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Five reasons why Sweden is not the Canada of Europe

Sweden explained

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Five reasons why Sweden is not the Canada of Europe

The small Swedish town with a world of career opportunities

Partner Content

The small Swedish town with a world of career opportunities

Politics

Sweden Democrat leader backs 'open Swedishness' amid high-profile party clash

Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has waded into an ongoing internal party row over what defines Swedish identity.

How likely are you to get attacked by a wolf in Sweden?

wildlife

How likely are you to get attacked by a wolf in Sweden?

What the EU's new banking law means for foreigners in Sweden

Money

What the EU's new banking law means for foreigners in Sweden

What would it take for Swedish Migration Agency to freeze 'teen deportations'?

Immigration

What would it take for Swedish Migration Agency to freeze 'teen deportations'?

EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europe

shopping

EU to slap new €2 fee on online shopping orders from outside Europe

Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Friday

Today in Sweden

Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Friday

Europeans and Canadians set to get more opportunities to move across Atlantic

European Union

Europeans and Canadians set to get more opportunities to move across Atlantic

What's open and what's closed in Sweden on All Saints' Day?

shopping

What's open and what's closed in Sweden on All Saints' Day?

UPDATED: Labour migrants most likely immigrants to leave Sweden

Studying in Sweden

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UPDATED: Labour migrants most likely immigrants to leave Sweden

Swedish parliamentary speaker picks Centre Party leader as next PM candidate

Politics 6

Swedish parliamentary speaker picks Centre Party leader as next PM candidate

Why Berlin is still a magnet for international talent

Partner Content

Why Berlin is still a magnet for international talent

New poll shows Sweden's Moderate Party just behind Social Democrats

Politics 2

New poll shows Sweden's Moderate Party just behind Social Democrats

Swedish word of the day: rädd

Swedish Word of the Day

Swedish word of the day: rädd

Christian Democrats want Sweden to explore third-country deportations

Deportations 2

Christian Democrats want Sweden to explore third-country deportations

2026 Swedish election

Sweden's right wing takes clear lead over left wing in new poll

Politics

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Sweden's right wing takes clear lead over left wing in new poll

How did Swedish media cover the 'migration paradigm shift'?

Immigration 7

How did Swedish media cover the 'migration paradigm shift'?

Swedish finance minister prepares caretaker budget stripped of campaign promises

Politics 1

Swedish finance minister prepares caretaker budget stripped of campaign promises

Sweden's Centre Party leader: 'No majority for a centrist government'

Politics

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Sweden's Centre Party leader: 'No majority for a centrist government'

Swedish Citizenship

The results of the first Swedish citizenship test are in. How many passed?

Swedish citizenship

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The results of the first Swedish citizenship test are in. How many passed?

How Sweden's 'new majority' can already move on deportations and citizenship

Politics

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How Sweden's 'new majority' can already move on deportations and citizenship

Tech leader wins appeal under Sweden's new citizenship rules

Immigration

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Tech leader wins appeal under Sweden's new citizenship rules

Swedish MP seeks to apply old rules to all pre-June 6th citizenship applicants

Politics

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Swedish MP seeks to apply old rules to all pre-June 6th citizenship applicants

Deportations

'He's the reason I'm here': Dad fights to stay in Sweden with baby son

Immigration

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'He's the reason I'm here': Dad fights to stay in Sweden with baby son

Four things that might surprise international families moving to Sweden

Partner Content

Four things that might surprise international families moving to Sweden

Swedish Migration Agency explains why it overruled police on detained workers

Deportations

Swedish Migration Agency explains why it overruled police on detained workers

Sweden's centre-left bloc agrees on plan to halt teen deportations

Politics

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Sweden's centre-left bloc agrees on plan to halt teen deportations

Work permits

Swedish business sector urges next government to overhaul global talent strategy

Politics

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Swedish business sector urges next government to overhaul global talent strategy

'We don't want people who are integrated in Sweden to be forced to leave'

Politics

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'We don't want people who are integrated in Sweden to be forced to leave'

What does Sweden's unexpectedly close election result mean for foreigners?

Politics

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What does Sweden's unexpectedly close election result mean for foreigners?

'Reassess your cultural background': Key tips for foreign job hunters in Sweden

Work permits

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'Reassess your cultural background': Key tips for foreign job hunters in Sweden

Moving to Sweden

How to find a job in Sweden: Five tips from those who've been there, done that

Reader insights

How to find a job in Sweden: Five tips from those who've been there, done that

What you need to know about applying to university in Sweden

Moving to Sweden

What you need to know about applying to university in Sweden

My Swedish Career: 'By moving here I had more chance of doing what I dreamed of'

Reader insights

My Swedish Career: 'By moving here I had more chance of doing what I dreamed of'

The Local's 11 insider tips when apartment hunting in Sweden

Property

The Local's 11 insider tips when apartment hunting in Sweden

Sweden in Focus Podcast

What would make the Centre Party rejoin the right in Sweden?

Sweden In Focus

What would make the Centre Party rejoin the right in Sweden?

What next for Sweden as Magdalena Andersson loses first PM vote?

Sweden In Focus

What next for Sweden as Magdalena Andersson loses first PM vote?

Why did Swedish media miss so much of the immigration clampdown?

Sweden In Focus

Why did Swedish media miss so much of the immigration clampdown?

Ex-Northvolt worker ordered to leave Sweden while 21 weeks pregnant

Sweden In Focus 2

Ex-Northvolt worker ordered to leave Sweden while 21 weeks pregnant