The state should be able to provide guarantees that municipalities can more easily demolish and convert empty residential buildings. The proposal is now being raised by Sveriges Allmännytta. In many places, several houses would need to be demolished, says CEO Cathrine Holgersson.
BusinessA new authority should take over from the Swedish State Institutions Board (Sis), and the special youth homes should be replaced with a new placement form, the government's special investigator writes in DN Debatt.
Swedish politicsToxic, flammable and electrically conductive – this year, customs have had a record number of products destroyed that would otherwise have ended up in Swedish homes. Most of them are toys. We may have saved many lives, says Sukhwinder Kaur at the Swedish Customs.
SwedenThis spring, the Riksteatern will launch the late playwright Stina Oscarson's last theatre project. "Uppdrag Holgersson" brings together Sweden's largest ensemble to give voice to today's Sweden. The play's form is unique, says director Astrid Menasanch Tobieson.
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