People living in Denmark and Norway are more opposed to receiving tourists from neighbouring Sweden than they are to those from any other country in Europe -- underlining the blow Covid-19 has dealt to Scandinavian solidarity.
To celebrate the festive season, The Local Sweden will be producing an advent calendar with special content each day of December, up until Christmas. We let readers decide the theme of the calendar, and now we would like to offer you the chance to pick the articles.
Halloween has come and gone, so does that mean it's fair game to start celebrating Christmas or do we have to wait? Here's what The Local's readers think.
To celebrate the festive season, The Local Sweden will be producing an advent calendar with special content each day of December, up until Christmas. To let us know which theme you're most interested in, vote in our quick poll.
Yes, life in Sweden does become rather gloomy when the clocks go back. At least according to the majority of respondents to The Local's social media polls.
The Sweden Democrats are losing support with just over a year to go to Sweden's next general election, while the ruling Social Democrats may be gaining ground, according to new polls.
The struggle to try to integrate is one many internationals experience, and Sweden is no exception. So what exactly does it take to be considered truly Swedish, according to the Swedes themselves?
A new opinion poll from Sweden's biggest statistics agency suggests that the country's centre-left political bloc has doubled its lead on the centre-right opposition in the past six months.
Many pollsters underestimate support for the Sweden Democrats, a YouGov communications manager has told The Local. But don't be too quick to draw any parallels to the US election.
The anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party is losing support, following tougher talk by the Swedish mainstream parties on asylum rules and integration, a new poll suggests.
The Sweden Democrats scored record support in another poll on Tuesday, backing up previous surveys suggesting that voters are abandoning mainstream parties in favour of the nationalists.
The Sweden Democrats now have the support of one in five Swedish voters, according to two major polls released on Thursday demonstrating record backing for the nationalist party.
A new poll from survey firm Sifo shows that more Swedes than ever back the Sweden Democrats. Support for the nationalist party has grown 2.2 percent since April, while backing for the Social Democrats continues to slide.
While the gap between the red-greens and the Alliance is decreasing, the opposition is still far ahead, scoring 48.8 percent of support in a fresh poll. The Alliance came in at 37.7 percent.
Poll results released on Tuesday revealed that half of Swedes think the nation has gone off-track, with record-low support for the reigning government.
Sweden's two largest political parties suffered drops in voter support, the country's most-watched opinion poll revealed on Wednesday, while the far-fight Sweden Democrats solidified their position as Sweden's third-largest party.
