February 12, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Skatteverket":
Society: 10 Jan 12
A high-ranking civil servant in Sweden's defence ministry has been sacked after it was revealed he was involved in running several Thai massage parlours on the side.
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Society: 3 Jan 12
A 32-year-old woman in Sweden recently lost out on winning a share of 80.5 million kronor ($11.7 million) due to the tax agency having her registered at the wrong address.
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Business & Money: 28 Dec 11
A voluntary amnesty for Swedes with assets hidden in tax havens is paying dividends, according to Swedish tax authorities, who report that the amnesty had brought in close to a billion kronor in new tax revenue in 2010.
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Society: 15 Nov 11
Swedish name laws have been slammed as ”ridiculous” after a couple in Örebro in central Sweden were told the best way to ensure they all share one family name would be to get divorced.
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Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
Finance minister Anders Borg announced plans on Monday to close loopholes in the Swedish tax code following criticism that healthcare companies are using complicated schemes to avoid paying taxes in Sweden.
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National: 24 Oct 11
Police and the tax authorities have launched closer surveillance of Thai massage parlours in Sweden, suspecting that the sharp increase in their number indicates sex trafficking and tax evasion.
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National: 14 Sep 11
Sweden's much touted integration policy reform has failed to ensure that refugees start the process of finding work before receiving welfare benefits from local authorities, a new study has shown.
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National: 4 Aug 11
Fifty-seven people were convicted on Thursday for being part of a massive doping ring in one of the largest criminal cases in Swedish legal history that accrued an estimated 58 million kronor ($9 million) in legal fees.
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Business & Money: 13 Jul 11
The future of cash-strapped Swedish automaker Saab remains uncertain after doubts emerged over the finances of potential investor Vladimir Antonov and the revelation that the company has substantial tax debts.
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Society: 20 Jun 11
A Swedish man's bid to have 'His Majesty' officially added to his name has been rejected because it could lead to "misunderstandings".
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Business & Money: 8 Jun 11
More than 20 billion kronor ($3.25 billion) in tax refunds are set to rain down on close to 3 million Swedes ahead of the Midsummer holiday, marking a new record due in large part to the popularity of filing tax forms electronically.
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Business & Money: 13 May 11
The chairman of Swedish pensions insurance firm AMF is leaving his post after the firm's owners took exception to his tax affairs.
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National: 10 May 11
The Swedish Tax Agency is refusing to recognise a DNA-test as proof that a man born in Sierra Leone is the father of a son, despite the National Board of Forensic Medicine assertion that it is 99.999 percent certain of his paternity.
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Business & Money: 2 May 11
The Swedish Tax Agency has warned that many of those seeking to file online tax returns could suffer problems as its website struggles to cope with the last minute rush.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Mar 11
Fed up with trying to find a job in Sweden? Why not try starting your own business? As The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers, it's not always easy, but there is plenty of help available, regardless of your Swedish language skills.
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Society: 18 Feb 11
Sweden's population continued to grow at the end of 2010, despite a drop in immigration for the first time since 2004.
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National: 19 Jan 11
Swedish taxpayers looking to shield earnings from the country's tax authorities may have an unlikely tax haven at their disposal across the Atlantic: the United States.
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Society: 13 Jan 11
A Swedish high-stakes poker player has made his identity public after successfully playing under online moniker for over a year, and may now risk a hefty Swedish tax bill.
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National: 20 Dec 10
The Swedish population continued to grow in 2010, but at a slower pace than 2009, according to new official statistics.
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National: 10 Nov 10
The Swedish Tax Agency has seen a sharp rise in applications for identification cards following changes which allow cross-checking of personal information with the Migration Board.
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Business & Money: 9 Nov 10
Sweden's unions are furious at how the country's migration minister has reacted to revelations about abuses related to a new law on labour migration.
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Society: 28 Oct 10
A Dalarna couple who wedded in July were shocked to learn that they are not legally married because the minister who performed the ceremony is not registered to officiate at weddings.
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National: 8 Oct 10
The Bandidos, Hells Angels and other criminal motorcycle gangs have ramped up their expansion in Sweden, while at the same time gaining a foothold in Europe.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
An administrator at the Swedish Tax Agency and three other people are expected to be charged for their involvement in a fraud scandal involving at least 120 million kronor ($16.89 million).
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Science & Technology: 11 Sep 10
An Uppsala businessman suspected of having sold 1,400 counterfeit iPhones to telecom operators in Sweden is under investigation for fraud.
