17+ hour, 33+ min ago   (883+ words) The mood at the polling station at Stenkula school in Östra Sorgenfri, a Left Party stronghold in Malmö, was downbeat on Sunday morning, with voters complaining of a dirty campaign and a lack of inspiring proposals from the Social Democrats....

15+ hour, 7+ min ago   (968+ words) When TV4 and then SVT publish their exit polls at around 8pm tonight, it will be hard for the side that's ahead not to start celebrating. But as the 2022 Swedish election taught us, national votes here really aren't over until every vote…...

13+ hour, 30+ min ago   (565+ words) Sweden’s left-wing opposition looks set to topple the ruling Tidö government, according to the first election exit polls. If proved accurate, this would deny the far-right Sweden Democrats a historic breakthrough with their first ministerial positions. According to the SVT…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (455+ words) The Social Democrats have said if they win the election in Stockholm as well as regional elections, they will set up a new 'expat welcome desk' for foreign workers arriving in the city. The idea for the new office, a…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (351+ words) A Swedish Migration Court has ruled that the Migration Agency was right to reject citizenship for an applicant who failed to meet the new eight-year residency requirement, despite him qualifying under the requirements in place when he applied. In its…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (472+ words) SVT's televised immigration debate showed being tough on immigration isn't a straightforward vote-winner any longer. But by focusing almost entirely on refugees, the debate managed to ignore the people who actually migrate to Sweden in the 2020s, writes The Local's James…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (285+ words) Today's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra features an interview with Ludvig Aspling, migration spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats. This week we are turning a spotlight on the two parties most likely to shape Sweden’s immigration policy after the September…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1392+ words) The Social Democrats want to launch a fast-track investigation into residency for people who have lived in the country for a long time in a bid to solve teen deportation and Brexit cases, the party's migration spokesperson has told The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1085+ words) Many, perhaps most, of the 100,000 people in the queue when the new citizenship law came into force on June 6th will not meet the new requirements, meaning there's likely to be a wave of rejections. Here's what to do if your…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (544+ words) Sweden's migration minister has defended the country's unusually high refusal rate for post-Brexit residency in response to a parliamentary question asking what action he will take to stop high profile deportations of elderly British citizens. In his written answer, Migration…...