New Year's Eve in Sweden means one thing: fireworks. Here are The Local's suggestions for where to watch them across the country, from Stockholm and Gothenburg to Umeå, Uppsala and elsewhere.
A man was fatally shot and others injured on New Year's Eve in Stockholm, Sweden. In other parts of the country, rockets were fired at people and their homes, according to Swedish police.
The world's eight billion people ushered in 2023 on Saturday, bidding farewell to a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises, Lionel Messi's World Cup glory and the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, Pele and former pope Benedict.
With only a few hours left until it is 2020, the question is: Where to celebrate the new year? The Local has listed some of the best places in Sweden to view fireworks and to toast the New Year, from north to south and east to west.
A video showing fireworks being shot into crowds in a Swedish city at the turn of the year has gone viral, raising questions over how safe it is to celebrate New Year's Eve in the area.
A man in western Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of biting his son's finger off while in Malmö two prisoners managed to escape a correctional facility on an eventful New Year's Eve for the police.
