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 Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf turned worker for the day this week as he climbed to the top of the Royal Palace of Stockholm and helped install new solar panels on the roof... https://www.thelocal.se/20180420/in-pictures-swedens-king-installs-solar-panels-on-the-roof-of-stockholm-royal-palace Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:12:27 +0200 in-pictures-swedens-king-installs-solar-panels-on-the-roof-of-stockholm-royal-palace King Carl XVI Gustaf reminded MPs that it is their duty to represent all of Sweden, including immigrants and young people, as he reopened the country's parliament on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20170912/king-reminds-mps-they-represent-all-of-sweden-including-immigrants Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:49:40 +0200 king-reminds-mps-they-represent-all-of-sweden-including-immigrants The guards at the Drottningholm Palace, home to the Swedish royal family, are under attack from aggressive terns – and the court has applied for permission to shoot the protected seabirds. https://www.thelocal.se/20170426/king-carl-gustafs-guards-are-under-attack-from-aggressive-birds Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:32:20 +0200 king-carl-gustafs-guards-are-under-attack-from-aggressive-birds A Swedish elephant calf with a royal background has been struck down by herpes and is in critical condition. https://www.thelocal.se/20170314/royal-elephant-at-swedish-zoo-has-deadly-herpes-virus Tue, 14 Mar 2017 18:01:11 +0100 royal-elephant-at-swedish-zoo-has-deadly-herpes-virus Swedish Nobel laureate in literature, Tomas Tranströmer, continued to be the focus of attention during the Nobel banquet on Saturday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20111211/37864 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:08:00 +0100 37864 Over a third of Swedes have lost faith in King Carl XVI Gustaf, while 32 percent would like to see Crown Princess Victoria take over, a new poll published on Wednesday shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20111207/37778 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:08:00 +0100 37778 King Carl XVI Gustaf was aware of friend Anders Lettström's attempts to silence the scandals described in the book The Unwilling Monarch (Den motvillige monarken), Lettström claimed in tramscripts of tape recordings published by newspaper Aftonbladet. https://www.thelocal.se/20111203/37712 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:47:00 +0100 37712 King Carl Gustaf has just visited Swedish troops in Afghanistan in secret and for several days. He left Afghanistan to return to Sweden on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110416/33248 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:03:00 +0200 33248 Sweden was one of a record 131 countries which turned off the lights for an hour on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour in a manifestation for the global environment. https://www.thelocal.se/20110327/32840 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:26:00 +0200 32840 The Local's journalists bring you the latest updates as Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, officially opens for business on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101005/29404 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:30:00 +0200 29404 Queen Silvia has leapt to her husband's defence after a prominent Swedish author ridiculed comments made in support of wolf hunting by King Carl Gustaf XVI, Aftonbladet reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20081031/15360 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:27:00 +0100 15360 Remarks by King Carl Gustaf XVI in support of wolf hunting have generated a wave of concern from members of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). https://www.thelocal.se/20081017/15034 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:19:00 +0200 15034 King Carl Gustaf XVI has announced that the lights will be turned off for an hour at royal castles on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080329/10774 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:09:00 +0100 10774 King Carl XVI Gustaf's traditional Christmas radio broadcast dwelled on the positive expressing hope for a better world. The Swedish king expressed his concern however over the conflicts that plague the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20071226/9508 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:01:00 +0100 9508