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Juholt expected to resign as Social Democrat head

Politics: 21 Jan 12
Despite Friday’s announcement by the Social Democrat Executive Committee that embattled leader Håkan Juholt will remain at the helm, many now believe that he will announce his resignation on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Håkan Juholt survives to lead another day

Politics: 20 Jan 12
The Social Democrats' executive committee expressed its continued confidence in embattled party head Håkan Juholt on Friday following two days of intense meetings about his leadership. READ »

Violent fight sends two women to hospital

National: 13 Jan 12
Two young women were taken to hospital and two were detained by police after a violent fight erupted in Örebro, in central Sweden, on Wednesday. READ »

Man gets prison after naked train sex attack

National: 7 Jan 12
A 30-year-old man from western Sweden has been sentenced to prison after he stripped down naked and assaulted passengers on a train in November, while under the influence of drugs. READ »

Seven charged after burning victim with iron

National: 5 Jan 12
Seven men in central Sweden have been charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault after having abducted and tortured a man, burning him with an iron and hitting him with computer cables. READ »

'We are so happy and relieved': parents

National: 4 Jan 12
The 25-year-old man who went missing from his Uppsala flat on December 28th has been found alive in Umeå, in the north of Sweden, according to police. READ »

Police question couple over missing man

National: 3 Jan 12
Police on Tuesday arrested a couple in their twenties on suspicion of kidnapping a 25-year-old man who went missing from his home in Uppsala in December. READ »

Woman didn't want help from 'dark-skinned' clerk

National: 28 Dec 11
A woman's refusal to be served by a "dark-skinnned" clerk at the local office of a public agency is not a crime, a Swedish court has ruled. READ »

Storm Dagmar leaves 'chaos' in its wake

National: 26 Dec 11
Although storm Dagmar has moved on, "chaos" is reportedly left in its wake, with most rail traffic at a standstill, hundreds of thousands of households without power and fallen trees blocking many roads. READ »

Accidents aplenty as snow hits Sweden

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 11
Icy roads and harsh weather conditions have caused several accidents on Swedish roadways over night, resulting in at least one fatality, and left thousands of residents without power. READ »

Man stabbed at indoor football tournament

National: 27 Nov 11
The World Deaf Futsal Championship was marred by a stabbing incident at the closing ceremony of the indoor football tournament in Örebro on Saturday. READ »

Sweden's best Christmas markets

Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
Christmas markets are a feature of Yuletide in Sweden and The Local has put together a pick of the best, all featuring warm spiced "glögg" for the adults, and plenty of fun activites for the children. READ »

Naked man in 'pot-fuelled' train sex attack

Society: 23 Nov 11
A 30-year-old man from western Sweden has been detained after he allegedly smoked marijuana before stripping down naked on a train and demanding passengers have sex with him. READ »

Worker's hand minced in Swedish meatball mishap

Business & Money: 22 Nov 11
A worker at a Swedish meatball plant lost two fingers on Tuesday morning while trying to unjam a meat grinder at a processing facility in central Sweden. READ »

Tax agency: 'Divorce to change name'

Society: 15 Nov 11
Swedish name laws have been slammed as ”ridiculous” after a couple in Örebro in central Sweden were told the best way to ensure they all share one family name would be to get divorced. READ »

Örebro hit by new sex attack wave

National: 10 Nov 11
The Swedish town of Örebro, recently rocked by the hunt and capture of a serial rapist, is reeling from what police believe may be a new wave of attacks on young girls in the area. READ »

Violence and drink rules All Saints weekend

Society: 6 Nov 11
The All Saints holiday weekend brought trouble throughout Sweden, with a notable spike in drunkenness, fights and other assaults in the north of the country. READ »

Shoppers driven out of town in 'hooligan' mix up

National: 31 Oct 11
Four guys out shoe shopping on a Sunday afternoon suddenly found themselves detained and whisked to the edge of town by police, mistaking them for a gang of criminal football hooligans. READ »

Ban mums' bare boobs: young Swedes

Society: 26 Oct 11
Three out of four young Swedes today think that breastfeeding mothers ought to keep their tops on in restaurants, bars and on public transport, according to a new survey. READ »

Doctor charged with raping patients

National: 26 Oct 11
A doctor in Eskilstuna in eastern Sweden was on Tuesday charged with raping and sexually assaulting several female patients. READ »

