The Swedish Tax Agency is going after the maker of Candy Crush Saga for 3.6 billion kronor (€346 million, $397 million) that the agency says Sweden has missed out on.
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria may have basked in the glow of adulation on her 40th birthday on Friday, but she shouldn’t expect to take over the throne anytime soon.
Sweden's data protection agency has banned King, the gaming company best known for Candy Crush, from collecting statistics on the ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientation of employees, even when used for promoting diversity.
Sweden's King has emphasized the importance of "serious" media and checking sources in a new interview released at a time when the accuracy of some international media portrayals of Sweden have been called into question.
Sweden’s Royal Family have wished their subjects a Happy New Year with an album of private moments from 2016 — including a rare group picture of all thirteen family members together.
Many things seem like a good idea after a long night out, so it is easy to presume that Anders Oliver Christopher Prenborn Nahlbom, now officially known as 'King Oliver Prenborn', would come to regret changing his name after an all-night party.
Sweden’s royal couple celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a small private celebration for family and friends on Sunday at the Solliden Palace on the island of Öland.
One of Stockholm's most famous residents, King Carl XVI, has waded hip-deep into one of the city's most infected recent debates over one of Sweden's most famous awards, the Nobel Prize.
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrated his 70th birthday Saturday joined by royals from Europe and beyond, as Swedes lined the streets to wish him many happy returns.
Remember when Sweden was locked in a diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia last year? A previously unidentified saviour has stepped up to claim credit for ending the conflict: King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Carl XVI Gustaf, who last year famously called for a ban on bathtubs, has once again issued environmental and health advice to Swedes. This time, it's about meat and jelly candy.
The Swedish gaming startup behind global mega hit Candy Crush has been bought by US company Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion (around 50 billion kronor).
UPDATED: One of Sweden’s leading royal experts has slammed Marco Rubio, the prospective Republican presidential candidate, for apparently believing the Scandinavian country has a president, and not a king.
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf's annual Christmas speech, touched on both terrorism and the migrant crisis and how the Swedes must defend society’s values by remaining trusting and open.
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.
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.
Sweden's largest military orchestra plays more than just marching tunes. The Royal Swedish Army Band starred in the King's birthday celebrations last week, performing Swedish House Mafia's 'Don't you worry, child' in a clip that has since gone viral. The Local speaks to the man behind the performance.
Sweden says it will not open an embassy in Ramallah even though it has officially recognised the state of Palestine - the first major EU nation to do so.
King Carl Gustaf sent a letter of congratulations to the Palestinian Authority on its national day, barely a month after Sweden agreed to recognize the state of Palestine.
Swedish mega-hit game Candy Crush has taken over the distracted minds of the entire world, with over 150 billion plays in the last year alone. The Local shares five signs you (or someone close to you) is addicted, and five potential cures.
The Swedish career in The Local's spotlight this week is that of US-native Tyler Crowley, known in some circles as the "start-up whisperer", who explains how "awesome immigrants" and "modest Swedes" make Stockholm's tech scene shine.
The Swedish royal family will soon need to carry out a more open and transparent accounting of how it spends its annual allotment of public funds, according to a new proposal.
