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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

An important but hardly-known international agreement signed by 29 European countries has established common principles for ...

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 ...

In October, Swiss national railways (SBB) announced the launch, in April 2026, of a night train connecting Basel with the ...