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Swedish word of the day: anknytningsperson (opens the original)
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Hej look, it's another fun Swedish compound! Anknytningsperson is formed from anknytning + person, nouns meaning "a connection" or "a close relationship" and, straightforwardly for English-speakers, "a person". Various forms of the word anknytning have developed more specific meanings over time: the meaning "a close relationship between people with a strong emotional bond, often between parent and child" has been attested since 1852, and developed from related forms meaning of "a connection" or
Q&A: Who is affected by Sweden's new law on family immigration? (opens the original)
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The new law, called "Stricter requirements for family immigration" (Skärpta villkor för anhöriginvandring in Swedish), puts stringent new requirements on those wanting to bring non-Swedish relatives to live with them in Sweden. We go over the basics in this explainer article. In brief, the biggest changes are: a new two-year waiting period before certain categories of permit holders can bring relatives to Sweden; an increase, by 30 percent, in the maintenance amount required when applying for re
'Standing up for immigrants': Why The Local's readers voted big for the Swedish Greens (opens the original)
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Over a hundred readers responded to our voting survey and the results are a mix of the expected and the surprising, especially when compared with how the electorate voted overall. The party most Local readers voted for was the Social Democrats, putting them right in line with the rest of the electorate – so close, in fact, that the percentage of vote share was almost identical, at just over 28 percent. For most of the rest of the parties, however, reader respondents to our survey veered off from
What's in Sweden's new law on family reunification? (opens the original)
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As one of its last parliamentary acts, the previous Swedish government coalition passed a law called "Stricter requirements for family immigration" (Skärpta villkor för anhöriginvandring in Swedish) making it more difficult for foreigners to bring family members to join them in Sweden. The law comes into force on October 1st. What's in it? The most important word to know with this law is anknytningsperson, which has a rough literal translation of "person to whom one is tied." On its website, the
TELL US: How did you vote in the Swedish election – and why? (opens the original)
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Last week's Swedish election was very tight. With all the final votes now counted, the left-leaning opposition bloc has a thin lead of 176 seats to the former right-leaning government's 173. Some of the Local's readers can vote nationally and locally in Sweden's elections, some can vote just locally, and some don't have the right to vote in Sweden at all. Whichever category you fall into, we want to her who you voted for – or who you would have voted for, if you could – and why. If the survey is
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