Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson of the Moderates told press this morning, June 1st, that the governing parties and the Sweden ...

This year, Green Party MP Annika Hirvonen has been leading the parliamentary pushback against migration reforms. She tells ...

With just days left before Sweden carries out the most radical citizenship reforms in years, an administrative backlog means ...

The Local's Emma Löfgren and Richard Orange at International Citizen Day Lund. Photo: The Local The Local Sweden's editor, Emma Löfgren, reflects on recent encounters with readers, and shares her ...

Sweden's new best municipality for business has been revealed, and it's the town of Höganäs in southern Sweden.

Sweden is halving the price of monthly public transport tickets from July 1st until the end of the year, funded by a ...

The Green Party is taking an unusual step to get a new vote on citizenship transitional rules to happen in parliament, as the deadline for the imposition of new rules approaches.

Sweden's government has decided to exempt only 27 professions from the new higher salary threshold for a work permit, ...

Fewer than five percent of Swedes now smoke regularly. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT Sweden has reached its target of fewer than five percent of the population smoking regularly – and is consequently ...

The Local's Becky Waterton during one of her many other visits to the Migration Agency. Photo: Becky Waterton/The Local The last step before a citizenship application can be approved is the personal ...

The Swedish Food Federation is warning that prices may need to increase. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg /TT Food prices have barely had time to stabilise after the government VAT cut – and now food ...