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‘Sweden is the most PC country in the world’

Society: 10 Feb 12
Two days before the premiere of ‘Kontoret’, the Swedish version of The Office, The Local's Oliver Gee chats with the cast about why Sweden needs its own version of a show that's already proved to be a winning concept worldwide. READ »

'The Office' breeds with Swedish sitcom in world's first 'spin-make'

Lifestyle: 7 Feb 12
As Swedes get set to watch the premiere of the Swedish version of the hit TV sitcom “The Office”, The Local's Oliver Gee learns how producers took an innovative approach to ensure the show's humour wasn't lost in translation. READ »

Can Hollywood's 'Tattoo' capture Sweden's dark side?

Lifestyle: 16 Dec 11
As the world awaits the impending release of the Hollywood version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at whether the capital of the US film industry can accurately portray Sweden's dark underbelly. READ »

Stockholm bomber's widow arrested in UK

National: 14 Sep 11
A 28-year-old woman reported to be the wife of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab was arrested in the UK on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the attack. READ »

STOFF: a journey through the Cosmos with Britain's Nick Field

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 11
In the midst of Stockholm's Fringe Festival, British poet Nick Field talks to The Local's Caroline Bursell about theatre, lipstick, and how Swedes are secretly Brits. READ »

Politicians to blame for far right growth: Mankell

Politics: 10 Aug 11
Swedish bestselling author and human rights activist Henning Mankell said in an interview on UK television on Monday that mainstream politicians shoulder the responsibility for the rise of the far right. READ »

Basshunter beats Scottish sex assualt rap

Society: 15 Jun 11
Swedish star DJ Basshunter has been cleared of charges that he sexually assaulted two women following a performance at a Scottish nightclub in December. READ »

Dalai Lama charms southern Sweden

Lifestyle: 20 Apr 11
Known as the ‘Laughing Dalai Lama,’ His Holiness bedazzled southern Sweden with witty quips, magnetic smiles and his contagious giggle while doling out pearls of wisdom and a few personal stories, The Local's Karen Holst reports. READ »

Svanberg defends BP over Gulf oil spill

Business & Money: 19 Apr 11
Carl-Henric Svanberg, the Swedish chairman of BP, defended the company's handling of last year's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill on Tuesday, adding that his linguistic gaffe was "unfortunate". READ »

Swedish UN worker dead after Afghanistan demo

National: 1 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish man was among a number of United Nations personnel killed in Afghanistan on Friday after a demonstration turned violent in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif. READ »

Swedish comedian dead after collapsing on stage

National: 4 Mar 11
Well-known Swedish comedian and actor Lasse Eriksson is dead after collapsing on stage during a performance in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Thursday night. READ »

Swedish prosecutor awaits Assange ruling

Society: 24 Feb 11
A UK court will on Thursday morning rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to Sweden to face rape charges. READ »

Swedish accusers in 'tizzy' for STDs: Assange

National: 21 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange alleged on Tuesday that the Swedish women who accused him of sexual assault got into a "tizzy" about possibly contracting a sexually transmitted disease from him. READ »

New details emerge about Assange accusers

National: 19 Dec 10
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vows to fight against his extradition from the UK to Sweden, police reports have shed more light on the women and the events at the centre of the sex crime allegations against him. READ »

Extradition part of 'smear campaign': Assange

National: 17 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called attempts to extradite him to Sweden part of a "smear campaign" after he was granted bail in London. READ »

Sweden had 'no say' in Assange bail appeal

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. READ »

Swedish police probe bomber's accomplices

National: 15 Dec 10
Swedish investigators are continuing their hunt for possible accomplices of a suicide bomber who narrowly missed causing serious damage in Stockholm on Saturday afternoon as police boosted their presence in the city. READ »

'Mass casualties' narrowly avoided: Bildt

Politics: 14 Dec 10
The suicide bomber who blew himself up in downtown Stockholm on Saturday was within minutes of unleashing untold carnage among holiday shoppers, foreign minister Carl Bildt said on Monday. READ »

Charges against Assange 'not political': prosecutor

Politics: 6 Dec 10
A Swedish prosecutor investigating the rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied speculation from one of his lawyers Sunday that the case is politically motivated. READ »

