UPDATED: A job advert for sex toy testers has been taken down from Sweden's Employment Service website (Arbetsförmedlingen), following concerns it might cause offence.
It's the time of year when the sun never sets in the far north of Sweden and even the capital doesn't get dark until gone 10pm. So, after a sun-starved winter, The Local's Maddy Savage hasn't got time for Swedish residents moaning that it's too light at night.
A hospital in Stockholm is set to become the first in the country with an emergency department specifically for male rape victims. The clinic at Södersjukhuset is scheduled to open this autumn.
After months of stimulating debate in Sweden, a gender equality group has voted on a new word for female masturbation, which it now wants to enter the Swedish dictionary.
As Princess Madeleine and husband Chris O'Neill prepare to formally announce their baby son's name on Wednesday, The Local reveals what we think the couple could christen Europe's youngest prince.
Stockholm's latest unusual start-up is believed to be the world's first gourmet food truck for pets. The Local asked residents if they were hungry for the idea or thought the business would end up looking like a dog's dinner.
Whether you've avoided the hype so far or are lapping up every new detail, here are the key facts you just have to know about Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist's rocking royal wedding on Saturday.
The Local Denmark recently claimed that Copenhagen trumps Stockholm as the true capital of Scandinavia. But here at The Local Sweden we're convinced our city wins the battle hands down, and it's not just because of our mighty meatballs.
Just days before his own son Prince Carl Philip ties the knot in Stockholm, King Carl XVI Gustaf's banter with a bachelor party in central Sweden has made the headlines.
Dog groomers who've dyed their pooches' hair have made a splash in Sweden, with one animal rights group warning that it turns pets into "toys or posessions".
A passionate globetrotter who's obsessed with improving hotel experiences across the world, Dutch luxury travel consultant Jeroen Gulickx moved to Stockholm in 2001 and says it's the perfect base from which to do business.
UPDATED: Swedish TV channel TV4 plans to describe the upcoming global women's football contest in Canada as the 'World Cup', as part of efforts to promote equality in the sport, but Fifa has said it will be in breach of contract unless it uses its full title the 'Fifa Women's World Cup'.
After growing up in Rovaniemi in Finland before enjoying an advertising career in London, Sara Vilkko, 38, chose Stockholm as the city from which to launch a new app game for toddlers based on her own childhood holiday experiences.
Plans to force wealthy European nations such as the UK to take in more refugees have been backed by Sweden, which currently takes in more asylum seekers per capita than any other EU nation.
An evening course that promised to teach students how to improve their own eyesight has been pulled by Sweden's largest adult education organization after opthalmologists described it as "pure quackery".
A rare Nordic language used by a tiny forest community is set to be taught in a preschool in central Sweden. Elfdalian, which shares some similarities with Old Norse is a hot topic at an international linguistics conference in Copenhagen this week, as Scandinavian language experts campaign to stop it dying out.
Scottish-born David Lynch, 53, is making a name for himself as a children's football coach in Sweden after his list of tips designed to stop Stockholm's "helicopter" parents from mollycoddling their children went viral.
A Swedish 26-year-old who took a snap with a kangaroo while travelling around Australia has produced one of the best selfies of 2015, but he isn’t the first Swede to have a fetish for photos with wild animals.
Sweden's most northerly town Kiruna is being moved 3km east to protect it from mining damage. As the first of thousands of homes started getting demolished on Wednesday, The Local spoke to some of its residents.
Police are investigating a group of Irish handymen believed to be preying on pensioners in Örebro in central Sweden and potentially under pressure from "slave" ringmasters themselves.
Parisian Laura Pertuy, 27, helped relaunch Stockholm's French Film Festival this month and is hoping to forge closer links between the two European countries closest to her heart as she embarks on a new life in Sweden.
Lindström, Minnesota, is grabbing global headlines after American officials removed the dots from the tiny town's road sign, sparking a huge debate about how strongly its residents should cling to their Swedish roots.
Sweden's booming housing market has led to a trend in city apartments being sold to hand-picked customers rather than following open house public viewings, which are the norm in the Nordic nation.
From working front of house at Stockholm's biggest summer club to launching a running and lifestyle brand aimed at hipsters, 35-year-old Australian Kristian Hell is one of the hottest names on the capital's creative scene and says networking is the key to his success.
UPDATED: A 28-year-old from Syria who realised a phone he had bought was stolen and traced its owner - an Iraqi living in Malmö in southern Sweden - has made global headines, but also fuelled debates about attitudes to immigrants in his adopted country.
