Emma Löfgren

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Immigration

Record number of foreigners quit Sweden to move to Germany

More and more foreigners are leaving Sweden for Germany, with higher salaries, more flexible permits and a stronger currency mentioned as possible reasons.

Reader insights

'German salaries are competitive,' says star developer who left Stockholm for Berlin

Statistics show that more and more foreigners are leaving Sweden for Germany. Tayyab Shabab, a programmer who was squeezed out by bureaucratic Swedish migration rules, knows what that's like.

Economy

Swedish housing construction slumps to lowest rate in a decade

The number of new homes being built in Sweden has halved in the past year, new statistics show.

Covid-19

'The biggest challenge of our time': How Sweden doubled intensive care capacity amid Covid-19 pandemic

How did Sweden, a country with one of the lowest number of intensive care beds in Europe per capita manage to double it amid a global health crisis – and what were the sacrifices that had to be made?

The Local

200 migration reporters sign up for The Local's solutions journalism training

More than 50 editors, reporters and freelancers from almost 25 countries have been selected to take part in The Local's first training sessions for journalists interested in covering migration from a solutions journalism perspective.