Residents of 16 Swedish municipalities will pay more local tax in 2026, while 45 municipalities will pay less tax. What's the ...

The Pogues' Fairytale of New York, the gritty tale of love gone wrong many consider the greatest Christmas song ever written, has its origins in Sweden, at least according to a new commemorative ...

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The Swedish government and Sweden Democrats are pushing forward with plans to tighten the requirements for family reunion, by ...

How Sweden can get beyond immigrant stereotypes, Indians' relationship with Sweden, Sweden reacts to US talk of ...

The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (ArkDes) runs an annual competition for the best 'pepparkakshus' or ...

The Moderate Party's youth wing has called for a law removing the right of asylum seekers to "change track" and apply for a ...

Sick of Last Christmas and All I Want for Christmas is You? We've put together a list of Swedish Christmas songs, including ...

Sweden's government has finalised the text of a new law which will see the minimum eligible salary for a work permit hiked to ...

China rejected on Thursday any "interference" in its judicial sovereignty after a United Nations working group called for the ...

The Church of Sweden has formally rejected a government inquiry's proposal that would see more than 100,000 people stripped ...

It's mid-December and in Sweden that means Lucia: groups of white-robed people singing with candles on their heads. But what ...