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Russian nuclear waste dumped off Sweden

National: 4 Feb 10
The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s. READ »

Swedish customs crack cocaine gang plan

National: 22 Jan 10
Customs officers in Gothenburg have unravelled a scheme that saw cocaine being smuggled into the country from Costa Rica. The gang used stolen identification from pensioners and the disabled to receive drug parcels. READ »

Murder suspect crashes victims' memorial service

National: 21 Jan 10
A 35-year-old man suspected of a double murder in southwestern Sweden unexpectedly showed up at a memorial service arranged by the family of the victims. READ »

Smuggling charges dropped after birthday boy revealed drinks list

Society: 20 Jan 10
A 20-year-old Swedish man has been acquitted of smuggling charges after convincing a court that the 1,600 litres of beer and 30 litres of spirits found by customs officials were simply a few of the items on his birthday party beverage list. READ »

Expansion plans for Volvo production in China

National: 9 Jan 10
Chinese carmaker Geely, which is poised to acquire Swedish auto brand Volvo from US giant Ford, plans to expand the production of Volvo cars in China, according to media reports. READ »

Diplomat and wife jailed for smuggling cigarettes

National: 16 Dec 09
A North Korean diplomat and his wife have been sentenced to eight months in prison by a court in Stockholm for attempting to smuggle more than 230,000 cigarettes into Sweden. READ »

Dozens arrested in Swedish doping raid

National: 9 Dec 09
Swedish police have arrested 40 people in a nationwide doping raid, according to a statement. READ »

North Korean diplomats' smuggling scheme up in smoke

National: 20 Nov 09
Two North Korean diplomats are being held on suspicion of trying to smuggle 230,000 cigarettes from Russia into Sweden. READ »

Sweden hopes gas talks don't turn poisonous at EU-Russia summit

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 09
EU and Russian leaders will open summit talks in Sweden on Wednesday in an atmosphere clouded by uneasy relations between Moscow and Stockholm over human rights and last's year's war in Georgia. READ »

Baltic bliss: boating in the Stockholm archipelago

Travel: 14 Sep 09
Having lived for some time in a city so dominated by waterways and islands, Alannah Eames decides it's high time to take the plunge and join the boat set. READ »

Massive Viagra shipment seized by Swedish customs officals

Science & Technology: 24 Jun 09
A shipment of nearly 9,000 Viagra tablets was confiscated during a routine check at a post office by customs officials near Malmö in southern Sweden. READ »

Can I import alcohol over the internet?

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jun 09
Ask The Local: Is it legal for a private person to import alcohol to Sweden via the internet? READ »

World tour of ABBA artifacts planned as museum project stalls

Society: 4 Jun 09
ABBA fans will likely have to wait at least another two years before a museum opens in Stockholm dedicated to the superstars of Swedish pop, but in the mean time the exhibition of ABBA artifacts may be coming to a city near you. READ »

Reinfeldt: 'Turkey belongs to Europe'

Politics: 22 Apr 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday expressed his support for Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. READ »

'Priest' hides amphetamines under cassock

National: 21 Mar 09
A Polish man wearing a priest's cassock tried to smuggle 600 grammes of amphetamines through Trelleborg harbour in southern Sweden on Friday. READ »

Methamphetamine increasingly common in Sweden

Society: 10 Mar 09
Methamphetamine appears to be growing in popularity in Sweden, as both smuggling and reports of abuse of the drug have increased in recent years. READ »

GM agrees to pay Saab's debts to suppliers

Business & Money: 2 Mar 09
Saab’s US owner General Motors has said it will start paying money owed to the struggling Swedish automaker’s suppliers in order to keep Saab's production lines running. READ »

Saab resumes production

National: 28 Feb 09
Embattled Swedish car maker Saab Automobile has resolved its dispute with the Swedish Customs Agency over a failure to pay customs duties. Production is now set to resume on Monday. READ »

Saab production grinds to a halt

National: 25 Feb 09
All production ceased at Saab's Trollhättan plant on Wednesday after it emerged that the embattled Swedish car maker had failed to pay customs duties. READ »

