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 The university town of Lund has seen a spate of car burnings over the last ten days, and police are stumped as to the possible motive. https://www.thelocal.se/20190701/whos-behind-lunds-spate-of-car-burnings Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:12:13 +0200 whos-behind-lunds-spate-of-car-burnings Three people died when their car smashed into a tank truck in a snowy Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20190129/three-die-in-head-on-collision-west-of-uppsala Tue, 29 Jan 2019 09:03:58 +0100 three-die-in-head-on-collision-west-of-uppsala Last year's figures of car usage in Sweden are the highest since records began. https://www.thelocal.se/20180423/swedes-drove-more-than-ever-last-year-statistics Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:47:46 +0200 swedes-drove-more-than-ever-last-year-statistics Sweden's towns will soon be allowed to ban old diesel engines from their town centres in an effort to improve the environment and combat air pollution, the government announced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180326/sweden-gives-green-light-for-cities-to-ban-old-diesel-cars Mon, 26 Mar 2018 09:54:11 +0200 sweden-gives-green-light-for-cities-to-ban-old-diesel-cars A 24-year-old man who attempted to drive into people in the centre of Karlstad on Saturday evening is suspected of attempted aggravated assault. https://www.thelocal.se/20170723/swedish-police-investigate-crazed-motorist-who-drove-at-pedestrians Sun, 23 Jul 2017 18:35:35 +0200 swedish-police-investigate-crazed-motorist-who-drove-at-pedestrians The first new Volvo XC60 has rolled off the production line at the company's Swedish factory. https://www.thelocal.se/20170427/in-pictures-first-new-volvo-rolls-off-the-line-in-sweden Thu, 27 Apr 2017 09:41:36 +0200 in-pictures-first-new-volvo-rolls-off-the-line-in-sweden A car drove around 15 kilometres in the wrong direction on the Öresund crossing between Sweden and Denmark before it was stopped by police. https://www.thelocal.se/20170426/car-drove-km-wrong-way-on-resund-bridge-without-injuring-anyone Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:36:45 +0200 car-drove-km-wrong-way-on-resund-bridge-without-injuring-anyone A fire broke out on Monday inside the world's largest Volvo Cars industrial site in Gothenburg, authorities said, prompting an evacuation of the industrial premises. https://www.thelocal.se/20170207/violent-fire-hits-worlds-largest-volvo-cars-industrial-site Tue, 07 Feb 2017 09:06:45 +0100 violent-fire-hits-worlds-largest-volvo-cars-industrial-site Sweden's Volvo, which is the world's second-largest truck maker, said on Tuesday that bottom-line profits fell sharply in 2016, hit by a decline in sales in North America. https://www.thelocal.se/20170202/volvo-profits-plunge-due-to-north-american-sales-decline Thu, 02 Feb 2017 09:12:58 +0100 volvo-profits-plunge-due-to-north-american-sales-decline Sales of new cars in Sweden rose 7.9 percent last year, according to fresh figures. And for the first time in more than five decades, the car topping the list of most-sold models is not a Volvo. https://www.thelocal.se/20170102/this-is-the-swedes-favourite-car-model-hint-its-not-volvo Mon, 02 Jan 2017 13:36:55 +0100 this-is-the-swedes-favourite-car-model-hint-its-not-volvo Lennart Ribring, from Stockholm, bought his first Ford Mustang in the 1960s. Some fifty years later, the 97-year-old driver just became the world's oldest owner of the iconic car. https://www.thelocal.se/20161116/this-97-year-old-swede-is-the-worlds-oldest-mustang-owner Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:15:23 +0100 this-97-year-old-swede-is-the-worlds-oldest-mustang-owner A couple of Stockholm police officers were left red-faced on Saturday night after they left their car unlocked with the keys in the ignition, only to see a drunken twenty-year-old climb in and drive it away. https://www.thelocal.se/20161009/stockholm-cops-red-faced-as-drunk-makes-off-with-car Sun, 09 Oct 2016 15:11:38 +0200 stockholm-cops-red-faced-as-drunk-makes-off-with-car Four young men have been in arrested in Malmö suspected of causing car fires in the southern Swedish city on Monday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20160920/four-arrested-for-malm-car-fires Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:39:53 +0200 four-arrested-for-malm-car-fires Police in Malmö have arrested a young man after Sweden’s third city was hit by yet another night of car fires, with at least 15 set ablaze. https://www.thelocal.se/20160918/man-arrested-in-malmo-after-night-of-car-fired Sun, 18 Sep 2016 13:00:21 +0200 man-arrested-in-malmo-after-night-of-car-fired A car exploded in Sweden's third-biggest city in the early hours of Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160914/car-blown-up-in-malm-overnight Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:39:50 +0200 car-blown-up-in-malm-overnight Sweden's border controls have been told to be on the lookout for a man who escaped after driving his car into a large crowd in Bollnäs, injuring a mother and her adult son. https://www.thelocal.se/20160913/injuries-after-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-in-sweden Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:39:01 +0200 injuries-after-driver-rams-car-into-crowd-in-sweden Swedish automaker Volvo Cars will form a joint venture with car safety world leader Autoliv to develop software for driverless vehicles, the two companies said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160906/swedens-volvo-and-autoliv-form-joint-driverless-car-venture Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:50:01 +0200 swedens-volvo-and-autoliv-form-joint-driverless-car-venture A five-year-old boy has died after he was run over by the family's car in their own driveway. https://www.thelocal.se/20160711/boy-dies-after-driveway-accident-in-sweden Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:07:28 +0200 boy-dies-after-driveway-accident-in-sweden Swedish carmaker Volvo on Wednesday announced it would give self-driving cars to ordinary Britons to test on the streets of London in 2017. https://www.thelocal.se/20160427/volvo-ask-brits-to-test-self-driving-cars-in-london Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:04:28 +0200 volvo-ask-brits-to-test-self-driving-cars-in-london German photographer Caroline Holt explains to The Local why pictures of the whole family together are so important to her. https://www.thelocal.se/20160222/i-love-to-meet-people-and-tell-their-stories Mon, 22 Feb 2016 07:59:59 +0100 i-love-to-meet-people-and-tell-their-stories