Sana Abdullah says that determination and learning the language are key to fitting in and finding work in Sweden - and no-one cares if you look different.
From transport to food to events, The Local has picked out the smartphone apps you need to get the most out of Stockholm. And did we mention they're all free?
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera, and Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson, have announced that Stockholm and Tallinn in Estonia will be the first cities to have new wireless mobile technology, 5G, rolled out in 2018.
Could the solution to the world's climate crisis be simpler than we think? A Swedish team is turning wasted heat into clean energy - in a sustainable and low-cost manner.
Swedish two-year-olds can't get enough of the net, 70 percent of Swedes use Facebook, and the average Swede uses the internet for 21 hours a week, according to a new study.
Swedish Ericsson and US networking technology leader Cisco have teamed up to develop next-generation technology in a global partnership set to boost sales by at least a billion dollars.
A rising number of public swimming pools across Sweden are launching blanket bans on smartphones and tablets in a bid to make inattentive parents help protect their children from drowning accidents.
UPDATED: Two Swedish technical universities climbed an annual ranking of the world's top schools on Tuesday while some of the country's older higher education seats dropped from last year.
UPDATED: Swedish Enterprise and Innovation Minister Mikael Damberg has told The Local about his action plan to turn Stockholm into the top startup city in the world. But critics of his proposals say they are too vague.
Sweden is quickly becoming a global hub for groundbreaking ideas and companies. Keep up to date with the pulse of the startup scene with our compilation - all the startup coverage in one place.
An all-action bronze sculpture is channelling locally-sourced tweets and reading them aloud at Stockholm Central Station. The Local catches up with artist Tove Kjellmark to find out more.
It’s no secret that Sweden is on the forefront of digital innovation, with companies such as Spotify, Klarna, and Skype. Now Stockholm has gained its first ‘innovation center’.
Classic inventions such as the adjustable wrench, dynamite or the pacemaker, are products of legendary Swedish masterminds. But what other new inventions has Sweden produced? Read on!
An advert by a grocery chain based on an iconic image of Steve Jobs has caused a stir in Sweden, prompting some to criticize the grocer for "joking" about the late Apple founder.
<b>The Local speaks to <a href="http://www.tedxstockholm.com/">TEDxStockholm</a> founder Carl Bärstad on why the Swedes are an innovative nation - and why they need to learn how to fail.</b>
Swedish product design company Teenage Engineering made a splash at the CES fair in Las Vegas this week after presenting its latest innovation - the world's first 'cloud speaker'.
Brazil's defense minister has said that the country has an "urgent´" need of new combat aircraft, reigniting renewed speculation about a multi-billion-dollar deal potentially involving Swedish Saab's Gripen NG.
Classic inventions such as the adjustable wrench, dynamite or the pacemaker, are generally quickly identified as products of legendary Swedish masterminds. Newer inventions, however, often meshed into conglomerate organizations, might not be as easily traced.
Despite fresh figures showing that more than 70 percent of all emails sent in Sweden in June were spam, experts say that this is the lowest level circulated worldwide since 2008.
US president Barack Obama was transformed into a bunch of carrots for more than an hour on Monday morning thanks to a mischievous Wikipedia user claiming the name of the Swedish king.
A Swedish company believes a device modeled on a children's toy will make harnessing energy from the world's oceans as easy as flying a kite, The Local's <b>Geoff Mortimore</b> discovers.
A Swedish company has revealed the world's first eye-controlled laptop computer, allowing users to switch between windows and scroll through documents in the blink of an eye.
A Stockholm hotel has launched a new pilot security system enabling guests to open their rooms, and even check in and out, with the help of their mobile phones, the participating companies said Tuesday.
Swedes sent a total of 16.3 billion text messages in 2009, an increase of 65 percent on 2008 and more than the number of calls made on the country's mobile telecom networks, a new report from the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (Post- och telestyrelsen - PTS).
