How should Sweden’s active labor market policy be developed? A job gives you more than food on the table. It gives you self-confidence, workmates and the chance to help shape the way in which our society is built. That’s why everybody’s right to work is the most important issue of all for us, the Social [...]

How should Sweden’s active labor market policy be developed? Sweden’s active labor market policy must continue to lower taxes on low incomes in order to make it more profitable to work. We must also lower the costs of employing people and stop the Red Green Coalition’s proposal to double the costs to employ anyone under [...]

I’ve been thinking about the fact that so many politicians are so boring nowadays. Might be my imagination, but it feels like politicians used to show more personality, were more charismatic before. Anyway, here’s my charisma top ten among today’s Swedish top politicians, or — differently put — the ten Swedish politicians who make most sense to me. [...]

[9/19/2010 12:00:00 AM - 9/19/2010 11:00:00 PM] Democracy shapes all levels of Swedish society — from preschool to the workplace to the government. September 19 is general election day. Read more about Swedish politics and the election: http://www.sweden.se/

Where are the sustinability issues in the Swedish general election?

Jobs are the number one priority both for the Social Democrats and the Moderate Party. How should Sweden create more jobs? The greatest challenge for Sweden is to create more jobs and strengthen Swedish economy after the worst recession in modern time. In order to do so we need to make it cheaper, easier and [...]

[10/27/2010 8:00:00 AM - 10/29/2010 8:00:00 PM] The Swedish Institute Visby Program is arranging a seminar in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Read more: http://www.studyinsweden.se/Home/News-archive/2010/Swedish-Institute-Annual-Contact-Seminar/

[10/12/2010 8:00:00 AM - 10/13/2010 1:00:00 AM] A leadership seminar aimed at young researchers and leaders from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. What are important issues and challenges for leadership in universities and other higher-level learning institutes? http://www.si.se/English/Navigation/Scholarships-and-exchanges/The-Visby-Program/

[9/15/2010 12:00:00 AM - 9/16/2010 12:00:00 AM] On September 15 we start off with a big party to welcome new students to Gothenburg. See more info here www.goteborg.com/student10 (will be fully updated in September)

[10/18/2010 10:00:00 AM - 10/18/2010 11:00:00 PM] The Swedish institute together with Stockholm Resilience Center, KTH and Tongji University holds a seminar around Future Sustainable Campus