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February 14, 2012
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Ex-minister pens his way to holiday travel fame
Society: 16 Aug 11
The name of Sweden's disgraced former labour minister, Sven-Otto Littorin, is back in the spotlight after Littorin won a travel agency's essay contest with his poetic description of a “dream holiday” to the Middle East.
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Former Swedish minister 'sex-chatted': newspaper
National: 3 Jul 11
Former employment minister Sven Otto Littorin chatted anonymously on internet sex forums while in office, according to a Swedish newspaper report.
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Government millions spent on PR help: report
Politics: 21 Jun 11
The Swedish government spent 119 million kronor ($18.6 million) to public relations consultants between 2007 and 2010, with significant sums going to help simplify language about financial policies.
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Brains behind Moderates' success steps down
Politics: 1 Oct 10
Per Schlingmann, the Moderate party secretary largely credited as the mastermind behind the party’s two successful election campaigns, is leaving his post, to be replaced by Sofia Arkelsten.
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Government enjoys high trust rating
National: 24 Jul 10
Confidence in Sweden’s government remains high despite a recent controversy surrounding the resignation of former labour market minister Sven Otto Littorin.
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Aftonbladet libelled Littorin: ex-watchdog
Politics: 16 Jul 10
Aftonbladet would probably lose a libel case over its allegations that former minister Sven Otto Littorin used a prostitute, Sweden’s former press ombudsman has said.
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Littorin: I wanted to protect my family
Politics: 14 Jul 10
Sven Otto Littorin has explained that he resigned as employment minister to save his family and friends from "untrue and very unpleasant information" in response to allegations that he bought sex in 2006.
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Littorin affair hits voter confidence in Reinfeldt
Politics: 13 Jul 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's popularity has dipped as a result of the resignation of employment minister Sven Otto Littorin amid allegations that he bought sex in 2006, two new surveys shows.
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Littorin denies buying sex: lawyer
Politics: 10 Jul 10
The lawyer of former employment minister Sven Otto Littorin said on Saturday that her client denies Aftonbladet's allegations that he bought sex.
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Reinfeldt plays down Littorin 'crime' rumours
Politics: 8 Jul 10
Swedish daily Aftonbladet claimed on Wednesday that Sven Otto Littorin was presented with information linking him to a crime the day before he resigned as employment minister. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said only that he gave "several reasons" for his departure.
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Billström appointed employment minister
Politics: 7 Jul 10
The Swedish government has announced that migration minister Tobias Billström will take temporary charge of the employment ministry following the resignation of Sven Otto Littorin, citing personal reasons.
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Ministers take the train to counter opposition
Politics: 4 May 10
A total of 14 ministers, including Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, have embarked on a cross-country train trip to win support for the government ahead of September's election.
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Public bodies to accept thousands of interns
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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Spyker extends Saab deal deadline
National: 21 Dec 09
Dutch car maker Spyker has dropped its Monday evening bid deadline and remains in talks with General Motors over the possible purchase of Saab. Sweden's government has pledged to aid Saab workers if the deal falls through.
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Sick pay switch may leave 17,000 penniless
Politics: 7 Dec 09
Around 17,000 people set to lose their sickness benefits at the end of the year may be left with empty pockets as Sweden's unemployment insurance funds struggle to keep up with a backlog of cases during the transition.
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Surprise dip in Sweden's unemployment rate
Business & Money: 19 Nov 09
Unemployment in Sweden shrunk unexpectedly in October, dropping to 8.1 percent of the workforce, according to new statistics. Nevertheless, one in four Swedes under age 25 remain out of work.
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Sweden presents new law on collective wage agreements
Business & Money: 8 Oct 09
Sweden on Thursday presented new legislation to update conditions for foreigners working temporarily in Sweden for a foreign company following a European court’s ruling against a Swedish union in a landmark wage-dumping dispute.
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Sweden pledges billions to tackle sick leave lists
Business & Money: 4 Sep 09
The Swedish government has announced the allocation of 17 billion kronor ($2.36 billion) in the autumn budget for initiatives to prepare the long-term sick for the workplace.
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Swedish jobless rate continues to climb
Business & Money: 10 Jul 09
Nearly a quarter of a million Swedes were registered as jobless at the end of June, an increase of nearly 75 percent compared with the same month last year.