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Business & Money: 19 Aug 10
Svenska Spel chair, former deputy prime minister Margareta Winberg, will repay more than 22,000 kronor ($2,982) that she received erroneously in expenses for her role, according to the company's report to the Ministry of Finance.
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Politics: 10 Aug 10
In the last 12 months, nearly 890,000 people have claimed a tax deduction for work carried out on and in their homes, according to Swedish Tax Agency figures. Among them are several politicians whose parties oppose the system.
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Society: 21 Jul 10
A terminally ill woman with cancer who was denied the right to withdraw her personal retirement savings account prematurely by the Tax Agency (Skatteverket) will now be allowed to do so, media reports said late on Tuesday.
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Society: 20 Jul 10
The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has fined a couple 6,000 kronor ($816.25) for failing to give their 16-month-old son a name.
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Society: 16 Jul 10
The Swedish tax agency has rejected the request of a 40-year-old terminally ill cancer patient who wanted to cash in her pension account early in order to travel with her family while she still had the strength.
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Business & Money: 2 Jul 10
In the last 12 months, nearly 890,000 people have claimed a tax deduction for work carried out on and in their homes, according to Swedish Tax Agency figures.
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Business & Money: 14 Jun 10
Starting at the half-year mark, the National Tax Agency (Skatteverket) will take a hard line to stop small businesses from cheating through their cash registers.
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National: 7 Jun 10
A Swedish court has ruled that a Cambodian man should be allowed to change his tax agency birth date records, thereby adding 12 years, arguing that "existing erroneous information is just as false as new erroneous information".
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Business & Money: 28 May 10
Swedish glam band The Ark's novel approach to combating music industry monetary woes by releasing its new album as a magazine freebie could have fallen foul of tax agency regulations and ultimately prove costly for the band.
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Society: 25 May 10
A Swedish appeals court has cleared the path for parents to name their children Prince (Prins) after rejecting a tax agency argument that the name was a professional title.
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National: 24 May 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström, held in Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz, has reported the tax agency for denying him protected identity, arguing that he is being victimized.
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National: 4 May 10
The Swedish Tax Agency has extended the deadline for the submission of tax returns for those unable to file online on Monday after the system proved unable to cope with the high demand.
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Business & Money: 3 May 10
The Swedish Tax Agency website struggled to cope on Sunday as large numbers of people filed last minute online declarations, with many greeted with a message to try again in 15 minutes.
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Society: 28 Apr 10
Chinese superstar pop singer Wei Wei has appealed to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to intervene to settle a dispute with the Swedish tax authorities, which she claims have recently begun seizing her assets.
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Lifestyle: 13 Apr 10
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National: 9 Apr 10
Three women with enormously popular lifestyle blogs have joined forces in a rearguard action against the Swedish Tax Agency, which plans to tax the scribes for gifts they've received from firms keen to promote their products online.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 10
By using an investment vehicle known as kapitalförsäkring, residents of Sweden can essentially avoid capital gains taxes from equity investments, writes hobby investor Joel Molin.
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National: 23 Mar 10
The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) has announced the opening of its internet declaration service, enabling those with electronic identification to declare their taxes online from Tuesday.
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National: 4 Mar 10
When US citizen Sylvie Acra arrived in Sweden and began her search for a job she decided it would be wise to open a standard bank account, but after three visits to three major Swedish banks she remains dissatisfied.
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Business & Money: 26 Feb 10
To meet labour market policy goals the Swedish Alliance government is demanding that public authorities accept 65,000 interns in a move designed to get the unemployed back to work.
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National: 9 Feb 10
79-year-old Ingrid Ståhl of Malmö in southern Sweden found out to her surprise that she had been registered as dead after a mistake by the Swedish Tax Agency.
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Society: 7 Jan 10
Young Swedes who suspect they are transsexuals ought to be issued special ID cards allowing them to hide their undesired gender during their trial phase as the opposite sex, a leading child psychiatrist argues.
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National: 31 Dec 09
Despite occasional interference by the Swedish Tax Agency, Swedes set a new record in 2009 in changing their last names.
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Business & Money: 26 Dec 09
Several hundred Swedish companies will have to pay back a total of half a billion kronor ($70 million) in back taxes after having moved funds to Cyprus in order to evade taxes, reported Swedish Television (SVT).