Teaching the 'wild man' of Swedish rock how to speak English

Society: 25 Oct 11
When Irishman Morty McCarthy came to Sweden for love a decade ago, he had no idea he'd end up teaching English to folically flamboyant Swedish rock n'roller Magnus Uggla live on national radio, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains. READ »

Teen alcohol programme has 'no effect': study

Society: 24 Oct 11
A nationwide programme aimed at tackling drinking among young people, used in 190 Swedish municipalities, has 'no effect' at all on drinking habits, according to a new study. READ »

Bildt avoids Sudan war crimes probe

Politics: 21 Oct 11
Foreign minister Carl Bildt is not among the initial 40 people called answer questions about oil company Lundin Petroleum’s activities in the Sudan, as prosecutors in Sweden continued an investigation into the company's activities. READ »

Dad cleared over baby daughter's death

National: 6 Oct 11
The young Swedish father remanded into custody in September on suspicion of beating his two-month-old daughter to death, has been released after an autopsy revealed she died from the results of a viral infection. READ »

Petrol station slammed for Roma discrimination

National: 6 Oct 11
The owner of a Swedish petrol station has been ordered to compensate a Roma woman after an employee told her to pay for petrol in advance, saying they had had "problems with the Roma in the past". READ »

Petzäll backed by Sweden Democrat rebels

Politics: 28 Sep 11
A network of former Sweden Democrats has offered support to 23-year-old William Petzäll after his decision to leave the party and remain in the Riksdag as an independent, encouraging him to stand strong against the party hierarchy. READ »

Swedish woman finds toad in pre-packed salad

Society: 20 Sep 11
A woman in central Sweden was shocked to discover a living toad at the bottom of a bag of pre-packaged salad that had been in her fridge for almost a week. READ »

Örebro man jailed for Togo coup attempt

National: 16 Sep 11
A naturalised Swedish citizen from Togo in western Africa, has been convicted of staging a coup against the regime there, leaving his family back in Örebro in central Sweden devastated with the surprise verdict. READ »

Finnish emissions 'cause Swedish birth defects'

Science & Technology: 14 Sep 11
Emissions from steel giant Outokumpu, in the Finnish city of Tornio, are believed to be the cause of several infants in Haparanda in northern Sweden being born with serious birth defects this year. READ »

'Hurricane' Katia fells trees, disrupts traffic

National: 14 Sep 11
Trees were felled to the ground, train traffic was halted, and thousands were left without power as the remnants of Hurricane Katia swept through Sweden on Tuesday. READ »

Man arrested after death of baby daughter

National: 9 Sep 11
A Swedish man from Örebro, in central Sweden, has been remanded into custody after one of his two-month-old twin daughters died and the other showed signs of similar injuries. READ »

Swedish university party life exposed

Lifestyle: 26 Aug 11
With the autumn term in full-swing and students primed to take a break from the books, The Local's Karen Holst takes a look at how 'nations' shape Sweden's college social scene. READ »

Deadly weather system hits Sweden

Science & Technology: 19 Aug 11
A low-pressure system which unleashed deadly storms in Belgium on Thursday swept into Sweden on Friday, prompting warnings for heavy rains and possible flooding. READ »

Sister forgives conductor who kicked girl off train

National: 5 Aug 11
The older sister of the 11 year-old girl who was kicked off a train earlier this week is ready to put the incident behind her and doesn't want the conductor to be fired, she stated in an interview on Friday. READ »

Union backs conductor who kicked girl off train

National: 4 Aug 11
A union has leapt to the defence of the train conductor who was suspended after throwing an 11-year-old girl off a train on Wednesday because the girl didn't have a ticket. READ »

Woman attacks teens with bow and arrow

Society: 3 Aug 11
Police in Örebro in central Sweden are hunting for a woman who reportedly brandished a bow and fired an arrow at group of teenagers. READ »

Missing girl found after being kicked off train

National: 3 Aug 11
An 11-year-old girl went missing Tuesday night near Kumla in central Sweden after being forced from a train because she was unable to show her ticket. READ »

Thief forced to break out of store

National: 28 Jul 11
A thief who broke into a convenience store in central Sweden during Tuesday night was later forced to smash his way back out after evading a police unit. READ »

School grades are linked to diet: study

Science & Technology: 27 Jul 11
Young people whose diet is high in folate (the natural alternative to folic acid) are more successful in school, according to a recently published Swedish study. READ »

