The big news for international train travel from Sweden next year is the decision of state-owned rail company SJ to end its ...

The Swedish krona is the best-performing currency among the G10 countries, which are together the most traded currencies ...

Residents of 16 Swedish municipalities will pay more local tax in 2026, while 45 municipalities will pay less tax. What's the ...

The Pogues' Fairytale of New York, the gritty tale of love gone wrong many consider the greatest Christmas song ever written, has its origins in Sweden, at least according to a new commemorative ...

An important but hardly-known international agreement signed by 29 European countries has established common principles for ...

The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.

The Swedish government and Sweden Democrats are pushing forward with plans to tighten the requirements for family reunion, by ...

How Sweden can get beyond immigrant stereotypes, Indians' relationship with Sweden, Sweden reacts to US talk of ...

The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (ArkDes) runs an annual competition for the best 'pepparkakshus' or ...

The Moderate Party's youth wing has called for a law removing the right of asylum seekers to "change track" and apply for a ...

Sick of Last Christmas and All I Want for Christmas is You? We've put together a list of Swedish Christmas songs, including ...

Sweden's government has finalised the text of a new law which will see the minimum eligible salary for a work permit hiked to ...