Bildt: North Korea attack 'very worrying'

Politics: 23 Nov 10
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has expressed concern over the attack by North Korea on a South Korean island on Tuesday, arguing that it raises "serious questions" over Kim Jong-il's regime. READ »

Nobel laureate: 'Ericsson is aiding Iran'

National: 23 Nov 10
Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Monday called on the Iranian diaspora to protest against Swedish company Ericsson, accusing the telecoms firms of aiding monitoring in Iran. READ »

English funnyman comes to make Swedes laugh

Lifestyle: 18 Oct 10
English funnyman Paul Foot arrives in Sweden on Wednesday for his first-ever tour of Sweden. He chats with The Local's Vivian Tse about his impressions of Sweden and the Swedes and recounts his long, strange trip towards a career of making people laugh. READ »

Stone Age dildo stokes global media interest

National: 24 Jul 10
A tool fashioned from a stag’s antler and believed to be a Stone Age dildo has caused a global sensation since its discovery in Sweden earlier this month. READ »

Swedish coaches carry African World Cup hopes

Sport: 12 Jun 10
Two African nations are counting on the tactical know-how of wily Swedes Sven Göran Eriksson and Lars Lagerbäck to help them go far in the first ever World Cup to be held on the continent. READ »

Obama summons Svanberg over oil spill

National: 11 Jun 10
US president Barrack Obama has called BP's Swedish chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg to a meeting at the White House to discuss the Mexican Gulf oil spill. READ »

Swedish film stirs Hollywood imagination

Lifestyle: 28 May 10
It’s notoriously difficult for European filmmakers to make it big in the US, particularly with non-English language films. But now Sweden’s filmmakers are echoing the successes of its authors and actors in winning over American audiences, writes Lee Martin. READ »

Sweden extends Thailand travel warning

National: 23 Apr 10
The Swedish foreign ministry has warned against any "unnecessary travel" to Thailand's capital Bangkok in light of the deteriorating security situation. READ »

Westerly winds bringing more ash to Sweden

National: 22 Apr 10
Malmö Sturup Airport reopened on Thursday morning, only to close again in the afternoon as volcanic ash continues to hinder air traffic in Sweden. READ »

Sahlin slams Erdogan over expulsion threat

Politics: 18 Mar 10
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has blasted Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over threats that he would consider ordering 100,000 Armenians to leave Turkey. READ »

Disappointed Eriksson leaves Notts County

Sport: 12 Feb 10
Sven-Göran Eriksson, the Swedish former England coach, has resigned from his job as director of football at English second division side Notts County after only six months in the post. READ »

Swedish group eyes Saab sale: report

National: 8 Jan 10
A group led by a Swedish truck industry veteran and a former government minister has expressed an interest in buying Saab Automobile from US owner General Motors. READ »

Spyker confirms revised Saab bid

National: 8 Jan 10
Dutch sports car maker Spyker has confirmed that it submitted a renewed bid for Saab Automobile before the expiry of General Motors' Thursday evening deadline. READ »

Formula One boss face of last-minute Saab bid

National: 8 Jan 10
British sports magnate Bernie Ecclestone has teamed up with the Luxembourg investment firm that is launching a last-minute rescue bid for Swedish carmaker Saab, according to media reports. READ »

Sweden's help sought in Auschwitz theft probe

National: 30 Dec 09
Polish authorities investigating possible Swedish ties to the theft of the Auschwitz “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign planned to formally ask for help from the Swedish justice ministry, the Polish justice ministry said on Wednesday. READ »

UK road runner Swede jailed over stabbing

National: 27 Nov 09
A Swedish woman has been jailed by a UK court for the manslaughter of a man she met shortly after she and her twin sister made a dash into oncoming traffic on the M6 motorway. READ »

Swede in hot seat after disputed French goal

Sport: 19 Nov 09
Football commentators in Sweden have slammed referee Martin Hansson for missing a handball by France’s Thierry Henry which dashed Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the World Cup. READ »

Famed fictional resident helps Ystad land Swedish tourism prize

Society: 22 Oct 09
The draw of Swedish crime novel protagonist Kurt Wallander has helped the coastal town of Ystad in southern Sweden develop an award winning tourism industry. READ »

