The need for information about climate change is constantly increasing. This information is usually based on climate model data — data that often have systematic biases. Furthermore, there are questions about how climate model ensembles are affected by the choice of models and emission scenarios. Here, we aim to give a description of climate change in Sweden and neighbouring countries, as well as a discussion on how local climate change relates to global warming. We present climate change projections based on bias adjusted Euro-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment) regional climate model data centred over Sweden. Global warming results in higher temperature, more warm days and fewer cold days in Sweden. The regional climate models capture the signal of the driving global models. The choice of emission scenario has minimal effect on the calculation of mean climate change at a global warming level of 2 degrees. This implies that it would be safe to mix emission scenarios in calculations of global warming levels, as long as mean values are concerned. Moreover, the differences in local and global warming rates seem to decrease with time, suggesting that climate change in Sweden may currently be at its fastest.