India has appointed a new ambassador to Sweden who was ordered to pay damages for the 'barbaric treatment' of a maid while ...

A Swedish government inquiry has recommended scrapping the the '50 kronor' rule for asylum seekers' emergency dental care and ...

Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo competition, to bring our audience together from ...

This weekend sees the changing of the clocks to winter time - but the EU had actually come up with a plan to end this ...

Biker gangs have been a big part of the criminal world in the Nordics for more than three decades, and now they've opened up ...

A Swedish court has given the green light to begin construction on a nuclear waste repository where spent fuel will be buried ...

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The Local's reader Ravi Bagri shares a heartwarming story of how an encounter with his neighbour left him feeling more at ...

Jonathan Ravelin – who is very much alive – was declared dead by the Swedish state in November last year, automatically ...

A man who made hundreds of thousands of kronor from subletting his Gothenburg apartment to tourists via Airbnb has been ...

Sweden marks All Saints on the first Saturday of November. It's a day to remember the dead, and many Swedes visit cemeteries ...

Ludvig Aspling, left, migration policy spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats, and Development Aid Minister Benjamin Dousa of ...