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Swedish labour model talks collapse
National: 11 Mar 09
Talks between Sweden's main employers' and employees' associations on a major revision to the agreement which has governed Sweden's labour relations for seven decades, collapsed on Wednesday.
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Swedish dads could lose out under EU plans
Society: 9 Mar 09
An EU proposal intended to improve rights to maternity leave could lead to Swedish fathers losing out, ministers have said.
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Furious minister storms out of parliament
Politics: 16 Jan 09
Sweden's labour market minister Sven Otto Littorin left parliament in a rage on Friday following a heated verbal exchange with a member of the opposition.
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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.
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Unemployment insurance to cost less
Politics: 21 Sep 08
The Swedish government has promised to cut the cost of subscribing to unemployment insurance funds (A-kassa). Those on parental leave, sick or unemployed will also be allowed to join.
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Government sacks employment agency head
Politics: 4 Apr 08
The head of Sweden’s Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen) was surprised to learn on Thursday that he was being replaced.
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Government wants to help criminals get jobs
Politics: 7 Mar 08
The Swedish government believes that convicted criminals should be eligible for “new start” jobs.
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Swedish unions bleed members
National: 4 Feb 08
Wanja Lundby-Wedin, chairwoman of trade union federation LO, points the finger at Labour Market Minister Sven Otto Littorin.
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'Free-for-all' to follow EU ruling
Politics: 27 Dec 07
Experts see an influx of Latvian companies taking advantage of a judgment which weakens Swedish unions' ability to strike.
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Sweden disappointed by EU ruling
National: 18 Dec 07
Christer Wälivaara, international secretary of construction union Byggnads, was one of those disappointed by Tuesday's EU ruling.
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Top aides admit to tax dodges
Politics: 6 Nov 07
Fredrik Reinfeldt's woes continue as ten out of fifteen Moderate Party state secretaries admit to having paid cash-in-hand for domestic services at some point.
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Knife man entered employment ministry
National: 29 Sep 07
A man carrying a large hunting knife succeeded in entering the Ministry for Employment before being arrested later in central Stockholm, it has been revealed.
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Reinfeldt one year on
Analysis & Opinion: 17 Sep 07
Political whizzes or hapless novices? The Local asked two leading analysts - PJ Anders Linder and Stig-Björn Ljunggren - to give their view of the Alliance government's first year in power.
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Strike rights 'could be curbed'
Politics: 8 Aug 07
Centre Party leader and Industry minister Maud Olofsson has called for limits to union rights. But government colleagues and opposition politicians have slammed the proposals.
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Minister removes degree mill MBA
Politics: 21 Jun 07
Labour Minister Sven Otto Littorin has removed from his CV all references to his MBA from Fairfax University in Louisiana, a non-accredited institution widely regarded as a degree mill.
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Littorin: I should have investigated MBA course
Politics: 19 Jun 07
Sweden's labour market minister Sven Otto Littorin has said he never had a reason to question the credentials of an American college from which he took an MBA in 1997.
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Minister's MBA 'came from degree mill'
Politics: 19 Jun 07
Swedish Labour Minister Sven Otto Littorin's MBA was taken at a notorious American 'degree mill', it has been alleged. The minister has defended his qualification, but couldn't remember where the university was.
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Membership of unemployment schemes to be compulsory
Politics: 20 Apr 07
Joining unemployment insurance schemes will be made compulsory on 1st July 2008, labour market minister Sven Otto Littorin has told parliament. The opposition is has protested against the plans.
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Shop workers strike called for April 5th
Politics: 26 Mar 07
The Commercial Employees Union has called for a complete stoppage at 94 workplaces around the country. 6,000 employees across the country will be called out of work.
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Shop workers face strike call
Business & Money: 26 Mar 07
A strike call could be issued to people working in the retail trade at 4pm on Monday. Industrial action could hit shoppers as early as Easter weekend.
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Littorin stands up to unions in fee quarrel
Business & Money: 28 Feb 07
Swedish labour market minister Sven Otto Littorin has said he will not accept unions continuing to force non-members to pay their fees.
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Swedish union loses case in Europe
Society: 13 Feb 07
Building union Byggnads was breaking the law when it forced non-members to pay its charges, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.
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Littorin should stand up to union pressure
Analysis & Opinion: 5 Feb 07
Labour minister Sven Otto Littorin has backed unions blockading a small salad bar in Gothenburg. But the unions deserve to be criticized, argues Nima Sanandaji of think-tank Captus.
