Sweden's government tasked the public health agency last autumn to compile research on how parental screen use affects children. Now the results are in and the recommendations are clear: parents should stay off their pho…
Authorities ordered 16 public schools to shut in the central Swedish town of Borlänge on Wednesday after receiving a threat of violence, according to officials. Private schools also kept their doors closed after being to…
Four men were set to go on trial on Thursday in Sweden accused of hate crimes for assaulting immigrants, a case that centres on a growing trend in Europe for white supremacists to band together in fitness clubs.
The police tactical unit was called to the Risbergska campus shooting. Lyssna: Sweden's elite police unit struggling to find recruitsSweden's elite national police task force is struggling to find the right calibre of re…
Sid, the police dog of the year, with his handler.Lyssna: Sid is Police Dog of the Year — saved his handler's lifeHe saved his handler’s life and has contributed to solving several crimes.Sid the German Shepherd is the P…
A man has been charged with weapons offences.Lyssna: Nazi memorabilia and weapons found in major Swedish police seizureA man in Kalmar in the southeast of Sweden has been charged with aggravated weapons offences and othe…
Members of the public gathered outside the sports hall over the weekend, to play tribute to the victim.Lyssna: Two teenagers held after woman killed in Älvsjö shootingA 25-year-old woman was shot dead at a sports centre…
Last month, The Local's Mandy Pipher wrote a grumpy op-ed about Swedish attempts at Halloween – but then actually had a good time going trick-or-treating in her Umeå neighbourhood. Read about her experience – and the wee…
Centre 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.
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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…
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