Investigations & Courts Sweden Desk

SWEDEN · COURTS

Convicted 16 Times, Never Deported - Now Charged Over Samurai Sword Attack

He allegedly came back to a Swedish playground with a samurai sword shouting "I'm going to kill you". Three men were struck. Now prosecutors want the 32-year-old foreign national deported for life.

Samnytt News Desk • Nov 3, 17:00

GOVERNMENT CRISIS

Centre Party Leader Crushed in PM Vote - 324 Say No

Only her own 25 MPs backed Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist. Now Ulf Kristersson gets a week to try - and the Speaker has just two attempts left before a snap election.

Simon Kristoffersson • Nov 3, 15:22

SWEDEN · IDENTITY

Top Social Democrat: Anyone Can Be Swedish - But Not Sami

Sami, Jewish and Tornedalian identity is closed to outsiders, says the Social Democrats' minority spokesperson. But Swedes, she says, are not an ethnic group at all.

Simon Kristoffersson • Nov 3, 14:01

Lead Report · Stockholm Updated 06:00

MIGRATION & DEMOGRAPHICS Brussels / Stockholm

Brussels Wants to Auto-Approve Doctors Trained Outside the EU

Non-EU doctors, nurses and dentists would be cleared in four months instead of 14. Sweden warns of fake diplomas - but can be outvoted.

Simon Kristoffersson • Responsible Publisher & Senior Editor • Today, 06:00 CET • 4 min read

🇸🇪 From the Desk in Stockholm · Latest Opinion · Oct 31, 2026 · Stockholm

Kent Ekeroth · Executive Director & Senior Political Analyst

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Ekeroth: When Tusk Seizes a Court With Riot Police, It's Called the Rule of Law

Last Friday, the president of Poland's Constitutional Tribunal, Bogdan Święczkowski, was suspended from his job. Judges loyal to the government were smuggled into the court through a back entrance by the state security service, and riot police locked Święczkowski out of his own workplace. The Swedish press calls this "restoring the rule of law". What it has not told its readers is the crucial part: the EU punished the previous government hard for meddling with the courts, and the new government is now doing the same thing, only worse. The Constitutional Tribunal is Poland's special court for constitutional questions. It rules on whether laws passed by parliament comply with the constitution and can strike down those that do not. Whoever controls the court decides, in practice, which laws stand. That is why the fight over it has raged for ten years.

Read full column by Kent Ekeroth →

SWEDEN · ELECTION CRISIS

Swedes Lose Trust in Elections After Vote Fraud Scandal

Only 69 percent of Swedes now trust that elections are run correctly, down from 77 percent a year ago. Researchers blame the suspected vote fraud in Borlänge - and only a third of Sweden Democrat voters still trust the count.

Samnytt News Desk • Nov 3, 11:30

SWEDEN · GREEN TRANSITION

Sweden's Green Boom Collapses - Northvolt, Hybrit and Stegra Hit the Wall

Northern Sweden was supposed to lead a green industrial revolution. Instead Northvolt is bankrupt, the state-backed Hybrit steel project is frozen and Stegra is still billions short.

Mats Dagerlind • Nov 3, 09:00

Latest Dispatch · Wire CET (UTC+1)

06:00
Migration & Demographics Brussels Wants to Auto-Approve Doctors Trained Outside the EU
Simon Kristoffersson
03/11 17:00
Law & Order Convicted 16 Times, Never Deported - Now Charged Over Samurai Sword Attack
Samnytt News Desk
03/11 15:22
Free Speech & Politics Centre Party Leader Crushed in PM Vote - 324 Say No
Simon Kristoffersson
03/11 14:01
Migration & Demographics Top Social Democrat: Anyone Can Be Swedish - But Not Sami
Simon Kristoffersson
03/11 12:44
Migration & Demographics Norway: Syria Second Most Common Birthplace Among Jailed Children
Simon Kristoffersson
03/11 11:30
Free Speech & Politics Swedes Lose Trust in Elections After Vote Fraud Scandal
Samnytt News Desk
03/11 09:00
Green Transition & Energy Sweden's Green Boom Collapses - Northvolt, Hybrit and Stegra Hit the Wall
Mats Dagerlind
03/11 08:00
Law & Order "White Power" Teens Attacked Muslim Woman With Knuckleduster - Then an Immigrant Gang Took Revenge
Samnytt News Desk

Voices from Stockholm · Meet the Editorial Desk

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Executive Director & Political Analyst

Kent Ekeroth

Former Member of the Swedish Parliament (Committee on Justice, 2010-2018) and Lund University economist.

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Senior Political Columnist

Mats Dagerlind

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

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Responsible Publisher & Senior Editor

Simon Kristoffersson

Legally Responsible Publisher (Ansvarig utgivare) covering district courts, gang crime, and municipal power.

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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.