https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Theodor Engström, the far-right extremist who fatally stabbed one of Sweden's leading psychiatrists at the Almedalen political festival, had brought two swords and a bow and arrow to Visby to carry out his attack, prosecution documents revealed on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20221101/swedish-extremist-bought-swords-and-bow-for-almedalen-attack Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:45:00 +0100 swedish-extremist-bought-swords-and-bow-for-almedalen-attack Annie Lööf, leader of the liberal Centre Party, was the intended target of the suspected terror attack at Sweden's Almedalen political festival in July, the prosecutor in the case confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20220825/swedish-party-leader-annie-loof-was-target-of-gotland-knife-attack Thu, 25 Aug 2022 22:57:00 +0200 swedish-party-leader-annie-loof-was-target-of-gotland-knife-attack Theodor Engström, the 33-year-old man who stabbed psychiatrist Ing-Marie Wieselgren to death at the Almedalen political festival in July, was seriously psychiatrically disturbed at the time of his attack, forensic psychiatrists have ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20220805/almedalen-knife-attacker-severely-disturbed-swedish-court-told Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:13:49 +0200 almedalen-knife-attacker-severely-disturbed-swedish-court-told Prosecutors in Sweden are now treating the murder at the Almedalen political festival as a terror crime, with the country's Säpo security police taking over the investigation. https://www.thelocal.se/20220711/swedish-prosecutors-upgrade-almedalen-knife-attack-as-terror-crime Mon, 11 Jul 2022 23:08:04 +0200 swedish-prosecutors-upgrade-almedalen-knife-attack-as-terror-crime One of Sweden's most senior psychiatrists was knifed to death on Wednesday in the square at the centre of the Almedalen political festival. This is what we know so far. https://www.thelocal.se/20220707/key-points-what-do-we-know-about-the-almedalen-knife-attack Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:27:07 +0200 key-points-what-do-we-know-about-the-almedalen-knife-attack Per Bolund, joint leader of Sweden's Green party, spoke for thirteen and a half minutes at Almedalen before he mentioned the environment, climate, or fossil fuels, in a speech that began by dwelling on healthcare, women's rights, and welfare, before returning to the party's core issue. https://www.thelocal.se/20220708/green-party-leader-right-wing-parties-want-to-push-us-out-of-parliament Fri, 08 Jul 2022 17:43:52 +0200 green-party-leader-right-wing-parties-want-to-push-us-out-of-parliament Centre Party leader Annie Lööf called for "togetherness and reflection" in a speech at Almedalen that showed her able to respond to tragedy like a national leader. https://www.thelocal.se/20220708/centre-party-leader-meets-almedalen-tragedy-call-for-unity Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:27:29 +0200 centre-party-leader-meets-almedalen-tragedy-call-for-unity Almedalen took place this week in the shadow of Russian military aggression, but on Wednesday it became tragically clear that the immediate danger was from within, says David Crouch https://www.thelocal.se/20220707/opinion-the-almedalen-tragedy-is-an-attack-on-swedish-democracy Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:32:55 +0200 opinion-the-almedalen-tragedy-is-an-attack-on-swedish-democracy The Swedish psychiatrist Ing-Marie Wieselgren was named on Wednesday evening as the victim of the knife attack at the Almedalen political festival. https://www.thelocal.se/20220707/eminent-swedish-psychiatrist-killed-in-almedalen-knife-attack Thu, 07 Jul 2022 11:21:09 +0200 eminent-swedish-psychiatrist-killed-in-almedalen-knife-attack The affable new leader of Sweden's Liberal Party claimed in his speech at the Almedalen festival that his party would act "an anchor in the middle" that would protect aid spending, asylum rights, gender equality, LGBT issues, and public service broadcasting in a coming right-wing government. https://www.thelocal.se/20220706/liberal-leader-i-dont-like-the-extremes-of-either-left-or-right Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:37:01 +0200 liberal-leader-i-dont-like-the-extremes-of-either-left-or-right The leader of the Sweden Democrats has claimed in his speech at the Almedalen political festival that his party had the solutions to soaring prices for food, power, and fuel, while casting scorn on the Prime Minister's patriotic speech. https://www.thelocal.se/20220706/sweden-democrat-leader-magdalena-anderson-does-not-love-sweden Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:39:27 +0200 sweden-democrat-leader-magdalena-anderson-does-not-love-sweden Christian Democrat leader Ebba Busch positioned herself of the defender of the middle-class right to "villa, Volvo, vovve" (a house, a Volvo and a dog), in a speech aimed squarely at voters of the Centre Party. https://www.thelocal.se/20220705/christian-democrat-leader-seeks-to-lure-centre-voters-in-speech Tue, 05 Jul 2022 16:04:31 +0200 christian-democrat-leader-seeks-to-lure-centre-voters-in-speech The leader of Sweden's former communist Left Party has pledged not to support a Social Democrat-led government unless it bans profit-making in the school system and gives her party ministerial positions. https://www.thelocal.se/20220704/left-party-leader-wants-place-in-swedish-government-after-election Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:27:12 +0200 left-party-leader-wants-place-in-swedish-government-after-election Sweden's finance minister had told The Local that this year's election will largely be about rising costs, but that his party is not planning to intervene to prop up real incomes and so worsen inflation. https://www.thelocal.se/20220704/swedish-finance-minister-voters-will-have-to-accept-falling-real-wages Mon, 04 Jul 2022 23:21:52 +0200 swedish-finance-minister-voters-will-have-to-accept-falling-real-wages The leader of Sweden's Moderate Party has pledged not to raise any taxes if he wins power in an election he said would be 'about the money in people's wallets'. https://www.thelocal.se/20220704/ulf-kristersson-this-election-will-be-about-cash-in-peoples-pockets Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:02:00 +0200 ulf-kristersson-this-election-will-be-about-cash-in-peoples-pockets Swedish Prime Minister Sweden's prime minister went all out with a strongly nationalist message in her speech at the Almedalen political festival, presenting the Social Democrats as defenders of Swedish values the right-wing parties seek to destroy. https://www.thelocal.se/20220703/pms-almedalen-speech-i-love-sweden-and-im-proud-to-be-swedish Sun, 03 Jul 2022 23:06:32 +0200 pms-almedalen-speech-i-love-sweden-and-im-proud-to-be-swedish Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has pledged to stop companies withdrawing profits from schools, in what is likely to be one of the Social Democrats' main campaigning issues in the coming election campaign. https://www.thelocal.se/20220703/swedish-pm-pledges-to-ban-profit-making-at-free-schools Sun, 03 Jul 2022 20:44:17 +0200 swedish-pm-pledges-to-ban-profit-making-at-free-schools Sweden's migration minister Anders Ygeman spoke to The Local about the country's new language test proposals and why the Social Democrats are tightening up the system for work permits. https://www.thelocal.se/20220703/migration-minister-we-dont-want-people-to-be-just-semi-swedes Sun, 03 Jul 2022 20:48:31 +0200 migration-minister-we-dont-want-people-to-be-just-semi-swedes