Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist will face a vote for prime minister next week, according to the speaker. If she is voted down, the task of trying to form a government will go to Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson.
Swedish politicsGullan Bornemark, one of Sweden's best-known children's song composers, has died at the age of 98, her son tells SVT. She was part of the cultural DNA of an incredible number of Swedes, says podcaster and author Kalle Lind.
MusicRubber residue in the cooling system of the reactors at Ringhals has led to unusually long outages, putting pressure on the results of state-owned Vattenfall. “It is clear that this is affecting Vattenfall’s results, and we will see that in the third quarter,” says CFO Kerstin Ahlfont.
BusinessSweden’s economic growth turned negative in September. As a result, GDP grew by a more modest 0.4 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, according to Statistics Sweden.
BusinessTwo of Lars Kepler's books have been adapted into a TV series starring Hollywood actor Liev Schreiber. He is a big fan of Nordic noir. “I love the genre. You could smell the snow when you read the books,” he says.
TV & filmVast areas of degraded nature are being restored around the world, according to a new UN report. The total area is 5.6 times the size of Sweden. The jaguar in South America, the snow leopard in Kyrgyzstan and the dolphin in India are among the animals making a comeback.
SwedenA row over Swedish identity has erupted within the Sweden Democrats. It could damage the party’s relations with the bourgeois parties in the long term, according to political scientist Andreas Johansson Heinö.
Swedish politicsThe price of fossil gas on the Amsterdam futures market has reached 100 euros per megawatt-hour for the first time since the 2022 energy crisis. The increase of just over 4 percent in Wednesday’s trading was driven by concerns about gas availability in Europe ahead of winter.
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