https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed It's not just kanelbullar, Swedes put great spoonfuls of cinnamon in their porridge, in apple crumbles, in glögg wine, and even use it to jazz up their matjessill herring. What's the history of Swedes' love affair with the spice? https://www.thelocal.com/20240930/when-did-swedes-get-so-crazy-about-cinnamon Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:54:33 +0200 when-did-swedes-get-so-crazy-about-cinnamon Swedish broadcaster SVT recently aired the first episode of its high-profile new series on Swedish history and racists aren't happy about it, The Local's Paul O'Mahony discovers. https://www.thelocal.com/20231110/why-are-racists-in-sweden-angry-at-history Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:54:25 +0100 why-are-racists-in-sweden-angry-at-history At a Halloween party in Gothenburg in 1998, a fire started by four youths led to one of the deadliest disasters of modern Swedish history. Sixty-three young people lost their lives and many more were injured. https://www.thelocal.com/20181029/the-biggest-fire-disaster-in-swedish-history-gothenburg-disco Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:26:14 +0100 the-biggest-fire-disaster-in-swedish-history-gothenburg-disco Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates 50 years on the throne this year. But why is he Carl XVI when there have only actually been ten King Carls? https://www.thelocal.com/20230913/why-carl-xvi-gustaf-isnt-actually-swedens-16th-king-carl Wed, 13 Sep 2023 17:08:19 +0200 why-carl-xvi-gustaf-isnt-actually-swedens-16th-king-carl Most people who have been to Sweden will have heard of state alcohol monopoly Systembolaget, but did you know that the country also used to have a state-owned version of McDonald's? https://www.thelocal.com/20180727/how-sweden-tried-to-see-off-mcdonalds-with-a-state-owned-burger-chain Fri, 27 Jul 2018 17:02:20 +0200 how-sweden-tried-to-see-off-mcdonalds-with-a-state-owned-burger-chain On August 23rd, 1973, Jan-Erik Olsson walked into a Stockholm bank high on drugs, agitated and waving a submachine gun. So began a hostage drama that would go on to last six days, and birth the term Stockholm Syndrome. https://www.thelocal.com/20230821/where-does-the-term-stockholm-syndrome-really-come-from-and-is-it-even-true Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:43:56 +0200 where-does-the-term-stockholm-syndrome-really-come-from-and-is-it-even-true