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Blow for bishop as orgasm church flops

Society: 25 Aug 10
Sweden’s highest court has refused to hear a last-ditch plea by the Madonna of the Orgasm church to be recognized. READ »

Parents barred from homeschooling son

Education: 21 Jul 10
The parents of a student in a northeastern Gothenburg suburb may no longer homeschool the child, the Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten) ruled on Thursday. READ »

Man ages 12 years after Swedish court decision

National: 7 Jun 10
A Swedish court has ruled that a Cambodian man should be allowed to change his tax agency birth date records, thereby adding 12 years, arguing that "existing erroneous information is just as false as new erroneous information". READ »

Swede teen claims damages for 'lost youth'

Society: 12 May 10
A teenager diagnosed with autism has filed a demand for damages with Sweden's highest legal official after being taken into involuntary care, a decision which was rejected as lacking legal grounds after two years. READ »

Chinese pop star in Reinfeldt tax plea

Society: 28 Apr 10
Chinese superstar pop singer Wei Wei has appealed to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to intervene to settle a dispute with the Swedish tax authorities, which she claims have recently begun seizing her assets. READ »

Grieving mother denied sickness benefit

Society: 2 Mar 10
A Swedish court has ruled that 24-year-old Sofie Karlsson lost her right to sickness benefit by failing to register as unemployed the day after the cancer death of her infant son. READ »

Hemp farmer wins state pay out

Society: 26 Feb 10
A hemp farmer in Halland in western Sweden has won a court ruling stating that his crop was illegally seized by the Swedish state. The man has been awarded 10,000 kronor compensation after his ten year legal battle. READ »

Swedish tax agency extends court battle over one krona dispute

Society: 23 Nov 09
One krona ($0.15) is apparently all it takes to get the ever-watchful Swedish tax authorities to set their lawyers in action, as the agency has opted to launch an appeal following a lower court ruling over a disputed payment. READ »

Couple in their nineties 'too healthy' for nursing home

Society: 2 Nov 09
A 99-year-old Swedish woman and her 97-year-old husband have been denied a place at a local living facility for the elderly because they are too healthy. READ »

No appreciation for Token as kid's name: Swedish tax agency

Society: 20 Oct 09
Swedish tax authorities have decided to continue their fight to bar a Stockholm-area mother from naming her child Token. READ »

Swedish parents emerge victorious in bid to name son 'Q'

Society: 30 Sep 09
Overturning two previous rulings by lower courts, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has awarded two parents from central Sweden the right to name their son Q. READ »

Hope for woman denied right to adopt after kidney transplant

Science & Technology: 25 Aug 09
A woman with a single functioning kidney has been given new hope in her long battle for the right to adopt children as Sweden's highest administrative court rules that her case deserves a fresh hearing. READ »

Sex chat woman loses sickness benefits

Society: 19 Jul 09
A Malmö woman has been ordered to repay 18,000 kronor ($2,300) by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Forsäkringskassan) for sickness benefits received while working on a phone sex chat line. READ »

90-year-old affirmed right to national transportation service

National: 12 Jul 09
A 90-year-old Halmstad woman who was denied a car ride from the national transportation service to her son's house on Christmas Eve has had her day in court. READ »

Subsidize Viagra to ensure quality of life: Swedish court

Society: 10 Jul 09
Arguing that having sex is essential to a reasonable quality of life, a Swedish court has ordered local authorities to subsidize a 30-year-man’s prescription for the potency drug Viagra. READ »

Swedish arms maker battles for lost contract

Politics: 8 Jul 09
Controversy is mounting following the Swedish military’s recent decision to pass over a local supplier of armoured vehicles in favour of a Finnish company, a move resulting in major job losses for Swedish firm Hägglunds. READ »

Tax agency targets Chinese pop star

Society: 30 Jun 09
Chinese pop music star and Stockholm resident Wei Wei has been targeted by Swedish tax authorities, who recently attempted to freeze 50 million kronor ($6.5 million) of the singer’s assets. READ »

Appeals court clears ex-Skandia director

Business & Money: 1 Jun 09
The Svea Court of Appeal has acquitted Ulf Spång, the former director of Swedish insurance firm Skandia, of charges of tax evasion. READ »

Court climax premature for Madonna of Orgasm Church

Society: 29 Apr 09
The Madonna of Orgasm Church has suffered a disappointing reversal following a Swedish court ruling that the church’s name is unacceptable and offensive. READ »

Court denies appeal to overturn Stockholm metro contract

Business & Money: 17 Apr 09
A bid by France’s Veolia Transport to contest its loss of a contract to operate the Stockholm metro has been rejected by a Swedish court. READ »

Transsexual granted right to change name to Immanuel

National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman. READ »

McDonald's wins right to serve beer at Stockholm airport

Travel: 13 Mar 09
Weary world travellers will soon be able to wash down their Big Mac with a strong beer following a court decision to grant fast-food chain McDonald's an alcohol licence for its Stockholm Arlanda restaurant. READ »

'Porn king' nailed with whopping tax bill

Society: 17 Feb 09
Berth Milton, head of the Private Media Group adult entertainment empire, has been hit with an 865 million kronor ($100 million) tax bill following a Swedish court judgment. READ »

