It's the end of the academic year, and SI News will be taking a summer break - just like you. But if you're staying in Sweden this summer, there are some great events you should know about!
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.
Gothenburg is celebrating its breweries with a special beer week, while soulful star Seinabo Sey is holding three gigs across southern Sweden and Stockholm is hosting a French film festival. Read on to discover more about our cultural picks for the next seven days.
Sweden's hottest director of the moment, Ruben Östlund, was celebrating on Tuesday after his movie Turist scored a record number of awards at Sweden's Guldbagge 2015 ceremony, the country's version of the Oscars.
Swedish hit film Turist, known as Force Majeure abroad, was widely tipped to make the Oscars shortlist for Best Foreign Language film, but did not
feature in the nominations.
The actress Anita Ekberg, who has died aged 83, is likely to be remembered for a single scene in which she cavorts in Rome's Trevi Fountain, exhibiting her curvaceous charms to an urbane Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita".
Mikael Marcimain's film Gentlemen picked up a record number of Guldbagge nominations on Thursday, ahead of Sweden's leading film award ceremony later this month.
With a Golden Globe nomination under his belt, Director Ruben Östlund talks to The Local about his new movie, why Scandinavia shouldn't follow in Hollywood's footsteps, and why he wants you to get a divorce.
The Stockholm International Film Festival, which ended this weekend, was an important event not only for filmmakers from around the world but also for international students here. NFGL member Diana Imamgaiazova shares her impressions and speaks with a student who volunteered at the festival.
Part-Swedish actress Uma Thurman is in Sweden for Stockholm's International Film Festival, and is expected to make an appearance at a new bar named in her honour on Friday night.
The Stockholm Film Festival is underway after two ice sculptures by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei were unveiled on Tuesday as the event marked its 25th anniversary.
Swedish comedy 'A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence' has claimed the Golden Lion for best movie at the Venice film with critics hailing its original approach.
From gore to folklore and with a smattering of blood, The Local selects ten Swedish movies that are bound to get you feeling either uneasy or queazy. But don't say we didn't warn you.
A gender bias rating launched by Swedish cinemas had the world talking last week, thanks to our pick for Swede of the Week <b>Lina Thomsgård</b>, founder of Equalisters, and her efforts to kick patriarchy in the cojones one list of competent women at a time.
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei sent a defiant message to the authorities in Beijing who have prevented him from sitting in his jury chair at the Stockholm Film Festival, by stripping off via live webcam.
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was on Monday appointed to be on the jury of the Stockholm Film Festival even though he was unlikely to be allowed to attend in person, festival organisers said.
With a biopic film about the Swedish singer Monica Zetterlund premiering on Friday, The Local takes a look back at the life of Zetterlund herself and that of Edda Magnason - the half-Icelandic singer portraying the Swedish icon.
A Stockholm policewoman is suspected of assault after a witness filmed her beating a drunken man with a baton and setting her dog on him in a violent attack.
Woody Allen is just "a good idea" away from making a feature film in Stockholm, with one Swedish film expert excited at the possibilities considering one of the director's biggest influences was from Sweden.
US director Woody Allen has been offered the funding to make a movie in Stockholm, but says that the only thing stopping him is "a good story". Got any ideas?
A scene in a Swedish film showing a character similar to slain Prime Minister Olof Palme having sex with an underaged prostitute has been cut after his family called it slanderous, their lawyer said Wednesday.
Three Swedish indie filmmakers, who unearthed an old Nordic folklore creature to spin an Evil Dead-inspired tale of gore and desperation, have secured Swedish distribution after successes in the US. The Local's <b>Ann Törnkvist</b> meets Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna.
Eat, Sleep, Die (Äta sova dö), a film depicting the struggles of a young immigrant in southern Sweden, was the big winner at Sweden's 2012 national film awards on Monday night, scooping up four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
Swedish documentary Searching For Sugar Man was nominated for an Academy Award on Thursday, making it the only film from Sweden to be recognized by the academy this year.
