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What's on in Sweden: November 20 - 26

Lifestyle: 18 Nov 09
What's on in Sweden: International film festival & Simple Minds (UK) in Stockholm; Christmas market & Takida in Gothenburg; The Sonics (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Sweden hands over Maori remains

Society: 18 Nov 09
Sweden on Wednesday returned the skeletal remains of Maori people, which were removed from New Zealand in the mid to late nineteenth century. READ »

Swedish culture – a forgotten promotional tool

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 09
Sweden’s cultural heritage is virtually unknown outside the country’s borders. Swedes should be better at using culture to promote their own country, writes Olle Wästberg, Director-General of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Addict's death leads to fines for civil servant

National: 17 Nov 09
A manager within Gothenburg social services has been convicted for refusing to allow a 24-year-old drug addict into institutional care. The addict later died from an overdose. READ »

Malmström Sweden's new EU commissioner

Politics: 17 Nov 09
Cecilia Malmström, currently Sweden's EU affairs minister, has been nominated as the successor to the country's outgoing EU commissioner, Margot Wallström. READ »

Scrapping tracker may negate Pirate Bay fines

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 09
The Pirate Bay file sharing site has decided to shut down the tracker that allows users to share digital files with one another in a move that could negate the court ordered fines facing two of the men behind the site. READ »

Gothenburg school destroyed in arson attack

National: 14 Nov 09
Fire-fighters were called out in the early hours of Saturday morning to Torslanda school in Gothenburg. The building has been completely destroyed in what police believe to be an arson attack. READ »

15-year-old 'babyface' arrested for serial rape

National: 14 Nov 09
Police in Gothenburg arrested a 15-year-old boy on Friday on suspicion of being the mystery rapist that has haunted the city in recent months. READ »

What's on in Sweden: November 13 - 19

Lifestyle: 12 Nov 09
What's on in Sweden: International film festival & monster truck extravaganza in Stockholm; Cliff Richard & The Shadows (UK) in Gothenburg; Tower of Power (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Rate concerns shake up Swedish housing market

Business & Money: 12 Nov 09
Amid growing worries about a bubble in the Swedish housing market, warnings about future interest rate hikes appear to have caused a slowdown in rising home prices. READ »

Online sperm donor sows seeds of debate

Society: 9 Nov 09
A 26-year-old man from Gothenburg, "used but in good condition", has had his advert removed from an auction site after offering his sexual services to lesbian women wishing to become pregnant. READ »

Gothenburg haunted by mystery rapist

National: 9 Nov 09
Police in Gothenburg are on the hunt for a perpetrator suspected in a number of rapes and as many as thirty attempted sexual assaults in recent weeks. READ »

AIK see off Gothenburg to win historic double

Sport: 8 Nov 09
AIK added the Swedish cup on Saturday to their Allsvenskan league championship win to claim a historic double - the first for the Solna-based side. READ »

One in five priests refuse to wed same-sex couples

National: 7 Nov 09
A week has passed since homosexual couples were given the right to tie the knot in church. Yet, 18 percent of priests in the Gothenburg region say they refuse to preside over gay weddings. READ »

Boxers pin passenger in mid-air scare

National: 5 Nov 09
A Swedish prosecutor is pushing for a longer sentence for a Latvian man who was jailed for eight months after attempting to open a cabin door on board a Ryanair plane. The man was restrained by two professional boxers. READ »

What's on in Sweden: November 6 - 12

Lifestyle: 4 Nov 09
What's on in Sweden: Selam African festival & gospel munificence in Stockholm; Cirque du Soleil and MJ Thriller in Gothenburg; Oumou Sangaré in Malmö/Lund. READ »

The Year of the Rodent: Allsvenskan 2009

Lifestyle: 3 Nov 09
As the Swedish championship gold medal makes its way to Solna, Nic Townsend looks back at another eventful season in Sweden’s premier football competition. READ »

Lax procedures raise risk of accidental abortion

Science & Technology: 2 Nov 09
Healthy foetuses risk being aborted by mistake due to procedural deficiencies and misinterpreted ultrasounds at Swedish hospitals, a recent investigation shows. READ »

AIK take home Swedish football league title

Sport: 1 Nov 09
Stockholm’s AIK football club reversed a one-goal deficit to defeat IFK Gothenburg 2-1 in a dramatic title-deciding match, claiming the Allsvenskan championship for the first time in eleven years. READ »

