Stockholm Desk Monday, October 26, 2026 Sweden & Nordic Report - International English Edition
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Investigations & Courts Sweden Desk

Moroccan national Rida Bouzayne, 29, applied for asylum in four other European countries before arriving in Sweden in July without ID papers. Weeks later, he broke into multiple family homes in Svedala in a single night and entered a sleeping 10-year-old girl's bedroom.

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BorĂĄs District Court sentenced 35-year-old Shehab Hashim to four years in prison for forcing his way into a customer's apartment during a late-night delivery. Despite the Migration Court ruling in 2021 that his identity was unproven, Sweden granted him citizenship months later, blocking deportation.

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Three young men lured a 19-year-old into the woods in Svedala, kicking and stomping his head for half an hour while filming and forcing him to beg on camera. Ystad District Court acquitted two of them of robbery and extortion, releasing them immediately.

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Lead Report · Stockholm Updated Oct 26, 2026
Same Beggars at Stockholm Store for a Decade - Swedish Homeless Removed
STOCKHOLM · SÖDERMALM Södermalm, Stockholm

Same Beggars at Stockholm Store for a Decade - Swedish Homeless Removed

On one block in Stockholm's Södermalm, the same Roma beggars have held the same spots outside a supermarket, the state liquor store and a recycling station for almost ten years. Yet according to store staff and locals, Swedish homeless people who try to beg there are moved on by police.

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Czechia Scraps Mandatory TV Fee and Cuts State Media by 15%
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Czechia Scraps Mandatory TV Fee and Cuts State Media by 15%

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is abolishing household license fees and cutting public broadcasting budgets by SEK 640 million ($60M), prompting journalists to call a strike. In Sweden, state broadcasters SVT, SR, and UR receive SEK 9.67 billion ($920M) in taxpayer funding this year.

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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
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
+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)
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
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 ↗

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