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Swedish independent MP now barred from working as a police officer
Katja Nyberg, formerly of the Sweden Democrats, was informed of the decision by the police personnel oversight board on Friday May 29th
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Katja Nyberg, formerly of the Sweden Democrats, was informed of the decision by the police personnel oversight board on Friday May 29th
Four in 10 Swedes would say no to moving to the country's north for work and where unemployment is lower, even if they were offered a SEK 100,000 relocation allowance. That's according to a survey from Indikator Opinion, carried out on behalf of Swedish Radio's local P4 channels. Most people are happy with the lives they have where they live, and money doesn't make much of a difference there, says Indikator's head of polling Per Oleskog Tryggvason.
Large fire in southern Stockholm, food manufacturers warn of rising food prices, high risk of grass and forest fires throughout the country, major disruptions for morning Stockholm metro commuters, and more news from Sweden on Friday.
Ukraine is to buy 20 of the latest models of JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in Uppsala today. Once the initial purchase is complete, Sweden will also donate 16 of its older generation of JAS Gripens to Ukraine in early 2027. It's the first step in a larger Gripen deal, in which Ukraine will buy up to 150 of the JAS 39 Gripen E/F combat aircraft, President Zelensky told a press conference.
Police have identified 49 children in Sweden who appear in child pornographic material, and who are suspected of having been victims of sexual assault. This follows a special operation, and according to police the children are from all over the country and range from infants to 18-year-olds. Police say their priority is working out the victims' identities: "Finding the children often means also finding the culprit," says Christer Andersson at the police's unit for internet-related sexual abuse of children.
With ten days till the stricter rules for Swedish citizenship come into effect, David Hollingsworth got an email to say it was time for the last leg of his application process: the personal appearance at the offices of the Migration Agency. He booked the first appointment he could find, even though it meant getting an expensive train ticket to travel 350 km from Skรถvde to Stockholm. "I'd kind of given up hope of it happening in time, but fingers crossed, there's enough time now to get things sorted," he told Radio Sweden as he was about to head in to his appointment.
Swedish footballer Alexander Isak is still an injury concern ahead of the World Cup. Isak, who's had little playing time since his April comeback from a broken leg, is with the Sweden squad in Stockholm in a pre-World Cup training camp. At a press conference on Wednesday, the Swedish national side's coach Graham Potter said they've still got time as the World Cup fast approaches.
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare says in a new report that more people with obesity need to be assessed and receive treatment from the healthcare system. More and more people in Sweden are being diagnosed, but healthcare still reaches too few, despite there being effective treatment methods. Obesity leads to increased excess mortality and a risk of related diseases. An estimated 1.3 million adults in Sweden are affected by the condition.
Residents of Stockholm county now have the longest life expectancy in Sweden, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden. They've overtaken Halland in the southwest, which along with Uppsala, Jรถnkรถping and Stockholm are the counties where people live the longest. The counties where residents have the shortest life expectancy were Norrbotten, Vรคsternorrland and Gรคvleborg in northern Sweden.
Marrying your cousin is currently legal in Sweden. But that will change this summer.
Dust and viruses blamed for mysterious illnesses at SSAB's Luleรฅ site, Swedish bank cuts fixed and variable mortgage rates, cousin marriage banned from July 1st, and a Malmรถ 'corpse' that triggered a major police operation turns out to be sex doll. Here's the latest news.
The lead Sweden's opposition parties have in the polls ahead of September's election is widening, according to the latest poll from Indikator Opinion done on behalf of Swedish Radio News. The opposition parties are now at 53.9% against 44.2% for the governing parties and the Sweden Democrats. The Liberals lost another 0.4 percentage points in the latest poll, falling to 2% which is far below the 4% required for representation in the Riksdag. The government needs some sort of game changer to turn things around ahead of the September 13 election, says Indikator's head of opinion Per Oleskog Tryggvason.
The government and Sweden Democrats today presented a package worth around SEK 6.5 billion aimed at reducing public transport prices across the country. The cost of a monthly travel pass on public transport would be halved during the second half of 2026 under the proposal. The timing of the announcement has drawn criticism from the opposition, with the Social Democrats' party secretary Tobias Baudin telling media the government has in the past actively voted against their proposals for cheaper public transport.
Sweden is halving the price of monthly public transport tickets from July 1st until the end of the year, funded by a multibillion-kronor subsidy paid out to the regions.
Since the year 2022, Sweden has gained some 300 new nature reserves โ while funding for them has dropped from just over SEK 2 billion to 1.7 billion. The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation argues that the budget cut increases the risk of nature loss. According to the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, conservation efforts can also create more jobs, for example in tourism.
Telecoms giant Ericsson is moving its entire headquarters and their 8,500 employees from Kista to Hagastaden.
It's taken them more than two years, but Sweden's government has finally published the list of jobs that will be exempted from the new higher minimum salary for a work permit, which comes into force on June 1st. Here's what you need to know.
This summer the Swedish aviation industry is urging airline passengers to 'put themselves in airplane mode' to avoid the sort of disruptive and drunken behaviour that is becoming increasingly common. Reports to the Swedish Transport Agency of unruly and disruptive behaviour involving flight passengers soared from 178 cases in 2022 to 503 in 2024. Former pilot, Johan Westin who's a flight operations inspector at the Swedish Transport Agency, says incidents are becoming all the more common and can range from threatening and aggressive behaviour towards staff and other passengers, to drunkenness, harassment, or failure to follow cabin crew instructions.
Sweden's government has announced that it will exempt 27 professions from new higher minimum salary for a work permit which comes into force on June 1st. Here is the full list.
Sweden's government has decided to exempt only 27 professions from the new higher salary threshold for a work permit, following the most restrictive recommendation made by the Migration Agency back in March.