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Swedish court charges man with genocide

National: 27 Dec 11
Genocide charges were filed on Monday against a 53-year-old man arrested last week at Stockholm's Bromma airport on suspicions of having taken part in the massacres in Rwanda in 1994. READ »

War crimes suspect arrested in Stockholm

National: 23 Dec 11
Swedish police have arrested a man suspected of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He was arrested late Thursday evening at Bromma airport, just outside Stockholm. READ »

Sweden refuses to release CIA flight info

National: 19 Dec 11
When two human rights organizations asked 28 countries for information in order to map out CIAs secret air transports of terror suspects, Sweden was one of three countries refusing to give out any details. READ »

Shopping for Christmas food in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper. READ »

Sweden's best Christmas markets

Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
Christmas markets are a feature of Yuletide in Sweden and The Local has put together a pick of the best, all featuring warm spiced "glögg" for the adults, and plenty of fun activites for the children. READ »

Police slammed for 'slow' response

National: 28 Oct 11
Swedish police officers' slow response to the spectacular helicopter robbery of a cash depot south of Stockholm in 2009 has come in for stinging criticism from the National Swedish Police Board’s own inspection unit. READ »

Swedish castles with sizzle: a sampler

Lifestyle: 13 Oct 11
Sweden is home to hundreds of castles featuring tales of bloodthirsty royals, quirky millionaires, adult-rated films, and other untold secrets. Check out The Local's selection of some of the country's more memorable manors. READ »

Man denies buying sex: 'I couldn't get it up'

Society: 7 Oct 11
A 71-year-old Swede caught paying for sex has claimed he is innocent as his erectile dysfunction made it impossible to go through with the act. READ »

Deportees: CIA behind torture interrogations

National: 5 Oct 11
Two Egyptians who were forcibly deported to Egypt from Sweden by CIA agents in 2001 have blamed the US spy agency for the torture they received in their home country. READ »

Långholmen FC prepare for Stockholm Cup final

Sport: 26 Sep 11
The Local's partner club Långholmen FC are getting ready for the biggest night in the young club's nine year history on Wednesday when they take on Sollentuna United in the final of the prestigious Stockholm Cup. READ »

Two men shot in Stockholm

National: 14 Aug 11
Two men, a 16-year-old and a 25-year-old, have been forced to surgery after a gunman began shooting in Stockholm suburb Brommaplan on Saturday evening. READ »

Sweden honours Norwegian terror victims

National: 23 Jul 11
As the full extent of Friday's horror in neighbouring country Norway slowly starts to sink in, people and organisations all over Sweden are getting together in a number of ways to honour victims. READ »

Sweden's top children's playgrounds

Lifestyle: 1 Jul 11
With the summer sun in the ascendancy, it’s time to lather on the sunscreen, pack a picnic, and head out to explore some of the 50,000 playgrounds on offer across Sweden. The Local’s Karen Holst tips some of the country’s best. READ »

Stockholm airport set for expansion: report

National: 15 May 11
Despite surviving under threat of closure for almost all of its 75 years, Bromma Airport in Stockholm could be set for a huge expansion in the next decade. READ »

Stockholm illustrates growing wealth divide

Business & Money: 9 May 11
The divide between Sweden's wealthiest and poorest areas is increasing, according to new statistics, which also reveal that nearly all of the 100 wealthiest areas can be found in Stockholm. 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 »

Allsvenskan 2010: the season in review

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 10
As Malmö continues to celebrate its Swedish championship gold medal, contributor Nic Townsend looks back at a season that ended quite differently than many observers of Swedens’ expected premier football league expected. READ »

Malmö claims Swedish footballing crown

Sport: 7 Nov 10
Malmö FF secured its 16th Swedish football championship on Sunday with a convincing 2-0 home victory over visiting Mjällby. 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 »

Guilty verdicts for helicopter heist suspects

National: 7 Oct 10
Several suspects involved in last year’s Hollywood-style helicopter heist of a cash depot south of Stockholm were found guilty on Thursday. READ »

Helicopter heist trial closes in Stockholm

National: 9 Sep 10
The court trial of the ten men charged with the dramatic helicopter heist on a cash depot in southern Stockholm last September wrapped up on Wednesday, a judge in the case confirmed. READ »

