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 Skåne authorities are puzzling over the thousands of mysterious white balls which have washed up along the south coast since Tuesday, with one theory linking them to a nearby nuclear power plant. https://www.thelocal.se/20181018/mystery-white-balls-wash-up-on-skne-coast Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:01:24 +0200 mystery-white-balls-wash-up-on-skne-coast A bright, blue light which flashed across the night sky in eastern Sweden on Monday followed by a loud bang was most likely a huge bolide. https://www.thelocal.se/20170321/video-mystery-blue-fireball-lights-up-swedish-night-sky-bolide-meteor Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:53:53 +0100 video-mystery-blue-fireball-lights-up-swedish-night-sky-bolide-meteor An exposé about a mysterious online personality who refers to herself as "TheIneffableSwede" captivated Swedish media this week and left the country wondering just who exactly is Veronika Larsson, making her our pick for Swede of the Week. https://www.thelocal.se/20131003/50566 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:26:00 +0200 50566 A Swedish expedition has set off to Africa in the hopes of finding out why a group of Swedes were never heard from again after they moved to Angola in the 1800s. https://www.thelocal.se/20130731/49366 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:22:00 +0200 49366 Police in northern Sweden are puzzled after a dead elk on the side of the road was stolen before it could be collected by authorities. https://www.thelocal.se/20130627/48724 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:41:00 +0200 48724 A woman who left her infant boy in a stairwell in northern Sweden in 1972 has stepped forward in the hope of meeting her son to ask for forgiveness before she dies. https://www.thelocal.se/20130615/48508 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:37:00 +0200 48508 A Swedish church has found itself in the centre of a mystery after English relatives of a gunned down World War II airman realized that an anonymous well-wisher had been planting flowers at the grave since 1943. https://www.thelocal.se/20120905/43028 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:39:00 +0200 43028