Whether you want to offend a Swede or do your best not to get in their bad books, here are 33 ways to annoy them.

If you work for a company in Denmark, your yearly time off is likely to be provided for by the 'feriepenge' accrual system for paid annual leave.

Music festivals, street food meetups, Pride events and culture workshops for children are among the best events happening in Norway in June.

Losing your job is never ideal, but for those in Sweden on a work permit there's another layer of worry. Can you stay in Sweden to look for work? Can you change career? Here's what happens.

Sweden is planning to introduce language and civics tests for permanent residency, but what do the country's foreign residents think of the move? More on this and the week's news in The Local's Inside Sweden newsletter.

Sweden plans to introduce language and civics tests for permanent residency from 2027. What could the language test entail and how good would your Swedish need to be to pass?

It's the month when everything starts to wind down in Denmark, with school out, music festivals and Sankt Hans bonfires. Here's what you need to know about June in Denmark.

Life in Norway as a foreigner is much easier if you stick to some of the country's most ingrained rules – written or unwritten. 

In this week's episode: Sweden & Nato, an extra special National Day, student graduation season, summer midwife shortage, and plans for permanent residency tests.

Sunday’s Stockholm demonstration against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Sweden's planned Nato membership has been given the go-ahead despite Ankara's objections, Swedish police told AFP on Friday.

Becoming a fully-fledged Norwegian citizen is an attractive proposition for many reasons. So, how long will you have to wait after checking off the criteria and submitting your documents? 

Denmark's police have launched an investigation aimed at disbanding the Danish branch of the notorious Bandidos biker gang, which has been blamed for a string of crimes since it was established 30 years ago.

It's easy to work out why someone might want to move to a country like Spain, France or Italy. The reasons people come to Denmark tend to be much more varied. Here are some of the types of foreigner you're likely to meet.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has reiterated his belief that Sweden will soon become the 32nd member of the Nato alliance in a speech in Helsinki City Hall that marked the culmination of his Nordic tour.

Denmark marks its Constitution Day on June 5th, which is the closest Denmark has to a national day. Here we explain why the day is so important and how it's celebrated.

Make the most of the warm weather by spending the night sleeping under the stars in a hammock. Here are our top picks for a 'hengekøyetur' in Oslo. 

Police are treating the derailment of an Arlanda Express airport train last week as suspicious, investigating the event under the crimes "causing bodily injury" and "creating danger to another".

Whether you're in the mood for seafood, leisurely walks, history or shopping – there's plenty to experience in southern Sweden. It's easily accessible from Copenhagen and with the Swedish krona currently weak, it's cheap too.

If Norway is to meet its environmental targets by 2030, the population must change their habits, the Norwegian Environment Agency has outlined in a new report.

Children accompanied by an adult with a valid ticket can travel for free on Oslo’s public transport network this summer.

Summer always leaves foreigners baffled by Swedes' unique seasonal habits. Here's The Local's guide to navigating small talk when the sun comes out.

Joining a Danish family as a foreigner comes with many challenges, not least the abundance of strange new traditions. We'd love to hear from readers in relationships with Danes about how they've handled it.

Norway’s krone is down considerably to almost all major currencies. This affects how cheap or expensive your trip in or out of Norway will be this summer. 

Turkish officials are demanding that Sweden's new terror law be applied to an anti-Nato demonstration this coming weekend. What does the law cover, and can it be used to stop a protest?

Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands said on Thursday that Russian access to its North Atlantic ports would be restricted to vessels dedicated exclusively to fishing, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

If you are a citizen from outside the Nordic countries and you want to work, live and study in Denmark, you need a residency permit. There are two types of residency permits in Denmark, called temporary residency and permanent residency. Here we explain the difference and how to get them.

Denmark's state weather forecaster DMI is reporting an extremely high risk of drought for this summer, likening conditions to 2018, when the country was hit by "the most severe drought in modern times".

The United States will open its first diplomatic post north of the Arctic Circle in Norway as climate change raises interest in the region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Thursday.

A woman in Sweden was fined 13,800 for waiting almost two months to hand in a lost 500 kronor banknote to the police.

Support for the Social Democrats has soared according to a new survey, as support for the government and the Sweden Democrats has dwindled. The Social Democrats, the Left Party and the Greens now have 50 percent of voter support.