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Last year, Sweden granted asylum to the lowest number of people so far this century – but the number of approved work permits also dropped. We hear from Migration Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, Patrik Karlsson at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, and Anna Garphult, deputy head of the national border policing section at Sweden's Police Authority. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios a...

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 15th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 14th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Roza Bicer Producer: Dave Russell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 13th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 12th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Roza Bicer Producer: Dave Russell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 11th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Kris Boswell

Sweden's made a break with more than 200 years of neutrality and military non-alignment after finally joining the defence alliance Nato this week. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. We also hear from the favourites ahead of this weekend's Melodifestivalen grand final, the winner of which will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö this May. Also: the government is taki...

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 8th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 7th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 7th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 5th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 4th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Dave Russell Producer: Kris Boswell

On this special edition of Radio Sweden Weekly, we take a look back at Sweden's more than two centuries of neutrality and military non-alignment — a period that's coming to a close now that Sweden is just days away from full Nato membership. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Guests: Jacob Westberg, associate professor of war studies at the Swedish Defence University; Leos Müller, profe...

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on March 1st 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Walsh Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 29th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Roza Bicer Producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 28th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Walsh Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 27th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Roza Bicer Producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 26th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Walsh Producer: Kris Boswell

Two years after Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine, we check in with some of the people who fled the country to hear their thoughts, hopes and fears for the future. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. We also speak to a Russian photographer who left Russia to avoid being sent to the front to fight in Ukraine - he has now gained asylum in Sweden. At a press conference in Budapest, Pr...

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 23rd 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Lindgren Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 22nd 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Lindgren Producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 21st 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Lindgren Producer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 20th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Lindgren Producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on February 19th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Presenter: Michael Lindgren Producer: Kris Boswell

A government inquiry into the work permit system has handed down its long-awaited report, we go through the details with Radio Sweden's Ulla Engberg who's been following the story closely. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Plus: The fire at the under-construction Oceana water park in Gothenburg is in its fifth day, we speak with deputy fire chief Per Nyqvist to hear how the firefighter...