February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Absolut":
Society: 13 Feb 12
Every second Swede is at risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Umeå University, which concentrated on the 85+ population in northern Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 2 Feb 12
Sweden is about to be tossed into the frenzy that is ”Melodifestivalen”, the musical contest where the next artist to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be selected.
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National: 29 Jan 12
The Swedish police are loosening their rules on tear gas use, and will in future be permitted to use tear gas when operating in large crowds, such as at protests or football games.
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National: 23 Jan 12
A farm-owner in northern Sweden has been reported to police after a horse was found to have overgrown hooves measuring an "unprecedented" 50 centimetres in length, leaving veterinary inspectors in shock.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jan 12
The turbulence within the Social Democrats, which climaxed at the weekend with the resignation of party head Håkan Juholt, is just the latest symptom of a party suffering from deep internal division, according to political scientist Nicholas Aylott.
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National: 20 Jan 12
An 11-year-old boy has been brought in by police in connection with a series of knife point robberies in Malmö. Victims were unaccompanied women, and police suspect a pre-teen gang to be behind the attacks.
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National: 15 Jan 12
The father of the 10 year-old boy, reportedly abandoned outside an Uppsala sporting hall for playing floorball badly, has spoken to the media for the first time, denying the incident ever occurred.
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Science & Technology: 14 Jan 12
Swedish researchers have found that pregnant women on antidepressants are more than twice as likely to give birth to children with dangerously high blood pressure in the lungs.
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Society: 12 Jan 12
Swedish hip-hop star Timbuktu labeled as "ignorant" and "offensive" a comic strip published on Tuesday by Swedish newspaper Metro that prompted a barrage of complaints from readers who perceived the cartoon as racist.
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Society: 9 Jan 12
A Swedish woman who filmed a terrifying video of her Australian friend's bungee-jump gone wrong in Africa was certain that she was witnessing her friend's death.
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Society: 2 Jan 12
A 19-year-old girl in southern Sweden decided that her love for all things seafood was enough to shell out several thousands for a giant lobster, in order to treat her family to a cracking New Year’s dinner.
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Society: 27 Dec 11
Thomas Mattsson, editor-in-chief of Swedish tabloid Expressen, has been charged with violating Sweden's weapons laws in connection with a story about purchasing illegal firearms in Sweden.
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Society: 22 Dec 11
A customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Gothenburg in western Sweden was shocked to discover a maggot crawling among the lettuce leaves in her newly purchased hamburger.
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Society: 19 Dec 11
A platinum copy of the record “Thriller”, supposedly once owned by pop icon Michael Jackson, was auctioned off for charity by Sweden's state broadcasters at the weekend, despite lingering questions about the record's authenticity.
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National: 7 Dec 11
Stockholm drivers spend longer in traffic jams than their counterparts in other Scandinavian cities, a new study published on Wednesday shows.
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Business & Money: 2 Dec 11
Residents in one of Stockholm's wealthiest districts are up in arms over proposals for a bijou exclusive hotel, planned by one of the country’s most well known venture capitalists.
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National: 30 Nov 11
A hooded man attacked and seriously injured a student with a knife at a high school north of Stockholm on Wednesday morning. A man in his twenties was later arrested in connection with the incident.
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Science & Technology: 27 Nov 11
With parts of southern Sweden still reeling from the damage caused by the storm dubbed Berit, residents have been warned that even worse weather is on its way and urged not to go out unless absolutely necessary.
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Lifestyle: 25 Nov 11
As the darkness and chill of Sweden's winter gathers pace, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson offers up a list of ten Swedish comfort foods to keep your belly full and nourish your sun-starved soul.
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Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter.
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Politics: 22 Nov 11
Two young members of the youth wing of the Moderate Party have been asked to leave the organization after posting a picture of themselves making the Nazi salute on a personal blog. One of them has also been charged with hate speech.
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Science & Technology: 21 Nov 11
Despite tens of thousands of patients coming down with diseases caused by medications they're taking, awareness of the problem remains low at Sweden's emergency hospitals, according to a recent report.
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National: 18 Nov 11
Julian Assange has dumped his Swedish lawyer in favour of a new defence team including an attorney involved in the Pirate Bay trial, as the WikiLeaks founder continues to fight his extradition to Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 16 Nov 11
A book on Gaelic football in Sweden by Stockholm resident and Irishman Philip O'Connor has received award nominations in his home country. Speaking to The Local, he tells of his expat experience and his passion for this little-known sport.