Agencies slam FRA-law revisions

National: 24 Feb 09
Changes to Sweden’s wiretapping law have been met with stinging criticism in a new round of comments by two government agencies. READ »

Couple suspected of khat smuggling arrested in Malmö

National: 19 Feb 09
Police in Malmö have arrested a man and a woman on narcotics charges after finding the pair had two suitcases filled with amphetamine-like substance khat. READ »

Swedish Muslim could set new headscarf precedent

Society: 22 Jan 09
Cherin Awad, known for her work on a controversial Sveriges Television (SVT) programme, may well become the first practising attorney in Sweden to wear a headscarf. READ »

New police taskforces to tackle organized crime

National: 15 Jan 09
In an effort to combat the spread of organized crime in Sweden, police plan to create nine nationally-led taskforces to fight criminal gangs, drug smugglers, and other gang-related criminals. READ »

Police bust international narcotics ring

National: 11 Jan 09
A major international drug smuggling ring has been busted in an operation involving police in Norway and Sweden. More three quarters of a tonne of narcotics has been seized and 30 people are under arrest. READ »

Customs employees given 'pirated' iPods for Christmas

National: 21 Dec 08
The iPod-esque MP3 music players given to Swedish Customs (Tullverket) employees for their annual Christmas failed to impress the rank and file – and may be illegal. READ »

'Hemorrhoid patient' gets ten years for heroin smuggling

National: 12 Dec 08
A 52-year-old woman was sentenced to ten years in prison on Friday for trying to smuggle nearly five kilogrammes of heroin into Sweden. READ »

Teenage girl kidnapped in northern Sweden

National: 30 Nov 08
Police in Sweden and Finland are looking for a 16-year-old girl feared kidnapped in Haparanda in northern Sweden on Saturday morning. READ »

Radioactive steel components discovered in Sweden

Science & Technology: 23 Oct 08
Swedish officials discovered small traces of radioactivity on steel items imported from India and the same substance was found on Indian-made elevator buttons in France, officials said Wednesday. READ »

Smuggling charges dropped when couple revealed party plans

Society: 22 Oct 08
The busy social life of an elderly couple from Piteå in northern Sweden has helped free them of smuggling charges after being caught transporting thousands of litres of alcohol from Germany into Sweden. READ »

Ten years following major opium bust

National: 30 Sep 08
The prime suspects in an opium bust in which Swedish officials last spring seized nearly 100 kilograms of the drug have been sentenced to ten years in prison. READ »

Swedes smuggling less booze into the country

Society: 29 Sep 08
The smuggling of spirits and beer into Sweden has dropped by 35 percent during the first half of the year, according to researchers at Stockholm University. READ »

Truck driver smuggles 4,500 litres of alcohol into Sweden

National: 19 Aug 08
A 25-year-old man has been charged with trying to smuggle 4,500 litres of pure alcohol into Sweden. READ »

Swedish singer loses fight for his right to party

National: 6 Aug 08
A 21-year-old singer tried to weasel his way out of Sweden’s hefty tax on imported alcohol by claiming that partying and free-flowing booze were occupational requirements for rock 'n roll stars. READ »

'Ass man' concludes his visit to Sweden

Society: 17 Jul 08
A French traveler who has been walking across Sweden with his two donkeys for the last two weeks arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

French man with two asses surprises Swedish officials

Society: 30 Jun 08
Customs officials in Gothenburg were at a loss as to how to deal with Jacques Abdelaziz and his two four-legged pack animals. READ »

Swedish alcohol monopoly down the hatch

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jun 08
Mark Majzner looks at how two landmark EU decisions have affected the alcohol retail trade in Sweden. READ »

Khat: Sweden's forgotten immigrant drug

Analysis & Opinion: 28 May 08
Use of the illegal drug khat is widespread in Sweden's immigrant suburbs but the police have chosen to turn a blind eye, Faisal Enayat Khan reports. READ »

Sweden outlines EU presidency priorities

Politics: 28 May 08
Sweden, France, and the Czech Republic, who will fill the EU's rotating presidency from July, unveiled on Tuesday for their shared priorities in piloting the 27-nation bloc. READ »

