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 week's top stories – in Inside Sweden.. Läs mer på The Local
In this week's Inside Sweden newsletter The Local's Acting Editor Becky Waterton discusses feeling at home in two countries and rounds up the week’s biggest stories.
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…
Newly-elected Danish MP Emilie Schytte, who became independent shortly after the country's election in March, is in hot water after claims in Danish media that she actually lives in the Swedish city of Malmö. What happen…
Relations between the US and Europe - including Sweden - are increasingly tense and Swedish troops are now in Greenland after Donald Trump's threats to annexe the Danish territory - but are world events affecting the eve…
A 19-year-old man in Sweden has been charged with planning a knife attack on a high school in the name of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, prosecutors said Friday.
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.
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.
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