Henrik Landerholm, the childhood friend who Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson appointed national security adviser, has been found guilty of 'negligence with classified information' after a court overturned his not-guilty verdict.
Spain has been under attack from murky forces, from human trafficking gangs to Russian propagandists. So why did Sweden's government also turn its guns on Spain over the Ceuta crisis?
Despite public displays of confidence, the mood at this year’s Almedalen political festival suggested a government preparing for a difficult election, The Local’s Nordic Editor Richard Orange reports.
Sweden's opposition has been in the lead in every single poll since the 2022 election. But it still looks hard for Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson to form a workable coalition. Try out The Local's election widget to see if you can make a government – either for her or for Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday attacked Sweden's government over its handling of organised crime, claiming its authorities were not pursuing criminals who exploit minors, as he erroneously quoted an AFP article.
It’s been a tough couple of years for leaders of western democracies: incumbents in France, Germany, the UK and the US have all recently taken a whipping at the polls. As things stand, Sweden’s Ulf Kristersson is in line for a similar beating when the country goes to the polls in September next year.
In his third speech to the nation, after the Örebro mass shooting, Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson carefully avoided political punchlines. But was his message of unity the right one, asks The Local's Nordic editor, Richard Orange.
The shock election of Donald Trump provided the perfect opportunity for Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, to display his statesmanlike qualities, Nordic Editor Richard Orange explains in this week's Politics in Sweden.
Hungary deepened military cooperation with Sweden on Friday, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announcing the acquisition of four Swedish-made fighter jets ahead of a vote on Stockholm's Nato bid.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday criticised Hungary's "unacceptable" delay in ratifying Sweden's Nato accession amid the nearly two-year-old invasion of Ukraine.
Sweden's Prime Minister has been gently ridiculed by the correspondent for France's biggest newspaper after he posted a light-hearted welcome message to France's President Emmanuel Macron.
A new poll has highlighted how the Green Party is failing to capitalise on the government's dismantling of Sweden's climate policies, and also how the hoped-for weakening of the far-right Sweden Democrats has not materialised.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said in a televised speech that he would meet with the commander in chief of the military, among others, after a spate of violence that has claimed the lives of a growing number of children and bystanders.
Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has called for a new, more aggressive social policy to prevent children being drawn into gang crime in deprived areas of Sweden's cities in his speech to the Almedalen political festival.
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson faced a barrage of questions in the European Parliament on Tuesday over his dependence on far-right support, with one MEP accusing him of being "a hostage" to the Sweden Democrats.
Sweden's new prime minister said on Tuesday that he was open to allowing nuclear weapons on Swedish soil once the country becomes a Nato member, a turnaround from the previous government's stance.
The prime ministers of Sweden and Finland have reiterated their countries' commitment to join the Nato security alliance together, despite the greater obstacles faced by Sweden in winning Turkey's acceptance.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accepted a request from Sweden's new prime minister to visit Turkey for talks aimed at overcoming Ankara's objections to Stockholm and Helsinki's bids to join Nato, local media reported on Friday.
Sweden's incoming Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has warned that the new government's chief priority of tackling gang crime will not be easy, with a risk of "a lot of conflict when the power of the criminal gangs is threatened".
Sweden's conservative leader Ulf Kristersson was on Monday elected prime minister in parliament, heading the first government supported by the far-right Sweden Democrats.
Sweden turned hostile to immigrants and asylum seekers several years ago, but continued to pretend that it was a welcoming nation. Now official politics has caught up with reality, argues David Crouch