Veolia appeals Stockholm metro contract

Business & Money: 30 Jan 09
A Swedish court has suspended a decision awarding the running of the Stockholm metro to Hong Kong company MTR after French rival Veolia appealed the decision, Veolia said on Friday. READ »

Swedish couple denied right to name their son Q

Society: 22 Jan 09
Parents of a boy in Jämtland in northwestern Sweden have been told they cannot name their son Q, following a ruling by the administrative court of appeal. READ »

University given go ahead to expel convicted murderer

Education: 22 Jan 09
A decision by a Stockholm court means that Uppsala University can expel a convicted murderer enrolled in medical studies at the school, according to the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Protests build against neo-Nazi demo

National: 6 Dec 08
Police have stopped a group of militant activists on their way to Salem, south of Stockholm to disrupt a neo-Nazi demo scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere protests grow against the annual demonstration. READ »

Joyous court climax for Madonna of Orgasm Church

Society: 19 Nov 08
The Madonna of Orgasm Church took an important step toward official recognition in Sweden last week when a court ruled it had the right to be registered as a faith community. READ »

Swede beats tax agency in landmark gambling case

National: 17 Nov 08
A poker player from Sweden has won an important decision against the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), freeing him from paying taxes on a portion of his online poker winnings. READ »

Cross-dressing Swedish man can be named Madeleine

Society: 10 Nov 08
Jan-Olov Ågren, a cross-dresser from Norrbotten in northern Sweden, has been handed a victory by the county administrative court in his bid to go by the name Madeleine. READ »

Abba's Björn beats the taxman

Society: 14 Oct 08
ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus has emerged victorious from a protracted battle with the Swedish Tax Agency over alleged tax evasion. READ »

Family bedevilled by girl's beastly ID number

Society: 8 Sep 08
A couple from Umeå in northern Sweden is upset about state authorities branding their newborn baby girl with the sign of the devil. READ »

Rental contracts for sale after court ruling

Business & Money: 8 Aug 08
A Stockholm court has ruled that rental contracts for housing can be sold by tenants, legally. What's more the payment is exempt from tax. READ »

Swedish singer loses fight for his right to party

National: 6 Aug 08
A 21-year-old singer tried to weasel his way out of Sweden’s hefty tax on imported alcohol by claiming that partying and free-flowing booze were occupational requirements for rock 'n roll stars. READ »

Cremain spreading angers Sami herders

Society: 5 Jul 08
Sami reindeer herders in northern Sweden have complained at the growing trend of spreading the cremated remains of dead relatives in the mountains. READ »

Sweden sets sights on new snoop law

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 08
As Sweden's parliament prepares to pass a controversial new surveillance law, Faisal Enayat Khan takes a closer look at the development of a far-reaching tapping scheme. READ »

Lego in, Ikea out when naming Swedish boys

Society: 5 Jun 08
Ikea isn’t acceptable, but a boy in Sweden now has the right to be named Lego. READ »

High court to rule on gay marriage dispute

National: 10 May 08
A homosexual couple has taken the Swedish tax authorities to the Supreme Administrative Court for registering their marriage in Canada as a partnership. READ »

Public Health Minister stalked by mentally ill man

National: 3 Apr 08
Public Health Minister Maria Larsson was confronted in her home by a man who recently underwent court ordered psychiatric care. READ »

Viagra subsidies: State pulls out

Society: 14 Mar 08
Drugs used to treat male erectile dysfunction will not be subsidized by the state, a court ruled on Friday. READ »

Court clears Skandia bosses

Business & Money: 7 Mar 08
The District Court has cleared former Skandia directors Lars-Eric Petersson and Ulf Spång from charges of tax evasion. READ »

Unheard cases pile up in Swedish courts

National: 15 Feb 08
District courts are suffering from an increased workload despite additional resources. READ »

Cash delivery chief shown the door

Business & Money: 2 Oct 07
Sweden's largest cash delivery company, Loomis, has fired its CEO after it had its licence revoked over concerns about staff training. Håkan Ericson is to be replaced by the head of forestry company Rottneros. READ »

Cash shortage looms after licence revoked

National: 28 Sep 07
Stockholm could face a cash shortage next year, after Sweden's largest cash delivery company had its licence revoked over concerns about staff training. READ »

Knutby nanny allowed out of clinic

National: 18 Dec 06
Sara Svensson murdered Alexandra Fossmo in Knutby in 2004 after receiving text messages she believed to be from God telling her to do it. She is now to be allowed back into the community. READ »

Knutby nanny seeks release

National: 12 Dec 06
If a court decision on Thursday goes her way, Sara Svensson, 'the nanny' in the Knutby murder drama, will take her first steps away from institutional care. Svensson killed the wife of Knutby pastor Helge Fossmo in 2004. READ »

Cannibal allowed out on day release

Society: 17 Nov 06
A man who killed his girlfriend and ate some of her body parts is being allowed out of institutional care for a couple of days a week, despite the fact that doctors say he is still dangerous. READ »

Bureaucrats add to relatives' grief

Society: 4 Apr 06
The long arm of Swedish bureaucracy has reached beyond the grave in Nässjö, where an 85 year old widower has been forced to go to court for the right to keep the ashes of his beloved wife. READ »


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"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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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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