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Bridge owners angry over sex position

An unusual trademark row has broken out after a Swedish magazine published an advert showing a sex position named after the Öresund Bridge between Sweden and Denmark. READ () »

Sweden's economy 'to grow faster than expected'

Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg has said that the economy will grow faster than previously predicted this year and next. Spending increases and tax cuts could follow. READ () »

Police raid law firm linked to Fly Me

Lawyer Staffan Edh has resigned from law firm Hamilton in Gothenburg following speculation about his role on the Fly Me affair. READ () »

Abba stars win court battle over musical

Stockholm District Court has ruled in favour of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus in their prolonged copyright dispute with dramatist Carl-Johan Seth. READ () »

Swedish-Cuban diplomatic spat escalates

Sweden and Cuba remain at loggerheads after a war of war of words led to what Carl Bildt has described as a "diplomatic crisis". READ () »

'Social Democrats invited known anti-Semite to seminar'

In a statement released to The Local, Ulf Carmesund from Sweden's Christian Social Democrats rejects the charge of anti-Semitism levelled at a musician invited to who spoke at a seminar in Stockholm last weekend. READ () »

Wallström slams party over EU

European Commissioner and leading Social Democrat Margot Wallström has criticized her own party for its "timid" approach to the EU while in government. READ () »

Message in bottle travels 500 metres in 24 years

Three girls from the south east of Sweden had high hopes for international communication when they launched a message in a bottle in 1983. But they didn't make it much further than the neighbours. READ () »

Teacher warned for racist remarks

"Cleaning is not something for nice white girls," according to a teacher from Sandviken in eastern Sweden. On Thursday she received a formal warning. READ () »

Politicians demand inquiry into Swedish passport fraud

Sweden's current and former justice ministers have called for an investigation into the number of Swedish passports that have been issued using identical personal identification numbers. READ () »

 

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