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Pensioners to recruit ageing Swedish rockers

Business & Money: 15 May 13
The Swedish Pensioners Association wants to cast off its "stuffy" image at the Sweden Rock festival, in a recruitment bid to set up a rock music subgroup of new members. READ »

Karolinska Institute tops university list again

Education: 8 Apr 13
Stockholm's Karolinska Institute has come up trumps in an annual ranking of Sweden's top universities and colleges. READ »

Is Abba reuniting or were you fooled?

Society: 1 Apr 13
An Abba reunion concert scheduled at an Uppsala airfield, Malmö neighbourhoods to be renamed after Eurovision stars and lasagnes found in horse feed were among Sweden's April Fools' Day hoax stories on Monday. READ »

Swedes warned as mid-March snow storm looms

Science & Technology: 18 Mar 13
Sweden's weather agency SMHI issued an extreme weather warning for southern Sweden, with heavy snow and violent winds expected to hit the area on Tuesday. READ »

Thousands of Swedes hit with porn surfing bills

Business & Money: 15 Mar 13
A Swedish company with a dubious past has sent out invoices to thousands of Swedes demanding payment for allegedly visiting pornographic websites. READ »

Drug seizures down as customs staff slack off

National: 23 Feb 13
Customs officers in Skåne, south Sweden, are deliberately slowing down their work in protest against a shrinking workforce, leading to a drop in drug seizures as fewer cars are stopped. READ »

Air Force coffee made from radiator water

National: 17 Feb 13
Staff at an air force base in Blekinge in southern Sweden have been drinking coffee made with water used for central heating for the past two years without apparently noticing the difference. READ »

Sweden's average home price at 'record high'

Business & Money: 7 Feb 13
New housing figures reveal that would-be homeowners will be set back back 1 million kronor ($157,634) on average when buying a house anywhere in Sweden. READ »

'Swedish reality shows violate patients' rights'

Science & Technology: 28 Jan 13
Swedish reality television shows featuring hospitals and emergency services fail to protect patients' rights, according to a complaint filed on Monday that accuses public health authorities of breaking privacy law by allowing filming. READ »

Elderly lady drove home wrong car

Society: 26 Jan 13
An 80-year-old Swedish woman jumped into the wrong car on Friday, and finding the keys in the ignition she was able to drive home completely unaware that her own car remained in the supermarket car park. READ »

University reeling after French student's death

Society: 25 Jan 13
Two days after a 23-year-old French exchange student was found dead in southern Sweden, university officials have expressed their shock at the loss, and are holding a memorial service in his honour. READ »

Missing French exchange student found dead

National: 24 Jan 13
The 23-year-old French exchange student who had been missing for two weeks in southern Sweden was found dead on Wednesday night, with police stating that they no longer suspected any foul play. READ »

Kidnapping fears over missing French student

National: 23 Jan 13
Police in southern Sweden suspect a missing 23-year-old French exchange student who disappeared nearly two weeks ago may have been kidnapped. READ »

Centre Party faces internal rebellion

Politics: 5 Jan 13
Resistance is growing within the ranks of the Centre Party over a radical new party programme which includes proposals on free immigration, polygamy and an end to compulsory schooling. READ »

Drivers confess to hit and run on elderly couple

National: 2 Jan 13
A couple in their seventies were hospitalized in southern Sweden on Tuesday after they were hit by a stolen car driven by two young men, who have since confessed to the crime. READ »

Reveller killed walking along motorway

National: 1 Jan 13
A young man was hit and killed by a car when he took a walk along the E6 motorway near Stenungsund on New Year's Eve, which also saw drunken spats and firework accidents across the country. READ »

Record figures for Sweden Democrats

Politics: 16 Dec 12
A new poll puts the far-right party at a record 10 percent, with an increase in support among older voters and voters in north-central Sweden. READ »

New winter storm batters southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 11 Dec 12
Heavy snow and blustery winds prompted new weather warnings for southern Sweden on Tuesday morning as a winter storm stopped trains and sent cars skidding, with up to 40 centimetres of snow expected in some areas. READ »

Blizzard rolls across southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 12
Swedish meteorology agency SMHI has issued a class 2 warning for the Skåne region in the south of Sweden, advising residents to stay indoors as harsh winds combined with heavy snowfall make for perilous conditions. READ »

