Pronounced with a long u-sound (similar to “ooo”), slut in Swedish is not a pejorative term for someone who has casual sex ...

The US election looks like it’s going to be extremely close, but if it had been held in Sweden, Kamala Harris would have won ...

As an extremely close contest draws to an end, we want to hear from Americans in Sweden how you feel about the US election.

Sweden's Prime Minsiter Ulf Kristersson had a personal audience with US President Joe Biden in July 2023. Photo: Stefan Jerrevång/TT The biggest political event anywhere today, Sweden included, is of ...

Kamala Harris, the Democratic party candidate for the US presidency, has written a letter for American citizens living abroad ...

The Swedish government has rejected applications for 13 offshore wind farms in large parts of the southern and central Baltic Sea due to concerns from the Swedish Armed Forces that it would make it ...

Are you organising a Christmas market, a book club for English speakers, a New Year's pub quiz or anything else in Sweden in December? Submit it to The Local's What's On guide and we'll share the best ...

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

Strong winds brought by Storm Jacob left more than 12,000 people without power on Friday, and have led to train, bus and ...

Sweden's state weather forecaster is warning of high winds in central Sweden and the coasts of Southern Sweden over the ...

Large parts of Stockholm's historic centre, Gamla stan, were closed to the public on Wednesday morning after a live hand ...

Novent is a portmanteau – when parts of multiple words are combined into one, creating a mash-up of their sound and meaning – in this case a mix of the words November and Advent.