From left, The Local's Nordic Editor Richard Orange, The Local Sweden's Editor Emma Löfgren and Deputy Editor Becky Waterton.

We chat to Americans about the US election result and how it will affect Sweden, Riksbank slashes key interest rate, ...

At election vigils in Stockholm and Malmö on Wednesday morning, Americans expressed their shock and sorrow at Donald Trump's ...

Swedish offices are emptier than usual over Christmas and New Year, and the Migration Agency is no exception. The agency will ...

When the world feels like a scary place, it's easy to feel isolated from the political process, especially as a foreigner ...

Sweden imposed a law on Friday allowing police to seize luxury items from people even if they are not suspected of a crime, ...

Apartment prices rose in the Stockholm region last month by almost 4 percent, while the price of detached houses lagged ...

Sweden's largest banks have lowered their variable mortgage rates by between 0.10 and 0.15 percentage points over the last ...

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

Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, has announced that it is cutting the country's key interest rate by an aggressive 0.5 ...

Sweden's prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, congratulated former President Donald Trump on his election win on Wednesday ...

Ränta is the Swedish word for interest, in the sense of money paid by a borrower to a lender. It comes originally from Middle ...