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Emma Löfgren

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Senior news editor and solutions journalism trainer. Works for The Local Europe in Sweden + writes for The Fix Media. Mentor at Digital Women Leaders.

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The Local har verkligen gjort ett fantastiskt arbete med att envetet granska och syna Tidös migrationspolitik.

06.03.2026 16:10 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Tack @journalisten.se för att ni rättat

06.03.2026 16:06 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Vi har konsekvent varit nyhetsledande på frågor som tonårsutvisningar, spårbyte, medborgarskapsstoppet förra året som ingen annan skrev om, och avsaknaden av övergångsregler i medborgarskapsreformerna. Kul att svenska tidningar äntligen börjar bry sig, men kredd är viktigt för en liten redaktion.

06.03.2026 15:25 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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När The Local gick på djupet om och myntade begreppet tonårsutvisningar redan 2022 känns det lite surt att @journalisten.se kreddar en större tidning som gjorde sin granskning först i år (ingen skugga över Aftonbladets fantastiska reportage).

06.03.2026 15:19 👍 22 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0
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BREAKING: Danish PM calls general election for March 24th Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday announced parliamentary elections to be held on Tuesday March 24th.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday announced parliamentary elections to be held on Tuesday March 24th.

26.02.2026 12:11 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Vilken skillnad det gjort att svenska medier börjat bevaka tonårsutvisningar tre år efter att vi på The Local rapporterade. Plötsligt är det högst på den politiska agendan.

Snälla, låt inte upprördheten bland medborgarskapssökande över avsaknaden av övergångsregler bli nästa grej som missas.

25.02.2026 19:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Nästan 90,000 väntar på att få svenskt medborgarskap och de har väntat LÄNGE, som Migrationsverkets årsrapport visar. Ändå insisterar regeringen att de nya kraven från 6 juni ska gälla även dessa sökande och kör därmed över likväl lagrådet som den egna utredaren.

25.02.2026 19:16 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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FixEd podcast: newsroom leadership with Emma Löfgren The shift from traffic-driven to audience-focused newsrooms has been a particularly draining challenge.

For the latest FixEd episode, journalist, editor of
@thelocalsweden.bsky.social, and trainer @emmalofgren.bsky.social joins host Orsolya Seregely to explore the key challenges facing today’s newsrooms, including the shift from traffic-driven to audience-focused, staff retention & newsroom toxicity.

13.11.2025 14:36 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Så oimponerande chefskap från Kristersson också. Om en medarbetare går igenom vad som mkt väl kan vara en otroligt jobbig tid privat kan man tycka att chefen borde skydda dem genom att hålla sig framme, svara på frågor och ta smällen, inte gömma sig.

09.07.2025 17:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Blir lite konstigt också eftersom det är motsatsen till uppenbart om man inte är insatt i riksdagens utskott att migrationsfrågor hör till socialförsäkringsutskottet, så det blir ju nästan som att andra ministrar blir mer misstänkta för gemene man

09.07.2025 14:52 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Why are Swedish media suddenly naming Forssell as minister in white supremacism scandal? The Local and several other Swedish news sites have made the decision to name Migration Minister Johan Forssell as the government minister whose close relative has been linked to white supremacist groups. The Local Sweden's editor explains the decision.

Why are Swedish media suddenly naming Forssell as minister in white supremacism scandal?

09.07.2025 14:43 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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M-chef pressade VK om namnpublicering: ”Olustigt” Partisekreteraren: Jag ringde för att skydda barnet

Tror regeringens anmärkningsvärt osmidiga krishantering i den här härvan kommer vara det som i slutändan leder till att fler medier namnger ministern (förutom de lokalmedier som redan tagit steget). Luktar väldigt mycket Streisand-effekt. www.etc.se/inrikes/m-ch...

09.07.2025 09:28 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Finns mkt goda skäl att namnge "ministern" och mkt goda skäl att inte göra det, så det är en extremt svår avvägning för ansvariga utgivare. Däremot förväntar jag mig att varenda journalist fortsätter ställa följdfrågor i varenda kontakt, presskonferens och intervju med ministern och statsministern.

