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 ...

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

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

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

The Moderate Party's youth wing has called for a law removing the right of asylum seekers to "change track" and apply for a ...

Sick of Last Christmas and All I Want for Christmas is You? We've put together a list of Swedish Christmas songs, including ...

Sweden's government has finalised the text of a new law which will see the minimum eligible salary for a work permit hiked to ...

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

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

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