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 vast majority of Sweden’s Riksdag members of parliament are hoping to see Hillary Clinton win the forthcoming US presidential election, according to a survey of MPs. https://www.thelocal.se/20161019/over-80-percent-support-for-hillary-clinton-from-swedish-mps Wed, 19 Oct 2016 10:02:37 +0200 over-80-percent-support-for-hillary-clinton-from-swedish-mps Swedish celebrity statistician Hans Rosling has criticized the UN and policy makers for using 'fourfold inaccurate' figures to make decisions on how to distribute aid money in a new, myth-busting article. https://www.thelocal.se/20161014/hans-rosling-slams-post-fact-era-un-aid-tweaking Fri, 14 Oct 2016 13:51:12 +0200 hans-rosling-slams-post-fact-era-un-aid-tweaking Sweden's outspoken foreign minister, Margot Wallström, has hit out at fellow EU member states over the refugee crisis, saying the union needs to do more to relieve the pressure on her country. https://www.thelocal.se/20151030/in-the-long-run-our-system-will-collapse-in-sweden Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:21:11 +0100 in-the-long-run-our-system-will-collapse-in-sweden Sweden's international star footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets the chance to face his home town club as Paris Saint-Germain face Malmö FF in a Champions League clash on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150914/zlatan-faces-first-club-as-psg-hosts-malm Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:11:57 +0200 zlatan-faces-first-club-as-psg-hosts-malm Many foreign students studying in Europe run into visa problems during or after their programmes. Swedish Member of European Parliament Cecilia Wikström is trying to change that. SI News spoke with the politician about trying to change EU law. https://www.thelocal.se/20150203/politician-fights-eu-to-improve-life-for-foreign-students Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:46:00 +0100 politician-fights-eu-to-improve-life-for-foreign-students The Premier League club snapped up the Sweden midfielder on loan until the end of the season from Russian club Spartak Moscow on transfer deadline day. https://www.thelocal.se/20140201/arsenal-sign-swedish-star-kllstrm Sat, 01 Feb 2014 08:14:00 +0100 arsenal-sign-swedish-star-kllstrm The inescapable work of US artist Cindy Sherman has perforated Stockholm like a visual scream, both "repelling and riveting", as the Museum of Modern Art (Moderna) shows the darker side to the master of playing dress-up. https://www.thelocal.se/20131018/50846 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:13:00 +0200 50846 With the Swedish princess' wedding just a week away, Swedish royal observers are wondering if Madeleine will carry on Bernadotte family tradition and wear the diadem brought to Sweden by Joséphine de Beauharnais' granddaughter. https://www.thelocal.se/20130531/48244 Fri, 31 May 2013 10:47:00 +0200 48244 Princess Lilian of Sweden, who has died aged 97, had to wait thirty years to get her prince, but her discretion might well have saved the Swedish monarchy. https://www.thelocal.se/20130311/46662 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:06:00 +0100 46662 Sweden is seeking a buyer for beleaguered Scandinavian airline SAS, in which the Swedish state holds 21.4 percent, Financial Markets Minister Peter Norman said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121120/44534 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:29:00 +0100 44534 Despite intensive negotiations between Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, and union representatives the company and staff have not been able to reach an agreement and bankruptcy may be imminent. https://www.thelocal.se/20121118/44486 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:48:00 +0100 44486 Despite an ongoing royal uproar, a Swedish magazine on Wednesday decided to publish topless pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine. Was the decision right? And why didn't Swedes seem to react? https://www.thelocal.se/20120920/43358 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:06:00 +0200 43358 Swedish celebrity magazine Se och Hör published pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine sunbathing topless in a three-page spread that went on sale on newsstands Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120919/43336 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:43:00 +0200 43336 A Frenchman accused of the 2008 murder of a Swedish student on Friday delayed the resumption of his trial by taking off all his clothes. https://www.thelocal.se/20120907/43088 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:10:00 +0200 43088 A computer system crash may have lost 50,000 patient records from 14 clinics and two major hospitals in southern Sweden. Three weeks later, a Norwegian company is still attempting to recover the documents. https://www.thelocal.se/20110917/36194 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:07:00 +0200 36194 The American father whose infant son was left unattended outside a restaurant in the United States has defended his Swedish wife's actions, claiming that 'hysterical' passers-by over-reacted. https://www.thelocal.se/20110818/35630 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:21:00 +0200 35630 Sigmund Freud's theory that people can intentionally learn to forget certain memories is proven accurate more than 100 years later, after researchers from a Swedish university make headway in the study of the mind. https://www.thelocal.se/20110704/34732 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:16:00 +0200 34732 Swedish parents missed out on over 60 million kronor ($ 9.67 million) last year after almost half of couples entitled to the government's gender equity bonus (Jämställdhetsbonus) neglected to apply, according to recent figures from the Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan). https://www.thelocal.se/20110603/34156 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:18:00 +0200 34156 Sweden's Prince Carl Philip has been named at the head of list of "the top ten most beautiful royal men", while his sister Madeleine had to settle for seventh on the female equivalent. https://www.thelocal.se/20110419/33298 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:20:00 +0200 33298 Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, does not see a housing bubble or bubble-like behaviour in the housing market, according to a high-ranking official at the institution. https://www.thelocal.se/20110120/31550 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:24:00 +0100 31550