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National: 15 Nov 11
Local authorities in northern Sweden are overjoyed at the continued interest in the area, having received over 900 applications from enthusiastic Russian families keen to move to the region.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Nov 11
The endless push to be something greater, somewhat better, someone with more power, has gone too far, leaving a Swedish society full of discontented young adults, Andreas Jonsson argues.
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Lifestyle: 8 Nov 11
While Ikea, H&M, and Ericsson are all well known Swedish brands, here's a list of ten more products and brands from the land of the midnight sun that any self-proclaimed Swedophile should also know.
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Society: 20 Oct 11
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August.
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Lifestyle: 18 Oct 11
While perhaps best known as the home of Absolut vodka, Sweden also boasts a growing selection of wineries, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson discovers.
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Sport: 15 Oct 11
Former Sweden coach Lars Lagerbäck has been named the new head coach of Iceland's national football team.
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Politics: 11 Oct 11
Under-fire Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt has come under further scrutiny over his expenses after revelations that he declined to repay some of a Riksdag travel grant despite having cut short a trip to Belarus in 2006.
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Politics: 10 Oct 11
A recent report that labour migrants are abusing Swedish rules in a bid to enter the EU has prompted migration minister Tobias Billström to call the practice "intolerable".
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National: 5 Oct 11
Investigators confirmed that the driver of a tanker truck that crashed and exploded on the E6 motorway north of Gothenburg on Wednesday morning died in the fiery wreck.
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Science & Technology: 5 Oct 11
Australia's newest Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt assumed it was an elaborate undergraduate joke when he heard a Swedish voice on the line informing him that he had a "very important call" on Tuesday night.
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Travel: 3 Oct 11
Imagine visiting St. Petersburg, one of the most majestic cities in the world, without having to fly there and avoiding the headache of the visa-application process. A unique cruise line makes this possible.
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Travel: 27 Sep 11
A journey by dogsled through a pristine white landscape to the incredible ICEHOTEL. Double rooms and suites constructed entirely of ice. An ice lobby, a chamber of ice pillars and the famous Icebar. And then come the Northern Lights...
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Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court is opening for doctors to recommend homeopathic cures for patients, sparking criticism from the Swedish Medical Association.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Sep 11
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmy Åkesson's complaint that an imam 'politicised' the religious service that opened the Riksdag last week, raises an interesting point about the place of religion and in Swedish politics, argues contributor Ruben Brunsveld.
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National: 6 Sep 11
An Italian politician faced a Stockholm court on Tuesday for allegedly hitting his son on the streets of the Swedish capital over a dispute about where to eat.
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Politics: 3 Sep 11
One of the far-right Sweden Democrats' top politicians in Gothenburg has been charged with assaulting a bus driver.
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Science & Technology: 2 Sep 11
Three employees at a company in Piteå, in the north of Sweden, have been fired and one reported to the police after posting “threatening” comments against one of the managers on Facebook.
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Business & Money: 1 Sep 11
Absolut Vodka smashed previous production records during the past fiscal year, shipping out 99 million litres of the popular distilled spirit from its factory in southern Sweden, the company reported on Thursday.
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Politics: 1 Sep 11
Swedish political parties represented in the Riksdag are sharply divided as to whether or not Sweden should officially recognise a Palestinian government.
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Society: 9 Aug 11
A hunter who shot his friend dead while under the influence of alcohol in September last year has been charged with aggravated manslaughter.
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Business & Money: 9 Aug 11
Swedish experts have expressed scepticism that the Riksbank will raise base interest rates when it meets to discuss monetary policy on September 6th, after a renewed day of stock market turbulence in Stockholm.
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Sport: 6 Aug 11
Former high jump record holder Patrik Sjöberg has revealed how he slipped into a world of drug taking and partying as a way of dealing with his injuries.
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Politics: 27 Jul 11
A Swedish neo-Nazi movement conducted a recruitment drive at Kivik's annual fair in southern Sweden last week. "Unacceptable" according to the organizers, who have promised to tighten security for next year.
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Sport: 18 Jul 11
Sweden's Robin Söderling made light work of dispatching Spain's David Ferrer to win the Swedish Open final in Båstad on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 11 Jul 11
While Sweden is not exactly known around the world as a destination of culinary excellence, there are some juicy Nordic morsels that are sure to leave would-be exiles pining for a taste of home, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson discovers.
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Business & Money: 6 Jul 11
Swedish tennis-legend-turned-designer Björn Borg will be sharing his underwear with former rival John McEnroe. The sports duo will be joining forces, in the launch of a limited edition underwear collection marketed through a Facebook experiment.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jul 11
Sweden’s annual political week, the “Almedalen Week” (Almedalsveckan), started on Sunday and will go on for eight days on the Baltic Island of Gotland. Contributor Oliver Gee talks to representatives from the two largest political parties; the Social Democrats and the Moderates, to find out more.
