Centre leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist.Lyssna: Centre Party’s Friday ultimatum to Sweden’s PM hopefulsThe Centre Party announced today they want both the Social Democrats and the Moderates to present complete packages o…
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…
Sweden doesn't have a government yet, more than 50 days after the election. When will it get one? Here's your chance to ask The Local's editor about that and anything else politics-related on your mind..
Spin the wheel and you can have the first component of your very first poem. Librarian Lova Berggren is showing the kids during the autumn 'reading' break.Lyssna: Librarian's top tips for how to get kids into readingTen…
Magdalena Andersson of the Social Democrats and Nooshi Dagdostar of the Left Party.Lyssna: Fewer voters want to see Left party in governmentMore voters say they don't want to see the Left party in government, according t…
The EU and Canada want to bring their relationship to the "highest level possible" as they face a "world of growing rivalries," the 27-nation bloc's chief said Thursday ahead of a meeting with Canadian leader Mark Carney…
Ebba Busch, party leader of The Christian Democrats. Lyssna: Christian Democrats propose deportations to third countriesThe Christian Democrats want Sweden to explore the possibility of deporting people to countries othe…
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..
Från Youtubesuccéer till älskade böcker och biofilmer. Humorgruppen I Just Want To Be Cool är dubbelt aktuella med boken ”Kopians hämnd” och snart filmen ”Skurkarnas skurk 2”. För DN berättar de hur man får barn att välj…
In this week's Politics in Sweden, Richard Orange argues that only one question will determine which candidate gets to be Sweden's next prime minister: the ultimate wishes of Centre Party leader Elisabeth Thand Ringqvist…
Newly married and expecting her first child, it should be the happiest year of Brenda Ramström's life. But tomorrow she's going to have to get on a flight back home to Brazil, not knowing when she'll be able to reunite w…
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..
Benjamin Ingrosso är aktuell med sitt nya album ”Baby, don't say that I'm sensitive” som släpps den 19 mars nästa år. I en intervju med TV4 berättar artisten att flera av låtarna på skivan hämtar inspiration från hans eg…
Foreign researchers make up half of all new hires in Swedish higher education, but we want to know what you love and hate the most about working in academia in Sweden..
Nu är det klart att Mariah Carey julklassiker All I want for christmas is you blir av med ett rekord.Låten ”Choosin' Texas” med countrystjärnan Ella Langley har nu tillbringat totalt 23 veckor som etta på singellistan, e…
With the final vote count in and Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson tasked with attempting to form a new government, we want to know how you voted, and why..
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…
Who are the Swedish parties and what do they want? The Local's guides help foreigners navigate the Swedish election with a special focus on the issues that matter to you..
The Social Democrats want to launch a fast-track investigation into residency for people who have lived in the country for a long time in a bid to solve teen deportation and Brexit cases, the party's migration spokespers…
A new study suggests that employers in industries with few employees with foreign backgrounds reject applicants with foreign names at a higher rate than typically Swedish names. We want to hear from readers of The Local…
Grades for orderly behaviour, more opportunities for detention and the green light for school uniforms: the Christian Democrats are seeking to shift the focus in the education election debate away from for-profit schools…
ICA recalls hamburger cheese for risk of metal contamination, criminals laundering money with Pokémon cards, and the Christian Democrats want to bring 'no-excuses' schools to Sweden. Here's today's news..
'We want to see a fair climate transition that once and for all gets rid of our dependence on rogue states,' said spokesperson Amanda Lind at a press conference..
An important issue for the Sweden Democrats has been converting permanent residence permits into temporary ones, even retroactively. Leader Jimmie Åkesson now says he wants to see that proposal passed if the government i…
Russian spy operation stopped by Säpo, high fire risk in southern Sweden, Sweden Democrats want to cut all integration funding, and more news from Sweden on Tuesday..
A Danish SS soldier was a sperm donor in the 1960s thanks to Sweden's Karolinska hospital. He is the biological father to at least 15 children who now want to know if they are the result of an ideological racial project.…
In the first of The Local's election interviews with the immigration spokespeople of Sweden's political parties, the Sweden Democrats' Ludvig Aspling downplays the impacts of new stricter work permit and citizenship rule…
21shares har nöjet att meddela att de nu lanserar staking på 21shares Hedera Staking ETP (HDRA). Genom denna uppdatering kan HDRA-investerare nu utnyttja några av de native protokollbelöningarna från Hedera-nätverket, ut…
The Swedish government is finally moving forward with an EU directive that will make life easier for work permit holders who want to change their job or lose their job – news that many readers have been waiting for..
The Swedish parliament has passed many laws recently, and a lot of them enter into force in the coming months. We round up the ones you'll want to know about..
Den engelske filosofen Simon Critchley fortsätter att analysera dramatikens människoöden. Och hans nya bok har ett ännu mörkare perspektiv än den uppmärksammade tragediboken. Leif Zern har läst ”I want to die, I hate my…
The European heatwave has reached Sweden with temperatures of over 30C expected in parts of the country. We want to hear from our readers how you're coping..
MEPs want an operational Democracy Shield with binding tools, stronger sanctions, platform accountability, and a fully-fledged EU centre for democratic resilience.Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield Source…