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Suspect held after daytime shooting in central Stockholm

Police arrested a suspect after a shooting near the busy Rådhuset metro station in Stockholm on Tuesday, Swedish media reported.

Published: 11 June 2024 11:39 CEST
Updated: 12 June 2024 15:14 CEST

Suspect held after daytime shooting in central Stockholm

File photo of Swedish police cordons. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

A source told Swedish news agency TT that three to five shots were fired.

“It is correct that someone appears to have fired a weapon in a stairwell or something similar,” a police spokesperson told the Expressen tabloid.

One person was in custody. There were no reports of serious injuries.

A person who witnessed the arrest told Expressen that the suspected shooter appeared to be a very young person.

According to Swedish media the shooter fired a gun through the window of a business venue.

The metro station at Rådhuset is partially cordoned off, but trains are still calling at the station.

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Sweden raises work permit salary threshold by over a thousand kronor

On November 1st last year the minimum salary that applicants need to earn in order to be eligible for a Swedish work permit was raised to 80 percent of Sweden’s median salary. At the time the median salary was 34,200 kronor a month, giving a salary threshold of 27,360 kronor.

But in an update on June 18th, the median salary was pushed up to 35,600 kronor.

This means work permit applicants (including both first-time applications and extensions) applying on this date or later will need to earn a total of 28,480 kronor a month in order to qualify for a work permit.

The median salary is announced in Statistics Sweden’s yearly updates, so it changes every year.

Salaries also need to be in line with industry standards or collective bargaining agreements to qualify for a work permit.

It’s the most recently published median salary at the time of your application (not the time of a decision) that will determine how much you need to earn in order to be eligible for a work permit, so the new figure will not affect work permit applications which are already in process, but it will affect any new applications or renewals submitted on or after June 18th, 2024.

Are there any plans to raise the salary threshold further?

Yes. The government plans to raise the work permit threshold for new permits to 100 percent of the median salary at the time of application, with exemptions for some categories of workers.

This is currently going through the consultation stage (remiss) of the legislative process, which means it is not yet a firm proposal. If it does go ahead, the proposed starting date is June 1st, 2025.

There would be a one-year grace period for work permit renewals: the current rule (80 percent of the median salary) would continue to apply for any applications for extensions submitted to the Migration Agency by June 1st 2026 at the latest.

Do you have any questions for The Local about Sweden’s work permit salary threshold? Please comment under this article and we’ll try to help.

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