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'Sweden ticks all the boxes – except for one'

Ex-Londoner Paul Connolly loves living in northern Sweden. Really, he does. If only the local delicacies didn't taste of asbestos and insulation – and that's BEFORE you even get to the fermented herring.

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'How Zumba gave me a real life in Sweden'

The Local's reporter Paul Connolly loves living in the Swedish countryside. But it took starting a community Zumba class for his partner fellow-Brit Donna Richmond to thaw to the idea of staying in the frozen north. Here, she shares her emotional story.

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'Wild' expats wanted for Nordic TV series

People who have moved from the UK to remote corners of Scandinavia are set to appear in a new television series being filmed in 2015.

Food and Drink

'This is the smell of death and I'm expected to eat it'

After forcing his way through a meal of fermented fish, former Londoner Paul Connolly talks Swedish food. And he's not too impressed.

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Conditions 'just right' for northern lights: expert

With a solar flare providing excellent Northern Lights viewing opportunities in Sweden on Thursday night, a researcher at Lund observatory explained the phenomenon and the five best ways to catch it.