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 FROM THE LOCAL'S ARCHIVE: The recent refugee crisis has made the subject of refugees in Sweden a big talking point as of late, but people have fled there for decades. One such example is Chileans, with thousands of them fleeing to Sweden to escape oppression in the 70s and 80s. The Local explores their often overlooked story. https://www.thelocal.se/20170505/the-forgotten-story-of-swedens-chilean-refugees Fri, 05 May 2017 14:40:00 +0200 the-forgotten-story-of-swedens-chilean-refugees Swedish indie electro pop singer Lykke Li is selling her bohemian chic Stockholm apartment. Step inside to see what a celebrity home looks like in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20170825/swedish-star-lykke-li-sells-her-bohemian-chic-stockholm-apartment-in-pictures Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:45:10 +0200 swedish-star-lykke-li-sells-her-bohemian-chic-stockholm-apartment-in-pictures Fifteen thousand more asylum places are expected to be needed in Sweden this year. To cope with an increasing flow of refugees, the Swedish Migration Board has more than tripled the maximum number of residents allowed at asylum centres from 200 to 650, Swedish Radio reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150323/sweden-triples-maximum-limit-at-asylum-centres Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:01:00 +0100 sweden-triples-maximum-limit-at-asylum-centres India and Saudi Arabia were the Swedish weapons industry's top clients in 2012, a year which nevertheless saw Sweden's arms exports drop 30 percent from the year before. https://www.thelocal.se/20130222/46344 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 11:30:00 +0100 46344 A hunter made a macabre find in the forest on an island off the east coast of Sweden at the weekend, stumbling across several life-sized wooden sculptures depicting tied-up naked women. https://www.thelocal.se/20121023/43996 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:07:00 +0200 43996 A Swedish girl struck a nerve Thursday after publishing a video on Facebook about her rape by a friend five years her senior, a day after he was sentenced to prison for two years. https://www.thelocal.se/20121005/43630 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:16:00 +0200 43630 While Sweden is often held up as a shining example of the benefits of a generous welfare state, a new paper argues that free markets, rather than a large state sector, are the real key to Sweden's economic success. https://www.thelocal.se/20120910/43138 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:46:00 +0200 43138 Sweden's historically generous social safety net isn't as robust as it once was, according to a new report, which reveals Sweden has fallen below the average for many other developed countries when it comes to various types of social insurance. https://www.thelocal.se/20120521/40946 Mon, 21 May 2012 12:11:00 +0200 40946 The Centre Party, Liberals (Folkpartiet) and the Moderates want single women to have access to artificial insemination treatment, and are proposing a change to current laws despite opposition from coalition partners the Christian Democrats. https://www.thelocal.se/20120228/39372 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:10:00 +0100 39372 A dead foetus was found on the platform of a metro station in southern Stockholm on Friday, according to police. https://www.thelocal.se/20110311/32542 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:30:00 +0100 32542 The net worth of Swedish households grew by 244 billion kronor ($35.58 billion) to 7.26 trillion kronor in the third quarter, the measure's highest nominal level ever, according to a new SEB study. https://www.thelocal.se/20101220/30968 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:39:00 +0100 30968 Elin Nordegren has broken her nine-month silence over the sex scandal that ended her marriage with golf star Tiger Woods, saying the extent of his philandering had made her feel "stupid" and she had been through "hell." https://www.thelocal.se/20100825/28576 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:12:00 +0200 28576 The government has pledged to invest 9.2 billion kronor ($1.22 billion) in jobs, welfare and future investments in what it called "the young Sweden," the ruling Alliansen coalition announced on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100708/27680 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:30:00 +0200 27680 Swedish football favourite Zlatan Ibrahimovic has left his Inter Milan teammates to return to Sweden in anticipation of signing a new contract with Spanish Champions Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.se/20090724/20892 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:37:00 +0200 20892 Sweden’s economy is heading for a rough patch according to a fresh report from the National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet). https://www.thelocal.se/20080827/13964 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:02:00 +0200 13964 The 60,000 Swedes currently on sick leave are to lose their benefits rights by the year 2010. https://www.thelocal.se/20080802/13444 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:26:00 +0200 13444