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 Food writer John Duxbury shares his recipe for thin crispbread (tunt knäckebröd). https://www.thelocal.se/20180216/swedish-recipe-how-to-make-super-thin-rye-crispbread Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:59:59 +0100 swedish-recipe-how-to-make-super-thin-rye-crispbread The Swedish Transport Agency has given the go-ahead to the first driverless buses on a public road in Sweden and Scandinavia. https://www.thelocal.se/20171227/stockholm-gets-scandinavias-first-driverless-buses-on-public-road Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:14:21 +0100 stockholm-gets-scandinavias-first-driverless-buses-on-public-road Sweden has been praised for punching above its weight compared to its European counterparts, by researchers behind one of the word's most prestigious university rankings. https://www.thelocal.se/20160310/swedish-unis-punch-above-their-weight-in-europe Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:42:05 +0100 swedish-unis-punch-above-their-weight-in-europe Home electronics chain Media Markt is bringing American shopping "chaos" to Sweden by staging a "Black Friday" sale inspired by American post-Thanksgiving Day sales. The German firm has been criticized for earlier marketing ploys. https://www.thelocal.se/20131128/germans-debut-black-friday-for-swedish-gadget-nerds-media-markt Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:32:00 +0100 germans-debut-black-friday-for-swedish-gadget-nerds-media-markt Investigators into Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld's mysterious death have appealed to the US National Security Agency (NSA) for intercepted radio communications from the Swede's fatal plane crash in Zambia, 1961. https://www.thelocal.se/20130909/50152 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 17:42:00 +0200 50152 Newly released evidence on the death of UN chief and renowned Swedish statesman Dag Hammarskjöld, including previously unseen pictures of his corpse, has caused the author of an official inquiry to question his own claims that the death was an accident. https://www.thelocal.se/20120917/43284 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:02:00 +0200 43284 A new international inquiry has been launched to investigate the death of Swedish former UN head Dag Hammarskjöld following new claims of an assassination and ensuing cover-up. https://www.thelocal.se/20120722/42170 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:16:00 +0200 42170 Police in Stockholm are taking up the case of a young girl who lost her teddy bear by posting a “missing teddy” picture on the official Facebook site of the Södermalm police, prompting some to question police priorities. https://www.thelocal.se/20120625/41632 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:45:00 +0200 41632 Fifty years after the plane crash which killed UN chief and renowned Swedish statesman Dag Hammarskjöld, there is a chorus of demands for a new probe into his death that many claim was the work of mercenaries. https://www.thelocal.se/20110917/36202 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:57:00 +0200 36202 Seventy two ports and beaches in Sweden have received the prestigious Blue Flag status this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20110602/34140 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:58:00 +0200 34140 When a performing arts group put on a show at a the Inkonst culture venue in central Malmö on Friday, one actor got so drunk that he fell asleep on stage. https://www.thelocal.se/20110517/33830 Tue, 17 May 2011 18:07:00 +0200 33830 The employment agreement covering 290 Vietnamese berry pickers who worked in Swedish fields last summer, dozens of whom still remain in Europe, should never have been approved, according to a Swedish union. https://www.thelocal.se/20101025/29806 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:00:00 +0200 29806 When a class from a Södertälje high school visited Stockholm's Moderna Museet art museum last week, a pupil drew a line on one of the artworks, reported the local Länstidningen Södertälje daily. https://www.thelocal.se/20101014/29606 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 09:55:00 +0200 29606 Sweden paid several million kronor to buy the release of a Swedish UN worker and a Norwegian colleague who had been kidnapped in Lebanon, according to a new book. https://www.thelocal.se/20101004/29412 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:11:00 +0200 29412 Scandinavian dairy producer Arla Foods faces more than 7 billion kronor ($900 million) in fines if the company is found to have breached laws ensuring fair competition. https://www.thelocal.se/20090626/20304 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:45:00 +0200 20304 As Sweden’s under-21 side prepares to face England in the semifinals of the European U-21 football championships, it faces the prospect of doing so without co-manager Tommy Söderberg on the sidelines. https://www.thelocal.se/20090625/20272 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:19:00 +0200 20272 Scandinavian dairy producer Arla Foods was engaged in a plan to “completely shut competing companies out of the market”, Swedish competition authorities allege. https://www.thelocal.se/20090624/20256 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:24:00 +0200 20256 Swedish competition authorities raided offices of Arla Foods on Tuesday to investigate whether the Scandinavian dairy producer had entered into an illegal agreement with the Coop grocery chain. https://www.thelocal.se/20090429/19138 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:04:00 +0200 19138 A Swedish prosecutor thinks that health professionals who prescribe birth control pills to girls younger than 15-years-old should be charged as accomplices to rape. https://www.thelocal.se/20090416/18890 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:10:00 +0200 18890 The Swedish national library will on Monday afternoon be reported to the police for the possession and distribution of child pornography. https://www.thelocal.se/20090406/18704 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:49:00 +0200 18704