Letters to Santa, twinkling lights on houses, and Christmas trees in the public square: on the face of it, Swedish Christmas ...

Greta Thunberg has been arrested at a demonstration in central London supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers.

Well, if you're Swedish, you'll likely call it uppesittarkväll. This is a compound word with three parts: uppe ("up"). + ...

Swedes, once some of the EU's most sceptical citizens, are now some of the project's greatest enthusiasts. James Savage asks: ...

The word is dassig – dassigt, with a t, if used with an 'ett' word. It comes from the word dass, which means "outhouse" ...

Planning on buying a bottle of wine for Christmas or some bubbles for New Year's Eve? Make sure you're aware of Systembolaget ...

RDC Deutschland, Swedish train company SJ's partner in Germany, has confirmed to The Local that the SJ EuroNight route both ways from Stockholm to Berlin will continue to operate from September 2026 ...

The nordic postal service company Postnord has released information on what has topped the Christmas lists sent to "Santa" by ...

The Swedish Academy said Saturday its permanent secretary, Mats Malm, is stepping down after seven years of heading the ...

The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week and wishes you all a Happy Christmas in ...

In this week's podcast: how to celebrate Christmas in Sweden, Moderates split on immigration, predictions for Sweden's ...