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'Only good foreign soldier on Afghan soil is a dead one': Myrdal

Politics: 9 Feb 10
Swedish author and anti-war activist Jan Myrdal has sparked outrage following a public lecture in which he appeared to welcome the killing of Swedish, US and other soldiers. READ »

Three arrested for killing of Swedish soldiers

National: 9 Feb 10
Three men have been arrested in Afghanistan on suspicion of being connected to the the death of Swedish soldiers Johan Palmlöv and Gunnar Andersson near Mazar-e Sharif on Sunday. READ »

Swedish soldiers killed by 'Afghan police'

National: 8 Feb 10
Military police are conducting an investigation into reports that the two Swedish military officers killed in Afghanistan on Sunday were attacked by a police officer. READ »

Two Swedes killed in Afghanistan

National: 7 Feb 10
Two Swedish military officers and a local interpreter were killed on Sunday when their unit came under fire west of Mazar-e Sharif in Afghanistan. READ »

Reinfeldt seeks answers on Russian dumping

National: 5 Feb 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has asked for an explanation from the previous Social Democrat government over Russia's release of toxic waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea. READ »

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 »

Military salute for Saab in Brazil fighter jet deal

Business & Money: 6 Jan 10
Saab has been boosted by news that the Brazilian Air Force favours the Swedish firm for a $7 billion contract over its French and American rivals. READ »

Crown Princess in surprise Afghanistan trip

Society: 5 Jan 10
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel Westling on Sunday and Monday greeted Swedish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan. READ »

Israeli military admits to organ harvesting

National: 21 Dec 09
Following tensions over an article published in Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, Israel has admitted that its forensic pathologists removed organs from dead bodies without consent from their families. READ »

'Hire non-Swedes for sensitive posts': Säpo

Jobs: 7 Dec 09
Swedish security service Säpo wants to make it easier for foreign nationals to fill sensitive positions within the Swedish state as part of a “necessary modernization”. READ »

Swedish naval base baffled by 28 tonnes of dead fish

National: 24 Nov 09
A state agency responsible for military maintenance is facing charges of negligence after 28 tonnes of dead roach were found when a dock was emptied for cleaning at an underground naval base south of Stockholm. READ »

Liberals call for lower taxes at party congress

Politics: 20 Nov 09
Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has rallied members during a speech at the party conference in Växjö calling for lower taxes, developments in nuclear power production and for Sweden to adopt the euro as its currency. READ »

Female Swedish soldiers renew calls for fireproof undies

Society: 19 Nov 09
Women in the Swedish army are demanding the provision of military underwear designed for female forms after 30 years of having to slip into something less comfortable. READ »

Paternity leave: an exercise in military precision

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Nov 09
It's time to pull on the flak jacket, maintain a stiff upper lip, and refraining from slipping into bouts of mindless panic: Diarist dad Joel Sherwood is now officially on paternity leave. READ »

Injured soldiers back on Swedish soil

National: 13 Nov 09
Two of the five soldiers injured in Wednesday's bomb explosion in Afghanistan landed in Sweden on Thursday evening. A further two aircraft with medical personnel have been dispatched to bring back the other casualties. READ »

French accuse Swedes over jet fighter contract

National: 13 Nov 09
The French military aircraft maker Dassault has accused its Swedish and US competitors for a a multi-billion-dollar jet fighter contract in Brazil of playing dirty. READ »

Swedish soldiers 'unstable' after Afghanistan explosion

National: 12 Nov 09
The conditions of two of the soldiers injured in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday are reported to have deteriorated overnight. READ »

Sweden refuses Turkish extradition request

National: 12 Nov 09
Sweden’s highest court on Wednesday rejected a request from Turkey to have one of its citizens extradited to face accusations of committing murder while a member of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). READ »

Teens sign up for jihad at Stockholm youth centre

National: 11 Nov 09
Swedish taxpayers helped fund a youth recreation centre in the north Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby which served as a recruiting station for the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab. READ »