Ryanair reverses plan to axe London route

National: 5 Aug 10
Ryanair has reversed plans to axe its route between Stockholm Västerås and London, the airline has confirmed. Meanwhile, a number of new routes have been announced. READ »

Accused deny helicopter heist as trial opens

National: 2 Aug 10
The ten men suspected of involvement in a spectacular cash depot heist have denied all charges as their high-profile trial opened amid huge media and public interest in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Royal couple return home from honeymoon

National: 2 Aug 10
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel have returned home after their six-week long honeymoon in the South Pacific and the USA, arriving at Stockholm's Bromma airport on Sunday evening. READ »

Finnair starts Bromma service in August

Business & Money: 27 Jul 10
Finnair will launch a new connection from Helsinki to Stockholm through Bromma on August 16th in addition to its services to Arlanda, the airline has announced. READ »

HostelBookers' Day Trips from Stockholm

Travel: 1 Jul 10
HostelBookers invites you to explore the beaten path outside Stockholm by taking day trips to Uppsala, Västerås and Drottningholm, writes Madeleine Wilson. READ »

Pilot strike grounds Swedish flights

National: 7 Jun 10
Pilots working for four regional Swedish airlines went out on strike early Monday, affecting a large number of domestic flights with the threat of a broader strike affecting international and charter flights on Wednesday. READ »

Airports suffer drop after volcano ash

National: 6 May 10
The number of passengers passing through the 14 airports run by Swedish state company Swedavia fell 25 percent in April, largely due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption. READ »

New EU rules open Sweden's airspace

National: 23 Apr 10
Flights are now permitted across the whole of Sweden, as Stockholm-Arlanda, Bromma and Malmö airports all remained open overnight. The latest reports from Iceland indicate that the volcano remains stable. READ »

Sweden to open 'almost all' airspace

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden is set to gradually open almost all of its airspace by 4pm on Wednesday, including Stockholm's three airports and one of Gothenburg's, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. READ »

Malmö airspace opens as Stockholm stays closed

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden's airspace south of a line between Stockholm-Arlanda Ariport and Strömstad remained closed on Wednesday morning with the exception of Malmö. Airspace north of Stockholm remained open. READ »

Major Swedish airports reopen

National: 19 Apr 10
Arlanda, Landvetter and Bromma airports have reopened for air traffic on Monday morning, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. READ »

Champs held as football season gets underway

Sport: 15 Mar 10
Swedish champions AIK got off to a slow start with a home draw against top-flight newcomers Mjällby. The 2009 runners-up IFK Gothenburg meanwhile opened the season with a flurry of goals, dispatching Kalmar 0-3. READ »

Top flight club bans foreign language use

Sport: 10 Mar 10
Swedish top flight football club Brommapojkarna (BP) has introduced a language policy requiring all players to speak Swedish to each other in order to be eligible for selection. READ »

What's On in Sweden: January 1st - 7th

Lifestyle: 30 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Tango with Superheroes in Stockholm, tickle cockroaches in Gothenburg and Blame it on the Stones in Malmö. READ »

Helicopter robbery - how it happened

National: 24 Sep 09
The Swedish police have been roundly criticized for their slow response to the audacious helicopter robbery of a cash depot in Västberga south of Stockholm on Wednesday. Here's how it happened. READ »

Thousands of young Swedes sell sex: study

Society: 14 Sep 09
Around 20,000 young Swedes have sold sex, primarily over the internet, a new study shows. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 21 - 27

Lifestyle: 20 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Cirkus Cirkör and "progg" poster exhibition in Stockholm; Midnight run and Stephen Lynch (US) in Gothenburg; Orquesta Faela and music festival in Malmö. READ »

Football hooligans run riot on Swedish flight

National: 11 May 09
Five Swedish football hooligans were forced to leave a plane at Malmö Airport on Sunday with a further seven suspected of air traffic sabotage after threatening crew and beating up a fellow passenger. READ »

Police step up hunt for missing baby corpse

National: 24 Apr 09
Police confirm that they have received a wealth of tips and information about the dead baby that went missing from a Stockholm church mortuary prior to burial this week. READ »

