The Local Sweden

'The last true wild frontier': Life-changing tales from northern Sweden

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:59:59 +0200

What can we learn from the unrivaled beauty of northern Sweden? The Local spoke to three people, hearing rich stories of life in the land of the Midnight Sun.

Sweden's Foreign Minister calls US-North Korea agreement a 'victory for diplomacy'

Tue, 12 Jun 2018 19:31:00 +0200

Sweden's Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström on Tuesday described an agreement signed by the leaders of the US and North Korea as "a victory for diplomacy".

'Moving to northern Sweden was the best thing we've done'

Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:41:19 +0200

In his farewell column, The Local’s northern Sweden correspondent, Paul Connolly, looks back at his first four years in Sweden.

'Wild' expats wanted for Nordic TV series

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:24:00 +0100

People who have moved from the UK to remote corners of Scandinavia are set to appear in a new television series being filmed in 2015.

'Why bother with a bastu when you can pop into your local shop'

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:34:00 +0100

As temperatures plunge in northern Sweden, ex-Londoner Paul Connolly discovers that wearing shorts and t-shirts while everyone else pulls on their hats and gloves betrays a past spent in more temperate climes.

‘Are they devil-worshippers looking for their next sacrifice?’

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 17:57:00 +0200

Shocked by the warm welcome he received by the natives, ex-Londoner Paul Connolly finds that the friendliest neighbours come from northern Sweden.

'I waved and flapped like a swan in a cattery'

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:52:00 +0200

While house-hunting up north, ex-Londoner Paul Connolly comes face to face with the scourge of the northern Swedish summer; the bloodthirsty and dreaded mygga, or mosquito.

'In the north we do things - we don't just watch'

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:53:00 +0200

Northern skies, reindeer carpaccio and house-jumping parties; ex-Londoner Paul Connolly finds out that all is not always what it seems when relocating to northern Sweden.