08.07.2025 09:43 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Konstruktiv journalistik gör medierna mer relevanta" - Journalisten Den 60 meter höga skidbacken reser sig i synfältet från taxins vänstra ruta. En gammal och tung silhuett mitt i ett landskap av...

"Skillnader och oenigheter driver demokratin. Men om journalistiken nöjer sig med att låta konflikten bero, utan att visa vägen genom den – så misslyckas vi med en av våra viktigaste funktioner." @journalisten.se

www.journalisten.se/debatt/konst...

12.06.2025 14:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
THE LOCAL NEEDS YOUR HELP

I would like to thank you for supporting The Local as a member. It’s been absolutely crucial of late. But here’s the thing: right now, we are facing challenges of a kind we have never experienced in our 21-year history.

Global tech giants are eating up a bigger and bigger share of advertising budgets, while making us less and less visible on their platforms. That makes operating as a small player in an already challenging sector even more difficult, especially when costs are rising.

Our mission has always been to help people living in another country feel at home, to champion your rights, to keep you in the loop. For us to keep doing that, we need your support.

If you are able to support us further, please consider making a donation. You can click the button below and follow the steps to leave a donation amount that suits you.

This will help keep us going and allow us to continue doing the journalism that matters to you.

THE LOCAL NEEDS YOUR HELP I would like to thank you for supporting The Local as a member. It’s been absolutely crucial of late. But here’s the thing: right now, we are facing challenges of a kind we have never experienced in our 21-year history. Global tech giants are eating up a bigger and bigger share of advertising budgets, while making us less and less visible on their platforms. That makes operating as a small player in an already challenging sector even more difficult, especially when costs are rising. Our mission has always been to help people living in another country feel at home, to champion your rights, to keep you in the loop. For us to keep doing that, we need your support. If you are able to support us further, please consider making a donation. You can click the button below and follow the steps to leave a donation amount that suits you. This will help keep us going and allow us to continue doing the journalism that matters to you.

The Local's founder @jamessavage.bsky.social has published an appeal. Here's the link if you're able to help us out: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...

02.06.2025 09:15 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Citizenship freeze 'makes a mockery of all those who call Sweden their home' Foreigners in Sweden spoke of frustration and despair after a de facto citizenship freeze added even more time to their long waits in the Migration Agency’s queue.

“This makes a mockery of all those who call Sweden their home and feel part of this society and want to ‘tie the knot’. And it makes a mockery out of the promise of democratic bureaucracy and due process.” www.thelocal.se/20250520/cit...

20.05.2025 18:04 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Currently stuck in citizenship limbo myself – Migrationsverket has my permanent residence card but sent my passport back (usually a sign your application will be granted), but I'm not sure I can leave the country without it. Waiting to book flights to visit family in the UK until this is resolved.

19.05.2025 08:38 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Migrationsverket har inte kunnat utfärda vanliga medborgarskap på *över en månad*. Vågar påstå att om det hade varit Transportstyrelsen som inte utfärdat nya körkort, eller polisen som inte utfärdat pass till svenskar som vill åka till Thailand, hade det varit allt annat än tystnad i svenska medier.

19.05.2025 07:27 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
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Labour migrants to Sweden 'shouldn't worry about citizenship checks' The additional checks on citizenship applications announced this week will be targeted at refugees from 'high-risk' countries, with people who have come to Sweden to work unaffected, Sweden's Migratio...

5. This affects ALL nationalities, despite Migration Minister Johan Forssell's promise to The Local's readers that work permit holders and people from countries without security concerns shouldn't have to worry about the security checks delaying their applications. www.thelocal.se/20250110/lab...

15.05.2025 08:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

4. A Migration Agency spokesperson confirmed to The Local that they are unable to approve these standard kinds of citizenship applications at the moment, until they've set up new routines for in-person identification as part of the security checks ordered by the government.

