With the Swedish Public Health Agency recommending working from home until at least the end of 2020, many businesses have struggled to adapt – but there are also success stories. Here's what we learned from hearing what 100 The Local readers had to say about policies at their workplace.
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British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel 'The Remains of the Day', won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.
A Swedish court has rejected a midwife's attempt to sue Jönköping county for denying her employment when she refused to carry out abortions due to her religious beliefs.
Alex Arquati, from Cornwall in England, traded in the daily grind of a 9-5 for a grind of a different sort when he opened up Stockholm's first full-time eco-friendly bike cafe.
Maritime history experts have tracked down a mysterious nautical chart of the Swedish archipelago found on an old Soviet Union submarine from the Cold War.
A newly launched beer from a Swedish microbrewery has proven to be an overnight sensation, selling out within a day and leading some Swedes to ponder whether the success could be to do with its unusual name.
After a wave of violence in Sweden's third city, police boss Stefan Sintéus has appealed to residents in Malmö: "Help us. Help us to tackle the problems. Cooperate with us."
A Swedish video poking fun at the virtual reality (VR) craze has gone viral, chalking up over hundreds of thousands of views since it was <a href="https://www.facebook.com/naturskyddsforeningen/videos/10154517952346609/" target="_blank">posted on Facebook</a>.
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen has criticized Swedish nationalists the Sweden Democrats (SD) for changing allegiances following the European Parliament elections in 2014.
On Friday night the Sweden Democrats (SD) are holding their gala event dubbed the 'European Freedom Awards' in Stockholm, with a prize due to be handed out and allies from across Europe set to attend.
The luxury hotel venue for an 'alternative Nobel Prize' ceremony set to feature a speech by Ukip interim leader Nigel Farage has been targeted with a wave of negative online reviews by protestors, who disagree with allowing the nationalist-organized event to be held there.
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage will make a speech at an ‘alternative Nobel Prize’ ceremony organized by the far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) in Stockholm this November.
With the sun finally showing its face in the far north of Sweden, ex-Londoner <b>Paul Connolly</b> debunks some of the common stereotypes about his corner of the country, and explains how some recent good news may help break the social barrier.
Swedish fashion giant H&M has committed to phasing out the use of all hazardous chemicals in making their clothes following a Greenpeace campaign urging them to "detox" their production.
The man convicted of the 2003 murder of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, Mijailo Mijailovic, has finally spoken out about the case after eight years in prison.
A company in Västerås in central Sweden has been fighting for two years to have the right to call itself the ‘The Whore-child’ or ‘Horungen’ in Swedish.
