Getting a driving licence in Sweden involves jumping through endless hoops for the second time, but Swedes going to the other side of the Pond also need to start from scratch. However, the time and cost are only a fraction and the difficulty level is much lower.
<i><b>Elizabeth Dacey Fondelius moved to Stockholm with a clean driving licence. There was only one problem: it was an American licence. After two decades of driving it was back to school in Sweden.</b></i>
Eight out of ten Swedish landlords systematically avoid letting their properties to tenants with Arabic names. The discrimination is especially widespread in towns outside the country's large cities.
Swedish homeowners are over five billion kronor richer thanks to the country's decision in 2003 not ditch the krona as the national currency in favour of the euro.
The average price of apartments sold in Sweden has risen by 13 percent over the past year. Now experts are warning that the property market could be heading for a price bubble.
Stockholm has Europe's third best property investment market, according to a new survey. The Swedish capital was beaten only by Paris and London, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute.
Nobody in Sweden should be forced to live on the streets, public health minister Maria Larsson has promised, vowing to reduce the number of evictions carried out in Sweden. The minister announced a national strategy to combat homelessness.
The Swedish consumer confidence indicator fell to 14.7 in January from 15.1 in December, the National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet) said.
The last Friday of the month means pay day in Sweden. This January is also the month in which the Alliance government's new tax deduction for employees and the self-employed comes into effect.
An 86-year-old farmer from Umeå managed to amass an 80 million kronor fortune before his death in 2005. Since he did not leave a will and had no immediate family, the money will now go to the Swedish Inheritance Fund, business news website Dina Pengar reports.
Times are good in the Swedish finance sector, thanks to a surging stock market and numerous major deals over the last twelve months. Demand for advisors and analysts has increased dramatically and in the spring bonuses worth 2.5 billion kronor will be dished out.
Two local Liberal Party politicians in Malmö have proposed a ban on the use of languages other than Swedish in school classrooms. Local politician Eva Bertz and member of parliament Allan Widman see the measure as a way to tackle the problem of segregation in society.
A third of Swedes say they would have to leave their current homes if their costs increased or their disposable incomes decreased by 2,000 kronor a month.
Fur coats, trophy wives and hobnobbing with royalty are low status in Sweden, while having a broad education, being a good parent and being good at your job are high status, according to a study published on Friday.
The managing directors of big Swedish companies such as Scania and Ericsson have received a 20 percent average wage increase in the last year, according to a new report.
