They Won the Election - Six Weeks Later Sweden Has No Government
The red-greens won 176 seats and celebrated with cake. Six weeks on, 248 MPs have voted against Magdalena Andersson, even the Left Party said no, and a vote-fraud probe is under way.
The red-greens won 176 seats and celebrated with cake. Six weeks on, 248 MPs have voted against Magdalena Andersson, even the Left Party said no, and a vote-fraud probe is under way.
The Swedish Transport Agency says yes to stretching the extra tax on new combustion cars from three to five years - up to 30,000 kronor more per car - and to higher annual tax on millions of older cars.
Gothenburg's Social Democrat-led city hands students permanent leases ahead of everyone else in the queue - as long as they move into police-listed vulnerable areas. 91 have signed up.
The Tidö parties overtake the red-green bloc for the first time since October 2022 in a new DN/Ipsos poll as the Moderates hit an eight-year high of 24 percent and the Sweden Democrats climb to 19 percent.
Nosebleeds, dizziness and chemical pneumonitis hit 34 workers building SSAB's 52-billion-kronor fossil-free steel plant. Accident investigators say the company's explanation doesn't hold up - but they won't open an inquiry.
A home-care worker convicted of fleecing one elderly client got a suspended sentence - then stole a blind, dementia-stricken couple's family silver at her next job. Nine months in prison, but a Stockholm court says she stays in Sweden.
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