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 The city of Stockholm could end up hosting some of the main events if Sweden's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics is successful. https://www.thelocal.se/20231121/stockholm-puts-its-backing-behind-swedens-bid-to-host-winter-olympics Tue, 21 Nov 2023 14:34:44 +0100 stockholm-puts-its-backing-behind-swedens-bid-to-host-winter-olympics Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo has been chosen to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, beating Stockholm-Åre's bid. https://www.thelocal.se/20190624/winter-olympics-sweden-milan-stockholm-re-italy Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:45:30 +0200 winter-olympics-sweden-milan-stockholm-re-italy Stockholm or Milan? The winner of the Olympic bid will be announced TODAY. https://www.thelocal.se/20190624/sweden-totally-ready-to-host-the-winter-olympics Mon, 24 Jun 2019 09:39:37 +0200 sweden-totally-ready-to-host-the-winter-olympics The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday it had asked Stockholm for clarifications over financial backing for its bid to stage the 2026 Winter Olympics. https://www.thelocal.se/20190620/ioc-asks-for-finance-guarantees-over-swedish-olympic-bid Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:13:52 +0200 ioc-asks-for-finance-guarantees-over-swedish-olympic-bid Stockholm Olympic Stadium defied those who said Sweden wasn't advanced enough to host the Olympic Games in 1912, and has survived to become the world's oldest Olympic stadium actively in use. https://www.thelocal.se/20190425/how-swedens-olympic-stadium-defied-expectations-again-and-again Thu, 25 Apr 2019 10:19:04 +0200 how-swedens-olympic-stadium-defied-expectations-again-and-again Support for Italy's bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo has grown with 83 percent of Italians now backing the project, according to poll carried out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). https://www.thelocal.se/20190406/polls-show-italians-much-more-enthusiastic-about-2026-winter-games-bid-than-swedes Sat, 06 Apr 2019 18:21:09 +0200 polls-show-italians-much-more-enthusiastic-about-2026-winter-games-bid-than-swedes Six months after establishing itself in Stockholm, Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo has announced it will sponsor Sweden’s athletes at the 2020 Olympics. https://www.thelocal.se/20190202/hm-competitor-to-sponsor-swedens-olympic-team Sat, 02 Feb 2019 15:20:50 +0100 hm-competitor-to-sponsor-swedens-olympic-team Sweden's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics faces several obstacles: Stockholm's refusal to back the campaign and the country's lack of a government more than four months after the election. https://www.thelocal.se/20190111/swedens-olympic-bid-hampered-by-political-vacuum Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:51:26 +0100 swedens-olympic-bid-hampered-by-political-vacuum Sweden's Frida Hansdotter upstaged a vomiting defending champion Mikaela Shiffrin to win the Olympic slalom on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20180216/swedens-frida-hansdotter-skis-to-olympic-gold Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:10:44 +0100 swedens-frida-hansdotter-skis-to-olympic-gold Sweden sent the historic joint Korean women's ice hockey team out of the Pyeongchang Olympics with an 8-0 victory. https://www.thelocal.se/20180213/sweden-crushes-unified-korean-teams-olympic-hopes-in-historic-game Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:37:04 +0100 sweden-crushes-unified-korean-teams-olympic-hopes-in-historic-game World anti-doping chiefs advised caution relating to revelations by international media outlets that suggested widespread doping in cross-country skiing, on the eve of the Olympics. https://www.thelocal.se/20180206/nordic-skiing-wada-advises-caution-over-pre-olympics-doping-claims Tue, 06 Feb 2018 09:15:55 +0100 nordic-skiing-wada-advises-caution-over-pre-olympics-doping-claims Swedish capital Stockholm will not vie to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games over financial concerns, council bosses said. https://www.thelocal.se/20170427/stockholm-pulls-out-of-winter-olympics-bid-again Thu, 27 Apr 2017 08:27:25 +0200 stockholm-pulls-out-of-winter-olympics-bid-again Sweden's women's football manager has been grabbing headlines with her zingers, put-downs and amazing coaching skills. Here are six of our favourite moments. https://www.thelocal.se/20160819/times-pia-sundhage-proved-shes-just-the-coolest-sweden-olympics-football Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:34:15 +0200 times-pia-sundhage-proved-shes-just-the-coolest-sweden-olympics-football USA women's goalkeeper Hope Solo has been slapped with a six-month ban from the national team for her comments in which she called the Swedish players "a bunch of cowards", US Soccer announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160825/us-keeper-kicked-off-team-for-calling-swedes-cowards Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:15:44 +0200 us-keeper-kicked-off-team-for-calling-swedes-cowards The Local's favourite snaps (and a video) of Sweden's Olympic champions celebrating at a big homecoming party in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20160822/the-ten-best-pictures-of-swedens-olympic-heroes Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:24:13 +0200 the-ten-best-pictures-of-swedens-olympic-heroes The Swedish women's football team were beaten 2-1 by favourites Germany in the Olympic gold medal match in front of a huge crowd at Rio's legendary Maracana Stadium on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160820/swedens-women-pipped-by-germany-in-final Sat, 20 Aug 2016 11:46:22 +0200 swedens-women-pipped-by-germany-in-final Sweden coach Pia Sundhage is hoping for a change of luck against old foes Germany to win her third consecutive women's football gold medal in Friday's final. https://www.thelocal.se/20160819/sundhage-the-times-they-are-a-changin-for-sweden Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:24:56 +0200 sundhage-the-times-they-are-a-changin-for-sweden Wrestler Jenny Fransson made history on Wednesday night when she became the first ever Swedish woman to win an Olympic wrestling medal. https://www.thelocal.se/20160818/swedish-wrestler-fransson-makes-history-with-olympic-bronze Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:40:36 +0200 swedish-wrestler-fransson-makes-history-with-olympic-bronze UPDATED: Sweden ended Brazil's dream of a first Olympic football gold medal with a 4-3 penalty shootout win to book their place in the gold medal match. https://www.thelocal.se/20160816/sweden-shock-brazil-in-penalty-shootout Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:58:50 +0200 sweden-shock-brazil-in-penalty-shootout Defeating the dominant world champion and three-time reigning Olympic gold medallist USA women's team is tough enough, but Sweden's Hedvig Lindahl also had another "enemy" in their shock quarter-final win - the searing Brasilia sun. https://www.thelocal.se/20160814/burned-out-sweden-keeper-blazes-a-rio-trail Sun, 14 Aug 2016 13:04:25 +0200 burned-out-sweden-keeper-blazes-a-rio-trail