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What the budget says about Sweden’s minority government

20 September 2019 Ulla Engberg, Radio Sweden 0 Comments budget, Centre Party, Green Party, Liberal Party, Social Democrats

What does this week’s budget proposal say about the state of the four party co-operation that brought in the government?

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Swedish gov’s budget raises fears over inequality

19 September 2019 Radio Sweden 0 Comments budget, Centre Party, Green Party, Liberal Party, Magdalena Andersson, Social Democrats

On Wednesday Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson presented the Swedish government’s budget proposal for 2020, the first one as part of

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Assessing Margot Wallström’s legacy as Swedish foreign minister

16 September 201917 September 2019 David Russell, Radio Sweden 0 Comments diplomacy, Foreign Minister, Margot Wallström, women

Margot Wallström spent some five years as Sweden’s foreign minister and launched the world’s first feminist foreign policy before announcing

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Sweden’s labour union hopes for job market reform under new employment minister

13 September 201913 September 2019 Simon Linter, Radio Sweden 0 Comments employment, Eva Nordmark, Job, Labour market, Stefan Löfven

Eva Nordmark has been appointed as Sweden’s new employment minister in Stefan Löfven’s government reshuffle. Henrik Ehrenberg, policy director at

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Ann Linde named Sweden’s foreign minister in cabinet shuffle

11 September 201912 September 2019 Radio Sweden 0 Comments Ann Linde, Foreign Minister, Stefan Löfven

Sweden’s Trade Minister Ann Linde will replace Margot Wallström as foreign minister once she steps down after 5 years at

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Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström to step down

6 September 20199 September 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Council, Margot Wallström, Social Democrats, Stefan Löfven

Margot Wallström, 64, has been Foreign Minister since she took over after Carl Bildt in 2014. “The time has come

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Local workforce won’t be enough for future battery factory in northern Sweden

16 August 2019 David Russell, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Electric vehicles, employment, Skellefteå, work

The company Northvolt plans to recruit more than 2,500 people to its planned battery factory in Skellefteå, which is scheduled

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Twenty-five Indigenous Sami remains returned by museum are reburied in northern Sweden

9 August 20199 August 2019 Dave Russell and Sara Björne, Radio Sweden 0 Comments colonialism, history, indigenous, Lycksele, museums, Saami, Sami

Twenty-five skulls from indigenous Sami people were laid to rest Friday at a graveyard in northern Sweden, more than 70

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Abandoned properties a challenge for rural Sweden

7 August 20197 August 2019 Simon Linter, Radio Sweden 0 Comments depopulation, housing, rural

Many properties in rural Sweden are simply abandoned as more people move to the towns and cities. This is becoming

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Sweden, Norway team up to preserve ancient rock carvings

6 August 20196 August 2019 Frida Grönholm, Radio Sweden 0 Comments archeology, carvings, heritage, history

Sweden and Norway are working together to better preserve thousand-year-old rock carvings, like the ones found on runestones. Freezing water

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Sweden’s small wind farms reducing energy production

1 August 201915 August 2019 Tatiana Kireeva, Radio Sweden 0 Comments energy, Finland, wind farms, wind power

Small Swedish wind farms have been reducing the amount of energy they are producing because to do more would be

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Life as an LGBT person in the Swedish military

31 July 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments LGBT, LGBTQ, military, Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces wants to be an inclusive organisation. In recruitment ad campaigns the Swedish Armed Forces says ‘come

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Wealth inequality rising in Sweden

30 July 201930 July 2019 Radio Sweden 0 Comments economy, poverty, wealth

The gap between the rich and the poor in 275 of Sweden’s 290 municipalities has widened according to research carried

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Warnings in Sweden about dangerous bacteria in Baltic Sea

29 July 2019 Liv Lewitschnik, Radio Sweden 0 Comments bacteria, Baltic Sea, climate change, disease, oceans, Water pollution

Last year, a record number of people in Sweden were infected by the water-bourne bacteria Vibrio, which can cause serious

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Swedish scientists ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Arctic fox population

25 July 201926 July 2019 Liv Lewitschnik and Agnes Faxén, Radio Sweden 0 Comments animals, Arctic fox, climate change, environment

Scientists are currently doing an inventory of the Arctic fox population in Sweden. It shows that the iconic foxes are

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