Sweden braces for massive snow onslaught

Science & Technology: 4 Dec 12
Stockholm faces up to 30 centimetres of snow in the next 24 hours, say forecasters who have issued a class 2 storm warning for much of central and southern Sweden. READ »

Coastguard guilty after soiled diaper 'joke' sours

Society: 1 Dec 12
A former employee at the Swedish coastguard has been sentenced to probation after a drunken joke, involving a colleague, a soiled diaper, and a false report of an attempt to smuggle drugs into the country, turned sour. READ »

Refugees made to face winter freeze in flip-flops

Society: 30 Nov 12
Asylum seekers in Blekinge County in southern Sweden are facing the chill of winter without socks or proper shoes, as migration authorities have been unable to provide a winter clothing allowance in time. READ »

Bleak future for Swedish cinemas: expert

Business & Money: 16 Nov 12
A growing number of Swedish cinemas have had their final curtain call, with 25 percent closing down in the past ten years, a trend experts believe will continue. READ »

Plagiarism on the rise at Swedish universities

Education: 18 Sep 12
Some 800 students were suspended or received a formal warning due to cheating at Swedish universities last year, according to a new report from the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. READ »

Swedish experts baffled by 'mystery' elk illness

Society: 10 Aug 12
A unexplained illness has been plaguing the elk community of southern Sweden, with experts perplexed as to why so many are being found dead or dying. READ »

'Panicked callers' get better emergency help: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 19 Jun 12
The degree of panic in the voices of those who call Swedish emergency service operator SOS Alarm plays an important role in how operators assess callers' need for help, a new study has found. READ »

Man didn't kill friend but did dump body: court

National: 18 Jun 12
A 28-year-old man sentenced to 12 years in prison in April for murdering his best friend has had his conviction overturned on appeal, but was nevertheless found guilty of having thrown the victim's body in a sewer. READ »

'World's oldest fishing tools' in Swedish waters

Science & Technology: 5 Jun 12
Swedish archaeologists believe they have discovered the world's oldest wooden fishing equipment on the Baltic Sea floor of the coast of southern Sweden. READ »

Non-EU students drop Swedish unis as fees bite

Education: 23 May 12
Enrollment of non-European students in Swedish universities declined drastically following the introduction of tuition fees last year, with engineering students from Asia being among those most affected by the change, a new report has found. READ »

Greenpeace protesters occupy Arctic-bound ship

Science & Technology: 3 May 12
Six Greenpeace activists have been arrested in Sweden after they attached themselves to a ship off the southern coast of Sweden in an attempt to prevent Shell’s proposed drilling for oil in the Arctic region. READ »

Mother and daughter reconciled over lotto win

Business & Money: 23 Apr 12
A mother and daughter who became estranged after winning three million kronor ($445,428) on a scratch lottery card were in court on Monday to determine the rightful owner of the winnings. READ »

Killer who dumped body in sewer gets 12 years

National: 16 Apr 12
A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 12 years prison on Monday for murdering his best friend, who was found a month later in a lake in southern Sweden. READ »

Indian grad student found dead

National: 14 Apr 12
A 25-year-old Indian graduate student at the Blekinge Institute of Technology who was reported missing in late January, has been found dead in Ronneby harbour. READ »

Indian grad student missing in Blekinge

National: 1 Feb 12
Police in southern Sweden are looking into the disappearance of a 25-year-old Indian graduate student from the Blekinge Institute of Technology who was last seen leaving his apartment on Thursday night last week. READ »

Man dies after ambulance call went unanswered

Science & Technology: 1 Feb 12
A woman whose boyfriend died after she was unable to get through to Swedish emergency response service SOS Alarm has reported the matter to health authorities. READ »

'High hopes' for Löfven as Social Democrat head

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 12
Sweden's leader pages painted newly named Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven as a down-to-earth, politically inexperienced man from northern Sweden who has a good chance of strengthening the struggling party. READ »

'Facebook' rapist jailed for teen sex attacks

National: 26 Jan 12
A man who used Facebook and other social media media websites to come in contact with Swedish teen girls, was sentenced to six-years in prison on Wednesday for a series of sex attacks. READ »

