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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/being-pc-has-become-lame/

Sweden

“Being PC has become lame”

Published 4 February 2024
– By Editorial Staff
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Attitudes among Swedish youth are changing rapidly, with fewer young people identifying with ‘politically correct’ labels such as ‘anti-racism’ and ‘feminism’. Interest in ‘climate issues’ has also declined, as has interest in politics in general.

– A lot of people think that being PC (politically correct) has become lame, a high school student told Bonnier newspaper DN.

The Youth Barometer is Sweden’s largest annual survey, based on responses from 15,000 young people on everything from hobbies to politics.

The latest report, conducted last fall among young people aged 15 to 24, shows a clear decline in interest in politics in general, with friends, family and personal finances becoming more important. The percentage of young people interested in public policy has dropped from 50 percent in 2018 to 38 percent in 2023.

– It is important to remember that this shows a current picture of young people in Sweden. We live in a troubled world, which means that the focus for many young people is closer to themselves. The big social issues have to wait, and instead young people get involved in things that create security and secure the present. This may mean prioritizing their personal finances, education, career or friends, says Ulrik Hoffman, CEO of the analysis company Ungdomsbarometern, in a press release.

The importance of the environment as a social issue has dropped from 55% to 34% over the past two years. The number of young people who consider themselves ‘anti-racist’ has halved from 32% in 2020 to 17% in 2023, and those who consider themselves ‘feminist’ has dropped from 30% to 23% over the same period. About a fifth of young men disagree with the statement “Democracy is always the best system”.

– Many people think that being PC (politically correct) has become lame. Now you hear more racist and anti-feminist jokes than before, Tuva Grahnström, a student at Kungsholmen West High School in Stockholm, told Bonnier newspaper DN.

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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/youth-unemployment-edges-down-in-sweden/

Sweden

Youth unemployment edges down in Sweden

Published today 12:34
– By Editorial Staff
At the end of September, 363,000 people were registered as unemployed in Sweden.
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Unemployment continues to decline and stood at 6.9 percent at the end of September, according to new figures from Arbetsförmedlingen (the Swedish Public Employment Service). Despite the positive trend, the unemployment level remains high compared to the previous year.

At the end of September, just over 363,000 people were registered as unemployed in Sweden. This marks the second consecutive month of declining unemployment figures. However, compared to the same period last year, unemployment has increased, the statistics show.

— It is obviously gratifying that unemployment has decreased for two months in a row, but compared to a year ago, approximately 4,000 more people are registered as unemployed. The unemployment level is therefore still high, says Lars Lindvall, chief forecaster at Arbetsförmedlingen, in a press release.

A positive signal is that the number of unemployed young people continues to decrease. At the end of September, 43,554 young people between 18 and 24 years old were registered as unemployed, a decrease from 45,378 the year before.

The statistics also show that 34,668 people found employment during September, an increase from 30,462 in the same month last year. The number of redundancy notices simultaneously decreased sharply, from 7,586 to 5,057 people.

Editorial Staff
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https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/interest-in-climate-issues-declining-among-young-swedish-women/

Sweden

Interest in climate issues declining among young Swedish women

The exaggerated climate crisis

Published yesterday 13:29
– By Editorial Staff
According to a recent report, an increasing number of young women are turning away from climate alarmist issues.
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Editorial Staff
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Engagement with climate issues among young women is declining sharply, according to a recent survey. Meanwhile, issues such as healthcare, education, and crime are being prioritized increasingly higher.

A recently conducted survey reveals that young Swedish women are becoming significantly less passionate about modern left-leaning values such as climate alarmism.

According to the report Youth Focus 2025, climate issues have lost ground among Sweden’s young people. In 2019, 51 percent of young women considered climate the most important issue.

In this year’s report, the corresponding figure has dropped to 15 percent. Among young men, engagement has fallen from 34 to 13 percent.

– We don’t talk much about climate, only in school, says 15-year-old Disa Magnusson in Södertälje, a city south of Stockholm, to publicly funded broadcaster SVT.

At the same time, the survey shows that young people today are more engaged in societal issues that affect their daily lives. Healthcare tops the list, followed by education and crime.

– In this year’s report, we see a generation that feels concern about certain societal issues and wants to act for society’s benefit here and now, says Sofia Rasmussen, CEO of Rasmussen Analysis.

The same survey also demonstrates declining interest in feminism and gender equality among the country’s youth.

New priorities

Several of the young women who expressed themselves in the survey report that they feel greater trust in more conservative parties. Parties that profile themselves around more traditional values, with emphasis on order and security.

This is a development that could significantly impact Sweden’s future politics, especially when a generation that previously often identified with supposedly progressive left-wing values now shows a shift in interest and engagement.

