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 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Sweden on Wednesday where the two countries will make a "defence export" announcement, the Swedish government said. https://www.thelocal.se/20251022/sweden-says-zelensky-to-visit-for-defence-export-announcement Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:56:43 +0200 sweden-says-zelensky-to-visit-for-defence-export-announcement In one of the most terrifying near-miss stories ever, a Swedish fighter jet crashed into an island just metres from thousands of spectators gathered to watch it fly in 1993. The Local looks at the tale, 25 years later. https://www.thelocal.se/20180808/the-shocking-story-of-how-a-fighter-jet-crashed-in-central-stockholm-and-everyone-lived-to-tell-the-tale Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:17:40 +0200 the-shocking-story-of-how-a-fighter-jet-crashed-in-central-stockholm-and-everyone-lived-to-tell-the-tale Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven testified in court on Friday, at the request of a Brazilian judge, over a suspected corruption case in Brazil involving the sale of Swedish fighter aircraft at the expense of their French counterpart Rafale. https://www.thelocal.se/20180609/swedish-pm-testifies-in-court-over-war-jets-sale-in-brazil Sat, 09 Jun 2018 12:42:46 +0200 swedish-pm-testifies-in-court-over-war-jets-sale-in-brazil Swedish defence giant Saab will team up with India's Adani Group to bid for a lucrative multi-billion dollar deal to make fighter jets in the country, an industry source told AFP. https://www.thelocal.se/20170901/sweden-saab-to-partner-indias-adani-in-major-fighter-jet-deal-reports Fri, 01 Sep 2017 08:46:32 +0200 sweden-saab-to-partner-indias-adani-in-major-fighter-jet-deal-reports Swedish defence giant Saab has offered to build a state-of-the-art fighter jet factory in India should it seal a lucrative deal to supply hundreds of military jets to New Delhi. https://www.thelocal.se/20170212/swedens-saab-offers-high-tech-jet-production-hub-to-india Sun, 12 Feb 2017 09:37:07 +0100 swedens-saab-offers-high-tech-jet-production-hub-to-india A billion dollar deal for Chinese-owned carmaker Nevs, formerly Saab, to build 250,000 electric cars at its Trollhättan factory is set to create hundreds of jobs in west Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20151217/swedish-job-boost-after-chinese-green-car-order Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:29:35 +0100 swedish-job-boost-after-chinese-green-car-order The United Arab Emirates Air Force has announced a $1.27-billion deal with Swedish defence giant Saab to purchase two surveillance planes and upgrade two others. https://www.thelocal.se/20151109/swedish-surveillance-planes-bought-in-huge-uae-deal Mon, 09 Nov 2015 15:03:00 +0100 swedish-surveillance-planes-bought-in-huge-uae-deal The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, was in Sweden on Monday to discuss her country's purchase of 36 Jas Gripen fighter jets for a price tag which has risen to 39 billion kronor ($4.7 billion). https://www.thelocal.se/20151019/jet-deal-on-agenda-as-brazil-head-visits-sweden Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:27:09 +0200 jet-deal-on-agenda-as-brazil-head-visits-sweden Swedish car maker Saab's former CEO Jan Åke Jonsson and the firm's former head lawyer Kristina Geers have appeared in court in Vänersborg in west Sweden, accused of falsifying financial documents shortly before the company went bankrupt in 2011. https://www.thelocal.se/20150902/former-swedish-saab-bosses-in-court Wed, 02 Sep 2015 16:46:09 +0200 former-swedish-saab-bosses-in-court UPDATED: A deal between Swedish defence giant Saab and Sweden's military for two submarines worth 8.6 billion kronor ($1.04 billion) is set to boost jobs in the Nordic country, chief executive Håkan Buskhe said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150630/saab-signs-deal-worth-billions-for-swedish-subs Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:38:33 +0200 saab-signs-deal-worth-billions-for-swedish-subs Swedish defence firm Saab paid around a billion kronor to shady middlemen as part of a controversial deal to sell fighter jets to South Africa, according to documents obtained by a Swedish tabloid. https://www.thelocal.se/20150625/saab-payouts-in-jas-gripen-bribery-scandal Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:22:42 +0200 saab-payouts-in-jas-gripen-bribery-scandal After two planes made by Swedish defence giant Saab and used by the Hungarian army crashed, the central European country has opted to ground its fleet of Jas-39 Gripen fighter jets. https://www.thelocal.se/20150611/swedish-saab-planes-grounded-by-hungary Thu, 11 Jun 2015 09:35:17 +0200 swedish-saab-planes-grounded-by-hungary Swedish defence giant Saab does more than most other European arms companies to tackle corruption but should give staff better access to whistleblowing channels, according to a Transparency International report released on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150427/saab-one-of-europe-cleanest-transparency Mon, 27 Apr 2015 16:17:20 +0200 saab-one-of-europe-cleanest-transparency Swedish defence giant Saab announced a surprise drop in first-quarter operating profits on Friday, while the company took a 3.8 percent tumble on the Stockholm stock market. https://www.thelocal.se/20150424/defence-giant-saab-sees-surprise-fall-in-profits Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:00:00 +0200 defence-giant-saab-sees-surprise-fall-in-profits A 39.3 billion kronor ($5.5 billion) deal signed by Swedish defence company Saab to build and sell 36 Jas Gripen fighter jets to Brazil is being investigated by Brazilian prosecutors. https://www.thelocal.se/20150410/brazil-prosecutors-probe-swedens-fighter-jet-deal Fri, 10 Apr 2015 18:54:44 +0200 brazil-prosecutors-probe-swedens-fighter-jet-deal Swedish defence and security company Saab is involved in a multi-million dollar deal to help Norway update its core weapon-detection radar system. https://www.thelocal.se/20150408/swedens-saab-to-upgrade-norways-defence Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:41:00 +0200 swedens-saab-to-upgrade-norways-defence Australia's opposition demanded on Wednesday that Sweden should not be excluded from a major new submarine-building programme, countering Prime Minister Tony Abbott's government. https://www.thelocal.se/20150325/australia-opens-door-to-swedish-subs-export Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:11:12 +0100 australia-opens-door-to-swedish-subs-export Swedish defence company Saab has signed a deal with Brazil to build and send 36 Gripen fighter jets in return for 39.3 billion kronor ($5.5 billion). https://www.thelocal.se/20141027/saab-sells-36-gripen-jets-to-brazil Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:22:00 +0100 saab-sells-36-gripen-jets-to-brazil Swedish car maker Saab has announced it has axed 155 workers, close to a third of its workforce. https://www.thelocal.se/20141001/swedish-saab-sheds-nearly-third-of-staff Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:38:00 +0200 swedish-saab-sheds-nearly-third-of-staff Hundreds of the remaining workers at Saab's factory in Trollhätten are set to lose their jobs, according to the Chinese company Nevs which owns the Swedish car business. https://www.thelocal.se/20140924/two-hundred-jobs-go-at-swedish-saab-plant Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:09:00 +0200 two-hundred-jobs-go-at-swedish-saab-plant