Swedish transport authorities plan to build around ten wildlife crossings for reindeer in northern Sweden this year, reports Swedish public science radio Vetenskapsradion.
Indigenous Sami reindeer herders are being severely affected by climate change. After last year's drought left reindeer short of food, this year there's been an excess of early snow.
Sweden's indigenous Sami reindeer herders have called for urgent economic support to counter the effects of the unusually warm summer this year, as well as long-term measures to mitigate climate change.
Sweden's unprecedented drought and devastating wildfires are destroying vital grazing pastureland for indigenous Sami reindeer herders, whose livelihoods are already under attack from mining and logging as global warming changes the face of the Arctic.
Sweden's indigenous Sami people have been moving herds of reindeer between low and high grounds for centuries. A British photographer captured the spectacle of hundreds of the animals being relocated in a fascinating series of images.
Hundreds of reindeer were killed in traffic in Sweden in the first three weeks of 2018 alone, report Sami public radio and broadcaster SVT Sápmi – double the number in the same period last year.
Several Sami villages have applied for emergency assistance to help their reindeer, as the layer of ice under the snow makes it difficult for the animals to find food in northern Sweden.
Cast Rudolph and his friends to the back of your mind and feast on this traditional dish known as tjälknöl in Swedish. Our recipe was recommended by food writer John Duxbury.
An incredible video from northern Sweden has captured the moment a lonely reindeer met a cocky cat – but the latter decided it wasn't in the mood to play.
More than 10,000 reindeer have died in traffic accidents in five years, report <a href="http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2327&artikel=6580681">Sami public radio and broadcaster SVT Sápmi</a>.
Modern-day threats are making life increasingly difficult for Sweden's Sami reindeer herders, as this account inside the annual reindeer pilgrimage shows.
Thirty years on from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, traces of radioactive material can still be found in northern Sweden's elk and reindeer populations.
You've seen the city life, Stockholm clubs and Gothenburg streetcars - but there's another side of Sweden, wild and raw. The Local spoke with Peter Siikavuopio, a Swedish trapper living in the far north, about his craft.
Forty-eight reindeer were killed in an instant in northern Sweden after being run over by a speeding train they tried in vain to outrun, transport officials said on Tuesday.
As mining companies seek to exploit the resources of northern Sweden, the Samis, who have for centuries moved their reindeer down from the snow-covered mountains for lowland grazing, wonder how much longer they can continue.
Perfectly preserved arrows that were frozen in ice for 1,000 years have been found in the mountains of northern Sweden, with experts claiming that they were likely used to hunt reindeer by the native Sami people.
National Geographic has appealed a ban on its photographers taking a helicopter into the Sarek national park, which Swedish officials said risked disturbing the indigenous Samis' grazing reindeer in the World Heritage wilderness.
A man in northern Sweden uses a rubber boat with wings to get a birds-eye view of his reindeer herd. The Local finds out more about his unusual aircraft and his life in the clouds.
Sweden’s reindeer population is suffering due to a late spring in the north, with herders fearing that the lack of food will ruin this year’s calving season and leaving dead calves on the mountain.
