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Volvo Group names insider as new CEO

Business & Money: 16 Mar 11
Sweden's Volvo Group has appointed Olof Persson, current head of Volvo Construction Equipment, to take over as the heavy vehicle maker's new CEO following the departure of Leif Johansson. READ »

Condemn the Swedish model, not Kamprad

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 11
Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company’s fortunes abroad, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren. READ »

SAS to ditch Spanair and airBaltic

Business & Money: 19 Dec 08
Embattled carrier Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has unveiled plans to sell off subsidiaries Spanair and airBaltic. READ »

Swedish train breaks speed record

Science & Technology: 14 Sep 08
The speed record for a train on a Swedish railway was broken on Saturday night. For the first time speeds in excess of 300 kilometres per hour were recorded in a test drive of a Regina train near Skövde. READ »

SAS results hit badly by rising fuel costs

Business & Money: 29 Apr 08
Scandinavian airline SAS has said rising fuel costs pushed it further into the red in the first quarter. READ »

SAS reaches settlement over Dash plane problems

Business & Money: 10 Mar 08
SAS has agreed to settle with Bombardier and Goodrich after a string of incidents in the fall of 2007 forced the airline to ground its entire fleet of Dash aircraft. READ »

SAS flew faulty planes 'for years'

National: 24 Jan 08
Report: Airline SAS serviced routes for years using planes containing dangerous hidden construction errors. READ »

SAS cancellations continue

National: 30 Oct 07
Scandinavian Airlines cancelled dozens of flights to and from Scandinavia for the second day in a row on Tuesday after permanently removing all Canadian-made Dash 8 Q400 passenger planes from its fleet. READ »

SAS cancels Swedish flights

National: 29 Oct 07
SAS Sweden has cancelled eight flights on Monday following the airline's decision to permanently ground its fleet of Dash Q-400 planes. READ »

SAS grounds Dash Q-400 planes for good

National: 28 Oct 07
SAS has said it is permanently grounding its fleet of Dash Q-400 planes, after a series of accidents. "We need to get rid of these planes. They are damaging SAS and its brand," said the company's president Mats Jansson. READ »

SAS grounds planes again after incident

National: 28 Oct 07
Airline SAS has once again been forced to ground its fleet of Dash 8-Q 400 planes after one of the aircraft was forced to undertake an emergency landing in Copenhagen. READ »

SAS delays Dash return

National: 12 Oct 07
Airline SAS has delayed until Wednesday the resumption of full services involving its ill-starred fleet of Dash planes. READ »

SAS demands half a billion kronor compensation

Business & Money: 3 Oct 07
Airline company SAS is demanding half a billion kronor in compensation from plane manufacturer Bombardier following a spate of recent incidents involving the Canadian firm's Dash planes. READ »

Dozens of SAS planes faulty

National: 21 Sep 07
A new report has shown that 25 of SAS airline's 27 Dash 8-Q400 planes contained faulty landing gear. READ »

Prosecutors probe SAS over accidents

National: 19 Sep 07
A prosecutor in Stockholm is investigating the Scandinavian airline SAS after two accidents involving its fleet of Q400 aircraft. The probe will examine whether SAS endangered lives. READ »

Major delays as SAS cancels more flights

National: 17 Sep 07
SAS Sweden has cancelled a further 17 flights scheduled for Tuesday because of problems with its Dash 8-Q400 aircraft. The majority of the flights affected are domestic. READ »

Flights cancelled after SAS plane accident

National: 12 Sep 07
Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) has suspended all flights using Dash 8-400 planes after a second accident in the space of a few days. Thirteen flights in Sweden are affected. READ »

Swedish cabin pressure incidents to be investigated

National: 16 Aug 05
Following the air crash in Greece over the weekend, every incident of falling cabin pressure in Sweden over the last five years is to be investigated. According to the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority there are ten cases a year. READ »


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20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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The Local helps shed some light on the tantalizing mystery known as the strong, silent Nordic type.
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The Local's Oliver Gee finds out why the star of Sweden's version of 'The Office' thinks Sweden is the most PC country in the world
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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
Alexander Lervik and Johan Carper
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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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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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
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Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
Q&A with Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley
LIFESTYLE »
Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
Photo: Helena Wahlman
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Braving the cold: Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden
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A truly international education at the heart of Berlin
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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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