The Local Sweden

Sweden joins European DNA data-sharing system

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:37:00 +0100

From the summer of 2013, Swedish police will be able to access other European Union nations' DNA databases - a move which is expected to speed up international crime investigations.

'Supersite' stores all state's mail to Swedes

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:47:00 +0100

The Swedish state has launched a new website that collects and stores all correspondence between citizens and public authorities in a bid to cut costs.

New system proposed for personal ID numbers

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:20:00 +0200

Sweden is running out of personal identity numbers (personnummer), but a government commission has suggested a new system featuring numbers which no longer contain a person’s exact date of birth.