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Three found dead after Stockholm blast
National: 3 May 13
Firefighters found three bodies in a flat in Sundbyberg, just north-west of the Swedish capital Stockholm, after an explosion early on Friday that is now being investigated as a suspected case of murder.
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Swedish cops find drugs on Justin Bieber tour bus
Society: 25 Apr 13
Swedish police raided Justin Bieber's tour bus after officers reported a "suspicious" odour when the pop star boarded the vehicle ahead of his concert in Stockholm on Wednesday night.
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Skåne murder may be tied to Norway drug bust
National: 6 Apr 13
A Swedish man who went missing in January has been found dead amid growing suspicions he was the scapegoat for a botched drug deal in Norway.
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Robin Stjernberg wins Melodifestivalen
Society: 9 Mar 13
Idol veteran Robin Stjernberg and his ballad You won Saturday night's Melodifestivalen final at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, and will represent Sweden at May's Eurovision in Malmö.
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Live Blog: 2012 Nobel Prize announcements
Society: 15 Oct 12
The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are being announced this week in Stockholm. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the winners and why they won.
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Swedish uni in 'Dirty Dancing' quote furore
Education: 18 Aug 12
The rector of Karlstad University in central Sweden has been forced to defend the decision to adorn a new library building with a well known quote from the 1980s movie "Dirty Dancing".
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Business degree prepares Chinese student for globalized job market
Education: 3 Jul 12
The globalization of the professional jobs market means that there is more pressure than ever on students to think strategically when choosing courses. For Wenwei Li from China, a Stockholm University MSc in banking and finance has helped secure a job as a financial analyst in Shanghai.
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Stockholmers stranded as outage stops trains
National: 25 May 12
Thousands of Stockholm-area residents had their morning commutes disrupted on Friday after a power outage left trains at a standstill. By midday, however, trains were back in operation.
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Swedish man to prove to Norway he's not female
Business & Money: 20 Apr 12
Swedish father-of-two Daniel Pohjantähti recently found himself in a spot of bother when Norwegian officials refused to believe that he was a man, despite his hirsute face and masculine features.
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Sweden Democrats 'unchanged' in wake of Breivik terror: expert
Politics: 17 Apr 12
While the far-right Sweden Democrats initially distanced themselves from the deadly attacks by Anders Behring Breivik, currently on trial in Norway, the party hasn't undergone a major transformation, the AFP's Nina Larsson discovers.
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Sweden looks to make subletting flats easier
Business & Money: 30 Mar 12
Sweden is looking at loosening current restrictions facing flat owners who want to sublet their apartments in an effort to help ease the current housing crunch in large cities.
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Swedish computer game in N-word shocker
Science & Technology: 31 Jan 12
Minecraft, a Swedish developed computer game that has taken the world by storm, shocked players across the globe recently by greeting them with a racially offensive term.
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Warnings issued as new winter storm approaches
Science & Technology: 25 Dec 11
A Class 2 warning has been issued by forecasters as a storm, dubbed Dagmar, approaches from the west. Although it is the northern regions of Sweden that will be affected the most, forecasters warn of strong winds countrywide.
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'Vacuum cleaner' behind Swedish nuke plant fire
Science & Technology: 13 Nov 11
The fire in reactor 2 at nuclear power plant Ringhals, south of Gothenburg, will cost roughly 1.8 billion kronor ($267 million) in lost profits, reports and was caused by a forgotten vacuum cleaner.
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From Sweden to Germany in search of cheap booze
Lifestyle: 14 Oct 11
Tired of Sweden's high alcohol taxes and the state run liquor monopoly? Come along with contributor Patrick Reilly as he details a recent journey to Germany in search of cheap beer.
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Catch up with the neighbours: The Local launches in Norway
Society: 12 Oct 11
The Local is taking another step out into the world, with the launch of thelocal.no, Norway’s news in English. There’s no better place to find out what’s going on in Sweden’s back yard, says editor Paul O’Mahony.
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Ikea blasts linked to extortion scheme
Business & Money: 21 Sep 11
Officials at Swedish retail giant Ikea have confirmed that the company is the target of an extortion attempt following a string of blasts and other incidents at Ikea outlets throughout Europe.
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Sweden's Saade claims Eurovision final spot
Society: 13 May 11
Eric Saade stepped up to the plate and did his duty for Sweden on Thursday, singing and dancing his way into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Swede dies in avalanche in Norway
National: 24 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish skier died Saturday after he was carried away by a snow slide in Breidalen in western Norway.
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Ignored ambulance call fatality 'a tragedy'
National: 21 Apr 11
The nurse who refused to send an ambulance to a 23-year-old Stockholm man who later died had been reported several times prior to the incident, which a top health official referred to as a tragedy.
