Today in Sweden: A round-up of the latest news on Tuesday
Find out what's going on in Sweden today with The Local's short round-up of the news in less than five minutes.
Vaccinations of over-80s get under way in Stockholm
The Stockholm region is now ready to start Phase Two of its Covid-19 vaccination programme – which includes the general public over the age of 65 – as the last of Sweden's 21 regions. The priority list for this group will be based on age, so around 100,000 Stockholmers over the age of 80 will be called for the jab in the next fortnight.
Vaccinations of people born between 1942 and 1951 are currently scheduled to get under way in late March, early April.
Swedish vocabulary: age – ålder
Sweden's parliament most gender equal in the EU
Last year, 49.6 percent of Sweden's members of parliament were women. That's the highest in the EU and far more than the EU average of 33 percent, writes news site Europaportalen. Hungary was at the bottom of the list, with 13 percent female MPs.
In the Swedish government, 52.2 of ministers are women, compared to the EU average of 32.7 percent. However, Sweden falls behind most countries when it comes to the head of government: Sweden and eight other member states have not had a single woman head of government since World War Two.
Swedish vocabulary: head of government – regeringschef
Sweden jails Isis mother who took two-year-old son to Syria
A Swedish woman has been locked up for three years for taking her young son with her when she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State (Isis or IS).
The 31-year-old woman, who arrived in Syria via Turkey in mid 2014, was convicted of “arbitrary conduct with a child” for putting her then two-year-old son's life at risk, the court said in a ruling obtained by AFP.
The woman plans to appeal the verdict, her lawyer told Swedish news agency TT.
Swedish vocabulary: verdict – dom
Sweden jails Isis mother who took two-year-old son to Syria https://t.co/mbzlc41Q3b
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 9, 2021
Swedish companies 'soon least gender equal in the Nordic countries'
The share of women on the management of listed Swedish companies has stood still for five years, meaning Sweden risks soon having the least gender-equal business world of any Nordic country, a new report released for International Women's Day has found.
According to the 10th annual report of AllBright, a group which campaigns for better representation of women on company boards and management teams, Sweden is set to be overtaken by Denmark to become the Nordic country with the lowest share of women in the management teams of the top companies by 2022, losing a leadership position it had as recently as 2015.
"Sweden is living on its past glories. Over the past five years, the share of women in the management teams of the biggest Swedish companies has stayed still at 25 percent, which was a high share five years ago. But it no longer looks that flattering compared to the neighbours," Amanda Lundeteg, the campaign group's chief executive, told the TT newswire. Read the full article (in English) here.
Swedish vocabulary: woman – kvinna
The share of women on the management of listed Swedish companies has stood still for five years, meaning Sweden risks soon having the least gender-equal business world of any Nordic country, a new report released for International Women's Day has found.
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 9, 2021
What does the Liberals' switching of sides mean for Sweden's next election?
The leaders of Sweden's minority Liberal Party last week voted to stop propping up the country's red-green coalition government and campaign alongside the centre-right Moderate party in the run-up to next year's September general election. But they're not pulling their support just yet. The Local explains what's going on in this article.
Swedish vocabulary: party – parti
What does the Liberals’ switching of sides mean for Sweden’s next election? Find out below.https://t.co/LHKeZojB6g
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 8, 2021
Öresund Bridge set to get new permanent speed cameras
The Danish government plans to place permanent speed checks from next year on the country's two largest bridges, the Öresund Bridge that links the country to Sweden, and the Great Belt Bridge.
Permanent speed cameras will be set up from next year on the Great Belt Bridge, the 18-kilometre long fixed link connecting Zealand with Funen which was completed in 1998.
The no-less impressive Öresund Bridge, which crosses from the Swedish coast to the artificial Danish island of Peberholm, which is connected to Copenhagen via tunnel, will get the same treatment, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.
Swedish vocabulary: speed check – fartkontroll
Öresund Bridge set to get new permanent speed cameras https://t.co/V0w5SjGwK4
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 8, 2021
US criminologist lauds Malmö for anti-gang success
The US criminologist behind the anti-gang strategy designed to reduce the number of shootings and explosions in Malmö has credited the city and its police for the "utterly pragmatic, very professional, very focused" way they have put his ideas into practice.
In an online seminar with Malmö mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, David Kennedy, a professor at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said implementing his Group Violence Intervention (GVI) strategy had gone extremely smoothly in the city.
Malmö's Sluta Skjut (Stop Shooting) pilot scheme was extended to a three-year programme this January, after its launch in 2018 coincided with a reduction in the number of shootings and explosions in the city.
“We think it's a good medicine for Malmö for breaking the negative trend that we had,” Malmö police chief Stefan Sintéus said, pointing to the fall from 65 shootings in 2017 to 20 in 2020, and in explosions from 62 in 2017 to 17 in 2020.
Read the full article (in English) here.