Armed robbers hit two banks in western Sweden

National: 19 May 08
Two banks were robbed on Monday morning in town of Charlottenberg, not far from the Norwegian border. READ »

Swedish authorities seize hazardous refrigerators

National: 3 Apr 08
A truck loaded with refrigerators to be shipped to Nigeria has been stopped by several Swedish authorities. READ »

Heraldists want penis reinstated on military badge

Society: 21 Feb 08
Sweden's chief heraldists remain dissatisfied with a decision by the Nordic Battlegroup to remove a lion's penis depicted on its coat of arms. READ »

Swede caught in UK welfare scam

National: 20 Feb 08
A Swedish citizen falsely claiming to have 18 children received more than £20,000 before getting caught. READ »

Wave of illegal weapons hits Sweden

Society: 9 Feb 08
Weapons crimes have increased by 20 percent in Sweden since 2000. READ »

Pensioner 'planned automatic weapons deal'

National: 6 Feb 08
A 76-year-old man from Sundsvall is suspected of trying to sell blueprints for the construction of automatic weapons. READ »

Man 'smuggled ecstasy in bread loaf'

National: 31 Jan 08
A man arrested last year carrying a loaf of bread stuffed with ecstasy has been formally charged with drug smuggling by a court in Helsingborg, southern Sweden. READ »

Four indicted after major weapons seizure

National: 22 Jan 08
Four people have been indicted in Malmö on arms trafficking charges following what customs officials describe as one of the largest weapons seizures ever made in Europe. READ »

Sweden's cocaine use on the up

Society: 20 Jan 08
Use of cocaine in Sweden is on the up, according to police and customs officers, who now want better cooperation with South American authorities. READ »

Customs 'uses GPS to spy on fuel tourists'

National: 6 Dec 07
Swedish Customs has been accused of secretly attaching GPS transmitters to people's cars to spy when they buy cheap diesel in Finland. READ »

Disco date: Sweden's ABBA museum to open in 2009

Travel: 5 Dec 07
The world's first museum dedicated to the legendary Swedish disco group ABBA will open its doors in Stockholm in June 2009. READ »

Crime suspects' identities go national

National: 29 Nov 07
Police applaud proposals for a new nationwide intelligence register. READ »

Public think police 'doing a poor job'

National: 22 Nov 07
Police are doing a poor job at investigating crimes - particularly violence and burglary, according to a major public survey. READ »

Topless Swedish bathers: 'They're just breasts'

Society: 12 Nov 07
Feminists have launched a campaign for the right to bathe topless at Sweden's swimming pools. 'We too want to be able to pull off our shirts at football matches,' says one activist in the 'Bare Breasts' network. READ »

Swedish 'kebab smuggler' arrested in Norway

National: 2 Nov 07
A Swede has been arrested for trying to smuggle 655 kilos of kebab meat into Norway, Norwegian media have reported. READ »

Sweden to return Aboriginal remains to Australia

National: 19 Oct 07
The remains of at least 10 indigenous Australians taken from Australia for scientific research a century ago are to be returned to their native land. READ »

Cocaine found hidden in postcards

National: 18 Oct 07
Four people are to face trial for smuggling cocaine into Sweden using specially-made postcards sent from Peru. Police say that between the picture side and the back of the postcard the smugglers had hidden a receptacle full of the drug. READ »

Women fight for right to bare breasts

National: 20 Sep 07
Two female students are demanding their rights after they were banned from bathing topless at a swimming pool in Uppsala. 'Gender discrimination', they say. But staff at the pool are sticking by their decision. READ »

Fashion giants drop plans to sue Swedish teen

Society: 5 Sep 07
Fashion houses Gucci and Chanel have had a rethink and decided not to sue a 15-year-old boy from Gothenburg for copyright infringement, Metro reports. READ »

Brothers claim 40,000 cigarettes 'for personal use'

National: 28 Aug 07
Two brothers from southern Sweden have been jailed for a month after a court failed to believe that 40,000 cigarettes brought into the country were for their personal use. READ »

Court escapee arrested entering Sweden

National: 20 Aug 07
A suspected drugs baron who was marched from the dock of a court in Västerås by two armed men last spring has been caught by police as he tried to enter Sweden. READ »