Sweden spied on CIA 'terror flights': report

National: 24 Apr 09
The government led by former Prime Minister Göran Persson knew that Sweden was used as a transit destination for clandestine CIA flights transporting suspected terrorists, according to reports that emerged on Friday. READ »

Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan. READ »

Enjoying bourgeois buns in the home of functionalist architecture

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 09
There's no better place in Stockholm to savour croissants and cappucino than Petite France, an award-winning cafe and bakery located on the ground floor of Sweden's most Utopian apartment block, writes Jeanne Rudbeck. READ »

Bodström reported over CIA terror deportations

National: 19 Jan 09
Former justice minister Thomas Bodström and former prime minister Göran Persson have been reported to the Riksdag's constitutional committee after new details emerged over the expulsion of two terror suspects from Sweden to Egypt in 2001. READ »

Sweden pressured in 2001 terror case: report

National: 19 Jan 09
Fresh details have surfaced about the deportation of two terror suspects from Sweden to Egypt in December 2001, including allegations of US pressure and the role of former foreign minister Anna Lindh, following the release a new book on Monday. READ »

Winter storm blows over Sweden

National: 24 Nov 08
Traffic problems, flight delays and power outages were left in the wake of Sweden’s first major winter storm, which headed out to the Baltic Sea early on Monday morning boasting hurricane force winds. READ »

Broken window forces emergency landing

National: 18 Nov 08
An airplane with 63 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Gothenburg’s Landvetter airport on Tuesday morning because of a cracked cockpit window. READ »

Kalmar claim historic Swedish title

Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history. READ »

Sweden condemns surveillance in schools

Education: 2 Oct 08
Sweden’s Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen – DI) has demanded that seven schools change their use of surveillance cameras in a decision it hopes will set a precedent for schools across the country. READ »

Ten years following major opium bust

National: 30 Sep 08
The prime suspects in an opium bust in which Swedish officials last spring seized nearly 100 kilograms of the drug have been sentenced to ten years in prison. READ »

Egyptian compensated for forced deportation

National: 19 Sep 08
Ahmed Agiza, one of two Egyptians forcibly deported from Bromma Airport by CIA agents in 2001, is to receive three million kronor ($440,000) in damages from the Swedish state, his lawyer said on Friday. READ »

Stockholm University ends Steiner teacher training

Education: 26 Aug 08
Stockholm University has decided to wind up its Steiner-Waldorf teacher training. Steiner science literature is 'too much myth and too little fact', the university's teacher education committee has ruled. READ »

Airplane crashes near Stockholm

National: 8 Aug 08
A twin-engine aircraft with four people on board crashed in Vinsta near Stockholm around midday on Friday. The plane remained ablaze at 1pm. READ »

Dwarf checked in as luggage at Stockholm airport

Society: 24 Jul 08
Someone attempted to check in a suitcase filled with a dwarf at Bromma airport in Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Sweden pays damages to Egyptian deportee

National: 3 Jul 08
Mohammed Alzery, one of two Egyptians deported from Bromma Airport by CIA agents in 2001, is to be awarded three million kronor ($500,000) in damages by the Swedish state. READ »

Swedish Elks travel to Oz

Lifestyle: 26 May 08
Most Swedes will be bemused to learn they have a national Australian Football team. Nic Townsend meets the Swedish Elks before they travel to Melbourne for the International Cup. READ »

UN torture committee criticizes Sweden

National: 20 May 08
The United Nations Committee against Torture has criticized Sweden for taking too long to begin investigating allegations of torture in Congo. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 16 - 22

Lifestyle: 15 May 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Nick Cave in Stockholm, major running event in Gothenburg, musical sailing tour in Malmö. 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 »

Activists detained over airport invasion

National: 16 Apr 08
Prosecutors have ordered the detention of nine people who tried to block the deportation of an Eritrean man from Bromma Airport in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Activists invade airport runway

National: 15 Apr 08
A group of activists penetrated the perimeter at Stockholm’s Bromma airport, holding up flights on Tuesday afternoon. READ »

Bromma airport's future safe for three more decades

Business & Money: 18 Mar 08
Stockholm’s Municipal Council decided on Monday night to renew the lease on Bromma airport for another 30 years. READ »

