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Radio Sweden Weekly: It's Stockholm Calling, Nobel Prize Week
We take a look at this year's Nobel Prizes, including a 'brave and committed champion of peace'. As part of Nobel Week in Stockholm, we gain access to the underground bunker that contained Sweden's first nuclear reactor.From June next year, the minimum salary needed to get a Swedish work permit will be increased, but not to 100 per cent of the median monthly salary, as the government and the Sweden Democrats had long agreed to do. We'll hear from the government's side and as well as employer organisations.And two investigative reporters at P4 Halland talk of their story about workers exposed to toxic dust.Presenters. Dave Russell and Ulla EngbergReporters. Michael Walsh and Babak Parham.Producer: Kris Boswell
Liberals don't want Sweden Democrats in next government, Nobel Peace Prize, Stockholm shooting, SJ to stop Berlin sleeper trains
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 10th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
False alarms at Campus Risbergska, Liberals critical of SD cooperation, first wild bird flu case, Swedish universities slip in rankings
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 9th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer and presenter: Michael Walsh
Ministers reported to parliamentary committee, another suspect in Gävle shooting, berry-pickers to get compensation, Nobel Chemistry winners
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 8th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Winter power shortage warning, SD still the most influential party online, Swedish teachers happy despite stress, Nobel Prize in Physics
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 7th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
New work permit salary level, Thunberg deported, listeria outbreak test results, medicine Nobel for immune system research
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 6th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Radio Sweden Weekly: Government in hot water over ”very risky” aid project
We take a closer look at one of the aid projects at the centre of the government's criticised agreement with Somalia, and find out what can be learnt from the failed law on textile recycling. Plus: More people visited Sweden this summer from countries that don't usually come here on holidays. The Swedish tourist board believes it partly is down to the ”coolcation” trend, that includes more than just the weather.
Kristersson on Gaza flotilla, concerns over listeria outbreak, Swedish Jews on Manchester terror attack, strong winds forecast for south
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 3rd 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell
Listeria outbreak linked to Stockholm restaurant, Gaza flotilla boarded, criticism of mental health care, Storm Amy coming
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 2nd 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Sweden-Somalia deal, internet forum CEO not guilty, Swedish goalie quits, textiles can go in trash again
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on October 1st 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Kristersson welcomes Gaza peace plan, police pause stun grenade exercises, Spotify CEO steps down, drunk drone flying
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 30th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Migration Agency holds off on revoking permits, Bar Association on permanent residence plans, Swedish help for Denmark, record summer stays
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 29th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Radio Sweden Weekly: Permanent residency could be phased out for some migrants
An inquiry into revoking permanent residence permits for refugees and downgrading them to temporary permits if applicants are not eligible for citizenship has released its report. Also: Lyten's purchase of bankrupt battery maker Northvolt has been approved, but union Engineers of Sweden is concerned the US startup will have trouble finding talent in Sweden.And: We hear about a young family at risk of being split up, due to the weaker family reunification rights given to Ukrainian refugees in Sweden.Plus: Lund University's seen a surge in job applications from academics tied to American universities, in the wake of policies there targeting research and the higher education sector.
Permanent residence permit inquiry, Djajali back in notorious prison, man killed in police exercise, Malmö's chocolate spread problem
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 26th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Liberals want reforms at English language schools, Medin trial delayed, major train lines to reopen, bumper H&M profits
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 25th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Produced and Presented by Sujay Dutt
Swedish economy to grow next year, Lyten approved to buy Northvolt, Swede to become NZ Reserve Bank Governor, Isak scores for Liverpool
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 24th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Swedish help for Gaza patients, music exports growing, auction of season's first lobsters, snus clarification
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 23rd 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Sujay Dutt
Autumn Budget presented, Church of Sweden election results, school snus ban proposed, three World Champ medals for Sweden
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 22nd 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Radio Sweden Weekly: Inside Sweden’s mega data heist — a silver platter for fraudsters?
