If you have a lot of stuff but don't want your kids to have to deal with it after you pass on, Swedish death cleaning can ...

11. Keep A Box For Yourself. Some items are going to be important to you, and only you. And that’s okay! Keep those personal ...

You don’t have to be living in Sweden long before you start puzzling at some of the things that pass for normal, so, half in jest we asked The Local’s readers for what they think are the most “Swedish ...

There are lots of Swedish things created with love: Gevalia coffee, Swedish fish and the Nobel Prize. Add Horisaki to the list—a brand of hats that hails from a remote farm in rural Sweden ...

It’s official: we’re the first website in 10 years to write a story about Sweden that doesn’t mention ABBA or IKEA. Except that we just did. The country of Midsummer and fika (read on, we ...

Conceived in the mid-19th century by the Riksdag—Sweden’s version of Parliament—the neoclassical building was finished by the German architect Friedrich August Stüler, who built much of ...

Gothenburg death metal (left), a crayfish party, and Swedes stocking up on alcohol for the end of the world (right). Photo: Stefan Bladh/SvD/TT & Erik Abel/TT & Leif R Jansson/TT. Step aside "hygge", ...

The 66th annual Swedish Days festival returns to Geneva, celebrating the town’s unique Swedish heritage. Two hundred thousand people will visit the festival during the course of six days, which ...

STOCKHOLM — Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee on Friday, marking 50 years since he ascended the throne on Sept. 15, 1973. He is the longest-reigning king in the history ...

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf celebrates his golden jubilee on Friday, marking 50 years since he ascended the throne on Sept. 15, 1973. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.