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 Greta Thunberg has been arrested at a demonstration in central London supporting Palestine Action hunger strikers. https://www.thelocal.se/20251223/swedish-activist-greta-thunberg-arrested-in-london Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:42:06 +0100 swedish-activist-greta-thunberg-arrested-in-london Activist Greta Thunberg is back on Swedish soil after being deported from Israel, lambasting the country for its 'violations of international law and war crimes' in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20250611/greta-thunberg-back-in-sweden-after-israel-deports-her-and-bans-her-for-100-years Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:23:13 +0200 greta-thunberg-back-in-sweden-after-israel-deports-her-and-bans-her-for-100-years Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was handed a fine for disobeying police orders after blocking access to Sweden's parliament during a protest. https://www.thelocal.se/20240508/stockholm-court-fines-greta-thunberg-over-parliament-climate-protest Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:33 +0200 stockholm-court-fines-greta-thunberg-over-parliament-climate-protest A London court threw out a public order case on Friday against climate activist Greta Thunberg and four other protesters, with the judge criticising "unlawful" conditions imposed by police when they were arrested. https://www.thelocal.se/20240203/uk-judge-dismisses-greta-thunberg-protest-case Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:10:20 +0100 uk-judge-dismisses-greta-thunberg-protest-case Climate protesters turned up to support Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg as she arrived at a London court after being arrested during a demonstration against the energy industry. https://www.thelocal.se/20231115/greta-thunberg-in-london-court-after-climate-demonstration-arrest Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:40:28 +0100 greta-thunberg-in-london-court-after-climate-demonstration-arrest Greta Thunberg came under fire over her pro-Palestinian stance on Monday in Germany, where the local chapter of climate movement Fridays for Future had distanced itself from her views on the Israel-Hamas war. https://www.thelocal.se/20231113/greta-thunberg-slammed-over-pro-palestinian-statements-at-climate-rally Mon, 13 Nov 2023 15:17:37 +0100 greta-thunberg-slammed-over-pro-palestinian-statements-at-climate-rally Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will face court again at the end of September, charged with 'resisting arrest' at a protest. https://www.thelocal.se/20230915/swedish-climate-campaigner-greta-thunberg-to-face-trial-again Fri, 15 Sep 2023 15:25:27 +0200 swedish-climate-campaigner-greta-thunberg-to-face-trial-again Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is set to face trial over disobeying police during a climate demonstration in Malmö earlier this summer. https://www.thelocal.se/20230706/greta-thunberg-charged-with-disobeying-police-order Thu, 06 Jul 2023 07:41:18 +0200 greta-thunberg-charged-with-disobeying-police-order Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was hauled away and detained on Tuesday during a protest near a German village being razed to make way for a coal mine expansion, police said. https://www.thelocal.se/20230117/swedish-activist-greta-thunberg-detained-at-german-coal-mine-protest Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:01:06 +0100 swedish-activist-greta-thunberg-detained-at-german-coal-mine-protest Four years after launching her "School Strike for the Climate", Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is ready to pass the baton to those on the front lines of climate change, she said in an interview on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20221107/greta-thunberg-says-shes-ready-to-hand-over-megaphone Mon, 07 Nov 2022 14:14:00 +0100 greta-thunberg-says-shes-ready-to-hand-over-megaphone Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Sunday she will skip next month's COP27 talks in Egypt, slamming the global summit as a forum for "greenwashing". https://www.thelocal.se/20221031/greta-thunberg-to-skip-greenwashing-cop27-climate-summit Mon, 31 Oct 2022 10:11:16 +0100 greta-thunberg-to-skip-greenwashing-cop27-climate-summit Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday said it was a "mistake" for Germany to shut down existing nuclear power plants while ramping up coal usage to tackle an energy crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20221011/greta-thunberg-germanys-nuclear-shutdown-was-a-mistake Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:23:17 +0200 greta-thunberg-germanys-nuclear-shutdown-was-a-mistake Sweden's most famous climate activist, Greta Thunberg, on Friday deplored the lack of debate on the climate as the nation prepares to go to the polls on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20220910/greta-thunberg-deplores-lack-of-climate-debate-in-swedish-vote Sat, 10 Sep 2022 15:58:24 +0200 greta-thunberg-deplores-lack-of-climate-debate-in-swedish-vote The campaign so far suggests that Sweden's image as a paragon of virtue on the environment might be at risk, says David Crouch https://www.thelocal.se/20220701/opinion-swedens-incredible-disappearing-climate-election Fri, 01 Jul 2022 14:57:12 +0200 opinion-swedens-incredible-disappearing-climate-election 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 The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has condemned the "empty words" of world leaders in a video message released ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate accord on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20201212/greta-thunberg-condemns-empty-words-ahead-of-paris-anniversary Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:43:39 +0100 greta-thunberg-condemns-empty-words-ahead-of-paris-anniversary Swedish environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg on Saturday asked US voters to choose Joe Biden, saying the outcome of the US presidential election was crucial for fighting climate change. https://www.thelocal.se/20201011/greta-thunberg-get-organised-and-get-everyone-to-vote-biden Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:36:35 +0200 greta-thunberg-get-organised-and-get-everyone-to-vote-biden A fly-on-the-wall documentary about Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg's rise to global climate leader was premiered at the Venice film festival. https://www.thelocal.se/20200904/movie-shows-new-sides-of-swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg Fri, 04 Sep 2020 20:33:58 +0200 movie-shows-new-sides-of-swedish-climate-activist-greta-thunberg Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is back in the classroom after a year off campaigning for the environment. https://www.thelocal.se/20200825/greta-thunberg-back-in-school-after-gap-year-of-fighting-climate-change Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:40:41 +0200 greta-thunberg-back-in-school-after-gap-year-of-fighting-climate-change Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg pledged to donate a million-euro prize sum to environmental groups after she was handed a Portuguese rights award. https://www.thelocal.se/20200721/greta-thunberg-donates-million-euro-prize-to-environmental-groups Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:20:41 +0200 greta-thunberg-donates-million-euro-prize-to-environmental-groups