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SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

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8 in 10 inspected workplaces failed vibration-safety checks

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A worker operates an electric jackhammer on broken asphalt in Lysekil.

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A clinician administers a vaccination into an adult’s upper arm.

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Västra Götaland makes pneumococcal vaccine free from age 65

A Swedish Customs vehicle parked at a Stockholm passenger terminal.

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Expanded debt seizures reach nearly SEK 1.5m in two months

A yellow multi-storey residential building in an alley in Stockholm’s Gamla Stan.

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Variable mortgage rates dip to 2.74% as fixed loans stay higher

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A sealed MMR vaccine kit contains a vial, pre-filled syringe and two capped needles.

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Stockholm plans free measles vaccine for adults born since 1960

Interpreters wearing headsets work with documents inside a booth overlooking an IAEA meeting in Vienna.

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Language help changes with the agency handling your case

Apartment blocks and a small house stand side by side in Södermalm, Stockholm.

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Sweden's housing shortage eased while tenure inequality remained entrenched

A woman stands beside a baby seated in a stroller outdoors.

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Mothers take 69% of parental leave. Women’s pensions trail SEK 7,100

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

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New family rules could add years before Sweden starts deciding

A partial solar eclipse visible through clouds over Tuntorp in western Sweden.

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Sweden gets a partial eclipse Wednesday, but viewers need eye protection

A social worker with a red folder speaks with two adults across a table, with papers in front of them.

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How to handle a Swedish decision you cannot understand

A white Migrationsverket flag flying outside against green trees.

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The one step to take when the Migration Agency keeps you waiting

Two adults work together at a weaving loom during an adult-education activity in Norrtälje.

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Sweden's education-linked life-expectancy gap has reached 6.7 years

A hiker scrambles across loose rocks on the exposed Västra leden route at Kebnekaise.

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Kebnekaise hikers face more rockfalls as permafrost thaws

A row of green Ryde electric scooters is parked along a city pavement.

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Ryde data breach hits every customer account

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

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Parents can now use VAB for the meeting, not only the sick day.

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

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Three Babybay bedside cribs recalled over strangulation and fall risks

A surgical team performs an operation in a hospital operating room.

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In reported regions, 27 percent of patients missed Sweden's 90-day care guarantee

A person holds a bank card while using a laptop for online shopping.

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Swedish online shops must now make cancelling as easy as buying

Apartment buildings rise above trees beside the water in Nacka, Greater Stockholm.

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Greater Stockholm apartment prices fell 7.1% in July

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

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Sweden ends mandatory course for private learner driving

People gather around a decorated Midsummer maypole beside red wooden buildings in Rälta, Sweden.

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Sweden's brightest season can be its loneliest

Two washing machines and a tumble dryer stand in a condominium laundry room in Gothenburg.

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Sweden's cheapest summer electricity now comes in the daytime

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

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

Two glass jars containing dark honey stand on a table.

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Eleven of 17 honey products failed Swedish checks

Historic orange and ochre buildings line a cobblestone street in Stockholm's Gamla Stan.

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57% of Swedes still live where homes are scarce

A Kronofogden sign mounted on an exterior wall beside a flowering tree in daylight.

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Kronofogden warns of longer summer waits