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Kamprad pledges Ikea 'transparency'

Business & Money: 18 May 11
Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furnishings giant Ikea, has promised more transparency over the firm's business affairs, saying that it has nothing to hide after a slew of allegations in recent years. READ »

Alliance tax cuts top 100 billion kronor

Politics: 23 Apr 11
The center-right Alliance in Sweden has lowered taxes by over 100 billion kronor since 2006 with the most generous tax breaks going to those in work. 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 »

Top Social Democrat quits politics

Politics: 22 Feb 11
Ilija Batljan, one of the key figures in the Social Democrat election campaign in Stockholm and one of the early names mentioned as a possible new leader, has announced that he is leaving politics. READ »

Condemn the Swedish model, not Kamprad

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 11
Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company’s fortunes abroad, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren. READ »

Social Democrats blame taxes for election loss

Politics: 3 Dec 10
The Social Democrats likely lost the election because of their tax policy proposals, an internal report from the party’s crisis commission has concluded. READ »

Left leader makes on-air wedding proposal

Politics: 16 Sep 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly took the opportunity of a televised party leader debate to propose to his long-term girlfriend, Åsa, who accepted the offer. READ »

Introducing the Moderates

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Moderates, bidding to retain power and become the largest party in Swedish politics. READ »

Introducing the Red-Greens

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Sep 10
Here's a look at the centre-left Red-Greens, who hope they can move from opposition to Sweden's governing coalition. READ »

Red-Greens split over revamped wealth tax

Politics: 28 Aug 10
Sweden's three-party Red-Green opposition remains split on how best to reintroduce a wealth tax system if the government is defeated in next month's election. READ »

Experts: politicians misled voters on pensions tax

National: 18 Aug 10
Sweden's politicians have been slammed by leading economists who argue that they are misleading the electorate by claiming that income taxes discriminate against pensioners, who in actual fact pay less tax than those in work. 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 outlines billion kronor tax hike

Politics: 28 Apr 10
The left-green opposition has proposed the raising of environmental taxes by a total of 11 billion kronor ($1.52 billion) over the coming two years, as well as reintroducing wealth taxes to raise a further four billion per annum. READ »

'Sweden is a tax paradise': Ikea adviser

Business & Money: 1 Mar 10
A leading figure behind both Ikea and Tetra Pak's decisions to move their headquarter beyond Sweden's borders has said Sweden is making major strides on the road to becoming a more business-friendly nation. READ »

Social Democrats target pensioners on tax

Politics: 31 Oct 09
In a bid to boost support from Sweden’s older generation, the Social Democrats promised to close the tax gap between pensioners and wage earners at their party conference on Friday. READ »

Beyond the insults: Swedish Model 2.0

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 09
As Sweden takes a battering in the US health care debate, Swedish Institute chief Olle Wästberg examines two of the insults most frequently flung: that Sweden is rampantly socialist, and that it's the poster child for neo-liberal market excesses. READ »

Sahlin keen to raise taxes

Politics: 9 Sep 09
The opposition Social Democrats have said they are preparing to raise taxes and reintroduce wealth tax if elected next year in a bid to save jobs, and raise the quality of schools and health care. READ »

'High taxes do not equate to an effective welfare state'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 May 09
Sweden's high tax regime is counterproductive: rather than focusing on the improvement of core services, it has led to a bloated bureaucracy and an inefficient welfare state, argue Nima Sanandaji and Robert Gidehag of the Swedish Taxpayers Association. READ »

Pirate Bay backer caught in Liechtenstein tax probe

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. 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 »

Bending the rules: Sweden in transition

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Feb 08
Nima Sanandaji speaks to one of the co-authors of a book examining the increasing propensity of Swedes to skirt around the edges of the country's tax and social welfare systems. READ »

Wealth and property taxes officially axed

Business & Money: 18 Dec 07
Sweden's parliament has voted in favour of abolishing wealth and property taxes, enacting a key pledge in the government's manifesto. READ »

Sweden's richest woman loses tax appeal

Business & Money: 3 Dec 07
Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Sweden's richest woman, has lost a long-running battle with the tax authorities. 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 »

Business owners voice satisfaction with government

Business & Money: 5 Oct 07
Most Swedish companies agree that the business climate in Sweden has improved since the centre-right government came to power, according to a new survey. 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 »

State to stop asking for wealth declaration

Business & Money: 12 Sep 07
Residents of Sweden will no longer have to declare their wealth to the state after the abolition of wealth tax next year. The decision represents a u-turn by the government. READ »

'Make personal information private'

Politics: 8 Sep 07
The new Liberal leader, Jan Björklund, has called for limits on the amount of personal information about citizens the state makes public. He also used his speech to attack Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin for "hypocrisy". READ »

Housing prices continue to soar

Society: 13 Aug 07
New figures have shown that the Swedish housing market remains buoyant with apartment prices continuing to rise all over the country. READ »

Owners of big houses 'should pay higher tax'

Politics: 8 Aug 07
The government's proposed new local property charge should be higher than currently planned for owners of big houses, members of parliament have said. READ »

