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 Swedish government announced plans on Tuesday to grant 300 million Swedish kronor extra to the ESS research institute in Lund, southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20220412/sweden-gives-300m-more-kronor-to-lund-neutron-accelerator Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:03:08 +0200 sweden-gives-300m-more-kronor-to-lund-neutron-accelerator Imagine a parallel universe where mice lived just like us. Mystery art collective Anonymouse have created just that, installing extremely detailed miniature buildings meant for cute rodents across different cities in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20200918/watch-step-inside-swedens-mini-street-art-world-for-mice Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:10:31 +0200 watch-step-inside-swedens-mini-street-art-world-for-mice Sweden's mini-street art for mice, created by mystery art collective Anonymouse, have been grabbing global headlines. Here is some of their latest work. https://www.thelocal.se/20200909/in-pictures-swedens-mouse-street-art-sets-up-shop-in-university-town Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:14:10 +0200 in-pictures-swedens-mouse-street-art-sets-up-shop-in-university-town Towns like Stockholm and Lund also had a much darker November than normal. https://www.thelocal.se/20191129/the-swedish-town-of-vxj-only-got-three-hours-of-sunlight-this-november Fri, 29 Nov 2019 09:46:05 +0100 the-swedish-town-of-vxj-only-got-three-hours-of-sunlight-this-november Police are investigating after a car exploded in Lund on Friday morning, just days after a woman was seriously injured in an explosion in the university town. https://www.thelocal.se/20190920/bomb-squad-called-after-car-explodes-in-lund Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:54:55 +0200 bomb-squad-called-after-car-explodes-in-lund Sweden is seeing a sharp rise in burials without a ceremony, writes Anne-Christine Hornborg, professor emerita at Lund University, in this opinion piece first published by The Conversation. https://www.thelocal.se/20190912/funerals-of-the-future-sweden-sees-sharp-rise-in-burials-without-ceremony Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:42:52 +0200 funerals-of-the-future-sweden-sees-sharp-rise-in-burials-without-ceremony None of Skåne's cities can compete alone with fast-growing, dynamic Stockholm. But taken together, the twin cities of Malmö and Lund offer just about everything the capital can in terms of jobs and cultural fizz, plus some extra benefits. We asked our readers for the best - and worst - things about living and working in the region. https://www.thelocal.se/20190730/readers-reveal-the-best-and-worst-things-about-life-in-malm-and-lund Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:39:48 +0200 readers-reveal-the-best-and-worst-things-about-life-in-malm-and-lund The southern city of Lund has seen around a dozen car burnings since the Midsummer holiday, and this week further incidents were reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20190717/more-car-burnings-lund-police Wed, 17 Jul 2019 11:59:53 +0200 more-car-burnings-lund-police The university town of Lund has seen a spate of car burnings over the last ten days, and police are stumped as to the possible motive. https://www.thelocal.se/20190701/whos-behind-lunds-spate-of-car-burnings Mon, 01 Jul 2019 17:12:13 +0200 whos-behind-lunds-spate-of-car-burnings A court has ordered an Afghan man to undergo psychiatric care and then be deported after he took a car and attempted to run over ten cyclists and pedestrians during an attack of mental illness. https://www.thelocal.se/20190625/lund-car-rampage-afghan-driver-was-hearing-voices Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:50:35 +0200 lund-car-rampage-afghan-driver-was-hearing-voices Sweden's best university is in Lund, according to the QS Quacquarelli Symonds global rankings for 2020, although no Swedish university was among the top 50 ranked institutions in the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20190620/lund-named-swedens-best-university-in-prestigious-global-ranking Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:47:19 +0200 lund-named-swedens-best-university-in-prestigious-global-ranking The population of the Öresund Region has grown by 300,000 people over the last decade, taking its total population to more than four million, according to new figures presented at the Business Arena conference in Malmö. https://www.thelocal.se/20190402/this-is-how-many-people-now-live-in-the-resund-region Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:49:59 +0200 this-is-how-many-people-now-live-in-the-resund-region A Lebanese pharma entrepreneur who faced deportation for lowering his own salary has won the right to stay in Sweden, following a long court battle. https://www.thelocal.se/20190331/pharma-entrepreneur-wins-right-to-stay-in-sweden Sun, 31 Mar 2019 13:52:00 +0200 pharma-entrepreneur-wins-right-to-stay-in-sweden Cats can imitate their owners' voices and create private languages with them, a linguistics researcher at Sweden's Lund University claims in a new book aimed at cat owners. https://www.thelocal.se/20190313/cats-imitate-owners-voices-lund-linguistics-professor Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:48:31 +0100 cats-imitate-owners-voices-lund-linguistics-professor A railway worker shut down all trains running between Malmö and Lund for more than 12 hours on Wednesday after he accidentally severed a crucial electrical cable with his digger. https://www.thelocal.se/20190307/the-blunder-that-halted-trains-in-southern-sweden-for-more-than-12-hours Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:48:24 +0100 the-blunder-that-halted-trains-in-southern-sweden-for-more-than-12-hours MY SWEDISH CAREER: When seasoned expat and London native Sunil Ramkali came to Sweden in 2003, it was far from the first foreign country in which he had put down roots. But it has proved to be the country that has felt the most like a home away from home. https://www.thelocal.se/20190219/coming-to-sweden-it-felt-like-we-were-on-holiday-every-day Tue, 19 Feb 2019 08:59:59 +0100 coming-to-sweden-it-felt-like-we-were-on-holiday-every-day Nearly a third of full-time students at Lund University spend ten hours or less a week on independent study, a new study has revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20190123/a-third-of-lund-students-study-less-than-10-hours-a-week Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:35:43 +0100 a-third-of-lund-students-study-less-than-10-hours-a-week Police in Malmö and Lund have warned people to be wary after a record number of frauds using counterfeit 500 and 200 kronor notes. https://www.thelocal.se/20190122/malmo-lund-police-surge-in-number-of-fake-notes-in-circulation Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:45:48 +0100 malmo-lund-police-surge-in-number-of-fake-notes-in-circulation A scientist at Lund University has developed a new sustainable plastic based on indole, the aromatic unit that makes human faeces smell. https://www.thelocal.se/20190114/lund-scientist-creates-new-plastic-from-molecule Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:03:47 +0100 lund-scientist-creates-new-plastic-from-molecule Thousands of people commute between Denmark and Sweden every day, living in one country and working in the other, and it's a lifestyle the Öresund region is actively trying to promote. But for non-EU workers, the migration law makes things difficult. https://www.thelocal.se/20190111/work-permit-rules-complicate-cross-border-commuting-hard-for-non-eu-citizens Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:31:36 +0100 work-permit-rules-complicate-cross-border-commuting-hard-for-non-eu-citizens