The Local's Emma Löfgren was left feeling all warm and fuzzy after a trip abroad, and wonders if her fellow Swedes have something to learn. Plus: Our top stories of the week.
Nordic editor Richard Orange shares his passion for valstugor, the little election cabins that are springing up in town squares across Sweden this weekend, before running through our top stories of the week.
The Local’s Mandy Pipher is heading to Canada with her family, but she still hasn’t received her renewed Swedish residency card, which she’ll need to return. She explains her ordeal before running through the week’s stories.
Richard Orange wonders whether the social trust that has made Sweden so successful is disappearing from its politics, before going through the week's stories.
In this week's Inside Sweden The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange reflects on a meeting with Italians fleeing the Mediterranean heat, before running through the week's stories.
The Local's Mandy Pipher reflects on the government's choice to have new citizenship rules take effect on Sweden's National Day and describes her own recent attempts to "integrate."
The Local Sweden's editor, Emma Löfgren, reflects on recent encounters with readers, and shares her latest articles about the 100,000 in the citizenship queue.
Nordic Editor Richard Orange describes his own encounter with Jörgen Grubb, the Sweden Democrat MP accused of threatening another MP in parliament this week, before running through all the other topics we've been covering over the past week.
In our weekly column, The Local's Nordic editor Richard Orange explains the mechanics of next Wednesday's parliamentary vote on transitional rules for citizenship, before running through all the other topics we've been covering over the past week.
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange reflects on an email in which a border police officer calls for a deportation to be expedited because the individual concerned "caused a lot of legal issues", before running through the other stories The Local has covered this week.
Nordic Editor Richard Orange explains why April will be decisive for Swedish citizenship applicants, before running through the other stories The Local has covered this week.
The Local Sweden’s Deputy Editor Becky Waterton reflects on the community of citizenship applicants before running through the other stories The Local has covered this week.
The Local’s Editor Emma Löfgren reflects on her first week back after maternity leave before running through the other stories The Local has covered this week.
In this week's Inside Sweden newsletter The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange runs through the massive amount of migration news in the pipeline in March, and then rounds up the week's stories.
In this week's Inside Sweden newsletter The Local's Acting Editor Becky Waterton discusses feeling at home in two countries and rounds up the week’s biggest stories.
The Local’s Nordic Editor Richard Orange reflects on how easy it was for him to come to Sweden and then get citizenship ten years ago, and contrasts that with the gruelling process faced by his colleagues, before running through the week's news.
The Local’s Acting Editor Becky Waterton reflects on the opposition’s attempted campaign to end teen deportations before running through the other stories The Local has covered this week.