Sweden Explained

School closures may reach 79 municipalities as child numbers fall

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

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Black Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses sit in front of their brown charging case.

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Ray-Ban Meta glasses make hidden filming easier in Sweden

White nicotine pouches in an open container.

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Surveyed snus users report less littering, but pouch counts stay flat

Two SVT camera operators prepare a television studio at Almedalen Week in Visby.

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

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Sweden debates migration and crime with evidence too weak for certainty

Pupils work at tables while a teacher helps a group in a classroom at Enskede school in Stockholm.

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School support for newcomers also lifted Swedish-born pupils

A newly installed digital household electricity meter with a zero reading, photographed in Berlin in January 2025.

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Sweden’s inflation fell to 0.2% as energy prices dropped

A person uses a card reader beside a laptop for an online financial transaction.

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When a fully automated decision changes your future, GDPR gives you a right to understand and challenge it

Passengers carrying bags board a plane at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.

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48% of Swedes less likely to summer in Europe because of heat

Swedish Auditor General Christina Gellerbrant Hagberg stands in an office interior.

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When Sweden governs in projects, people live with the gaps.

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Sweden's school averages conceal unequal chances

A laptop screen displays healthcare information on the 1177 website.

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Sweden's digital front door still asks for a personnummer.

Five people review notes and visual materials around a table during an Open GLAM working meeting in Stockholm.

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Modesty at work in Sweden rewards insiders who already know how to signal status

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In Sweden, everyone can agree without anyone taking responsibility

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

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Swedish retailers turn upbeat. Households remain cautious.

Seven people wearing paper hats and bibs share crayfish at a decorated waterside table.

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Why Swedes wear paper hats and sing over crayfish every August

A cup of coffee and a slice of chocolate cake are served outdoors for Swedish fika.

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Love Swedish coffee? It might make your hands shake

The Janteloven plaque at Aksel Sandemose's childhood home in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark.

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High achiever? Be careful of Swedish Jantelagen

Freshly foraged chanterelle mushrooms spread on green grass.

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New to Sweden? Mushroom foraging comes with one vital warning

Exterior of the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm.

Sweden Explained

Sweden Explained

School closures may reach 79 municipalities as child numbers fall

Essential Sweden Explained

Ray-Ban Meta glasses make hidden filming easier in Sweden

Surveyed snus users report less littering, but pouch counts stay flat

Crime became Sweden's top worry, but refugee opposition stopped rising

Find your next English‑speaking job in Sweden

Latest in Sweden Explained

Sweden debates migration and crime with evidence too weak for certainty

School support for newcomers also lifted Swedish-born pupils

Sweden’s inflation fell to 0.2% as energy prices dropped

When a fully automated decision changes your future, GDPR gives you a right to understand and challenge it

48% of Swedes less likely to summer in Europe because of heat

When Sweden governs in projects, people live with the gaps.

Sweden's school averages conceal unequal chances

Sweden's digital front door still asks for a personnummer.

Modesty at work in Sweden rewards insiders who already know how to signal status

In Sweden, everyone can agree without anyone taking responsibility

Swedish retailers turn upbeat. Households remain cautious.

Why Swedes wear paper hats and sing over crayfish every August

Love Swedish coffee? It might make your hands shake

High achiever? Be careful of Swedish Jantelagen

New to Sweden? Mushroom foraging comes with one vital warning

National Library to make Swedish-Jewish heritage easier to search