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 Each day of December up until Christmas Eve, The Local is sharing the story behind a surprising fact about Sweden as part of our own Advent Calendar. https://www.thelocal.se/20191207/adventcalendar-the-sweet-tradition-with-a-murky-backstory Sat, 07 Dec 2019 07:59:59 +0100 adventcalendar-the-sweet-tradition-with-a-murky-backstory Sticky-fingered thieves stole four tonnes of Ferrero chocolate from a truck in southern Sweden as the driver slept. https://www.thelocal.se/20170822/thieves-make-off-with-four-tonnes-of-ferrero-chocolate-in-southern-sweden Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:17:54 +0200 thieves-make-off-with-four-tonnes-of-ferrero-chocolate-in-southern-sweden In this guest blog post, American Kevin Buckley sinks his teeth into one of Sweden's most peculiar traditions: lördagsgodis. https://www.thelocal.se/20170123/sweet-tooth-why-are-the-swedes-obsessed-with-candy Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:17:13 +0100 sweet-tooth-why-are-the-swedes-obsessed-with-candy Police in northern Sweden had an unusual end to the day on Tuesday when a man called them in the evening to confess that he had carried out an armed robbery on a candy store. https://www.thelocal.se/20160907/guilty-swede-confesses-to-candy-crime Wed, 07 Sep 2016 09:46:14 +0200 guilty-swede-confesses-to-candy-crime Anyone seen a gang of criminals with tummy aches and holes in their teeth? https://www.thelocal.se/20160720/swedish-thieves-literally-steal-an-aircraft-load-of-candy Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:38:18 +0200 swedish-thieves-literally-steal-an-aircraft-load-of-candy The makers of hit Swedish game Candy Crush have been drawn into a row about a British politician who was caught playing the popular app in a House of Commons committee meeting. https://www.thelocal.se/20141209/uk-mp-votes-to-play-hit-swedish-game-at-work Tue, 09 Dec 2014 13:38:00 +0100 uk-mp-votes-to-play-hit-swedish-game-at-work Love-hungry Swedish consumers have reported Scandinavian chocolate giant Cloetta to the Swedish Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket) after the company's false promises of finding love and joy in a bag of candy left them broken hearted. https://www.thelocal.se/20120312/39626 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:46:00 +0100 39626 Free candy is to be handed out to encourage calm summer nights in the Swedish city of Karlstad, with 10,000 lollipops distributed to revellers in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110701/34670 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:28:00 +0200 34670 If gelatin from pigs and crushed insects does not sound appetizing to you, you may want to limit the amount of candy you eat this Easter. https://www.thelocal.se/20110417/33256 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:24:00 +0200 33256 An estimated 300 million kronor ($44.18 million) worth of illegally smuggled sweets and chocolate from Sweden are sold in Denmark every year, the Danish tax authority announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101228/31118 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:32:00 +0100 31118 Health experts have called for a sugar tax as Swedes remain the highest global consumers of sweets, with almost 17 kilogrammes per person per annum, as well as an average 90 litres of soft drinks. https://www.thelocal.se/20100401/25854 Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:02:00 +0200 25854 A king claims to be threatened by a prince in what has become a new legal battle royal between two Swedish candy companies. https://www.thelocal.se/20080514/11766 Wed, 14 May 2008 19:39:00 +0200 11766