On the last day of Almedalen, Ebba Busch (KD) and Nooshi Dadgostar (V) raised the world situation – from Gaza to Ukraine – and emphasized the importance of international law, democracy and security policy. Photos: Anna Sjöberg Tibblin
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FUF is in place in Almedalen! Every day we publish a short summary of the previous day with a focus on global issues.
June 28, 2025, Almedalen - current, News
Magdalena Andersson (S) and Elisabeth Svantesson (M) each gave a speech from the Almedalen stage on Thursday. Both took their starting point in the troubled global situation – but with different responses to the crises. While Andersson highlighted the need for renewed support for UNRWA and criticized the government's aid policy, Svantesson emphasized rearmament as a response to uncertainty in the world. Photos: Anna Sjöberg Tibblin
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FUF is in place in Almedalen! Every day we publish a short summary of the previous day with a focus on global issues.
June 27, 2025, Almedalen - current, News
Simona Mohamsson (L) made her first appearance as new party leader, Jakob Granit (Sida) gave the authority's view on current aid issues, and Jimmie Åkesson (SD) ended the day with a party leader's speech characterized by global concern and security policy. Photos: Anna Sjöberg Tibblin/Utvecklingsmagasinet
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FUF is in place in Almedalen! Every day we publish a short summary of the previous day with a focus on global issues.
June 25, 2025, Almedalen - current, News
Human rights lawyer Hanna Gerdes spoke at the opening of Almedalen about hope, responsibility and the defense of democracy in a time of war and polarization. Photo: Anna Sjöberg Tibblin/Utvecklingsmagasinet
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FUF is in place in Almedalen! Every day we publish a short summary of the previous day with a focus on global issues.
June 24, 2025, Almedalen - current, News
During Almedal Week 2022, FUF's editors analyzed all the party leadership figures. Photo: The Left Party's image bank/Wikimedia Commons, Kristian Pohl – Government Office/Wikimedia Commons, Adriel.seb/Wikimedia Commons, Centerpartiet/Flickr, FarbrorAnna/Wikimedia Commons, politik.in2pic.com/Wikimedia Commons, Frankie Fouganthin/Wikimedia Commons, News Øresund/ Wikimedia Commons.
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During Almedal Week, FUF's editors analyzed all party leaders' speeches and summarized whether, and if so which, global development issues the party leaders mentioned. The Moderates, the Christian Democrats and the Sweden Democrats basically focused solely on Sweden in their speeches, while the other parties in the Riksdag, for example, touched on the climate, the war in Ukraine, NATO and Swedish aid. You will find all analyzes listed below.
September 6, 2022, Almedalen - article
The umbrella organization CONCORD organized a breakfast mingling during the Almedal week to run the campaign #RäddaBiståndet on the streets of Visby together with various member organizations. Photo: Christina Wassholm, CONCORD Sweden.
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Sweden's settlements on aid meant 40 percent cut annual budgets for several civil society organizations and their partner operations. Utvecklingsmagasinet has interviewed five organizations that warn that their partner organizations are losing confidence in Sweden and finding it difficult to maintain their work against, among other things, child marriage and female genital mutilation.
July 21, 2022, Almedalen - article, Reportage