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Swedish job laws to be weakened
Society: 3 Jan 07
Sweden's strong employment protection laws are to be reformed by the government. Workers on short term contracts will have to work longer before earning the right to permanent jobs.
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Top Moderate pays for 14 years of TV viewing
Politics: 26 Dec 06
He has not paid his television licence fee for fourteen years, something he admits was "careless", but now Moderate Party secretary Per Schlingmann has settled his debt. Now he waits to see whether the police will get involved.
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Sweden to support union at EU court
National: 1 Dec 06
Sweden's new centre-right government is to support builders' union Byggnads in its case against Latvian company Laval at the European Court, a decision greeted with surprise by employers' organisations.
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Government plans cap on benefit contributions
Politics: 16 Nov 06
The government will limit the amount that Swedes are made to contribute to unemployment benefit funds, after heavy criticism from unions. But protests against the plans continue.
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Littorin: EU failure will hit patients
Science & Technology: 7 Nov 06
EU ministers' failure to agree to changes in rules for the continent's 48-hour maximum working week is "very troublesome" for Swedish health authorities, says labour minister Sven Otto Littorin.
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Unemployment insurance to be compulsory
Politics: 20 Oct 06
Nearly a million Swedes could soon face an unwelcome rise in costs, due to proposals by the new government to force them to join unemployment insurance schemes. Self-employed people will be among the groups most affected.
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Ministers admit nanny tax dodges
Politics: 7 Oct 06
In a perfect advertisement for government tax breaks on domestic services such as childcare and cleaning, two new ministers have admitted employing nannies without declaring the tax.
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Carl Bildt Sweden's new Foreign Minister
Politics: 6 Oct 06
Former prime minister Carl Bildt has been named Foreign Minister in the new government presented by Fredrik Reinfeldt. Ten of the 21 new ministers are women, and nine ministers are Moderates.
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New Moderate secretary named
Politics: 28 Sep 06
The Moderate Party has named communications director Per Schlingmann to the key post of party secretary. He replaces Sven-Otto Littorin, whose future is so far unclear.
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Moderates to change party secretary
Politics: 28 Sep 06
The Moderate Party has announced that party secretary Sven Otto Littorin is to resign. The new party secretary will be presented later on Thursday by leader Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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Moderates enjoy the sweet taste of victory
Politics: 17 Sep 06
The Moderates will announce their new government on October 5th, the party's secretary has said. "This is the best result we could have hoped for, and it feels fantastic," says Sven-Otto Littorin.
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The Local's Election blog
Politics: 17 Sep 06
The Local is covering the Swedish elections live from the Moderate and Social Democrat election night parties in Stockholm. Read all about it here.
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Exit poll: Alliance on the path to victory
Politics: 17 Sep 06
Two exit polls from Swedish TV indicate that Göran Persson has been kicked out. The Alliance is shown to have a lead of between 2 and 4 percent.
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Convicted paedophiles stand in Swedish election
Politics: 10 Sep 06
At least three people who have been found guilty of sex attacks on children are standing as candidates in the Swedish election.
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Sweden's new workers' party on the cusp of power
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 06
The Social Democrats are happy to leave people on benefits, while we will help get them into work. That’s the message from a confident Alliance, Moderate Party secretary Sven Otto Littorin tells James Savage.
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Moderates: reforms will not harm homeowners
Politics: 16 Aug 06
The Moderate Party's secretary has categorically ruled out that any reforms to property tax would leave certain groups paying more than they do. "We will not do it in a way that jeopardizes people's cost of living," says Sven-Otto Littorin.
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Moderate MP backs down over swimsuit models
Politics: 16 Aug 06
A Gothenburg politician has been forced to tone down a plan to use scantily-clad beauties at the launch of his election campaign on Friday.
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More trust Reinfeldt as PM
Politics: 14 Aug 06
Only 39 percent of people asked in a new survey think that Göran Persson is the best candidate for prime minister. Fredrik Reinfeldt gets the support of 47 percent.
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Moderates reject cooperation with far-right party
Politics: 9 May 06
The Moderate Party in Skåne has said it would cooperate with the Social Democrats rather than rule with the support of the nationalist Sweden Democrats.
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Parties doubtful over TV advertising
Politics: 31 Mar 06
This year's election will be the first in which Sweden's political parties will be able to spread their message via tv advertising. New broadcasting regulations make the change possible, but the parties themselves have their doubts.