Personal details for over a million people have been dumped on the dark web after an attack on a public-sector HR system. We break down what was stolen, why concentrated data supercharges scams, and what warning signs to watch for. Also this week: why the government plans to add chickenpox shots to the national child vaccination program from 2027 — and how officials weighed benefits, risks and costs. We explain what a VMA (Important Public Announcement) is, how alerts reach you via SR’s platforms, and what to do when one is issued. Plus: Pippi Longstocking turns 80 — we visit Junibacken to hear why she still resonates with kids and parents today.Presenters: Babak Parham & Michael Walsh
Energy talks fail, new loans for nuclear reactors, no change to cow summer pasture law, police withdraw face-covering football ban
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 19th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Öresund Bridge traffic back to normal, law and order spending, Landerholm appeal, silver from the Middle Ages found in Stockholm
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 18th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter & producer: Michael Walsh
School stabbing, Centre Party leader turns down PM's invitation, Skellefteå pauses building project, fewer under 30s taking drugs
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 17th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Swedes arrested in Portugal, special bomb shelters need work, Sweden and Germany talk Israel, jeans allowed in the Riksdag
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 16th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter & producer: Michael Walsh
More money to defence in Autumn budget, Kristersson and Orban spat on social media, Mondo wins gold again
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 15th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Radio Sweden Weekly: Parliament reopens for election year
As the King reopened parliament this week after the summer recess, we take a look at the year ahead which will culminate in a general election. Also, we get reaction and analysis to the Russian drone incursion on Nato ally Poland.P4 Västernorrland reporter Ludwig Sjödin tells us about the damage caused by last weekend's torrential rain in that area of central Sweden.And one of the famous elm trees that were saved from destruction by Stockholmers in one of the first really big environmental protests in Sweden in the early 1970's, is no more and the rest could follow.Presenters: Dave Russell & Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell
No further action against Sweden Democrat MP, student support system to be changed, bus accident, Sami Parliament has to move
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 12th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Ukraine military aid, minor arrested over Uddevalla shooting, unemployment still rising, young Swedes get news on TikTok
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 11th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Kristersson on drones over Poland, Klarna on NYSE, lower age of criminal responsibility, new Swedish-Norwegian police station
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 10th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
PM welcomes foreign talent, new minister faints during press conference, police investigate activists, personal info leaked
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 9th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
More tax cuts in Autumn budget, health care minister quits, floods in north, church elections, sausage dog parade in Stockholm
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 8th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: New proposal on teen deportation rules
A government inquiry into family reunification rules includes a proposal that could allow some teenage children who have come here with their parents to stay after they have turned 18. We speak to some of those whose families have been affected. And the maybe most hotly debated topic of the week: the Swedish culture canon that has now been presented. No surprise it contains Ingmar Bergman, Astrid Lindgren and August Strindberg — but what is the tiled stove doing in there?And Alexander Isak's former Swedish football club is looking forward to some of the money from that record-breaking transfer sum to trickle down to them.
Court clears former national security advisor, new family reunification rules proposed, local councillors being prosecuted, large house fire
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 5th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Proposal to halve VAT on food, double-murder arrest, rehiring of Northvolt staff, lost bag with sensitive documents found
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 4th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Sujay Dutt
Moderates upset at SD comment, Mediation Office gives up on Tesla conflict, Kristersson meets Zelenskyy, war shelters not up to scratch
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 3rd, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Swedish cultural canon, Scania job losses loom, insider trading bust, many reserve officers too old
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 2nd, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter & producer: Michael Walsh
Tesla sales down in Sweden, vaccines stored in bin bags, drink bottle deposit goes up, Alexander Isak could break Premier League records
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 1st, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Radio Sweden Weekly: Majority of Kiruna to be moved due to unstable ground
Kiruna's in the headlines again after it emerged that even more of its population will now need to be relocated, due to cracks in the earth caused by the iron ore mine beneath the town. And: Sensitive documents a government offices staffer left behind in a toilet at Arlanda Airport have once again raised questions about the government's security protocols.Also: Could Sweden be heading towards a ban on telemarketing? That's what the Swedish Consumer Agency wants, but the telemarketing industry is critical.Presenters: Michael Walsh & Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
More of Kiruna has to move, opposition criticises government budget plans, lift accident prosecutions, TV4 to leave terrestrial broadcasting
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 29th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
SEK 80 billion in new spending on way in budget, more prisoners, bus in collision, new stamps to celebrate sports prize
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 28th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Government wants new parole rules, agency calls for telesales ban, emergency landing for Arlanda jet, Sweden's Oscars nomination
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 27th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Man found guilty of killing wife, Swedish Radio journalist injured in Gaza hospital attack, new cyber attack, Kiruna Church bell tower moved
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 26th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Government official forgets document at Arlanda, two found dead in car, SJ CEO gets push, Musikhjälpen to Karlstad
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 25th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer/Presented: Kris Boswell
Radio Sweden Weekly: State epidemiologist resigns, but why
Swedens state epidemiologist Magnus Gisslén has resigned, criticising the leadership of the Public Health Agency. Also this week: Swedish Radio’s foreign correspondents gathered in Stockholm to share insights from around the world, we speak to three of them, covering U.S. politics and life in war-torn Ukraine and the Middle East.Presenters: Babak Parham & Michael Walsh.
Foreign Minister on West Bank settlement, new AI centre in Linköping, train maintenance work over weekend, Labubus seized by customs
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 22nd, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Electricity generator presents nuclear power plans, Nord Stream arrest, Kristersson on Gaza, fermented herring to Ukraine
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 21st, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Swedish PM on security guarantees, economic forecast, Örebro murder arrests, Kiruna church makes move in one piece
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 20th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Nordic foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine, Sweden's state epidemiologist quits, Kiruna church on the move
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 19th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Gang suspect extradited from Chile, former national security advisor in court, minister wants to stop work visa pay hike, crocodile research
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 18th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Radio Sweden Weekly: Swedish mining town's historic church on the move
It was once voted the most beautiful old building in Sweden. Now, next Tuesday, the landmark Kiruna church, situated above the Arctic Circle in the far north of Sweden, will be moved in its entirety. We've news and views on what's reported to be the trickiest and most eye catching move yet in the immense project to relocate residents and buildings in the old mining town of Kiruna.And we'll be taking a fresh look at whether the Silicon Valley start-up Lyten can revive Northvolt, or is it doomed to failure?Presenters: Dave Russell and Ulla EngbergProducer: Michael Walsh
Örebro mosque shooting, Landerholm trial starts, Swedes boycotting US wine, Stockholm water shortage
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 15th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter: Roza BicerProducer: Michael Walsh