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Arrests mar Helsingborg title celebration

Sport: 26 Sep 11
Several arrests were made in Helsingborg town centre on Sunday night as crowds gathered in their thousands to celebrations the local football team winning the Allsvenskan title. READ »

Football fans stage silent derby protest

Sport: 20 Sep 11
The Stockholm derby match between Djurgården and AIK began in deathly silence on Monday evening as fans from both sides staged a protest at all they consider to have gone wrong with game. READ »

Celtic scoops up Bangura from Stockholm's AIK

Sport: 31 Aug 11
AIK striker Mohamed Bangura is moving from Stockholm to Scottish club Celtic in a deal sparked by a recommendation from former Celtic and Swedish national side star Henrik Larsson. READ »

Making the most of the 2011 Malmö Festival

Lifestyle: 18 Aug 11
As Sweden's southern metropolis of Malmö gears up for this year's Malmö Festivalen, contributor Caroline Bursell previews some of the event's main attractions. READ »

Malmö sets sights on Champions League

Sport: 2 Aug 11
Swedish champions Malmö FF hosts Glasgow Rangers on Wednesday evening hoping to preserve their lead from the first leg and take a huge step to becoming the first Swedish team to qualify for the Champions League in 14 years. READ »

Foreign student numbers plummet in Sweden

Education: 28 Jun 11
Fewer than 1,300 non-European students have paid the new tuition fees required to study at Swedish universities, according to higher education officials. In 2009-10, there were more than 16,000 non-European university students in Sweden. READ »

Malmö FF fined for fan's attack on football player

Sport: 17 Jun 11
The Malmö FF football club has been fined 150,000 kronor ($23,000) by the Swedish Football Federation for allowing a supporter to run on the pitch and attack a player from visiting Helsingborg last month. READ »

'The Swedish hooligan disease' - a case of footballing déjà vu

Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As Swedish football reacts to the latest in a string of hooligan incidents, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson looks back at the case of the “drunk Dane” who attacked the referee in a Euro 2008 qualifier and wonders if any lessons have been learnt. READ »

Match called off after fan attacks player on pitch

Sport: 25 May 11
A firework injured Helsingborg's goalkeeper, who was then attacked by a supporter on the pitch, prompting officials to call off Tuesday night's match against archrivals Malmö FF in the latest instance of football supporter violence in Sweden. READ »

Football club fined for firework that hit referee

Sport: 12 May 11
The Swedish Football Association has ordered Stockholm-based club AIK to pay a fine of 150,000 kronor ($24,500) for an incident in which a referee was hit by a firework. The club quickly appealed the decision. READ »

Football hooliganism in Sweden - alive and kicking

Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Match abandoned after firework hits referee

Sport: 25 Apr 11
Sunday's Allsvenskan football match between Stockholm clubs AIK and Syrianska had to be abandoned 20 minutes into the match after an assistant referee was struck by a firecracker thrown from the crowd. 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 »

Police officer charged with drunken assault of football supporter

National: 28 Mar 11
An off-duty, drunk police officer has been charged with assaulting a football supporter in a Stockholm metro station last October. READ »

Football trophy’s secrets finally revealed

Sport: 6 Feb 11
A Swedish silversmith has confirmed that the Allsvenskan championship trophy has more secret engravings than previously thought. READ »

Swedish footballers convicted of buying sex

Sport: 10 Jan 11
Former Swedish national team goalkeeper Magnus Hedman and Allsvenskan forward Dulee Johnson are guilty of paying for sex, a Swedish court ruled on Monday. READ »

Swedish pro footballer cleared of rape

Sport: 6 Dec 10
Swedish football player Dulee Johnson of Stockholm side AIK was cleared of charges relating to the alleged rape of a woman earlier this year. READ »

Swedish pro footballer charged for rape

Sport: 18 Nov 10
Swedish football player Dulee Johnson of Stockholm side AIK was charged on Thursday for allegedly raping a woman earlier this year. 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 »

Malmö claims Swedish footballing crown

Sport: 7 Nov 10
Malmö FF secured its 16th Swedish football championship on Sunday with a convincing 2-0 home victory over visiting Mjällby. READ »

