Getting a bank account is usually a top priority for people moving to Sweden – but how good are Swedish banks at catering for newcomers? We'd like to hear from our readers about your experiences of banking in Sweden.
Despite ongoing travel restrictions, extra costs and uncertainty over new Covid variants, international residents living across Europe vow to travel abroad this summer. For most it is the need to see family that motivates them.
Many international residents living around Europe are desperately hoping to be able to travel this summer. Please take a minute to complete a quick survey to let us know why you intend to travel and what complications you face.
Governments are fast losing support for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak from a public that widely believes death and infection figures to be higher than statistics show, a survey of six
countries including Sweden revealed on Saturday.
Tech-savvy Sweden is leading the world in terms of cashless payments. But how does this affect the country's international residents? Fill out The Local's questionnaire to help us make your voice heard.
The National Day of Sweden is coming up, so let's take a moment to celebrate this country that we have made our home. Tell us your favourite things about Sweden.
Swedes value sex and most of them get enough of it. But what else does a new national study into the sex lives of Swedes reveal? Here are the key stats we just learned, and you may find some of them surprising.
There are plenty of Swedish traits that quickly become part of your everyday life. We want to know what Swedish habits The Local's readers can't shake off.
What's the number one tip you wish someone had told you when you first moved to Sweden? Here's your chance to share your best advice with future Swedish residents.
Sweden has gone almost three months since its election without a new government. A new key survey now indicates which parties have gained from the low-key turmoil – and which have lost.
Sweden has climbed slightly in a prestigious annual ranking of the world's most competitive countries, rising from ninth to eighth place in the report from a leading Swiss business school.
Sweden is no longer the country making the most significant contribution to the greater good of humanity, according to an index in which Sweden dropped from first to sixth place in one year.
Muslims living in Sweden feel a stronger attachment to their country than most of Europe, according to a new survey that looks at discrimination of minorities in the European Union.
How do the Swedes get it on? The Swedish government wants to find out and has launched a major survey on the subject in a bid to gather enough knowledge to improve the Swedes' general wellbeing.
What do Swedes do in their living room? If you're Ikea, that's a question you want to know the answer to, so the furniture giant asked pollsters to find out. Here's what they discovered.
A new opinion poll from Sweden's biggest statistics agency suggests that the country's centre-left political bloc has doubled its lead on the centre-right opposition in the past six months.
