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Economic Boom in Sweden Faces Familiar Foe

Swedish job vacancies per jobseeker are highest since 2000

Photographer: Johan Jeppsson/Bloomberg

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The economic boom in Sweden is running into a familiar foe: a lack of skilled workers.

Even after a record inflow of migrants over the past three years that boosted the Nordic country’s population to above 10 million, businesses are having a harder and harder time finding workers.