The Swedish Migration Agency is hoping to clear its backlog of four-year-old citizenship cases by the end of this year after ...

Sweden's government will next year bring in a new subsidy for dental care which will more than halve the average annual cost ...

Swedes have a rich and tradition of coining creative compound words to label and ridicule one another -- perhaps reflecting a ...

Traffic over the Öresund Bridge reached record levels in the first half of 2025, as residents of Sweden sought better pay on ...

Foreign-born people living in Sweden are much more likely to leave and go elsewhere if they have a university-level education ...

Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo competition, to bring our audience together from all parts of Sweden. This week's winner is Narangerel Davaasuren, from ...

After several sluggish years, the Swedish krona finally strengthened in 2025, improving the purchasing power of travellers ...

Apartment prices may have fallen this summer but Swedish households still expect property prices to rise in the coming year.

Two high-profile politicians from the prime minster’s Moderate Party want action taken to end a spate of ‘teen deportations’. Also, Ebba Busch in hot water over Israel remarks.

This week: the post-summer return to work, tensions over Israel, and a row over the PM's use of ChatGPT. For Membership+ ...

The northern part of Sweden has been basking in an unusually long heatwave this July. But only a few places actually set new ...

You'll often hear that networking is essential for getting a job in Sweden, and it sometimes is. But a majority of readers ...