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Rogue rodent keeps US SAS flight grounded

Society: 11 Jan 12
Once again a small mouse, discovered aboard a flight between New York and Stockholm, has grounded a US-bound Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight, forcing 200 passengers to re-book to later departures. READ »

Delays at Arlanda airport after blackout

National: 16 Dec 11
Stockholm's Arlanda airport was shut down to air traffic for about 90 minutes on Friday afternoon due to a power outage, resulting in significant flight delays. READ »

Abba great unwilling to be Stockholm 'billboard'

Society: 16 Dec 11
Abba founder Benny Andersson wants Arlanda airport to take down a giant picture of him welcoming visitors to Stockholm, following a decision to revamp a local landmark leaving him unwilling to be associated with the city. READ »

Storm 'Berit' leaves 80,000 without power

National: 28 Nov 11
Some 80,000 households remained without electricity in southern Sweden on Monday morning in the wake of the weekend's storm, while rail and air traffic continued to suffer disruption. READ »

Fake bombs undetected in Arlanda security test

National: 25 Nov 11
Security at Stockholm's Arlanda airport has been slammed after a number of fake bombs planted to test security checkpoints went undetected by staff. READ »

Man caught smuggling snakes on a plane

National: 14 Nov 11
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to community service after customs inspectors atStockholm Arlanda Airport found almost 50 reptiles, including 41 scorpions and five vipers, in his baggage. READ »

Last minute reprieve for 90-year-old deportee

Society: 18 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska's imminent deportation to the Ukraine was stopped last minute by the European Court of Human Rights, pending a new review of the nonagenarian’s case. READ »

Time runs out for 90-year-old deportee

National: 18 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska, suffering from dementia and heart disease, is scheduled to be deported to Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, after all efforts by her family to keep her with them in Sweden have failed. READ »

Swedish work permit rules 'misused': minister

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". READ »

9/11 'average' for travelling in Sweden

National: 11 Sep 11
Despite Sunday marking ten years since the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, Swedes have not been deterred from travelling to and from Sweden, according to security officials and travel agencies. READ »

Starbucks to open new Swedish stores

National: 29 Aug 11
Starbucks, the Seattle-based chain of coffee houses, has announced the opening of its first stores in Sweden open to the general public. READ »

Mouse that grounded SAS jet 'still at large'

Society: 19 Aug 11
The mischievous mouse that grounded a Chicago-bound SAS flight at Stockholm Arlanda airport on Tuesday lives to see another day, if it even existed at all. READ »

Mouse stops US-bound SAS flight in Stockholm

National: 16 Aug 11
A wayward mouse forced the grounding of a US-bound SAS flight on Tuesday, leaving 250 travellers stranded at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport as crews tried in vain to capture the rogue rodent. READ »

Academy blocks Iranians from flight training

National: 9 Jul 11
An aircraft pilot training academy will no longer teach students from Iran Air following recent sanctions brought by the Americans against the airline. READ »

Sweden cancels flights due to Iceland ash cloud

National: 24 May 11
Around 20 flights to and from Gothenburg's Landvetter airport have been cancelled due to ash from Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano, which swept into Sweden on Tuesday night. 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 »

Passenger saves bus after driver collapse

National: 17 May 11
Quick action by the head of a Canadian choir touring Sweden narrowly averted an accident when the driver of their tour bus suffered a heart attack at full speed, Swedish media reported Monday. READ »

Stockholm bus station opens Arlanda check-in

Society: 25 Apr 11
Travellers flying from Stockholm Arlanda Airport will be soon be able to check their luggage in at the city's main transport terminal before boarding the bus. READ »

Traffic problems persist as snowfalls continue

Science & Technology: 11 Feb 11
Sweden's Transport Administration has advised drivers in Stockholm to leave their cars at home as the continuing heavy snowfalls and winds leave much of the region at a standstill and commuters stranded. READ »

Sweden issues Egypt travel warning

National: 30 Jan 11
Sweden's foreign ministry on Sunday issued a formal warning against travel to all of Egypt with Swedish holidaymakers already in the country set to be evacuated as unrest continues. READ »

Gambling firm takes bets on Swedish train delays

National: 13 Jan 11
Nearly a third of passenger trains in Sweden were delayed in December, according to the Swedish Transport Administration on Thursday, as a betting company announced it will start calculating the odds on train delays. READ »

