Radio Sweden

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 26th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 25th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

For the first time ever, Sweden has been hosting a high-level Nato meeting. We hear how the gathering of Foreign Ministers comes at a crucial time for the Alliance. We speak to the head of Sweden's Royal Navy about the decision to buy four French warships to strengthen Sweden's presence on the high seas. Also coming up, the list of professions that will be exempt from the government's upcoming increase to the minimum salary needed for Swedish work permits. And a much loved Swedish car brand is back in the headlights! Presented by Ulla Engberg and Dave Russell. Produced by Kris Boswell.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 22nd 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 21st 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 20th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 19th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 18th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presented and produced by Sujay Dutt

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 15th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presented and produced by Dave Russell

From June, foreign workers will need to earn 90% of the Swedish median monthly salary to get a work permit but the government's yet to present which jobs will be exempted. And: Two Swedes are self-isolating at home due to the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship. Also: We take a look at research on how Swedish language skills and religious or cultural symbols influence Swedish employers in the recruitment process. Plus: We get the latest on the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, where Sweden's Felicia will perform in Saturday night's grand final.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 13th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Produced and Presented by Sujay Dutt.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 12th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer/presenter: Sujay Dutt

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 11th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer/presenter: Sujay Dutt

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 8th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer/presenter: Sujay Dutt

Sweden's constitution, its geography and its modern history are just some of the topics included in new educational material for the country's upcoming citizenship test, published online this week. Listen as we look at some of the topics covered in the brochure released by the Swedish Council for Higher Education, as well as what we know about how the test that's set to be taken for the first time this August will work. Also: The drama over the now-defunct pairing agreement between Sweden's political parties continues, following last week's vote on transition rules for the government's new citizenship rules. Presenters: Dave Russell and Michael Walsh Reporter: Liv Lewitschnik Producer: Sujay Dutt

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 7th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Sujay Dutt

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 6th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 5th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Sujay Dutt

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 4th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

This week a narrow majority of MP's in parliament voted through tougher rules for Swedish citizenship. There will be no transition rules for pending citizenship applications. We talk to the Swedish Migration Agency about the impact the new rules will have on citizenship applications. We hear from the debate in parliament on the citizenship vote and hear reactions from MPs. Also in the programme, we speak to security analyst Hans Brun about why Säpo needs longer time to investigate some citizenship applications. And we speak with some of the people affected by the new citizenship rules. Presented by Dave Russell and Liv Lewitschnik Reporter: Ulla Engberg Produced by Kris Boswell