According to official sources, Pehrson served as Minister for Education from 2024 to 2025 and as Minister for Employment and Integration from 2022 to 2024. He was a member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2018 to 2022 and earlier from 1998 to 2015, and led the Liberals from 2022 to 2025, according to official records. Before his political career, Pehrson was CEO of the lighting company Watt & Veke, official records show.
The Riksbank has left the key interest rate unchanged at 1.75 percent, according to major media. The central bank stated that the current level provides a good starting point to adjust monetary policy if needed, pointing to the war in the Middle East and several other risks that could affect inflation and the economic outlook.
It was not directed at any MFF supporters to provoke. It was just an internal thing within the family and unfortunately it was caught on TV.
The trial against journalist Joakim Medin has been postponed again, according to multiple reports. Medin was arrested during a reporting trip in 2025 and is charged with participation in a terrorist organization and spreading terrorist propaganda. Medin has not been allowed to see the case documents and therefore does not know the exact charges. The trial has been postponed twice before; the current status and next hearing date remain unclear.
A bus and a tram collided at Korsvägen in Gothenburg, major media reported. The accident has a major impact on the city's public transport, as Korsvägen is a hub. The cause of the collision has not been determined.
The circumstance that the gesture was allegedly directed at a family member does not change the assessment.
A KLM flight attendant is in quarantine with symptoms of hantavirus, according to major media. The flight attendant is believed to have been in contact with the woman who later died of the virus at a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. The attendant has mild symptoms and is now isolated. How the attendant contracted the virus is unknown.
Sirius captain Henrik Rönnlöf Castegren has been suspended for two matches after an obscene gesture directed at the stands following Sirius's away win against Malmö FF, major media reported. The Swedish Football Association's disciplinary committee decided the suspension. According to Svenska Dagbladet, Castegren described the gesture as an internal family matter that was caught on TV. The disciplinary committee stated that the gesture being allegedly directed at a family member does not change the assessment. The exact nature of the gesture has not been disclosed.