Iraq calls on Sweden to halt forced deportations

National: 9 Jan 11
Iraq wants to put a stop to the forced deportation of Iraqis from Sweden after their asylum claims are rejected, but Sweden’s migration minister sees no reason to adjust the practice. READ »

Arlanda Express resumes normal service

National: 27 Dec 10
The Arlanda Express airport train is running as normal again after an interruption lasting several hours on Monday morning due to a signalling problem. READ »

Thousands of Swedes trapped in flight chaos

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. READ »

Winter once again wreaks havoc across Sweden

Science & Technology: 19 Dec 10
Swedes were coping with yet another round of fierce winter weather on Sunday as a band of snow showers moved north across the country, sending cars off the roads and dumping up to 20 centimetres of fresh snow in its wake. READ »

Stockholm boosts police presence

Society: 14 Dec 10
More police and security guards were visible in Stockholm on Tuesday as investigators looked for possible accomplices of a suicide bomber who narrowly missed causing mass casualties in the Swedish capital on Saturday. READ »

Swedish ire stopped CIA 'terror flights'

National: 5 Dec 10
Suspicions that the United States was transporting terror suspects via Sweden on clandestine flights resulted in a diplomatic crisis, according to documents released by WikiLeaks. READ »

Rail and air travel suffer widespread disruption

Society: 2 Dec 10
Sweden's train services remained disruption for the third straight day, the country's national rail operator announced on Thursday, as traffic delays extended to flights in Stockholm and Malmö. READ »

Sick workers delay flights across Sweden

National: 23 Nov 10
Airline passengers across Sweden risk encountering flight delays of up to two hours on Tuesday due to a shortage of air traffic controllers at Stockholm's Arlanda airport. READ »

Turkish terror suspect 'a member of the PKK'

National: 26 Oct 10
A Turkish citizen arrested at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport on Friday on terror charges is thought to be a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Belgian prosecutors said on Monday. READ »

Turkish 'terror' suspect arrested at Arlanda

National: 24 Oct 10
Border police at Arlanda airport arrested a Turkish man wanted by Belgian police on suspicion of "terror crimes" on Friday and is holding him pending a decision on whether to extradite him, Swedish security police said on Sunday. READ »

Record number appeal Swedish election result

Politics: 11 Oct 10
The Swedish Election Authority has received a record number of appeals from individuals requesting that all or part of the 2010 general election be redone. READ »

Vengeful ex behind bomb hoax: report

National: 27 Sep 10
The source of a hoax bomb threat to Canadian police which forced a Pakistan-bound plane to make an emergency landing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport at the weekend, was an angry ex-girlfriend, according to a Swedish media report. READ »

Arlanda bomb suspect remains in Sweden

National: 27 Sep 10
The 28-year-old man who was on Saturday a suspect in a bomb threat at Stockholm Arlanda Airport remains in Sweden after having been refused carriage on a flight to Pakistan, despite the case being closed. READ »

Swedish police close case on Arlanda landing

National: 26 Sep 10
Swedish police have classified Saturday's bomb threat drama at Arlanda Airport as "case closed" following the release of a suspect without charges. READ »

Man released after plane forced to land at Arlanda

National: 25 Sep 10
A man who was arrested after a plane made an emergency landing at Arlanda airport this morning following a bomb alert has been released without charges. READ »

Sweden's strongest beer brewed at 18.5 percent

National: 22 Sep 10
A microbrewery near Stockholm has brewed Sweden's strongest beer ever, containing a whopping 18.5 percent alcohol content. READ »

'Superjumbo' pays Stockholm Arlanda a visit

National: 16 Sep 10
The world's largest aircraft - the Airbus A380 - paid an inaugural visit to Stockholm Arlanda Airport on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish entrepreneur launches first Social Exchange: Introducing Social Networking 2.0

Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
Sponsored article: Swedish internet visionary and serial entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein is back, this time with MyCube, which he calls 'the social exchange,' where privacy, ownership and control are the foundations that enable more valuable and meaningful online interactions. READ »

Rotten fish? It's a delicacy

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 10
It has been banned by airlines as an offensive weapon, its smells like a gas leak and it is Swedish schoolchildren's favourite way to cause classroom chaos. Yet thousands of Swedes regard it as a culinary delicacy. Emy Gelb reaches for a clothespin and takes a look at the famous Swedish "rotten herring" - surströmming. READ »

