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 price for sending a package via post in Sweden is the highest in the Nordic region but sending a letter remains relatively cheap according to a new report. https://www.thelocal.se/20141127/sweden-most-expensive-place-to-send-a-parcel Thu, 27 Nov 2014 09:13:00 +0100 sweden-most-expensive-place-to-send-a-parcel Two women who have been exchanging hand-written letters between the United States and Sweden for more than three decades are set to meet in person for the first time, thanks in part to an innovative internet fundraising tool. https://www.thelocal.se/20121211/45002 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:28:00 +0100 45002 After an 8-year-old girl dropped a message in a bottle into the Baltic Sea, she was stunned to receive a reply from foreign shores within two months. https://www.thelocal.se/20120704/41820 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:02:00 +0200 41820 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