Sweden's crisis preparedness brochure features a soldier with an assault rifle, Denmark's a power line, and Norway's a ...

Every culture has its own way of dealing with death and this week we look at how Sweden approaches the end of life.

Make sure you've changed to winter tyres if you're heading out on the roads today. Photo: Mats Andersson/TT Along the coast ...

City is yet another English loanword in Swedish which the Swedes don’t use in quite the same way as English-speakers do.

Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo competition, to bring our audience together from ...

Half a metre of snow is set to fall in parts of Sweden, but what can you actually do to prepare for a snowstorm?