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 For many southern Swedes, anywhere in their own country north of Gävle, or even Uppsala, is simply too far away to bother with. But from where I'm sitting in Umeå, Norrland is the place to be. https://www.thelocal.se/20260114/four-reasons-you-should-move-to-the-north-of-sweden Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:02:21 +0100 four-reasons-you-should-move-to-the-north-of-sweden Situated seven hours north of Stockholm, Umeå may not be the most famous municipality beyond the borders of Sweden – but there's more to this northern city than meets the eye. https://www.thelocal.se/20240628/heres-why-umea-was-just-ranked-the-best-place-to-live-in-sweden Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:35:21 +0200 heres-why-umea-was-just-ranked-the-best-place-to-live-in-sweden As Sweden sinks deeper and deeper into the economic downturn, only Norrland and its booming green industry sector is expected to see its economy grow next year. https://www.thelocal.se/20230926/which-areas-in-sweden-have-the-best-economic-prospects Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:55:15 +0200 which-areas-in-sweden-have-the-best-economic-prospects A court in Sweden has given the steel company H2 Green Steel the go ahead to start building a coal-free steel plant in northern Sweden, the first greenfield steel plant in Europe in 50 years. https://www.thelocal.se/20220701/court-gives-swedish-start-up-go-ahead-to-build-giant-hydrogen-steel-plant Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:30:59 +0200 court-gives-swedish-start-up-go-ahead-to-build-giant-hydrogen-steel-plant Battery group Northvolt announced Tuesday that it would build a battery factory in northern Germany, as Europe seeks to ramp up its capacity to produce electric cars. https://www.thelocal.se/20220315/swedish-battery-start-up-to-launch-third-factory-in-northern-germany Tue, 15 Mar 2022 12:05:22 +0100 swedish-battery-start-up-to-launch-third-factory-in-northern-germany A journalist from the AFP news agency visits the far north of Sweden, where global warming is happening three times faster than in the rest of the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20211025/how-climate-change-is-changing-northern-sweden-and-the-people-who-live-there Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:30:08 +0200 how-climate-change-is-changing-northern-sweden-and-the-people-who-live-there The small town of Sorsele in Swedish Lapland has been rated as the best small town in Sweden for local amenities by a new study. https://www.thelocal.se/20210902/what-makes-a-northern-swedish-town-of-1000-a-great-place-to-live Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:21:58 +0200 what-makes-a-northern-swedish-town-of-1000-a-great-place-to-live Swedish battery startup Northvolt has received an order from Volkswagen totalling $14 billion, it said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20210315/swedish-battery-maker-northvolt-books-multibillion-volkswagen-order Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:37:43 +0100 swedish-battery-maker-northvolt-books-multibillion-volkswagen-order Newly formed company H2 Green Steel (H2GS) on Tuesday announced plans to build a hydrogen powered steel plant in the north of Sweden, already a pioneer in the field. https://www.thelocal.se/20210223/new-fossil-free-steel-plant-to-be-built-in-northern-sweden Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:32:14 +0100 new-fossil-free-steel-plant-to-be-built-in-northern-sweden A Sami market that usually attracts almost 50,000 visitors to the small town of Jokkmokk is taking place online this year, due to coronavirus restrictions. https://www.thelocal.se/20210204/sami-market-gets-under-way-online-for-the-first-time-in-four-centuries Thu, 04 Feb 2021 15:37:49 +0100 sami-market-gets-under-way-online-for-the-first-time-in-four-centuries Sweden's state-owned mining company LKAB has committed to investing hundreds of billions of kronor to go carbon-neutral by 2045, described as potentially the largest industrial investment ever in the Nordic country. https://www.thelocal.se/20201124/swedens-state-miner-to-invest-400-billion-kronor-in-fossil-free-iron Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:38:30 +0100 swedens-state-miner-to-invest-400-billion-kronor-in-fossil-free-iron Aurora-gazers in the far north of Sweden were treated to a dazzling show as spectacular Northern Lights lit up the skies late on Wednesday. But if you missed them, fear not – here are some of the best pictures. https://www.thelocal.se/20200924/in-pictures-webcam-captures-stunning-northern-lights-in-sweden Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:59:59 +0200 in-pictures-webcam-captures-stunning-northern-lights-in-sweden The skulls of 25 Sami people are set to be laid to rest in what's expected to be a poignant ceremony in northern Sweden today – the biggest such reburial ever carried out in the Nordic country. https://www.thelocal.se/20190809/sami-skulls-to-be-laid-to-rest-in-northern-sweden Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:04:22 +0200 sami-skulls-to-be-laid-to-rest-in-northern-sweden Thousands of people were still without power on Monday after a storm battered northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20190225/february-storm-knocks-out-power-for-thousands-in-northern-sweden Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:37:43 +0100 february-storm-knocks-out-power-for-thousands-in-northern-sweden Hurricane-strength winds hit the Stora Sjöfallet national park in northern Sweden over the weekend, but mountain rescuers were still called out to save hikers who tried to defy the harsh conditions. https://www.thelocal.se/20190218/hurricane-force-winds-batter-northern-sweden Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:45:54 +0100 hurricane-force-winds-batter-northern-sweden With slushy streets in southern Sweden and a new cold record of the season in the far north, the big freeze shows no sign of letting go of the country any time soon. https://www.thelocal.se/20190128/arctic-blast-grips-sweden-as-mercury-plunges-below-39c Mon, 28 Jan 2019 08:51:36 +0100 arctic-blast-grips-sweden-as-mercury-plunges-below-39c Sweden just had its coldest night of this winter, so if you were particularly reluctant to get out from under your duvet this morning you may have been on to something. https://www.thelocal.se/20190122/sweden-shivers-on-coldest-night-of-2019 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 08:47:47 +0100 sweden-shivers-on-coldest-night-of-2019 The departure of teenagers and people in their early twenties offers advantages for rural areas, argue Lapland researchers, who suggest out-migration is wrongly imagined as a problem. Swedish youth do not all move to cities and many of them return home at a later stage. https://www.thelocal.se/20181227/rural-sweden-is-losing-young-people-but-thats-not-the-whole-story Thu, 27 Dec 2018 08:59:59 +0100 rural-sweden-is-losing-young-people-but-thats-not-the-whole-story What happens when you take a big city man and drop him in rural northern Sweden? Let's just say that born-and-bred Londoner Paul Connolly has a few stories to tell you. https://www.thelocal.se/20181107/in-northern-sweden-we-lock-our-door-to-shut-out-the-friendly-people Wed, 07 Nov 2018 07:59:59 +0100 in-northern-sweden-we-lock-our-door-to-shut-out-the-friendly-people A pair of unusual hotels in Sweden have been voted two of the best places in the world. https://www.thelocal.se/20180824/two-of-the-worlds-greatest-places-to-stay-are-in-sweden-icehotel-treehotel Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:07:59 +0200 two-of-the-worlds-greatest-places-to-stay-are-in-sweden-icehotel-treehotel