'Serial' rapist charged in southern Sweden

National: 3 Jan 12
A 23-year-old man from Blekinge, in southern Sweden, has been charged with six rapes on a total of five teenage victims, of which two are under fifteen years of age. READ »

Rowdy start to the new year in Sweden

National: 1 Jan 12
Police were kept busy during the last evening of 2011 with celebrations all over Sweden getting out of hand and resulting in brawling and firework accidents. READ »

Swedish teenager makes surprise mushroom find

Science & Technology: 26 Dec 11
A Swedish teenager was out for a ride through the forest in December when she made a rather surprising find – a large bunch of chanterelle mushrooms growing in a blueberry patch. READ »

Drunken Christmas revelries lead to arrests

Society: 26 Dec 11
Many people went overboard in their Christmas merriment this year, with arrests for public drunkenness up across Sweden over the weekend. READ »

Teacher's teen sex text leads to child porn stash

National: 15 Dec 11
A school teacher from southern Sweden was charged on Thursday after the investigation into a sex-themed text message he sent to a 13-year-old student revealed over 6 hours of child porn material on his computer. READ »

Warnings as winter storm heads toward Sweden

Science & Technology: 8 Dec 11
Sweden's first major winter storm of the season is expected bring strong winds and heavy snow on Thursday night into Friday, prompting warnings of power outages and dangerous road conditions in many parts of the country. READ »

Activist wrote threat letters in his own blood

Society: 28 Oct 11
A 21-year-old animal rights activist from western Sweden is facing charges for sending various threat letters -- some written in his own blood. He is also suspected of setting a hamburger restaurant on fire. READ »

Mum sues daughter over 'stolen' lottery jackpot

Society: 14 Oct 11
A woman from Blekinge in southern Sweden is suing her daughter in an attempt to reclaim nearly 3 million kronor in lottery winnings she feels she is entitled to because she bought the ticket. READ »

Social Democrats meet to decide Juholt's fate

Politics: 14 Oct 11
The Social Democrats' powerful executive committee will meet at 9am on Friday, for what has been described as "judgement day" for embattled leader Håkan Juholt. READ »

Göran Hägglund lays down the gauntlet

Politics: 30 Sep 11
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has challenged his critics within the party to stand up and fight for the leadership, in response to a petition which has cast doubt on his position. READ »

Åkesson stands firm on immigration

Politics: 7 Aug 11
Despite the recent outrages in Norway, Sweden Democrat (SD) leader Jimmie Åkesson refused to change his stance on the controversial party’s line on immigration during his summer speech on Saturday. READ »

Two Swedes in global paedophile ring

National: 4 Aug 11
Two Swedish suspects have been identified as part of a major global paedophile ring spanning 14 countries which has been exposed by the US police. READ »

Man raped child 75 times, avoids prison

National: 1 Aug 11
A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to psychiatric care after having been convicted for raping three young children, filming the attacks and publishing the material on the internet. READ »

Boy convicted for sex with 13-year-old girlfriend

National: 27 Jul 11
A 15-year-old Swedish boy has been convicted of child sex crimes for having sex with his 13-year-old girlfriend. READ »

Man sentenced for killing 'noisy' neighbour

National: 15 Jul 11
A 39-year-old man from Karlskrona in southern Sweden who admitted to stabbing his neighbour to death due to the "incessant noise" coming from the victim's flat, was sentenced to psychiatric care by a Blekinge court on Friday. READ »

Sweden's sexual healthcare varies widely: report

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Where you live can have a significant effect on what level of sex healthcare you're offered, according to a recent study from a Swedish sex education agency. READ »

One in six Swedish children can’t swim

Society: 8 Jul 11
More than 15 percent of kids in Sweden can’t swim and one in four Swedish parents have had to save a child from the water, according to a new study carried out by a Swedish insurance company. READ »

Growing demands for Ohly to step down

Politics: 5 Jul 11
A growing number of leading Left Party members want to see the party's head, Lars Ohly, step down before the next election in 2014. Over half of district leaders want a new head, according to a Swedish newspaper report. READ »

Fishing industry quiet on worms in cod: report

National: 3 Jul 11
The cod worm, capable of causing vomiting and diarrhea, is steadily becoming more common in the Baltic Sea, but the Swedish fishing industry has kept a tight lid on information about the growing numbers, according to a newspaper report. READ »