Outbreak prompts probe of old anthrax cases

Science & Technology: 27 Jul 11
An outbreak of anthrax at a farm in central Sweden has prompted veterinary officials to launch an investigation into where cows that died from the disease have been buried in Sweden going back to 1916. READ »

Anthrax found on Swedish farm

National: 24 Jul 11
A case of anthrax has been discovered at a cattle farm outside Örebro, in central Sweden, with more animals suspected to have been infected. READ »

Cops drop Örebro prof suspect suicide probe

National: 14 Jul 11
An investigation into the suicide of the man suspected of murdering and dismembering a Örebro professor in March has been dropped with staff cleared of any suspicion of breach of duty. READ »

Swedish researcher finds resistant gonorrhea

Science & Technology: 11 Jul 11
Swedish researchers have uncovered a strain of gonorrhea bacteria that is resistant to treatment with antibiotics. READ »

Sweden's sexual healthcare varies widely: report

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Where you live can have a significant effect on what level of sex healthcare you're offered, according to a recent study from a Swedish sex education agency. READ »

Chinese man jailed for exchange student killing

National: 27 Jun 11
A 24-year-old Chinese exchange student has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for the murder of a Chinese woman who was also studying at Örebro University in central Sweden. READ »

Swedish teen denied spot in school due to piercing

Education: 22 Jun 11
A 13-year-old girl with a pierced nose has been told she's not welcome at a Swedish school, prompting her mother to file a complaint with the country's education authorities. READ »

Örebro rapist sentenced to 12 years in prison

National: 15 Jun 11
A 24-year-old man considered to be Sweden's worst serial rapist was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday for attacking 14 women in the central Swedish town of Örebro. READ »

Swedish cop killer fails in bid to reduce sentence

National: 11 Jun 11
Tony Olsson, who is currently serving a life sentence for the 1999 killing of two policemen, has failed in his bid to have a time limit placed on his life sentence. READ »

Car crash kills four

National: 6 Jun 11
Four people died in a car accident in central Sweden late Sunday night, when their vehicle left the road, crashed into a tree and burst into flames. READ »

Outgoing US ambassador to Sweden looks back

Analysis & Opinion: 27 May 11
In the final days of his shortened term as US ambassador to Sweden, Matthew Barzun tells The Local's David Landes about what Sweden can teach the world about balance as he prepares to help US President Barack Obama get reelected. READ »

Iceland ash could impact Swedish flights: agency

National: 24 May 11
Swedish air traffic could be affected when volcanic ash from Icelandic Grimsvötn reaches western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to the country's Civil Aviation Administration. READ »

Red-Green success in Sweden election re-run

Politics: 16 May 11
The Red-Green opposition claimed 45.8 percent of the vote in the election re-run in Västra Götaland in western Sweden on Sunday, with the Alliance parties polling 42.3 percent and the Sweden Democrats 5.8 percent. READ »

Mourner shocked over rental van hearse

Society: 13 May 11
A funeral guest in Örebro was shocked recently by the use of a hired transit van to transport coffins en masse to the local crematorium, prompting council denials that the vehicle was 'undignified'. READ »

Twisting tongues: Sweden's sexiest dialect

Lifestyle: 10 May 11
If you’re looking to boost your Swedish sex appeal, The Local's Karen Holst explains why enrolling in a Swedish language course in Gothenburg may be the ticket to wooing that potential Swedish sweetheart. READ »

Power shift beckons in Swedish election re-run

Politics: 3 May 11
As a county council election re-run nears in western Sweden, the Social Democrats are losing ground and the Red-Greens stand to surrender power, according to a new poll published on Tuesday. READ »

Annika Östberg walks free after 30 years

Society: 2 May 11
Annika Östberg Deasy, convicted of a double murder in the US in 1983, was released on Monday after 30 years in custody. READ »

Örebro rapist found guilty

National: 19 Apr 11
The 24-year-old man charged with attacking 15 women in Sweden's to date largest serial rape case was found guilty of all charges on Tuesday at Örebro district court. READ »

Prosecutor demands 14 years for Örebro rapes

National: 12 Apr 11
The trial of a 24-year-old man charged with 14 sex offences in Sweden's to date largest serial rape case closed on Tuesday in Örebro district court with the prosecutor demanding the maximum penalty. READ »

A preview of the 2011 Allsvenskan football season

Lifestyle: 1 Apr 11
April is here, which brings the start of the Swedish professional football season. With play set to kick off on Saturday, contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at which teams are expected to vie for the Allsvenskan title. READ »