Footballer suspended after sponsor ultimatum

Sport: 14 Oct 10
Dulee Johnson, a footballer player with Swedish top flight club AIK, has been suspended after key sponsors demanded action following the midfield star's arrest on suspicion of rape. READ »

Swedish football clubs threatened by their fans

Sport: 3 Oct 10
Players, coaches and referees plying their trade in the Swedish Allsvenskan top flight are increasingly becoming the target of threats from supporters, often from their own clubs. READ »

AIK could face million euro hooligan fine

Sport: 21 Aug 10
Swedish football club AIK can expect to face fines of up to €1 million ($1.27 million) after violent scenes marred Thursday's Europa League play-off clash with Levski Sofia. READ »

AIK appoints ex-Liverpool coach

Sport: 22 Jun 10
Stockholm's AIK Football team has appointed Scotsman Alex Miller as its new head coach, the club announced on Tuesday. READ »

Stahre swaps Swedish champs for Greece

Sport: 27 Apr 10
Swedish coach Mikael Stahre, who guided the Stockholm-based team AIK to the Swedish championship in 2009, has been appointed to lead Greek first division side Panionos for the upcoming season. READ »

Champs held as football season gets underway

Sport: 15 Mar 10
Swedish champions AIK got off to a slow start with a home draw against top-flight newcomers Mjällby. The 2009 runners-up IFK Gothenburg meanwhile opened the season with a flurry of goals, dispatching Kalmar 0-3. READ »

Police identify Uruguayan star's tormentors

Sport: 11 Mar 10
Police have identified nine of the sixteen Hammarby supporters who crashed an AIK training session on Wednesday and threatened Uruguayan international midflieder Sebastián Eguren. READ »

Sweden plays host to World Rally Champs

Sport: 11 Feb 10
The World Rally Championships returns to Sweden on Friday after a two-year long hiatus. Defending champion Sebastien Loeb says he is looking forward to racing in the snow. READ »

AIK defender Hooiveld heading to Scotland's Celtic

Sport: 11 Jan 10
Dutch defender Jos Hooiveld, who helped lead Stockholm club AIK to the 2009 Swedish football championship, has been signed by Scottish club Celtic. READ »

A nice cup of tea - how hard can it be?

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 09
What does it take to get a plain old cup of steaming hot tea in Sweden? Paddy Kelly fights the fancy brew brigade and recalls countless grim encounters with tepid beige impostors. 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 »

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 »

AIK takes 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Football clubs take a stand for gay pride

Society: 2 Aug 09
Representatives for local football clubs, AIK, Hammarby and Djurgården, were among a slew of celebrities showing their support for gay pride by joining the traditional parade through Stockholm on Saturday. 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 »

Gotland official called in over favouritism claims

National: 30 Jul 09
The county governor of the Baltic island of Gotland, Marianne Samuelsson, has been summoned by the government to explain comments claiming that prominent business people should be given favourable treatment. READ »

Swedish king feted in Ukraine 300 years after landmark battle

Society: 26 Jun 09
Sweden's King Karl XII and a Cossack commander are emerging as disputed figures in Ukraine-Russia relations some 300 years after Russia's comprehensive defeat of Sweden in the Battle of Poltava. READ »

High lay-off notices 'a deliberate tactic'

Business & Money: 22 May 09
Swedish companies are serving redundancy notices in artificially high numbers as part of a tactic to circumvent employment protection laws, claims a chief analyst at the national job agency. READ »

Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan. READ »

England's Pavey hopes to pave the way for AIK

Sport: 9 Mar 09
With play in Sweden’s top football league, the Allsvenskan, less than a month away, The Local’s Keith Moore hears from AIK’s English midfielder Kenny Pavey about how he ended up playing for one of Sweden's most notorious football clubs. READ »

Birdwatchers flock to Stockholm for rare sparrow sighting

Science & Technology: 5 Jan 09
A yellow-browed bunting was spotted near Stockholm on Saturday. The species of sparrow has never before been spotted in Sweden and caused excitement among ornithologists who came from far and wide. READ »

