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More Swedes in favour of joining Nato: poll

Politics: 16 May 13
The number of Swedes who support joining Nato has gone up by 9 percentage points since 2011, a new opinion poll has revealed. READ »

Omar Mustafa and the Social Democrats

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Apr 13
In this instalment of The Lowdown, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson has a look at Omar Mustafa, who jumped into the news spotlight after his election to the governing board of the Social Democrats proved controversial. READ »

Social Democrats strike deal on welfare profits

Politics: 5 Apr 13
Social Democrat congress delegates on Friday forced the top brass to make sure private companies in the state-funded welfare sector will have to spend a certain proportion of their budget on staffing. READ »

The Lowdown: Social Democrat party congress

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 13
With the Social Democrats gathered at their party congress in Gothenburg in western Sweden, The Local catches up with political scientist Ulf Bjereld to find out more about the party's chances of regaining power in 2014. READ »

'Non-alignment is part of Sweden's self-image'

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jan 13
Swedes remain opposed to joining Nato because doing so would mean jettisoning an important element of Sweden's national identity, argues political scientist Ulf Bjereld. READ »

Lööf has 'lost credibility' over polygamy claims

Politics: 10 Jan 13
Experts say that Centre Party leader Annie Lööf, who on Thursday attempted to quell internal party dissent about a number of controversial new proposals, had "lost credibility" over statements regarding her stance on polygamy. READ »

Mother of abandoned toddler 'wants her back'

Society: 28 Sep 12
The mother of a two-year-old girl, who faced deportation after being abandoned in Sweden and assaulted by her step-father, now reportedly wants to be reunited with her daughter as debate rages over a decision to examine the case on public television. READ »

Sweden 'helped US bomb Iraq in 2003': report

Politics: 3 Sep 12
Swedish military intelligence provided the United States with data on bombing targets in Bagdad ahead a 2003 attack on the Iraqi capital, despite the Swedish government's opposition to the US invasion, US military documents reveal. READ »

Minister slammed for weapons export blunder

Politics: 23 Apr 12
Sweden's enterprise minster Annie Lööf said in a recent interview she wouldn't rule out exporting arms to China – despite the existence of an arms sale embargo since 1989. She later admitted she could have been clearer. READ »

Swedish defence minister Tolgfors resigns

National: 29 Mar 12
Sweden's minister of defence, Sten Tolgfors, announced on Thursday he was resigning his post, citing the ongoing revelations about Sweden's secret deal to build a weapons plant in Saudia Arabia as "the final straw". READ »

Swedish ministers profit from Lundin: report

Business & Money: 13 Mar 12
Over half of Sweden’s government ministers have shares in investment funds that put money into Sweden-based oil giant Lundin Petroleum, a new report has revealed. READ »

Prime minister Reinfeldt separates from wife

Politics: 7 Mar 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and his wife Filippa Reinfeldt have separated, according to the prime minister’s press spokesperson Roberta Alenius. READ »

Juholt expected to resign as Social Democrat head

Politics: 21 Jan 12
Despite Friday’s announcement by the Social Democrat Executive Committee that embattled leader Håkan Juholt will remain at the helm, many now believe that he will announce his resignation on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Bildt: UNESCO decision will 'hurt Palestine'

Politics: 1 Nov 11
Sweden voted against the Palestinian application to join UNESCO on Monday, arguing that the vote had come at the "wrong time" and would harm the Palestinian cause. READ »

Probe dropped, Juholt to remain party leader

Politics: 14 Oct 11
Prosecutors said Friday they were dropping an investigation into improper reimbursements claimed by Håkan Juholt as the Social Democrats' executive committee announced it still had confidence in the embattled party leader. READ »

Juholt position 'difficult' after fraud probe: expert

Politics: 10 Oct 11
The fraud investigation against Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt will restrict his freedom of movement politically - and a prosecution will force his departure, political scientist Ulf Bjereld tells The Local. READ »

The Sweden Democrats - a year in the Riksdag spotlight

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Sep 11
A year has passed since the Sweden Democrats became Sweden’s newest parliamentary party and The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson has a look at what has been achieved, what has not and what has changed. READ »

How the far-right found a voice in tolerant Nordic countries

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jul 11
A far-right that vaunts anti-immigration, Islamophobia and the welfare state has taken hold in Nordic countries, playing on the fears of societies that are less and less blond and blue eyed, AFP's Marc Preel writes. READ »

Juholt: 'There is another way, a different choice'

