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 Sweden's new banknotes have got off to a flying start. A month after their release, more than 1.3 billion kronor ($150 million) worth of new money is in circulation – in a country that increasingly prefers to pay by card. https://www.thelocal.se/20151111/sweden-cashes-in-on-new-banknotes Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:03:13 +0100 sweden-cashes-in-on-new-banknotes Mention expats and many minds are drawn to stereotypes of workers sent abroad for three years to live in a compound and sip gin. But today’s mobile professionals aren't posted overseas – they just get up and go, writes The Local's Managing Editor James Savage. https://www.thelocal.se/20151026/the-end-of-the-expat-europes-cities-fight-for-inpats Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:37:00 +0100 the-end-of-the-expat-europes-cities-fight-for-inpats Could Sweden become one of the first cashless societies in the world? Probably, says a researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology. Here's how, and why. https://www.thelocal.se/20151022/sweden-where-cash-will-never-be-king Thu, 22 Oct 2015 17:21:19 +0200 sweden-where-cash-will-never-be-king