Swedish police inspector dies in New Zealand crash

National: 2 Jan 09
A 50-year-old Swedish police inspector died on New Year's Day after losing control of a camper van on a New Zealand highway. READ »

Kalmar claim historic Swedish title

Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history. READ »

Swedish hockey fans delay match with dildo downpour

Sport: 22 Oct 08
Supporters of the Stockholm-based AIK ice hockey team scored an unusual hat trick of heckling on Tuesday night featuring dildos, profane banners, and a giant inflatable penis. READ »

'Fight hooliganism like organized crime'

Sport: 15 Sep 08
Sweden’s main crime prevention agency has proposed fighting football hooliganism using methods similar to those employed to fight organized drug gangs. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: September 12 - 18

Lifestyle: 11 Sep 08
What’s on: Johnny Logan and American Football in Stockholm; Ukulele orchestra and psychobilly legends in Gothenburg; Cinema Bizarre and dance fusion in Malmö. READ »

Fan files consumer complaint against football club

Sport: 2 Sep 08
An extended winless streak by one of Sweden’s biggest football clubs has caused a disgruntled fan to report AIK to the Swedish Consumer Agency (KO) for misleading marketing practices. READ »

Hooligan scandal at Stockholm derby

Sport: 26 Aug 08
The Stockholm derby match between AIK and Hammarby on Monday evening was plagued by hooliganism and rioting for the second consecutive year. READ »

Kalmar defeat AIK to stay on top

Sport: 5 Aug 08
Football: Kalmar came from behind on Monday night to defeat AIK and remain on top of Allsvenskan, the Swedish first division. Title rivals Elfsborg and Helsingborg also recorded victories. READ »

Deogan family anger at YouTube pic

Society: 29 Jun 08
The family of Tony Deogan has reported YouTube to the police following the publication of new film about the fight between rival hooligan gangs that led to his death in 2002. READ »

Sweden's politicians take to the pitch

Politics: 11 Jun 08
The Red-Green team is favoured in this year’s annual football match between the opposition and the government. READ »

Holders Greece set sights on Swedish challenge

Sport: 9 Jun 08
Sweden face Euro title defenders Greece on Tuesday and will be hoping to dent the hopes of a repeat performance by Otto Rehhagel's unlikely heroes. READ »

Henrik Larsson to play for Sweden at Euro 2008

Sport: 14 May 08
To the surprise and delight of most Swedish football fans, veteran striker Henrik Larsson was among the names when manager Lars Lagerbäck announced his squad for Euro 2008. READ »

Porn king sells shares in Stockholm football club

Business & Money: 12 May 08
Porn king Berth Milton has sold his shares in AIK Football, reports the Veckans Affärer magazine. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 1 May 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Student carnival in Stockholm, Tom McRae in Gothenburg, top flight football in Malmö. READ »

Swedish football at a crossroads

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Apr 08
His first visit to a Swedish football match left David Bartram wondering what Sweden needs to do to stamp out its problems with hooliganism. READ »

Crowd trouble mars Stockholm derby

Sport: 15 Apr 08
Hammarby and AIK shared the points in Monday night's Stockholm derby. But the match is likely to be remembered for all the wrong reasons. READ »

Chatting on the internet: Grounds for dismissal?

Business & Money: 12 Mar 08
Axel Bringéus, 24, was fired from his job at Procter & Gamble last week after a newspaper published excerpts from his personal blog. Here he reflects on an irrational fear of the internet, which he feels contributed to his dismissal. READ »

Sebastian Larsson on target for Birmingham

Sport: 4 Feb 08
Birmingham City were stunned on Saturday when a man sharing the name of their local rivals cost them two points and bagged a 1-1 draw for rock-bottom Derby at St Andrews. READ »

27 football hooligans convicted for brawl

Sport: 24 Jan 08
27 Swedish football hooligans have been convicted for rioting at a football match in Stockholm in 2004. READ »

Confirmed: Porn baron major shareholder in AIK

Business & Money: 20 Nov 07
The owner of a large pornography company has vowed to take revenge on the Swedish state. READ »