Fashion giants sue 15-year-old boy

National: 6 Aug 07
A 15-year-old boy from Gothenburg has been sued by fashion giants Gucci and Chanel for breach of copyright. Customs officers confiscated three packages containing counterfeit sunglasses that were addressed to the boy. READ »

Dutch man held after record cannabis seizure

National: 28 Jul 07
A 34-year-old Dutch citizen has been remanded in custody on suspicion of drugs smuggling after being caught trying to bring 225 kilogrammes of cannabis into Sweden. READ »

Sweden sued by EU over property sales tax

National: 24 Jul 07
The European Commission is suing Sweden over its rules on capital gains tax relief on housing sales. The current rules favour people buying and selling property in Sweden, rather than in the rest of Europe, the commission says. READ »

Only five people have paid booze taxes

Society: 25 Jun 07
Only five people have paid tax on private alcohol imports to Sweden since the ban on buying drinks from foreign online stores was lifted earlier this month. The current system is unworkable, says Moderate MEP Christofer Fjellner. READ »

More cannabis in Sweden than previously thought

Society: 11 Jun 07
Swedish authorities have seriously underestimated the size of the country's cannabis market, according to a new police report. Around 25-30 tonnes of cannabis are sold in Sweden every year, rather than the 3 tonnes previously estimated. READ »

Swedish Customs lets online booze through

Society: 9 Jun 07
Swedish Customs has stopped confiscating alcohol that is imported via the internet by private people, according to the head of the agency's crime unit. READ »

Sweden defends state alcohol monopoly

Society: 5 Jun 07
The Swedish government has said that it will defend its restrictive alcohol policy and the Systembolaget retail monopoly. But there were also positive reactions to Tuesday's EU ruling, which paved the way for private imports of alcohol over the internet. READ »

European court slams Sweden's alcohol import ban

National: 5 Jun 07
Sweden's ban on the import of alcohol by private individuals is in breach of EU law, the European Court of Justice has found. 'The state has been caught with its pants down,' says lawyer. READ »

Stockholm's Abba museum moves closer

National: 22 May 07
Sweden's first museum dedicated to Abba has found a location in the middle of Stockholm, organizers say. The interactive exhibition is expected to be a major draw for visitors. READ »

Sweden kicks off Linnaeus festivities

Science & Technology: 20 May 07
This week will see the culmination of festivities celebrating the life of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who who born 300 years ago. Among those due to join the celebrations is Emperor Akihito of Japan. READ »

Explosion 'could have caused Estonia sinking'

National: 10 May 07
The 1994 sinking of the Estonia ferry could have been caused by an explosion, according to two teams of researchers looking into the incident on behalf of the Swedish government. READ »

Clean needle advocates report themselves to police

National: 4 May 07
Two men involved in illegally handing out clean syringes to injecting drug users in Stockholm have reported themselves to the police. They also intend reporting Sweden to the EU. READ »

Booze confiscated from thirsty 'fisherman'

National: 2 Apr 07
A Swedish man caught carrying record quantities of alcohol into Norway told customs officers that he needed the booze to moisten his throat on a forthcoming fishing trip. READ »

Swedish unions lose members in record numbers

Society: 15 Mar 07
Swedish blue collar trade unions are losing members like never before. 2006 was the first year in which all member unions in the LO confederation experienced a net loss of members. READ »

Smuggled booze fuels Swedish buses

Lifestyle: 9 Mar 07
Every day Swedish customs officers confiscate large quantities of liquor from Swedish travellers who exceed their allowances. But the impounded alcohol is put to good use, as bus users in one Swedish town are finding. READ »

Armed German headed for Sweden

National: 6 Feb 07
An armed German man with serious psychological problems has left his home in southern Germany. He is thought to be on his way to Sweden. READ »

Jens of Sweden faces smuggling charges

National: 2 Feb 07
Jens Nylander has been accused of breaching Swedish smuggling laws and could face a lengthy prison sentence if convicted. Speaking to The Local, he admits there was a mistake but denies any intent. READ »

Volvo suffers further tax blow

Business & Money: 11 Jan 07
Volvo Cars had just begun contemplating its 780 million kronor bill for back taxes when the tax authorities decided to almost double it. READ »

