The baroque castle of Läckö is picturesquely situated on the island of Kallandsö in Lake Vänern. The colourful wooden houses and the sailing ships are just a few minutes behind, when the first cyclist ...

VANERSBORG, Sweden, May 9 (UPI) -- Divers stumbled on the wreck of a Viking ship this week on the bottom of the largest lake in Sweden. Archaeologists say the ship is the first from the Viking era ...

Sweden’s Erik Thun Group has unveiled its next generation battery-hybrid, dry cargo vessel series being built at Shipyard Ferus Smit in the Netherlands. The Lake Vanern Max is hybrid, with a battery ...

SUNNERBY, Sweden, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Swedish archaeologists have discovered a Viking ship burial dating from the seventh century, the oldest ship of its type to be found in Scandinavia. The ship is in a ...

In a new series on The Local, we're inviting readers to submit photos each week to bring our audience together from all parts of Sweden. Every week, we will select a winner. This week's winner is John ...

Claes Hellsten, biologist, works for the Biosphere Reserve Eastern Slopes of Lake Vattern, in Sweden. This report is recorded in the Swedish Biosphere Reserve Lake Vanern archipelago and Mount ...