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'Segregation kills. Corona kills too, but faster.' How Sweden's vulnerable areas faced the pandemic
Sweden's coronavirus strategy has relied on mutual trust between authorities and the general population. So how did people react in the 60 areas of the country with lower socioeconomic profiles and lower levels of trust in authorities?
What's behind the car burnings in western Sweden?
After a spate of car fires in western Sweden and other parts of the country, The Local spoke to experts and a local resident to learn more about the causes of the unrest, and the possible consequences for the community.
Not so gender-equal? Swedish teens still plan careers according to gender, study shows
Swedish teenagers’ plans for their future careers are heavily influenced by their gender, a new study shows, and girls' doubts over their abilities to succeed in male-dominated sectors are a decisive factor.
Performance gap between immigrant pupils and native Swedes has grown: report
The performance gap between pupils born in Sweden and those born abroad has increased sharply as a consequence of demographics shifts according to a new report into the factors behind immigrant pupils performing worse than native Swedes.
Sweden to get new anti-segregation authority
Sweden is to get a new government agency tasked with tackling segregation in Swedish society.
'Segregation in Sweden will continue to rise'
Segregation between ethnic Swedes and people from foreign backgrounds has widened in the past two decades in some of the biggest towns in Sweden, according to the Dagens Nyheter daily.
Sweden's free schools prompt segregation fears
Sweden's system of state-funded privately-run free schools risks creating increasing segregation in society, international education experts have warned.