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 European Commission responded that the EU had been 'a boon' for the United States after President Donald Trump claimed it had been born to 'screw' the US, laying bare his hostility to the longtime US partners as he detailed new tariffs. https://www.thelocal.se/20250227/europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:27:39 +0100 europeans-hit-back-after-donald-trump-says-eu-was-born-to-screw-us Donald Trump hasn't even moved back into the White House -- but the volatile US president-elect has already rattled his counterparts in Europe. https://www.thelocal.se/20250110/dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:04:26 +0100 dont-add-fuel-to-fire-europe-tries-to-play-it-cool-as-storm-trump-approaches Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has had his first phone call with US President Donald Trump, after the latter was reelected on November 5th. https://www.thelocal.se/20241119/what-did-ulf-kristersson-and-donald-trump-talk-about-in-their-first-phone-call Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:41:32 +0100 what-did-ulf-kristersson-and-donald-trump-talk-about-in-their-first-phone-call The shock election of Donald Trump provided the perfect opportunity for Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, to display his statesmanlike qualities, Nordic Editor Richard Orange explains in this week's Politics in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20241112/politics-in-sweden-how-trumps-victory-let-swedens-pm-show-off-his-gravitas Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:34:21 +0100 politics-in-sweden-how-trumps-victory-let-swedens-pm-show-off-his-gravitas Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg turned Donald Trump's insult back on him in a last farewell tweet to the former US President. https://www.thelocal.se/20210121/swedens-greta-thunberg-trolls-donald-trump-on-twitter Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:42:37 +0100 swedens-greta-thunberg-trolls-donald-trump-on-twitter Swedish politicians have condemned a night of violence in the capital city of the US, after a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building. https://www.thelocal.se/20210107/swedish-leaders-respond-to-violence-in-washington-dc Thu, 07 Jan 2021 11:44:36 +0100 swedish-leaders-respond-to-violence-in-washington-dc We reached out to The Local's American readers to hear how they felt about the US election. https://www.thelocal.se/20201111/how-americans-in-sweden-feel-about-the-us-election Wed, 11 Nov 2020 16:59:59 +0100 how-americans-in-sweden-feel-about-the-us-election The Associated Press on Saturday called the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden. We would like to know how Americans in Sweden feel about it all. Fill out the form below if you would like to share your thoughts. https://www.thelocal.se/20201104/americans-in-sweden-how-do-you-feel-about-the-us-election Wed, 04 Nov 2020 07:19:37 +0100 americans-in-sweden-how-do-you-feel-about-the-us-election As the race between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump remains too close to call, we look at what Swedish party leaders had to say on the day of the US election. https://www.thelocal.se/20201104/where-do-swedish-politicians-stand-on-joe-biden-and-donald-trump Wed, 04 Nov 2020 09:44:19 +0100 where-do-swedish-politicians-stand-on-joe-biden-and-donald-trump More than twice as many Americans in Sweden have, compared to 2016, used an online tool for voters abroad to cast their ballot in today's US election. https://www.thelocal.se/20201103/democrats-abroad-record-number-of-americans-in-sweden-vote-in-us-election Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:10:30 +0100 democrats-abroad-record-number-of-americans-in-sweden-vote-in-us-election "Trust in Trump's America is gone." The coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic deterioration in the European public perception of the US and left many believing the EU had become "irrelevant", new polling finds. https://www.thelocal.se/20200629/how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Mon, 29 Jun 2020 13:22:08 +0200 how-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-europeans-views-of-the-us-and-the-eu Sweden on Wednesday pushed back on US President Donald Trump's claim that the country was 'suffering' more than others. https://www.thelocal.se/20200408/we-dont-share-donald-trumps-opinion-about-swedens-coronavirus-situation Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:05:12 +0200 we-dont-share-donald-trumps-opinion-about-swedens-coronavirus-situation Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has responded with a quiet but sharp sense of humour to comments made by Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://www.thelocal.se/20191004/greta-thunberg-mocks-jibes-by-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump-on-twitter Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:26:17 +0200 greta-thunberg-mocks-jibes-by-vladimir-putin-and-donald-trump-on-twitter American president Donald Trump has nominated the founder of payment service Paypal as the country's ambassador to Sweden, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20181017/donald-trump-nominates-usa-ambassador-to-sweden-paypal-ken-howery Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:30:11 +0200 donald-trump-nominates-usa-ambassador-to-sweden-paypal-ken-howery Car giant Volvo said it has had to postpone plans for a share sale, over fears of the US' rumbling trade war with China. https://www.thelocal.se/20180911/trumps-trade-war-stalls-volvos-business-plans-china Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:34:12 +0200 trumps-trade-war-stalls-volvos-business-plans-china Swedish-American actor Joel Kinnaman warns Sweden not to go down the same path as the US, with two weeks to go to the election. https://www.thelocal.se/20180827/hollywood-actor-joel-kinnaman-in-heartfelt-plea-to-voters-in-sweden Mon, 27 Aug 2018 09:56:26 +0200 hollywood-actor-joel-kinnaman-in-heartfelt-plea-to-voters-in-sweden Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has told a Swedish newspaper he is coming to Sweden this spring to meet the Sweden Democrats. But the anti-immigration party says it has no such plans. https://www.thelocal.se/20180329/ex-trump-aide-steve-bannon-plans-to-visit-sweden-this-spring Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:52:03 +0200 ex-trump-aide-steve-bannon-plans-to-visit-sweden-this-spring Swedish tourists are increasingly avoiding travelling to the United States, and one of the reasons is Donald Trump, according to an annual travel survey. https://www.thelocal.se/20180322/us-drops-down-list-of-swedes-favourite-holiday-destinations Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:23:51 +0100 us-drops-down-list-of-swedes-favourite-holiday-destinations North Korea is in talks with the US and Sweden to release three jailed Americans, reports said, as diplomatic activities intensified ahead of Pyongyang's planned summits with Washington and Seoul. https://www.thelocal.se/20180319/north-korea-in-talks-with-us-and-sweden-as-diplomacy-gathers-pace Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:15:07 +0100 north-korea-in-talks-with-us-and-sweden-as-diplomacy-gathers-pace During its three-day meeting with North Koreas’ foreign minister, Sweden attempted to negotiate a release of three US citizens detained by the Kim Jong Un regime according to a report from CNN. https://www.thelocal.se/20180318/sweden-used-north-korea-talks-to-push-for-release-of-detained-americans-report Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:58:14 +0100 sweden-used-north-korea-talks-to-push-for-release-of-detained-americans-report