Örebro prof murder suspect commits suicide

National: 30 Mar 11
A 52-year-old man suspected of murdering and dismembering a female colleague from Örebro University committed suicide on Wednesday. READ »

Top marks for Stockholm School of Economics

Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges. READ »

Bilingual kids fall behind at school: study

Education: 23 Mar 11
Bilingual 12-year-olds perform worse at school than their monolingual peers, a researcher at Sweden's Örebro University has found. READ »

Örebro rape suspect faces court

National: 17 Mar 11
The trial of a 24-year-old suspect charged with 14 sex offences in Sweden's to date largest serial rape case opened on Thursday in Örebro district court. READ »

Warmer weather gives Swedes hope of spring

Science & Technology: 9 Mar 11
While temperatures have been "spring-like" in many parts of Sweden, the formal declaration of the new season's arrival has been delayed by at least a week, the country's meteorological agency observed on Wednesday. READ »

Rape suspect: porn surfing 'took over my life'

National: 7 Mar 11
A 24-year-old man from Örebro in central Sweden suspected of attacking 15 women would become the worst serial rapist in Swedish criminal history if convicted of charges filed against him on Monday. READ »

Train-elk collision ends in a stalemate

Society: 15 Feb 11
A train and an elk were both stopped dead in their tracks when they collided with one another along a rail line in central Sweden on Monday night. READ »

New elections to be held in parts of Sweden

Politics: 11 Feb 11
Sweden is set to re-run one municipal and one county council election, the country's Election Review Board announced on Friday, more than five months after the country's September 2010 general elections. READ »

Heavy snow wallops central Sweden

Science & Technology: 10 Feb 11
Winter has returned to central Sweden, with heavy snowfall of up to 20 centimetres expected on Thursday. READ »

Swedish CEO under fire for naked Xmas greeting

Society: 28 Jan 11
The CEO of a taxi firm in Örebro in central Sweden has been criticised for his lewd choice of Christmas greeting sent out to staff. READ »

Swedish lesbian pastor denied job for being 'one of those'

Society: 18 Jan 11
A Swedish lesbian pastor who was passed over for a job with a diocese in central Sweden has accused the local vicar of discrimination. READ »

Sweden's wolf hunt heading to court: EU

Politics: 17 Jan 11
Sweden's wolf hunt violates EU law, environment commissioner Janez Potocnik said on Monday, vowing to drag Sweden to court for allowing the hunt to continue this year. READ »

Woman 'scalped' at Swedish swimming pool

Society: 17 Jan 11
Parts of a woman's scalp were torn off in central Sweden after her hair got caught near the edge of a pool over the weekend. READ »

Additional body part of Örebro prof discovered

National: 17 Jan 11
Police found an additional body part on Sunday of an Örebro University professor who was murdered and dismembered near the location of the initial discovery of some of her body parts. READ »

Swedish military staff surf porn daily: report

National: 14 Jan 11
Employees of the Swedish Armed Forces have surfed on porn sites several thousand times on personnel computers over the last three years, according to a report by the country's national television broadcaster on Friday. READ »

Wolf hunt set to proceed despite EU complaints

Politics: 13 Jan 11
Despite looming legal action from the European Commission and complaints about the size of the quota, 6,500 Swedish hunters are set to go after 20 wolves in Sweden's second annual wolf hunt. READ »

Örebro prof caught on camera in suspect's car

National: 12 Jan 11
A surveillance camera has recorded a Örebro University professor stepping into a black Cadillac owned by her colleague, now in detention as a suspect in her murder, the same day she was reported missing, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday. READ »

Örebro rape suspect detained for 14 assaults

National: 11 Jan 11
A 24-year-old suspect who has been detained since October for probable cause for 10 assaults against women in Örebro was remanded in custody on Tuesday for four additional crimes. READ »

Örebro prof's colleague detained for murder

National: 11 Jan 11
A 51-year-old man is now in custody on suspicion of murdering a Örebro University professor and colleague whose body parts were positively identified on Tuesday afternoon. READ »

Örebro rape suspect admits to more attacks

National: 10 Jan 11
A 24-year-old Örebro man who has been detained since October for a string of sexual assaults has admitted to four more attacks. READ »

