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'I wasn't allowed to cry on the street': prostitute

National: 20 Mar 12
A 24-year-old woman from Romania gave evidence on Tuesday as the case against the Gothenburg prostitution ring unfolded, explaining the horrors that she faced under the iron grip of her pimps. READ »

Former Swedish minister named to top UN post

Politics: 2 Mar 12
Former Swedish foreign minister Jan Eliasson was named new deputy secretary general of the United Nations on Friday by UN leader Ban Ki-moon. READ »

Romanian sex trafficking trial opens in Gothenburg

National: 29 Feb 12
On Wednesday the trial opened against six men suspected of bringing young women from Romania to Sweden to sell sex under deplorable conditions. READ »

Police bust massive sex trafficking ring

National: 28 Feb 12
Six men are set to be charged on Wednesday in the Gothenburg District Court on suspicions of operating a comprehensive human trafficking operation which brought young women from Romania to Sweden to sell sex. READ »

'This is a joy for Sweden': archbishop

Society: 23 Feb 12
Archbishop Anders Wejryd called the birth of the new princess a "joy" and expert on the Royals, Sten Hedman, said the new baby is "just what the doctor ordered" as the congratulations started rolling in from all over the country. READ »

Bildt to meet jailed journalists' relatives

National: 24 Dec 11
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has promised to meet the relatives of journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye following their conviction on terror charges in Ethiopia. READ »

Ex-ministers: change tactics to free Isaak

National: 16 Sep 11
Former government ministers Thomas Bodström and Jan Eliasson, have urged the government to find a new approach for how to get Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak released from prison in Eritrea. READ »

Örebro rapist sentenced to 12 years in prison

National: 15 Jun 11
A 24-year-old man considered to be Sweden's worst serial rapist was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday for attacking 14 women in the central Swedish town of Örebro. READ »

Three men held for human trafficking

National: 1 Jun 11
Police in Gothenburg have detained three men on suspicion of trafficking Romanian women. READ »

Örebro rapist found guilty

National: 19 Apr 11
The 24-year-old man charged with attacking 15 women in Sweden's to date largest serial rape case was found guilty of all charges on Tuesday at Örebro district court. READ »

Prosecutor demands 14 years for Örebro rapes

National: 12 Apr 11
The trial of a 24-year-old man charged with 14 sex offences in Sweden's to date largest serial rape case closed on Tuesday in Örebro district court with the prosecutor demanding the maximum penalty. READ »

Örebro rape suspect faces court

National: 17 Mar 11
The trial of a 24-year-old suspect charged with 14 sex offences in Sweden's to date largest serial rape case opened on Thursday in Örebro district court. READ »

Rape suspect: porn surfing 'took over my life'

National: 7 Mar 11
A 24-year-old man from Örebro in central Sweden suspected of attacking 15 women would become the worst serial rapist in Swedish criminal history if convicted of charges filed against him on Monday. READ »

Swedish forced marriage laws 'not strong enough'

Politics: 17 Feb 11
Sweden's laws against forced marriages and child marriages are not effective, the country's migration board stated in a report to the government on Wednesday. READ »

Sweden welcomes Mubarak's resignation

Politics: 11 Feb 11
Swedish political leaders expressed a mix of hope and uncertainty following the announcement Friday evening that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak had resigned his post. READ »

Swedish electricity firms overcharge: study

Business & Money: 24 Jan 11
Sweden's privately-owned electricity companies behave in a "monopolistic" fashion, according to a homeowners advocacy group, which urges customers to be more proactive in choosing an electricity provider. READ »

Swedish diplomat: new WikiLeaks 'regrettable'

Politics: 29 Nov 10
Over 800 secret American documents about relations with Sweden have been released by WikiLeaks, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Sweden ends asylum seeker returns to Greece

National: 3 Nov 10
Sweden announced on Tuesday that it has stopped sending asylum seekers back to Greece, due to a "deteriorating" situation for the country's immigration system. READ »

Housing still scarce for refugee children

National: 21 Oct 10
The Migration Board is putting more pressure on Sweden's municipalities to help it cope with a major shortage of places to house refugee children. READ »

Alliance short of majority in re-election: poll

Politics: 19 Sep 10
Sweden's ruling centre-right coalition was re-elected in Sunday's election, but fell short of a majority, near final results showed, as the far-right was seen entering a key position in a hung parliament. READ »

