The big news for international train travel from Sweden next year is the decision of state-owned rail company SJ to end its ...

The Swedish krona is the best-performing currency among the G10 countries, which are together the most traded currencies ...

Residents of 16 Swedish municipalities will pay more local tax in 2026, while 45 municipalities will pay less tax. What's the ...

The Pogues' Fairytale of New York, the gritty tale of love gone wrong many consider the greatest Christmas song ever written, has its origins in Sweden, at least according to a new commemorative ...

The Swedish government and Sweden Democrats are pushing forward with plans to tighten the requirements for family reunion, by ...

How Sweden can get beyond immigrant stereotypes, Indians' relationship with Sweden, Sweden reacts to US talk of ...

The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.

The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (ArkDes) runs an annual competition for the best 'pepparkakshus' or ...

Sweden has become slightly more equal over the past decade, with the income gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 50 ...

It's mid-December and in Sweden that means Lucia: groups of white-robed people singing with candles on their heads. But what ...

Former Stockholm basketball coach Eric Nsubuga, 22, tells The Local of his deportation to Uganda, a country he has not been ...

The Church of Sweden has formally rejected a government inquiry's proposal that would see more than 100,000 people stripped ...