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 This week marks the beginning of Pride festivities in the Swedish capital. The tickets sold out immediately, for the partly in-person, partly digital events.  https://www.thelocal.se/20210802/stockholm-pride-is-a-little-different-this-year-heres-what-you-need-to-know Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:33:33 +0200 stockholm-pride-is-a-little-different-this-year-heres-what-you-need-to-know The anti-immigration Sweden Democrats' most senior openly gap MP has defended party colleagues' decision to stop flying the rainbow gay pride flag outside a local city council headquarters. https://www.thelocal.se/20190915/gay-sweden-democrat-backs-council-vote-to-stop-flying-pride-flah Sun, 15 Sep 2019 18:58:20 +0200 gay-sweden-democrat-backs-council-vote-to-stop-flying-pride-flah Around 50,000 people took part in the Pride parade in Stockholm this year, with close to an estimated figure of half a million spectators cheering them on. Here are the best pictures. https://www.thelocal.se/20190805/in-pictures-tens-of-thousands-turn-out-for-stockholm-pride-parade Mon, 05 Aug 2019 10:24:29 +0200 in-pictures-tens-of-thousands-turn-out-for-stockholm-pride-parade Stockholm Pride kicked off on Monday with a week of festivities and rainbow flags across the Swedish capital. https://www.thelocal.se/20190729/stockholm-pride-kicks-off-heres-what-you-need-to-know Mon, 29 Jul 2019 16:37:23 +0200 stockholm-pride-kicks-off-heres-what-you-need-to-know Swedish Pride means a month or more of parades, talks, and other celebrations for the country's gay, trans and queer community and allies. Here are five things to know about Pride in one of the world's most LGBTQ-friendly countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20190611/five-things-to-know-about-swedish-pride Tue, 11 Jun 2019 17:55:39 +0200 five-things-to-know-about-swedish-pride Malmö Pride has sacked festival head Filip Filipek after discovering that it was close to bankruptcy, putting the high-profile 2021 World Pride celebrations at risk. https://www.thelocal.se/20181211/malm-pride-sacks-festival-head-over-cash-crisis Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:32:01 +0100 malm-pride-sacks-festival-head-over-cash-crisis Malmö has ordered an external probe of the gay rights organization Malmö Pride after its chairman Filip Filipek arranged a contract for himself which gives him a cut of all funding secured. https://www.thelocal.se/20181004/malmo-orders-external-probe-into-pride-group Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:08:23 +0200 malmo-orders-external-probe-into-pride-group The world's largest pride festival is coming to Sweden, with the southern city of Malmö sharing hosting duties with Danish capital Copenhagen for the event's 2021 edition. https://www.thelocal.se/20171009/malm-to-share-hosting-duties-of-world-pride-2021 Mon, 09 Oct 2017 17:00:08 +0200 malm-to-share-hosting-duties-of-world-pride-2021 Sweden's ice hockey referees will fly the rainbow colours of the pride flag this season in an initiative designed to make the sport more inclusive and help cut out discriminatory behaviour. https://www.thelocal.se/20170821/why-swedens-ice-hockey-referees-will-wear-the-rainbow-flag-this-season Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:55:11 +0200 why-swedens-ice-hockey-referees-will-wear-the-rainbow-flag-this-season Walking as a proud parent in the Stockholm Pride parade can help both teenagers who are battling with accepting themselves and parents who are struggling too, writes Linda Wainwright Höckerfelt from Proud Parents of LGBT children in Stockholm (Stolta Föräldrar till hbtq-barn i Stockholm). https://www.thelocal.se/20170808/opinion-why-i-walk-as-a-proud-parent-in-the-stockholm-pride-parade Tue, 08 Aug 2017 08:59:00 +0200 opinion-why-i-walk-as-a-proud-parent-in-the-stockholm-pride-parade More than half a million turned out to watch as around 60,000 people in total marched in Pride Parades in Stockholm and Malmö on Saturday and Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20170807/in-pictures-tens-of-thousands-join-pride-parades-in-stockholm-and-malmo-sweden Mon, 07 Aug 2017 14:44:25 +0200 in-pictures-tens-of-thousands-join-pride-parades-in-stockholm-and-malmo-sweden Around 15 people reportedly connected to a right-wing extremist group briefly stopped the Stockholm Pride event, which saw 45,000 participants and thousands more Stockholmers celebrating in the city. https://www.thelocal.se/20170805/stockholms-pride-parade-briefly-halted-by-right-wing-extremists Sat, 05 Aug 2017 18:54:07 +0200 stockholms-pride-parade-briefly-halted-by-right-wing-extremists Sweden's Armed Forces have marked Stockholm Pride with a Facebook post showing the colours of the rainbow flag on a pair of military boots. https://www.thelocal.se/20170803/swedens-armed-forces-show-support-for-pride-with-rainbow-laces Thu, 03 Aug 2017 12:45:54 +0200 swedens-armed-forces-show-support-for-pride-with-rainbow-laces Stockholm Pride 2017 kicks off in just a few days, and with everything from lectures to performances and the all important parade, there’s plenty to love. Here’s why we think it’s pretty amazing. https://www.thelocal.se/20160729/reasons-why-stockholm-pride-is-simply-awesome Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:40:34 +0200 reasons-why-stockholm-pride-is-simply-awesome A posh Stockholm neighbourhood will soon see its traffic lights receive a facelift as the standard lone figure on the crossing signals is replaced by same-sex couples. https://www.thelocal.se/20170704/stockholm-to-get-new-same-sex-traffic-lights-in-show-of-lgbt-support-pride Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:21:42 +0200 stockholm-to-get-new-same-sex-traffic-lights-in-show-of-lgbt-support-pride The search for the perfect wedding venue can be tricky, but Sweden may just have delivered the goods. To mark Stockholm Pride 2016, lucky lovebirds will be able to get married at the Swedish capital’s lavish Royal Opera, with the weddings officiated by celebrity registrars. https://www.thelocal.se/20160621/why-swedens-royal-opera-will-host-pride-weddings Tue, 21 Jun 2016 17:20:49 +0200 why-swedens-royal-opera-will-host-pride-weddings Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has announced that he will take part in this year’s Stockholm Pride festival, in response to the murder of 49 people at an LGBT nightclub in Orlando last Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160615/swedish-pm-to-take-part-in-stockholm-pride-as-orlando-tribute Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:32:26 +0200 swedish-pm-to-take-part-in-stockholm-pride-as-orlando-tribute The Local's northern Sweden columnist Paul Connolly says that the country still has an intolerant minority that needs to be engaged with intelligent debate. https://www.thelocal.se/20160524/bigotry-is-not-dead-in-sweden-we-still-need-to-talk Tue, 24 May 2016 08:59:00 +0200 bigotry-is-not-dead-in-sweden-we-still-need-to-talk A member of the highest decision-making body of the Swedish Church has described homosexuality as 'just a trend' in response to other priests' participation in a Pride parade. https://www.thelocal.se/20160519/swedish-bishop-homosexuality-is-a-trend Thu, 19 May 2016 18:21:04 +0200 swedish-bishop-homosexuality-is-a-trend Swedish postboxes painted in rainbow colours are making a splash in Stockholm just in time for Eurovision, in a show of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. https://www.thelocal.se/20160511/these-are-some-of-swedens-new-gay-pride-mailboxes Wed, 11 May 2016 19:10:54 +0200 these-are-some-of-swedens-new-gay-pride-mailboxes