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Citizenship

Swedish passport holder told he was never a citizen

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An unidentified hand holds the burgundy cover of a Swedish passport.

Essential Guides

A train passes waiting travellers at Katrineholm Central station.

Transport

EU opens free travel passes to young residents in Sweden

Visitors and exhibitors move between stands at a job fair in Malmö.

Work & labour

Swedish fund finds no faster job returns after benefit cuts

People queue beside a white passenger coach at a sheltered stop in Visby

News

Gotland evacuation drill starts Monday; nobody leaves the island

Latest in Guides

A teacher stands beside a whiteboard while adult learners sit around classroom tables in Lund.

News

Sweden’s citizenship language test faces delay

Two adults learning Swedish together at a computer during a workshop.

News

October benefits bring activity requirements after three months of support

Workers and construction equipment on a barge at Slussen in Stockholm in September 2024.

News

Foreign-born workers lead Sweden's employment gains

A hand places a ballot envelope into a sealed ballot box at a Swedish polling station.

DailySweden view

Foreign-born citizens have every right to vote in their own interests

An SJ night train stands at Stockholm Central station.

News

Sweden backs 14 bids for €43.4m in EU transport funds

Jimmie Åkesson speaks with a headset microphone at Almedalen in June 2026.

News

Sweden Democrats blame new citizens for election defeat

A truck driver in a safety vest works at the wheel inside a lorry cab.

News

Sweden raises dangerous-goods exam fees from December

Two people look at a smartphone inside a car at night.

News

Umeå police switch tactics against illegal taxi groups

A blue electric-vehicle charger stands between marked bays beneath power lines.

News

Sweden backs 17 cleaner transport projects with SEK 73 million

The back of a security worker in a black uniform at an entrance.

News

DO says Securitas hijab ban discriminated against job applicant

A Swedish passport held in one hand.

News

Court applies Sweden's eight-year citizenship rule to older application

A train passes waiting travellers at Katrineholm Central station.

News

Weekend shutdown will stop all trains through Katrineholm

The E20 crosses the Göta canal beside a blue canal sign in Mariestad municipality.

News

First new E20 section past Mariestad opens Friday

Editorial illustration of funded job-support booths, with some routes looping into false attendance or ending at a barrier.

News

33 job-coach offices agreed to restrict wives' work

Ulf Kristersson speaks before a public audience at a Moderate Party event in Almedalen in June 2023.

News

Moderates would tie welfare and citizenship to a ‘Sweden contract’ in election manifesto

The new underground platform hall at Gothenburg Central during Västlänken construction in September 2025.

Transport

Gothenburg’s Västlänken carries its first passenger train

Cyclists ride across Strömbron in central Stockholm in May 2026.

Politics

MP wants SEK 6bn restored for greener city travel

A close view of an expansion joint spanning the Øresund Bridge roadway.

News

Øresund Bridge road traffic restricted for eight weeks

A person uses Försäkringskassan's online service on a laptop.

News

Workers in insecure jobs use sickness benefit less, Swedish report finds

A marked pedestrian crossing over railway tracks at Apelviken in Varberg, with barriers, warning lights and a sign telling people to watch for trains.

News

Track trespass caused 4,055 hours of Swedish train delays

Passengers stand outside the entrance to Terminal 2 at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.

News

Three airlines move as Arlanda closes Terminal 3 security

A Migrationsverket sign outside an agency building.

Belonging

Swedish citizenship grants fell 94% in July as 103,598 cases remained open

A Swedish passport photographed from above.

News

Sweden granted just 98 citizenships in July

People approach the main entrance of Stockholmsmässan in a February 2015 file photograph.

News

Sweden holds first citizenship test for invited applicants

Alingsås station's red building beside railway tracks and overhead power lines on a clear summer day.

News

Göteborg-Alingsås trains reopen Monday despite cable thefts

Visitors and exhibitors move between stands at a job fair in Malmö.

Making It

How to find an English-speaking job in Sweden

A Swedish passport photographed from above.

News

Pending citizenship applications can fail Sweden's new language rule

The brick Nyköping railway station building beside its forecourt under a partly cloudy sky.

News

Stockholm-Norrköping trains resume after one-hour stop

News

Stockholm Central trains resume but delays remain

A newborn baby held skin to skin on a parent's chest with the baby's face visible

Life Here

Three Babybay bedside cribs recalled over strangulation and fall risks

A Swedish passport photographed from above.

Citizenship

Try UHR’s five official Swedish citizenship test questions

A green and white Swedish learner-driver sign attached to a car.

Life Here

Sweden ends mandatory course for private learner driving

The Skatteverket name and symbol mounted on the brick facade of the Kronan office in Sundbyberg, lit by low sunlight.

Living in Sweden

Skatteverket ID Cards Need An In Person Visit

A green and white Swedish learner-driver sign attached to a car.

Power & Consequence

Sweden drops mandatory course for learner drivers and supervisors

A close view of the green Arbetsförmedlingen symbol and bilingual agency name on a glass-fronted building.

Politics

Swedish government wants to make firing workers easier

Kista Science Tower office building in Stockholm’s technology district

Making It

Tech pay growth beats Sweden's private-sector average

A Swedish police car drives through Stockholm with its emergency lights activated.

Politics

Sweden adopts child-violence strategy to speed police cases

Rental e-scooters stand around a marked parking rack on Vasagatan in Stockholm.

Life Here

Sweden reviews e-scooter rules after 6,624 injuries in 2025

An empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs in Tollarp, Sweden.

Living in Sweden

VAB days belong to the child not parents

A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.

