Swedish ministers announced at a press conference on Tuesday that Sweden will go ahead with the next step of its plan to lift Covid-19 restrictions from late September, including removing rules for restaurants and public events.
The Swedish government has appointed a commission of inquiry to investigate how Sweden’s legislation could be updated to help the country better face future pandemics.
Everyone who enters Sweden from a country outside the Nordic region should continue to get tested for Covid-19 after arriving, after the Public Health Agency updated its recommendation.
Sweden's failure to make Covid vaccine passes available to those without personal ID numbers contravenes EU laws, an internal market expert group has told The Local.
The Swedish government has ordered the eHealth Agency to look into how to offer the Covid pass to those foreigners and Swedes who are currently unable to get it.
Several readers have reported problems accessing Sweden's digital Covid certificate, which is meant to facilitate travel in the EU. Others have said it worked smoothly for them. We want to hear about your experiences.
The Swedish Public Health Agency has presented three new scenarios for how the coronavirus might spread this autumn, and all three predict rising infection rates.
Sweden's Covid-19 strategy for schools is complex, but nonchalant attitudes and a lack of systematic protection for schoolchildren can only be described as irresponsible, argues Lisa Bjurwald in this opinion piece.
Swedish authorities have confirmed to The Local that they are looking into the issue of possibly giving people who were vaccinated abroad access to the Covid vaccine pass.
The Local's contributor Chiara Milford travels from Sweden down to the south of Europe in a van, crossing five borders in four days with partner, dog, and a crate of oat milk.
The number of new Covid-19 cases is on the increase in Sweden, said the Public Health Agency’s Sara Byfors at the agency’s first press conference after the summer holidays.
The pandemic has kept cross-border families apart, meaning loved ones have not only gone without usual visits but also missed out on occasions like births and deaths. Foreign residents of Sweden told The Local what it's been like to be reunited.
From August 11th, a new amendment means that Australian citizens need to apply for a special exemption from the government to be allowed to return to the country they live in if they travel to Australia – even if they normally live abroad.
Coronavirus restrictions are making travel more complicated within Europe. Land borders across the continent are generally open to travellers, but different restrictions and rules apply depending on the countries you travel through.
The spread of Covid-19 continues to increase in large parts of Sweden, with new cases rising 30 percent in one week. The Public Health Agency urged everyone who is not fully vaccinated to be tested when returning from travel outside the Nordic countries.
With the Delta variant sweeping through Switzerland and the number of coronavirus cases on the rise, several European countries are making Covid vaccinations mandatory in some professions. In Switzerland this is unlikely due to a variety of cultural and historical reasons.
Restaurants in Sweden's big cities are repeatedly struggling to enforce Covid-19 distancing rules, despite some of them receiving fines of thousands of kronor on multiple occasions.
