Swedes have an international reputation for dressing well, with Scandi style a popular trend outside Sweden. The Local asked Swedes and foreigners living in Sweden to try and figure out the best tips and tricks for how to dress like a Swede.
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6:41 'Don't wear bright colours': Eight tips on how to dress like a Swede
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What changes in Sweden in August 2022?
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How working for a student radio station inspired me to stay in Sweden
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Explained: How to understand what your Swedish payslip really means
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Swedish passenger causes Copenhagen Airport evacuation with bomb joke
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How to get tax deductions on household maintenance in Sweden
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Sweden proposes lowering age limit for changing legal gender
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Swedish word of the day: lathund
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‘Playtime's over’: Sweden to introduce new law on e-scooters
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Nudity to BBQs: What you can (and can't) do on your balcony in Sweden
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Sweden to begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox
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Everything you need to know about Sweden's BankID and its alternatives
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Losses widen for Swedish Spotify as costs and subscribers increase
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Swedish word of the day: knytkalas
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Six essential Swedish drinking songs for crayfish party season
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EXPLAINED: How to get the best deal on your mortgage in Sweden
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Crime most important issue for Sweden’s voters
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11 Swedish life hacks that will make you feel like a local
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Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
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Centre Party leader meets Almedalen tragedy with call for unity
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Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
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Striking SAS pilots agree to fly back stranded charter passengers
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OPINION: The tragedy at Almedalen is an attack on Swedish democracy
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Swedish PM condemns MPs posing with PKK flag amid Turkey Nato row
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LATEST: Slain psychiatrist 'was intended target' of Almedalen knife attack
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KEY POINTS: What do we know about the Almedalen knife attack?
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Swedish word of the day: puckad
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Eminent Swedish psychiatrist killed in Almedalen knife attack
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Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Thursday
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Almedalen knife attacker linked to Swedish neo-Nazi groups: reports
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Liberal leader: 'I don't like the extremes of either left or right'
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EXPLAINED: Can you negotiate a pay rise in Sweden to offset inflation?
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Prosecutors charge Malmö student for killing two teachers
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Prosecutors charge Malmö student for killing two teachers
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Sweden Democrat leader: 'Magdalena Anderson does not love Sweden'
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Sweden Democrat leader: 'Magdalena Anderson does not love Sweden'
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Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
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Today in Sweden: A roundup of the latest news on Wednesday
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How much should we be concerned about rising Covid-19 rates in Sweden?
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How much should we be concerned about rising Covid-19 rates in Sweden?
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ANALYSIS: Why are SAS pilots on strike?
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ANALYSIS: Why are SAS pilots on strike?
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Christian Democrat leader seeks to lure Centre voters at Almedalen
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How long could the SAS pilot strike last?Â
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How long could the SAS pilot strike last?Â
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The seven types of Stockholmer you're bound to find in the city during summerÂ
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VIDEO: Swedish city's sexy bins get a new male voice
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Sweden's ex-NBA star leaves Moscow team
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PODCAST: What makes people move to Sweden (apart from love and money)?
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Airport chaos in Europe: What are your rights if flights are delayed or cancelled?
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Chief of Sweden's finance watchdog appointed next Riksbank governor
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Swedophiles: The foreigners who come to Sweden for fashion and design
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Swedish word of the day: tant
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OPINION: Sweden must demand that Julian Assange go free
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Swedish Iranians complain of 'drastic drop' in visas for relatives
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Security queue at Stockholm Arlanda now down to ten minutes
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Swedish finance minister: 'No budget negotiations with independent MP'
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Swedish museum to return Sami remains to village
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Swedish opposition seeks deal on new post-election rule
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Swedish court finds Italian star surgeon guilty of 'causing bodily harm'
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Swedish word of the day: snäll
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Ikea to 'scale down' operations in Russia and Belarus over Ukraine
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Turkey demands written response from Sweden on Nato bid
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'Prices need to drop': Swedish estate agents call buyer's market
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US sanctions far-right Swede for links to Russian terror group
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KEY POINTS: What changes in Sweden in June 2022
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KEY POINTS: What changes in Sweden in June 2022
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What is the EU's 'single permit' for third-country nationals and can I get one?
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What is the EU's 'single permit' for third-country nationals and can I get one?
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PODCAST: Sweden’s new work permit law: what are the pros and cons?
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PODCAST: Sweden’s new work permit law: what are the pros and cons?
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IN PICS: The assault ship USS Kearsarge arrives in Stockholm
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IN PICS: The assault ship USS Kearsarge arrives in Stockholm
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KEY POINTS: Why Sweden's latest government crisis could threaten Nato talks
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KEY POINTS: Why Sweden's latest government crisis could threaten Nato talks
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Swedes go back to work and school, travel chaos looks set to continue and a possible Covid peak. Here's what changes in Sweden in August 2022. 
