A new survey of 2,500 Swedes reveals opinions on the most beautiful places places in Sweden. Photo: Melker Dahlstrand / The medieval city wall in Visby was considered the country's loveliest building,

USA women's goalkeeper Hope Solo has been suspended after calling the Swedes "a bunch of cowards", US Soccer announced on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Solo made the comments after the Americans

"It wasn’t hard to brush up against them", said the Swedish investigator. A police investigator has dropped a case against an ice hockey player accused of molesting a woman at a night club in

@thelocalsweden speaks to two Swedish crime experts about why an eight-year-old boy became the latest victim of gang-related conflicts in Gothenburg. Is escalating gang crime behind the death of an

Sweden could ban begging, a minister has said, in a move that could split the governing coalition. Hundreds of people from Bulgaria and Romania currently travel to Sweden to beg on the streets. The move

A video shared this week shows how a dog reacted when offered fermented herring for the first time. Malin Jonsson from Umeå in northern Sweden filmed her French bulldog, six-year-old Ella, begging for

Polling firm YouGov has released its mid-year list of the most popular brands in Sweden, based on a daily round of interviews with Swedes. Because the list is not confined to Swedish brands, a few

Sweden-based manufacturer Volvo Cars has announced it will team up with ride-sharing service Uber in a $300 million joint venture to develop driverless cars. "Both Uber and Volvo will use the same