Investigations & Courts Sweden Desk

SWEDEN · COURTS

Iraqi Refugee Raped Swedish Girl, 15 - Court Blocks Deportation, Father Charged

A 24-year-old Iraqi refugee got four years for raping a 15-year-old Swedish girl in Lycksele, but the court refused to deport him. Now the girl's father, who smashed up the family's car, faces prosecution.

Samnytt News Desk • Oct 30, 15:39

SWEDEN · MIGRATION

Sweden Offers Migrants 350,000 Kronor to Leave - Only 200 Have Taken It

Ten months after Sweden raised its voluntary return grant to 350,000 kronor per adult, just over 200 people have been approved, applications are at a yearly low and the minister rules out changes.

Samnytt News Desk • Oct 30, 11:00

SWEDEN · POLITICS

Åkesson Ends Sweden Democrats Feud Over Swedishness - Threatens Expulsions

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson rejects ethnic ancestry as the test of being Swedish, attacks 'self-appointed guardians of ideas' in his own party and warns they can step off or be thrown off.

Mats Dagerlind • Oct 30, 10:19

Lead Report · Stockholm Updated 07:00

SWEDEN · ELDERLY CARE Valdemarsvik, Sweden

Home-Care Patient Pressed Alarm at Night - Nobody Came, Found Dead

A home-care patient in Valdemarsvik pressed their safety alarm at night with breathing problems. Staff got no answer but sent no one and called no nurse. The patient was found dead the next morning.

Samnytt News Desk • Stockholm Newsroom • Today, 07:00 CET • 2 min read

🇸🇪 From the Desk in Stockholm · Latest Opinion · Oct 28, 2026 · Stockholm

Jonas Andersson · Political Columnist

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They Won the Election - Six Weeks Later Sweden Has No Government

It was supposed to be a change of government, a new political direction and Magdalena Andersson back in the Prime Minister's office. Instead, more than six weeks after the red-green election victory, Sweden still has no new government. The parties behind the 176 seats are quarrelling in public, 248 members of parliament - including the would-be partners - have voted against Andersson as Prime Minister, and even left-wing commentators now call the whole process a humiliation and apologise to voters. Remember election night. When the votes were finally counted, the Social Democrats, the Left Party, the Greens and the Centre Party together held 176 seats against 173 for the parties of the outgoing Tidö coalition. Ulf Kristersson would step down. Andersson gave a victory speech. There was even a cake.

Read full column by Jonas Andersson →

SWEDEN · GANG CRIME

Swedish Teen Hired by Foxtrot Gang to Kill in the Netherlands

A 16-year-old Swede searched online for how to make 30,000 kronor fast, was recruited by the Foxtrot network and shot a prisoner outside a Dutch jail. Back home he allegedly offered a murder contract on TikTok.

Samnytt News Desk • Oct 30, 09:00

SWEDEN · PARLIAMENT

Sweden Democrats Demand Action on Racism Against Swedes

Six Sweden Democrat MPs want parliament to officially recognise anti-Swedish hostility and order a national action plan, pointing to assaults and rapes where offenders voiced contempt for their Swedish victims.

Mats Dagerlind • Oct 30, 07:06

Voices from Stockholm · Meet the Editorial Desk

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Veteran Swedish columnist and essayist covering domestic politics, free speech, and cultural identity from Stockholm.

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Sweden in Numbers - Official Verified Statistics

Direct primary figures from the Swedish Police Authority (Polisen), Statistics Sweden (SCB), AP Pension Funds & Riksgälden

Swedish Police · Confirmed Shootings

158 in 2025 · 61 (Jan–Sep ’26)

46 Killed & 44 Injured in 2025 (Peak: 391 in 2022)

Confirmed illegal firearm shootings across Sweden’s seven police regions. Jan–Sep 2026 recorded 61 shootings vs. 136 in Jan–Sep 2025.

Source: Polisen Official Statistics (Updated Oct 5, 2026) ↗

Swedish Police · Bombings & Detonations

189 in 2025 · 76 (Jan–Sep ’26)

+240 Bomb Preparations Logged in 2025

Completed detonations rose from 136 (2024) to 189 (2025), alongside 240 police reports of preparation for public devastation using hand grenades and explosives.

Source: Polisen Bombings & Detonations Statistics ↗

Demographics · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

2,936,800 (28.0%)

Foreign Background (incl. 2,210,638 Foreign-Born, End of 2025)

Residents born abroad or born in Sweden to two foreign-born parents. Over 50% in municipalities including Botkyrka (63%), Södertälje, Sigtuna, and Järfälla.

Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB Population Report 2025/2026) ↗

Green Transition · Pensions & Debt Office

SEK 5.8B Lost · SEK 18.1B

AP1–AP4 Northvolt Write-Off & State Guarantees

State pension funds AP1–AP4 wrote off SEK 5.8B to zero in the Northvolt bankruptcy. Riksgälden paused new green credit guarantees for 2026 (SEK 18.1B total guarantees end-2025).

Source: AP4 / 4 to 1 Investments & Riksgälden Annual Report 2025 ↗

Understanding Sweden - International Explainers

EXPLAINER #1 · POLITICS

What Is the Tidö Agreement (Tidöavtalet) & Why the Post-Election Strategy Debate Matters →

How the Sweden Democrats (SD) and Sweden's center-right coalition reshaped migration, criminal justice, and nuclear energy rules - and why municipal coalitions are pushing back.

EXPLAINER #2 · JUSTICE SYSTEM

Why Swedish Gangs Recruit 14-Year-Old Hitmen - And Why Parents Face Prison under LVU →

Inside Sweden’s juvenile sentencing rules, closed state youth homes (SiS), and the legal clash when families intervene to rescue children from contract-killing networks.

EXPLAINER #3 · INSTITUTIONS

How Political Parties Govern the Church of Sweden (Svenska kyrkan) →

Why a 5.4-million-member Lutheran church with SEK 24B in annual revenue holds partisan elections and funds theological inquiries into polyamory and activist causes.