The Local Sweden 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 'Lean hospital a sign of Swedish welfare reform' A Stockholm hospital saved from closure by private health care providers has been hailed by the Economist as one of modern's Sweden public-private success stories. https://www.thelocal.se/20130520/48018 Mon, 20 May 2013 18:59:00 +0200 48018 Stock market continues downward slide The Stockholm stock market continued to fall on Friday, with the OMXS-index dropping nearly 4 percent within 30 minutes of opening and finishing the week down nearly 11 percent. https://www.thelocal.se/20110819/35640 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:53:00 +0200 35640 Stockholm stock market recovers lost ground The Stockholm stock exchange dropped by 4 percent at the opening of trading on Friday morning, but had recouped the losses by the afternoon amid mounting fears about the the global economy.. https://www.thelocal.se/20110805/35370 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:56:00 +0200 35370 Laggard Swedish grads costly to economy: report Swedish students who take their time to graduate from post-secondary study are extremely costly to the economy, a new government study has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20101203/30596 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:44:00 +0100 30596