Jobs dominate spring budget

Politics: 16 Apr 07
Finance Minister Anders Borg's spring budget meets with mixed reactions. "Irresponsible, unjust and outdated," said Pär Nuder. But business lends the budget its cautious support. READ »

Sweden gets a dose of liberalism

Politics: 8 Apr 07
Sweden's election of a centre-right government in September has led to a whole host of reforms to nudge the country away from its high tax, high spend traditions, as Delphine Toitou reports. READ »

OECD criticizes Sweden's property tax reform

Politics: 4 Apr 07
Taxes in Sweden are too high, according to the OECD. But the government should reduce labour taxes rather than property taxes, the organization argues. READ »

Ministers announce job policy measures

Politics: 4 Apr 07
The leaders of the four governing parties have announced a package of measures to encourage more Swedes to get back to work. READ »

Sweden: tax haven for Norwegians

National: 29 Mar 07
There are not many countries in which Sweden would be considered a tax haven, but the decision to scrap wealth tax has led at least one wealthy Norwegian family to look east. 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 »

Sweden to abolish wealth tax

National: 28 Mar 07
Wealth tax will disappear this year, the leaders of the governing Alliance parties have promised in a surprise move. READ »

Hägglund calls for wealth tax amnesty

Politics: 6 Mar 07
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has called for a temporary tax amnesty for Swedes who have hidden money abroad. To coincide with the abolition of wealth tax, money could be brought back into the country without the risk of criminal charges. READ »

Prosperous Swedes pay more in tax

National: 22 Jan 07
Swedes' incomes were higher in 2005 than in 2004, and the tax man was quick to take his share. Tax income rose by 24 billion kronor. READ »

Wealth tax 'voluntary' for the wealthy

Business & Money: 21 Dec 06
Sweden's wealth tax is practically voluntary for executives and directors in top Swedish companies, a new report by Swedish Radio claims to show. READ »

Borg: unions will alienate their members

Politics: 23 Nov 06
Union opposition to the government's proposals to cut taxes and benefits will alienate their members, finance minister Anders Borg has said. Wage earners stand to earn up to 1,000 kronor a month from the reforms. READ »

Borg plans to remove unpopular tax

Business & Money: 17 Nov 06
A tax on the wealth of small business owners will be removed next year, finance minister Anders Borg has promised. The current rules mean that small business owners can pay wealth tax on money invested in their companies. READ »

Foreigners face tax investigation

National: 28 Oct 06
Tens of thousands of foreign residents in Sweden are being investigated by the tax authorities over income received in other countries in the European Union. READ »

Jobs dominate Borg's first budget

Politics: 16 Oct 06
The battle to generate jobs was at the top of the government's agenda, finance minister Anders Borg made clear as he presented his first budget on Monday. READ »

Sweden to ditch wealth tax

Politics: 16 Oct 06
The new government is to make wealth tax a thing of the past. The tax will be halved next year and eventually phased out completely during the coming term. READ »

Pressure grows on Swedish trade minister

Politics: 13 Oct 06
The storm surrounding the personal finances of Swedish trade minister Maria Borelius continued to blow fiercely on Friday, as it emerged that she risks being fined for irregularities in a share deal. 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 »

Leaders in savage election clash

Politics: 8 Sep 06
Fredrik Reinfeldt and Göran Persson met in a heated debate on Swedish Radio on Friday. Again, Reinfeldt accused Persson of lacking a jobs policy, and again Persson said the Alliance wants to help the rich. READ »

Alliance to abolish property tax

Politics: 4 Jul 06
The opposition Alliance has agreed to do away with property tax if it wins September's general election. The tax would be frozen next year, and gradually abolished altogether. READ »

Alliance agrees to scrap payroll tax

Politics: 2 May 06
Sweden's liberal-conservative Alliance will make employing people cheaper by abolishing payroll tax if elected. The measure is one of several proposed today in the four parties' joint budget. READ »

Opposition victory "will strengthen krona"

Business & Money: 23 Mar 06
The krona will continue to weaken against the euro and the dollar over the coming months, according to Swedish bank SEB. However, the bank says that a conservative victory in the September election will strengthen the currency again. READ »

Nuder critical of new Lisbon strategy

Smörgåsbord: 22 Feb 05
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Nuder lies low on wealth tax

Smörgåsbord: 4 Nov 04
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Tax cuts will mean harder work, says Right

Politics: 5 Oct 04
Swedes will need to rediscover the Lutheran work ethic if they are to benefit from tax cuts, say the right-wing parties as they launch their budget proposals. But estate agents in Östermalm show that working harder isn't the only way to save on taxes. READ »

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. READ »

A man like that is hard to find

Society: 18 Jun 04
A record number of dollar millionaires in Sweden - and potentially many more behind the sofa. Swedish single men could do with some lessons in spending, though. READ »

Socialist leader buys animal farm

Politics: 8 Apr 04
'All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others' - as proved by Göran Persson who just bought a farm for SEK12.5 million. READ »

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