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 Sweden's biggest potato, which shot to worldwide fame due to its resemblance to Kate Winslet, has now been sliced up and devoured by workers at a spud factory in central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20131107/swedish-potato-workers-eat-kate-winslet-spud Thu, 07 Nov 2013 18:31:00 +0100 swedish-potato-workers-eat-kate-winslet-spud You'd have a job getting through this one for lunch. The largest potato believed to ever have been found in Sweden, weighing in at almost two kilos, is so big it brought a machine to a halt when it was discovered. https://www.thelocal.se/20131028/51054 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:59:00 +0100 51054 A full-scale replica of the Titanic commissioned by an Australian billionaire will feature an interior designed by a team of Swedes in Höganäs. https://www.thelocal.se/20130805/49438 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 13:15:00 +0200 49438 Scientists at Uppsala University have found that the widespread belief that women and children are saved first in maritime disasters is a myth, unless the men are threatened with physical violence like on the Titanic. https://www.thelocal.se/20120412/40216 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:41:00 +0200 40216 It was April 15th, 1912, when the world’s first “unsinkable ship” sank while crossing the Atlantic Ocean on her maiden voyage. https://www.thelocal.se/20090529/19754 Fri, 29 May 2009 14:19:00 +0200 19754 When Lillian Asplund died in 2006 it was thought that she had taken her memories of the sinking of the Titanic with her. But a collection of personal items up for auction next month help piece together the story of a family tragedy. https://www.thelocal.se/20080329/10780 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:20:00 +0100 10780