Politics: 26 Mar 11
Håkan Juholt, the new leader of Sweden's Social Democrat party, attacked the government's record on youth unemployment, child poverty and 'growing divides' in society, in his inaugural speech on Saturday. READ »

'Wild card' Juholt faces challenge of mending a party in crisis

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Mar 11
The choice of Håkan Julholt as candidate to take over as leader of the Social Democrats, while answering one question, leaves much about the party's future unresolved, The Local's David Landes discovers. READ »

Dark horse MP named as Sahlin's successor

Politics: 10 Mar 11
Håkan Juholt, current chair of the Riksdag's Committee on Defence, has been put forward as the Social Democrats' top choice to become the party's new leader, the chair of the party's nomination committee announced on Thursday. READ »

'Merge Sweden's Centre and Liberal Parties'

Politics: 7 Jan 11
The presidents of Sweden's Centre and Liberal Parties' youth wings have proposed the parties merge to strengthen the liberal movement in Sweden, but the motion has received opposition from several fronts. READ »

Sahlin quits as head of the Social Democrats

Politics: 14 Nov 10
Mona Sahlin is stepping down as the head of the Social Democratic party, the embattled party leader announced on Sunday. READ »

Social Democrats in property tax u-turn

Politics: 13 Nov 10
The Social Democrats should reject the Red-Green coalition agreement to reintroduce property taxes, Thomas Östros, the party's economic policy spokesperson, has argued. READ »

Social Democrats to hold extraordinary congress

Politics: 25 Sep 10
The Social Democratic Executive Committee will hold an extraordinary congress before its next annual congress, but a date for the additional meeting has not yet been determined. READ »

Live Blog: post-election developments

National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes. READ »

Greens still in hot seat ahead of final tally

Politics: 21 Sep 10
While party leaders entertain a possible tie-up between the Green Party and the centre-right Alliance, Green Party voters have rejected the idea, according to a new poll. READ »

Sweden's welfare state has endured centre-right rule: experts

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 10
As Sweden's centre-right government hopes to win another four years in power, fears that conservative rule would cripple Sweden's welfare state may have been unfounded, the AFP's Nina Larson explains. READ »

Will a Red-Green Sweden really take aim at US military might?

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 10
With the election drawing closer, Fredrik Westerlund takes a light-hearted look at a Red-Green foreign policy promise to 'demand' the United States shut down its foreign military bases. Along the way he talks to academics, embassies and one furious press secretary. READ »

Sahlin slammed for partying in Majorca

Politics: 18 Sep 09
Social Democrat party leader Mona Sahlin has been criticized for partying with celebrities in Majorca instead of staying at home to campaign in the run-up for the church elections on September 20th. READ »

Sweden's political pirates signal internet's election power

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jun 09
If tech-savvy campaigning helped power Barack Obama to the White House, the election of Sweden's Pirate Party in Europe signals that internet and related privacy issues are political drivers for young voters, writes AFP's Marc Preel READ »

Swedish pirates have wind in their sails for EU vote

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party could become one of the surprise new entrants to the European parliament this week. READ »

Pirates maintain course for EU parliament

Politics: 31 May 09
The Swedish Pirate Party, which supports a filesharing free-for-all, remains on course to claim seats in the EU parliament as the country takes to the polls this week with civil liberties high on the political agenda. READ »

Pirate Party Sweden's third-largest ahead of EU vote: study

Politics: 8 May 09
The Pirate Party will likely be the third largest vote-getter among Swedish political parties in upcoming European Parliamentary elections, according to a new forecast. READ »

Union chief resigns from AMF Pension

Politics: 5 Apr 09
Wanja Lundby-Wedin, head of Sweden’s Trade Union Confederation (LO) has resigned from the board of AMF Pension. The announcement was made after a meeting of LO's board on Sunday. READ »

Reinfeldt faces deluge of criticism

Politics: 2 Nov 07
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt faced a deluge of criticism Friday over his leadership abilities after the latest in a string of scandals capped a stormy first year in power for the centre-right government. READ »

Swedes still against joining Nato

National: 15 May 06
More than twice as many Swedes oppose joining the North Atlantic alliance than are in favour, a new survey shows. Sweden's policy of neutrality is associated with peace, says an expert. READ »

Men dominate on Swedish leader pages

Society: 13 Apr 06
Equality in the workplace may be a hot political issue in Sweden - but there's a distinct lack of it among the country's key opinion-formers. Around 80% of the leader writers in the Swedish daily press are men, a survey reveals. READ »

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