Alliance miss majority as far-right voted in: poll

National: 19 Sep 10
Swedish voters narrowly re-elected the governing centre-right Alliance coalition, but stopped short of giving it another majority, while the far-right Sweden Democrats were voted into parliament for the first time, according to exit polls. READ »

Editorial challenges Bildt to answer about Lundin

Politics: 10 Jul 10
Two former foreign affairs ministers and the Social Democrats' foreign affairs critic question what Foreign Minister Carl Bildt knew about the displacement of people and other atrocities in Sudan when Lundin Oil drilled for oil there. READ »

'Today she can marry whoever she wants'

Society: 17 Jun 10
Ingemar Eliasson, who was Marshal of the Realm - the most senior official at the Swedish Royal Court - until this year, talks to The Local about how Crown Princess Victoria's wedding shows how the monarchy has modernized. READ »

Sweden increases refugee forecast again

National: 6 May 10
Sweden's Migration Board has increased its forecast of the number of people expected to seek asylum this year to 31,000. READ »

Migration board launches online citizenship form

National: 14 Apr 10
The Swedish Migration Board has announced the launch of an online citizenship application service. READ »

Roma duped into seeking Swedish asylum

Society: 5 Mar 10
An estimated 1,000 Roma people, primarily from Serbia, have been lured this year alone into travelling to Sweden in the vain hope of securing residence permits, the Swedish Migration Board has said. READ »

Sweden shifts priorities for resettling UN refugees

National: 21 Jan 10
Sweden plans to give priority to refugees from Somalia and Eritrea, rather than Iraq, in its efforts to resettle an estimated 1,700 to 1,900 United Nations (UN) refugees this year. READ »

McDonald's used to help Swedish children learn English

Society: 28 Dec 09
Ronald McDonald is helping Swedish schoolchildren improve their English skills, unbeknownst to the US fast food giant who created the icon. READ »

500 refugee children in urgent need of housing

National: 16 Nov 09
As housing shortages for refugee children reach crisis levels, Swedish migration authorities have decided to more than double the number of municipalities assigned to receive young asylum seekers. READ »

Migration Board firing of pro- Israel blogger 'violated constitution'

National: 28 Sep 09
Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has rapped the Migration Board over its controversial reassignment of Lennart Eriksson, an employee who had voiced pro-Israeli opinions on his personal blog. READ »

Sweden agrees to accept camp refugees

National: 27 Sep 09
Sweden and a dozen other European countries have agreed to accept Somali and Eritrean refugees from camps in Kenya and Sudan. Three further camps on Iraq's border with Syria will also be emptied. READ »

Afghan teens in Swedish asylum limbo

National: 29 Jul 09
A wave of teenage Afghan refugees has arrived in Malmö and other Swedish cities in recent weeks. Many remain in limbo as most Swedish municipalities refuse to accept them. READ »

Fury over ailing man's botched deportation

National: 4 Jun 09
Swedish migration authorities have come in for scathing criticism following a decision to deport a man so ill with Parkinson’s disease that his home country of Nigeria refused to grant him entry. READ »

Migration Board slams refugee housing plan

National: 3 Jun 09
The head of Sweden’s Migration Board has slammed a proposal that would cut benefits for asylum seekers who refuse to live in housing set aside for those waiting to have their claims heard. READ »

Art off the beaten track in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 7 May 09
Art critic Katarina Wadstein MacLeod slips into the suburbs and side streets of Stockholm in search of hidden gems outside the mainstream. READ »

McDonald's in Swedish strip club dispute

Society: 1 Apr 09
Hamburger chain McDonald's has reacted with ire to a new neon sign outside out a Swedish strip club. "Two upturned breasts with nipples" says the owner; "too similar to our logo" says the multinational giant. READ »

Swedish politicians in secret meetings over Dawit release

National: 29 Mar 09
Former Swedish foreign minister, Jan Eliasson, claims to have met secretly with Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki to push for the release of jailed Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak. READ »

Swedish town debates ban on 'racist' clothing

Society: 13 Feb 09
A youth recreation centre in Bromölla in southern Sweden has decided to ban anyone wearing clothing that could be considered racist from entering the facility. READ »

Frosty reception for vulnerable refugees

Society: 12 Feb 09
The unwillingness of Swedish municipalties to take in refugees who are traumatised or disabled has been described by the head of the Migration Board as "a major problem". READ »