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Society: 23 Dec 09
In the latest battle over what people may legally call their children, the Swedish Tax Authority has ruled that the parents of a two-month-old boy in Skåne in southern Sweden may not call their child Allah.
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Society: 23 Nov 09
One krona ($0.15) is apparently all it takes to get the ever-watchful Swedish tax authorities to set their lawyers in action, as the agency has opted to launch an appeal following a lower court ruling over a disputed payment.
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Politics: 21 Nov 09
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt and his wife EU parliamentarian Anna Maria Corazza Bildt have been reprimanded by the Swedish tax authority for dodging payments for their Ukrainian nanny.
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Society: 20 Oct 09
Swedish tax authorities have decided to continue their fight to bar a Stockholm-area mother from naming her child Token.
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Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine.
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Politics: 16 Sep 09
Sweden’s Minister of Finance Anders Borg had some explaining to do on Wednesday when it was revealed he failed to follow new tax rules that he himself introduced back in 2007.
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National: 1 Aug 09
The Swedish Chancellor of the Justice has ordered the Swedish Tax Agency to pay a Swedish family 13,750 kronor ($1,950) due to an administrative error that thwarted the family's vacation plans.
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Society: 29 Jul 09
A Swedish family’s bid to honour late pop star Michael Jackson by naming their daughter Michael has been scuttled by the country’s tax agency.
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Society: 18 Jul 09
The Internet has enabled many companies to operate outside the purview of public authorities. The Swedish Tax Authority (Skatteverket) estimates that online tax evasion amounts to around 5 billion kronor ($638.7 million).
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Society: 17 Jul 09
An arbitrary rule administered by the Swedish Tax Agency has left a two-year-old girl nameless, and her parents stuck with a 2000 kronor ($255) fine.
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Society: 30 Jun 09
Chinese pop music star and Stockholm resident Wei Wei has been targeted by Swedish tax authorities, who recently attempted to freeze 50 million kronor ($6.5 million) of the singer’s assets.
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Business & Money: 17 Jun 09
Saab Automobile’s creditors agreed on Wednesday to write down 75 percent of the automaker’s debts, reducing the burden facing the Koenigsegg Group by roughly 8 billion kronor ($1 billion).
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Business & Money: 12 Jun 09
Swedish tax authorities have managed to recoup more than 2 billion kronor ($258 million) from overseas foreign tax havens in the last five years.
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National: 29 May 09
After two and half years of waiting, immigrants arriving in Sweden will finally be able to obtain Swedish national identity cards, and the tax agency is expecting to accept a flood of applications starting June 1st.
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National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman.
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Business & Money: 8 Apr 09
The Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) doesn't mind if you bare it all online so long as you pay your dues. Skatteverket is now on the hunt for internet strippers who fail to report their income.
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National: 7 Apr 09
Tax revenues totalling 2.5 billion kronor ($310 million) have been recovered and 272 people have been imprisoned following an investigation into Sweden's labour black market by the Tax Agency.
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National: 3 Apr 09
Immigrants living in Sweden will be able to receive national identification cards from the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) from June 1st, it was announced on Friday.
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Society: 10 Mar 09
The Swedish National Tax Agency has rejected an application from a 19-year-old woman in Stockholm to change her name to Sofia "Dark Knight" as it is the name of a Batman film.
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Society: 17 Feb 09
A woman suffering from cancer has received some shocking news from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency - a letter informing her that she had been declared dead.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Feb 09
Income details are public property in Sweden - so much so that neighbourhood rich lists are regularly published in the press. Paul O’Mahony peers behind the figures to examine attitudes to a practice that is coming under increasing fire.
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Society: 6 Feb 09
Q-Med, the company that offered free beauty enhancement treatments to Swedish female bloggers, has broken the country’s marketing laws, according to the consumer ombudsman.
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National: 1 Feb 09
The director-general of the Swedish National Tax Agency (Skatteverket) Mats Sjöstrand has called for the protection of personal data and the closure of websites that use the authority's registers unethically.
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Politics: 29 Jan 09
The Swedish government has promised to do more to preserve and promote the country’s official minority languages.
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Society: 28 Jan 09
A 33-year-old man from Stockholm has been denied permission to change his name to the Swedish equivalent of a friendly 'Hello'.
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National: 15 Jan 09
In an effort to combat the spread of organized crime in Sweden, police plan to create nine nationally-led taskforces to fight criminal gangs, drug smugglers, and other gang-related criminals.