Five Swedish soldiers injured in Afghanistan

National: 11 Nov 09
Five Swedish soldiers have been injured in an explosion that also claimed the life of a local foreign language interpreter, the Swedish Armed Forces said in a statement on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish soldiers forced to train in soleless boots

Society: 26 Oct 09
Shortages in standard issue military clothing have forced Swedish conscripts to wash their uniforms at home and train in boots without soles. READ »

Organ theft article 'a perversion of journalistic standards'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Oct 09
Amid an ongoing uproar over accusations that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, media watcher Andrea Levin issues a fresh plea to Aftonbladet to correct "the factual errors that litter the article". READ »

Sahlin demands answers over KGB revelations

Politics: 26 Oct 09
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has called on writer Jan Guillou to lift the lid on any information he may have passed to the KGB about her party. Guillou has confessed to working for the KGB but insists his assignments were of a journalistic nature. READ »

Writer Guillou admits KGB connection

National: 24 Oct 09
Prominent Swedish author and journalist Jan Guillou had liaisons spanning five years with the Soviet intelligence service in the 1960s. Guillou maintains he was trying to reveal how the KGB was operating in Sweden. READ »

Swedish forces to remain in Afghanistan

National: 22 Oct 09
Swedish troops are set to extend their stay in Afghanistan to the end of 2010, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. READ »

Officer warned for forcing conscripts to drop their pants

Society: 19 Oct 09
Swedish military commanders have come under fire for punishing a group of conscripts by forcing them to pull down their pants and crawl in the grass. READ »

Royal wedding brings military to attention

National: 17 Oct 09
The Swedish Armed Forces are beginning preparations for next year's royal nuptials and anticipate sending 3,000 soldiers to stand guard when Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria marries Daniel Westling in June. READ »

Saab implicated in South Korea spy arrest

National: 16 Oct 09
A former South Korean air force major-general was arrested on Friday on charges of leaking classified military information to Swedish defence and aviation company Saab, officials said. READ »

Sweden passes divisive wiretapping law

Politics: 14 Oct 09
An amended version of Sweden's controversial new signals intelligence law was passed in the Riksdag on Wednesday, with 158 members voting in favour and 153 against, while one member abstained from voting. READ »

Swedish secret agent's 15th century castle up for auction

Society: 13 Oct 09
A 15th century castle in southern Sweden belonging to a man who once supplied secret Russian technology to the Swedish military, is set to go up for auction in November. READ »

Obama Nobel win shocks Swedish peace group

Politics: 9 Oct 09
The Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society has classified as "shameful" the decision by the Nobel Committee in Oslo to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 to Barack Obama. READ »

Saab targeted in South Korea bribery probe

Business & Money: 6 Oct 09
Swedish aerospace giant Saab AB is under investigation by South Korean security authorities looking into allegations the company paid off a local research institute in exchange for classified information. READ »

Sweden welcomes Irish 'Yes' to EU Treaty

Politics: 3 Oct 09
The Irish Yes vote for the European Union's Lisbon treaty is "a good day for Europe," Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, speaking for the EU's Swedish presidency, said on Saturday. READ »

One-fifth of Swedish military conscripts 'fear for their lives'

National: 1 Oct 09
One in five Swedish conscripts feared for their life while they were carrying out their compulsory military duty, a new study shows. 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 »

Elite Swedish soldiers blow up wrong house

Society: 29 Sep 09
A group of elite Swedish soldiers made a colossal error during a demolition exercise at the weekend when they blasted their way into the wrong house. READ »

Calls continue for new probe of 1994 Baltic ferry disaster

National: 28 Sep 09
On the fifteenth anniversary of the Estonia ferry disaster, in which 852 lives were lost, a prosecutor in Estonia urged for a new investigation into what caused the Baltic Sea's worst peacetime maritime accident. 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 »

