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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 »

Håkan Juholt survives to lead another day

Politics: 20 Jan 12
The Social Democrats' executive committee expressed its continued confidence in embattled party head Håkan Juholt on Friday following two days of intense meetings about his leadership. READ »

Young Swedish workers abandon unions

Business & Money: 4 Nov 11
Only one in three young Swedes are union members, compared to 80 percent in the same age group only 15 years ago, according to a new report. READ »

Government in labour market policy retreat

Business & Money: 17 May 11
The Swedish government has announced changes to its unemployment policy to extend access to labour market training even for the long-term unemployed, bowing to broad criticism of existing regulations. READ »

Labour market divides Swedish budget debate

Politics: 13 Apr 11
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg emphasised falling unemployment figures in the budget debate in the Riksdag on Wednesday, while the Social Democrats argued that Sweden was suffering from "mass unemployment". READ »

'Abolish Sweden's monarchy': Juholt

Politics: 11 Apr 11
Newly installed Social Democratic party leader Håkan Juholt thinks Sweden's monarchy should be abolished and that the country's wealth tax should be reinstated. READ »

Navigating the employment - unemployment roundabout

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 11
Losing your job may be traumatic, but there are worse places to find yourself out of a job than Sweden, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains. READ »

Go your own way – setting up a business in Sweden

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. READ »

Social Democrats call time on 'self-torture'

Politics: 15 Feb 11
Social Democrat party secretary Ibrahim Baylan said on receipt of the party's crisis commission report on Tuesday that it was time to put an end to the turmoil and look to the future. READ »

'Alcolocks' can't be trusted: sobriety group

Society: 21 Jan 11
Ignition interlock devices designed to bar intoxicated individuals from driving cannot be trusted, according to a Swedish sobriety group for motorists on Friday. READ »

Sweden's childcare allowance 'a fiasco'

Politics: 10 Jan 11
Sweden's childcare allowance, strongly promoted by the Christian Democrats as a way to help parents who wish to spend more time at home with their young children, has been a fiasco, according to a previously unreleased report. READ »

Swedish jobless funds 'among OECD's worst'

Business & Money: 7 Dec 10
A study compiled by an Uppsala University researcher reveals that Sweden has one of the worst unemployment fund schemes among wealthy nations. READ »

Sahlin criticises Social Democrats' job policy

Politics: 5 Dec 10
Outgoing Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin called for a new jobs policy that makes it worthwhile to work and was critical of cooperation with the Left Party said in a speech to the party's advisory committee on Saturday. READ »

Passing grade for Swedish jobs policy

Business & Money: 30 Nov 10
Even as unemployment in Sweden hovers around eight percent, a recent government study found no major faults with the country's current labour market policies. READ »

Why Sweden abandoned its workers' party

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Nov 10
As Social Democrats brace themselves for the presentation on Friday of the findings of its own election crisis commission, contributor Naomi Powell takes a closer look at how the traditionally dominant party lost its place at the apex of Swedish politics. READ »

Sweden presents budget for 'full employment'

Politics: 12 Oct 10
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg presented a budget for 2011 on Tuesday morning including 13 billion kronor ($2 billion) in new measures, promising to move Sweden from "crisis to full employment". READ »

Jobless man must repay funds for taking Swedish

Business & Money: 9 Oct 10
A Northern Irishman who studied in a Swedish class for immigrants while unemployed has been ordered to repay nearly 200,000 kronor ($30,000) in benefits after incorrectly filling out a form. READ »

Introducing the Social Democrats

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Social Democrats, bidding to assume power at the head of the Red-Green coalition. READ »

PM: mandatory jobs insurance unlikely

Business & Money: 17 Aug 10
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said that the election 2006 promise to make unemployment insurance obligatory is unlikely to be realized during the next mandate period. READ »

Jobs in focus during party leader debate

Politics: 16 Jun 10
The jobs, the environment and unemployment were the dominant themes in the party leaders' debate in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, on Wednesday. READ »

Liberals propose state unemployment insurance

Business & Money: 27 May 10
The Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) has reiterated its call for a state-run unemployment insurance fund, risking a conflict with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation who consider unemployment insurance to be a union matter. READ »

Jobs and climate top priorities for Greens

Politics: 14 May 10
Investing in jobs and climate policies remain the top priorities for the Greens, the party said as it opened its annual party congress in Uppsala. READ »

Liberal MP: Legalize prostitution

Society: 8 May 10
Liberal Party member of parliament Camilla Lindberg has argued that Sweden should legalize prostitution and provide greater social security for practitioners of the "oldest profession". READ »

Reinfeldt warns of opposition tax hikes

Politics: 4 May 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt claims that the shadow budget presented by the left-green coalition on Monday hikes taxes for three million people and is devastating for Swedish business. READ »

