Following news that the Swedish government wants to shut down a central Stockholm airport and use the space to build housing, The Local takes a walk down memory lane to look back at its long history, and the celebrities and dignitaries who have travelled through.
Temperatures dropped on Thursday and treated Stockholmers to a snow day – for better or worse. Here's what the wintry weather looks like – and how it compares to a city further north.
More than 20,000 hectares of forest has burned down in Sweden and the wildfires continue to rage across the country. Click the link below to see the latest images.
The Local's contributor Joel Forslin got a sneak peek of a new interactive exhibition at Stockholm's Abba Museum, dedicated to the four members' post-Abba careers.
Sweden paid tribute to late artist Barbro 'Lill-Babs' Svensson, who passed away on Tuesday. She leaves behind a legacy spanning more than six decades. Here are some of her finest moments.
When Michelle Job, a photographer and blogger from India, relocated to Stockholm one of the first things that caught her eye was people's close relationship with their pets in Sweden.
Sweden's indie darling Håkan Hellström played a gig at the Stadion arena in Stockholm on June 9th and 10th. Here are some pictures from the first night.
More than 5,000 Norwegians, a 20-kilometre queue on the E6 motorway – and three hours of serious partying. It's time for the traditional Norwegian Easter invasion of Sweden.
