Originally from London, Paul moved to Sweden in 2003. He started The Local with James Savage in 2004.

James heads up our European editorial team. Originally from Lincolnshire, England, he moved to Sweden in 2003 where he met Paul Rapacioli and they started The Local. He has also lived in London and Paris.

James moved from the UK to Germany in 1998. He founded Toytown Germany in 2002 before joining with The Local in 2009.

Originally from Brighton UK, Tara worked for many years as a management consultant in London. She has lived and worked in France, Germany, and Norway before moving to Stockholm in 2005.

Originally from St. Paul in Minnesota, Sweden Country Editor David Landes first moved to Stockholm in 1999. He has also spent one year studying in Bologna, Italy and five years living in Washington, DC. He has worked for The Local since 2008.

Anna Agebjörn originally harks from the county of Småland in Sweden, but after a 12-year stint in Glasgow and London she claims to feel more British than Swedish. She is now back on Swedish soil and works with advertisers in Sweden and the UK.

Paul O'Mahony came to Sweden in 1999 and has been at The Local since 2006. Originally from Kilkenny, Ireland, Paul has also lived in Germany and France. He is now playing a key role in taking The Local into new markets.

Emma moved to Germany from San Francisco after participating in a Fulbright program for American journalists in Berlin. Before joining The Local in 2015, she reported for Reuters and NPR. She works on reporting and editing across all The Local's sites.

Oliver is a Brit who has been living in Sweden since 2013. With a background in digital marketing and e-commerce, he is responsible for our various digital services.

Growing up with a fascination for her Swedish heritage, Solveig 'reverse-migrated' from her home in Utah in 2013. Now a proud Stockholmer, Solveig is responsible for producing sponsored content across The Local's network.

Zenia, who grew up in Mumbai and Goa, came to Sweden in 2007 and has managed advertising delivery across all our sites since 2012.

Nils lived and worked in London for 7 years and Paris for 3 years prior to that, before returning home to Stockholm in November 2015 to join The Local. He has previously worked in foreign exchange before switching over to media working with in-flight magazines.

Mathias is originally from the small county of Blekinge in southern Sweden. After short stints of living in Spain and Denmark he moved to Stockholm 10 years ago and has been working in media ever since.

Catherine moved to Stockholm to join The Local in October 2015. Originally from Cheshire, England, she studied in Oxford and has also worked in Bologna, Rome and Berlin. She works on reporting and editing across all The Local's sites.

Born in Scotland to a German father and British mother, Jörg has worked as a journalist in Israel and Egypt, where he wrote for the Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz and Die Zeit. Jörg moved to Germany in 2013 and started working for The Local in March 2014. He is covering all aspects of German politics and society.

Liz worked in media sales in London and Bath for many years. She has also lived in South Africa, Hong Kong, and Australia. Now settled in Berlin, Liz is Key Account Manager with The Local.

Iowa native Justin Cremer has been living full-time in Denmark since 2010. His professional background covers various aspects of journalism, marketing and communications.

Formerly Madrid correspondent for The Daily Telegraph Fiona has lived in Spain for eight years covering all manner of issues across the Iberian peninsula. Originally from Buckinghamshire, UK, she has reported from across Europe with the occasional assignment taking her to the Middle East, Latin America and Africa.

Ben McPartland has been leading our editorial team in Paris since we opened our office in January 2013. A native of Durham, northern England, Ben has also lived in London, Madrid and Liverpool. He moved to France in 2011.

Oliver Gee covers French news from our Paris office. Originally from Perth, Australia, he worked in Auckland, London and the Swedish town of Uppsala before starting at The Local Sweden in 2012. He moved over to our French site in January 2015.

After having spent eight years in Scotland, working for local newspapers in places as diverse as the Outer Hebrides and Aberdeen, Emma is back in her native Sweden. She joined The Local's editorial team in January 2015.

After five years working mainly as a sports journalist in cities like his native Glasgow, as well as London and Barcelona, Lee is now tackling all things Swedish in our Stockholm office.

Paul Gillingwater joined The Local Austria team in 2014. Originally hailing from New Zealand, Paul previously worked as a TV journalist for Press TV, and has contributed articles to The Vienna Review and other journals. He's also a filmmaker and TV documentary producer.