Last Night in Sweden

06/06/2023

WILL SWEDEN EVER JOIN NATO? Today's National Day celebrations might be the last taking place in a non-aligned Sweden.

23/05/2023

“Let them eat starch.” That message to parents struggling with rising food prices has caused an intense Swedish debate in the last couple of days.

07/05/2023

In order to stay in power, the Swedish government might then need to negotiate with a climate denier for support. Stay tuned.

Elsa Widding might be a future power broker in Parliament.

29/04/2023

Donald Trump on repeat. Attempts to destroy opponent finances, political meddling in universities, attacks on drag queens reading fairy tales. Largest party in govt coalition wants to “Make Sweden Great Again” through “major cleaning of official Sweden”.

26/04/2023

“Hungary doesn’t get anything from opposing Sweden in NATO. Orbán provides a favour to Erdoğan”, says Hungarian member of parliament Márton Tompos.

16/04/2023

Uppsala is one of Sweden's oldest cities and has a rich history that dates back to the Viking Age and before. Here's the comprehensive list of what to see once you're there.

13/04/2023

The so-called Swedish Model has inspired lots of people all around the world. Sweden is not always that good in following its own model, though.

"In Sweden, we had a system".

08/04/2023

Spring is on its way, while workers lose ten years of pay rises.

02/04/2023

Sweden was known as one of the world's most equal countries. But in recent decades, this has changed fundamentally.

ECONOMY A new paradise for billionaires.

30/03/2023

- We have lost our steering speed, and will head in the wrong direction, says chair of government’s Climate Policy Council Cecilia Hermansson.

27/03/2023

In 2018, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg started a global movement. Five years later, she and more than 600 others sue the Swedish state.

CLIMATE Aurora children press charges to speed up climate measures.

23/03/2023

Ukrainian refugees live in cramped rooms with low support. A historic mistake by Swedish governments, writes Volodymyr Melnyk.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR The actions of the Swedish government appear to be a historic mistake, Volodymyr Melnyk writes.

18/03/2023

One individual got 773 669 SEK in energy subsidies. Is this person a greenhouse tomato farmer? Or a bitcoin miner?

ENERGY Secret Subsidies On Energy Raises Questions.

16/03/2023

Wednesday morning, inflation figures for February arrived. It was bad news. Food prices are up 22 percent in a year.

POVERTY "Greedflation” Worries As Food Costs Get Out Of Control

14/03/2023

At a press conference this morning, Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson said that the probability that Sweden and Finland might join Nato “at different speeds” has increased.

FOREIGN POLICY Turkey's Blockade Puts Stockholm In A Limbo.

11/03/2023

Between 1870 and 1920, more than a million Swedes emigrated to the US. For a while, Chicago had the second-largest Swedish population of the world.

HISTORY Swedish Americans Didn't Arrive To A Land Of Milk And Honey.

07/03/2023

The North grew rapidly during the 19th century. Then the big industries needed significantly less labor, and jobs and people moved south. Now we seem to be at a new turning point in history, where the moving vans might once again reverse direction.

THE NORTHERN GREEN REVOLUTION The North has a golden future. But the sitting Swedish government doesn't seem to get it.

04/03/2023

Will there be strikes in Sweden this spring? Why do strikes so rarely happen in a country with so many union members? And why are shop workers on top of the strike list?

But Unions Are Holding Back Their Discontent, For Now.