The Local's resident music guru Paul Connolly is back with a selection of his favourite Swedish tracks to see you through the dark, post-festive days of January.
The Local's music guru Paul Connolly hand picks his top ten Swedish songs of 2014. Put on your headphones, sit comfortably, and enjoy the best sounds Sweden has had to offer this year.
The Local's northern Sweden reporter Paul Connolly, has strapped on his sunglasses and paid a visit to an Umeå sun room, in an effort to combat the region's long, dark winter.
The Local's resident music guru Paul Connolly is back with a selection of his favourite Swedish tracks to see you through December and into 2015. No Christmas songs. No Swedish Idol pop tracks. Enjoy!
After thirty months in northern Sweden, British writer Paul Connolly says he's looking forward to winter and he challenges people living in the south to join him in the darkness.
Our man in the north, Paul Connolly, has just returned from a trip to the UK - and he's unimpressed. He lists five of the smaller differences between England and northern Sweden.
Music contributor Paul Connolly lifts the lid on Swedish songwriter Max Martin, the mystery Swede responsible for more number one hits than Michael Jackson.
Music boffin Paul Connolly has put his finger on the pulse of popular Swedish music and found the secret formula for the best acts - they're all women.
Serial grump Paul Connolly has found a happy place in northern Sweden (and the land's cheap too). Honestly. In fact, he's listed five things worth loving about life near the Arctic Circle.
It's time to move on from Abba and to embrace other stars from the past forty years of Swedish music, argues The Local's music contributor Paul Connolly.
Frozen Englishman Paul Connolly takes merciless aim at food shopping in Sweden, questioning the manky vegetables, the sky-high prices, and the small conveyer belts... and shares his tips for how to take your business elsewhere.
In his latest bid to embrace life in Sweden's far north, former Londoner <b>Paul Connolly</b> joins his first-ever elk hunt, only to find that the search for the king of the forest has left him with a splitting headache.
The Local's music reviewer Paul Connolly explains how immigrants are topping the charts on the Swedish music scene, and takes aim at Swedish hip-hop - the "ridiculous cousin" of American hip-hop.
As he passes the 18 month mark of his new life in Sweden's far north, ex-Londoner <b>Paul Connolly</b> takes a moment to reflect on the things that most annoy him about Swedes.
There's nothing better than Swedish pop, argues The Local's Paul Connolly, who reveals the secrets behind Swedes' musical success - whether via songs written for Britney Spears or from home-grown talent that's gone big abroad.
Having survived nearly a year living in northern Sweden, former Londoner <b>Paul Connolly</b> shares the unexpected reaction of his British in-laws on their first visit to his "little slice of paradise".
With a proven record of predicting the next big music hit out of Sweden, The Local's <b>Paul Connolly</b> has a chat with Elliphant and dissects her new single in all its "propulsive, hip-twitching glory".
After the birth of his two bonny baby girls, former Londoner <b>Paul Connolly</b> swoons over Swedish healthcare's 'just the right side of hands off' approach that left him feeling safe despite his wife's swollen elephant trotters and high blood pressure.
In his latest column on Swedish music, Paul Connolly chats with the best Swedish electronic indie pop act you've probably never heard of and offers up his choices for Swedish album and gig of the month.