Thousands catch Abba fever in London's Hyde Park

Society: 14 Sep 09
A crowd of more than 40,000 turned out London’s Hyde Park on Sunday night to celebrate the music of legendary Swedish pop act Abba. READ »

Apple approves Spotify for iPhones

Business & Money: 28 Aug 09
Apple has approved Swedish firm Spotify’s iPhone application, which will allow users to stream music to their handsets. READ »

The Local falls foul of Great Firewall of China

Science & Technology: 20 Aug 09
The Local has discovered that Chinese readers are unable to access "Sweden's News in English" as the site has been banned in the Asian country. READ »

Swine flu Brit flown to Sweden for care

Science & Technology: 24 Jul 09
A gravely ill pregnant woman from Britain who is suffering from the swine flu is in Sweden for treatment due to a lack of specialist beds in Britain. READ »

Swedish Pirate Ellen Söderberg is EU's youngest candidate

Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 09
Ellen Söderberg hopes she'll soon be walking the corridors of EU power. But for now she's making do with school corridors: "People think I’m more mature, some think I’m crazy, some think I’m the coolest girl in school.” READ »

A new Abba generation

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 09
Abba may have gone the way of Napoleon, but their music and the Eurovision Song Contest retain their phenomenal popularity thirty-five years after the Swedes first faced their Waterloo, writes Peter Vinthagen Simpson. READ »

What's on in Sweden: February 13 - 19

Lifestyle: 12 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: Valentine's burlesque and Zoom Kaboom in Stockholm; Anna Ternheim in Gothenburg; new-traditional Slovak dance in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: January 30 - February 5

Lifestyle: 29 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: Rodney Crowell and All That Remains in Stockholm; International Film Festival continues in Gothenburg; Dead Man Walking in Malmö. READ »

Thousands demonstrate against Gaza attacks

Politics: 10 Jan 09
Thousands of people took to the streets of Stockholm to demonstrate against the war in Gaza on Saturday. Demonstrators bore a sea of Palestinian flags and called for an end to the "massacre". READ »

Swedes stranded in Gaza

Politics: 5 Jan 09
Around twenty Swedes stranded in Gaza have been in contact with the Swedish consulate in Jerusalem to seek help leaving the war-torn area. READ »

Swede among Mumbai hostages

National: 27 Nov 08
A Swedish woman is among those being held hostage in one of two luxury hotels under siege in Mumbai following a slew of terror attacks across the Indian city on Wednesday which claimed at least 100 lives. READ »

BBC statement to SVT regarding 2005 Niger reports

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Nov 08
The following is the full statement issued to Sveriges Television (SVT) by the BBC in response to questions about the latter's reporting on the 2005 food crisis in Africa. READ »

SVT criticizes BBC Africa report

National: 19 Nov 08
A documentary broadcast on Swedish public television on Tuesday called into question the reputation of Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, for filing misleading and inaccurate reports about the severity of a food shortage in Niger in 2005. READ »

Discover Ystad: Just follow the trail of blood

Travel: 3 Nov 08
TV viewers around the world are soon to get their first glimpse of the seaside town of Ystad with the screening of three new BBC movies starring Kenneth Branagh as Inspector Kurt Wallander. David Wiles takes us on a blood-soaked tour of Scandinavia’s murder capital. READ »

Options abound for watching US elections in Sweden

Society: 28 Oct 08
With only a week to go before the US presidential election, Americans living Sweden, political junkies, as well as the merely curious are already making plans for how and where they plan to watch the historic vote. READ »

Swedish twin sisters in UK motorway madness

Society: 26 Sep 08
Shocking images were released on Thursday night of two Swedish sisters throwing themselves into oncoming motorway traffic in the UK. READ »

US learns lessons from Swedish banking crisis

National: 20 Sep 08
The proposed US debt rescue plan has sought inspiration from the work to tackle the Swedish banking crisis at the beginning of the 1990s. READ »

Bildt rejects Georgia-Kosovo comparison

Politics: 30 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Friday rejected Russian comparisons between its recognition of two Georgian breakaway provinces from the West's recognition of Kosovo earlier this year. READ »

