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Swedish 'porn king' set for 'Boogie Nights' biopic

Society: 2 Apr 12
Swedish porn mogul Berth Milton is set to be the subject of a forthcoming feature film billed as a cross between "The Godfather" and "Boogie Nights" that will lift the lid on the smut business's dirty secrets. READ »

Stockholm iPad 'magic' a surprise YouTube hit

Science & Technology: 27 Mar 12
A YouTube video of Swedish magicians promoting Stockholm using iPads and trickery has taken the internet world by storm, leaving audiences baffled and event organizers beaming. READ »

Norwegian fury over Stockholm 'propaganda'

Business & Money: 15 Mar 12
Frustration over Stockholm's claim to be the "Capital of Scandinavia" has reached new levels, as angry Norwegian delegates tore up entrance cards bearing the slogan at a recent trade show in France. READ »

Stockholm film festival honours Huppert

Society: 12 Aug 11
The Stockholm film festival on Friday honoured French actress Isabelle Huppert with its Bronze Horse lifetime achievement award in a tribute to her work. READ »

No crime suspected over Swedish actor death

Society: 1 Feb 11
Swedish police have closed an investigation into the fire that claimed the lives of Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson and the actress Kia Östling, concluding that no crime had been committed. READ »

Swedish actor confirmed dead in house fire

Society: 5 Jan 11
The remains found in Swedish Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson's burned home have now been identified. It is now clear that it was the actor and his wife who died in a fire on New Year's Eve. READ »

Remains found at site of Swedish actor's home

Society: 3 Jan 11
Fears mounted that actor Per Oscarsson, who appeared in the Swedish film adaptations of the "Millennium" trilogy, had died along with his wife after human remains were discovered among the ashes of their burned home. READ »

Swedish director wins award at Doha film fest

Society: 1 Nov 10
Swedish-Lebanese director Josef Fares was voted best director at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar on Saturday for his newest film, "Farsan." READ »

Björk shares Polar Music Prize

Society: 17 May 10
Eccentric Icelandic singer Björk has been awarded the 2010 Polar Music Prize, along with Italian composer Ennio Morricone. READ »

Sweden sets pace as countries race to tackle music piracy

Science & Technology: 27 Jan 10
Countries all over the world are following the lead of Sweden, France and South Korea as the battle against illegal music downloads intensifies. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 12 - 18

Lifestyle: 11 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Neil Young & Ikea exhibition in Stockholm; Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Orchestra Baobab in Malmö. READ »

Swedish film picks up Cannes award

Society: 24 May 09
A Swedish short film has won a critics prize at the Cannes Film Festival. READ »

Swedes brace for movie version of Stieg Larsson thriller

Lifestyle: 25 Feb 09
With the film based on the first book in Stieg Larsson’s crime novel trilogy due to hit Swedish cinema’s on Friday, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou takes a look at how the late authors work has been adapted for the big screen. READ »

Swedish film-lovers fall for Mexican talent

Lifestyle: 31 Jan 08
A warm Latin American breeze is warming Gothenburg film-lovers this winter, as the city's film festival adopts a Mexican accent, writes Matt O'Leary. READ »

Roy Andersson sweeps top Swedish movie awards

Society: 22 Jan 08
Roy Andersson claims three of the top prizes at Sweden's annual movie industry bash. READ »

Romanian film takes Stockholm's top prize

Society: 25 Nov 07
A Romanian film on illegal abortion takes top prize at the Stockholm International Film Festival. READ »

'You, the Living' named as Sweden's Oscar candidate

Society: 25 Sep 07
The Swedish Film Institute has named 'You, the Living' as Sweden's candidate for an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. READ »

Family and friends bid farewell to Ingmar Bergman

National: 18 Aug 07
Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman, one of the most influential film directors of the 20th century, was buried on Saturday in a private funeral on the island of Fårö in the Baltic Sea. READ »

World mourns 'a genius of our time'

National: 31 Jul 07
Tributes have been pouring in for Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman, who died on Monday. "The dream ended, the music went quiet that night on the island of Fårö, where Ingmar Bergman died," said French President Nicolas Sarkozy. READ »

Obituary: Ingmar Bergman

Society: 30 Jul 07
Ingmar Bergman was the master of turning tales of anguished love and loneliness into films that made him one of the leading directors of the 20th century. READ »

Michael Moore attacks Sweden's healthcare reforms

Society: 21 May 07
Filmmaker Michael Moore has attacked the Swedish government for opening up the health service to the private sector. This shows how little he knows about Swedish healthcare, says MP Johan Pehrson. READ »

What are Mini-Me and Jaws doing in Sweden?

Lifestyle: 12 Apr 07
Jaws and Mini-Me seem like an unlikely combination, but add rotten herring and the Swedish Bikini Team to the pot and you’ve got a really strange brew. Charlotte West reports on Sweden's weirdest TV series. READ »

"All I knew about Sweden was Olof Palme"

Lifestyle: 17 Jan 07
Writer Claudio Tamburrini, whose life is portrayed in a new film, talks to Eddie de Oliveira about surviving torture, playing football and building a new life in Sweden. READ »

Stockholm festival thrives on variety

Lifestyle: 21 Nov 06
As campaigning American documentaries turn their attentions to Wal-Mart, Eddie de Oliveira checks out a varied diet of international independent film on view at this week's Stockholm Film Festival. READ »

Göteborg shows Nordic films to the world

Lifestyle: 20 Jan 06
It's a tough job trying to sell Nordic films to Swedes, let alone to foreign distributors. The Göteborg Film Festival is an attempt to show the world what Nordic films can offer. READ »

Festival with violent signature

Lifestyle: 18 Nov 05
Hard-boiled violence tends to be theme of the Stockholm Film Festival, and it seems that this year's star-studded fest , kicking off with A History of Violence, will be no exception. READ »

Evergreen director still makes waves

Lifestyle: 10 Jun 05
"The only mistake Bergman made was not dying," says Lars Von Trier, as some of the greatest names in modern film-making discuss the impact of Ingmar Bergman at a Stockholm seminar. READ »

Tranquillisants dans l?eau du robinet et arsenic au fond des puits!

Smörgåsbord: 20 May 05
Les risques liés à la santé et à l’environnement sont nombreux et variés dans nos sociétés. Cette semaine, ce sont les réserves d’eau potable des suédois qui sont menacées. Entre tranquillisants à Stockholm et arsenic dans le nord, certaines découvertes sont inquiétantes. Par ailleurs plusieurs procès concernant des délits sexuels sont en cours en Suède et mettent en cause des personnalités du monde judiciaire et militaire. Et petites actualités cinématographiques pour finir… READ »

Cronenberg to headline Stockholm Film Festival

Lifestyle: 17 May 05
David Cronenberg will receive the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 16th International Stockholm Film Festival in November. READ »

Cannes features Bergman documentary trilogy

Lifestyle: 16 May 05
Three documentaries about the Greatest Living Film Maker shed some revealing light on the inspiration and thinking behind Ingmar Bergman's movies. READ »

Swedish short film to feature in Cannes

Lifestyle: 21 Apr 05
A short film about a love-starved truck driver facing redundancy and a documentary about Ingmar Bergman will be showing off the best of Swedish talent at the Cannes Film Festival next month. READ »

Malmö's Turning Torso "best residential property"

Business & Money: 11 Mar 05
A spectacular residential development in Malmö picks up a prestigious award in the property world's version of the Oscars. READ »


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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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