The Local Sweden 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 Chick-lit can heal sick women: Swedish study Swedish women recuperating from illness credit light-hearted fiction for getting them back on their feet, a finding supported by a Gothenburg University study that likens chick-lit to medicine. https://www.thelocal.se/20131009/50698 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:40:00 +0200 50698 More Swedes appeal sickness benefits denials An increasing number of Swedes are appealing benefits claims that have been denied by the country's social insurance agency. https://www.thelocal.se/20110307/32446 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:13:00 +0100 32446 Goverment looks to cap sick benefits A new government proposal would mandate that people on sick leave longer than one year can never receive more than 75 percent of their salary replaced, regardless of whether or not they have additional insurance. https://www.thelocal.se/20071222/9485 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:25:00 +0100 9485 Swedes face benefits clampdown The new head of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, or Försäkringskassan, has said that he intends to stop people cheating the national insurance system, and says that his clampdown is likely to lead to higher unemployment figures. https://www.thelocal.se/20050202/925-2 Wed, 02 Feb 2005 21:22:00 +0100 925-2