Three years ago, a town in northern Sweden handed out around 1,000 scarfs as Christmas gifts to former residents. Now, one of them has turned up in the violent attack on the US Capitol, and Swedes – and the Washington DC police – are trying to identify its wearer.
Work has got under way to build Europe's biggest factory for electric car batteries in northern Sweden, and the company is now looking for temporary homes for 1,000 building workers.
Summer tourists are flocking to Sweden's towns and cities in record figures, but fewer and fewer people choose to discover less populated areas, according to new statistics.
Skellefteå AIK capitalized on its third straight trip to the finals of Sweden's top hockey league, the Elitserien, overpowering northern Sweden rivals Luleå to capture its first championship trophy in 35 years.
In our weekly profile of people's lives in different parts of Sweden, The Local catches up with a Spanish couple who traded the sunny climes of Galicia for the snow, reindeer, and northern lights of Skellefteå.
A Swedish woman heading home after a Saturday night out with friends had her journey rudely interrupted when she was knocked off her bicycle by a rear end sticking out from a passing car.
Brynäs IF were crowned champions of Sweden's top professional hockey league after defeating Skellefteå 2-0 in front of a jubilant home crowd in Gävle, eastern Sweden, on Thursday night.
A man from Nyköping in eastern Sweden has been denied a power wheelchair despite having had both of his legs amputated as the local health authority remained "uncertain if the impairment was permanent".
All indications point to the parasite Cryptosporidium as being the source behind the stomach flu epidemic that has affected thousands in the municipality of Skellefteå in Northern Sweden.
As many as 1,500 inhabitants in the municipality of Skellefteå in northern Sweden have confirmed in a survey that they have experienced stomach flu symptoms probably caused by a parasite outbreak.
The relatives of a man who spent the last three decades collecting empty cans on the streets of a town in northern Sweden have settled out of court over the division of his unlikely fortune.
A man from Skellefteå in northern Sweden who lost his job as a personal care assistant because of a part-time internship at a local porn shop has accused his former employer of discrimination.
A 30-year-old man died, while another man was injured, when a balcony fell off the side of an apartment building in the northern Swedish town of Skellefteå on Friday night.
The relatives of a man who spent the last three decades collecting empty cans on the streets of a town in northern Sweden were surprised to learn he was worth millions when he died.
A Swedish nurse who contracted Hepatitis C after coming into contact with an infected needle has had the cause of her sickness recognized by the authorities as a workplace injury after a 36 year wait.
Politicians in northern Sweden have finally given the all-clear for the construction on the top of a mountain of the world's largest elk, newspaper Piteå-Tidningen reports.
A man has been arrested in northern Sweden accused of scalping his wife. The man, 46, attacked his Norwegian wife in Skellefteå, 770 kilometres north of Stockholm.
A family from northern Sweden has been jailed for tax dodging. A 67-year-old businessman, his 50-year-old wife and 23-year old son were convicted of bookkeeping offences, serious tax crimes and impeding a tax audit.