Man arrested in helicopter heist probe

National: 23 Sep 09
Swedish police have one person into custody for suspected involvement in the Hollywood-esque helicopter-aided robbery which took place at a cash depot near Stockholm early Wednesday morning. READ »

Stockholm cash depot hit by helicopter heist

National: 23 Sep 09
Robbers used a helicopter to carry out a spectacular theft at a cash depot south of Stockholm early Wednesday morning. The helicopter was found later in the morning about 30 kilometres north of the crime scene. READ »

'Flammable' bras hold back Swedish female conscripts

Society: 22 Sep 09
The bras issued to women who join the Swedish military catch fire easily and are prone to coming undone, making them inappropriate for the battlefield, claims a conscripts’ rights group. READ »

Boozy antics cost Swedish major his job

National: 18 Sep 09
A Swedish major serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo has lost his job following a bout of excessive drinking and sexual relations with a local woman. READ »

Sweden sweetens offer in bid to win Brazil fighter jet deal

Business & Money: 18 Sep 09
Sweden upped the ante in its effort to secure a contract to sell 36 Saab Gripen fighter jets to Brazil, saying it would build 40 percent of the plane in Brazil, officials said Thursday. READ »

Woman 'not a suspect' in Pakistan terror probe

National: 17 Sep 09
The head of the Muslim Council of Sweden, Helena Benaouda, expressed relief on Thursday that her daughter, arrested three weeks ago along with her child and two other Swedes, is not considered a terror suspect by Pakistani authorities. READ »

Terror suspect Swedes still detained: Pakistan

National: 16 Sep 09
Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Wednesday confirmed that four Swedish citizens are sitting in prison in the capital Islamabad, three weeks after their arrest in the north of the country. READ »

'Guantánamo Swede' arrested in Pakistan

National: 11 Sep 09
One of the three Swedish nationals arrested nearly two weeks ago in Pakistan is Mehdi Ghezali, a former terror suspect who was released from the United States’ Guantánamo Bay prison in 2004. READ »

Saab loses out in Brazil fighter plane bid

Business & Money: 8 Sep 09
Brazil has announced it will order 36 Rafale combat planes from France, beating out Sweden's bid to sell Saab's Gripen to the South American nation. READ »

Swedes reported arrested in Pakistan

National: 8 Sep 09
The Swedish embassy in Pakistan is investigating media reports that three Swedes have been arrested by the Pakistani military. READ »

Troops ransack Afghan hospital: Swedish charity

National: 7 Sep 09
A Swedish charity has claimed that foreign troops entered its hospital in Afghanistan, smashed doors and tied up staff and patients' relatives, violating agreements between aid workers and the military. READ »

Swedish military ready to battle swine flu

Science & Technology: 5 Sep 09
Sweden’s military is well-equipped to defend itself against an outbreak of the A/H1N1 flu virus, and to assist in swine flu vaccination programmes run by public health authorities. READ »

Sweden navigates complex waters of EU foreign policy

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
With an important meeting of EU's foreign ministers taking place in Stockholm this weekend, David Stavrou examines the changing roles of Sweden and the EU in world affairs. READ »

'No time line for Afghanistan exit': Bildt

Politics: 1 Sep 09
The international community will not leave Afghanistan until the country has undergone a secure transition, Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish naval vessel jumps Göta Canal banks

Society: 22 Aug 09
A Swedish military boat took an unexpected turn up onto shore on Saturday, startling attendees of a festival held along the shores of the Göta Canal. READ »

Classified military documents missing

National: 22 Aug 09
The Swedish military has lost several hundred classified documents containing information about secret facilities throughout the north of the country. READ »

Brazil delays decision over Jas Gripen

Business & Money: 21 Aug 09
Sweden's Saab is among the defence companies lobbying anew for a $4 billion deal to replace Brazil's ageing fleet of fighter aircraft, after the country indicated a delay in its decision. 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 »