Police in the dark over well-planned web attack

Science & Technology: 30 Oct 09
Swedish authorities are no closer to discovering who may have been behind two distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that downed the websites of the police and some 40 media sites on Thursday. READ »

Big city clubs clash in championship climax

Sport: 30 Oct 09
IFK Gothenburg welcome Stockholm team AIK to Gamla Ullevi stadium on Sunday in a title decider as the Swedish Allsvenskan championship goes down to the wire. READ »

Swedish bureaucrats force tuna fish on Asian detour

National: 30 Oct 09
An 11 tonne cargo of tuna fish forced to make a return journey to Thailand because of faulty paperwork has now completed its epic voyage back to Sweden. READ »

Mentally ill man behind Gothenburg bomb scare

National: 30 Oct 09
A man wearing a bomb belt paralyzed central Gothenburg on Thursday evening when threatened to blow it a tram. The perpetrator has since been identified as a 61-year-old suffering from a psychological disorder and is known to the police. READ »

Hammarby relegated as AIK and IFK vie for title

Sport: 29 Oct 09
Stockholm club Hammarby, Swedish champions as recently as 2001, were relegated from the top flight on Wednesday night following a 2-4 defeat at Trelleborg. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 30 - November 5

Lifestyle: 29 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Alaska & William Fitzimmons (US) in Stockholm; Cirque du Soleil (CAN) in Gothenburg; Jay Reatard (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Ford picks China's Geely to bid for Volvo Cars

National: 28 Oct 09
Chinese automaker Geely is the only remaining bidder for the purchase Volvo Cars. READ »

Create your own blog on The Local

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Oct 09
Have you got a lot to get off your chest? Photos of Sweden you'd love to share with a wider audience? Tales of nightlife in Nyköping, young folks in Jönköping, newcomers to Norrköping, or just shopping in Köping? READ »

Famed fictional resident helps Ystad land Swedish tourism prize

Society: 22 Oct 09
The draw of Swedish crime novel protagonist Kurt Wallander has helped the coastal town of Ystad in southern Sweden develop an award winning tourism industry. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 23 - 29

Lifestyle: 22 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: African film festival & lullabies for the environment in Stockholm; Hammarkullen carnival fun & exile film festival in Gothenburg; Steve Earle (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Stockholmers 'fund the rest of Sweden': report

Politics: 21 Oct 09
Stockholm-area taxpayers help fund the rest of Sweden to the tune of 14 billion kronor ($2 billion) a year to put the country’s municipalities on an equal financial footing. READ »

Eriksson rejects Swedish top job offer

Sport: 20 Oct 09
Former England and Mexico boss Sven-Göran Eriksson has ruled himself out as a candidate for the vacant post as Swedish national team coach. READ »

Armed robbers hit Michelin-rated eatery

Society: 19 Oct 09
Armed robbers broke into the Michelin-rated Sjömagasinet in Gothenburg in western Sweden on Sunday night, tying up the maître d' and making off with tens of thousands of kronor. READ »

Islam 'Sweden's biggest threat': far-right leader

Politics: 19 Oct 09
An article by the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats claiming that Islam is the biggest threat to Sweden since World War II is tantamount to hate speech, according to legal experts. READ »

Gangster faces Turkish trial for bomb attacks

National: 16 Oct 09
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the leader of the Original Gangsters criminal gang on suspicion of being behind an attempt to blow up two men. Turkey, where he now lives, has confirmed that it is prepared to host a trial. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 16 - 22

Lifestyle: 15 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Championship rugby & Massive Attack (UK) in Stockholm/Uppsala; Chocolate festival & avant garde dance in Gothenburg; Rahael Saadiq (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Gothenburg woman injured in surprise elk attack

Society: 14 Oct 09
A woman in western Sweden is recovering after being bowled over by an elk early on Wednesday morning while she was out walking her dog. READ »

Housing prices surge despite money worries

Society: 13 Oct 09
Housing prices in Sweden have regained their momentum after last autumn's tumble despite concerns over interest rate developments and rising unemployment. READ »

Masturbating trucker charged with reckless driving

National: 9 Oct 09
A German truck driver who was busy playing with his joystick when he flipped his rig in western Sweden in September, has been charged with reckless driving and assault. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Fashion market & Nouvelle Vague (Fr) in Stockholm; Culture night & Nostalgia fair in Gothenburg; The Handsome Family (US) & English comedy in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Police hid details of man's fatal injuries

