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Sweden extends internal border checks into May

A Swedish police officer checks a car at a passport-control point at Lernacken in Malmö.
A police officer checks a car at Lernacken. Illustrative photograph. Johan Wessman / News Øresund / CC BY 4.0

Sweden will keep checks at its borders with other Schengen countries for another six months, under a government decision covering 12 November 2026 to 11 May 2027.

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