In pictures: readers capture Sweden's New Year snowscapes
Rajesh Babu wins this month's reader photo for his action photo of children skating in a snowstorm. Read the story to see who made the list of runners up.

From city parks to rural wilderness, these pictures, all taken by The Local's readers, will make you fall in love with Sweden all over again this autumn..
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Rajesh Babu wins this month's reader photo for his action photo of children skating in a snowstorm. Read the story to see who made the list of runners up.
One of the things about a country as elongated as Sweden is that it can be full winter in some places while in others, autumn has barely begun, as is made wonderfully clear by the winners and runner ups of our picture co…
The largest solar radiation storm in 20 years made the Northern Lights visible as far south as Malmö on Monday and Tuesday night. Here are some of the best photos sent in by our readers.
Sweden's two main prime ministerial candidates voted on Sunday as the country went to the polls, while other party leaders were still out campaigning. Here are some of the best pictures from Election Day.
We asked our readers to share their favourite photos from their Swedish summer. Here are some of our favourites.
Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo competition, to bring our audience together from all parts of Sweden.
This year, Sweden's National Day is also the day when tough new citizenship rules come into effect, even on applicants who applied years ago under different rules. The Local asked our readers how they're feeling about th…
No matter where you come from, you’ve almost certainly found yourself missing some kind of food or drink from back home since moving to Sweden. We asked our readers what they miss, and how they can get hold of it in Swed…
The autumn holidays are here, but not every family can afford to travel abroad. Luckily, Sweden’s cities offer plenty of free fun – from libraries and museums to spooky trails and roller discos. Here’s what’s on in Stock…
In a recent survey, we asked The Local’s readers about why they moved to Sweden and how things have gone since they arrived here. Here’s what they said.
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PersonerSweden's Left Party will be ready to negotiate with the Centre Party, its leader Nooshi Dadgostar announced at a hastily called press conference, but didn't immediately drop her party's demand for cabinet seats.
After almost 60 days without a new government, there's suddenly a flurry of activity among Swedish party leaders. We asked The Local’s readers how you feel about this nail-biter.
Large parts of Sweden had their first proper snowfall on Thursday morning, but there are also sharp warnings in place that the snow could cause serious disruption.
Unemployment is falling in Sweden and reached its lowest level since 2023 in October, according to fresh figures from the Swedish Public Employment Service.
Sweden's parliament has approved a constitutional change to allow the citizenship of dual nationals to be revoked if they obtained it fraudulently or were convicted of crimes threatening national interests.
Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson of the Moderate Party is presenting her caretaker budget bill for 2027 today.
Up to 80 centimetres of snow on the way as Sweden issues highest weather alert – and finance minister to present caretaker budget bill for 2027 today. Here's the latest news on Thursday.
Britain's ambassador to Sweden, Samantha Job, is set to meet the chair of the Swedish parliamentary committee responsible for immigration on November 11th, to discuss what can be done to help Brits refused post-Brexit re…
As of November 10th, passengers flying with Europe's biggest budget airline must check their luggage at least an hour before departure.
The Social Democrats and Green Party are due to meet with both the Centre Party and the Left Party today to discuss ways to overcome the obstacles to forming a viable government coalition.