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WikiLeaks ditches Swedish web host
Science & Technology: 21 Nov 10
WikiLeaks has abandoned the Swedish internet hosting company it had previously used to store many of the confidential documents revealed by the whistleblower website.
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Eurovision scores make star of 'hot' runner up
National: 31 May 10
Sweden’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest might have disappeared without trace in last week’s competition, but now a runner up is gaining all the attention for reading the scores.
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Sweden licks wounds of Eurovision fiasco
Society: 28 May 10
Sweden was dumped out of the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday night at the semi-final stage, the first time the country has failed to qualify for the final.
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Transport agency anger at Eurovision music vid
Society: 5 May 10
The Swedish Transport Administration has reacted strongly to a music video for the country's Eurovision hope Anna Bergendahl's song This is My Life which features the singer walking along a railway line.
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Melodifestivalen draws 3.9 million viewers
Society: 15 Mar 10
A bumper week for public broadcaster SVT saw ratings explode for the finals on consecutive evenings of song competition Melodifestivalen and ever-popular game show På Spåret.
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Anna Bergendahl wins Melodifestivalen
Society: 13 Mar 10
Anna Bergendahl won Sweden's Melodifestivalen on Saturday night with This is my life and will represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo in May.
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Gaelic invasion: It's football, Sven, but not as we know it
Lifestyle: 27 Nov 09
Ireland's national sport of Gaelic football is growing rapidly in Sweden and it isn't just the ex-pats who are sinking a few points, writes Patrick Reilly.
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Milk price hike to save dairy farmers
Business & Money: 31 Aug 09
Dairy company Milko will raise the price of milk next week by one krona ($0.14) in order to save the livelihoods of dairy farmers.
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What's on in Sweden: August 14 - 20
Lifestyle: 13 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture and youth festivals in Stockholm; International music festival and continental market in Gothenburg; Music & arts festival in Malmö.
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Arla facing steep fines in competition probe
Business & Money: 26 Jun 09
Scandinavian dairy producer Arla Foods faces more than 7 billion kronor ($900 million) in fines if the company is found to have breached laws ensuring fair competition.
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Arla probe reveals milk monopoly plans
Business & Money: 24 Jun 09
Scandinavian dairy producer Arla Foods was engaged in a plan to “completely shut competing companies out of the market”, Swedish competition authorities allege.
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What's on in Sweden: June 19 - 25
Lifestyle: 18 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Morrissey & Midsummer fun in Stockholm; AC/DC & Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Yasmina Reza's ART in Malmö.
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Nineties babies face major housing shortage
Business & Money: 15 Jun 09
As they start to leave the nest, children of the nineties will face an ever-increasing housing shortage, according to a new study by the Swedish Union Of Tenants.
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Police in 'biggest ever' piracy raid
Science & Technology: 6 Mar 09
Police in the Stockholm area have seized a computer server believed to contain the largest quantity of pirated material ever discovered in Sweden.
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Two Swedish towns hit by AstraZeneca cuts
Business & Money: 21 Nov 08
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday it would slash 1,400 jobs by 2013, affecting operations in Umeå in northern Sweden, as well as Södertalje south of Stockholm.
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Terrorist linked to Stockholm mosque
National: 16 Oct 08
Abu Qaswara, the Swedish citizen killed by US forces in Iraq in early October and thought to be a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda’s Iraq operations, has been connected to a Stockholm-area mosque.
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Pensioners in long wait for benefits
Society: 10 Aug 08
Staff shortages and a reorganisation of the social insurance office (Försäkringskassan) has led to long delays. 30,000 pensioners have this year had to wait over a month for their housing benefit.
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The enchanted forest on Stockholm's doorstep
Travel: 25 May 08
Sweden might be covered in trees, but Tyresta National Park is a forest with a difference. Alec Forss explores a primeval landscape a stone's throw from the capital.
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Webcams: see Sweden in sixty seconds
Travel: 15 May 08
Take a webcam tour of Sweden and see how much of the country looks with just a few clicks of the mouse.
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Swedish multinationals pamper employees to keep them fit
Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
High-tech gyms, free breakfasts, and programmes to help people lose weight or stop smoking: modern Swedish companies pamper their employees in a bid to combat one of Europe's highest absenteeism rates, writes AFP's Delphine Touitou.
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Americans in Sweden head to the polls
Politics: 5 Feb 08
American Democrats living in Sweden headed down to a coffee shop in Stockholm on Tuesday to cast their ballots in Super Tuesday's primary elections.