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National: 2 Jul 11
Excepting cigarette butts and chewing gum from Sweden's upcoming litter law has caused an uproar. Several organisations are critical, but environment minister Andreas Carlgren wants to wait and see the new law's effect.
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Lifestyle: 30 Jun 11
The wide flares and glam beats of disco's heyday are here to stay, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers, as she tags along on an Abba City Walk, and brings us along for the ride on a trip through 1970's Stockholm.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Jun 11
One year after the royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria, Sweden's royal family finds itself mired in crisis. The Local's Clara Guibourg examines why the wedding glow faded so fast and what it means for the monarchy's future.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jun 11
Rules for blood donors have been tightened. Since this Wednesday, potential donors are banned from donation centres for an entire year if they've had sex with someone who has recently acquired a piercing or a tattoo.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jun 11
The denials offered by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in an interview on Monday night have much of the country talking about the future of the King and the monarchy. See and read the interview and form your own opinion.
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Business & Money: 31 May 11
After over ten years of legal battles and 30 million kronor ($4.9 million) in legal fees, Swedish inventor Håkan Lans is hopeful that his patent claim may receive the backing of a US court.
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Society: 25 May 11
Despite the potentially lethal consequences of a misplaced injection, Botox and other acid fillers can be injected by anyone in Sweden today, according to revelations in a new report.
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Education: 20 May 11
A class of immigrant students in southern Sweden was given a Swedish grammar lesson using the Swedish word for Negro.
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Business & Money: 13 May 11
The chairman of Swedish pensions insurance firm AMF is leaving his post after the firm's owners took exception to his tax affairs.
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Society: 11 May 11
The owner of a Swedish cat which disappeared more than three years ago is celebrating her feline friend's unexpected return after it turned up 200 kilometres from home.
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Business & Money: 6 May 11
Saab new Chinese partner Hawtai on Friday dismissed concerns voiced by the Swedish embassy in Beijing about the company's capacity to rescue the troubled Swedish automaker.
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National: 1 May 11
Police in Uppsala responded to reports of rape, assault and drunken behaviour as they struggled to contain revellers during chaotic Walpurgis Night celebrations in the city on Saturday.
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Society: 29 Apr 11
A law student from northern Sweden beat out thousands of applicants to land a sought after 'beach tester' position offered by a Swedish women’s lifestyle magazine.
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National: 29 Apr 11
A Swedish woman may have provided the last piece in a the puzzle to help settle the long-running controversy surrounding where US president Barack Obama was born.
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National: 28 Apr 11
Cash-strapped Swedish car maker Saab told staff on Wednesday that they were not needed back at work as the search for financing continues to enable the firm to restart production lines left idle for over three weeks.
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National: 27 Apr 11
Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled that Sami reindeer herders in northern Sweden can continue to let their animals graze in forests despite the objections of landowners, ending a 20 year dispute.
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Society: 27 Apr 11
Hordes of lemmings are making their way down from the Swedish mountains, falling victim to traffic in what has been described as a real "massacre".
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 11
One of Sweden's most well-known treasures is celebrating a special anniversary Sunday – it is 50 years since the 17th century Vasa ship was salvaged from the depths of the Baltic.
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Lifestyle: 28 Mar 11
While the Hollywood-esque robbery of a Stockholm cash depot continues to play out in the Swedish courts, American journalist Evan Ratliff recently published the first in-depth account of the heist, The Local's David Landes explains.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Mar 11
The newly-formed Swedish Fatwa Council sets out to help Muslims in Sweden seeking advice about how to live in accordance with Islam, but not everyone is convinced the group is necessary, The Local's Karen Holst discovers.
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Politics: 10 Mar 11
Håkan Juholt, current chair of the Riksdag's Committee on Defence, has been put forward as the Social Democrats' top choice to become the party's new leader, the chair of the party's nomination committee announced on Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 2 Mar 11
A well-known Swedish filesharing site has been shuttered following the arrest of a man who has since confessed to uploading more than 1,000 films to the network affiliated with the site.
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National: 21 Feb 11
With the 25th anniversary of the assassination of former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme a week away, Swedish police revealed on Monday that 130 people have confessed to the killing.
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Lifestyle: 17 Feb 11
In his first monthly column on malted beverages, blogger Darren Packman reminds readers that beer, not wine, helped build empires and explains what it's like to taste a 1,150 kronor ($178) bottle of beer.
