UPDATED: Sweden's Royal Court has confirmed that a member of staff telephoned an editor at Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri at 4am, to complain that one of King Carl XVI Gustaf's newspapers had not been delivered.
When Khaled Moustafa's sister called him in Stockholm to say she was stuck on a sinking refugee boat heading for Greece, the Syrian sought help from Sweden's emergency services, and managed to kickstart an amazing rescue operation.
Two student friends are attempting to take on Tinder with a dating app designed for shy yet tech-savvy Swedes. But they're facing tough competition from a range of other new options for people seeking sex or relationships in Sweden.
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has been invited by musician and campaigner Chris Martin to speak at the anti poverty New York Global Citizen Festival, where he will mingle with icons including Beyonce, his press spokesperson has told The Local.
Swedish business people, politicians and cultural icons have been snapped smooching with members of the same sex for a poster campaign in Umeå, designed to 'kiss homophobia goodbye'.
Stockholm's iconic Vasa warship has scored ninth place in a list of the top museums on the planet, according to users of traveller review site Tripadvisor. It has also bagged the highest ranking for any museum without a focus on art.
McDonald's is giving Swedish customers the chance to reserve tables online later this month, as the Nordic nation becomes the first in the world to dish up the idea.
Helping foreigners to keep fit while they're working or living abroad is the key goal of Adam Webb, 34, a British entrepreneur who's just launched a new sports business in Stockholm on a shoestring budget.
Emergency services were called out to a port in southern Sweden on Thursday night after refugees reportedly threatened to leap from a ferry into the waters below if they were to be forced to stay in Sweden.
More than 200 refugees hoping to seek asylum in Sweden have been confined to a school in Rödby in southern Denmark, as protestors supporting their goal gather outside.
UPDATED: A cabin crew member stunned passengers arriving in Stockholm by making an announcement to ironically congratulate a couple caught "reproducing" in a bathroom during a flight from Paris.
A priest who used a selfie stick to snap a happy couple at the altar has told The Local he's "confused" about why his photo has gone viral. The Swedish word for priest is 'präst' and Swedes have dubbed his picture the first 'prälfie'.
UPDATED: Margot Wallström, Sweden's Foreign Minister, has warned that the EU's global credibility is at stake if it does not act now to tackle the refugee crisis.
A pair of knickers made from thousands of strands of human hair has knitted overnight success for its maker. Swedish craftswoman Nina Sparr tells The Local that her efforts mirror a traditional craft that has been popular in her family for centuries.
Three years ago, four international students in Stockholm invented a drink to improve concentration. Italian-born Lukas Von Grebmer explains how they went on to co-found a company that's proved to be thirsty work, but highly rewarding.
A Syrian comedian who suggested asylum seekers should stop travelling to Sweden, has told The Local he's been threatened on social media and didn't mean to come across as so critical. But he explained he does have concerns about his adopted home.
Landskrona in southern Sweden attempted to introduce new immigrants to sport and culture in the town by including information in Arabic in a new brochure. But the text was described as 'incomprehensible' by residents who spoke the language.
UPDATED: A soldier from west Sweden says he was stabbed by two Isis fighters in the first attack by the extremist Islamist group on Swedish soil, but the region's chief police commissioner has told The Local there is no evidence to back up his claims.
A decision to call a new swimming pool in Gothenburg "Pöl Harbour" has made a splash on social media, with many users critical of the name which sounds like the US naval base "Pearl Harbor" where more than 2,000 people died in 1941.
Sweden's prosecution authority has told The Local that it is "very unlikely" Julian Assange will be questioned in London before a Thursday deadline, but his chief lawyer in Sweden has said he'll drop everything to join his client in London if the interview goes ahead.
Ravi Shankar, 36, was born in Ranchi in central India. But after six years working on projects for Ikea in southern Sweden he reckons he and his family are settled in Scandinavia for good.
A Swedish man fed up of finding so many slugs in his garden is attempting to sell one kilogram of the slippery creatures online in a move that has caused a stir on social media.
A flower bed in southern Sweden has blossomed into the words "marry me", after a Dane grew 90 plants there to spell out his love. The Local spoke to Kenneth Neergaard, 30, after his future wife said "ja".
John Guidetti helped score Sweden its biggest footballing win last month, but his early career was spent in Africa's biggest slum, where he's always been a hero, his former coach Tiras Waiyaki has told The Local.
Top Sweden Democrat politician Richard Jomshof tells The Local all refugees must become fluent in Swedish but “it’s okay” for foreign businesspeople to use English instead. He's also rooting for the UK to quit the EU.
