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Last updated: 31/1-2023

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​This is the latest news from Radio Sweden. We have used the Swedish newsfeed if your language is not availa​ble.

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  • Two dead after car drives off ferry

    Two people died on Sunday after driving off the end of a road ferry in Furusund outside of Norrtälje in the northern part of the Stockholm archipelago. The Swedish Transport Administration described Sunday evening's accident as ”very unusual” and the Swedish Accident Investigation Authority has been informed.Reports suggest the car drove onto the road ferry between two islands and went towards the front and then for some unknown reason the car ended up in the water.

  • Abba's Benny Andersson creates Swedish Radio jingles

    Abba legend Benny Andersson has turned his hand to writing radio jingles.Andersson was asked to produce new jingles for Swedish Radio's P2 channel, and he says he accepted immediately.”A fun job... I said yes straight away”, he says.

  • Amanda Lind voted new co-leader of Greens

    Amanda Lind is the new co-leader of the Green Party.A large majority of members backed her in a vote at a party conference on Sunday. The Greens have a tradition of having two joint ”spokespeople”, one male and one female. The other co-leader is Daniel Helldén.

  • Love it or hate it – SFI in for a revamp

    The government wants to see changes in how Swedish for Immigrants, SFI, is taught.Proposed changes include more focus on basic reading and writing and more individualised courses.Figures have shown that nearly half of those who start their SFI course, which is free of charge, don't complete it.

  • Expert: Too little government funding to get gang members out of crime

    Last year, the Government earmarked SEK 72.5 million to help gang members leave a life of crime.But an investigation from Swedish Radio News shows that money only helped one in every four people who contacted police to leave a gang.Chief Inspector and gang expert Gunnar Appelgren says more funding is needed.

  • Cross-party commission agrees to raise Swedish defence spending to 2.6% of GDP

    The eight parties in parliament have agreed that Sweden's defence spending should increase from 2.4 to 2.6 per cent of the GDP by 2030.Among the other proposals from the cross-party Defence Commission are: more conscripts, a stronger air defence and an increase from two to four brigades.The chairman of the Commission, Moderate party MP Hans Wallmark, says that the unity between all the parties is a real strength for Sweden. ”It's a very important sign, both domestically and to other countries - read Russia,” he tells Radio Sweden

  • Saab's profits take off amid growing defence demand

    Swedish defence company Saab increased its profits by 28 per cent this past quarter, and is increasing its sales forecast.The company posted a profit of SEK 1.2 billion, around SEK 300 million more than the same period last year.CEO Micael Johansson attributes this to significant defence spending and high demand.

  • Men overrepresented in Swedish traffic-related deaths last year

    Last year, 229 people died in traffic accidents in Sweden – and 77 per cent of them were men.That's according to figures from Transport Analysis, a government agency that advises on transport policy.12 children were among those who died in road accidents last year.

  • Uppsala prepares first Valborg with a 'high' terror threat level

    Uppsala is gearing up for Valborg celebrations on April 30, where the arrival of spring is marked with bonfires and parties.It's going to be the first Valborg, also known as Walpurgis Night in English, since Sweden's terror threat level was raised to level four on a five-grade scale.Police will have a significant presence on the ground in Uppsala as they do every year, says police press spokesperson Magnus Jansson Klarin.

  • Left Party MP criticised for wearing a keffiyeh in the Riksdag

    Left Party MP Lorena Delgado Varas is facing criticism for wearing a traditional Palestinian black-and-white headscarf in the Riksdag. She has been told off several times by the speaker of the Riksdag, who says it goes against the parliament's code of conduct.Lorena Delgado Varas says she's wearing the keffiyeh ”more as an act of solidarity, than as a political symbol”.
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