Can you ever be too early to a job interview? Are you supposed to wear high heels in snow? How to answer the dreaded question 'tell me a bit about yourself'? Job interviews in a foreign country present a whole new set of questions and worries, but with our guide you'll ace your Swedish interview.
Mikael Ribbenvik, chief of the Swedish Migration Agency, steps down in May after a 24-year career that saw him lead the response to the 2015 refugee crisis and, as Director General, adapt the agency to a stricter migration policy. The Local spoke to him for our Sweden in Focus podcast.
Maria Sur, 17, arrived in Sweden in March after a journey of hundreds of kilometres through Ukraine and Poland from Zaporizhzhia, her home town. She tells The Local's Yuliia Kyzyk of what she hopes to gain from taking part in the Melodifestivalen song contest.
The independent MP Amineh Kakabaveh tells The Local why Sweden should immediately withdraw from the Nato accession negotiations to protect its "values and dignity".
For Jimmie Åkesson, there are no red or blue blocs, only seven "old parties" who have driven Sweden to ruin, and his own Sweden Democrats, the only party voters can trust to put things right. In The Local's fifth party leader interview, he tells us what this means for post-election talks.
Paul Roberts swapped the sunny beaches of Cornwall for the snow and long winters of Swedish Lapland by setting up a tourism business aimed at people with physical disabilities.
Rapidly identifying and isolating new coronavirus outbreaks through testing and contact-tracing will be key to Sweden's success or failure in the next phase of the pandemic, Sweden's state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell has said in an interview with The Local's freelance journalist Richard Orange.
Clare Lindstrand and her husband run a small business on the archipelago island where they are two of just seven permanent residents. So far, island life has changed surprisingly little, but they have concerns for the future.
The high street and retail businesses have been struggling for years and the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the decline, says small business owner Jim Osmundsen.
Tourism businesses in Sweden have been among the most severely hit by the impact of the coronavirus epidemic, as Claire Rees, who runs a dog-sledding and tour company in Jämtland explains.
Published on August 24th, 2018: Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg describes herself as a "climate radical" and is protesting outside Sweden's parliament every day until the September election, refusing to attend school and calling on politicians to take climate issues seriously.
This is the second part of The Local's exclusive interview with Swedish Minister for EU Affairs Hans Dahlgren. We sat down to talk Brexit and the consequences of a potential no-deal for Brits who live here, as well as the other challenges facing the EU.
EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with The Local, Sweden's EU minister said he was currently unable to guarantee what the status of Brits in Sweden would be one year after a no-deal Brexit, but said he was confident that "any problems will be sorted out".
The Local contributor Rupali Mehra spoke to Indian ambassador to Sweden Monika Kapil Mohta on similarities between India and Sweden, the work permit situation, and how Indian professionals could fill the shortage of skilled workforce in Sweden.
The relationship between Germany and Sweden has never been as good as it is today, Sweden's Ambassador to Germany, Per Thöresson, tells The Local, but there are also some misconceptions in how Sweden is viewed by one of its closest neighbours.
Sweden's Ambassador to France, Veronika Wand-Danielsson, spoke to The Local about issues where the two countries can learn from each other, from gender values to openness to EU cooperation.
The Local spoke to Sweden's ambassador to the UK, Torbjörn Sohlström, to talk about Brexit, fake news, and the deep roots of the Swedish-British relationship.
Alexandra 'Austin' Muirhead, 31, is about to run her first ever music festival, in Gothenburg. It comes at a hectic time for the Canadian, who is sleeping in a rehearsal studio as her working holiday visa is close to expiring.
With thousands of Swedish children starting a new school year this week, and education one of the top issues for voters ahead of the September election, The Local spoke to Education Minister Gustav Fridolin about the challenges facing the Swedish school system today, and the measures being introduced to tackle them.
British comedian Russell Brand is performing in Stockholm on Saturday, and chats with The Local about how he thinks Sweden will suit him now he's a family man.
Linda Åkeson McGurk grew up in Southern Sweden and moved to the US years ago with her American husband. She had lived there for years and felt completely integrated in American society, until she had a baby and her notions of how to raise a child clashed with those of the rural Indiana town she calls home.
