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Student loans could help Swedes get driving lessons

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:11:14 +0200

Swedes will soon be able to get a student loan to pay for their driving licence if the government has its way. That was one of the budget updates the centre-left coalition revealed on Tuesday.

Students to keep paying off debt beyond 67

Sun, 20 Apr 2014 14:22:00 +0200

The Swedish government has proposed scrapping the 25-year span for repaying student loans, by suggesting those who attend higher education should keep paying the money back well into retirement.

Government U-turn on cuts to student grants

Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:54:00 +0100

The Swedish government has pulled back from a much-criticized proposal to cut student grants, a budget saving that Rosenbad will now make up for with even higher alcohol taxes.

Thousands of students wait for loans

Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:31:00 +0200

Almost 4,000 students have waited for four weeks for payment from Sweden's student grants and loans body CSN, which has been so flooded with calls that the agency simply turned off its telephones.

State cashes in on personal information

Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:21:00 +0200

Government agencies are cashing in by selling personal information to advertising firms without Swedish citizens even knowing about it.

Suicide bomber lived off Swedish student aid

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:18:00 +0100

Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab received more money from the Swedish state than from his terrorist financiers, including a 54,000-kronor ($8,550) payout made after he bled to death in his failed terror bid.

Student loans agency warns of non-payment

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:21:00 +0100

Close to 90,000 Swedes with student loans are endangering their future credit score by late or outstanding payments, prompting the student loans body CSN (Centrala studiestödsnämnden) to place warning calls to those risking a record of non-payment.

Swedish students in billion kronor debt

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:12:00 +0200

Over 90,000 people who studied in Sweden are now in debt to the Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogdemyndigheten), owing over 1 billion kronor ($150 million)in total, yet experts maintain that student loans remain a helpful alternative.

How to survive on a Swedish student budget

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:31:00 +0200

The Local's Clara Guibourg comes to the rescue of those struggling to get by on a meagre student loan with a survival guide of almost everything you need to know about living in Sweden on the cheap, without missing out on the fun.

Student loans body reports 29 for fraud

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:11:00 +0100

Sweden's student loans body, CSN, has reported 29 people to the police on suspicion of committing serious fraud in connection with applications for studies at a UK university.

Stockholm tops Swedish student debt league

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:56:00 +0100

Residents of Stockholm continue to carry the highest levels of student debt in the country, according to new figures from Sweden’s student lending agency, CSN.

Student loan body hunts for cheats

Thu, 20 May 2010 17:16:00 +0200

Sweden's student loan authority (Centrala studiestödsnämnden, CSN) has expanded its search for those who cheat the system, after an investigation showed that a large number of people had been lent money to which they were not entitled.

Student loans body seeks right to demand full repayment

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:53:00 +0200

The Swedish Board for Study Support (CSN) is to escalate its hunt for outstanding loans and wants the right to demand full repayment from overseas defaulters, Sveriges Radio (SR) reports.

Student loans body hunts overseas defaulters

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:40:00 +0200

The Swedish student loans body (CSN) has announced that it is to intensify its work to track down defaulting debtors resident overseas.

Auditors lash out at student loans body

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:44:00 +0100

State auditors have launched a stinging critique of student loans body CSN and the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) for their failure to chase up debts owed by people living abroad.

Hackers hit Swedish student discount card sites

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 11:49:00 +0100

Over the weekend hackers penetrated two websites featuring discount programs for university students in Sweden.

Swedes abroad run from student debts

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:09:00 +0200

Half of Swedish students who leave the country after studies do not repay their debts to student loan organization CSN.