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Helga, the blue lobster, receives police escort

Society: 4 Nov 11
Police in western Sweden responded to an unusal call this week when a local fisherman requested a police escort for a rare blue lobster caught off Sweden's west coast. READ »

Refugee boom leads to campground shelters

National: 22 Sep 10
A recent spike in the number of asylum seekers coming to Sweden has forced the Migration Board to convert a campground on Sweden's west coast into temporary housing for would-be refugees. READ »

Kurt Ove, 73, lands rare giant herring

Science & Technology: 11 May 10
Kurt Ove Eriksson, a 73-year-old fisherman living in Bohuslän in western Sweden, made an unexpected discovery when he went down to his hut by the harbour - a 3.50 metre Giant Oarfish, last seen in Swedish waters 131 years ago. READ »

Spring floods to threaten Sweden

National: 24 Feb 10
The Swedish meteorological service warns of the possibility of severe flooding with a spring thaw. At greatest risk are the areas of Götaland in southern Sweden and the mid-Sweden province of Södermanland. READ »

Wave power plant planned for west coast

Science & Technology: 7 Nov 09
Plans to built the country's first wave power plant in the sea, northwest of Smögen on Sweden’s west coast, have been proposed by Uppsala-based company Seabased Industry. READ »

Webcams: see Sweden in sixty seconds

Travel: 15 May 08
Take a webcam tour of Sweden and see how much of the country looks with just a few clicks of the mouse. READ »

Storms bring 1,200 lightning flashes in an hour

National: 17 Jul 07
Severe storms swept across parts of southern Sweden on Tuesday, bringing thunder and lightning and torrential rain. In one area over a thousand lightning flashes were recorded in an hour. READ »

Fire at Gothenburg oil refinery

National: 13 May 07
A fire broke out at a refinery owned by petrol company Preen in Hisingen, in Gothenburg, on Sunday. Thick smoke was seen rising above the area. READ »

Temporary road to replace collapsed E6

National: 4 Jan 07
Detours brought about by the collapsed stretch of the E6 in western Sweden should come to an end in March when a temporary road will be fully in place. READ »

Dozens caught up in road collapse

National: 21 Dec 06
A landslide in western Sweden caused a 400 metre section of the E6 road to collapse taking with it cars carrying 28 people. A nearby railway also collapsed. It's a miracle we managed to rescue everyone, say the emergency services. READ »

Recharge with a Swedish winter weekend

Travel: 15 Dec 06
Is the darkness of winter getting you down? Time to recharge those flickering energy reserves. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius has top tips for winter breaks near Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. READ »

Cancer cases linked to refinery

Science & Technology: 13 Sep 06
An increase in the number leukemia cases in two small towns in south-western Sweden have been linked to a nearby oil refinery by a new study from the Sahlgrenska hospital in Gothenburg. READ »

Missing 16 year old girl found

National: 2 Jan 06
The disappearance of a 16 year old girl near Lysekil sparked a massive police hunt in mountainous, forested terrain overnight. And then she was found - at her friend's flat. READ »

Psychiatric care: Milton slams government

Science & Technology: 14 Mar 05
In the last two years the number of people murdered by mental health patients has become an embarrassment to Sweden. Now, the man appointed by the government to overhaul the system tells The Local that the main obstacle to progress is the politicians themselves. READ »

Swedish film: quantity or quality?

Lifestyle: 15 Jul 04
The Swedish film industry banks on the 'Kurt Wallander' novels - they'll be churning out thirteen of them in the next two years. And operatic monkey business at Drottningholm Theatre unites critics. READ »

Swedish wildlife hits the road

National: 2 Jul 04
Insolent rats, flat frogs and purifying mussels - the animal world makes its presence felt in Sweden. READ »


Highlights from Follow Sweden

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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The Local's Oliver Gee finds out why the star of Sweden's version of 'The Office' thinks Sweden is the most PC country in the world
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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
Alexander Lervik and Johan Carper
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
Eva Rinadi Celebrity and Live Music Photography/Flickr
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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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LIFESTYLE »
What's On: The Local's guide to upcoming attractions and events in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
OLIKA Publishing
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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
Georgios M.W (File)
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
Photo: Fredrik Persson/Scanpix
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
Ann Catrin Brockman/Flickr (File)
LIFESTYLE »
Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
Q&A with Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley
LIFESTYLE »
Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
Photo: Sony Pictures
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
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Braving the cold: Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden
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A truly international education at the heart of Berlin
Highlights from Follow Sweden
Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.



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