The Local Sweden

Social Democrat sacked over Facebook racism

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:36:00 +0200

A local Social Democrat politician from central Sweden has been forced out of office after he published a racist Facebook post about when it might be appropriate to run over a "Negro".

Doc tried to trade drugs for sex with addicts

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:14:00 +0200

A doctor from the north of Sweden was recently found to have offered drugs for sexual favours to women with a history of drug addiction.

Swine flu shots linked to narcolepsy in Sweden

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:37:00 +0100

The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Tuesday that Sweden is one of twelve countries that has reported cases of narcolepsy after the swine flu vaccine was administered.

Top Social Democrat to US: party 'lacks ideas'

Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:51:00 +0100

The Social Democrats' foreign policy spokesperson Urban Ahlin criticised his party's lack of ideas in meetings with officials from the US embassy, according to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks.

Britain looks to Sweden for austerity plan ideas

Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:26:00 +0200

As Britain braces for massive spending cuts, observers say Prime Minister David Cameron should take note of Sweden's successful battle to shrink its huge deficit in the 1990s, writes AFP's Nina Larson.

Sweden Democrats hold balance of power: poll

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:09:00 +0200

The far-right Sweden Democrats have the backing of 6.5 percent of the electorate and would hold the balance of power if an election were held today, a new voter poll by Aftonbladet/United Minds shows.

Alliance inches ahead of opposition: poll

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:39:00 +0200

Support for the ruling Alliance coalition has eclipsed the red-green opposition in the latest poll from Norway-based Sentio Research.

More Swedes excluded from job market

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:12:00 +0200

The government has failed to achieve its main goal of reducing the number of people who are inactive in the job market. New statistics show that their numbers have swelled by 6,500 in the last four years.

Duelling coalitions evenly split: poll

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:38:00 +0200

Support for the two coalitions in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, is currently evenly split, the latest TV4/Novus Opinion poll reveals.

Moderates are largest party: poll

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:35:00 +0200

The Moderates are currently the largest parliamentary party with the support of 29.9 percent of the electorate, according to a new United Minds poll while the Sweden Democrats on 5.6 percent threaten the Alliance coalition's hope of a majority.

Moderates overtake Social Democrats: poll

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:26:00 +0200

The Moderate Party is the largest party in Sweden, overtaking the Social Democrats, a new voter poll by Novus Opinion shows on Wednesday.

Social Democrat slide continues: poll

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:40:00 +0200

The Social Democrats have continued their election year slide in the opinion polls and are now smaller than the Moderate Party and under 30 percent for the first time in a Demoskop poll.

Alliance coalition passes opposition: poll

Fri, 28 May 2010 09:22:00 +0200

The governing Alliance has overtaken the opposition "red-greens" in a new poll by Synovate published on Friday.

Poll blow for Social Democrats

Thu, 27 May 2010 11:40:00 +0200

A new poll shows Sweden’s opposition Social Democrats have fallen to their lowest level of support since the 2006 election.

'Green Party voters most likely to change sides'

Wed, 26 May 2010 10:18:00 +0200

Almost a quarter of Green Party support could consider voting for one of the centre-right Alliance coalition parties, a new survey has shown.

Sweden Democrats continue slide: poll

Mon, 24 May 2010 10:21:00 +0200

The far-right Sweden Democrats have continued their slide in voter support and are now well below the threshold for parliamentary seats, the centre-left meanwhile increased their lead over the centre-right, a new poll from Skop shows,

Reinfeldt congratulates Cameron on victory

Wed, 12 May 2010 18:01:00 +0200

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Wednesday congratulated his new British counterpart David Cameron and called on him to reduce the deficit left behind by Gordon Brown's Labour Party.

Voter support split evenly between coalitions: poll

Wed, 12 May 2010 13:37:00 +0200

Sweden's ruling centre-right coalition has registered its strongest support since 2006 in a new poll, and is now in a statistical dead heat with the Red-Green opposition.

Opposition parties to build coalition

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:19:00 +0100

Sweden’s opposition political parties held a Sunday afternoon press conference to announce plans for building a united coalition government following the 2010 Riksdag elections.

Sex ed group: 'Fetishism is not a disease'

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:40:00 +0200

The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) is demanding the removal of fetishism and sadomasochism from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) registry of diseases.