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SWEDEN IN PICTURES: Your best Northern Lights snaps

The Aurora Borealis was out in full force in Sweden this week, as were The Local's readers, who sent us these pictures of the dazzling phenomenon from Kiruna to Kullaberg.

Published: 28 February 2023 15:53 CET
SWEDEN IN PICTURES: Your best Northern Lights snaps
The Local's reader Konstantinos Livieratos sent us this picture he took of the Northern Lights in Stockholm. The view is from Monteliusvägen. Photo: Konstantinos Livieratos

Sandeep Kumar Rajidi took this picture in Sweden’s northernmost city, Kiruna.

Photo: Sandeep Kumar Rajidi

Instagram user @capture_happy_ sent us this photo taken over Nacka, just east of Stockholm.

Photo: @capture_happy_ on Instagram
Parul Ghosh took this picture in Kullaberg in Skåne. It’s very rare for the Northern lights to be visible so far south.

 Simon Peter Dagbui took these pictures near Ormberget in Luleå.

Photo: Simon Peter Dagbui

This one was taken by increasing the exposure to 10s.

Photo: Simon Peter Dagbui
The Local’s own Paul O’Mahony (who is, among other things, host of our Sweden in Focus podcast), snapped this pic from Trinntorpsbadet near Stockholm.

Photo: Paul O’Mahony

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Reader photo of the week: The first sign of autumn in Sweden?

Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo competition, to bring our audience together from all parts of Sweden.

Published: 20 September 2024 10:32 CEST
Reader photo of the week: The first sign of autumn in Sweden?

This week’s winner is Robert Mark Harvey, who sent in the above picture of a spider’s web in Uddevalla, western Sweden.

“Autumn is on its way in Uddevalla,” he writes.

At the time of writing, it’s officially still summer in Uddevalla. According to the definition used by Swedish meteorologists, autumn is only considered to have arrived once the daily average temperature stays below 10C for five consecutive days.

But we can agree it’s starting to feel pretty autumnal out there.

Would you like to be featured in The Local’s photo of the week series?

You can submit your entries via email at news@thelocal.se with the subject “Photo of the week” – or look out for our Facebook post every week on The Local Sweden where you can submit your photo.

Please tell us your name so we can credit you as the photographer, and tell us a little bit about the photo and where it was taken.

By submitting a photo, you’re giving us permission to republish it on The Local’s website, our social media and newsletters.

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