Swedish porn baron eyes top football club

Sport: 2 Nov 07
Porn magnate Berth Milton has acquired a ten percent stake in AIK. Describing himself as "an icon for people who fight," he says he wants to help the club become better at tackling hooliganism. READ »

Sports Digest: Gothenburg Angels answer fans' prayers

Sport: 29 Oct 07
Football: IFK Göteborg edge out Djurgården and Kalmar to secure title. Golf: Chopra and Jacobson head the field in Florida. Skiing: Swedes sprint to podium in Düsseldorf. READ »

Sports Digest: Kalmar take command

Sport: 22 Oct 07
Football: Umeå win women's league but the men still have it all to play for. Boxing: Euro gold for Anna Laurell. Golf: Swedish trio run Webster close in Portugal. READ »

Swedes spurred on by chance of revenge

Sport: 17 Oct 07
Sweden's footballers meet Northern Ireland this evening knowing that victory will be enough to assure them of a place in next year's European Championships. READ »

Bodström to make crime fiction debut

Lifestyle: 15 Oct 07
Sweden's former Minister of Justice Thomas Bodström has taken adavantage of his new-found surplus of free time to write a crime novel. "There will be some revelations," he tells The Local. READ »

Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm

Sport: 8 Oct 07
Tennis: Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm. Golf: Parnevik falters on final day of Texas Open. Football: Djurgården, Gothenburg and Kalmar in three-horse race for title. READ »

Sports Digest: Wissman sets new Swedish record

Sport: 24 Sep 07
Athletics: Wissman completes fantastic season. Football: Title race heats up. Tennis: Sweden suffers Davis Cup exit. READ »

'Psychological warfare' breaks out between football fans

Sport: 24 Sep 07
Police in Stockholm are expressing concern after psychological warfare broke out between fans of rival local football clubs AIK and Djurgården ahead of Monday's derby match between the two teams. READ »

Sports digest: US retain Solheim Cup

Sport: 17 Sep 07
Golf: United States secure Solheim victory in Halmstad. Football: Sweden meet North Korea in must-win clash. Athletics: Susanna Kallur peaks at season's end. READ »

Football clubs gain access to security footage

Sport: 7 Sep 07
Football clubs in the Stockholm region are to be given permission to root out troublesome supporters through the use of surveillance cameras. READ »

Sports digest: Swedish hopes dashed in Osaka

Sport: 3 Sep 07
Athletics: Swedes disappointed with failure to reach the podium. Football: Zlatan back in the groove. Tennis: Johansson and Björkman bow out of US Open. READ »

Sports digest: Swedes excel in Osaka

Sport: 27 Aug 07
Athletics: Kallur, Mohamed, Holm and Thörnblad keep Swedish flag flying at World Championships. Football: Fabregas strike stops Sven in his tracks. READ »

King confesses to supporting rival football club

Sport: 27 Jul 07
He's an honorary director and official "protector" of top Stockholm football club AIK, but King Carl XVI Gustaf looks set to anger fans after he revealed that he has always secretly supported arch-rivals Djurgården. READ »

Sports digest: Spain dominates Swedish Open

Sport: 16 Jul 07
It was an all-Spanish affair at the Swedish Open final on Sunday, with David Ferrer brushing past Nicolas Almagro. And it's an all-Swedish affair in Manchester, as Svennis brings in a couple of compatriots. READ »

Sports digest: Dog bite sidelines Björn Borg

Sport: 11 Jun 07
Tennis: A vicious dog puts paid to Borg's return to grass. Athletics: Zimbabwean wins second consecutive Stockholm marathon. Football: AIK fail to rediscover last season's form. READ »

Sports digest: Second choice Örebro keeper scores last minute equalizer

National: 21 May 07
Malmö lead the way in Allsvenskan; Swedish tennis stars lose World Team Cup opener in Dusseldorf; Swedish women's floorball team crowned world champions. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden misses out on hockey bronze