15.05.2025 08:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

3. Those are so-called "naturalisation cases", which by far make up the majority of citizenship cases – basically the ones you think of when you think of citizenship applications.

15.05.2025 08:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Stats showing that naturalisation cases fell from 3234 in March to 6 in April.

Stats showing that naturalisation cases fell from 3234 in March to 6 in April.

2. There are now more detailed stats publicly available, which show that the Migration Agency approved a total of SIX standard citizenship applications in April (to compare: in March the figure was 3,234).

15.05.2025 08:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sweden's security checks force Migration Agency to halt approvals of citizenship applications Sweden's processing rate of new citizenships has more than halved after new security checks were introduced, with the Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) unable to approve applications in standard cas...

Sweden's citizenship moratorium is now in effect.

1. @thelocalsweden.bsky.social broke this story yesterday after obtaining not-yet-released data from the Migration Agency. This should be grabbing headlines in Swedish media because it's honestly a bombshell story. www.thelocal.se/20250514/swe...

15.05.2025 08:16 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1

@beckywaterton.bsky.social is on it!

12.05.2025 09:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sofie Axelsson: ”Joakim måste vara vid min sida när vår dotter föds” Stor öppenhjärtig intervju med Joakim Medins fru och Dagens ETC-journalisten Sofie Axelsson • ”Det är det första vi ska göra när han kommer hem”

Stor intervju med @axelsson.bsky.social, hustru till fängslade Joakim Medin. Gratis och upplåst. Brutalt ärlig om allt.

Skriven av mig. Läs och dela gärna.

www.etc.se/story/hustru...

09.04.2025 05:47 👍 99 🔁 34 💬 6 📌 0
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Boost your Swedish and test your Sweden knowledge with The Local Games Are you ready to play Games, a new mix of puzzles and word teasers with a Swedish language twist?

Boost your Swedish and test your Sweden knowledge with The Local Games

09.04.2025 07:50 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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OPINION: 'Abolishing track changes could have serious consequences for Swedish healthcare' Sweden’s union for registered nurses is urging the government to reconsider scrapping the so-called ‘spårbyte’ immigration path, its deputy chair writes in an opinion piece for The Local.

Avskaffandet av spårbytet kan få allvarliga konsekvenser för svensk sjukvård, skriver Vårdförbundets Jani’ Stjernström i The Local. www.thelocal.se/20250409/opi...

09.04.2025 07:34 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Publisher Podcast Summit and Awards 2025 - Shortlist 2025 Publisher Podcast Summit and Awards 2025 - Shortlist 2025

The Locals podcast Sweden in Focus är nominerad i kategorin för Bästa Nyhetspodd av Publisher Podcast Summit and Awards 2025. Men kolla in vilka namn vi tävlar mot... 😱 publisherpodcasts.com/2025/en/page...

08.04.2025 17:47 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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OPINION: Swedish media must get better at covering immigrant perspectives Swedish journalists excel at portraying the victims of immigration crackdowns in other countries – but domestic coverage leaves a lot to be desired, The Local’s Paul O’Mahony argues.

I appreciate this op-ed by @paulomahony in @thelocalsweden.bsky.social on why Svenska media must get better at covering immigrant perspectives.

https://www.thelocal.se/20250326/opinion-swedish-media-must-get-better-at-covering-immigrant-perspectives

#SvPol #TillSverige

28.03.2025 12:03 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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'We didn't do anything wrong': Foreign workers blindsided by Sweden's 'spårbyte' repeal Sweden's decision to abolish 'track changes' ('spårbyte') – a permit path which allowed rejected asylum seekers to switch to a work permit without having to leave the country – means thousands of peop...

Tusentals personer med arbetstillstånd riskerar förlora sin rätt att bo och arbeta i Sverige pga att regeringen gick emot lagrådet och vägrade övergångsbestämmelser.

Flera av de läsare som berättat sin historia för The Local har viktiga jobb i bl a sjukvården. www.thelocal.se/20250321/we-...

24.03.2025 20:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0