What you need to know about Sweden's eight political parties
Who are the Swedish parties and what do they want? The Local's guides help foreigners navigate the Swedish election with a special focus on the issues that matter to you.
Thinking of taking a university course in your spare time in Sweden? Applications for the autumn semester open on March 15th, the same day applications for summer courses close. Here's everything you need to know to get started with your application..
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Who are the Swedish parties and what do they want? The Local's guides help foreigners navigate the Swedish election with a special focus on the issues that matter to you.
Sweden on Sunday began implementing the new EES biometric border checks, with all non-EU travellers arriving at the country's airports from outside the Schengen Area and fingerprinted at border control. Here are the key…
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A prenuptial agreement might not be the first thing on your mind when you get engaged, but it's worth knowing what they are and why they can be useful before you tie the knot in Sweden.
This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers features an interview with Swedish hunting expert Filip Örnerkrans.
Even if you love living in Sweden and feel at home here, when you've moved to a different country from where you grew up, there will perhaps always be things you miss. What are those things for you?
The Local's Emma Löfgren tries to explain what we actually know and don't know about the electoral fraud allegations in Dalarna, and shares the other top stories of the week.
On August 15th the first civics test for citizenship will be held for around 1,000 people at the Stockholmsmässan conference centre in Älvsjö, southern Stockhholm. Here's what you need to know.
We want to know about what just 'works' for you about life in Sweden. Maybe it's to do with public transport, schooling or the use of services like BankID and Swish. Let us know!
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PersonerCentre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist has launched a bidding process for her party's support, saying it will back whichever candidate for prime minister can offer the best 'total package' of policies and governme…
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson has announced that his party will unconditionally 'tolerate' Ulf Kristersson as prime minister, dropping its demand for both ministerial positions or policy promises. What does this…
At a press conference in his hometown of Sölvesborg, Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson dropped his party's demand for governing positions in order to allow a right-wing government, however he said his party intends t…
Authorities are yet to confirm who is behind the bomb hoaxes affecting air travel in Europe this week, but experts suggest there are indications to explain who might be behind the spate of threats.
The National Anti-Corruption Unit has closed the investigation into voter fraud which originated from information in a newspaper opinion piece.
This week: Is Sweden heading for a second election? How can a citizenship test take half a decade to produce? Why are the Sweden Democrats bickering about Swedishness? And what's the hardest Swedish sound to pronounce?
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson is set to hold a press conference in his hometown of Sölvesborg around lunchtime today to address the ongoing government formation talks.
Sweden Democrat leader to give update on far right's cabinet demands – and Stockholm taxi firms rattled as low-cost rival branches into Sweden. Here's the latest news.
No one outside of Sweden has heard of it, and people in Sweden's larger cities farther south tend to speak about it with a drop of disdain, but The Local's Mandy Pipher says she wouldn't want to live anywhere in Sweden b…
Just a day after Sweden's central bank raised the country's key interest rate to 2 percent, banks are starting to follow.