
Socialist politicians in France have attacked football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic's "astronomical" salary, claiming that the Swede will have to pay up to 75 percent of his earnings in taxes. READ »

Zlatan at PSG unveiling: 'I came here to win'

Sport: 18 Jul 12
French football club Paris Saint-Germain presented Zlatan Ibrahimovic - their newly acquired striker from Sweden - to media Wednesday as the club's newest signing. READ »

'Love immigrants' need more support adjusting to life in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Jul 12
Those who immigrate to Sweden for love can run into trouble if they become too dependent on their Swedish partners, argue Liberal Party ministers Nyamko Sabuni and Erik Ullenhag, who propose expanding the availability of society orientation courses as a first step toward improving the situation. READ »

Zlatan leaves Milan for lucrative deal in Paris

Sport: 17 Jul 12
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has signed with French club Paris Saint Germain, a team official said on Tuesday, in a deal that will make him the highest-paid player in France's top football league READ »

'I have sold Zlatan': AC Milan owner Berlusconi

Sport: 13 Jul 12
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi told Italian media on Thursday that he had sold Swedish football megastar Zlatan Ibrahimiovic to French club Paris Saint-Germain, however this has yet to be confirmed by the footballer’s agent. READ »

Woman protests 'sexy' sausage ad removal

Society: 12 Jul 12
A local woman and Christian Democrat youth leader has protested the removal of a sexually-suggestive food stand advertisement in southern Sweden by taking to the streets with red lips and painted nails to deliver her own sausages. READ »

US man's Volvo nears 3 million mile mark

Society: 10 Jul 12
A US motorist who bought a Volvo in 1966 and already holds a Guinness World Record is about to pass the 3 million mile (4.8 million kilometre) mark in the nearly 50-year-old Swedish brand car. READ »

Sweden's Left: singing the same old song?

Politics: 6 Jul 12
Jonas Sjöstedt, the fresh face of the Left Party, was expected to use Almedalen to show he was taking the party in a new direction, but correspondent and commentator David Linden was left unconvinced the new party leader managed to do so. READ »

Almedalen: a bonfire of Swedish vanity

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jul 12
As Almedalen, the Swedish political pow-wow held annually on the Baltic Island of Gotland, gets into full swing, correspondent David Lindén uses his first dispatch to explain what it is and how it came to be. READ »

Swedish employer gives millions to staff

Business & Money: 19 Jun 12
A family-run company in Värnamo, in southern Sweden, will be paying out 114 million kronor ($16.3 million) to their current and former employees in a gesture of goodwill. READ »

Thirty percent of Swedes drop out of high school

Education: 12 Jun 12
Nearly one in three Swedish high school students fail to finish their secondary education programmes on time, new statistics reveal. 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 »

Problem of profiting ex-politicos not simply money, money, money

Analysis & Opinion: 18 May 12
Abba's famous refrain fails to capture the true cause for concern when Swedish politicians leave government to fatten their wallets in the private sector, argues commentator and historian David Linden. READ »

Wage deal keeps Sweden airport buses running

Business & Money: 24 Apr 12
A planned solidarity strike by drivers of airport buses in Sweden has been called off after a public sector healthcare union reached a new wage agreement. READ »

Sweden in narrow escape from loo roll shortage

Business & Money: 13 Apr 12
The looming toilet paper dearth in Sweden following threats of a solidarity strike among Swedish paper workers is over after retail employees on Thursday agreed to the mediators’ bid. READ »

Saab trustees declare multi-billion kronor debt

Business & Money: 10 Apr 12
Saab has a staggering 13 billion kronor ($1.92 billion) in outstanding debts, trustees declared on Monday, as the assets of the bankrupt Swedish automaker go under the hammer on Tuesday. READ »

Reinfeldt slams proposal to lower youth wages

Business & Money: 4 Apr 12
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfelt has rejected the Liberal Party's proposal to lower young people's pay in the wake of rising youth unemployment in Sweden, and has urged politicians around the nation to follow suit. READ »

‘It makes me sad’: Princess Madeleine

Society: 30 Mar 12
Sweden’s Princess Madeleine said in an interview on Thursday that it saddens her to be erroneously accused of living a life of luxury in New York at the expense of Swedish taxpayers. READ »

An expat's guide to retirement planning in Sweden

Business & Money: 26 Mar 12
Saving for your financial future has never been more important - particularly for expatriates. But what options are open to you in Sweden? READ »

Poverty drops in Sweden: report

Business & Money: 16 Mar 12
The number of poor households in Sweden has decreased after a dramatic rise over the last ten years, according to figures that the Parliamentary Investigative Service has calculated on the behest of the Left Party. READ »

Nursing students protest against low wages

National: 11 Mar 12
Some 500 nursing students in northern Sweden are demanding higher entry wages, encouraging all nurses to turn down any job with a monthly salary of less than 24,000 kronor ($3,500). READ »

'Lower Sweden's youth wages': minister

Politics: 11 Mar 12
When education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund spoke at the party's congress in Västerås, he brought up youth unemployment as well as the hotly debated Saudi arms factory deal. READ »

'CEOs earn in a year what workers earn in a lifetime': union

Business & Money: 29 Feb 12
CEOs in Sweden earn on average in one year what manufacturing workers stand to earn in their entire lifetimes, according to a report from Sweden's main trade union group. READ »

Japan club not the 'right project' for Ljungberg

Sport: 15 Feb 12
Swedish mid-fielder Fredrik Ljungberg, formerly of Premier League club Arsenal, has left Japanese team Shimizu S-Pulse, after less than 6 months in the country. READ »

'Swedish needs a gender-neutral pronoun'

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Feb 12
The Swedish language is in need of a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, argue a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house set to release a children's book featuring the word “hen” rather than “han” (he) or hon (she). READ »

Staffing firm used 'fake' jobs to dupe workers

Business & Money: 23 Jan 12
A Swedish staffing firm has come under fire for offering workers temporary job assignments that didn't actually exist in order to avoid paying them. READ »

Left Party caps MP pay with new 'party tax'

Politics: 9 Jan 12
Sweden's Left Party has decided to implement a mandatory “party tax” that would cap take-home pay of the party's MPs at 27,500 kronor ($3,950) per month, requiring them to donate their remaining income to the party. READ »

Court orders Vilks plot suspects released

National: 28 Dec 11
The three men accused of planning to murder controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks in a foiled attack in Gothenburg on September were released on Wednesday shortly after the conclusion of their trial. READ »

Change banks without changing account numbers: minister

Business & Money: 22 Dec 11
Letting Swedes hold on to their account numbers when switching banks is one way to put pressure on banks thought to be gouging customers with high mortgage rates, financial markets minister Peter Norman said Thursday. READ »

Sweden to map threats against politicians

Politics: 22 Dec 11
The full extent of threats and violence directed against Swedish politicians is to be mapped for the first time in what is thought to be the world's largest investigation of its kind. READ »

Agencies list Sweden's safest places

Society: 21 Dec 11
The safest municipality in Sweden is Habo, north of Jönköping in central Sweden, where the risk of having an accident or being subjected to a crime is the smallest in the country, according to a new report. 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 »

Saab files for bankruptcy

Business & Money: 19 Dec 11
After months of teetering on the brink, Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection, ending two years of efforts to save the iconic Swedish brand. READ »

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