Gothenburg demo calls for release of 'Sturup Seven'

National: 16 Feb 08
A demonstration is to be held in Gothenburg on Saturday to call for the release of environmental activists, seen here being arrested by police following a direct action at Malmö Sturup airport. READ »

'Polar bear' activists invade airport

National: 15 Feb 08
Stockholm's Bromma Airport was invaded on Friday afternoon by environmental activists posing as polar bears. READ »

Boy fights for life after firework blast

National: 1 Jan 08
Sweden ushered in the New Year overnight with a wave of fires, firework injuries and stabbings. READ »

Sports digest: Anja Pärsson scores double victory

Sport: 17 Dec 07
Skiing: Pärson impresses in Switzerland. Golf: Two Swedish golds in Hungary. Football: Albin Ekdal goes to Juventus. READ »

Sports Digest: Gothenburg Angels answer fans' prayers

Sport: 29 Oct 07
Football: IFK Göteborg edge out Djurgården and Kalmar to secure title. Golf: Chopra and Jacobson head the field in Florida. Skiing: Swedes sprint to podium in Düsseldorf. READ »

Sports Digest: Kalmar take command

Sport: 22 Oct 07
Football: Umeå win women's league but the men still have it all to play for. Boxing: Euro gold for Anna Laurell. Golf: Swedish trio run Webster close in Portugal. READ »

Man shot dead on Stockholm street

National: 20 Oct 07
A 25-year-old man was shot dead on a street in Åkeshov, in the west of Stockholm, early on Saturday morning. "Many people heard the shots," according to a police spokesman. READ »

Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm

Sport: 8 Oct 07
Tennis: Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm. Golf: Parnevik falters on final day of Texas Open. Football: Djurgården, Gothenburg and Kalmar in three-horse race for title. READ »

Bromma Airport gets 30 year life extension

National: 21 Sep 07
Stockholm's most central airport has just been given 30 more years to live after the City of Stockholm and the civil aviation authority signed a new agreement on Friday. READ »

Woman arrested for cash depot heist

National: 21 Sep 07
A young woman working for security firm Panaxia has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in Wednesday's cash depot robbery in Stockholm. READ »

Suspect arrested after cash depot heist

National: 19 Sep 07
A group of thieves escaped with an unknown sum of money on Wednesday morning after breaking into a cash depot in Stockholm using cutting torches and explosives. READ »

Living the high life

Lifestyle: 12 Sep 07
Hot air balloons have almost become part of Stockholm's summer and autumn skyline. Charlotte West took to the skies, discovering great views and some strange ballooning traditions. READ »

Sports digest: Swedish hopes dashed in Osaka

Sport: 3 Sep 07
Athletics: Swedes disappointed with failure to reach the podium. Football: Zlatan back in the groove. Tennis: Johansson and Björkman bow out of US Open. READ »

Politician's girlfriend bound with duct tape

Politics: 16 Aug 07
The girlfriend of a leading Sweden Democrat politician was attacked on Wednesday at the couple's home in Bromma in west Stockholm. READ »

Gotland steps back in time

Lifestyle: 10 Aug 07
Fiona Basile dons her tunic and watches Gotland turn back the clock hundreds of years for Visby's Medieval Week. READ »

Sports Digest: Swedish stars march on at Wimbledon

Sport: 2 Jul 07
Tennis: Björkman and Söderling delayed by rain. Football: Brommapojkarna win first home game at new arena. Ice Hockey: Reports that Michael Nylander has signed for Edmonton Oilers. 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 »

Sports Digest: Fasth fourth at US Open

Sport: 18 Jun 07
Golf: Niclas Fasth secures highest ever placing for a Swede at US Open. Football: Halmstad set the pace in the top division. Ice Hockey: Sundin pens one-year deal with Leafs. READ »

Björklund nominated as Liberal leader

Politics: 15 Jun 07
Schools Minister Jan Björklund looks certain to become the Liberal Party's next leader, after the party's nominations committee unanimously recommended him for the post. READ »

More Swedish beaches fail quality test

Science & Technology: 31 May 07
Seventeen Swedish beaches have been given the thumbs down by the European Commission after failing water quality tests. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden misses out on hockey bronze

