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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
Swedish criminal's life in Turkey, inflation hit 3%, police reported over Lessebo case, Taylor Swift album recorded in Sweden
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 14th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Forest fire risk in Sweden's south, nuclear plant repair delayed, Volvo sues California, mould and grime at Liseberg restaurant
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 13th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Social Democrats want to see Landerholm documents, 8 charged for gang killing, long study aid waits, phones in prisons
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 12th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Sweden demands Gaza media access, Landerholm document details, Kristersson calls Ukraine meetings, Swedish krona grows
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 11th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Radio Sweden Weekly: Buyer secured — what's next for Northvolt?
Relief, joy, but also caution are among the reactions to the news that a buyer has been found for bankrupt Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. We'll hear more about the US company that's now stepping into the driver's seat — and what it could mean for former employees.Plus: There's friction within the government over its new Israel policy — are they about real ideological differences, or has it got more to do with positioning ahead of the next election?
Swedish FM criticises Israel's takeover plan, Busch reported to Riksdag committee, high number of drownings, food at pools
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 8th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
US firm to buy Northvolt, Swedish resident arrested in Germany, Kristianstad explosion, inflation rose in July
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 7th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Opposition parties want Israel clarification, Katrineholm shooting, slower growth ahead, Stockholm tour guide misinformation
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 6th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Busch wants Swedish embassy in Jerusalem, new Ukraine support, Trelleborg bus crash, grocery prices stand still
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 5th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Minister on Israeli hostages, rental scam warning, property prices fall, Storm Floris heads to Sweden's west
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 4th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Radio Sweden Weekly: Is Sweden ready for a four-day working week?
Sweden's standard 40-hour working week has been in place since the early 1970s, but with the fast-paced demands of the modern workplace, is it time to give people more time off for their mental well-being? In this special edition of Radio Sweden Weekly, we'll be talking to one of the driving forces behind the four-day week campaign in Sweden.We'll meet two companies that have introduced a four-day week where staff work 80% less for the same output as before — and they get to keep their full salary.And we'll be hearing from the business community which is warning of the expensive consequences if a shorter working week with no loss of pay was to be become standard throughout Sweden.Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell
Call for Israel trade deal freeze criticised, new gun laws, body found near Fjärdhundra, Sweden's northern heatwave continues
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 1st, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Swedish IS terrorist convicted, new border controls, infant death criticism, shootings down in Stockholm area
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 31st, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Social Democrats want Gaza aid flotilla, spill kills fish in Laholm, prosecutors reported over Umeå effigies, retail sales rise
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 30th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Hate crime probe dropped, Södertälje apartment shooting, taxi union wants stricter rules, Pride week in Stockholm
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 29th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh
Stockholm hosts US-China talks, rainy weather warnings, extended passports to be rejected, AI to fight gang crime
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 28th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Michael Walsh
Radio Sweden Weekly: In-demand professions could be exempted from work permit pay rules
The Migration Agency publishes a list of 152 professions subject to shortages in Sweden that could be exempted from tougher pay rules for work permits. We go through what this means. Also: Police in Umeå investigate after effigies dressed in striped shirts and Stars of David are hung by their necks at a demonstration against the war in Gaza.And: The hot weather's causing unusually large algal blooms all along Sweden's east coast. We hear how the situation looks on the Baltic Sea.Presenters: Michael Walsh and Ulla Engberg
Lund station murder convictions, Thailand travel advice, man claimed vab-benefits when working, amusement park staff too drunk to work
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 25th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Ulla Engberg
New security advisor named, travel advice for Thailand and Cambodia, jobs that may avoid work permit salary rule, send in your fish
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 24th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Ulla Engberg
Ambulance staff shortage, vocational training, China confirms visit, heavy downpours in the southeast
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 23rd, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Ulla Engberg
Foreign Minister Gaza statement, US-China trade talks in Stockholm next week, train delays 'a failure' says minister, torrential rain
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 22nd, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Prison sentences for fraud, 88 complaints of insults of public officials, rain in south, second Abba song reaches one billion listens
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 21st, 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: Is the prinsesstårta really sexy?
In this weeks episode: Swedens iconic prinsesstårta, or princess cake, is winning fans beyond its borders. We visit a bakery in Gotland to learn its secrets. Also in this Radio Sweden Weekly, migrants who leave Sweden often have a university education according to statistics.We also talk to extremism expert Christer Mattsson about the rise of far-right “active clubs”.And finally, we visit a Gotland beach where lifeguards volunteer their time to keep swimmers safe. Their tips could save your life this summer.Presenters: Babak Parham & Michael Walsh.Producer: Babak Parham
Forest fire warnings, more sanctions against Russia, industrialist Percy Barnevik dies, Sweden lost to England in Euros
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 18th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
Government backtracks on textile law, bad day for Swedish trains, Sweden ready for Euros quarter-final, singer Björn Skifs to retire
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 17th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell
C.Gambino murder trial, less fraud against elderly, unemployment up, Uppsala fountains bright green
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 16th, 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 Trump Ukraine weapons plan, military helicopter lands on parliament, jellyfish found in Öresund, Swedish metal tops charts
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 15th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
16-year-old found guilty of ordering attempted crimes from Spain, inflation still up, Gothia Cup kicks off, hot weather up north
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 14th, 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: Secrets, security and bodyguard leaks
Bodyguards protecting Sweden's Prime Minister exposed sensitive and secret information about him by sharing data details of their whereabouts on the fitness app, Strava. By uploading details of their running and cycling routes on the app, the seven bodyguards working for Sweden's intelligence service have been accused of risking the security of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as well as other senior political figures and members of the royal family they protected. We speak to the investigative journalist at newspaper Dagens Nyheter who helped break the story.Also, Migration Minister Johan Forssell, who's championed parental responsibility now faces questions of his own after his own son's reported links to extremism. We look at the political fall-out.We look at the prospects for Sweden's and our own household economies for the rest of the year and speak to a Sweden football fan in super pricey Switzerland!Presenters: Dave Russell and Michael Walsh.Reporter: Babak ParhamProducer: Kris Boswell
Fraud trial, ombudsman says dentist faced discrimination, Moderate Party AI campaign tool stopped, heavy rain on Sunday
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 11th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.
Migration minister breaks silence over relative with far-right links, SFI changes, clean air ranking, university admissions day
A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 10th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.