The Local Sweden's editor, Emma Löfgren, reflects on recent encounters with readers, and shares her latest articles about the 100,000 in the citizenship queue.

The Green Party is taking an unusual step to get a new vote on citizenship transitional rules to happen in parliament, as the deadline for the imposition of new rules approaches.

With just days left before Sweden carries out the most radical citizenship reforms in years, an administrative backlog means ...

Sweden's new best municipality for business has been revealed, and it's the town of Höganäs in southern Sweden.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is received by Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at Uppland's F16 airbase in Uppsala. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ...

While cash usage has declined rapidly in Sweden, all political parties have now voted in favour of a new cash law. With a few exceptions, grocery stores and pharmacies will be required to accept cash ...

Cousins will no longer be allowed to marry in Sweden. Photo: Hasse Holmberg/Scanpix ...

Several municipalities across Sweden have banned presents and cash collections for school staff in council-run schools.

It's taken them more than two years, but Sweden's government has finally published the list of jobs that will be exempted from the new higher minimum salary for a work permit, which comes into force ...

A self-driving bus was involved in a crash with a tram on its first day carrying passengers in the Swedish city of Gothenburg.

More than 100,000 people gathered in the university town of Lund on Saturday to attend the student-run Lundakarnevalen, which is organised every four years.

Sweden has reached its target of fewer than five percent of the population smoking regularly – and is consequently considered "smoke-free".