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 Mikaela Larsson has won the Stockholm Marathon for the first time, completing the course in an impressive two hours and 40 minutes despite the searing 27C temperature. https://www.thelocal.se/20180602/swedens-mikaela-larsson-wins-stockholm-marathon Sat, 02 Jun 2018 18:24:07 +0200 swedens-mikaela-larsson-wins-stockholm-marathon The organisers of Saturday’s Stockholm Marathon have laid on extra showers along the 42km track to stop runners overheating in temperatures of between 25C and 28C. https://www.thelocal.se/20180602/extra-showers-put-up-to-cool-stockholm-marathon-competitors Sat, 02 Jun 2018 15:03:33 +0200 extra-showers-put-up-to-cool-stockholm-marathon-competitors Feeling the pinch after spending all your summer cash? Luckily, Sweden has plenty of fun to offer this weekend that won’t cost a penny to enjoy. https://www.thelocal.se/20160908/eight-great-free-things-to-do-in-sweden-this-weekend Thu, 08 Sep 2016 08:59:00 +0200 eight-great-free-things-to-do-in-sweden-this-weekend As if the marathon runners didn't have enough to deal with already, the heavens opened in Stockholm on Saturday, making for a very wet and windy race. But the damp didn't keep Swede Isabellah Andersson from taking home her seventh victory medal, with Yekeber Bayabel from Ethiopia winning the men's race. https://www.thelocal.se/20150530/ethiopian-swede-win-soggy-stockhom-marathon Sat, 30 May 2015 16:00:17 +0200 ethiopian-swede-win-soggy-stockhom-marathon UPDATED: Stockholm marathon organizers have said that any non-Nordic runners to finish among the top six in the race will be offered prize money and described a previous announcement that only Nordic entrants would be entitled to the cash as "quite naive". https://www.thelocal.se/20150423/only-nordic-winners-get-stockholm-race-cash-prize Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:30:10 +0200 only-nordic-winners-get-stockholm-race-cash-prize Sweden's Isabellah Andersson and Ethiopia's Shumi Gerbaba Eticha won the women's and men's titles of the 35th Stockholm Marathon on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130602/48274 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:54:00 +0200 48274 Two Swedish Easter witches are giving up the spring festivities in Sweden to run 3,000 kilometres from Istanbul back home to Stockholm with all their gear packed tight into a pram. Kristina Paltén and Carina Borén are The Local's pick for Swede(s) of the Week. https://www.thelocal.se/20130328/46994 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:15:00 +0100 46994 Swedish runner Isabellah Andersson claimed her third consecutive Stockholm marathon title when she came home in 2:31:35. The men's race was dominated by the Kenyans who, led by Joseph Lagat in 2:12:48, claimed four of the first five places. https://www.thelocal.se/20100605/27060 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:34:00 +0200 27060 Kenyans Isabellah Andersson and Willy Korir won their respective Stockholm marathons on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20080601/12152 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:06:00 +0200 12152 Six hours of pain or ten hours of laughter are on offer for Stockholmers on Saturday as two very different marathons compete for an audience. https://www.thelocal.se/20080531/12146 Sat, 31 May 2008 13:15:00 +0200 12146