Interviews with young women show that issues such as friendship, love, and high school are prioritized higher than climate.

– People probably think they won’t be alive then, says Disa Magnusson about why climate issues don’t engage as much as before.

The survey demonstrates a clear shift toward issues perceived as more urgent and directly relevant in the daily lives of today’s youth.

At the same time, interest in long-term societal problems remains, but engagement has changed both in form and expression.

Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

About the Youth Focus Survey

Youth Focus 2025, produced for the tenth consecutive year by the King's Foundation for Young Leadership (Konungens stiftelse Ungt Ledarskap) and Rasmussen Analys, aims to highlight young people's values and attitudes and to strengthen their role in society and working life.

This year's report is based on responses from 1,280 people, of which 1,018 are young people between 15–29 years old. The survey was conducted during the period May 13–20, 2025. To enable comparisons with other age groups, the survey also collected 262 responses from people born before 1995.

This makes it possible to distinguish what is unique to the younger generation from broader societal trends, while also enabling an analysis of how older respondents perceive and describe today's youth.

Source: Youth Focus 2025

https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/more-minors-in-sweden-are-facing-trial-for-serious-offenses/

Sweden

More minors in Sweden are facing trial for serious offenses

organized crime

Published yesterday 11:06
– By Editorial Staff
A conviction ruling means that a court determines guilt, but since children under 15 are not criminally responsible in Sweden, no sentence is imposed.
1 minute read
Editorial Staff
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The number of children under 15 who are brought to trial in so-called evidentiary proceedings has increased sharply over the past year. A large proportion of the cases involve murder and attempted murder.

Up to and including September this year, 68 children under 15 have been brought to trial in evidentiary proceedings. This is nearly double compared to the entire previous year, when 38 children were processed in this type of case. The year before that, in 2023, the number was only seven cases, according to the Swedish Prosecution Authority (Åklagarmyndigheten).

Senior prosecutor Maria Franzén at the Swedish Prosecution Authority sees the increase as a consequence of rising crime rates among children and young people.

— Since the proportion of children participating in this type of crime is increasing, it’s an expected effect that the number of cases with evidentiary proceedings also increases, she tells Swedish public radio SR.

Not criminally responsible

Of the 68 children, a full 43 are suspected of involvement in murder, preparation for murder, or attempted murder. Among the high-profile cases is a then 13-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed a person with connections to criminal networks inside a restaurant.

An evidentiary proceeding means that a court determines the question of guilt, but since children under 15 are not criminally responsible under Swedish law, no sentence is imposed.

— Evidentiary proceedings are a good tool for social services to implement appropriate interventions for these children who have committed these crimes, says August Knutsson at the Swedish Police Authority’s national operations center.

Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/sweden/swedish-deputy-pm-seeks-ban-on-burqa-and-niqab/

Sweden

Swedish deputy PM seeks ban on burqa and niqab

The Islamization of Europe

Published 13 October 2025
– By Editorial Staff
Busch argues that the veils express a strict interpretation of Islam that conflicts with Swedish values.
2 minute read
Editorial Staff
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Christian Democrat leader Ebba Busch proposes a ban on burqa and niqab in public spaces. She argues that the ban is needed to combat honor-based oppression, among other things.

The proposal is part of a “development initiative for increased social cohesion” that a working group within the Christian Democrats (KD) has prepared for the autumn.

Busch argues that niqab and burqa are expressions of a strict interpretation of Islam that is incompatible with Swedish values.

— Islam must adapt in Sweden. One can be a proud Swedish Muslim, Christian, Jew, atheist, but it is fundamental Swedish values that must apply to all of us, she tells the Schibsted newspaper Aftonbladet.

She points out that Sweden must “wake up” from the naivety that has placed the country in a culture war where more and more people live under honor-based oppression.

— It is that type of very naive liberalism, or lax Social Democrat politics, that has brought Sweden to the situation we are in today. With a failed integration that currently means that approximately a quarter of a million young people in Sweden are estimated to live under honor-based oppression-like circumstances.

“Both women’s oppression and honor-based oppression”

The ban would cover, for example, public places such as squares, shopping centers and healthcare facilities. The proposal has not yet been anchored with the other Tidö parties (the Swedish center-right governing coalition). However, opposition leader Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats (S) says she is prepared to discuss such a ban.

— Both burqa and niqab are expressions of both women’s oppression and honor-based oppression, and that is something we Social Democrats distance ourselves from. Exactly how to deal with it, I am prepared to discuss and look at, says Andersson during yesterday’s party leader debate on SVT.

In Denmark, a similar ban was voted through in 2018, which means that covering one’s face in public places is prohibited.

During the Christian Democrats’ party congress in November, the proposal will be put to a vote.

Editorial Staff
editorial@nordictimes.com

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