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Live Blog: Sweden celebrates new princess

Lifestyle: 24 Feb 12
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a daughter in the early hours of Thursday morning. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Sweden's first royal birth in more than three decades. READ »

'It's a girl': Prince Daniel

National: 23 Feb 12
Sweden has a new princess. Crown Princess Victoria has given birth to a daughter, announced the happy father from Stockholm's Karolinska Hospital early on Thursday morning. READ »

Valentine's Day in Sweden - readers' sweet tweets and love stories

Society: 14 Feb 12
With Valentine's day upon us again, The Local called for messages from the star-crossed lovers of Sweden, who sent us their loving letters and sweet tweets in a celebration of love in Sweden. READ »

Military drops grenades in northern Sweden

Society: 19 Jan 12
Six grenades that fell from a military transport truck in northern Sweden on Wednesday have yet to be recovered despite a wide ranging search to recover the missing munitions. READ »

Store spares shoplifters using 'sign of shame'

Society: 18 Nov 11
Shoplifters caught stealing from the DollarStore in Sundsvall in northern Sweden can avoid being reported to police if they agree to wear of full-body sign outing them as a thief. READ »

17-year-old arrested after 'Halloween spoof'

National: 5 Nov 11
A teenager was apprehended Friday evening in northern Sweden on suspicion of attempted murder after a shot was fired into a house. The alleged targets thought it was a Halloween spoof. READ »

Masked shooter arrested in northern Sweden

National: 4 Nov 11
Swedish police have arrested the masked man, armed with a rifle, who went berserk in the early hours of Friday morning when he failed to gain entry into an elderly couple's home. READ »

Improved conditions on northern roads

Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Conditions are improving on the roads in northern Sweden, recently struck by flooding following heavy rains hitting the country over the last few days. READ »

Girl loses finger in water slide mishap

National: 11 Jul 11
A three year-old girl lost her finger in a water slide at at a camp site in Boden in in northern Sweden on Sunday. READ »

January thaw causes chaos across Sweden

National: 9 Jan 11
Drivers of more than 40 long-haul trucks dare not drive any further due to slippery conditions on Swedish roads, while falling ice and flooding have also caused problems in the wake of an early-January thaw. READ »

Total lunar eclipse visible over Sweden

Science & Technology: 21 Dec 10
On Tuesday morning, the beginning of a total lunar eclipse was visible over Sweden, with viewing best in the northern parts of the country. READ »

Dead Swede returns to Afghanistan base

National: 17 Oct 10
A memorial service for Kenneth Wallin, the Swedish soldier who died near Mazar-i-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday, is to held by Swedish forces on Sunday after the return of his body to Camp Northern Light. READ »

Sharks top Jackets in Stockholm NHL opener

Sport: 9 Oct 10
The National Hockey League's (NHL) San Jose Sharks and Columbus Blue Jackets opened their 2010-11 season in Stockholm on Friday night, with the Sharks edging the Jackets 3-2. READ »

TV viewers terrified by Swedish supermodel

National: 5 Aug 09
A commercial for skincare products that features Swedish supermodel Adina Fohlin has made a major splash, although not quite the one that Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteket was hoping for. READ »

Total recall for Kronfågel chicken

National: 27 Mar 09
Swedish poultry company Kronfågel announced on Friday it was recalling all of its frozen chicken products following four new reports of glass in Kronfågel frozen chicken packages. READ »

Layoffs hit Sweden's schools

Education: 11 Mar 09
Teachers are in danger of losing their jobs in roughly one third of Sweden’s 290 municipalities. READ »

Swedish woman receives own death certificate in the post

Society: 17 Feb 09
A woman suffering from cancer has received some shocking news from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency - a letter informing her that she had been declared dead. READ »

'Sweden can no longer defend itself'

National: 15 May 08
Armed Forces Supreme Commander Håkan Syrén fears that proposed cuts to the military will diminish its capacity to defend Sweden's borders. READ »

A northern adventure: Europe’s last wilderness

Travel: 14 May 08
From hikes across mountains with Sami reindeer herders to tours of Europe's only civilian space centre, northern Sweden offers new experiences for adventurous travellers. READ »

Flooding threatens northern Sweden

National: 7 May 08
The national weather service, SMHI, has issued a warning for extremely strong currents in streams near the coast in southern Norrbotten in northern Sweden. READ »

Swedish police forced to release murderer

National: 19 Mar 08
Swedish police have been forced to release a convicted murderer after French police failed to arrive in time to collect him. READ »

Online booze shops refuse to cooperate with tax board

Business & Money: 29 Jun 07
A number of suppliers of online alcohol have indicated that they will not release details of their customer's transactions after the tax board announced it would track down people who hadn't paid their alcohol tax. READ »

Sweden defends state alcohol monopoly

Society: 5 Jun 07
The Swedish government has said that it will defend its restrictive alcohol policy and the Systembolaget retail monopoly. But there were also positive reactions to Tuesday's EU ruling, which paved the way for private imports of alcohol over the internet. READ »

Ghosts spook northern museum

National: 30 Nov 06
Staff at a museum in northern Sweden say they have been scared by a ghostly presence which makes strange noises and appears to have cracked windows. READ »

Stalwarts make up Melodifestivalen shortlist

National: 10 Oct 06
The waiting is over - the songs set to compete to be next year's Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest have been unveiled at a ceremony in Stockholm. And there are some familiar names on the list. READ »

"Sweden's worst forest fire in modern times"

National: 16 Aug 06
Forest fires which started at the end of last week are continuing to rage in northern Sweden. And it could be several weeks before the blazes are fully out, say fire officials. READ »

Conscript badly burned during exercise

National: 12 Aug 06
A conscript in the Swedish army sustained serious burns during an exercise in northern Sweden on Friday night. READ »

Ice warning as temperature drops

National: 24 Dec 05
Despite "unusual calm" on the roads so far this Christmas, meteorologists warn that things are about to turn slippery, especially in the south and middle of Sweden. READ »

Power cuts as winter storm hits north

National: 12 Dec 05
Thousands of households are without power as a fierce snowstorm batters the northern part of Sweden. With winds approaching hurricane force, forecasters say that the worst is yet to come. READ »

Property market shows signs of cooling

National: 13 Jan 05
Good news for the 104,000 Stockholmers on waiting lists for a flat, as waiting times are slashed by a year - but bad news for those buying as the market may have peaked. At least most of us don't have to live in a car in the frozen north. READ »


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Blog Update: Snuggling With the Enemy

20 May 17:38

The story of K Composite Magazine »

"I’m working on a couple long articles which will be posted here soon. While those are in the works, I thought I’d share this article and interview about my magazine, K Composite, which was recently published on the site Design-Milk.com. Enjoy! Scott Ritcher launched his now digitally glossy mag, K Composite, back when Macs were used..." READ »

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Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin to reflect on how a sometimes uncritical media appears to serve the interests of the Swedish state
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Nine of ten tourists 'happy' with Sweden
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What's On: The Local's guide to upcoming attractions and events in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
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Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi.
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The Local's coverage of the baptism of Princess Estelle
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Sweden drifting from 'Swedish model': report
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The problem of profiting ex-politicos isn't simply money, money, money, argues contributor and historian David Linden
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The Local catches up with Sweden’s comedian of the year Al Pitcher and preview our first ever “Local Lockdown” video segment.
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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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Sweden looking for redemption at Euros
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'Are Swedes really more polite in English?'
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Swedish university traditions make foreigners feel at home
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Swedish word of the day

lång

adjective

Lång means long, tall and can be used for height, distance or time.



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