Does Sweden really think its migration bureaucracy won't harm its reputation, asks Lisa Bjurwald, after interviewing an Iraqi man who lost six years of his life to the residence permit carousel.
US computing giant Microsoft is to build a data centre in Staffanstorp outside Malmö, in what the local mayor hailed as the biggest inward investment "in the municipality's history".
A man suspected of stabbing a Jewish woman in the Swedish city of Helsingborg has been caught in Denmark. Swedish police do not currently believe the attack was linked to anti-Semitic motives.
The controversial 1960 marriage of a Swedish actress and an African-American celebrity still has much to reveal about racism and anti-Semitism in Swedish and world history.
It gets darker every day, the days are getting shorter and winter is coming. But stay positive: that also means the holiday season is creeping closer. And with that, Christmas markets. The Local takes a look at 15 of the best across the country to get you in a festive mood.
UPDATED: International workers have been hard hit by bureaucratic residence permit rules. The Local takes a closer look at why Sweden needs to act before it's too late.
If you're one of the unfortunate Manchester United and Ajax fans who came to Stockholm in the hope of buying a last minute Europa League final ticket but were unsuccessful, then fear not: here are some of the best places to watch the game in the Swedish capital.
Manchester United will trigger an option to extend Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic's contract by a year, manager Jose Mourinho told a press conference on Wednesday.
Alex Sperry, one of a rare breed of Stockholm few male nannies, or "mannies", talks to The Local's <b>Tara Sonnorp</b> about his journey from a farm in Missouri to the swanky streets of Stockholm to care for kids of the super-rich.
Claims by Swedish Match that a Maltese lobbyist offered to influence European Union tobacco policy in exchange for €60 million ($78 million) have sparked more questions about the tobacco lobby in Brussels, AFP's <b>Claire Rosemberg</b> explains.
A Gothenburg hospital has been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) after a seriously ill patient was forced to wait eight hours in the emergency ward, only to then suffer a stroke and die.
Lawyers representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in his battle to overturn a decision to extradite him from the UK to Sweden to face rape allegations, are following a "quieter" approach to their client's defence.
WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange arrived at the High Court in London on Tuesday to open his appeal against a ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face allegations of rape.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will on Tuesday begin his appeal against a UK court ruling to extradite him to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault allegations.
The Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) plans to investigate Chinese company Huawei following claims from Swedish trade union Unionen that the company is not adhering to Swedish employment law.
Malin Frenning, the head of Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera's broadband services unit, has been named Sweden’s most powerful businesswoman by a leading business magazine.