Thunderstorms leave southern Sweden reeling

Science & Technology: 3 Jul 11
Flooded roads and railroads, closed stores, fires caused by lightning strikes, and thousands of homes left without power - a heavy thunderstorm left southern Sweden reeling from the chaos in its wake this weekend. READ »

Swedish soldiers secure missing pea soup dinner

Business & Money: 2 Jul 11
The Blekinge county wing of the Swedish Armed Forces have decided to change their caterer after heavy criticism from soldiers missing the traditional Thursday fare, according to local media reports. READ »

Fishing for everyone in Sweden

Travel: 16 Jun 11
If you love fishing - or have just always wanted to give it a try - Sweden is a great place to come. Thousands of lakes where you will hardly see a soul, plenty of rivers and thousands of kilometres of coastline make Sweden a paradise for anglers. READ »

Warnings ahead of new wave of violent storms

Science & Technology: 10 Jun 11
A new line of thunderstorms is expected to bring more heavy rain to southern and central Sweden on Friday as the region struggles to cope with power outages and flooding from a previous batch of storms. READ »

Fewer Swedish teen girls getting abortions

Science & Technology: 8 Jun 11
Young women and girls in Sweden are getting fewer abortions, according to new figures, which also reveal a slight increase in controversial later-term abortions. READ »

Immigrant students get 'Negro' Swedish lesson

Education: 20 May 11
A class of immigrant students in southern Sweden was given a Swedish grammar lesson using the Swedish word for Negro. READ »

Baltic fish stocks in mystery decline

Science & Technology: 9 May 11
Anglers have reported a dramatic decline in the fish population in Hanö Bay of the east coast of southern Sweden, leaving the authorities baffled as to the underlying cause. READ »

Famous Swedish elk is pregnant

Society: 30 Apr 11
A famous Swedish elk who made news when she tromped around backyards in Blekinge in the south of Sweden, eating people's apples, and making return visits throughout 2009 and 2010, is reportedly pregnant. READ »

Man arrested after paying for noisy sex

Society: 20 Apr 11
Grunts heard through a wall were enough for police in southern Sweden to arrest a 46-year-old man on suspicion of buying sex. READ »

Partner of over 40 years denied space in family grave

National: 5 Apr 11
A woman who had lived with her partner for over 40 years has been denied a place in his family grave, as the local authority did not consider her to be part of the family. READ »

Sweden's Gripen aircraft reach Sicily

National: 3 Apr 11
All eight Swedish JAS Gripen fighters have landed at a base in Sicily and are now under NATO command. READ »

Swedish media join in foolish April fun

Society: 1 Apr 11
Shampoo for shaggy hardrocker festival-goers, dog poop fireworks to save the environment, as well as The Local's own anti-feminist Viking village, were among the April Fools' Day hoaxes in the Swedish media on Friday. READ »

Swedish airlines flout consumer rights: report

Business & Money: 28 Mar 11
Airlines operating domestic routes in Sweden skies apply terms and conditions in contravention of passengers' legal rights, according to a new report from the National Consumer Agency, which has threatened action. READ »

Top marks for Stockholm School of Economics

Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges. READ »

Swedish court grants grandparent access

Society: 13 Mar 11
The grandparents of a six-year-old girl in Vellinge in southern Sweden have been give the legal right to meet their grandchildren one weekend a month, after a landmark appeals court decision. READ »

Man killed Swedish teen girl 'by mistake'

National: 14 Feb 11
Murder charges were filed on Monday against a 37-year-old man who claims he accidentally killed a 17-year-old girl from Blekinge in southern Sweden during a sex act "that went too far." 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 »

Power cut as storms batter southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 8 Feb 11
Over 35,000 people were left without power on Monday night as storm winds swept across southern Sweden, leaving widespread traffic problems due to fallen trees and debris. READ »

Ferry traffic hit by stormy Swedish weather

Science & Technology: 7 Feb 11
Another onslaught of stormy weather has prompted warnings for southern Sweden and disrupted Baltic ferry service. READ »

Stockholm tops Swedish student debt league

Business & Money: 24 Jan 11
Residents of Stockholm continue to carry the highest levels of student debt in the country, according to new figures from Sweden’s student lending agency, CSN. READ »

