The Local Sweden 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 German WW2 pension payments going to former Waffen-SS members in Sweden After it was revealed last week that fifteen people in Sweden receive a war pension from Germany, authorities in Berlin said that the individuals receiving the pensions were not members of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS organisation. https://www.thelocal.se/20190309/german-ww2-pension-payments-going-to-former-waffen-ss-members-in-sweden Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:22:34 +0100 german-ww2-pension-payments-going-to-former-waffen-ss-members-in-sweden Fifteen in Sweden receive German WW2 pension Fifteen people in Sweden, including six Swedish citizens, receive a war pension from Germany, authorities in Berlin have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.se/20190302/fifteen-in-sweden-receive-german-ww2-pension Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:18:17 +0100 fifteen-in-sweden-receive-german-ww2-pension Russian court rejects family bid for files on vanished Holocaust hero Wallenberg A Russian court on Monday rejected a bid by the descendants of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg to force the FSB security service to release details on his presumed death in a Soviet jail. https://www.thelocal.se/20170919/russian-court-rejects-family-bid-for-files-on-vanished-holocaust-hero-wallenberg Tue, 19 Sep 2017 09:09:32 +0200 russian-court-rejects-family-bid-for-files-on-vanished-holocaust-hero-wallenberg 'A true story of love and espionage in WWII Sweden' In a guest blog for The Local, American author Pat DiGeorge explains how she retraced the mysterious activities of her parents in wartime Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20170330/a-true-story-of-love-and-espionage-in-wwii-sweden Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:27:24 +0200 a-true-story-of-love-and-espionage-in-wwii-sweden British flyer finds lost WWII plane on The Local An aging WWII veteran who ditched his plane off the Swedish coast in the late summer of 1943 has been able to share his harrowing tale thanks to an article on The Local about an airman who landed on a cow in a field in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120601/41196 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:56:00 +0200 41196 Divers find WWII bomber off Swedish coast Swedish divers have discovered what is believed to be the remains of a WWII Halifax bomber plane in the waters off the coast of southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120124/38686 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:41:00 +0100 38686 Soviets lied over Wallenberg death: researchers Two researchers have said there is strong evidence to suggest that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was still alive after the date on which the Soviet Union claimed he had died of a heart attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20100403/25890 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:39:00 +0200 25890 Wallenberg lived longer than claimed: report Russian archivists have said that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg may have still been alive after July 17, 1947, Swedish news magazine Fokus reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100402/25872 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:16:00 +0200 25872 Spitfire takes flight in southern Sweden Boyhood dreams of the wild animal from England have become a reality for pilot Bertil Gerhardt after taking a spin in the skies over Skåne in Sweden’s only Spitfire aircraft. https://www.thelocal.se/20080519/11868 Mon, 19 May 2008 16:44:00 +0200 11868