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 Under a new scheme which comes into force on August 5th, you can get 10,000 kronor for scrapping your old petrol or diesel car -- so long as you commit to driving electric for at least a year. Here's how to apply. https://www.thelocal.se/20240729/how-you-can-get-10000-swedish-kronor-for-scrapping-a-petrol-or-diesel-car Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:21:03 +0200 how-you-can-get-10000-swedish-kronor-for-scrapping-a-petrol-or-diesel-car A litre of petrol costs more than half a krona more today than it did on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20190917/swedish-petrol-prices-jump-sharply-in-wake-of-drone-attacks Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:29:07 +0200 swedish-petrol-prices-jump-sharply-in-wake-of-drone-attacks Petrol prices dropped in Sweden on Monday as the price of crude oil continued to fall across the globe, taking away some of the sting of a planned fuel tax hike. https://www.thelocal.se/20150921/petrol-prices-cut-at-pumps-across-sweden Mon, 21 Sep 2015 14:10:42 +0200 petrol-prices-cut-at-pumps-across-sweden Tourists have been enjoying unexpectedly inexpensive road trips in Sweden this summer thanks to falling petrol prices. But the treat turned out to be as short as it was sweet. https://www.thelocal.se/20150803/petrol-price-hike-marks-start-of-august-in-sweden Mon, 03 Aug 2015 14:48:46 +0200 petrol-price-hike-marks-start-of-august-in-sweden A man who needed extra fuel for his snow-blower made the mistake of using a household vacuum cleaner to suck petrol from his car, causing the vacuum to explode and his car to catch on fire. https://www.thelocal.se/20120404/40074 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:17:00 +0200 40074 When police in western Sweden recently apprehended two suspected diesel thieves they were not prepared to find themselves chasing their own car and seizing the same vehicle twice. https://www.thelocal.se/20120313/39638 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:36:00 +0100 39638 Drivers in eastern Sweden can soon fill their tanks at a village petrol station operated by the Church of Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20091008/22544 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:15:00 +0200 22544 The Swedish government on Wednesday laid out the key proposals in its energy and climate bill. https://www.thelocal.se/20090311/18138 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:17:00 +0100 18138 The Swedish government has proposed rises in diesel and vehicle taxes in a move designed to cut carbon emissions. https://www.thelocal.se/20090310/18110 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:47:00 +0100 18110 Sweden’s leading fuel retailers are cutting the price of petrol and diesel in response to a fall in the oil price. https://www.thelocal.se/20080709/12942 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:25:00 +0200 12942 The cost of Swedish petrol has gone up to over 14 kronor per liter since the leading petrol companies raised prices on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080616/12464 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:19:00 +0200 12464 Sky-high fuel prices have caused airline operator SAS to add a fuel-surcharge to its domestic and European routes. https://www.thelocal.se/20080507/11602 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:59:00 +0200 11602 The price of gasoline in Sweden has reached a new record high of 13 kronor per litre ($8.40 per gallon). https://www.thelocal.se/20080423/11284 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:57:00 +0200 11284 Sweden's government will increase taxes on CO2 emissions as part of its budget, in what it says is a bid to help tackle climate change. Petrol prices will go up 17 öre per litre, energy minister Maud Olofsson announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20070917/8522 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:54:00 +0200 8522 Sweden agreed on Tuesday to abolish a tax on ethanol, which it currently purchases from Brazil, under a biofuels accord signed during a visit of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to Stockholm, officials said. https://www.thelocal.se/20070912/8463 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:01:00 +0200 8463