February 4, 2012
Published: 5 Jan 10 14:59 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
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Bird watchers walking along the beach on the Baltic island of Öland off Sweden’s southeastern coast were puzzled by an unusual natural phenomenon recently when they stumbled across dozens of football-sized balls of ice lying on the shore.
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The first poll taken since new Left Party leader Jonas Sjöstedt took over shows that his party has seen a rise to 9.3 percent in the opinion polls, bringing its best result since 2004. READ (1 COMMENT) »
New Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven has ruled out the possibility of forbidding companies from making profits in the care sector. READ (3 COMMENTS) »
As Sweden is gearing up for the fest that is the Melodifestivalen, Swedish living rooms are being prepared for Sweden’s greatest television event invading the country for six weeks every year. READ »
Police in Malmö have taken the unusual decision to cordon off the entrance to the accident and emergency department at the Skåne University Hospital following the latest in a rising number of fatal shooting incidents. READ (14 COMMENTS) »
Train chaos swept railways south of central Stockholm on Friday morning, after an overhead line fell onto the tracks between the capital and the country’s south. READ (4 COMMENTS) »
A nurse in south west Sweden has been reprimanded for putting up an X-ray photo of someone's skull on his Facebook page. READ (4 COMMENTS) »
The first prize in a worldwide competition to find the most awkward family photos, recently awarded by a British newspaper, went to a Swedish couple in northern Sweden, whose take on a pregnancy snap has raised a few eyebrows. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
The extreme weather of the last few days is continuing to cause trouble all across Sweden with traffic accidents, heavy snowfall and the coldest temperatures of the year measured countrywide. READ (1 COMMENT) »

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
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se upp !!!
The seals are probably bowling with them...
"Water levels sunk several decimetres ..."
should either read:
Water levels sank...
or
Water levels had sunk...
"Here's a grammar lesson for MJdS. Al Gore's fairy tales are a big fraud, and no one is listening. It is nothing more than a big liberal concoction designed to enhance government's influence in our lives on the road to serfdom."
Right NASA, NOAA, National Geographic, and 90% of all of the world's 'weather' scientist are liberals! Let us hope so because conservaitves are noted for sticking the heads either in the sand or up their own larger body orifice.
What surprises me is that this could possibly come as a surprise to you. We've known this all along and when e-mails are published showing collusion between said "experts" to "fix" the numbers - we the public are not surprised. It is like the umpire who gambles on the game AND makes the calls during the game. The outcome was set before the game began - he just has to make sure nobody gets wise to what he is doing.
What is sad however is that in light of evidence to the contrary, people like you continue to try to control the lives of those around you. It isn't about the science unfortunately, it is about control. We can correct the science but it is the faulty viewpoint which has driven bad science in the past that remains the problem for the future and continues to generate more chicken little sky-is-falling scenarios. There is nothing new under the sun.