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 tourist board for Swedish county of Halland has complained that it is being "completely suffocated" on social media, due to people mispelling the name of the Norwegian football star Erling Braut Haaland. https://www.thelocal.se/20221103/halland-or-haaland-norway-football-star-brings-trouble-to-swedish-county Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:33:33 +0100 halland-or-haaland-norway-football-star-brings-trouble-to-swedish-county Halmstad in south-western Sweden has called for national aid as flood warnings rise to the highest level possible. https://www.thelocal.se/20200224/flood-warning-swedish-towns-on-high-alert-after-rivers-burst-their-banks Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:33:26 +0100 flood-warning-swedish-towns-on-high-alert-after-rivers-burst-their-banks UPDATED: After more than four decades in operation, a nuclear power plant reactor in southern Sweden closed for good on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20191230/swedish-nuclear-power-reactor-shuts-down-for-good Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:24:23 +0100 swedish-nuclear-power-reactor-shuts-down-for-good Every week one of The Local's readers takes over our Instagram to show the world their Sweden. Today, Lucille Manantan from the Philippines shows us around her village of Ätran in Halland. https://www.thelocal.se/20191005/mysweden-i-love-the-uncomplicated-life-in-the-countryside Sat, 05 Oct 2019 11:11:47 +0200 mysweden-i-love-the-uncomplicated-life-in-the-countryside The coast of southern Sweden is already seeing the effects of the rising sea level today, and with a further increase of up to one metre expected by the turn of the next century, it could soon have major consequences. https://www.thelocal.se/20180626/rising-sea-level-a-serious-issue-for-southern-sweden Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:11:24 +0200 rising-sea-level-a-serious-issue-for-southern-sweden Halland ranks as Sweden's most beautiful county, while the medieval city wall in Visby counts as the country's loveliest building, a new survey suggests. https://www.thelocal.se/20160829/swedens-most-beautiful-places-revealed Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:00:54 +0200 swedens-most-beautiful-places-revealed A gang of aggressive elk has so terrorised joggers in parks around the Swedish town of Halmstad that one victim has called on the local authorities to intervene. https://www.thelocal.se/20160403/elk-gang-terrorises-joggers-in-swedish-town Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:03:58 +0200 elk-gang-terrorises-joggers-in-swedish-town The first trains are set to see the light at the end of Sweden's most infamous tunnel – following a series of delays and environmental scandals since construction began more than two decades ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20151208/first-trains-roll-through-swedish-scandal-tunnel Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:17:28 +0100 first-trains-roll-through-swedish-scandal-tunnel UPDATED: Sweden's floods are set to continue over the weekend with the national weather agency predicting more rain for some of the affected areas. https://www.thelocal.se/20140819/catastrophic-rains-flood-swedish-town Tue, 19 Aug 2014 13:38:00 +0200 catastrophic-rains-flood-swedish-town Small and fuzzy seal pups currently lining southern Swedish beaches have caused quite a stir, as many concerned callers to the police have worried that the pups have been helplessly abandoned on the beach. https://www.thelocal.se/20120805/42432 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:50:00 +0200 42432 The mystery of a sex chamber found in an old military bunker in the woods of northern Sweden on Friday, has been solved by a woman who has explained that it was "one of her most sacred places". https://www.thelocal.se/20120610/41354 Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:40:00 +0200 41354 Three tornadoes swept by the coast of Halland, in south-western Sweden, on Saturday morning. The sight was “powerful but scary”, according to one surprised eye-witness. https://www.thelocal.se/20120602/41214 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:23:00 +0200 41214 After several deaths in southern Sweden have been linked to the use the drug fentanyl, a pain-relief patch meant for cancer patients, local police are now calling it the “most serious drug problem” in the area. https://www.thelocal.se/20120118/38570 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:12:00 +0100 38570 A woman from Stockholm who recently picked up some soiled pages in a country field in western Sweden could hardly believe her eyes when she realized she was holding a love letter written in July 1862. https://www.thelocal.se/20120113/38492 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:03:00 +0100 38492 On the night between Saturday and Sunday police in Halland, in southern Sweden, directed their efforts towards catching robbers. The area has been hard hit by a recent wave of burglaries, and the police's efforts were successful. https://www.thelocal.se/20111120/37452 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:36:00 +0100 37452 The 47-year-old charged with kidnapping a woman and keeping her prisoner in an underground sex chamber in western Sweden was sentenced to 5 years in prison on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110815/35550 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:08:00 +0200 35550 The discovery of a deadly bee disease among several broods in western Sweden have prompted a warning from agriculture officials concerned about containing the contagious illness. https://www.thelocal.se/20110726/35176 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:22:00 +0200 35176 The 47-year-old man suspected of holding a woman prisoner in an underground sex-chamber in western Sweden was charged on Wednesday of kidnapping and aggravated rape. https://www.thelocal.se/20110601/34120 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:51:00 +0200 34120 The 47-year-old man suspected of holding a woman prisoner in an underground sex-chamber in western Sweden was remanded in custody on Friday on suspicion of kidnapping and aggravated rape. https://www.thelocal.se/20110401/32966 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:47:00 +0200 32966 A 47-year-old man was taken into custody by Swedish police on Monday after a witness linking him to the discovery of sexual torture chamber in an abandoned farmhouse in western Sweden a few weeks ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20110329/32892 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:08:00 +0200 32892