Community notices and news from Sweden.
Arguably untranslatable into English, svek covers a wide span of situations where trust has been breached, from treachery and betrayal to infidelity, to just letting someone else down.
4d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
This week's Sweden in Focus Extra podcast features an interview with Jackie Rulander, a cross-cultural strategist from Barbados who is based in Jönköping.
4d ago · Read at The Local Sweden →
The Local's Emma Löfgren writes about her annual TV obsession, and lists Sweden's top stories of the week.
10/31/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →
As Sweden's annual 'reading break' for schoolchildren gets under way, we want to know what Swedish children's books have had a real impact on you or your children.
10/26/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →
Winter is coming, and in Sweden, that means darkness – in some places, round-the-clock. Reflectors are a key safety tool in the Swedish winter darkness, and they're not just for kids. Here's how they work, and how to use them.
10/26/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →
Today's word is uniquely Swedish – despite coming originally from German.
10/23/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →
For The Local's Mandy Pipher, who grew up trick-or-treating on Toronto streets packed with jack-o-lanterns and costumed kids, the pale imitation of Halloween offered in Sweden would be better left in the grave.
10/16/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →
Today's word has different meanings depending on whether it's used as a noun or a verb.
10/16/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →
Scandinavians have the perfect word for that well-meaning friend who's always running late.
10/9/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →
The Local's readers come from around the world, but what they missed from their homelands now that they've built a life in Sweden was remarkably similar – which probably says more about Sweden than it does about other countries.
10/8/2026 · Read at The Local Sweden →