Swedish jazz star dies in diving accident

Society: 16 Jun 08
One of Sweden's most prominent jazz musicians, Esbjörn Svensson, has died following a diving accident in the Stockholm archipelago. READ »

Eurovision a winner for TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 20 May 08
Sweden’s domestic qualifying competition and the Eurovision song contest finals which follow are big cash cows for TeliaSonera, regardless of who wins. READ »

Swede jailed in the UK for buying baby

National: 18 May 08
A Swedish citizen has been jailed for illegally bringing a child from Nigeria into the UK in an attempt to jump the council housing queue. READ »

Winning Nobel ‘a bloody disaster’ for British author

Society: 12 May 08
British author Doris Lessing has said that winning the Nobel Prize for Literature was a "bloody disaster", adding she has now stopped writing, the BBC reported Sunday. READ »

Eriksson sacked: reports

Sport: 29 Apr 08
Sven-Göran Eriksson is to be sacked as trainer of Manchester City, according to British media reports. READ »

Where did all the women go?

Lifestyle: 8 Mar 08
Peter Vinthagen Simpson speaks to actress Ann Petrén, one of the leading lights of the Swedish theatre scene, about the ongoing Modern Women project and the mysterious disappearance of a generation of female dramatists who once gave August Strindberg a run for his money. READ »

'Send in the clones'

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Jan 08
The issue of cloning in agriculture is always guaranteed to stir up emotions, but the technology actually offers us better meat and healthier animals, argues Waldemar Ingdahl. READ »

Kenneth Branagh to star in BBC 'Wallander' series

Society: 10 Jan 08
Kenneth Branagh is coming to Sweden this summer to begin filming on a BBC series based on Henning Mankell's crime novels. READ »

Business Profile: the Swedish company making mobile calls free

Business & Money: 29 Nov 07
In the first of a new fortnightly series, Jonathan Ward takes a look at an innovative Swedish company. This week - TerraNet, which promises to make mobile calls in developing countries a lot easier. READ »

Tourists rescued after ship hits ice

National: 23 Nov 07
All passengers and crew, including five Swedes, have been rescued after a tourist ship began taking on water. READ »

Swedish elks repopulate Scotland

National: 20 Nov 07
Two Swedish elks - or moose as they are also known - are to be taken to Scotland in an attempt to reintroduce the species in Britain. 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 »

Swedish tycoon to be Gordon Brown's green advisor

Politics: 7 Sep 07
A Swedish businessman is to become an advisor on environmental matters to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Sportswear tycoon Johan Eliasch, with a fortune of 5 billion kronor, was previously a lifelong conservative. READ »

Swede's sacking causes Wimbledon furore

Sport: 27 Jun 07
A number of players were left without a coach for the first round of Wimbledon after the Lawn Tennis Association announced the suspension of Swedish trainer Peter Lungren. READ »

Sports Digest: Decision time for 'Svennis'

Sport: 26 Jun 07
Football: Man City's prospective owner says Sven Göran Eriksson is his first choice manager. Tennis: Borg roots for Federer at Wimbledon. Golf: Niclas Fasth sees of Bernhard Langer for a European Tour win in Munich. READ »

SVT in YouTube deal

Society: 22 Jun 07
Sveriges Television (SVT) has announced a cooperation with YouTube, in which some of its material will be made legally available over the video sharing website. READ »

BBC 'beats Swedes' at forecasting Swedish weather

Science & Technology: 10 May 07
Weather forecasts for the town of Norrköping are more accurate on the BBC's website than online forecasts from Swedish forecaster SMHI, which itself is based in Norrköping, it has been reported. READ »

Eriksson interested in managing Newcastle

Sport: 9 May 07
Sven-Göran Eriksson's agent has said that the Swede would be interested in taking over at Newcastle if an approach were made by the northern English club. READ »

Swede could be heir to English throne

National: 11 Jan 07
Someone in Sweden could be the historical heir to the English throne. Now an English heritage organisation is appealing for the descendants of King Harold to come forward. READ »