Finnair starts Bromma service in August

Business & Money: 27 Jul 10
Finnair will launch a new connection from Helsinki to Stockholm through Bromma on August 16th in addition to its services to Arlanda, the airline has announced. READ »

Sweden's five weirdest hotels

Travel: 15 Jul 10
Underwater, in the treetops or Frodo-style: The Local gives the lowdown on some of the oddest places in Sweden to spend a night. READ »

Heathrow fire has 'no effect' on Sweden flights

National: 9 Jul 10
A fire at London Heathrow Airport is not expected to have any effect on flights from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, a spokesperson for the airport has confirmed. READ »

Organizer: ship deaths 'premeditated murder'

National: 3 Jun 10
The Swedish organizer of the Ship to Gaza, Mattias Gardell, told journalists on his return to Stockholm that the Israelis had committed “premeditated murder” and were guilty of piracy. READ »

What's On in Sweden: June 4th - June 10th

Lifestyle: 3 Jun 10
What’s on in Sweden: Ambassadorial football in Stockholm, picnic for unity in Gothenburg and Canadian poetry in Malmö. READ »

Will Israel drop an atom bomb?: Mankell

National: 2 Jun 10
Swedish author Henning Mankell, one of a trio of activists who have arrived back in Sweden after being released by Israel following their participation in the Gaza convoy, wonders what will happen next time when a "100 boats" show up. READ »

80-year-old woman prompts highway panic

National: 30 May 10
Startled motorists called the police in droves on Sunday morning to report a car driving against the traffic on the E4 motorway near Arlanda airport. READ »

Volcano ash causes flight disruption

National: 17 May 10
Volcano ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland has caused further disruption to flights from Sweden on Monday after the UK and Ireland were forced to close airports. READ »

Airports suffer drop after volcano ash

National: 6 May 10
The number of passengers passing through the 14 airports run by Swedish state company Swedavia fell 25 percent in April, largely due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption. READ »

Princess Madeleine breaks up with fiancé

National: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine has broken up with her fiancé Jonas Bergström, Stockholm's royal court has announced. READ »

How the French Revolution gave Sweden its royals

Lifestyle: 23 Apr 10
The French Revolution was bad news for France's royal family, but Sweden's 200-year-old Bernadotte dynasty would not have existed without it, explains The Local's royal correspondent Juan Navas. READ »

New EU rules open Sweden's airspace

National: 23 Apr 10
Flights are now permitted across the whole of Sweden, as Stockholm-Arlanda, Bromma and Malmö airports all remained open overnight. The latest reports from Iceland indicate that the volcano remains stable. READ »

Stranded in Europe - readers' tales

National: 22 Apr 10
The week-long air travel chaos brought about by the eruption of a volcano in southern Iceland has led to thousands of travellers finding themselves stranded across Europe. The Local has asked a few of them how they have coped. READ »

Ambassador sees off homebound Brits

Politics: 21 Apr 10
The British Ambassador to Sweden is visiting Stockholm Arlanda Airport on Wednesday as the first BA flight ferries stranded Brits back to the UK. READ »

Swedish website helps stranded travellers

Society: 21 Apr 10
A new blog and Facebook page have been launched by an industrious Ericsson employee in Stockholm to both help stranded travellers in Europe to get home but also to encourage them to make the best of their impromptu stopover. READ »

Sweden to open 'almost all' airspace

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden is set to gradually open almost all of its airspace by 4pm on Wednesday, including Stockholm's three airports and one of Gothenburg's, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. READ »

Malmö airspace opens as Stockholm stays closed

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden's airspace south of a line between Stockholm-Arlanda Ariport and Strömstad remained closed on Wednesday morning with the exception of Malmö. Airspace north of Stockholm remained open. READ »

Enterprise minister says no to airline bailout

Politics: 20 Apr 10
Embattled airlines can not count on financial support from the Swedish state to compensate for the flight chaos of the past week, enterprise minister Maud Olofsson has said, emphasising that the issue must be considered at EU level. READ »

Southern Sweden faces airspace shutdown

National: 19 Apr 10
A new airspace shutdown has been announced for southern parts of Sweden from 8pm on Monday. Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is set to remain open, although a new cloud of volcanic ash moving in towards Norway could spell trouble. READ »

Major Swedish airports reopen

National: 19 Apr 10
Arlanda, Landvetter and Bromma airports have reopened for air traffic on Monday morning, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. READ »

