On the 10th and 11th of February, winter swimming in the Skellefteå river is back! This year Skellefteå is hosting...
Iona McLeman-Hägglund is one of the longest-standing British residents of Sweden, having been here since 1969. The Scot is also...
Our newbie, Tisha Cox, had a joyful first Christmas, but also suffered the loss of a loved one back in...
Object of the sport The aim of ice hockey is to score more goals than the opposition by hitting the...
Fransesca Quartey begins her regular column about ‘Secret Sweden’ with a plea to Norrland newcomers to be nosy and curious...
Moving to another country can be exciting – but also riddled with obstacles. Luckily, those hurdles can usually be tackled...
Skellefteå AIK coach, Robert Ohlsson, talks to Paul Connolly about what makes ice hockey such an exciting sport and how...
Heavy Metals The recent find of a huge reserve of rare earth metals in Kiruna presents the perfect example of...
The Skellefteå AIK ice hockey club is the heartbeat of this northern city, perfect for those newcomers wanting to plug...
As temperatures plunge in northern Sweden, Paul Connolly discovers that wearing shorts and t-shirts, while everyone else pulls on their...
THE LIGHT A few years ago, The Sun newspaper, the UK’s idiot king of tabloids, ran a story about Facebook’s...
It was in 2015, after a family holiday to visit my sister and her family who had recently moved to...