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Body parts found near Gothenburg house
National: 2 Oct 07
Parts of a man's body have been found outside a house in Gothenburg. The body parts were discovered outside the property in the Rannebergen area of the city. Police suspect murder.
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Swedish Nobel Prize winner dies
Science & Technology: 4 Aug 07
Kai Siegbahn, who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1981, has died at the age of 89, the TT news agency reported on Saturday.
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Migration Board appoints new chief
Politics: 24 May 07
Dan Eliasson has been appointed to take over the reins of the Migration Board. The Social Democrat politician will begin his new job next week.
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Swedish countryside goes double Dutch
Society: 13 Mar 07
An increasingly number of Dutch people are moving from their crowded homeland to the open spaces of rural Sweden. Swedish regions are fighting to attract what is viewed as a very desirable immigrant group.
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Head of Swedish Security Service dies at 61
National: 22 Jan 07
Klas Bergenstrand, director general of the Swedish Security Service, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 61. The former civil servant fell ill on Sunday night.
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Swede questioned about Stockholm mosque
National: 16 Jan 07
A Swedish citizen arrested in Morocco on Christmas Day has faced thorough questioning about activities at a mosque in the Stockholm suburb of Brandbergen, according to reports.
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Youths torture animals in net film
Society: 2 Nov 06
A film showing Swedish youths torturing and killing small animals has been reported to the police by animal rights activists. "It was incredibly cruel," says Caroline Bexius at Animal Rights Sweden.
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Security vehicle robbed in Sollentuna
National: 15 Jul 06
Three attackers armed with a pistol and an axe robbed a security vehicle on Saturday afternoon at a shopping centre in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm.
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Guard shot in Securitas robbery
National: 4 Jul 06
A guard working for Securitas was shot in the face by two thieves who robbed him and made off with his cargo north of Stockholm. A union is now calling for the company to stop sending out single-man crews.
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Blix urges patience over Iran
Smörgåsbord: 3 Apr 06
The international community should offer Iran more incentives to renounce its nuclear programme, says former Swedish diplomat and chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq, Hans Blix.
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Power station could get armed guard
National: 29 Mar 06
The environmental court in Växjö has decided that armed guards are needed to protect the nuclear power station in Oskarshamn. But the law does not allow for such a measure.
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Säpo reveals Swedish embassy threats
National: 23 Mar 06
Sweden's security police, Säpo, has revealed that serious threats were directed at Swedish embassies after the far right group Sweden Democrats published one of the pictures of the prophet Muhammad on its web site.
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Säpo stops Muhammad cartoon site
National: 10 Feb 06
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A far-right Swedish website was taken down last night after security service Säpo contacted the site's hosting company. But the Sweden Democrats say they have moved the site to another server.
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Security police to hunt terrorists in Swedish schools
National: 24 Jan 06
Säpo wants informers in schools, the social services and associations to help track Muslim extremists who could be recruited to terrorism. We're not the police, say teachers' unions. Stupid, undemocratic and racist, says the Left Party.
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Coop slumps as ICA dominates Swedish grocery sector
Business & Money: 5 Jan 06
Sales in the Swedish grocery sector increased in 2005 by 2.5%, to 211 billion kronor. Coop declined, while Lidl and Netto increased their market share significantly. But ICA is still the nation's grocer.
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One dead and several injured in fire
Smörgåsbord: 26 Aug 05
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"Terrorists being recruited from Swedish prisons"
National: 18 Jul 05
Sweden's security police, Säpo, says that it has details of a fundamentalist network operating "inside and outside the walls of Swedish prisons".
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Security police demand new stalker law
National: 15 Mar 05
The threat to famous people in Sweden posed by stalkers is worse than previously thought. That is the conclusion of a survey carried out by Säpo, the security police, and now they have proposed tougher laws to deal with the problem.
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Gunnebo under pressure from steel prices and dollar
Smörgåsbord: 8 Feb 05
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Increased security for Swedish foreign minister
Politics: 27 Jan 05
Laila Freivalds gets round-the-clock protection from the security police as, following the government's handling of the tsunami catastrophe, she remains the focus of public fury - and a Magnus Uggla song.
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Swedish army to ditch 1,000 officers
National: 11 Nov 04
As the army announces that 1,000 officers are to lose their jobs, the security police begin to recruit 50 new bodyguards. A military background and officer training might look pretty good on an applicant’s CV.
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Saddam's cousin seeks Swedish asylum
Society: 20 Aug 04
Problems dealing with the Migration Board? At least you didn't have to admit that you were a cousin of an evil ex-dictator.
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Minister assaulted
Politics: 23 Apr 04
A female politician, no security, an unknown assailant - we've been here before.
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