Radio Sweden

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 16th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter & producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 15th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.

As the King reopened parliament this week after the summer recess, we take a look at the year ahead which will culminate in a general election. Also, we get reaction and analysis to the Russian drone incursion on Nato ally Poland.P4 Västernorrland reporter Ludwig Sjödin tells us about the damage caused by last weekend's torrential rain in that area of central Sweden.And one of the famous elm trees that were saved from destruction by Stockholmers in one of the first really big environmental protests in Sweden in the early 1970's, is no more and the rest could follow.Presenters: Dave Russell & Michael WalshProducer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 12th, 2025. 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 September 11th, 2025. 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 September 10th, 2025. 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 September 9th, 2025. 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 September 8th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell

A government inquiry into family reunification rules includes a proposal that could allow some teenage children who have come here with their parents to stay after they have turned 18. We speak to some of those whose families have been affected. And the maybe most hotly debated topic of the week: the Swedish culture canon that has now been presented. No surprise it contains Ingmar Bergman, Astrid Lindgren and August Strindberg — but what is the tiled stove doing in there?And Alexander Isak's former Swedish football club is looking forward to some of the money from that record-breaking transfer sum to trickle down to them.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 5th, 2025. 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 September 4th, 2025. 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 September 3rd, 2025. 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 September 2nd, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter & producer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on September 1st, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.

Kiruna's in the headlines again after it emerged that even more of its population will now need to be relocated, due to cracks in the earth caused by the iron ore mine beneath the town. And: Sensitive documents a government offices staffer left behind in a toilet at Arlanda Airport have once again raised questions about the government's security protocols.Also: Could Sweden be heading towards a ban on telemarketing? That's what the Swedish Consumer Agency wants, but the telemarketing industry is critical.Presenters: Michael Walsh & Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 29th, 2025. 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 August 28th, 2025. 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 August 27th, 2025. 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 August 26th, 2025. 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 August 25th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer/Presented: Kris Boswell

Swedens state epidemiologist Magnus Gisslén has resigned, criticising the leadership of the Public Health Agency. Also this week: Swedish Radio's foreign correspondents gathered in Stockholm to share insights from around the world, we speak to three of them, covering U.S. politics and life in war-torn Ukraine and the Middle East.Presenters: Babak Parham & Michael Walsh.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 22nd, 2025. 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 August 21st, 2025. 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 August 20th, 2025. 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 August 19th, 2025. 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 August 18th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.

It was once voted the most beautiful old building in Sweden. Now, next Tuesday, the landmark Kiruna church, situated above the Arctic Circle in the far north of Sweden, will be moved in its entirety. We've news and views on what's reported to be the trickiest and most eye catching move yet in the immense project to relocate residents and buildings in the old mining town of Kiruna.And we'll be taking a fresh look at whether the Silicon Valley start-up Lyten can revive Northvolt, or is it doomed to failure?Presenters: Dave Russell and Ulla EngbergProducer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 15th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter: Roza BicerProducer: Michael Walsh

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 14th, 2025. 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 August 13th, 2025. 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 August 12th, 2025. 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 August 11th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh

Relief, joy, but also caution are among the reactions to the news that a buyer has been found for bankrupt Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. We'll hear more about the US company that's now stepping into the driver's seat — and what it could mean for former employees.Plus: There's friction within the government over its new Israel policy — are they about real ideological differences, or has it got more to do with positioning ahead of the next election?

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 8th, 2025. 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 August 7th, 2025. 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 August 6th, 2025. 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 August 5th, 2025. 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 August 4th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh

Sweden's standard 40-hour working week has been in place since the early 1970s, but with the fast-paced demands of the modern workplace, is it time to give people more time off for their mental well-being? In this special edition of Radio Sweden Weekly, we'll be talking to one of the driving forces behind the four-day week campaign in Sweden.We'll meet two companies that have introduced a four-day week where staff work 80% less for the same output as before — and they get to keep their full salary.And we'll be hearing from the business community which is warning of the expensive consequences if a shorter working week with no loss of pay was to be become standard throughout Sweden.Presenter: Dave RussellProducer: Kris Boswell

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on August 1st, 2025. 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 July 31st, 2025. 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 July 30th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter and producer: Michael Walsh