Inside Sweden
Inside Sweden: Is revoking permits too politically toxic for an election year?
In this week’s Inside Sweden, Nordic Editor Richard Orange looks at whether the government’s proposal to revoke permanent residence permits is too politically risky to push through before the election — and then breaks down the week’s stories.
Inside Sweden: Prospective citizens' passports are held hostage by long waiting times
In this week's Inside Sweden newsletter The Local's Deputy Editor Becky Waterton explains the problems that arise when Swedish authorities hold on to your passport and residency cards when applying for citizenship.
Inside Sweden: How Sweden is waking up to the impact of migration law changes
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
How to celebrate Christmas like a Swede
Letters to Santa, twinkling lights on houses, and Christmas trees in the public square: on the face of it, Swedish Christmas looks pretty similar to Christmas in North America or the UK. But underneath the surface, there are a lot of differences.
Inside Sweden: Glögg, migration politics and what to expect next
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week and wishes you all a Happy Christmas in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Lessons from a Skåne julbord on how we oversimplify Sweden
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: Why the grass back home often looks greener
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: What a potluck julbord can teach us about immigration
The Local's Deputy Editor Becky Waterton rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: Why the state of Sweden's detention centres matters for all of us
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: the dark message behind the Sweden Democrats' immigrant map
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: a green disappointment, divorce, and who is Billy?
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: How to make the most of Sweden’s darker months
The Local's Deputy Editor Becky Waterton rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: Why mandating Swedish values won't help integration
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: Work Permit rules, sexual openness, and autumn leaves
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Does Sweden's government even understand its own permanent residence inquiry?
Sweden’s migration minister says revoking permanent residence will only affect asylum migrants, while the Sweden Democrats claim it will even hit Swedes’ spouses. Both seem to be wrong, writes Nordic Editor Richard Orange in Inside Sweden.
Inside Sweden: Revoking residency, saving Swedish, and the first Muslim citizen
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Why shouldn't we worry about permanent residency, Johan Forssell?
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Why I'm glad Diary of a Ditched Girl is showing another side of Malmö
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Why Swedish PM's welcome to highly skilled workers rings hollow
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: Why organised fun is the trick to feeling integrated
In this week's Inside Sweden The Local's Deputy Editor Becky Waterton offers her best tips for how foreigners can really integrate and rounds up the biggest stories of the week.
How hosting a crayfish party made me more Swedish than a Swede
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Inside Sweden: When does summer in Sweden actually end?
The Local's Deputy Editor Becky Waterton rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.
Back to School: Why I’m studying Swedish again after 14 years
The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.