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National: 9 Jan 09
Immigrants to Sweden will likely have to wait at least another six months before being able to receive Swedish national identification cards from the Swedish Tax Agency.
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National: 23 Dec 08
Carl Lundström, one of four men awaiting trial for involvement with file sharing site The Pirate Bay, is among a dozen Swedes at the heart of a tax authorities investigation into funds stashed in a bank trust in Lilliput tax haven Liechtenstein.
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National: 18 Dec 08
Swedish tax authorities inadvertently took away a Stockholm woman's Swedish citizenship and made her a citizen of Canada without telling her.
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Society: 16 Dec 08
A homosexual couple have lost their case in the Supreme Administrative Court against the Swedish tax authority for registering their marriage in Canada as a partnership.
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National: 15 Dec 08
Forty-five Swedish dentists risk falling foul of the law as the authorities launch an investigation into a suspected 113 million kronor ($16 million) tax dodge.
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Society: 11 Dec 08
A Stockholm-area library is facing a discrimination lawsuit for refusing to let a Dutch woman check out more than two books because she wasn't Swedish.
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Society: 10 Dec 08
Blogging teenager Isabella 'Blondinbella' Löwengrip was Sweden's most sought after celebrity in 2008, according to a new list released by Google.
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Society: 8 Dec 08
The son of a Swedish man with dementia wants to annul his father’s marriage, which took place shortly after a doctor had diagnosed the man as “completely disconnected from reality”.
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Society: 1 Dec 08
Swedish authorities are cracking down on parents who take too long to name their newborn children.
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Politics: 26 Nov 08
Sweden’s foreign minister Carl Bildt has dismissed allegations that he has been flouting the country’s tax rules by not paying any taxes for his nanny in Sweden.
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National: 17 Nov 08
A poker player from Sweden has won an important decision against the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), freeing him from paying taxes on a portion of his online poker winnings.
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Society: 10 Nov 08
Jan-Olov Ågren, a cross-dresser from Norrbotten in northern Sweden, has been handed a victory by the county administrative court in his bid to go by the name Madeleine.
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Society: 14 Oct 08
ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus has emerged victorious from a protracted battle with the Swedish Tax Agency over alleged tax evasion.
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Society: 11 Oct 08
Ismail Abdullah, a hard-working pizza chef from near Örebro, has won his case against the tax authorities who could not believe that he had worked alone all year and taxed him accordingly.
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Business & Money: 29 Sep 08
Sweden’s official debt collection agency, Kronofogden, is suffering from severe economic problems after having over-spent and over-borrowed and may soon be forced to cut staff to stop the bleeding.
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Society: 23 Sep 08
The parents of a boy in Västerbotten in northern Sweden are rejoicing after the country administrative court found there was nothing wrong with them naming their child November.
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Society: 10 Sep 08
Many Swedes have no problem with the idea of turning to the black market for household improvement services, and according to a new survey, 13 percent have already done so.
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Society: 9 Sep 08
After months of silence, the government on Tuesday confirmed that Sweden’s Tax Agency will be asked to take over responsibility for issuing national identification cards.
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Society: 13 Aug 08
Swedish authorities are to relax restrictions preventing adults from taking "inappropriate" names. Religious and sexual terms remain off limits but Metallica is fine.
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Business & Money: 8 Aug 08
A Stockholm court has ruled that rental contracts for housing can be sold by tenants, legally. What's more the payment is exempt from tax.
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Business & Money: 4 Aug 08
Swedes with accounts in banks on the British islands of Jersey and Guernsey may soon want to look for other tax havens.
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Business & Money: 31 Jul 08
A special investigation by the Swedish Tax Authority (Skatteverket) of staffing companies and other firms who rely on black labour has so far resulted in the filing of nearly 1,000 criminal complaints.
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Business & Money: 24 Jun 08
Dozens of estate agents in the Stockholm area have been reported to the police for allegedly withholding money from the tax authorities.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 08
The first wave of tax rebates are on their way out to Swedish taxpayers. This year the money will be spent paying off debts, a new survey shows.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jun 08
Mark Majzner looks at how two landmark EU decisions have affected the alcohol retail trade in Sweden.
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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 »
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 »
"Hej! We all know that Swedes like to have a “fika”. Take the quiz and find out if you have a good “fika vocabulary”. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=fika-quiz Good luck! " READ »
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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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