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 A Danish court put two Swedish teenagers on trial on terrorism charges for having thrown two hand grenades at the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20251112/swedish-teenagers-go-on-trial-in-denmark-for-israeli-embassy-attack Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:49:34 +0100 swedish-teenagers-go-on-trial-in-denmark-for-israeli-embassy-attack A flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, left Barcelona on Sunday vowing to try to "break the illegal siege of Gaza", organisers said. https://www.thelocal.se/20250901/swedish-activist-greta-thunberg-sets-sail-for-gaza Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:22:31 +0200 swedish-activist-greta-thunberg-sets-sail-for-gaza Sweden and the Netherlands have urged the EU to adopt sanctions on Israel and Hamas over the war in Gaza, including suspending the EU-Israel trade deal, according to a document seen by AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20250828/sweden-and-netherlands-call-for-eu-sanctions-on-israel-and-hamas Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:41:09 +0200 sweden-and-netherlands-call-for-eu-sanctions-on-israel-and-hamas Sweden on Thursday called on the EU to suspend the trade part of its association agreement with Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20250731/sweden-calls-on-eu-to-suspend-trade-pact-with-israel-pm Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:10:41 +0200 sweden-calls-on-eu-to-suspend-trade-pact-with-israel-pm Israel's refusal to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza is causing civilians to starve which constitutes a war crime, Sweden's foreign minister said. https://www.thelocal.se/20250612/war-crime-swedish-foreign-minister-warns-israel-against-starving-civilians Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:06:59 +0200 war-crime-swedish-foreign-minister-warns-israel-against-starving-civilians Activist Greta Thunberg is back on Swedish soil after being deported from Israel, lambasting the country for its 'violations of international law and war crimes' in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20250611/greta-thunberg-back-in-sweden-after-israel-deports-her-and-bans-her-for-100-years Wed, 11 Jun 2025 13:23:13 +0200 greta-thunberg-back-in-sweden-after-israel-deports-her-and-bans-her-for-100-years Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said that her country would work within the EU to push for sanctions against certain Israeli ministers over Israel's treatment of civilian Palestinians in Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20250520/sweden-calls-for-eu-sanctions-targeting-individual-israeli-ministers Tue, 20 May 2025 18:25:04 +0200 sweden-calls-for-eu-sanctions-targeting-individual-israeli-ministers Sweden's foreign minister on Monday condemned Israel's plans to "take control" of the Gaza Strip, saying the move would violate international law. https://www.thelocal.se/20250519/sweden-israels-plans-to-take-control-of-gaza-against-international-law Mon, 19 May 2025 16:55:28 +0200 sweden-israels-plans-to-take-control-of-gaza-against-international-law When Hamas attacked Israel on October 2023, the right-wing parties in Sweden slammed the left for being too close to Palestinian groups. Now Israel is preparing a new Gaza invasion, the boot is on the other foot, writes The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange. https://www.thelocal.se/20250507/how-israels-invasion-of-gaza-became-swedish-party-politics-again Wed, 07 May 2025 12:18:46 +0200 how-israels-invasion-of-gaza-became-swedish-party-politics-again A 17-year-old Swedish national who is accused of detonating hand grenades near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen is also suspected in relation to a shooting at the Israeli embassy in Swedish capital Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20250205/swedish-teenager-suspected-over-israel-embassy-attacks-in-copenhagen-and-stockholm-2 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:01:35 +0100 swedish-teenager-suspected-over-israel-embassy-attacks-in-copenhagen-and-stockholm-2 Police in Sweden and Denmark were on Wednesday investigating suspected gun and bomb attacks at or near Israeli embassies, with three men arrested in Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.se/20241002/suspected-attacks-on-israeli-embassies-in-stockholm-and-copenhagen Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:48:48 +0200 suspected-attacks-on-israeli-embassies-in-stockholm-and-copenhagen A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of possession of a semi-automatic weapon while heading to the Israeli embassy in Stockholm in a taxi. https://www.thelocal.se/20240628/sweden-teen-found-guilty-of-taking-gun-to-israeli-embassy Fri, 28 Jun 2024 09:10:33 +0200 sweden-teen-found-guilty-of-taking-gun-to-israeli-embassy Two people are being held in connection with a shooting outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm in mid-May, a prosecutor said. https://www.thelocal.se/20240613/two-held-over-shooting-outside-israeli-embassy-in-stockholm Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:12:15 +0200 two-held-over-shooting-outside-israeli-embassy-in-stockholm Police in Stockholm have stormed a student building at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, forcibly removing students protesting Israel's attack on Gaza. https://www.thelocal.se/20240607/masked-activists-barricade-themselves-inside-stockholms-kth-university Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:56:47 +0200 masked-activists-barricade-themselves-inside-stockholms-kth-university Swedish police said on Tuesday that a suspected explosive had been found outside an Israeli military technology firm in Gothenburg and was likely intended to target the company. https://www.thelocal.se/20240604/suspected-explosive-found-outside-israeli-firm-in-sweden-police Tue, 04 Jun 2024 20:40:02 +0200 suspected-explosive-found-outside-israeli-firm-in-sweden-police Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström has called Iran's Chargé d'Affaires to a meeting after reports that Iran recruited gang leader Rawa Majid to carry out attacks in Sweden and other countries. https://www.thelocal.se/20240531/sweden-calls-iranian-diplomat-to-meeting-over-gang-crime-allegations Fri, 31 May 2024 13:27:43 +0200 sweden-calls-iranian-diplomat-to-meeting-over-gang-crime-allegations Iran uses Swedish criminal gangs to carry out attacks on other states' interests in Sweden, Swedish security service Säpo said. https://www.thelocal.se/20240530/mossad-swedish-gang-leader-rawa-majid-acting-on-irans-orders Thu, 30 May 2024 16:42:36 +0200 mossad-swedish-gang-leader-rawa-majid-acting-on-irans-orders Sweden was strengthening security measures for Israeli and Jewish interests in the country after gunfire near Israel's embassy in Stockholm, police said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20240517/sweden-boosts-security-for-israeli-interests-after-gunfire-near-embassy Fri, 17 May 2024 19:07:14 +0200 sweden-boosts-security-for-israeli-interests-after-gunfire-near-embassy With less than a month until Eurovision week kicks off, artists and musicians are dropping out of events in Malmö in protest at Israel’s participation. https://www.thelocal.se/20240410/swedish-musicians-cancel-eurovision-performances-over-israels-participation Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:47:23 +0200 swedish-musicians-cancel-eurovision-performances-over-israels-participation Tension is mounting in Malmö after the European Broadcasting Union approved Israel's participation in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. https://www.thelocal.se/20240312/protesters-apply-to-demonstrate-for-and-against-israel-at-eurovision-in-malmo Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:02:58 +0100 protesters-apply-to-demonstrate-for-and-against-israel-at-eurovision-in-malmo