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Steen pension will not be changed
Politics: 17 Mar 06
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Systembolaget won't renegotiate Anitra Steen's pension, even though it breaks government rules. Hypocrisy, says the opposition: 'It's 'unfortunate that the prime minister's best pal is negotiating with the prime minister's wife.'
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Opposition slams pension for PM's wife
Politics: 14 Mar 06
Accusations of double standards are hurled at the government over the pension of state alco-shop boss Anitra Steen, which breaks government guidelines. This makes Sweden look like a 'banana republic' say Moderates.
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No police action over Reinfeldt smear emails
Politics: 7 Mar 06
Sweden's Moderate Party may never know if there were more Social Democrat HQ workers involved in the email smear campaign against party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt. The police are keeping well clear of the whole affair.
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'No prosecution' over Reinfeldt emails
Politics: 6 Mar 06
There will be no public prosecution over emails sent by Social Democrat functionary Mats Lindström, in which he made claims about Moderate leader Fredrik Reinfeldt, it has been reported.
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Reinfeldt reports emails to Swedish police
Politics: 27 Feb 06
The scandal grows: the Moderates' leader Fredrik Reinfeldt has reported the email smear campaign carried out against him by the Social Democrats' election strategist Mats Lindström to the police.
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Moderates demand SD data records
Politics: 26 Feb 06
EMAIL SENDER WAS NOT ACTING ALONE
The apology from the man behind the email campaign against Fredrik Reinfeldt has not satisfied the Moderates. The fact that the sender was a senior party official implies there are more people involved, they say.
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Email sender 'was not acting alone'
Smörgåsbord: 26 Feb 06
Moderate politicians are claiming that it is 'less and less likely' that Mats Lindström, who sent defamatory emails about Fredrik Reinfeldt, was acting alone. More details about Lindström's close relationship to Göran Persson have also been revealed.
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SD staffer quits over email storm
Politics: 24 Feb 06
SOCIAL DEMOCRATS ADMIT TO REINFELDT SMEAR CAMPAIGN
EMAIL SCANDAL 'SWEDEN'S WATERGATE'
A worker at Social Democrat Headquarters has quit after he was unmasked as the sender of defamatory emails about Fredrik Reinfeldt. We want to know his identity, say Moderates.
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Frugal election year for Sweden's new parties
Politics: 25 Jan 06
As the June List and the Feminist Initiative scrape and scrounge their way to the September the election, Sweden's established parties are preparing to flash the cash.
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Folkpartiet stands firm on sick pay
Politics: 22 Aug 05
Lars Leijonborg, the leader of Folkpartiet - Sweden's liberal party - has put forward a compromise on sick pay policy. He wants to avoid an immediate reduction in the current rate of 80% of salary, but the other party leaders aren't particularly keen.
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Persson: new state jobs will fix unemployment
Politics: 8 Aug 05
Sweden's prime minister thinks he has the answer to Sweden's vexingly high unemployment: create new jobs in the state sector. The long-term unemployed could help old people to hang curtains, he suggests.
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Moderates surge ahead in poll
Politics: 21 Mar 05
Sweden’s centre-right coalition would win a clear majority if a general election were held today. And Fredrik Reinfeldt’s Moderates have overtaken the ruling Social Democrats for the first time in over five years.
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Reinfeldt most popular party leader
Politics: 20 Feb 05
Of all the main party leaders, the Swedish public has the greatest confidence in the Moderates' Fredrik Reinfeldt. But prime minister Göran Persson is less popular now than at any time since September 2000.
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Persson passes the buck for Swedish tsunami reaction
Politics: 12 Jan 05
The prime minister says civil servants are to blame for his failure to act quickly after the South East Asian disaster. But critics ask why he needed a fax from Bangkok to realise the situation was serious.
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Knifeman gatecrashes Moderate party
Politics: 19 Oct 04
Keen to pick up supporters wherever they can, it seems the Moderates will let anyone into their party - even if he's armed with a huge hunting knife. Security? What security?
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Ringholm dishes out budget bounty
Politics: 15 Sep 04
There's cash for everyone in this year's budget, but will the government sacrifice its reputation for prudence? And the appointment of an outspoken Eurosceptic to a senior post in the Social Democrats raises eyebrows.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
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 »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
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 »
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