Swedish vocabulary: shooting – skjutning
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Vaccinations of over-80s get under way in Stockholm
The Stockholm region is now ready to start Phase Two of its Covid-19 vaccination programme – which includes the general public over the age of 65 – as the last of Sweden's 21 regions. The priority list for this group will be based on age, so around 100,000 Stockholmers over the age of 80 will be called for the jab in the next fortnight.
Vaccinations of people born between 1942 and 1951 are currently scheduled to get under way in late March, early April.
Swedish vocabulary: age – ålder
Sweden's parliament most gender equal in the EU
Last year, 49.6 percent of Sweden's members of parliament were women. That's the highest in the EU and far more than the EU average of 33 percent, writes news site Europaportalen. Hungary was at the bottom of the list, with 13 percent female MPs.
In the Swedish government, 52.2 of ministers are women, compared to the EU average of 32.7 percent. However, Sweden falls behind most countries when it comes to the head of government: Sweden and eight other member states have not had a single woman head of government since World War Two.
Swedish vocabulary: head of government – regeringschef
Sweden jails Isis mother who took two-year-old son to Syria
A Swedish woman has been locked up for three years for taking her young son with her when she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State (Isis or IS).
The 31-year-old woman, who arrived in Syria via Turkey in mid 2014, was convicted of “arbitrary conduct with a child” for putting her then two-year-old son's life at risk, the court said in a ruling obtained by AFP.
The woman plans to appeal the verdict, her lawyer told Swedish news agency TT.
Swedish vocabulary: verdict – dom
Sweden jails Isis mother who took two-year-old son to Syria https://t.co/mbzlc41Q3b
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 9, 2021
Swedish companies 'soon least gender equal in the Nordic countries'
The share of women on the management of listed Swedish companies has stood still for five years, meaning Sweden risks soon having the least gender-equal business world of any Nordic country, a new report released for International Women's Day has found.
According to the 10th annual report of AllBright, a group which campaigns for better representation of women on company boards and management teams, Sweden is set to be overtaken by Denmark to become the Nordic country with the lowest share of women in the management teams of the top companies by 2022, losing a leadership position it had as recently as 2015.
"Sweden is living on its past glories. Over the past five years, the share of women in the management teams of the biggest Swedish companies has stayed still at 25 percent, which was a high share five years ago. But it no longer looks that flattering compared to the neighbours," Amanda Lundeteg, the campaign group's chief executive, told the TT newswire. Read the full article (in English) here.
Swedish vocabulary: woman – kvinna
The share of women on the management of listed Swedish companies has stood still for five years, meaning Sweden risks soon having the least gender-equal business world of any Nordic country, a new report released for International Women's Day has found.
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 9, 2021
What does the Liberals' switching of sides mean for Sweden's next election?
The leaders of Sweden's minority Liberal Party last week voted to stop propping up the country's red-green coalition government and campaign alongside the centre-right Moderate party in the run-up to next year's September general election. But they're not pulling their support just yet. The Local explains what's going on in this article.
Swedish vocabulary: party – parti
What does the Liberals’ switching of sides mean for Sweden’s next election? Find out below.https://t.co/LHKeZojB6g
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 8, 2021
Öresund Bridge set to get new permanent speed cameras
The Danish government plans to place permanent speed checks from next year on the country's two largest bridges, the Öresund Bridge that links the country to Sweden, and the Great Belt Bridge.
Permanent speed cameras will be set up from next year on the Great Belt Bridge, the 18-kilometre long fixed link connecting Zealand with Funen which was completed in 1998.
The no-less impressive Öresund Bridge, which crosses from the Swedish coast to the artificial Danish island of Peberholm, which is connected to Copenhagen via tunnel, will get the same treatment, the Ministry of Transport said in a statement.
Swedish vocabulary: speed check – fartkontroll
Öresund Bridge set to get new permanent speed cameras https://t.co/V0w5SjGwK4
— The Local Sweden (@TheLocalSweden) March 8, 2021
US criminologist lauds Malmö for anti-gang success
The US criminologist behind the anti-gang strategy designed to reduce the number of shootings and explosions in Malmö has credited the city and its police for the "utterly pragmatic, very professional, very focused" way they have put his ideas into practice.
In an online seminar with Malmö mayor Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, David Kennedy, a professor at New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said implementing his Group Violence Intervention (GVI) strategy had gone extremely smoothly in the city.
Malmö's Sluta Skjut (Stop Shooting) pilot scheme was extended to a three-year programme this January, after its launch in 2018 coincided with a reduction in the number of shootings and explosions in the city.
“We think it's a good medicine for Malmö for breaking the negative trend that we had,” Malmö police chief Stefan Sintéus said, pointing to the fall from 65 shootings in 2017 to 20 in 2020, and in explosions from 62 in 2017 to 17 in 2020.
Read the full article (in English) here.
Swedish vocabulary: shooting – skjutning
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