Arlanda airport to remain closed until Saturday

National: 16 Apr 10
Swedish authorities have begun reopening airspace in the north of the country although widespread disruption persists with Stockholm's main Arlanda airport unlikely to open until Saturday morning at the earliest. READ »

Passengers stranded as ash cloud nears

National: 15 Apr 10
Cancelled departures have left Stockholm-Arlanda airport thronged with disappointed passengers after a cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland caused aviation authorities to shut down Swedish airspace. READ »

Stockholm airport mulls driver toll

Science & Technology: 10 Apr 10
Stockholm-Arlanda airport is considering the introduction of a 100 kronor ($14) toll for cars entering the terminal area in a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. READ »

Taxi drivers blockade Stockholm airport

National: 25 Mar 10
Independent taxi drivers have blocked road routes in and out of Stockholm's main Arlanda airport in protest against new taxi system regulations introduced by the Civil Aviation Authority. READ »

BA strike set to hit Swedish flights

National: 19 Mar 10
Travellers between Sweden and the UK face delays and cancellations this weekend due to a strike by British Airways cabin crew, with three out of five flights from Stockholm to London cancelled on Sunday. READ »

Uppsala airport gets go ahead for low-cost flyers

Business & Money: 19 Mar 10
The Uppsala military airport Ärna has been given the environmental all clear to begin hosting low-cost commercial flyers, the County Administrative Board announced in a statement on Friday. READ »

Swedish transport mayhem continues

National: 23 Feb 10
Hard-hit commuters can expect more of the same on Tuesday with snow causing delays, cancellations and limited services across the country. READ »

Hard rocking beer man: 'I brew in A Major'

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” is a track from Sigtuna Brygghus head brewer Mattias Hammenlind’s favourite hard rock band AC/DC. It also sums up nicely his approach to brewing beer, writes Darren Packman. READ »

Norwegian launches new UK and Germany routes

Society: 17 Feb 10
Low cost carrier Norwegian has announced the launch of three new routes from Stockholm Arlanda servicing London/Gatwick, Edinburgh and Munich. READ »

Stockholm Skavsta and Ryanair hold crisis talks

Business & Money: 16 Feb 10
Stockholm Skavsta Airport and Irish budget airline Ryanair held crisis talks on Monday evening to try to resolve a long running dispute over unpaid bills and limited service. READ »

Skavsta rejects Ryanair 'illegal closure' claims

National: 11 Feb 10
Skavsta airport authorities have dismissed as "incorrect" accusations made by low-cost airline Ryanir that it had illegally closed its runway on Wednesday evening, forcing the airline to divert one of its flights. READ »

Citizen protests block hotel expansion in heritage town

National: 7 Feb 10
An exclusive hotel in ancient Sigtuna is denied permission to expand after vigorous citizen protests. The town is regarded as a national heritage. READ »

Delays as Arlanda Express train derails

National: 4 Feb 10
The wintry weather continued to cause extensive problems in the Stockholm region on Thursday as an Arlanda Express airport train derailed north of the city. READ »

Skavsta reopens for air traffic

National: 3 Feb 10
All traffic in and out of Skavsta airport has come to a halt as heavy snow covers takeoff and landing strips and strong winds make flying treacherous. The harsh weather has also led to a number of school closures. READ »

Airbus slides off runway at Stockholm airport

National: 17 Jan 10
An official investigation is underway after an Iran Air plane about to leave for Teheran on Saturday slid off the runway at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. None of the 173 people onboard were hurt. READ »

Dozens arrested in Swedish doping raid

National: 9 Dec 09
Swedish police have arrested 40 people in a nationwide doping raid, according to a statement. READ »

Government keeps new Stockholm- Arlanda rail link on track

Society: 26 Nov 09
It will soon be possible to take a Stockholm commuter train directly to Arlanda airport, after the government on Thursday gave the go ahead to Uppsala and Stockholm to cooperate on a commuter rail route connecting the two counties. READ »

Five Swedish men swindled by female fraudster

National: 31 Oct 09
A woman from Thailand lured five Swedish men into paying for plane tickets to Sweden. The men all realised they had been tricked at the arrivals gate at Arlanda Airport when the woman never showed up. READ »

War criminal Plavsic lifts off from Sweden

National: 27 Oct 09
Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic left Sweden on Tuesday after being granted early release from a Swedish prison by the UN war crimes court, prison officials said. READ »

Starbucks coming to Sweden

Business & Money: 21 Oct 09
Starbucks, the ubiquitous Seattle-based chain of coffee houses, is set to open its first outlet in Sweden. READ »