National: 8 Oct 09
Prosecutors are to reopen a probe into what caused a 24-year-old man’s death following a violent arrest in Gothenburg last April amid revelations that police investigators tried to cover up details about the man's injuries. READ »

Johan, 24, suffocated to death by police

National: 6 Oct 09
A 24-year-old man died in Gothenburg died last April as a direct result of injuries sustained at the hands of police officers. But none of the officers involved have been held accountable as prosecutors failed to follow up on the case. READ »

Carrier pigeon massacre near Gothenburg

National: 5 Oct 09
Police in western Sweden are looking for someone who broke the necks of 30 carrier pigeons in a cage in a community allotment area north of Gothenburg. READ »

Keeper gets away with goalpost move

Sport: 3 Oct 09
IFK Gothenburg’s goalkeeper Kim Christensen will not face punishment of a fine or ban, despite being caught on film attempting to shorten his goal before a league game. READ »

Swedish banks warned on Latvian economy

Business & Money: 3 Oct 09
Sweden’s finance minister Anders Borg is reported to have held secret talks with Swedbank and SEB, expressing his concern over Latvia's struggling financial situation. READ »

Swedish grocers' earnings outstrip CEOs

Business & Money: 1 Oct 09
The most successful franchisees of the Swedish grocery store chain ICA are coining in more remuneration than many CEOs of large companies listed on the Swedish stock market. READ »

Borg warns of pump priming debt mountain

Business & Money: 1 Oct 09
Sweden's finance minister Anders Borg warned EU leaders on Thursday that states cannot keep throwing good money after bad and called for a discussion to supervise the easing of expansionary fiscal policy. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 1 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: International poetry festival & American football in Stockholm; International art biennial & World music festival in Gothenburg; Kings of Convenience (NO) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Sweden looks to boost Afghanistan force

Politics: 30 Sep 09
Sweden wants to send more troops to Afghanistan after an assessment by the Armed Forces concluded that the current force of 500 soldiers is too small. READ »

Ford 'examining Chinese Volvo bid'

Business & Money: 25 Sep 09
Ford's plans to sell Volvo to Chinese carmaker Geely for $2.5 billion are proceeding, according to reports. READ »

Rancid Swedish Cold War meat sold to Poland

National: 25 Sep 09
Meat from Swedish stockpiles dating back to the Cold War has been sold to Poland to be served in restaurants. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 25 - October 1

Lifestyle: 24 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: Alela Diane (US) and football derby in Stockholm; International Book Fair & French acrobats in Gothenburg; Ane Brun (NO) in Malmö. READ »

Trucker flips his rig after masturbating while driving

National: 24 Sep 09
A German truck driver who just couldn't get enough of himself admitted he was masturbating at the time his truck crashed on a road near Borås in western Sweden on Wednesday. READ »

Goalkeeper risks ban after sly goalpost move

Sport: 24 Sep 09
IFK Gothenburg's Danish goalkeeper Kim Christensen has been reported to the Swedish Football Association's disciplinary board after moving the goalposts in a top flight football match against Örebro on Wednesday. READ »

Hunt continues for helicopter robbers

National: 24 Sep 09
Swedish police continue to hunt for suspects and faced criticism following the well-orchestrated, helicopter-aided theft at a cash depot in Västberga south of Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Sweden set for stricter teacher credentials

Education: 24 Sep 09
The Swedish government has plans to toughen up on the credentials required for the country's school teachers. READ »

Swedish integration policies 'a failure'

Politics: 23 Sep 09
Immigrants to Sweden continue to flock to a few, high-immigrant concentration areas, new statistics show, prompting one politician to conclude the country's integration politics have failed. READ »

Vacant pet store filled with dead animals

Society: 22 Sep 09
A chance look by police into an abandoned pet store in western Sweden revealed a gruesome discovery. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 18 - 24

Lifestyle: 16 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: Beer festival & Tom Jones (UK) in Stockholm; International Book Fair in Gothenburg; Hello Saferide in Malmö. READ »

Sweden mulls new high-speed rail lines

National: 14 Sep 09
Sweden should build high-speed rail lines connecting Stockholm to Gothenburg and Malmö, a government appointed commission recommends. READ »

