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Court revokes ban on Swedish wrestler

Sport: 10 Mar 09
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian is free to return to competition following a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to revoke a ban imposed after his medal protest at the Beijing Olympic games. READ »

Swedish wrestler loses bid to have Olympic bronze reinstated

Sport: 16 Feb 09
The sporting world’s highest court on Monday rejected an appeal by Swedens’ Ara Abrahamian to have his Olympic bronze medal for wrestling reinstated. READ »

2008: The year in review

Lifestyle: 31 Dec 08
As 2008 draws to a close, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention over the last twelve months. READ »

Swedish wrestler appeals Olympic ban

Sport: 11 Sep 08
Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian has lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after he was controversially stripped of an Olympic bronze medal. READ »

Court: Abrahamian was right

Sport: 24 Aug 08
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has said in a ruling that Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian had reason for being angry when he lost his semi-final bout against Andrea Minguzzi. READ »

Wrestler Abrahamian files official complaint

Sport: 20 Aug 08
Swedish Olympic wrestler Ara Abrahamian has filed an official complaint against the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) following a controversial ruling that denied him a shot at the gold medal. READ »

Abrahamian stripped of bronze medal

Sport: 16 Aug 08
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled on Saturday that the bronze medal awarded to Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian has been revoked. READ »

Abrahamian wrestles with IOC over medal tantrum

Sport: 15 Aug 08
Grumpy Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian will face disciplinary action after refusing to accept a bronze medal, which he dumped on the floor, before storming away from his presentation ceremony. READ »

Swedish wrestler refuses bronze medal

Sport: 14 Aug 08
Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian of Sweden refused to receive his bronze medal on Thursday as the Beijing Olympics was treated to a raised-fist protest. READ »

The Local's guide to Sweden's Olympic favourites

Sport: 6 Aug 08
With the official opening of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games just days away, The Local offers readers a quick guide to some of Sweden’s medal hopefuls. READ »

Olympic gold medallist commits suicide

Sport: 18 Nov 04
What's wrong with Sweden's mental health system?
Wrestling champion Mikael Ljungberg, one of Sweden's most popular sportsmen, was found dead at Mölndal hospital on Wednesday. The country mourns, and once again the psychiatric care system is under fire. READ »

Olympics: Sweden doesn't do too badly after all

Sport: 27 Aug 04
There's nothing like a fistful of medals to make a country proud. Granted, Sweden hasn't quite won a fistful, but after a barren start things certainly picked up in week two. READ »

Olympics Special

Sport: 20 Aug 04
Sweden is a small country with big sporting expectations. But does it have the athletes to deliver the goods? The Local separates the Olympians from the Tourists in Sweden's team - so now you can go table tennis-crazy too. READ »


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20 things to know before moving to Sweden

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 »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

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 »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"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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A Valentine's Day look at how how sex, booze and mobile phones can unravel that tantalizing mystery known as the strong, silent Nordic type
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The Local's Oliver Gee finds out why the star of Sweden's version of 'The Office' thinks Sweden is the most PC country in the world
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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
Alexander Lervik and Johan Carper
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
Photo: Fredrik Persson/Scanpix
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
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Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
Q&A with Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley
LIFESTYLE »
Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
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Braving the cold: Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden
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A truly international education at the heart of Berlin
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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

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


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