Swedish police said on Saturday they believed a fatal incident in which a bus rammed into a queue of people in Stockholm the previous day was an accident.

In this week's podcast: reactions to Sweden Democrats' 'immigration map'; where did brands like Billys and Gorbys get their names?; Swedish humour, Migration Agency contact centres closing; delays to ...

A bus has collided into a bus shelter in Östermalm in central Stockholm on Friday afternoon, with the emergency services reporting that several people have been seriously injured.

The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange rounds up the biggest stories of the week in our Inside Sweden newsletter.

Karolina Wirdenäs, head of the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at Stockholm University, explains why her department believes it is impossible for it to develop a language test for ...

Sweden's three smallest parties are given attention completely out of proportion to their microscopic polling numbers. But they hold the cards, and this week Ebba Busch showed she was willing to play ...

In a cottage nestled deep in a Swedish forest, three couples recently spent four days whispering and without phones as part of a campaign about the dangers of noise pollution and promoting quiet ...

The Swedish Migration Agency is now accepting British passports as proof of identity in citizenship applications after reviewing its guidelines following months during which citizenship applicants ...

The Sweden Democrat MEP Charlie Weimers has launched a "immigration map" of Sweden which he claims shows that Sweden is "undergoing a dramatic change and that the population is being replaced." ...

Sweden's long-planned language and civics tests for citizenship could be delayed by as much as two years, Swedish media reports, claiming the government agencies responsible have said meeting the ...

A majority of authorities and organisations consulted on the Swedish government's plans to lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 opposed the plans, as the deadline for input expired ...

The Swedish Council of Higher Education said this week that it would not be able to meet the August 2026 deadline for bringing in language and civics tests for citizenship. Here's what we know so far.