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Austria's JJ wins Eurovision 2025 with opera-techno fusion

Culture

Austria's JJ wins Eurovision 2025 with opera-techno fusion

What nationalities are worst affected by Sweden's citizenship freeze?

Immigration

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What nationalities are worst affected by Sweden's citizenship freeze?

All you need to know about Swedish sauna culture

Sweden In Focus

All you need to know about Swedish sauna culture

This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers features an interview with Svante Spolander, co-founder of Sweden's Bastuakademien, or sauna academy.

Stockholm v Trump: 'If US embassy wanted a building permit, they would have a problem'

Politics

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Stockholm v Trump: 'If US embassy wanted a building permit, they would have a problem'

Swedish journalist freed from Turkey hails freedom

Politics

Swedish journalist freed from Turkey hails freedom

What do the lyrics of Sweden's Eurovision entry Bara Bada Bastu actually mean?

Culture

What do the lyrics of Sweden's Eurovision entry Bara Bada Bastu actually mean?

How Swedish immigration rules fuel 'chronic anxiety' for foreign researchers

Sweden In Focus

How Swedish immigration rules fuel 'chronic anxiety' for foreign researchers

Inside Sweden: If you want citizenship to mean something, this is not how to do it

Swedish citizenship

Inside Sweden: If you want citizenship to mean something, this is not how to do it

Eurovision: Who are the contenders for the crown

Eurovision

Eurovision: Who are the contenders for the crown

Swedish word of the day: läsk

Swedish word of the day

Swedish word of the day: läsk

Swedish journalist held in Turkey heading home: prime minister

Politics

Swedish journalist held in Turkey heading home: prime minister

'Bara bada bastu': The ultimate guide to Swedish sauna etiquette

swedish traditions

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'Bara bada bastu': The ultimate guide to Swedish sauna etiquette

Swedish Citizenship

Swedish Migration Agency expected to resume approving citizenship applications 'soon'

Immigration

Swedish Migration Agency expected to resume approving citizenship applications 'soon'

Can you pass our fake Swedish citizenship test?

Swedish citizenship

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Can you pass our fake Swedish citizenship test?

Sweden's citizenship freeze: Just six naturalisation applications approved in April

Immigration

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Sweden's citizenship freeze: Just six naturalisation applications approved in April

Sweden's security checks force Migration Agency to halt approvals of citizenship applications

Immigration

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Sweden's security checks force Migration Agency to halt approvals of citizenship applications

Working in Sweden

VIDEO: Discover a life of purpose in Sweden’s heartland

Partner Content

VIDEO: Discover a life of purpose in Sweden’s heartland

'Enormous potential': How Sweden's migration minister wants to attract international talent

Politics

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'Enormous potential': How Sweden's migration minister wants to attract international talent

Sweden's university union slams 'exploitative' migration policy

Residency permits

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Sweden's university union slams 'exploitative' migration policy

Swedish Migration Minister: 'No formal decision' made on future work permit salary threshold

Politics

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Swedish Migration Minister: 'No formal decision' made on future work permit salary threshold

Moving to Sweden

Where is it easiest to get a first-hand rental apartment in Sweden?

Renting

Where is it easiest to get a first-hand rental apartment in Sweden?

What you need to know about applying to university in Sweden

Moving to Sweden

What you need to know about applying to university in Sweden

Checklist: How to move to Sweden as an American

Residency permits

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Checklist: How to move to Sweden as an American

How to sell your house or apartment in Sweden – six key points

Money

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How to sell your house or apartment in Sweden – six key points

Living in Sweden

Swedish word of the day: torg

Swedish word of the day

Swedish word of the day: torg

‘An amazing adventure’: how to have the career and life you want in France

Partner Content

‘An amazing adventure’: how to have the career and life you want in France

How to prepare for a water shortage in Sweden this summer

Weather

How to prepare for a water shortage in Sweden this summer

Swedish word of the day: dramaten

Swedish word of the day

Swedish word of the day: dramaten

Moral panic? Sweden divided after leaked Grindr pics topple adviser

Politics

Moral panic? Sweden divided after leaked Grindr pics topple adviser

Swedish word of the day: tjena

Swedish word of the day

Swedish word of the day: tjena

Do you have to get naked in the sauna in Sweden?

Reader questions

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Do you have to get naked in the sauna in Sweden?

Average wait time for Stockholm first-hand rentals over 28 years long

Renting

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Average wait time for Stockholm first-hand rentals over 28 years long

Sweden in Focus Podcast

Why Johan Forssell wants to change Sweden's 'weird' immigration system

Sweden In Focus

Why Johan Forssell wants to change Sweden's 'weird' immigration system

How immigration is fuelling the growth of the Catholic Church in Sweden

Sweden In Focus

How immigration is fuelling the growth of the Catholic Church in Sweden

'Sweden was like a paradise at first – but then reality hits'

Sweden In Focus

'Sweden was like a paradise at first – but then reality hits'

How Sweden tightened immigration after the 2015 refugee crisis

Sweden In Focus

How Sweden tightened immigration after the 2015 refugee crisis