Archive for Tue, 03 Nov 2015 - The Local - Sweden's news in English

H&M

Sweden’s H&M signs pledge for textile workers

TECHNOLOGY

Swedish pools ban parents' smartphones

A rising number of public swimming pools across Sweden are launching blanket bans on smartphones and tablets in a bid to make inattentive parents help protect their children from drowning accidents.

WEATHER

How to love November in Sweden (no, seriously!)

PARTNER CONTENT

The A–Ö of Swedish working life

CHILDREN

Cheating Swedes fake children’s sick leave

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Swedes regain crown as top English speakers

Nov. 6: Exploring the intersections of fashion and film studies (Stockholm)

PARTNER CONTENT

Have you tried these weird and wonderful British foods?

PROPERTY

Hugh Grant plans to tear down new Swedish home

IMMIGRATION

‘I don’t think anybody wants treaty change now’

RIKSDAG

Open Democracy: study visit to Swedish Riksdag

Nov. 5: Welfare states, welfare regimes and international migration (Malmö)