Opposition outlines change in shadow budget

Politics: 3 May 10
The left-green opposition promised a 'new direction' in Swedish politics when presenting its budget proposal on Monday, including defence cuts, a new wealth tax, and a cut in payroll taxes for small business. READ »

Opposition strikes back over spring budget

Politics: 15 Apr 10
The left-green opposition has criticised the spring fiscal policy proposal represented by the government on Thursday, calling for more money for new jobs and a shoring up of municipal finances. READ »

Green Party lays out election platform

Politics: 30 Mar 10
Sweden's Green Party has announced plans to re-introduce a sabbatical leave year, cut the working week and slash sales tax on the service sector - including household services, restaurants, hairdressers and bicycle repairs. READ »

Swedish unions: should you join?

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Feb 10
Unions play a huge role in many Swedish workplaces - and in Swedish society. But should you join? Nic Townsend asks what's in it for you. READ »

Home childcare trend fuels segregation fears

National: 5 Jan 10
Sweden’s childcare allowance is proving ever more popular in heavily immigrant neighbourhoods, resulting in the closure of some preschools and prompting fears about the measure’s unintended consequences. READ »

'Stop discrimination of foreign doctoral candidates'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jan 10
Sweden needs to do more to ensure foreign doctoral candidates are offered equal working conditions by the country's colleges and universities, argue students' rights advocates Martin Dackling and Lars Abrahamsson. READ »

Opposition poll lead 'very worrying': Reinfeldt

Politics: 14 Dec 09
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has admitted he is concerned by poll results showing the opposition in a commanding lead over the centre-right coalition government. READ »

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. READ »

Managing a family is not work: court

Society: 5 Dec 09
A stay-at-home parent’s activities are not classified as ‘work’, according to the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court. READ »

Councils pay out billions to cash-strapped Swedes

Business & Money: 30 Nov 09
Social assistance payments to Swedes struggling to make ends meet jumped by 19 percent during the third quarter, new statistics show. READ »

Tanya endures six-month wait for jobless benefits

Society: 17 Nov 09
As jobs in Sweden continue to disappear, the country’s unemployment insurance funds have been struggling to keep up with jobless claims, forcing many to wait more than six months before receiving their benefits. READ »

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. READ »

Rapid rise in unemployment claims

Business & Money: 4 Aug 09
The number of people receiving unemployment assistance in Sweden in July was up 30 percent on the same month last year, new figures show. READ »

More Swedes buying private insurance: report

Business & Money: 6 Jul 09
More and more Swedes are purchasing private insurance for income protection as a result of the economic crisis, a new study has shown. READ »

Swedes' unpaid debts continue to pile up

Business & Money: 3 Jul 09
Swedes’ cumulative unpaid debts reached a new record of 62.2 billion kronor ($7.9 billion) in June, with Swedes at the higher end of the earnings scale finding it increasingly hard to pay their bills. READ »

Sweden urged to do more to combat crisis

Business & Money: 12 May 09
Sweden's centre-right government has been urged to do more to offset the effects of the global economic crisis, notably to combat soaring unemployment, a panel of economic experts said on Monday. READ »

Income protection for out-of-work teachers

National: 9 May 09
Teachers’ incomes are to be protected under a new insurance scheme set up by teachers’ unions following a wave of redundancy notices in schools across the country. READ »

Centre Party touts new Swedish labour model

Politics: 5 May 09
The Centre Party, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, has put itself on a collision course with Sweden's two largest parties by calling for an overhaul of the country's much vaunted labour market model. READ »

Spring budget warns of tough times ahead

Business & Money: 15 Apr 09
The Swedish government will allocate funds to expand employment opportunities for the young and the unemployed in its spring budget as finance minister Anders Borg warns of tough times ahead. READ »

Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan. READ »

Unpaid blogger risks losing unemployment benefits

Society: 2 Apr 09
A former Volvo worker in southern Sweden has been told to stop blogging for his local newspaper if he wants to retain his unemployment insurance. READ »

Unemployment insurance enrollment on the rise

Business & Money: 23 Jan 09
The number of Swedes enrolled in unemployment insurance programmes (a-kassa) jumped by 3,000 in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to new statistics. READ »

Men at 40 have highest incomes in Sweden: study

Business & Money: 22 Jan 09
Forty-year-old men are the top earners in Sweden, new statistics show. READ »

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. READ »

'Jobseekers' lying to employment agency

Society: 16 Jan 09
Many among Sweden’s growing ranks of unemployed are lying to the national employment agency about their efforts to look for new jobs in order to retain their unemployment benefits. READ »