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Business & Money: 13 Feb 11
Two of Sweden's union leaders have singled out the failure of the organisations to modernise their approaches to collective bargaining as a major reason an increasing number of Swedes choose not to become members.
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Politics: 4 Feb 11
The Swedish government confirmed on Friday that it had raised 19 billion kronor ($2.94 billion) on the sale of 255 million of its shares in Nordic banking giant Nordea.
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Politics: 3 Feb 11
The Swedish government announced on Thursday its intention to sell more than 250 million shares of its holdings in Nordea bank.
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Society: 3 Feb 11
An increasing number of young Swedes are taking sick leave even when they are healthy, a new study has revealed.
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Science & Technology: 2 Feb 11
Hundreds of Swedish companies have lost out on large international contracts after their secrets were leaked to competitors due to security breaches as a result of the explosion in cloud computing, a government agency has found.
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Education: 1 Feb 11
Several government agencies have directed criticism at 30 Swedish municipalities for placing children at special schools based on erroneous grounds, with children of immigrants particularly vulnerable.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jan 11
While Sweden's emphasis on equality is admirable, it may end up keeping Swedish children from striving to be the best they can be, argues contributor Ruben Brunsveld.
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National: 29 Jan 11
Sweden on Friday recommended its citizens to avoid the Egyptian capital Cairo as unrest continued.
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Lifestyle: 28 Jan 11
The Local catches up with Simon Davies of the English-Swedish design duo Simon & Tomas to hear more about their upcoming American television show, and whether US homes are any uglier than homes in Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 28 Jan 11
A Ukrainian woman who sought a referral for an endocrinologist in Sweden was told to go back to Ukraine after expressing her frustrations to a nurse.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 11
Sweden's strong economy is in focus at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, giving the centre-right Alliance government a chance to spread a new image of Sweden, writes Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and three of his ministers.
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Business & Money: 21 Jan 11
Sweden's ruling minority Alliance coalition may lose yet another vote in parliament after the Sweden Democrats announced their intention to support a motion to stop or restrict the sale of state-owned enterprises.
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Science & Technology: 21 Jan 11
A passenger on an overnight train traveling to Gothenburg from northern Sweden was shocked to discover some unexpected company in his bunk.
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Business & Money: 11 Jan 11
Swedish clothing chain Hennes & Mauritz has turned to one of the country's most prominent fashion bloggers, who has designed an apparel line exclusively for the Swedish market.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jan 11
Few experiences in life are more leveling than a language class, where people’s previous identities are mysteriously replaced by characters and coping mechanisms worthy of a Swedish crime drama, explains contributor Lola Akinmade.
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Society: 28 Dec 10
Around 15 percent of teenage girls in Stockholm take non-prescription painkillers every week or several times a week - to combat stress, pain, sleeping disorders and to lose weight.
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National: 24 Dec 10
Residents in several counties in southern Sweden have been told to stay off the roads on Friday, while trains were nearly back on schedule following a series of weather-related disruptions earlier in the week.
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National: 21 Dec 10
Thousands of Swedes heading home by plane are currently stuck at airports across Europe, with London and Heathrow causing the greatest headaches for travellers.
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National: 16 Dec 10
The request to oppose bail for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange did not come from Sweden but from British prosecutors acting on behalf of their Swedish counterparts, Britain's top state prosecutor said Thursday.
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Politics: 14 Dec 10
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt praised US diplomat Richard Holbrooke, with whom he helped negotiate the 1995 Dayton peace accords, following his death on Monday.
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National: 13 Dec 10
As WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange awaits his extradition hearing in London related to rape and sexual molestation allegations, his Swedish attorney lashed out at his client’s accusers, claiming they had “an agenda”.
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National: 13 Dec 10
South African police are investigating a possible link between the murder of Swedish newlywed Anni Dewani and the 2007 killing of a local doctor under similar circumstances, media reported on Sunday.
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National: 11 Dec 10
A number of demonstrations are set to take place around the world on Saturday to call for the release of beleaguered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from a London prison, where he awaits possible extradition to Sweden to face rape charges.
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Education: 10 Dec 10
A teacher in Landskrona in southern Sweden continues to work for the municipality despite previous racist remarks that were condemned by local political leaders on Friday.
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National: 8 Dec 10
The sexual assault claims against Julian Assange are unrelated to the activities of his WikiLeaks website, the lawyer for the two Swedish women whose claims resulted in his arrest said on Wednesday.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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