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Each day of December up until Christmas Eve, The Local is sharing the story behind a surprising Swedish fact as part of our own Advent calendar.
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Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg has been named as Time magazine's 2019 Person of the Year after her one-person climate strike inspired a global movement.
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It's not just the jultomte who has gifts to deliver in December. If you're wondering how to make sure your cards and parcels to or from Sweden reach their recipients on time, here are three things that will help you navigate the Swedish postal service this Christmas.
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US rapper A$AP Rocky has returned to Sweden for a concert four months after he was convicted for assault following a street brawl in Stockholm.
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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said wealthy countries were using "loopholes" to avoid taking action on the climate crisis, while attending a UN summit in Madrid on Wednesday.
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In Sweden, Lucia Day on December 13th is celebrated with music, candles, and sweet saffron buns. The Local visited bakery Gateau to get a hands-on lesson in making the perfect golden bun. Watch the video to learn from an expert baker.
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Nobel literature laureate Peter Handke received his prize at a gala ceremony in Stockholm amid protests over his backing of Serbia during the wars in ex-Yugoslavia.
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Sweden's largest commercial broadcaster TV4 and streaming service C More were turned off for one third of the population at midnight after a breakdown in talks with telecom firm Com Hem.
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Each day of December up until Christmas Eve, The Local is sharing the story behind a surprising Swedish fact as part of our own Advent calendar.
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Fans were mourning the death of Roxette star Marie Fredriksson on Tuesday. Here are six hits to remember her with.
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In 15 years, Sweden will be lacking 45,000 qualified teachers if current trends continue, according to the National Agency for Education.
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Swedish pop legend Marie Fredriksson of Roxette has passed away at the age of 61, her management team announced on Tuesday.
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During December days, Stockholm transforms into a Christmas city. One million lights bring a festive sparkle to the streets, countless markets are organized and the warm Christmas atmosphere can be felt everywhere. But where to begin? With The Local's guide, you can make the most of the Christmas season in Stockholm.
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An Iranian sales engineer who was forced to leave Sweden over a former employer's error is suing the state – the first time a deported labour immigrant is pressing charges against the country itself.
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Each day of December up until Christmas Eve, The Local is sharing the story behind a surprising Swedish fact as part of our own Advent calendar.
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A Swedish journalist has been ordered to pay thousands of kronor in damages to a man she claimed raped her, in a series of social media posts that got the #MeToo movement under way in Sweden.
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Does a Swedish symbol of light herald the end of the saga of Brexit, asks British writer and PhD student Sarah Campbell in this opinion piece for The Local.
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Sweden's former ambassador to China faces an unprecedented trial over allegations she overstepped her authority during a meeting to secure the release of imprisoned bookseller Gui Minhai.
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Even job applicants in their early 40s start feeling the effects of age discrimination in the Swedish labour market, according to a new study. And 20 years later, your chances are extremely slim.
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Each day of December up until Christmas Eve, The Local is sharing the story behind a surprising Swedish fact as part of our own Advent calendar.
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Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is cutting the number of flights to Hong Kong amid nearly six months of pro-democracy protests in the former British colony.
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Sweden's prosecution authority is set to provide an update on the investigation into a 2010 rape allegation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday.
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Knowing this crucial word is sure to help you make Swedish friends.
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Sweden's Migration Agency has been sharply rebuked after it rejected a man's residence permit application, but failed to inform him that he was to be deported from Sweden until almost 20 months later.
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To celebrate the festive season, The Local Sweden will be producing an advent calendar with special content each day of December, up until Christmas. We let readers decide the theme of the calendar, and now we would like to offer you the chance to pick the articles.
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The reputation of the Nordic countries for transparency and low corruption levels is "repeatedly being challenged", an anti-corruption campaign group has warned.
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Swedish police and other judicial authorities will be able to use surveillance cameras without first receiving a permit, starting from January 1st next year.
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Sweden's culture minister on Friday defied a Chinese threat of "counter-measures" by awarding a Swedish rights prize to detained Chinese-Swedish book publisher Gui Minhai.
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The songwriting duo behind the Swedish pop group Abba is collaborating on a new circus show based on Sweden's other great cultural export, Pippi Longstocking.
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The Sweden Democrats party has overtaken the ruling Social Democrats to top an opinion poll for the first time in Sweden, which represents a new landmark for the far-right party.
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Sweden's Riksbank has sold government bonds issued by Canadian and Australian states "for climate reasons", in one of the first cases of a central bank joining the global divestment movement.
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Sweden's Justice Minister Morgan Johansson has survived a no-confidence motion proposed by the populist Sweden Democrats over his handling of gang crime.
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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has promised to stand firm in the face of threats from China over a prize for the imprisoned dissident writer Gui Minhai.
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Six Glock-17 pistols and 300 dumdum bullets have been stolen from the building that houses the offices of Sweden's prime minister, to the embarrassment of the country's government.
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Indigenous Sami reindeer herders are being severely affected by climate change. After last year's drought left reindeer short of food, this year there's been an excess of early snow.
