Having to regularly check which date is meant when a Swede gives you a week number can be frustrating, but there’s a method in this numerical merry-go-round..
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Nearly one million people cast their ballots in the week after early voting opened in Sweden on August 26th – a 40 percent increase compared to the same period in the 2022 election, according to the Swedish Election Auth…
The Local's Emma Löfgren was left feeling all warm and fuzzy after a trip abroad, and wonders if her fellow Swedes have something to learn. Plus: Our top stories of the week.
It's been only a week since the Danish/Swedish dairy cooperative Arla released a pink-coloured milk, and already it's sold out in grocery stores across Sweden. What's going on?
Most Swedes assume that because Mandy Pipher's husband is Swedish and they have a child together, her status in Sweden is secure. Not at all. She describes how she worries every day about making enough money to apply for…
Just because northern Swedes can be good-humoured about southern prejudice doesn’t mean it doesn’t bother them. Behind the jokes there are some very material resentments, and a complicated history.
In this week's podcast: Sweden pays Somalia millions to accept deportees, and goose blood soup for St. Martin's day. Swedish towns reject government's repatriation plan, and Sweden's biggest political taboos.
This week: 'Cloudburst-like rain' and what to do if your house is flooded, why Swedes stay home in summer, and having babies. For Membership+ subscribers: the jobs that might be exempted from work permit salary requireme…
A correct line of 5+2 numbers led to the lucky draw.Lyssna: Swedish gambler gets the numbers right - wins SEK 215 millionSomeone living in Sweden has won 215 971 996 kronor by managing to come up with all the right numbe…
Swedes are buying more and more clothes every year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.Lyssna: Swedes buy record 15 kg textiles per person per yearJust over 15 kilos of clothes and other textiles — that is…
The Local's Emma Löfgren tries to make sense of why Sweden doesn't have a new government, 34 days after the election, before running through the rest of this week's stories.
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Donald TrumpUSA:s 45:e och 47:e president 2017–2021 respektive 2025–When something in a culture becomes so iconic that it's ubiquitous, it can be easy to assume that its status is overblown. But even after all this time and exposure, Pippi Longstocking still lives up to the hype, writes…
As Sweden's annual 'reading break' for schoolchildren gets under way, we want to know what Swedish children's books have had a real impact on you or your children.
Winter is coming, and in Sweden, that means darkness – in some places, round-the-clock. Reflectors are a key safety tool in the Swedish winter darkness, and they're not just for kids. Here's how they work, and how to use…
Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist is ending her bid to forge a centrist coalition and has handed her exploratory mandate back to the speaker of parliament.
Fresh weather warnings for Sweden in wake of Storm Boelo – and far more children tied to gang violence in Sweden than previously thought. Here's the latest news.
Richard Orange suggests that Sweden should stop splitting couples and families by forcing people to leave Sweden when applying for residency on new grounds, before running through the week's news.
Today's word is uniquely Swedish – despite coming originally from German.
Sweden's farmers may get to milk their cows in daylight, but most other people will have to leave work as it's already getting dark. The clocks are about to go back in Sweden, a clear sign that winter is around the corne…
The European Parliament has given its final approval to a new set of safeguards for the 13 billion people who travel in Europe each year by plane, train, coach, bus or ferry.
More than 350 passengers at Copenhagen Airport have had to rebook their flights due to queues at security, with an additional 230 travellers missing their flights.