Living in Sweden

Temporary jobs can weaken Swedish citizenship applications

A Swedish passport photographed from above.

Politics

Sweden’s citizenship withdrawal plan will pass to next government

A Swedish passport photographed from above.

Citizenship

Sweden’s new citizenship rules require longer residence and your own income

A caregiver hands a cup of tea to an older woman seated in a care home.

Making It

Forged assistant-nurse certificate triggers nationwide checks

A close-up of a baggage tag marked Stockholm Arlanda and ARN.

Living in Sweden

Long Trips Abroad Can Delay Swedish Citizenship

A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.

Permits & visas

The Swedish partner permit your lease can weaken

The red Migrationsverket name and bridge symbol displayed on a glass office wall.

Belonging

Sweden Granted Citizenship in Just One-Third of June Decisions

The red Migrationsverket name and bridge symbol displayed on a glass office wall.

Citizenship

How debts can block you from Swedish citizenship

Freshly foraged chanterelle mushrooms spread on green grass.

Sweden Explained

New to Sweden? Mushroom foraging comes with one vital warning

An upward daylight view of Skatteverket's Kronan office facade and entrance sign in Sundbyberg.

Personnummer

The Swedish address your mailbox cannot solve

A Swedish passport photographed from above.

Citizenship

What happens if you fail Sweden’s citizenship test?

A close view of the green Arbetsförmedlingen symbol and bilingual agency name on a glass-fronted building.

Making It

Sweden’s registered unemployment falls by 22,000 in June

The red Migrationsverket name and bridge symbol displayed on a glass office wall.

Permits & visas

The Swedish job offer the Migration Agency may not trust

A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.

Politics

Sweden’s opposition parties reject return grants for citizens

An existing section of Route 259, Södertörnsleden, east of Gladö kvarn in 2011.

Power & Consequence

Top court rejects Climate Act challenge to major road project

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson speaking at Långholmen in Stockholm in 2024.

DailySweden view

SD’s repatriation proposal puts a price on who counts as Swedish

Danvikshem nursing home beside the water in Stockholm.

Healthcare

Sweden expands national workforce plan to eldercare

A grocery store aisle in Sweden with packaged food displayed on shelves.

Consumer rights

Sweden orders review of potentially misleading food labels

The Försäkringskassan sign on the agency’s main office building in Stockholm.

Family

Försäkringskassan told to speed support for parents of seriously ill children

Bridge construction work on national road 27 at Osdal in Sweden.

Transport

Trafikverket told to cut costs on Norrbotniabanan rail project

A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.

Citizenship

Moderates want domestic-violence convictions to block citizenship

An SJ X40 regional double-decker train stands at Sundbyberg station in March 2006.

Transport

Heat slows Swedish trains and turns road asphalt slippery

Simona Mohamsson speaking during an interview at Almedalen.

Politics

Centre and Liberals clash over unemployment figures

A Swedish passport photographed from above.

Citizenship

First Swedish citizenship test will contain around 60 questions

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson speaking at Långholmen in Stockholm in 2024.

Politics

SD wants repatriation grant opened to people who relinquish Swedish citizenship

Kista Science Tower office building in Stockholm’s technology district

Tech

What Sweden’s tech workers are actually earning in 2026

Kista Science Tower rises above Stockholm’s Kista technology district.

Tech

Sweden’s SEK 34,470 work-permit floor is not the full salary test

An electrical substation in Tuntorp, Lysekil Municipality. Energy is one of 11 sectors covered by the resilience bill.

Civil Society

Swedish bill sets resilience duties for 11 critical sectors

The Trygg-Hansa office complex on Fleminggatan in Stockholm, near Statskontoret's visiting address.

Belonging

Protected housing in Sweden increasingly a last resort, investigator says

A newborn baby held skin to skin on a parent's chest with the baby's face visible

Health

Karolinska study finds newborn collapse clusters in first hours

The Swedish Migration Agency building in Solna, photographed from outside.

Citizenship

Some temporary-permit holders can now apply for Swedish citizenship

The Swedish Migration Agency office in Solna, seen from outside.

Migration

Sweden proposes two-year wait in tighter family-reunification rules

Bridge construction work on national road 27 at Osdal in Sweden.

Transport

Sweden explores public-private projects and a state road company

Customer-service staff working with headsets in a call centre office.

Consumer rights

Swedish proposal would put legal force behind customer-service duties

Permits & visas

Sweden proposes work permits that follow workers between employers

Stone sculptures and facade details at Stora Nygatan 2B in Stockholm, the Labour Court's address.

Work & labour

Labour Court says employer may end job immediately when worker lacks permit

A professional truck driver seated inside the cab of a lorry.

Transport

Professional driver training to add e-learning and advanced simulators

A large port crane standing above transport infrastructure in Gothenburg.

Transport

Transport operators face new duty to report security-sensitive arrangements

A yellow-and-blue Västtåg train standing at Bollebygd railway station.

Transport

Göteborg–Borås railway set to reopen on 16 July after Bollebygd derailment

An empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs in Tollarp, Sweden.

Family

New VAB rules used most often for school meetings, agency finds

The Försäkringskassan sign on the agency’s main office building in Stockholm.

Family

Three Swedish social-insurance changes take effect from July 1

A couple reviewing household bills with a calculator and laptop at a kitchen table.

Consumer rights

Swedish inquiry proposes shorter debt relief and new repayment rules

Telephone sales operator wearing a headset in an office

Consumer rights

Sweden launches inquiry into possible ban on unsolicited phone sales