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468 SAS cabin crew set to strike from Saturday

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A Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A320 parked at Oslo Airport while ground crews service the aircraft.

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A Swedish Police mobile surveillance mast fitted with multiple cameras.

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Sweden can now scan faces in real time. The exception is the policy.

The eastern facade of the Swedish Parliament building in Stockholm behind trimmed hedges.

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Sweden's broader gang-crime rule can double sentences

A crowd at an anti-racism demonstration holds signs opposing discrimination.

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Racism is widespread in Sweden, but much of it goes unreported

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The red-brick Österportsgymnasiet building in Ystad.

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Swedish equality watchdog investigates boys-only school scholarship

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

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Sweden ends mandatory course for private learner driving

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

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You can work, pay tax and build a life in Sweden and still be treated as an outsider.

A smiling toddler is held by an adult while receiving a vaccination.

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Sweden adopts free chickenpox vaccination for children

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

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Skatteverket ID Cards Need An In Person Visit

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Sweden drops mandatory course for learner drivers and supervisors

The exterior of Pharmacy Uplands Vapen on Dragarbrunnsgatan in Uppsala.

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EU Prescriptions Need Paper In Swedish Pharmacies

An empty classroom at Södra Latin upper-secondary school in Stockholm.

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Negative student attitudes to LGBTQ people rose fivefold

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

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Sweden adopts child-violence strategy to speed police cases

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Inactive coordination numbers need an identity check

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

Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis and Sam Altman meet at 10 Downing Street in May 2023.

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EU delays high-risk AI rules and bans nudification apps

Two glass jars containing dark honey stand on a table.

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Eleven of 17 honey products failed Swedish checks

A Swedish Air Force Gripen takes off from a short runway on a public road in 2010.

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Sweden built Gripen to keep flying after its airbases are hit

A smartphone displaying ChatGPT rests on a computer keyboard.

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AI chatbots in Sweden must identify themselves from August 2

Pans and a pot sit above a campfire in a Swedish forest.

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Before you barbecue: 31 Swedish municipalities have fire bans

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Sweden sets 2029 start for centrally marked final exams

A tractor towing a crop sprayer applies liquid across a field in West Sussex, England

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Sweden wants ‘forever chemicals’ out of clothes, but farms can keep spraying them

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

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Forged assistant-nurse certificate triggers nationwide checks

A female castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus) resting on dry grass.

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468 SAS cabin crew set to strike from Saturday

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Sweden can now scan faces in real time. The exception is the policy.

Sweden's broader gang-crime rule can double sentences

Racism is widespread in Sweden, but much of it goes unreported

Find your next English‑speaking job in Sweden

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Swedish equality watchdog investigates boys-only school scholarship

Sweden ends mandatory course for private learner driving

You can work, pay tax and build a life in Sweden and still be treated as an outsider.

Sweden adopts free chickenpox vaccination for children

Skatteverket ID Cards Need An In Person Visit

Sweden drops mandatory course for learner drivers and supervisors

EU Prescriptions Need Paper In Swedish Pharmacies

Negative student attitudes to LGBTQ people rose fivefold

Sweden adopts child-violence strategy to speed police cases

Inactive coordination numbers need an identity check

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

EU delays high-risk AI rules and bans nudification apps

Eleven of 17 honey products failed Swedish checks

Sweden built Gripen to keep flying after its airbases are hit

AI chatbots in Sweden must identify themselves from August 2

Before you barbecue: 31 Swedish municipalities have fire bans

Sweden sets 2029 start for centrally marked final exams

Sweden wants ‘forever chemicals’ out of clothes, but farms can keep spraying them

Forged assistant-nurse certificate triggers nationwide checks

Watch out this summer: TBE infections rising sharply