February 13, 2012
Published: 5 Jun 11 13:00 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/7511/20110605/
June 6th is Sweden's National Day - but why? The Local explains the essentials.
What do you think? Leave your comment below.
40 percent of recruiters are checking potential employee’s social networking pages during the hiring process, a figure which has shot up from last year, according to a recent report. READ »
Every second Swede is at risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Umeå University, which concentrated on the 85+ population in northern Sweden. READ »
After a 28-year-old woman was pulled off her bicycle and raped by an unidentified assailant in Malmö over the weekend, and police are fearing it could be the work of a budding serial rapist. READ (7 COMMENTS) »
Since the new Social Democrat party leader Stefan Löfven took up the post, the party is gaining strength in the polls, causing political experts to speak of a ”Löfven-effect”. READ »
Families of children in Sweden suffering from narcolepsy caused by vaccination for the swine flu can expect some form of compensation, Swedish health minister Göran Hägglund said on Sunday in response to new calls for help from parents. READ (1 COMMENT) »
The new leader of the Social Democrats Stefan Löfven has indicated he's ready to negotiate with the government over the future of nuclear power despite a previous party decision to phase out nuclear energy in Sweden. READ (1 COMMENT) »
One in five Swedes believes that people rise from the grave after they've died, a new survey has shown. READ (8 COMMENTS) »
Several of the recent killings in Malmö have been linked to financial fraud and fake companies trading online, according to sources close to the ongoing murder investigations. READ (8 COMMENTS) »

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 »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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fin
adjective
Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
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Happy National Day to everyone!
The wonderful thing about the internet and google translate is that it gives sad little people behind their keyboards in the USA the chance to troll around trying to make readers of TL believe they are Swedes and/or in Sweden.
Generally they are so pathetic and single minded. they are spotted for a fraud within short
Another great thing about the internet is that it gives an opportunity to people in some far, flung place like......say....Linköping, to comment on situations that happen in the big cities. Situations and people with which they have zero clue or experience.
But then not knowing anything about anything has stopped this troll from spouting garbage.
Busted...
You just gave yourself away, how is it that You have access to other users' IP addresses unless You are in fact on The Local's payroll.
BTW - There are laws written about that sort of access, and if you have moderator access on these threads, and are posting 'undercover' with a pseudo avatar name, I would suggest you cease and desist immediately.
If on the far off chance that your an honest to goodness actual reader/poster, I will remind you that everyone making comments here has the same rights that you do as far as freedom to make opinions and comments here on The Local.
What makes your comments more important than the next poster, who do you think you are, and who/what gives you the right to have comments removed.
Oh, how I wish I met someone like this type of SOB on the street, I wouldn't hesitate to smack that smoggy litte sh*t across their face.