Two international students tell The Local how joining a student radio station in Sweden helped them settle in the country and ultimately decide to stay. 
Getting your monthly payslip should be a positive experience if you've found a job in Sweden. But as long as the money finds its way to your account, it's easy to forget to look over the paperwork, especially when it's written in bureaucratic Swedish. 
Police were forced to evacuate Terminal 2 at Copenhagen Airport on Friday morning after a Swedish national handball trainer joked to security personnel that he had a bomb in his suitcase. 
Did you know you can get deductions for household costs, from cleaning to renovations? Here's how. 
The Swedish government has proposed lowering the age at which an individual can change their legal gender from 18 to 16 years. The current age limit for medically changing gender - the age at which an individual can receive gender correction surgery - will remain the same. 
This Swedish word is a lazy dog that will help you do something. 
Sweden's infrastructure minister Tomas Eneroth has announced new rules for e-scooters valid from September 1st. 
What better way to enjoy summer in your apartment than by making full use of your balcony? The Local spoke to Henric Gartz, a lawyer who specialises on issues related to housing, to find out how to stay on the right side of the law. 
Region Stockholm and Region Skåne will begin offering monkeypox vaccines to those who have been in contact with infected individuals this week. 
Sweden is a country that loves technology. In fact, more than eight million people in the country of ten million use electronic IDs in their daily lives, to access services or shop online. 
The world's most popular streaming service Spotify has recorded wider losses on rising costs even though subscriber numbers beat expectations in the second quarter. 
Today’s word is a Swedish social phenomenon where you can share a great and varied culinary experience with friends. Another bonus - it's a great way to keep costs down and still have a chance to catch up with friends over a good meal. 
It's almost August, meaning Swedes have only one thing on their minds - crayfish. Crayfish parties feature a large amount of alcohol (like most Swedish holidays), so here are the drinking songs you should learn if you want to fit in. 
Taking out a mortgage is a big commitment not only financially, but it also ties you more closely to both Sweden and anyone you're buying the property with. Here's our complete guide to understanding a Swedish mortgage. 
For the first time since the 1970s, crime is top of the list of voters’ most important issues in the run-up to September’s election. 
Sweden can be a cold and unforgiving place, with strange rules and customs. For newbies there can be some surprising culture shocks, so here are some tips to make your life in Sweden a little easier. 
Malmö school attack hearing continues, crime top of agenda for Swedish voters and Tetra Pak pulls out of Russia. Here's Sweden's news on Wednesday. 
Centre Party leader Annie Lööf called for "togetherness and reflection" in a speech at Almedalen that showed her able to respond to tragedy like a national leader. 
Attack on psychiatry, MPs condemned for PKK flag, flights hit post-pandemic peak, and stranded passengers: find out what's going on in Sweden with The Local's roundup. 
Striking SAS pilots have agreed with the airline that they can fly over the weekend to bring back the thousands of charter flight passengers who would otherwise be left stranded. 
Almedalen took place this week in the shadow of Russian military aggression, but on Wednesday it became tragically clear that the immediate danger was from within, says David Crouch 
Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday condemned a group of left-wing MPs who posed with flags from Kurdish militants as the country's Nato membership bid faces Turkish pressure over such groups. 
The leading Swedish psychiatrist who was stabbed to death at the Almedalen political festival on Wednesday was targeted "for her public engagement in psychiatric issues", the prosecutor in the case has said. 
One of Sweden's most senior psychiatrists was knifed to death on Wednesday in the square at the centre of the Almedalen political festival. This is what we know so far. 
Today’s Swedish word of the day is a word that might make you think of ice hockey, but it might not have anything to do with it. 
The Swedish psychiatrist Ing-Marie Wieselgren was named on Wednesday evening as the victim of the knife attack at the Almedalen political festival. 
Almedalen knife killing, income inequality, Covid vaccines, and school attacker charged: find out what's going on in Sweden with The Local's roundup. 
The man behind the knife attack at Sweden's Almedalen political festival has been active in the militant neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement, Swedish media have reported. 
The affable new leader of Sweden's Liberal Party claimed in his speech at the Almedalen festival that his party would act "an anchor in the middle" that would protect aid spending, asylum rights, gender equality, LGBT issues, and public service broadcasting in a coming right-wing government. 
With Sweden's central bank expecting inflation of nearly 8% this year, everyone working in the country is in line for a real-terms pay cut. We asked Gunilla Krieg, central ombudsman at the Unionen union, what scope there is to negotiate a salary hike to compensate. 
Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged an 18-year-old student with two counts of murder after the March killing of two teachers at his school. 
The leader of the Sweden Democrats has claimed in his speech at the Almedalen political festival that his party had the solutions to soaring prices for food, power, and fuel, while casting scorn on the Prime Minister's patriotic speech. 
More ID checks for foreigners, SAS shares plummet and MPs pose with Kurdish terror group flag. Find out what's going on in Sweden with The Local's roundup on Wednesday. 
Covid-19 cases are once again escalating in more than a hundred countries, including Sweden, with the new Omicron variants, BA.4 and BA.5, both harder to track and more resistant to vaccines. Should we be worried? 
SAS pilots are causing travel misery for thousands but how do they justify their strike action? 
Christian Democrat leader Ebba Busch positioned herself of the defender of the middle-class right to "villa, Volvo, vovve" (a house, a Volvo and a dog), in a speech aimed squarely at voters of the Centre Party. 
Some 900 pilots from airline SAS are on strike affecting tens of thousands of passengers in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and beyond. But will the strike be over in days or drag on for weeks? Here's what we know so far. 
You might have noticed that Sweden’s cities seem to empty out in July as thousands leave to go on holiday. But who are the stragglers? One of The Local's reporters investigates. 
Malmö's talking bins, which have made worldwide headlines since their introduction last week, have a new voice. And this time, it's male. 
Sweden's ex-NBA star Jonas Jerebko has quit CSKA Moscow, the team said on Saturday, less than three months after his controversial decision to join the organisation amid international condemnation of Russia. 
A weekly, behind-the-scenes look at the biggest news stories in Sweden with the journalists who know them best. Every Saturday with The Local Sweden. 
Summer is up, tourism is recovering from pandemic years, and people are stuck at chaotic airports. Here are your rights if something goes wrong. 
Stefan Ingves, the central bank governor who helped steer Sweden through the 2007 financial crisis, and then presided over years of negative interest rates, is to step at the end of the years. 
A lot of foreigners who move to Sweden did so because they fell in love with a Swede or got a job in the country. But not everyone. In the third of our Swedophile series, we look at two people drawn by a love of fashion and design. 
Tant is more than just a word, it's a whole lifestyle. 
Given Sweden’s involvement in the Assange case, the government’s continued silence over his impending extradition to the US is indefensible, says David Crouch 
Iranians living in Sweden are complaining that relatives are no longer being granted visas to visit, causing pain and heartbreak for one of Sweden's most established immigrant communities. 
The queue at security at Stockholm's Arlanda airport was down to ten minutes on Friday morning, after a new terminal was opened and temporary staff brought in. 
Sweden proposed their extra amendment budget on June 17th. In order for it to pass, it must be supported by independent MP Amineh Kakabaveh. However, no negotiations have taken place, according to Sweden's finance minister Mikael Damberg. 
Uppsala's university museum is to return a Sami skeleton to ethnic Sami living in Arctic Lapland, following a campaign by the Sami parliament, Amnesty, and the Bishop of Luleå. 
Sweden's opposition leader has called for an agreement with Sweden's Prime Minister that no government should be allowed to form in future if it does not have support in parliament for its budget. 
A court in Sweden has found the scandal-hit Italian surgeon Paolo Macchiarini guilty of a serious crime causing bodily harm for one of three experimental operations implanting synthetic windpipes in patients. 
Today's word is one that can be tough to use in the correct context. 
Swedish furniture giant Ikea said Wednesday it would "scale down" its activities in Russia and Belarus, after putting them on hold following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 
Turkey said on Wednesday that it was waiting for a "written response" from Sweden and Finland to Ankara's objections to their Nato bids. 
The majority of Sweden’s estate agents are now expecting a sharp drop in flat and house prices over the coming year, with most now calling a buyer's market. 
The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on white nationalists from Russia and Sweden, warning they posed a threat and that one raised funds for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. 
A new work permit law, Terminal 4 reopens, Stockholm summits and National Day. Here are some of the things that change in Sweden in June. 
In 2020, 2.7 million non-EU citizens were issued a so-called "single permit" to both reside and work in the EU. But what is the single permit, how does it work and what could change in the future? 
The USS Kearsarge, a 257-metre amphibious assault ship, arrived in Stockholm on June 2nd. It is in the region to take part in the Baltic Operations (Baltops) military exercise. 
Sweden's government is facing yet another existential parliamentary vote, after the Sweden Democrats called a no-confidence vote in Justice Minister Morgan Johansson. Here's why it might make reaching a Nato deal with Turkey even trickier.