Ex-police officer gets 10 years for drugs smuggling

National: 11 Jan 07
A former police officer has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle a large quantity of amphetamines into the country. READ »

Major tax blow for Volvo Cars

Business & Money: 10 Jan 07
Following a year-long investigation, the Swedish tax authorities have decided that Volvo Cars owes 780 million kronor in unpaid taxes. READ »

Swedish booze websites shut down

National: 5 Jan 07
Only a handful of the 30 websites selling cheap foreign alcohol to Swedes are still running, two months after the European Court ruled that the drinks were liable to Swedish tax. READ »

Danish 'pilgrim fraudsters' arrested in Malmö

National: 4 Jan 07
Police in Malmö have arrested a Danish travel agent suspected of stealing money and passports from hundreds of Muslims hoping to make the pilgrimage to Mecca. READ »

Record year for drugs seizures

National: 28 Dec 06
Fresh statistics show that more drugs were intercepted in Swedish ports and airports in 2006 than ever before, with heroin, opium and ecstasy were particularly bountiful. The Customs Service claims success. READ »

"Beautiful women" captured by Swedish passport control

National: 5 Dec 06
Two customs workers have drawn the ire of police authorities for collecting passport photos of "exceptionally beautiful women". READ »

Skansen: a true taste of Swedish Christmas past

Lifestyle: 4 Dec 06
Stockholm's Skansen preserves Swedish cultural traditions and now is the perfect time to immerse yourself in a world when Christmas was a simpler, more magical affair. EA Fondelius reports. READ »

Triple murderer escapes Finnish prison

National: 28 Nov 06
A national alert has gone out in Sweden after a man who killed a family in a graveyard in 1988 escaped from prison in Finland. Juha Valjakkala, who was awaiting a pardon, murdered a couple and their 15-year old son. READ »

Russians accused over record ecstasy haul

National: 19 Nov 06
To men have been remanded in custody in Malmö accused of trying to smuggle in the largest consignment of ecstasy ever uncovered in Sweden. The men deny knowing they had the drugs in their cars. READ »

Police hunt Norwegian drug smuggler

National: 4 Nov 06
Swedish police and customs officers are hunting a Norwegian who is suspected of trying to bring 30kg of amphetamines into Sweden. He gave Helsingborg customs the slip on Friday night. READ »

Booze tax 'won't be cut'

National: 18 Oct 06
Around sixty percent of all alcohol consumed in Sweden is bought outside the country. But public health minister Maria Larsson has said that there will not be any cuts to alcohol taxes. READ »

Sweden's monopolies in the firing line

Politics: 13 Sep 06
Sweden's state monopolies on alcohol, pharmacies and gaming were created decades ago to promote social justice and public health, but now they are under threat from the European Union and a possible change of government. READ »

Police identify key names behind Swedish organised crime

National: 10 Sep 06
Swedish police have pinpointed 100 'particularly interesting' people in the fight against organised crime. READ »

Sweden 'needs new intelligence organ'

Politics: 12 Aug 06
Sweden's intelligence agencies need to come together under in an integrated intelligence analysis centre, the Liberal Party says. A new Department of the Interior should be set up to run it. READ »

Customs 'lets the rich import more booze'

Society: 26 Jul 06
People bringing in alcohol to Sweden from the continent are more likely to get it confiscated if they look poor, Malmö's chief prosecutor says. READ »

More dogs smuggled into Sweden

Society: 17 Jul 06
An increasing number of small dogs are being imported into Sweden, with more sick animals being impounded. Customs officials are blaming Paris Hilton for the trend for micro-pooches. READ »

Young northern men buy most Net booze

National: 28 Jun 06
Men in northern Sweden buy most alcohol on the Internet, according to a new study. The most common buyer is a man under 50 who drinks more than average. READ »

Estonia investigator accused of destroying evidence

National: 27 May 06
The president of Sweden's Court of Appeal, Johan Hirschfeldt, has been reported to the Justice Ombudsman for allegedly destroying all the background material from his investigation into the transport of military equipment on the Estonia. READ »