A Swedish company which offered Americans the chance to leave the US should Donald Trump become president has told The Local that they didn't expect to ever open the hundreds of portfolios they received.
Most American voters in Sweden, where the overwhelming majority had thrown their support behind Hillary Clinton, described feelings of dejection as Donald Trump defied expectations in the US election.
After what has felt like an endless period of campaigning the US presidential election is almost over, and that also means an end to the often unique Swedish takes on the race to the White House. With that in mind, The Local looks back on five of Sweden's craziest US election stories.
Less openness to foreign trade risks making both the US and countries such as Sweden poorer, argue Maria Rankka and Andreas Hatzigeorgiou of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
A Swedish company has launched a timely new venture offering any Americans considering leaving their home nation should Donald Trump become president a chance to make a quick exit if the big vote doesn't go their way.
Back in September <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20160927/heres-what-americans-in-sweden-think-of-trump-and-clinton" target="_blank">The Local spoke to Americans in Sweden</a> about how they plan on voting in the forthcoming presidential election, and while we heard views from across the political spectrum, we also discovered that finding Donald Trump voters on Swedish soil was a difficult task. Almost impossible.
The vast majority of Sweden’s Riksdag members of parliament are hoping to see Hillary Clinton win the forthcoming US presidential election, according to a survey of MPs.
If Sweden could vote in the US election, Hillary Clinton would win hands down, according to a poll released just before she and Donald Trump clashed in another heated presidential debate.
The first presidential debate ahead of the forthcoming American election is over, and along with the hundreds of millions of people on US soil mulling over which choice they will make in November, there are also millions of American expats living abroad who will play a significant role in the outcome of the vote.
If you're an American in Europe, don't let high-minded queasiness stop you using your vote - there's too much at stake, says Laura Shields of Democrats Abroad.
House of Cards star Joel Kinnaman has once again hit out at US presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him "openly racist" and saying that there is "no choice" but to vote for rival Hillary Clinton in the forthcoming election.
US presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused Swedish telecom giant Ericsson of paying his opponent Hillary Clinton and her husband ex-president Bill Clinton in exchange for favours.
But Sweden will still endeavour to maintain a good relationship with the US even if Donald Trump becomes president, Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has said.
When Lenny Kravitz's leather trousers split on stage in Stockholm in August to reveal his manhood, few might have imagined that the incident would eventually impinge on the US presidential campaign.
Questions are being asked about donations flowing from Sweden to the Clinton family's charity, just as the Swedish government was trying to persuade the US to limit sanctions against Iran, where the Nordic nation was attempting to boost business.
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven says he enjoyed a positive meeting with Hillary Clinton in New York on Wednesday, discussing topics including the Ukraine crisis and feminism, on the first day of his debut visit to the US since his election.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent a busy Sunday in Stockholm, meeting with politicians and members of the Swedish royal family and discussing climate change, global warming, and the thrill of being in Sweden.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading for Stockholm next on her rushed tour of Scandinavia, as her plane from Norway to Stockholm lifts off on Saturday evening.
