Sweden's government has anounced plans to scrap or amend the six-month waiting period required to complete a divorce, as part ...

A Swedish-Eritrean journalist held incommunicado without charge in Eritrea for more than 23 years won a Swedish rights prize ...

Some have already left Sweden. Some soon will. Some have had their salaries raised, others had requests denied. The doubling of the minimum salary for a work permit has had a major impact on ...

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson expressed concern of a new documentary by Al Jazeera, which public broadcaster SVT ...

From left, The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange, The Local Sweden's Editor Emma Löfgren and Deputy Editor Becky Waterton.

At election vigils in Stockholm and Malmö on Wednesday morning, Americans expressed their shock and sorrow at Donald Trump's ...

We chat to Americans about the US election result and how it will affect Sweden, Riksbank slashes key interest rate, ...

Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo competition, to bring our audience together from ...

Sweden imposed a law on Friday allowing police to seize luxury items from people even if they are not suspected of a crime, ...

Swedish offices are emptier than usual over Christmas and New Year, and the Migration Agency is no exception. The agency will ...

In this week's episode of Sweden in Focus Extra for Membership+ subscribers: what do The Local's readers (and our panelists) think of Sweden's plans to map the values of immigrants.

Apartment prices rose in the Stockholm region last month by almost 4 percent, while the price of detached houses lagged ...