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 Swedish veteran Andre Myhrer took a shock slalom men's gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday as the two favourites both spectacularly bombed out. https://www.thelocal.se/20180222/swedens-myhrer-wins-shock-gold-in-olympic-mens-slalom Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:36:01 +0100 swedens-myhrer-wins-shock-gold-in-olympic-mens-slalom Maria Pietilä Holmner of Sweden provided a home win in the women's World Cup slalom at Åre on Saturday, holding on to her leading time from the first run in a closely-fought contest. https://www.thelocal.se/20141213/swede-claims-home-win-in-world-cup-slalom Sat, 13 Dec 2014 16:04:00 +0100 swede-claims-home-win-in-world-cup-slalom Swedes topped the podium twice over the weekend with Nordic World Cup wins in Norway. A Swedish alpine skier also won silver in the slalom at the World Ski Championships in Germany. https://www.thelocal.se/20110221/32166 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 09:32:00 +0100 32166 Sweden's Andre Myhrer clinched his second career World Cup win on Thursday when he triumphed in the night slalom ahead of Croatia's Ivica Kostelic. https://www.thelocal.se/20110107/31288 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:41:00 +0100 31288 Sweden's Maria Pietilä Holmner won her first World Cup title in the women's alpine slalom on Sunday in Aspen, Colorado. https://www.thelocal.se/20101129/30480 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:51:00 +0100 30480 Swedish skier Maria Pietilae-Holmer led the field after the opening leg of the women's alpine World Cup slalom on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101128/30478 Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:17:00 +0100 30478 André Myhrer took Sweden's tenth Winter Olympics medal in Vancouver on Saturday, finishing third place in the mens slalom following an impressive spurt in the final leg of the race. https://www.thelocal.se/20100228/25256 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:49:00 +0100 25256