Murder suspect: 'the noise made me do it'

National: 21 Jan 11
A 39-year-old man from Karlskrona in southern Sweden who admitted to stabbing his neighbour to death blamed the attack on the incessant noise coming from the victim's flat. READ »

Arrested man confesses to Karlskrona murder

National: 18 Jan 11
A man suspected of a murder in southwestern Sweden at Blekinge Institute of Technology overnight has confessed to the crime. READ »

Man's penis amputated following misdiagnosis

Science & Technology: 29 Dec 10
A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer. READ »

Snow chaos continues in southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 25 Dec 10
Snow, freezing temperatures and driving winds continue to cause chaos in parts of southern Sweden. READ »

Skåne residents encouraged to stay home

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. READ »

Christmas transport situation worsens

National: 23 Dec 10
Train traffic on southbound lines out of Stockholm came to a complete halt on Thursday afternoon, while many roads were impassable. READ »

Transport trouble to continue on Thursday

National: 23 Dec 10
A new snowstorm pushing in through the south of Sweden, with more snow and winds forecast, has led to the cancellation of train services in some areas as operators are forced to prioritise key routes. 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 »

Rail chaos continues as snow record awaits

Science & Technology: 21 Dec 10
Train services in the south of Sweden remained in disarray on Tuesday with problems set to extend over the Christmas period with record snowfalls forecast. READ »

Bitter winter on the way: expert

Science & Technology: 25 Nov 10
The winter 2010/2011 is set to be as cold and snowy as last year, as a slew of weather phenomena push cold air from the poles down over Sweden, experts predict. READ »

Official fired for talking on her mobile phone

Education: 20 Nov 10
A local education official from southern Sweden has been sacked after she disclosed sensitive information about colleagues in mobile phone conversations she had while riding a train. READ »

Elderly Swede fined for dumping water on smoking neighbour

Society: 20 Nov 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has been convicted for extinguishing a neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water. READ »

Sahlin calls on Social Democrat heads to resign

Politics: 10 Nov 10
Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin has called on her party's executive committee and the governing board to resign, joining a chorus of party criticism and introspection after its election defeat. READ »

Police call for tips on Malmö shootings

National: 8 Nov 10
Malmö police have declared that the investigation into spate of racist shootings in the city is "far from solved" despite the arrest of a 38-year-old man suspect on Sunday, asking for more information from the public. READ »

'Sleepwalking' Swede beats drunken driving charges

Society: 1 Nov 10
A 51-year-old Swedish man has been acquitted of drunken driving charges after a court couldn’t rule out the possibility that the man was asleep when he got behind the wheel. READ »

Swedish weather agency issues snow warning

Science & Technology: 19 Oct 10
Weather agency SMHI warned Swedes to brace for snow and heavy winds across much of the country on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. READ »

Live Blog: parliament opens

Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy. READ »

Swedish military issues foreign duty ultimatum

National: 24 Sep 10
Sweden's Armed Forces personnel have been presented an ultimatum - accept the requirement of foreign duty or face redundancy, a decision which has left many feeling steamrollered. READ »

Live Blog: post-election developments

National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes. READ »

Sleepless Swede charged for dousing smoking neighbour

Society: 16 Sep 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden is facing charges after he extinguished his neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water. READ »

Son saves father's life by cutting off his arm

Society: 9 Sep 10
An elderly man who got stuck in forestry machinery near Olofström in southern Sweden on Wednesday, was saved by his son who was forced to cut off his arm in order to free him. READ »

Modelling class for kids pulled over 'ethics'

Education: 26 Aug 10
An adult education centre in Karlskrona in southern Sweden has cancelled a modelling course for children aged five to eight after receiving a number of calls about the offering, Sveriges Radio Blekinge reported on Thursday. READ »

Couple suspected of dog smuggling set free

Society: 29 Jul 10
A man and a woman suspected of having smuggled nine dogs into Sweden were released on Thursday in connection with the detention hearing in Karlskrona. READ »

Hottest day since 1994 reaches 34.5 degrees

Science & Technology: 11 Jul 10
Hästveda in northern Skåne posted the year's high temperature in Sweden so far at a sizzling 34.5 degrees on Saturday. READ »

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