This month saw Stockholm hit with its snowiest November day in 111 years, and the sudden onslaught of bad weather saw many parts of the city grind to a halt, with commuters finding their buses cancelled, and drivers stuck for hours in congested barely moving traffic.
Swedish and foreign students are set to start university in the coming weeks. But the experience will be marred for many as a report suggests thousands face up to a two-year wait for student accommodation.
Shipping containers are set to be rented out to students in a bid to solve Sweden's chronic housing shortage. The Local has spoken to the company behind them - and to one council feeling the housing strain.
Four international students who share a passion for sustainable development have filled a gap in the Swedish market for eco-friendly cleaning. For this week's My Swedish Career, we meet the founders of a new green business designed to make a lasting difference.
NFGL student Liridona Sopjani, along with her international student friends Jan, Alexis, and Martha, needed a job. So she created one. Or rather, they created a company. Now she explains how they did it.
With a sharp decrease in the number of non-EU students coming to Sweden since tuition fees were introduced, industry and university heads argue that the only way Sweden can compete internationally is to offer scholarships to entice more foreigners.
Almost 4,000 students have waited for four weeks for payment from Sweden's student grants and loans body CSN, which has been so flooded with calls that the agency simply turned off its telephones.
Swedish students find American multinational Google to be the most attractive potential employers, with Swedish furniture giant Ikea taking second place, a new survey has revealed.
A Swedish doctor employed at Stockholm University has lost his licence after prescribing "for the right fee" benzodiazepine - a drug also known as roofies, moggies or downers - to a student who later tried to commit suicide.
Four out of ten of Sweden's most expensive student residences are found in Stockholm, where students have to cough up hefty wads of cash for a few square metres, a new national review has revealed.
Taking a year out before university is common in Sweden, with thousands of teenagers going overseas before embarking on their studies. While The Local's <b>Elodie Pradet</b> finds out the gap year is still de rigeur, stats show the tradition is on the decline.
The shrinking number of foreign university students in Sweden has left tech companies like telecom giant Ericsson worried about a shortage of potential employees.
A majority of Swedish business, IT and science engineering students would like to land a job with Google, according to the 2013 Ideal Employer Rankings.
Three percent of students at Stockholm's biggest high schools have had a relationship with a teacher and the teachers' ethical council says "you can't ban love".
A 14-year-old student in northern Sweden who complained that her school’s restroom art "romanticized peeping" and was sexist has won a partial victory as the principal agreed to remove it. Astrid Johansson is The Local’s Swede of the Week.
As industry heavyweights send models down the catwalks at Mercedes Benz Stockholm Fashion Week, 14 students rallied for their own show. The Local’s <b>Ann Törnkvist</b> caught up with two of them.
Close to 90,000 Swedes with student loans are endangering their future credit score by late or outstanding payments, prompting the student loans body CSN (Centrala studiestödsnämnden) to place warning calls to those risking a record of non-payment.
The UK has taken a page out of Sweden's textbook and is surging ahead with the free school movement. The Local’s <b>Christine Demsteader</b> looks at the lessons that can be learned from Sweden's system of publicly-financed, privately-managed schools.
A video featuring the spontaneous, unsettling screams of university students in Sweden is making waves across the world, shedding light on a curious Swedish university tradition the origins of which remain unclear.
Young Swedish students have become worse at reading but slightly better at the natural sciences, according to the results of two key international comparisons of student achievement released on Tuesday.
The Swedish government on Monday took steps to boost Mandarin studies in Swedish schools, but it will likely be more than a decade before China's biggest language is widely taught in Sweden.
