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Sweden's first cardinal, Anders Arborelius, is a convert to Catholicism in the overwhelmingly Protestant Scandinavian country ...

With US universities facing challenges to their independence and funding, Nordic countries hope their emphasis on academic ...

Sweden has a 'relatively weak brand' in India, and to the extent that it is known at all, the country is not associated with ...

A 16-year-old boy held in connection with a triple shooting in Uppsala which killed three youths is no longer a suspect.

Father of Uppsala shooting victim describes 15-year-old son as 'world's kindest person', apartment prices plummet in some ...

The Local's Fika Calendar walks you through a whole year of Sweden's coffee-and-cake tradition, with information on the ...

Swedish-Finnish humour trio KAJ's 'Bara Bada Bastu' has emerged as an unexpected favourite to win the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. The Local has done a line-by-line translation of the lyrics, so that ...

The leader of Sweden’s opposition Social Democrats Magdalena Andersson used Labour Day to launch a major proposal to overhaul ...

Swedish trade minister Benjamin Dousa has called for Sweden to strengthen its image as an "open and freedom-loving country" ...

May 1st is a public holiday in Sweden, where Swedes have a day off in celebration of the workers' movement. How are shops, ...

A Turkish court on Wednesday gave a Swedish journalist a suspended sentence of just over 11 months for insulting President ...