Speculation mounts over Larsson's future

Sport: 8 Jan 07
Speculation in Sweden was rife on Monday over whether Sweden striker Henrik Larsson would extend his stay at Manchester United, following a dream debut on Sunday. READ »

Larsson scores on debut - but rules out full transfer

Sport: 7 Jan 07
Swede Henrik Larsson scored on his Manchester United debut - but said there was no question that his three month loan from Helsingborg would become a permanent move. READ »

Radiation traces on BA Stockholm flights

National: 30 Nov 06
Police investigating the death of Alexander Litvinenko have found traces of radioactive polonium on two British Airways planes that flew to Stockholm.
Were you on the flights? Email or call The Local on 08 656 6518 READ »

"There is disgruntlement in the air"

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Sep 06
It is dawning on the world's media that Sweden, the only country in the world to have a whole economic model named after it, could lurch to the right in Sunday's election. Louis Roper looks at what the papers outside Sweden are saying. READ »

Terror alert causes chaos on London flights

National: 10 Aug 06
Flights from Sweden to London were still being cancelled on Thursday evening, with BA services worst hit. SAS flights to London were running, but incoming flights were cancelled. Ryanair escapes the worst of the delays. READ »

Skansen?s hill is alive with the sound of music

Lifestyle: 4 Jul 06
There is nothing more quintessentially Swedish than the nation's love of singing, and nothing symbolizes this love more perfectly than Allsång på Skansen, the summer song fest that has run since 1935. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius explains. READ »

Swedish journalist killed in Somalia

National: 23 Jun 06
A Swedish journalist reporting for Aftonbladet has been shot in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Martin Adler was a writer and a prized photographer, the paper confirms. READ »

Swedes killed in Baghdad bombs

National: 8 Apr 06
Two Swedes were among 80 people killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Friday. The pair are reported to be a man and his six-year old son, from the Stockholm area. READ »

Swedish soldiers attacked in Afghanistan

National: 7 Feb 06
Soldiers in the Nordic peacekeeping force based in Meymaneh, in north-west Afghanistan, have been attacked by hundreds of demonstrators armed with guns and hand grenades. READ »

Brit leads Swedes on the dancefloor

Lifestyle: 9 Jan 06
As 'Let's Dance' puts Sweden’s minor celebrities to the test on the dance floor, Englishman Tony Irving, chairman of the judges, tells The Local that so far the Swedes are "better than in the US and Denmark". (But not as good as the Brits.) READ »

Sweden to meet England in World Cup 2006

Sport: 10 Dec 05
"It's almost a parody," said Swedish manager Lars Lagerbäck, while England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson chuckled nervously as Sweden were drawn in the same group as England at next summer's World Cup. But both countries should progress. READ »

Confidence has been swept away

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Dec 05
What Sweden needed after the tsunami was leaders who would bang heads together and deliver a wake-up call. But they were caught sleeping, and should pay the price. READ »

Sex will sell women's football - Swedish supremo

Sport: 17 Jun 05
In a most un-Swedish pronouncement, Lennart Johansson, the 75 year old head of European football, says that if the women's game is to take off it needs to make more of the "sweaty, lovely looking girls" in sponsorship and promotion. READ »

Swedish party leaders congratulate Blair

Politics: 6 May 05
Prime minister Göran Persson and opposition leader Fredrik Reinfeldt sing the praises of Britain's Tony Blair, following his party's "historic" third election victory. But Sweden's party-pooping papers are more interested in when Blair will resign. READ »

SIDA employee shot dead in Somalia

National: 18 Apr 05
A Somali woman working for the Swedish International Development Agency has been shot dead in Mogadishu. Her Kenyan colleague, also thought to be working for SIDA, was injured. READ »

Is Sweden prepared for a flu pandemic?

Science & Technology: 9 Feb 05
As fears rise of an unstoppable global outbreak of asian bird flu, the head of the infectious diseases unit at the board of health says that Sweden is as well-prepared as any European country. But that's not saying much. READ »

Asian earthquake: "2,000 Swedes missing"

National: 27 Dec 04
At least ten Swedes are confirmed dead, 80 are injured and many more are still missing after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake rip through tourist resorts popular among Scandinavians. READ »

King not dead

Smörgåsbord: 28 Aug 04
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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