Pakistan Swedes arrive home

National: 11 Oct 09
The four Swedes deported from Pakistan arrived at Stockholm Arlanda airport late on Saturday night. They were met by plain clothes police and appeared tired from their ordeal. READ »

Sweden mulls new high-speed rail lines

National: 14 Sep 09
Sweden should build high-speed rail lines connecting Stockholm to Gothenburg and Malmö, a government appointed commission recommends. READ »

Stranded Thai berry pickers on their way home

National: 28 Aug 09
Some 200 Thai berry pickers left stranded in Sweden after staking their life savings to travel have had their return trips arranged for them through donations. The first of the berry pickers returned to Thailand yesterday. READ »

Stockholm's jumbo jet hostel put up for sale

Business & Money: 29 Jul 09
The world's first jumbo jet hostel at Stockholm Arlanda Airport has been put up for sale just seven months after its opening under the attendant gaze of the world's media. 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 »

Sweden spied on CIA 'terror flights': report

National: 24 Apr 09
The government led by former Prime Minister Göran Persson knew that Sweden was used as a transit destination for clandestine CIA flights transporting suspected terrorists, according to reports that emerged on Friday. READ »

Ground control to cockpit suite: a night at the Jumbo Hostel

Stockholm: 7 Apr 09
A stayover at the world's only Jumbo jet hostel makes for a truly first-class experience, writes The Local's Alannah Eames. READ »

Five charged over Iraqi human smuggling ring

Society: 30 Mar 09
Three men and two women were formally charged on Monday for human smuggling on suspicions they helped transport 24 Iraqis into Sweden in return for large sums of money. READ »

McDonald's wins right to serve beer at Stockholm airport

Travel: 13 Mar 09
Weary world travellers will soon be able to wash down their Big Mac with a strong beer following a court decision to grant fast-food chain McDonald's an alcohol licence for its Stockholm Arlanda restaurant. READ »

Ryanair to start bus route in Sweden: source

Travel: 6 Mar 09
Ryanair has plans to compete for routes on the ground in Sweden, according to the head of the Flygbussarna coach service. READ »

Terminal reopens after smoke scare

National: 5 Mar 09
Terminal 2 at Arlanda Airport was reopened at lunch time on Thursday after being evacuated at 9.30am when the smell of smoke was detected in the foreign departures terminal. READ »

Missing Swede returns home after 15 years

Society: 12 Feb 09
Håkan Johansson, 46, has returned home to his family in Piteå in northern Sweden fifteen years after he disappeared without a trace. READ »

The great Swedish taxi rip-off

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 09
With taxi rip-offs on the rise, Doug Lansky takes a look at how this un-Swedish practice started, why it’s allowed to continue, and what you can do to protect yourself from the scam. READ »

New evacuation planned for Gaza Swedes

Politics: 11 Jan 09
The first Swedish evacuees arrived home from war-torn Gaza on Saturday. The foreign ministry is now hopeful that more of the remaining 46 Swedes will be helped to flee the area next week. READ »

Swedes headed home following Gaza escape

Politics: 9 Jan 09
Twelve Swedes who managed to get out of Gaza are now in the Jordanian capital of Amman and will be headed back to Sweden on Friday evening. READ »

Icy conditions cause chaos on Sweden's roads

National: 4 Jan 09
Snow and ice made driving treacherous on roads in southern Sweden on Saturday with a slew of accidents as a result. Passengers were left stranded at Stockholm Skavsta airport as a Ryanair flight was cancelled. READ »

Finding your roots in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 08
Fresh from a visit to the homestead of her ancestors, Marge Thorell has practical advice for anyone wishing to trace their Swedish roots. READ »

Huge princess portrait to adorn airport hotel

National: 19 Dec 08
A new hotel at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport plans to cover its exterior with permanent portraits of members of the Swedish Royal family. READ »

Sweden to prioritize deportations in 2009

Politics: 17 Dec 08
Swedish police are mulling chartering special planes in anticipation of the government’s wishes to step up the pace of deportations of the thousands of unsuccessful asylum seekers estimated to be in the country. READ »

'Hemorrhoid patient' gets ten years for heroin smuggling

National: 12 Dec 08
A 52-year-old woman was sentenced to ten years in prison on Friday for trying to smuggle nearly five kilogrammes of heroin into Sweden. READ »


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