Swedish cities hit by spate of arson and unrest

National: 12 Sep 09
Friday night was a troublesome one for many police forces across Sweden with several reports of arson and unrest. Police fear an escalation in the violence. READ »

Pokemon cards taken in sandbox knife heist

Society: 11 Sep 09
A nine-year-old girl was robbed at knifepoint by a group of young boys in a sandbox in western Sweden. The booty: the girl’s collection of Pokemon cards. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 11 - 17

Lifestyle: 9 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: World Cup baseball & Cirque du Soleil in Stockholm; Coco Chanel & All Time Low (US) in Gothenburg; Macy Gray (US) in Malmö. READ »

Six-year-old survives seven storey fall

National: 5 Sep 09
A six-year-old boy survived a fall from a seventh floor apartment in Gothenburg on Friday evening, due in part to the actions of a quick-thinking passerby. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 4 - 10

Lifestyle: 2 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: International polo & feminist porn in Stockholm; International art biennial in Gothenburg; Paul Potts (UK) in Malmö. READ »

Gothenburg man critical after knifing

National: 2 Sep 09
A 40-year-old man has received multiple stab wounds after being attacked in an apartment in the Gothenburg suburb of Biskopsgården, on Hisingen island, on Monday night. READ »

Firemen injured by projectile rocks

National: 29 Aug 09
Disturbances related to several fires continued on Friday night in Gothenburg in western Sweden. Two firemen were also injured by rocks thrown at their fire truck. READ »

Stones thrown at Gothenburg firemen

National: 28 Aug 09
Fire fighters in Gothenburg were attacked with stones on Thursday night as they rushed to tackle the latest in a series of fires with suspected connections to youth gangs that have raged across the city in the last week. READ »

Swedish archaeologists uncover 7th century ship

Science & Technology: 27 Aug 09
Swedish archaeologists have announced the find of a 7th century burial ship, the oldest of its kind to be discovered in Scandinavia. READ »

Stockholm smokers hit with ban

Society: 27 Aug 09
Stockholm city employees will be ordered to stub out their cigarettes at work from May 1st next year as the city is the latest Swedish municipality to announce a ban. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 28 - September 3

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: International comedy & classical music festivals in Stockholm; Aero show & international athletics in Gothenburg; Dinosaur Jr in Malmö. READ »

Fuglesang waits as weather delays launch

Science & Technology: 25 Aug 09
Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang will have to wait for his second trip into space after the launch of the spaceship Discovery was delayed due to poor weather. READ »

Family father buried in wrong grave

Society: 24 Aug 09
When Lena Pettersson went to visit the grave in which her father was supposed to have been buried she found his name missing from the grave stone. His body had been laid to rest in the wrong place, she discovered. READ »

'High speed trains offer no environmental benefit': report

National: 21 Aug 09
High speed railways are unprofitable and afford marginal climate gains, a new Swedish report argues, contradicting the government's position. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 21 - 27

Lifestyle: 20 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Cirkus Cirkör and "progg" poster exhibition in Stockholm; Midnight run and Stephen Lynch (US) in Gothenburg; Orquesta Faela and music festival in Malmö. READ »

Police station cat killer under arrest

Society: 19 Aug 09
A 20-year-old man has been arrested after nailing a dead cat to the door of a police station in western Sweden. READ »

Where would we be without Ryanair?

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Aug 09
Airline industry veteran Rick Methven talks up the virtues of low cost air travel and recalls a pre-Ryanair era of outlandish prices and skies closed to the average consumer. READ »

'Super bunker' houses Sweden's top criminals

National: 14 Aug 09
The new high security bunker at Kumla prison in central Sweden is now home to around a dozen of Sweden's most hardened criminals. The facility has space for 24 in total. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 14 - 20

Lifestyle: 13 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture and youth festivals in Stockholm; International music festival and continental market in Gothenburg; Music & arts festival in Malmö. READ »

Swedish property market at ten-year low

National: 12 Aug 09
The Swedish commercial property market has ground to a halt with completed deals at a ten-year low. The private residential market has returned to normal however. READ »

Summer Rail Destinations: Stockholm

Travel: 11 Aug 09
The antiquity of Gamla Stan, the forests of Djurgården, the cliffs of Södermalm and of course the surrounding blue sea: all these elements combine to help make Stockholm one of the world’s most beautiful cities. READ »

