https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish man has told The Local about his surprise when he found himself reunited with a self portrait he sent as a message in a bottle almost two decades ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20150806/swede-reunited-with-bottle-message-after-17-years Thu, 06 Aug 2015 15:26:03 +0200 swede-reunited-with-bottle-message-after-17-years A Swedish family has told The Local how they tracked down the sender of a mystery message in a bottle when their Facebook appeal went viral – 11 years after the letter was thrown into the sea by a Norwegian boy. https://www.thelocal.se/20150730/swedes-viral-plea-finds-sender-of-bottle-message Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:19:29 +0200 swedes-viral-plea-finds-sender-of-bottle-message A group of Swedes who sent a pirate map in a bottle two decades ago have finally got a response after their message made it all the way to Panama. https://www.thelocal.se/20141205/swedes-get-bottle-message-reply-after-22-years Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:44:00 +0100 swedes-get-bottle-message-reply-after-22-years A Swedish luxury hotelier has bought a 180,000-kronor ($28,350) bottle of rum but says he won't open it until his manor house in central Sweden welcomes a true VIP, such as US President Barack Obama. https://www.thelocal.se/20130218/46252 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:53:00 +0100 46252 After an 8-year-old girl dropped a message in a bottle into the Baltic Sea, she was stunned to receive a reply from foreign shores within two months. https://www.thelocal.se/20120704/41820 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:02:00 +0200 41820 A bottle containing a note thrown into the Baltic Sea by a child in the 1980s was recently found by a woman on the east coast of Sweden who was surprised to realise she knew the sender. https://www.thelocal.se/20111007/36612 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 17:24:00 +0200 36612