For most Swedish schoolchildren, February (or the beginning of March) is synonymous with sportlov, or the annual sports vacation. The vacation was initially created during World War Two as a response to Sweden's energy crisis.
Are you looking for that great filler word to smooth out your sentences to make you sound more fluent in Swedish? We've got you covered with the word typ.
In the past three years, the number of international university students making their way to Stockholm has increased by a staggering 20 percent – and the quality of education is not the only reason. The Local takes a closer look at the reasons why.
A new Swedish report on extremism and organized crime paints a completely new picture of what the stereotypical offender behind those types of crimes looks like. 'We've been totally astonished by the findings,' the head author of the study told The Local.
The 43-year-old man was also convicted of sending a letter bomb to a UK cryptocurrency firm and targeting other high-profile Swedes via written death threats and white powder letters.
An Oxford University report on Thursday showed that the Swedes have been bombarded with fake news stories on Twitter in the run-up to Sunday’s election, with many of them deliberately containing misleading information about issues like immigration and Islam.
While most people have been seeking shelter from the 'Beast from the East', a group of happy surfers instead grabbed their boards and hit the icy-cold waves whipped up by the storm near Stockholm.
Swedish military exports rose by 2 percent last year, inflated by the sale of fighter jets to Brazil. But critics say the most worrying trend is that Sweden continues to sell to non-democratic states.
A new report shows that the number of reported suicides among unaccompanied minors in Sweden is nine times as high as that among their Swedish peers. "It's atrocious, and very worrying," officials say.
Sweden is "one of the most interesting areas in the world" to explore minerals like cobalt and lithium, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Mikael Damberg says.
Have researchers finally discovered Sweden's real-life version of <a href="http://www.thelocal.se/galleries/others/3162">Lady Brienne of Tarth</a> or Xena the Warrior Princess? New evidence suggest they actually have…
For the umpteenth time in a row, expats have ranked Sweden as one of the worst countries in the world to make friends in. But is it really that bad? We let our readers have their say.
Carl 'Kalle' Alm has become an internet hit sensation after the blond Swedish security guard was filmed while chatting away with an Iraqi man – in fluent Arabic.
Sweden has in recent years seen a sharp increase in the number of shootings per capita, with research suggesting that the Scandinavian country is statistically on par with southern Italy and parts of Ireland.
Sweden's Vasa Museum, which houses an almost 400-year-old ship wreck in near perfect condition, has beaten its summer record of visitors, reaching an all-time high of 750,355.
The Swedish government on Sunday demanded that the White House clarifies what US President Donald Trump meant while speaking at a Florida rally on Saturday during which he referred to what appeared to be a serious incident “last night in Sweden”.
In a speech on Saturday, US President Donald Trump suggested that something had happened ‘last night in Sweden” – prompting baffled Swedes to take to Twitter and other social media wondering what on earth the American leader might have been referring to.
Sweden’s migration agency expects a surge in the number of asylum-seekers going underground in the next three years, estimating the number at as many as 46,000.
Sweden needs to set up a “truth commission” and face its colonial past by admitting its historic abuse of its indigenous Sami people, the country’s leading church official said Sonunday.
Swedish ferry operator Stena Line has had enough of some of its popular cruises getting out of control and is now asking passengers getting on in Poland to sign a document attesting they have read and understood the rules before being allowed on board.
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf's annual Christmas speech, touched on both terrorism and the migrant crisis and how the Swedes must defend society’s values by remaining trusting and open.
A team from the Swedish rescue services were more than a little surprised when a presumed gas leak in an apartment building in southern Stockholm turned out to be no more than a fermented herring party.