Two arrested for fatal Gothenburg shootings

National: 10 Aug 09
Police stormed an apartment in Gothenburg on Monday afternoon and arrested two men suspected of involvement in the shooting dead of two men earlier in the day. READ »

Two dead in Gothenburg shooting

National: 10 Aug 09
A massive police operation has been launched in northern Gothenburg after two people were shot dead shortly after midday on Monday. READ »

The lost art of travel: Catching the ferry to Britain

Travel: 10 Aug 09
This summer, for the inevitable trip back to the UK, Ben Kersley was determined to avoid air travel and attempt to recapture the lost art of travel. READ »

Body discovered during boating competition

National: 9 Aug 09
A spectator discovered a dead body during the Powerboat Scandinavian Gran Prix competition in Gothenburg on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Woman, 32, found guilty of raping woman

Society: 7 Aug 09
A 32-year-old woman was found guilty on Friday of the rape of another woman by the Gothenburg District Court. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 7 -13

Lifestyle: 6 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture Festival and new circus in Stockholm; International jazz festival in Gothenburg; Soha (Fr/DZ) & Festival for Gaza in Malmö. READ »

Swedish hotels struggle despite strong summer

Business & Money: 5 Aug 09
After a difficult spring, the economic situation has improved this summer for Swedish hoteliers, but experts fear that the industry is in for a difficult autumn season. READ »

US-based Swede shot dead in Trollhättan

National: 5 Aug 09
A 36-year-old Swede resident in the United States was shot dead during a visit to his family's home in Trollhättan on Tuesday in a suspected murder believed to have been witnessed by the victim's two year-old son. READ »

EU anti-torture body blasts Swedish jails

National: 4 Aug 09
The Council of Europe's anti-torture body has criticized Sweden for the long periods of isolation endured by inmates in the country's jails and remand prisons. READ »

Search for Langeland survivors resumed

National: 1 Aug 09
The Swedish coast guard may have located the Norwegian cargo ship that sank yesterday off the west coast of Sweden. Six men are believed to have drowned, although the search for survivors continues. READ »

Tel Aviv players freed in Sweden rape probe

Sport: 31 Jul 09
Two members of an Israeli football club were detained on Friday at the Gothenburg airport after police received a report they were involved in an alleged rape. By Friday afternoon, prosecutors had released both players. READ »

Six men missing as ship sinks off Sweden

National: 31 Jul 09
Six men are missing at sea after a Norwegian cargo ship sank off the west coast of Sweden, maritime officials said on Friday. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 31 - August 6

Lifestyle: 29 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & International rugby in Stockholm; U2 in Gothenburg; African beach party & Lucy Love (DK) music in Malmö. READ »

Gothenburg man finds riches in back of borrowed car

Society: 29 Jul 09
A man from Gothenburg in western Sweden made a potentially lucrative discovery in the back seat of a car he’d borrowed from his local repair shop. READ »

Swedish women keep working after 65 despite job cuts: study

Business & Money: 28 Jul 09
Despite recent job cuts in the wake of the financial crisis, there are almost twice the number of women over the age of 65 working in Sweden today than four years ago, new statistics published on Tuesday show. READ »

Rinkeby fire claims seventh victim

National: 28 Jul 09
The 13-year-old girl that was badly burned in the fire in an apartment in Rinkeby in western Stockholm on Saturday evening has died of her injuries. The fire has now claimed seven victims. READ »

Six die in Stockholm apartment fire

National: 26 Jul 09
A 42-year-old Somali woman and five of her daughters, aged one to 16, have died in a fire that broke out in an apartment in Rinkeby in western Stockholm on Saturday evening. READ »

Lesbian couples cause run on Swedish sperm banks

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 09
A shortage of healthy sperm and a spike in demand from lesbian couples has caused a backlog of artificial insemination applications at Swedish fertility clinics. READ »

Bunny pic unmasks Swedish benefits cheat

National: 23 Jul 09
A Swedish man who claimed to be wheelchair bound has been asked to repay millions of kronor in social insurance benefits after authorities obtained a picture of a him dancing with a life-sized rabbit. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 24 - 30

Lifestyle: 23 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & Opera al fresco in Stockholm; eccentric variety show in Gothenburg; Möllevången music, theatre & arts festival in Malmö. READ »


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