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 Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is visiting Sweden alongside a large business delegation from India on June 11th and 12th. https://www.thelocal.se/20250611/indian-trade-minister-to-visit-sweden Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:29:28 +0200 indian-trade-minister-to-visit-sweden Sweden has a 'relatively weak brand' in India, and to the extent that it is known at all, the country is not associated with having a stable economy or being a good place to study, visit, invest or do business, a new report from the Swedish Institute has found. https://www.thelocal.se/20250502/explained-how-swedens-national-brand-is-relatively-weak-in-india Fri, 02 May 2025 13:40:25 +0200 explained-how-swedens-national-brand-is-relatively-weak-in-india Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard is in India, where she will among other things cut the ribbon for a new trade office to boost Sweden-India relations. https://www.thelocal.se/20250317/swedish-foreign-minister-visits-india-to-boost-business-and-trade-partnership Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:37:47 +0100 swedish-foreign-minister-visits-india-to-boost-business-and-trade-partnership Next week, Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister, Ebba Busch, will attend the India Sweden Innovation Day in Stockholm in person for the first time, showing that India's green transition matters even to her less-than-green government, writes The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange. https://www.thelocal.se/20241008/why-partnering-india-in-the-green-transition-matters-even-to-this-swedish-government Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:03:15 +0200 why-partnering-india-in-the-green-transition-matters-even-to-this-swedish-government Earlier this year, Indian parents told The Local that they were waiting to apply for Swedish citizenship due to fears Indian citizenship rules would render their children stateless. Now, new guidelines from the Indian government have been issued to avoid this. https://www.thelocal.se/20240903/stateless-indian-children-in-sweden-set-to-benefit-from-new-guidelines Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:05:08 +0200 stateless-indian-children-in-sweden-set-to-benefit-from-new-guidelines For the first time since records began, more Indians are leaving than moving to Sweden, making them the largest group of emigrated foreigners in the first half of the year. https://www.thelocal.se/20240821/sweden-sees-negative-indian-net-migration-for-first-time-in-at-least-26-years Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:26:22 +0200 sweden-sees-negative-indian-net-migration-for-first-time-in-at-least-26-years Saudi Arabia, the UAE and India are the top investment destinations for Swedish companies, meaning that businesses are planning on increasing their investments in these markets over the next 12 months. https://www.thelocal.se/20240614/india-among-top-investment-destinations-for-swedish-companies Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:15:03 +0200 india-among-top-investment-destinations-for-swedish-companies India doesn’t allow dual citizenship, so any Indians wishing to gain Swedish citizenship need to renounce their Indian citizenship first. How does it work? https://www.thelocal.se/20240527/explained-how-to-renounce-indian-citizenship-in-sweden Mon, 27 May 2024 12:26:44 +0200 explained-how-to-renounce-indian-citizenship-in-sweden Gouri Natrajan and her husband will be eligible for Swedish citizenship next year. They would apply, if it weren't for the fact that they fear Indian law would then render their five-month-old son stateless. And they're not alone. https://www.thelocal.se/20240523/indian-parents-fear-swedish-citizenship-application-will-leave-children-stateless Thu, 23 May 2024 14:12:03 +0200 indian-parents-fear-swedish-citizenship-application-will-leave-children-stateless Sweden's foreign minister has insisted that autocorrect was to blame for a social media post during a trip to Bengaluru in India where he appeared to mistake the much-snack, dahi puri, for ice cream. https://www.thelocal.se/20240221/ice-cream-or-chaat-swedish-foreign-minister-blames-autocorrect-for-indian-food-gaffe Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:36:29 +0100 ice-cream-or-chaat-swedish-foreign-minister-blames-autocorrect-for-indian-food-gaffe Last year, the organisers of the Indian Durga Puja celebrations in Copenhagen recreated Nyhavn, the city's 17th-century waterfront, to mark the 10th year of festivities. But Copenhagen's is one of more than 20 pujas held in the Nordic countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20231002/how-the-nordics-lead-europe-in-indian-durga-puja-celebrations Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:37:13 +0200 how-the-nordics-lead-europe-in-indian-durga-puja-celebrations Many Indians in Sweden got together to celebrate India's Independence Day this month. Here are guest editor Manu Uniyal's takeaways from the day, as well as our monthly roundup of the stories relevant to The Local's Indian readers. https://www.thelocal.se/20230901/indians-in-sweden-independence-challenging-stereotypes-and-a-flash-mob-dance Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:35:43 +0200 indians-in-sweden-independence-challenging-stereotypes-and-a-flash-mob-dance International growth markets such as India and Indonesia are becoming more attractive to Swedish businesses, according to a new survey by Business Sweden, which also indicates that traditional markets such as North America are stagnating in popularity. https://www.thelocal.se/20230830/global-shift-india-growing-in-popularity-among-swedish-businesses Wed, 30 Aug 2023 11:54:52 +0200 global-shift-india-growing-in-popularity-among-swedish-businesses Moving to a new country means getting used to new climates, new cultures, new foods, new ways of living. The Local asked some Indians who have made the move to Sweden about the items that they wish they'd brought with them. https://www.thelocal.se/20220929/the-seven-things-indians-wish-theyd-brought-with-them-to-sweden Thu, 29 Sep 2022 18:10:12 +0200 the-seven-things-indians-wish-theyd-brought-with-them-to-sweden How can Indians and Swedes benefit from the diplomatic relationship, how many Indians are in Sweden's top one percent of earners, and much more in The Local's monthly newsletter for Indians in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20230725/indians-in-sweden-75-years-of-diplomatic-relations-show-its-all-about-the-people Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:46:44 +0200 indians-in-sweden-75-years-of-diplomatic-relations-show-its-all-about-the-people What India can bring to Sweden's biggest political event of the year, why sex is not an official Swedish sport despite rumours, and much more in The Local's monthly Indians in Sweden newsletter. https://www.thelocal.se/20230622/indians-in-sweden-nations-and-communities-cannot-exist-in-silos Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:25:49 +0200 indians-in-sweden-nations-and-communities-cannot-exist-in-silos What did India's minister of external affairs tell his compatriots on a recent visit to Sweden, what are our readers' biggest culture shocks, and the latest work permit news explained. Here's The Local's monthly newsletter for Indians in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20230523/indians-in-sweden-indian-foreign-ministers-speech-and-culture-shocks Tue, 23 May 2023 08:19:55 +0200 indians-in-sweden-indian-foreign-ministers-speech-and-culture-shocks For many Indians, it can be a shock arriving in Sweden in winter, with streets deserted, temperatures below zero, and darkness by 3pm. But that's just the start! Here are some of the most common culture shocks readers from India report. https://www.thelocal.se/20230427/these-are-the-worst-culture-shocks-for-indians-coming-to-sweden Thu, 27 Apr 2023 09:34:09 +0200 these-are-the-worst-culture-shocks-for-indians-coming-to-sweden For foreign correspondent Malin Mendel, moving to India in 2005 was "like coming home". The Local spoke to her about the cultural differences living in India as a Swede and her TV programme with Swedish-Indian comedian David Batra. https://www.thelocal.se/20230426/interview-returning-to-stockholm-from-mumbai-is-so-horrible Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:23:51 +0200 interview-returning-to-stockholm-from-mumbai-is-so-horrible In the fourth of our interviews with ambassadors to Sweden, India's Tanmaya Lal speaks of the growing Indian diaspora in Sweden and why the two countries' relationship goes back further than you think. https://www.thelocal.se/20230112/interview-india-ambassador-sweden-tanmaya-lal Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:08:13 +0100 interview-india-ambassador-sweden-tanmaya-lal