Sport: 14 May 07
Sweden claim fourth place at the world ice hockey championship. Hammarby take over at the top of Allsvenskan. Fredrik Andersson finishes second at the Marbella Open golf tournament. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden cruises to ice hockey quarter finals

Sport: 7 May 07
The Swedish ice hockey team remains unbeaten on its quest to retain the world championship. Two wins on the bounce put Gefle at the top of Allsvenskan. Low-ranked Swedish golfer Joakim Bäckström breaks the course record in Milan. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden bids to retain world hockey title

Sport: 30 Apr 07
Sweden breezes to an easy victory in the first match of the world championships in Moscow. Malmö hammers AIK to top Allsvenskan. Annika Sörenstam drops off golf's top spot for the first time. READ »

Sports digest: Groin injury may rule Zlatan out of qualifiers

Sport: 23 Apr 07
Mixed feelings for Zlatan after Serie A victory. Swedish hockey star clubbed down on Saturday, hero on Sunday. Four medals for Swedish wrestlers, including the prettiest one. READ »

Sports digest: Is Evander Holyfield coming to Sweden?

Sport: 16 Apr 07
Promoter says Holyfield will box at Swedish event. Modo win Swedish ice hockey championship. Hammarby weekend winners in Allsvenskan. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden advances to Davis Cup semi final

Sport: 10 Apr 07
Swedes serve up a tennis treat in Gothenburg. New boys Brommapojkarna pull off a scalp in Allsvenskan. Linköping looking good in hockey final. Stenson fails to shine in Augusta. READ »

Sports digest: Elfsborg tipped to retain title

Sport: 2 Apr 07
Sweden tastes defeat in Belfast. New football season about to kick off. Linköping advance to hockey final. Three medals in Melbourne for Swedish swimmers. READ »

Four injured after hooligans clash

National: 1 Apr 07
Four people were left needing treatment after rival sets of football supporters met for a planned confrontation in Stockholm on Saturday evening. READ »

Hockey team rocked by crank calls

National: 20 Feb 07
In the last couple of days parents and girlfriends have picked up the phone to hear that players from the AIK Hockey team in Härnösand have died. The players, very much alive, are furious. READ »

Northern Sweden set for wind power duel

Business & Money: 29 Dec 06
Two power companies are set to do battle for the right to construct wind turbines in the mountains of northern Sweden. READ »

Man tried to take gun into football match

National: 27 Nov 06
A man was arrested on Sunday trying to take a nine-millimetre calibre gun into a football match at Stockholm's Råsunda football stadium. The man claims he forgot he was carrying the weapon. READ »

Elfsborg Swedish champions

Sport: 5 Nov 06
Elfsborg are Swedish football champions for the first time since 1961. The Borås-based club beat Djurgården 1-0 at home on Sunday afternoon to claim the Allsvenskan title. READ »

300 attack police after derby match

Society: 27 Sep 06
Swedish football suffered another image blow on Tuesday night as fans rioted after the Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby at the Råsunda stadium. READ »

Led Zeppelin honoured with Swedish music prize

Lifestyle: 23 May 06
Members of one the legendary rock act - along with Russian conductor Valery Gergiev - picked up the prestigious Polar Music Prize in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Lagerbäck names Swedish World Cup squad

Sport: 10 May 06
Sweden's World Cup squad has been revealed by manager Lars Lagerbäck. There were two debutantes among the familiar names, and inevitably a few disappointments. READ »

Swedish coach for Panathinaikos

Smörgåsbord: 28 Apr 06
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New national stadium to be built in Solna

Sport: 1 Apr 06
Sweden's new national football stadium is to be built in Solna. The Swedish Football Association unanimously agreed on Saturday to back the construction of the new arena, which will be ready by 2011. READ »

Solanas takes away Stockholm film prize

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 05
Nordeste by Juan Solanas wins the best film prize at the Stockholm International Film Festival. The festival is known for showcasing cutting edge directors, and this year was no exception. READ »

'Common law' nearer for Samis

National: 16 Nov 05
Samis in Sweden, Finland and Norway could soon live under a common law with a convention to harmonize economic, cultural and linguistic rights for the indigenous population. READ »


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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.



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