Sweden and the Netherlands have urged the EU to adopt sanctions on Israel and Hamas over the war in Gaza, including ...

The Local now offers a self-paced online Swedish course for beginners, designed to make learning flexible and practical.

This week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers features an interview with EY immigration experts ...

The next few weeks could be make-or-break as far as property prices in Sweden are concerned ‒ but when's the best time to ...

The number of Russian, Iranian and Chinese citizens who have had their permanent residency applications rejected or withdrawn ...

Thailand buys four Saab Gripen fighter jets, Swedish Green party keeps opposition to new nuclear, and other news from Sweden.

It's always exciting when a new party bubbles up in Sweden, even if they tend to pop fairly quickly. But could a new far-left ...

It's now less than a month to go until Sweden's finance minister unveils the budget for 2026, and all the signs suggest that ...

The Swedish government wants to lift a ban on uranium mining to reduce its reliance on imports as it pursues its first nuclear power expansion in half a century, the environment minister said ...

Today’s Swedish word of the day is kavaj, the word for a blazer or suit jacket, which, believe it or not, has been on an ...

All of Sweden's parliamentary parties have agreed to introduce a 'gas pedal' to the pension system, allowing for pensions to ...

José Naves Moura Neto, a Brazilian IT engineer working at Volvo, tells The Local how his family had to leave Sweden in June ...