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 Swedish Migration Minister Johan Forssell has been called to appear in front of a parliament committee to answer questions about his close relative’s links to white power extremism. https://www.thelocal.se/20250709/swedish-migration-minister-called-to-testify-to-parliament-about-relatives-white-supremacism-links Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:31:50 +0200 swedish-migration-minister-called-to-testify-to-parliament-about-relatives-white-supremacism-links In an interview with The Local, Sweden’s Migration Minister Johan Forssell shares how he wants to attract international talent to Sweden, and how a recent trip to Finland could inspire Swedish migration policy in the future. https://www.thelocal.se/20250508/enormous-potential-how-swedens-migration-minister-wants-to-attract-international-talent Thu, 08 May 2025 16:11:12 +0200 enormous-potential-how-swedens-migration-minister-wants-to-attract-international-talent Sweden's government is planning to step up its efforts to make the country more attractive to highly skilled labour migrants if it wins the next election, Migration Minister Johan Forssell has said in an interview with the Expressen newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20250429/we-need-more-people-to-come-to-sweden-as-programmers-and-technicians Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:35:37 +0200 we-need-more-people-to-come-to-sweden-as-programmers-and-technicians Sweden's Migration Minister Johan Forssell has hit back at criticism that the government's moves to tighten citizenship requirements will deter high-skilled workers from coming to the country, claiming these workers are in fact taking a rising share of work permits. https://www.thelocal.se/20250403/we-are-working-intensively-to-attract-more-high-skilled-workers-to-sweden Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:22:17 +0200 we-are-working-intensively-to-attract-more-high-skilled-workers-to-sweden