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Is your Swedish good enough for university? - Quiz 7

3 days ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

It’s time again to learn some Swedish as our panelists try their hand at the tricky vocabulary section of högskoleprovet, the Swedish university entrance exam. Host Paul O’Mahony in Stockholm is joined this week by The Local's Emma Löfgren and James Savage. READ ALSO: SWEDISH TEST: Can you pass the vocab part of Sweden's version of the SAT?
Fit in or stick out? How Sweden changes you

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we talk about the bridge between Denmark and Sweden and how it means a lot more to one of our panelists than the sore feet she got after running across it. We also discuss what foreigners do to fit in in Sweden and why some people push back against assimilation. For Membership+ subscribers we examine how Sweden appears to have accidentally proposed blocking Swiss people from permanent residency.
'Sweden has a lot to offer when it comes to work conditions'

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode you can hear a conversation that editor Emma Löfgren had recently for our My Swedish Career series with Elizabeth Wright Veintimilla, a social impact professional from Ecuador who moved to Sweden when her husband got a job here. In the interview, Emma asks Elizabeth about her first impressions of Sweden, how she created a vibrant professional network from scratch, and what advice she would give others about moving to Sweden and making a life here.
Sweden raises work permit salary threshold by over a thousand kronor

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Emma Löfgren

Sweden's median salary rose to 37,100 kronor in 2024, according to new figures posted by Statistics Sweden at 8am on June 17th. This means there's a new minimum monthly salary non-EU workers have to earn to be eligible for a work permit, as the work permit salary threshold is tied to 80 percent of the median salary. It previously stood at 28,480 kronor before tax, but as of June 17th it's gone up to 29,680 kronor.
More than half a million living in Sweden without a personnummer

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Emma Löfgren

At the turn of the year, 10,587,700 people were listed in Sweden’s population register, an increase of around 36,000 people on the year before, according to the Tax Agency. It found 485,028 people with active coordination numbers – a number given to newly arrived immigrants who do not yet qualify for a personnummer, the ten-digit identity code that unlocks a wide range of Swedish services, from banks to gym cards. But it also found a few discrepancies.
Gothenburg council withdraws monkey images after racism accusations

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Emma Löfgren

The material was used to present children with different situations to aid them in discussing their emotions and feelings, the Dagens Nyheter newspaper reports. The images included, among other things, a monkey in a hijab surrounded by humans as well as a group of monkeys shouting at each other while wearing shirts with the word orten on them. Orten comes from the word förort, and refers to suburbs of Sweden's major cities with a large immigrant community.
Sweden set to raise work permit salary threshold this week

1 week ago | thelocal.se | Emma Löfgren

Sweden’s number-crunching agency, Statistics Sweden, is expected to release the new median salary figure when it publishes its annual statistics on the Swedish labour market at 8am on June 17th. The Local will publish it as soon as we have it. The median salary currently stands at 35,600 kronor (technically that’s the median in the year 2023, and the figure to be released on Tuesday is for the year 2024).
Good news at last for work permit holders in Sweden

2 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

In this week's episode we talk about how to make the most of Sweden’s Midsummer celebrations, and we look at big changes to Sweden’s work permit system — including a new rule that could help you stay in the country if you lose your job. For Membership+ subscribers we explore why Swedes are dropping traditional surnames, racism in Swedish nightclubs, and why party leaders have been reprimanded after calling for a slow down in citizenship processing.
Swedish food prices: Coffee 47 percent more expensive - but vegetables cheaper

2 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Emma Löfgren

Food prices including non-alcoholic beverages rose 0.2 percent in May, compared to April. In one year, grocery prices have increased 5.2 percent, with coffee, chocolate and dairy products behind most of the increase. Coffee prices only rose 0.6 percent compared to April, but a cup of coffee is 47 percent more expensive than last year, according to Statistics Sweden. The price increases are slowing down, however. In April the year-on-year increase was 5.5 percent.
'I love Sweden, I love the people, I love the traditions'

2 weeks ago | thelocal.se | Paul O'Mahony

This week’s episode features a chat host Paul O'Mahony had recently with Aakritee Tiwari, a corporate lawyer from India who has made a successful career for herself in Sweden.