One third of jobless lack insurance

Business & Money: 17 Dec 08
Almost one third of people out of work in Sweden lack unemployment insurance and rely on dole payouts of a maximum 5,500 kronor ($715) per month after tax, according to new figures from the public employment agency. READ »

Reinfeldt and Sahlin spar in debate

Politics: 15 Oct 08
Questions Sweden's future government as well as the current economic crisis occupied much of a televised debate between prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Social Democratic party leader Mona Sahlin on Tuesday night. READ »

Economy and the Left dominate party debate

Politics: 13 Oct 08
Following a week of downbeat news about the economy and speculation about the Left Party's role in a future Social Democratic-led government, leaders of Sweden's seven major political parties squared off in a televised debate on Sunday night. READ »

Reinfeldt's handling of banking crisis under fire

Politics: 8 Oct 08
Former Social Democratic Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson has criticized current Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and his centre-right government for its management of the current banking crisis. READ »

Criticism and praise for 2009 Swedish budget

Politics: 22 Sep 08
The political opposition took aim at the Swedish government’s new budget proposal on Monday, while the document received mix reviews from labour and other organizations. READ »

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. READ »

How does Swedish unemployment insurance work?

Lifestyle: 5 Sep 08
Ask The Local What happens when you lose you job in Sweden? We've found some answers. READ »

Swedish trade unions lament rapid loss of members

Business & Money: 22 Aug 08
Swedish trade unions have lost 37,000 members in the first six months of the year. READ »

Unemployment funds reclaim insurance payments

Business & Money: 19 Aug 08
Swedish unemployment insurance funds (A-kassa) demanded the return last year of 170 million kronor ($21 million) from recipients who should not have received payment. READ »

Reinfeldt: 'Dark clouds over the economy'

Politics: 10 Aug 08
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt forecast imminent dark clouds over the Swedish economy and promised action in his summer speech while opposition leader Mona Sahlin went on the attack. READ »

Job loss insurance plans shed 500,000 members

Business & Money: 4 Aug 08
An estimated half million Swedes have left unemployment insurance funds (a-kassa) in the last two years, leading some to worry about the effects of potential job losses that may result from Sweden’s slowing economy. READ »

Social Democrats pledge cut price unemployment insurance

Politics: 6 Jul 08
The opposition Social Democrats have pledged that they will halve the cost of unemployment insurance if they win the next election. READ »

Poll: training trumps tax cuts for job creation

Business & Money: 12 May 08
Career training for the jobless is the most effective measure for creating jobs in the eyes of most Swedes, a new study has found. READ »

Compulsory unemployment insurance: 433 kronor

Business & Money: 17 Apr 08
A government inquiry set up to look into the development of a compulsory unemployment insurance fund has proposed a 433 kronor monthly fee. READ »

Sweden's welfare state 'alive and kicking'

Lifestyle: 6 Apr 08
The sale of Absolut vodka was the latest in a wave of liberal reforms by Sweden's centre-right government. But AFP's Pia Ohlin finds that, despite privatizations and new tax laws, Sweden is still very much a welfare state. READ »

Jobless Swedes lying to unemployment agency

Business & Money: 13 Mar 08
One in four unemployed Swedes lie to the Public Employment Service about having applied for positions recommended to them by the agency. READ »

Unionen supports Greens' benefits proposal

Politics: 26 Feb 08
Unionen chairwoman Mari-Ann Krantz has voiced her support for the Green Party's proposal for the creation of a state-run unemployment insurance system. READ »

Greens call for state-run unemployment insurance

Politics: 25 Feb 08
The Green Party wants to transform Sweden’s unemployment and social insurance into a single, state-run programme. READ »

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. READ »

Stricter sick rules push up 'last resort' benefit claims

Business & Money: 10 Jan 08
A government clampdown on claimants of sick benefits has led to more people claiming councils' 'last resort' social welfare payments. READ »

Millionaires: Swedes 'don't work hard enough'

Business & Money: 13 Nov 07
Swedes do not work hard enough - at least in the eyes of many millionaires. But the well-off readers of Connoisseur magazine do not consider that they themselves work too little. READ »

95 percent of Swedes 'cheat the system'

Society: 17 Oct 07
Nearly 95 percent of Swedes admit that they abuse the country's public services and benefits systems. Only 5 percent never bend the rules, according to a new study carried out by two senior economists. READ »

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. READ »

LO unions shed members

Business & Money: 6 Sep 07
Swedish blue collar trade unions are haemmoraging members: more than 80,000 people have quit unions belonging to the LO union confederation this year, costing LO up to 17 million kronor in lost revenue. READ »

Don't write off the government yet

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Aug 07
The government may be faltering in the polls, but Social Democrats should not expect the next election to be a walkover, says Nicholas Gregory, an Australian who ran for the party in the 2006 elections. READ »