Police stop search for missing Swedish prof

National: 7 Jan 11
Police investigating the disappearance of a missing Örebro University lecturer broke off their search of an area about 10 kilometres north of the central Swedish city on Friday afternoon. READ »

Prof suspected in case of missing colleague

National: 4 Jan 11
Swedish prosecutors have requested a 50-year-old academic from Örebro University in central Sweden be remanded in custody on suspicions he was involved in the disappearance of a female colleague. READ »

Swedish mass murderer gets four more years

National: 21 Dec 10
Swedish mass murderer Mattias Flink, convicted of killing seven people, is set to be released in 2019 after the appeals court extended the term of his life sentence from 32 to 36 years. READ »

More crimes tied to Örebro rape suspect

National: 15 Dec 10
A 24-year-old man currently in detention for sexually assaulting 10 women in Örebro is suspected of four additional crimes. READ »

‘Terrorism is a battle of minds, not of bombs’

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 10
As Sweden struggles to come to grips with the suicide bomb attack that shook central Stockholm on Saturday, Sweden-based Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil argues that the defence of freedom involves raising questions rather than throwing bombs in retaliation. READ »

Bombings an 'attack on democracy': Vilks

Society: 14 Dec 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who was named in a threat message sent prior to Saturday’s suicide bombing in Stockholm, said on Monday the attack was an attempt to destroy freedom of expression. READ »

Swedish companies spend less on R&D

Business & Money: 2 Dec 10
Swedish enterprises are spending less on research and development, with the majority of spending concentrated in the country's metropolitan areas. READ »

Swedish train services halted across country

National: 30 Nov 10
Train service in eastern Sweden's Östergötland came to a grinding halt on Tuesday due to downed electrical wires in two separate places between Nörrköping and Mjölby. READ »

Somali militia issues Lars Vilks death threat

National: 24 Nov 10
A Swedish member of a Somali militia group with ties to al-Qaeda has called upon Muslims to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who once depicted the Prophet Mohammed as a dog. READ »

Swedish doctor assaulted 'for being a man'

National: 19 Nov 10
A doctor at Örebro University Hospital in central Sweden was attacked and kicked recently by the relatives of a critical ill woman who had just given birth, because they objected to him being male. READ »

Suspected serial rapist confesses

National: 11 Nov 10
A 23-year-old man in custody for several suspected rapes in Örebro in central Sweden has confessed to all the seven assaults for which he was remanded into custody on Thursday. READ »

Sweden to launch online access to medical files

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 10
Patients and medical professionals in Sweden will soon be able access electronic medical records online, a government health official announced this week. READ »

Allsvenskan 2010: the season in review

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 10
As Malmö continues to celebrate its Swedish championship gold medal, contributor Nic Townsend looks back at a season that ended quite differently than many observers of Swedens’ expected premier football league expected. READ »

Swedish director wins award at Doha film fest

Society: 1 Nov 10
Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares was voted best director at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar on Saturday for his newest film, "Farsan." READ »

Suspected serial rapist admits to more assaults

National: 28 Oct 10
A 23-year-old man in custody suspected of committing several rapes in Örebro has confessed to four more assaults. READ »

Body Shop hemp ad falls foul of Swedish authority

National: 20 Oct 10
The use of hemp leaves in an advert commissioned by ethical cosmetics chain The Body Shop, has been condemned by a Swedish municipality, which has claimed that it hampers work to tackle youth drug use. READ »

Woman reports rape in Örebro

National: 17 Oct 10
A 34-year-old woman was raped in Örebro in central Sweden on Friday night, the latest in an extended string of attacks in the city. READ »

W.A.S.P. gig turns bloody as guard loses ear

Society: 16 Oct 10
A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after a stage guard had part of his ear bitten off during a concert by US hard-rock legends W.A.S.P. in Örebro, Sweden on Friday. READ »

Örebro rape suspect confesses to one attack

National: 15 Oct 10
A 23-year-old serial rape suspect in central Sweden's Örebro has confessed to one rape, but denies the other three crimes for which he faces charges. He was remanded in custody on Friday. READ »

Granddad took wrong child from daycare

Society: 14 Oct 10
A grandfather who agreed to pick up his grandchild from a daycare in Örebro in central Sweden on Monday took the wrong child. READ »

Remand hearing request for Örebro rape suspect

National: 14 Oct 10
Prosecutors have requested a remand hearing for the 23-year-old man suspected of committing several rapes in Örebro in central Sweden following “certain admissions” to police about a March attack. READ »


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