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 A small town on the Swedish island of Öland has issued a stark warning to locals and visitors not to come too close to a nearby beached humpback whale for fear it might explode. https://www.thelocal.se/20210428/swedish-islanders-warned-to-stay-away-from-explosive-whale Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:42:54 +0200 swedish-islanders-warned-to-stay-away-from-explosive-whale The Public Health Agency has warned that rural areas popular with tourists are particularly vulnerable to a second wave of the coronavirus this summer. https://www.thelocal.se/20200717/how-are-swedens-tourist-spots-coping-with-the-risk-of-coronavirus-outbreaks-this-summer Fri, 17 Jul 2020 09:35:02 +0200 how-are-swedens-tourist-spots-coping-with-the-risk-of-coronavirus-outbreaks-this-summer The bar with the most varieties of whisky in the world is located in Öland, an island off Sweden’s southeast coast which has become the first outside Scotland to ever hold the record. https://www.thelocal.se/20180912/the-bar-with-the-worlds-biggest-whisky-collection-is-on-a-swedish-island Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:06:09 +0200 the-bar-with-the-worlds-biggest-whisky-collection-is-on-a-swedish-island The discovery of gold rings and coins on a Swedish island sheds new light on the history of the area, and could give insight into the motives for a massacre which took place in the fifth century, archaeologists told The Local on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20171011/gold-coin-sheds-new-light-on-5th-century-swedish-island-massacre Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:00:09 +0200 gold-coin-sheds-new-light-on-5th-century-swedish-island-massacre Former yacht captain Chris Cockfield has travelled the world, but there is no place he loves as much as Öland, Sweden's second-largest island. https://www.thelocal.se/20170508/i-love-this-island-theres-no-other-place-like-it-oland-sweden Mon, 08 May 2017 08:59:59 +0200 i-love-this-island-theres-no-other-place-like-it-oland-sweden A Swedish bus driver who was caught on camera hitting and kicking a passenger has been fired. https://www.thelocal.se/20160803/swedish-bus-driver-fired-for-hitting-asylum-seeker Wed, 03 Aug 2016 12:55:28 +0200 swedish-bus-driver-fired-for-hitting-asylum-seeker A Swedish bus driver caught on camera beating and kicking an asylum seeker has for the first time spoken to media about the incident which grabbed global headlines this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20160722/swedish-bus-driver-who-hit-asylum-seeker-im-not-a-racist Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:34:30 +0200 swedish-bus-driver-who-hit-asylum-seeker-im-not-a-racist Construction workers have uncovered an 18th century mural on the wall of what is to be a new toilet for disabled people at a vicarage in eastern Sweden. Officials are planning to leave the mural by the toilet. https://www.thelocal.se/20140211/builders-find-18th-century-mural-in-disabled-toilet Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:46:00 +0100 builders-find-18th-century-mural-in-disabled-toilet Archaeologists who unearthed five ancient and brutally-murdered bodies last week on a Swedish island say they've discovered an inexplicable massacre, with one expert expecting to find hundreds more bodies in a scene she compared to Italy's Pompeii. https://www.thelocal.se/20131011/50726 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:33:00 +0200 50726 A father suspected of having murdered two of his children who were found following a fire in a holiday home in the Stockholm archipelago last weekend admitted on Thursday to two murders, one attempted murder and aggravated arson. https://www.thelocal.se/20131003/50580 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 16:10:00 +0200 50580 Police in southern Sweden announced on Monday morning that they arrested a suspected arsonist believed to be behind a fire near Stockholm that claimed lives of two people, both of them reportedly children. https://www.thelocal.se/20130930/50508 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:14:00 +0200 50508 Sweden's royal newlyweds, Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill, have given the nation a first insight into married life as they extend their honeymoon in Sweden and admit their infamous engagement video has become the butt of a royal family joke. https://www.thelocal.se/20130715/49058 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:15:00 +0200 49058 The Swedish military announced on Monday it had discovered the remains of a Russian submarine on the Baltic Sea bed near the island of Öland. https://www.thelocal.se/20121217/45114 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:55:00 +0100 45114 A container ship ran aground near the Baltic island of Öland early Thursday morning, managing to stay afloat but prompting fears that it could spill oil into the sea. https://www.thelocal.se/20121129/44730 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:24:00 +0100 44730 Bird enthusiasts watching the only American Cliff Swallow to ever grace Sweden’s skies were shocked on Tuesday when a hawk swooped in and killed the wayward swallow before their very eyes. https://www.thelocal.se/20121123/44616 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:20:00 +0100 44616 Dozens of children of asylum seekers on the Baltic island of Öland will now be served lunch in school after an uproar stemming from revelations that local authorities had decided the children didn't have a right to free lunches. https://www.thelocal.se/20121106/44258 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 09:57:00 +0100 44258 Some 200 children of asylum seekers on the Baltic island of Öland are not being given a free school lunch, as local authorities think the families are already getting a food grant from the state. https://www.thelocal.se/20121102/44188 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:38:00 +0100 44188 An ex-employee from an animal park in southern Sweden has spoken out about how zookeepers mistreated the animals, on some occasions beating them to death to save money on veterinary care. https://www.thelocal.se/20121016/43848 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:26:00 +0200 43848 When Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia were fast asleep in the Royal family’s summer residence Solliden Palace on the Baltic island of Öland, a burglar struck against a property on the estate. https://www.thelocal.se/20120823/42790 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:08:00 +0200 42790 A 300-year-old skull with traces of brain tissue has been located by divers excavating the royal ship Kronan in the waters off the Baltic Sea island of Öland. https://www.thelocal.se/20120723/42190 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:37:00 +0200 42190