Military conscription phase out under fire

National: 16 Aug 09
Plans to abolish conscription in Sweden and introduce a professional army have come under criticism from the Social Democrats and the Conscription Council (Värnpliktsrådet). READ »

Swedish police officer disciplined for 'negro' email

Society: 11 Aug 09
A police inspector in Landskrona in southern Sweden has been reported to the National Swedish Police Disciplinary Board for describing a suspect as a "negro in a green military jacket". READ »

Gripen plane fire attributed to 'forgetfulness'

National: 8 Aug 09
The pilot who had to emergency land a Jas Gripen fighter plane that caught fire on Thursday afternoon might have forgotten to release the landing gear, according to the Swedish Armed Forces. READ »

Saab's Gripen looks to land major Brazilian air force order

Politics: 3 Aug 09
Swedish aircraft maker Saab AB is weeks away from learning whether its Gripen NG fighter jet will be chosen by Brazil over models from France and the United States in a much-anticipated deal worth billions. READ »

Pride march a 'game changer' for Stockholm football clubs

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jul 09
As Stockholm gears up for the weekend’s Pride Parade, The Local’s Gabriel Stein takes a look at the difficulties facing two Stockholm-area football clubs as they attempt to show their solidarity with the city’s gay community. READ »

'Swedish spy threat at Cold War levels': report

National: 30 Jul 09
The threat of espionage faced by Sweden from foreign security services remains widespread, according to a new report from Swedish military intelligence. READ »

Sweden demands answers on FARC arms

National: 27 Jul 09
Sweden called on Venezuela on Monday to explain how Swedish-made weapons sold to the country ended up in the hands of Colombian FARC guerillas. READ »

Bildt to meet Holbrooke in Kabul ahead of elections

National: 25 Jul 09
While Swedish troops stationed at Aqchah in northern Afghanistan on Thursday night battled in a firefight with opposing forces, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was in Kabul on Friday to join US regional envoy Richard Holbrooke for a pre-election assessment trip. READ »

Swedes kill three in Afghanistan fire fight

National: 24 Jul 09
Swedish military forces were involved in a battle in Aqchah in northern Afghanistan on Thursday night in which at least three of the attackers were killed READ »

Tolgfors touts closer EU-Nato ties during Pentagon talks

Politics: 22 Jul 09
Swedish defence minister Sten Tolgfors called for closer cooperation between the European Union and Nato during meetings with his American counterpart in Washington on Tuesday. READ »

Iranians barred from Swedish universities

Science & Technology: 21 Jul 09
Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s security service Säpo. READ »

Low IQ does not kill: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 13 Jul 09
A new Swedish study reveals that the connection between low intelligence and increased risk of premature death becomes non-existent when individual lifestyle factors are taken into account. READ »

Swedish arms maker battles for lost contract

Politics: 8 Jul 09
Controversy is mounting following the Swedish military’s recent decision to pass over a local supplier of armoured vehicles in favour of a Finnish company, a move resulting in major job losses for Swedish firm Hägglunds. READ »

EU mulls diplomatic pullout in Iran: Sweden

Politics: 3 Jul 09
The Swedish Foreign Ministry has said the EU is considering taking action if Iran fails to release British embassy staff being held in the capital Tehran. READ »

Drunken Swedish soldiers in armed Kosovo kerfuffle

Society: 3 Jul 09
A shot was fired when two drunken and armed Swedish soldiers got into a fight with local residents in Kosovo, prompting an investigation by Sweden’s Armed Forces. READ »

Russia snubs Sweden summit plans

Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden's fraught relationship with Moscow has come to the fore on the first day of the Swedish EU presidency as Russia objects to plans to hold a major summit in Stockholm. READ »

Swedish embassy targeted in bomb plot

National: 24 Jun 09
Pakistani security forces have arrested a man suspected of plotting to bomb the Swedish embassy in Islamabad. READ »

