As England prepare to play Sweden in a crunch World Cup quarter-final Saturday, the Scandinavians will find strong support in a perhaps unlikely location: the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
Iceland may have been eliminated from Euro 2016 after a 5-2 defeat to France, but their departing Swedish coach will still go down as a legend in the country for his feats.
In a new three-part series, The Local takes a look across the North Sea and at how Swedish transplants behave in London. This week, we visit the decade-old book club that allows a troupe of women to use books to keep in touch with Sweden, but also to examine life in London through a Swedish expat prism.
Sweden captain and star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic drew praise after Sweden's 4-2 friendly win on Wednesday, with England's Steven Gerrard calling the Swede's jaw-dropping long-range bicycle kick (featured below) "the best goal he had ever seen".
In the run-up to Wednesday’s friendly football match between Sweden and England in Stockholm, a group of Swedish teenagers got the chance to meet the English national football team and watch them practice.
Sweden will meet a much depleted England side for a friendly match at the new Friends Arena on Wednesday as Erik Hamrén's side looks to avenge last summer's loss to England at Euro 2012.
England remained on course for a place in the knockout rounds of Euro 2012 after coming from behind to send Sweden crashing out of the tournament with a 3-2 victory here Friday.
Sweden face England on Friday night in their vital second Group D encounter in Kiev. The Local's <b>Joe Lynskey</b> looks at what Erik Hamrén's squad can expect from Roy Hodgson and his side.
Are you new to Sweden, love football, but unsure about which Swedish club to support? The Local's <b>Joel Linde</b> offers up some tips on figuring out which Allsvenskan club is right for you.
Pippa Middleton, sister of Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, made it across the finish line Sunday in Sweden's gruelling Vasaloppet cross-country ski race.
Philippa "Pippa" Middleton, sister-in-law to Britain's Prince William, is set to compete in Sweden’s annual Vasaloppet cross-country ski race in a bid to raise money to fight children’s hunger.
The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved.
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs which turned up on film hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August.
Sweden are set to play England next month in a friendly international as coach Erik Hamrén seeks to prepare his side for next year's European Championship finals, the English Football Association announced on Thursday.
Former England manager Sven-Gorän Eriksson of Sweden has lashed out at current manager Fabio Capello of Italy for not treating his players like adults.
<b>Having failed to qualify for the World Cup, Sweden isn’t exactly gripped by football fever. Cue a musical collective of international Stockholmers who are hyping up the tournament with the help of a handful of Swedes. The Local’s Christine Demsteader meets The Grippers.</b>
A Swedish woman has been jailed for five years by a UK court for the manslaughter of a man she met shortly after she and her twin sister made a dash into oncoming traffic on the M6 motorway.
Embattled Swedish football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson said money had nothing to do with his decision so sign on ss director of football with English Division Two club Notts County.
More than 45 years after losing contact, a British couple are hoping the Swedish public can help them learn the fate of a long-lost daredevil sweetheart.