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You can still hear this Swedish relic from the pre-mobile phone age, sometimes even in Stockholm.
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Sweden on Wednesday remanded an Iranian man in custody, suspected of war crimes and murders committed in Iran in the summer of 1988, Swedish prosecutors said.
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Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic confirmed his departure from the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday, but gave no clue over his future plans or possible retirement.
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The number of suicides among homosexual women and men has dropped by nearly half in Sweden and Denmark since the countries legalised gay marriage, a new study has shown.
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The recent spate of explosions and shootings in Malmö has not knocked the local police's pioneering anti-gang project off course, local police chief Stefan Sintéus said on Wednesday.
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Long-term unemployment has risen in Sweden for the first time in 16 months.
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This Swedish word is one to help you talk about the things and people you love the most.
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Residents of a town in central-southern Sweden got a shock late on Monday evening when they heard the country's emergency warning siren, and it's not yet clear what caused the alarm to sound.
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Hundreds of migrants who arrived in Sweden as unaccompanied migrants risk losing their accommodation by the start of February.
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Danish checks on border crossings with Sweden have come into effect.
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Police have announced a 'special national incident' to look into violent crime in Sweden, with the head of the task force saying he expects a tangible impact within the next six months.
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Police have been ordered to treat the recent wave of violent crime in Sweden as a "special national incident". But what exactly does that mean, and how does it work?
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Police in Sweden's third largest city outlined the ongoing work at a national and regional level following a shooting on Saturday in which one teenager died and another was seriously injured. But the regional police chief warned there were "no quick solutions".
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Sweden has issued weather warnings in four counties for snow on Monday, while motorists are warned to take extra care across the country.
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Swedish police are assigning a special detail after a recent spate of shootings and explosions, which saw a 15-year-old boy shot dead in Malmö two days ago.
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A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot in Malmö's Möllevångtorget square at 9pm on Saturday night -- one of the busiest times of the week for the area's many bars and restaurants.
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Sri Lanka's president has pardoned a death-row prisoner who murdered a Swedish teenager just a week before he leaves office, officials said Sunday, in a move that sparked national outrage.
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The European Union has warned that Sweden's economy is facing a marked slowdown, with unemployment set to rise above seven percent as companies cut back on investment.
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A giant wall mural showing the face of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is being painted on a wall in central San Francisco by a US climate group.
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Hundreds of far-right activists burned a rainbow flag and cried "Shame!" during a protest in the Georgian capital against an Oscar-nominated Swedish-Georgian gay-themed film which premiered amid a heavy police presence.
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Swedish divers have discovered two wrecks believed to be warships sunk in the 17th century. And they think at least one can be linked to the Vasa, the iconic Swedish ship that sank on its maiden voyage.
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US rapper ASAP Rocky is set to play a gig in Sweden in December – less than four months after a Swedish court found him guilty of assaulting a man in Stockholm.
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The director hit out at anti-gay protesters in Georgia for planning to stop people from entering screenings of Sweden's official Oscar submission.
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Poland is to deport a Swedish far-right extremist who came to the country for training with weapons similar to those used in the attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March.
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Sweden's sees 'no equivalent internationally' to its wave of bombings this year, national police chief Anders Thornberg said as he addressed public concern about the increasing use of explosives by criminal gangs.
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Author, literary scholar and former Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Sara Danius has died at the age of 57.
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A shortage of supplies has forced Uppsala University Hospital, one of Sweden's biggest hospitals, to postpone all non-essential surgeries until next week.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country's conflict with bitter foe Eritrea, the Nobel Committee said.
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Want to invest in some bitcoin? It's now possible to buy it at an auction held by Sweden's state bailiffs.
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Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has proposed stopping the export of weapons to Turkey after the country launched an offensive against Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria.
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The Swedish Academy on Thursday announced two Nobel Prize winners after last year's scandal, but one of the choices quickly sparked new controversy for the body.
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The cost of a monthly travel card in Stockholm is set to increase from the start of January. And at this rate the ticket could break the 1,000-kronor barrier in just a couple of years.
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Join The Local at the Swedish Academy's headquarters in Stockholm, where we reported live on the announcement of two Nobel Prizes in Literature.
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The Danish government is to instate border control on the border with Sweden, citing recent bomb explosions and gang violence.
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Swedish supermarket chain Ica has launched what it says may be "the world's first virtual baby influencer": six-month-old Elis.
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The Swedish Academy will on Thursday crown two Nobel literature laureates after postponing the 2018 prize for a year to deal with the fallout of a sexual harassment scandal that rocked the venerable institution. Here are five things to know about the Nobel Literature Prize.
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The Swedish Academy will hand out two Nobel Prizes in Literature this year, after postponing last year's prize over a rape scandal.
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Join The Local at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, where the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic unveiled an almost three-metre tall bronze statue of himself in his hometown of Malmö.
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Bookmakers seem confident that Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg is a shoo-in for the Nobel Peace Prize to be announced this week, but some experts are more cautious.