Activists arrested during NATO exercise

National: 10 Jun 09
Five people were arrested on Wednesday morning after entering a bombing range in northern Sweden being used as a part of a major NATO training exercise. READ »

Soviet sub wreck found near Åland islands

Science & Technology: 9 Jun 09
The remains of a World War II-era Soviet submarine have been found by a team of Swedish divers near the Åland islands in the Baltic Sea. READ »

Global arms spending hits new heights: Swedish think tank

Society: 8 Jun 09
World arms spending reached record levels in 2008, with the United States, China and Russia all upping their military budgets, Swedish think tank SIPRI reports. READ »

Police fear disruption at NATO military exercise

National: 8 Jun 09
Swedish police have asked the military for assistance as peace activists from across Europe head to Swedish Lapland to demonstrate against a NATO aerial exercise. READ »

Sweden to review EU battle groups during presidency

Politics: 4 Jun 09
During its upcoming presidency of the European Union, Sweden plans to study the role of the EU’s yet-to-be-deployed military battle groups, Sweden’s ambassador to France said on Wednesday. READ »

Fredrik Malm: Enlarge the European Union

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jun 09
Fredrik Malm of the Liberal Party speaks to The Local's Lydia Parafianowicz about the case for EU enlargement and the role of the union in conflict resolution. READ »

Swedish major facing sack over boozy African sex romp

National: 1 Jun 09
A major in the Swedish armed forces serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo is in danger of losing his job as a result of his excessive drinking and sexual relations with a local woman. READ »

Gudrun Schyman's quest for equality

Analysis & Opinion: 27 May 09
Feminist Initiative lynchpin Gudrun Schyman speaks to The Local about her vision for a gender equal Europe. READ »

'Military should free Dawit by force'

National: 27 May 09
The head of the Moderate Party’s youth wing has proposed that the military be called in to free Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, who has sat in prison in Eritrea for more than seven years. READ »

Swedish navy arrests pirates off Somali coast

National: 26 May 09
Swedish naval personnel arrested seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the Swedish Armed Forces. READ »

Sweden offers asylum to Iraqi who aided US military

National: 23 May 09
An Iraqi man who assisted the United States military during the war in Iraq has been granted asylum in Sweden. READ »

Thailand to delay Gripen purchase: report

Business & Money: 22 May 09
The difficult economic situation in Thailand may scuttle the country’s planned purchase of Saab Jas-Gripen fighter planes. READ »

Military agencies threatened by 3 billion kronor in cuts

Politics: 15 May 09
Sweden’s leading defence research agency and primary military procurement body should be shuttered as part of an effort to reduce the country’s military spending, according to a new report. READ »

Liberals: Sweden must join NATO

Politics: 13 May 09
The Swedish Liberal Party has demanded that Sweden become a full member of NATO and argues that an open debate over the issue is needed. READ »

'Isolationism is passé - Sweden needs to join NATO': Liberals

Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 09
With neutrality outdated and Sweden unable to effectively defend it's borders, the country needs to set aside its hang-ups and start thinking seriously about joining NATO, argues Birgitta Ohlsson, foreign policy spokesperson for the Liberal Party. READ »

Call for probe into Sweden-CIA terror links

Politics: 8 May 09
Two prominent Left Party politicians are calling for Sweden to set up an independent truth commission to look into how Sweden cooperated with the United States during the war on terror. READ »

'Make conscription mandatory for women': Social Democrats

Politics: 28 Apr 09
The Social Democrats want make it mandatory for Swedish women to register for military conscription, rather than allowing them to do so voluntarily. READ »

Bildt to Sri Lanka for ceasefire talks

Politics: 27 Apr 09
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt will visit Sri Lanka on Wednesday, along with his counterparts from Britain and France, following a the government in Colombo’s decision to reject a ceasefire offered by Tamil Tiger rebels. READ »