Sport: 14 May 07
Sweden claim fourth place at the world ice hockey championship. Hammarby take over at the top of Allsvenskan. Fredrik Andersson finishes second at the Marbella Open golf tournament. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden bids to retain world hockey title

Sport: 30 Apr 07
Sweden breezes to an easy victory in the first match of the world championships in Moscow. Malmö hammers AIK to top Allsvenskan. Annika Sörenstam drops off golf's top spot for the first time. READ »

Ryanair ditches Brussels for Venice

Business & Money: 18 Apr 07
Ryanair is to end its flights from Skavsta to Brussels, Kaunas and Gdansk. These will be replaced in May by three new routes. READ »

Jilted Sweden Democrats move congress to Denmark

Politics: 17 Apr 07
When venues in Sweden refused to host the Sweden Democrats' annual meeting, leader Jimmie Åkesson was forced to look further afield. A venue in Copenhagen eventually answered the call. READ »

Sports digest: Is Evander Holyfield coming to Sweden?

Sport: 16 Apr 07
Promoter says Holyfield will box at Swedish event. Modo win Swedish ice hockey championship. Hammarby weekend winners in Allsvenskan. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden advances to Davis Cup semi final

Sport: 10 Apr 07
Swedes serve up a tennis treat in Gothenburg. New boys Brommapojkarna pull off a scalp in Allsvenskan. Linköping looking good in hockey final. Stenson fails to shine in Augusta. READ »

Sports digest: Elfsborg tipped to retain title

Sport: 2 Apr 07
Sweden tastes defeat in Belfast. New football season about to kick off. Linköping advance to hockey final. Three medals in Melbourne for Swedish swimmers. READ »

Persson regrets Egyptians' deportation

National: 6 Mar 07
Sweden's former prime minister, Göran Persson, has said the decision to order the deportation of two men to Egypt in 2001 was correct, but should not have been put into practice. READ »

Bodström slams decision on Egyptian

Politics: 5 Mar 07
The Swedish government's decision to overturn an order to deport Egyptian terror suspect Mohammed Alzery has been slammed by ex-justice minister Thomas Bodström. "Playing to the gallery," he says. READ »

Egyptian's deportation overturned

Politics: 1 Mar 07
The decision to deport Egyptian Mohammed Alzery, who was controversially removed from Sweden by CIA agents, has been declared invalid by the Swedish government. READ »

Borg in plane controversy

Politics: 2 Feb 07
Anders Borg has come in for criticism for requesting the government plane to land at the airport nearest his home. "Common practice," says his press secretary. READ »

Sweden broke torture ban during CIA deportation

National: 8 Nov 06
Swedish officials looked on as CIA agents mistreated two Egyptian men at a Stockholm airport in 2001, a UN committee has said. This means that Sweden broke the international ban on torture. READ »

Evacuated Swedes back from Lebanon

National: 17 Jul 06
The first plane carrying Swedes evacuated from the escalating conflict in Lebanon has arrived in Stockholm. READ »

Sweden 'colluded in US terror flights'

National: 7 Jun 06
Sweden committed human rights violations for allowing American agents to deport two Egyptians. The country has yet to launch a proper inquiry into the case, according to a major European body. READ »

Raid against Stockholm Hell?s Angels

National: 26 May 06
Swedish police raided several addresses on Thursday in and around Stockholm, including a Hell’s Angels property in Ulvsunda, an industrial area in Bromma. READ »

Earthquake shakes Stockholm

National: 25 May 06
A seismologist has confirmed that rumbling heard overnight in Stockholm, which prompted hundreds of residents to call SOS Alarm fearing a mysterious explosion, was in fact an earthquake. READ »

Valborg violence mars celebrations

National: 1 May 06
In most areas across Sweden the traditionally raucous Valborg celebrations were peaceful, but a series of assaults and gang fights cast a shadow over the evening. READ »

EU report slams Sweden for CIA deportations

National: 27 Apr 06
Sweden has been fiercely criticised in a preliminary report from the European Parliament committee investigating the use of European airports by the CIA for transporting suspected terrorists. READ »


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