For The Local's Mandy Pipher, who grew up trick-or-treating on Toronto streets packed with jack-o-lanterns and costumed kids, the pale imitation of Halloween offered in Sweden would be better left in the grave..
In a political climate that often feels hostile to immigrants, it can be easy for those of us stuck in Sweden's immigration system to sour on the country. This week, Mandy Pipher takes a step back to remember why she wan…
In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra, The Local's Mandy Pipher tells us about the bureaucratic nightmare surrounding her recent trip to Canada..
International headlines have been made this week by the EU and Canada announcing their mutual intention to form a deeper relationship. Mandy Pipher, The Local's resident Canadian, examines whether her compatriots would a…
The Local's Mandy Pipher explains how she ended up being interviewed in Swedish about geopolitics on live national radio – despite not being at all comfortable in the spoken language..
Data shows that voters in Sweden with foreign backgrounds support left-wing parties in often much higher numbers than they do right-wing parties. The Local's Mandy Pipher says, 'So what?'.
The Local’s Mandy Pipher is heading to Canada with her family, but she still hasn’t received her renewed Swedish residency card, which she’ll need to return. She explains her ordeal before running through the week’s stor…
This week on Sweden in Focus, James Savage, Mandy Pipher and Richard Orange discuss an election campaign already mired in scandals. And James quizzes Richard and Mandy about crayfish..
The Local's Mandy Pipher reflects on her first trip to the Swedish mountains, before running through our top stories of the week..
The Local's Mandy Pipher reflects on covering weather news in a time of climate crisis..
This week in Sweden in Focus, James Savage, Mandy Pipher and Emma Löfgren discuss a new poll showing what foreigners in Sweden think of life here – and what the government's immigration policy means for their plans to st…
The Local's Mandy Pipher writes about how heat can hit differently depending on where you are – and where you're from..
The Local's Mandy Pipher connects with her fellow immigrants to Sweden over football and rounds up our top stories of the week..
Coming from North American work culture, where you're often expected to pretend to love your job, it can be a bit of a shock to find that, in Sweden, a common conversation in the workplace is how eager you are to get awa…
The Local's Mandy Pipher reflects on the government's choice to have new citizenship rules take effect on Sweden's National Day and describes her own recent attempts to "integrate.".
When I moved to Umeå with my Swedish husband, our two-year-old understood Swedish but spoke only in English. After a month of preschool in Sweden, that flipped – long before I could follow along, writes The Local's Mandy…
It can feel very rude to foreigners, but if you've had the experience in Sweden of a stranger looking coldly at you, only to look away when you return the look with a smile, try to take comfort in knowing that it might a…
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…
In this week’s episode of Sweden in Focus Extra, we hear from the Umeå-based Canadian writer. Mandy Pipher about what it's been like moving to Umeå in northern Sweden..
When Canadian journalist Mandy Pipher tells people she moved to Sweden from Canada, the response is usually the same: what’s the difference? Both countries have snowy winters, are known for being polite and reserved, and…
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