There is currently no test for Swedish citizenship, although plans to introduce language and culture tests are in the works.

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Sweden's Migration Agency has yet to calculate how extra security checks ordered by the government will affect waiting times ...

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Sweden set to raise recycling bonus for bottles and cans, more newborns survive after hospitals change procedures, and why ...

An inquiry into tightening up citizenship laws recently proposed extending the residency requirement for Swedish citizenship ...

Sweden's employment minister, Mats Persson, has said his Liberal party is willing to cut the minimum salary level for a work ...