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 Swedes love all sweets and one of their favourites is liquorice. Grab your sunglasses, pretend it's spring and enjoy this liquorice ice cream, courtesy of food writer John Duxbury. https://www.thelocal.se/20170217/recipe-how-to-make-swedish-liquorice-ice-cream Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:59:59 +0100 recipe-how-to-make-swedish-liquorice-ice-cream Liquorice may be an acquired taste, but it is very popular in Sweden. It adds an elegant flavour to this sweet dessert shared with The Local by food writer John Duxbury. https://www.thelocal.se/20151016/how-to-make-swedish-liquorice-panna-cotta Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:00:00 +0200 how-to-make-swedish-liquorice-panna-cotta A high-ranking Social Democrat in Stockholm stepped down on Wednesday after he was caught taking a bottle of booze from a suburban liquor store. https://www.thelocal.se/20140205/stockholm-politician-caught-shoplifting-liquor-from-systembolaget Wed, 05 Feb 2014 14:25:00 +0100 stockholm-politician-caught-shoplifting-liquor-from-systembolaget A Swedish luxury hotelier has bought a 180,000-kronor ($28,350) bottle of rum but says he won't open it until his manor house in central Sweden welcomes a true VIP, such as US President Barack Obama. https://www.thelocal.se/20130218/46252 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:53:00 +0100 46252 When police arrested a 20-year-old woman from southern Sweden for bashing up her boyfriend’s car with a baseball bat, they found a fully-functioning bootlegging operation in her house. https://www.thelocal.se/20120507/40676 Mon, 07 May 2012 12:07:00 +0200 40676 Every third beer that is consumed in Sweden is bought from outside its borders. And, given the strong krona, the trend won’t be stopping soon. https://www.thelocal.se/20110301/32334 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:04:00 +0100 32334 Norway caught two Poles attempting to smuggle in almost 15,000 litres of contraband alcohol via Sweden, the biggest seizure of its kind since 2002, customs authorities said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101115/30232 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:35:00 +0100 30232 The busy social life of an elderly couple from Piteå in northern Sweden has helped free them of smuggling charges after being caught transporting thousands of litres of alcohol from Germany into Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20081022/15132 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:33:00 +0200 15132 The smuggling of spirits and beer into Sweden has dropped by 35 percent during the first half of the year, according to researchers at Stockholm University. https://www.thelocal.se/20080929/14620 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:34:00 +0200 14620 Norwegians are heading across the border to make their alcohol purchases in Sweden like never before. https://www.thelocal.se/20080828/13992 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:00 +0200 13992