Swedes in the UK have been warned to begin collecting all the papers they need to prove their residency to protect them against hard Brexit, at a packed meeting at London's Swedish Church .
Swedes have a reputation for being cold types <a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20160829/unfriendly-swedes-give-expats-the-cold-shoulder" target="_blank">who aren't particularly keen on talking to strangers</a>, but one of them has launched a new badge campaign which aims to show that many of his compatriots are more welcoming and willing to help newcomers than they seem.
Sweden has a reputation for being cold, and not only in terms of the weather. In August, <a href="http://www.thelocal.se/20160829/unfriendly-swedes-give-expats-the-cold-shoulder" target="_blank">a study claimed the country is among the most difficult for foreigners to feel at home in, with 60 percent of people surveyed saying they found it hard to make Swedish friends.
Unemployed Norwegians are being urged to head for greener pastures in Sweden as the country's oil boom peters out, reversing the age-old trend of young Swedes moving to Norway to work.
The Swede killed in the Paris attacks was in her twenties and came from the central Sweden town of Västerås, according to Swedish public broadcaster SVT.
UPDATED: A Swedish citizen was among the victims of the attacks that killed more than 120 people in Paris on Friday, while another was injured, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.
Norwegian literary star Karl Ove Knausgård has launched an extraordinary attack on the Swedes, damning them as a race of narrow-minded “Cyclops” who cannot tolerate ambiguity, have no understanding of literature, and are “full of hate and fear”.
A Facebook post by a 19-year-old Swedish girl searching for a 'good looking as hell' flatmate has caused a stir on social media, with the teenager accused of objectifying men.
Swedish people are the third best in the world at speaking English as a second language, a major fall from grace after two years in top spot, a major report released this week concluded.
So you've made it to Sweden. You've learned the language basics, you're always on time, and you remember to take off your shoes. So now what? Here it is, what you've all been waiting for - an introduction to dating in Sweden.
With "friendly week" in full swing in Sweden, The Local's Oliver Gee wonders if Swedish people actually need help when it comes to friendliness. Hint: They do.
Swedes do the strangest things - for instance queuing in advance for the laundry room and only getting angry on paper. David Duff gets a first-hand lesson in Swedish passive-aggressiveness.
After an "unusually precise" statement from a Swede at a Stockholm lake, The Local's Oliver Gee wonders why Swedish people seem to be so fascinated by using numbers instead of words. And he even puts Stockholmers to the test on camera.
The Local's <b>Oliver Gee</b> reflects on the small-time manners of Swedes, and ponders why Swedish people don't seem to know how to be "polite in passing".
A Swedish family of four was lucky to escape uninjured when a helicopter was forced to land in the Hudson river in New York on Sunday after it ran out of power just minutes into a tourist flight.
Half of young Swedes don't use condoms when having sex with a new partner, according to a new study, which also found that 30 percent of Swedes use no contraceptive measures at all.
Two underemployed, pot-smoking online gaming enthusiasts from Nybro have landed a writing gig with the US-based web magazine after submitting a rambling application for a reporter position.
Two Swedish journalists in Ethiopia jailed on terrorism charges say they are being detained unnecessarily, one year into their 11-year sentence, Swedish diplomats said Monday.
After a curious claim by a bartender about Swedes' manners, The Local's <b>Oliver Gee</b> looks deeper into the question of whether a whole nation may be more polite when using English instead of Swedish.
A number of years ago, back when we lived in California, I read an article run in Swedish daily Expressen called, “Jag är hemmafru, men jag är inte desperate,” or “I’m a Housewife, but I’m not Desperate.”
While Swedes may have a reputation of being somewhat shy and reserved, that doesn't mean it's impossible to become friends with your Swedish neighbours, writes US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt.