Unemployment insurance to become mandatory in 2009

Politics: 29 Jun 07
The Swedish government has said it plans to introduce a mandatory unemployment insurance for all employees from July 2009, as almost a quarter of the labour force currently has no such cover. READ »

Reinfeldt and Sahlin go head to head

Politics: 13 Jun 07
"What do you plan to do? How do you plan to do it? And who do you plan to do it with?" Fredrik Reinfeldt opened Wednesday's party leader debate with a salvo of questions for debutant Mona Sahlin. READ »

Social Democrats vow to overturn unemployment insurance reforms

Politics: 30 Apr 07
Social Democrat leader, Mona Sahlin, and head of LO, Wanja Lundby-Wedin, have called for a return to unemployment insurance levels in existence before the government's recent reforms. READ »

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. READ »

Wealth tax abolition widely welcomed

Politics: 28 Mar 07
The move to get rid of wealth tax has been widely welcomed in political and business circles. But union movement LO has said it is "unacceptable" that pension savers will have to pay the price. READ »

Benefit cheats threatened with jail

Politics: 26 Mar 07
People who are granted benefits on false pretences could face prison under new proposals put forward by Social Insurance Minister Cristina Husmark Pehrsson. READ »

Swedish unions lose members in record numbers

Society: 15 Mar 07
Swedish blue collar trade unions are losing members like never before. 2006 was the first year in which all member unions in the LO confederation experienced a net loss of members. READ »

January pay packets set to swell

National: 24 Jan 07
Payday at last! It will be smiles all round on Friday as the post-Christmas blues finally come to an end. And this month there is an extra reason to be cheerful as the government's new tax deduction takes effect. READ »

Unemployed face a harsh reality under the Right

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Jan 07
The new government's reforms of taxes and unemployment insurance may be good for the rich, but people who lose their jobs will face a harsh reality, argues Social Democratic member of parliament and former minister Lena Hallengren. READ »

Unions demonstrate against benefit cuts

Politics: 14 Dec 06
Thousands of union members demonstrated in central Stockholm on Thursday against government plans to raise premiums for unemployment insurance, while cutting benefit payments. READ »

LO takes benefits battle to the streets

Politics: 14 Dec 06
Sweden's largest trade union confederation, LO, is today staging nationwide demonstrations to protest the government's controversial new unemployment insurance reforms. READ »

Reinfeldt welcomes foreign bidders for state firms

Business & Money: 29 Nov 06
Sweden will welcome bids from foreign investors in its planned sale of state-owned companies. But all bids will be weighed to ensure that jobs are not lost, says prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Big lead for opposition in poll

Politics: 19 Nov 06
A new poll shows the Social Democrats and allies with a lead of more than 7 percentage points over the government. Pollsters say blue collar workers seem to be returning to the Social Democrats. READ »

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. READ »

'Punishments for inactive unemployed'

Politics: 13 Nov 06
People who are out of work and not looking for jobs should have their benefits docked, finance minister Anders Borg says. Social Democrats say he's punishing people who already have it tough. READ »

Sick benefits to be curtailed

Society: 10 Nov 06
Sweden has more people living on sick benefits than any other country. A new report says that people who have been off work sick for a year should be classed as unemployed. READ »

Welfare changes reported to EU

Politics: 31 Oct 06
Swedish union group TCO says the government's plans to reform unemployment insurance will discriminate against women, and vows to appeal to the European Commission. READ »

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. READ »

Women hit as unemployment fund charges soar

Society: 19 Oct 06
The monthly charges for Sweden's a-kassa unemployment funds are to increase sharply - and women will be hardest hit, according to the government's own legislative proposal. READ »

Conciliatory tone as Reinfeldt sets out his plans

Politics: 6 Oct 06
Sweden's new prime minister, Fredrik Reinfeldt, promised to build partnerships with "everyone who wants to build a better Sweden," as he announced his plans for government on Friday. READ »

Lower taxes but higher fees in Alliance budget

Politics: 3 Oct 05
The 45 billion kronor tax cuts proposed by the centre-right opposition would be financed partly through higher fees for things like unemployment insurance. But most people would still be better off, the Alliance insists. READ »

Lower taxes in opposition budget

Politics: 22 Sep 05
Sweden’s centre-right opposition wants lower income tax, particularly for low earners. Workers will end up paying for their own tax reductions, says finance minister Pär Nuder. READ »

Employment service and union take Rosa to the cleaners

Society: 14 Oct 04
A Chilean-born cleaner is denied unemployment insurance because she can't speak Swedish. 'Discrimination!' cry the experts. Maybe, but it's probably not worth an immigrant appealing, according to the head of the union-run insurance fund. READ »


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