'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden. READ »

Teen flees ahead of scheduled deportation to Croatia

National: 21 Jan 09
A 17-year-old girl from Karlshamn in southern Sweden set to be expelled from the country following a controversial decision has disappeared ahead of her scheduled deportation. READ »

Sweden to prioritize deportations in 2009

Politics: 17 Dec 08
Swedish police are mulling chartering special planes in anticipation of the government’s wishes to step up the pace of deportations of the thousands of unsuccessful asylum seekers estimated to be in the country. READ »

Four in custody after major cannabis bust in Stockholm

National: 12 Dec 08
Police in Stockholm confiscated 140 kilogrammes of cannabis and arrested four men last weekend in raids carried out at several suburban locations last weekend. READ »

Migration Board seeks consultant help

Politics: 19 Oct 08
The Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) has failed in its goal of a maximum six month wait for asylum applications and has sought the help of management consultancy McKinsey. READ »

McDonald's withdraws 'deafening' toys

Society: 13 Sep 08
Fast-food chain McDonald's has announced the withdrawal of musical toys sold with Happy Meals in Sweden. The toys have been widely criticized as dangerous to children's hearing. READ »

Happy Meal toys may cause hearing damage

Society: 12 Sep 08
Toys included in McDonald’s Happy Meals sold in Sweden emit sounds loud enough to cause permanent hearing damage and tinnitus in children. READ »

Ex-boyfriend held following woman's death

National: 18 Jul 08
A man was arrested in Skene in western Sweden on suspicion of murder after the man’s 26-year-old ex-girlfriend was found dead in his apartment on Thursday afternoon. READ »

Migration Board ups cooperation with Säpo

National: 3 Jul 08
Säpo, Sweden’s security police, plans to work more closely with the Migration Board in a joint effort to combat refugee espionage. READ »

Sweden halts return of child asylum seekers to Greece

National: 7 May 08
The Swedish Migration Board (Migationsveket) has halted the deportation of children to Greece after learning that asylum seeking children may be locked up there for up to three weeks. READ »

Sweden shutting door on refugees: critics

Society: 18 Apr 08
Recent decisions by Sweden to send refugees back to Baghdad and other war-ravaged areas have tarnished its reputation for welcoming victims of conflict, critics say. READ »

Asylum system 'stuck in Stone Age'

National: 25 Mar 08
The Swedish Migration Board has proposed changing the "stone age" regulations for asylum seekers who have started families with Swedish nationals. READ »

Court halts Iraqi's deportation to Greece

National: 11 Mar 08
A Migration Court in Malmö has stopped the deportation of an Iraqi asylum seeker to Greece. READ »

Sweden rejects Somali refugees

Society: 14 Dec 07
New guidelines from the Migration Board recommend rejecting the applications of asylum seekers from the Somali capital Mogadishu. READ »

Man gets 11 years for parking lot murder

National: 12 Nov 07
A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to eleven years in prison for the brutal murder of a 19-year-old man after their cars collided at a roundabout in Gothenburg last year. READ »

'No conflict in Iraq,' says Swedish court

Society: 18 Oct 07
Sweden's Migration Court has rejected the appeal of an Iraqi man who was refused asylum in a case that could have wider implications for asylum seekers from the troubled Middle Eastern country. READ »

Migration Board slams 'uncommitted' councils

National: 17 Oct 07
The Swedish Migration Board has criticized 14 local councils for for not providing "acceptable arguments" for their failure to take in asylum seekers and refugees. READ »

Motorist shot in head after traffic accident

National: 11 Oct 07
A 22-year-old man was charged on Wednesday with the brutal murder of a 19-year-old man. The younger man was shot twice in the head after the two men's cars had collided in a Gothenburg car park. READ »

Men get eight years for brutal kidnapping

National: 5 Oct 07
Three men who kidnapped a 64-year-old in Gothenburg have been sentenced to eight years in jail by a court in Gothenburg. The pawnbroker found locked in the trunk of his own car suffering from life-threatening injuries READ »

'China must act' Tutu tells Swedes

National: 28 Sep 07
Desmond Tutu has told a Gothenburg audience that he will boycott the Beijing Olympics if China does not act over the violence in Burma. "You have been extraordinarily courageous and wonderful," he tells Burmese protesters. READ »

Swedes turn out to back Burmese

Politics: 28 Sep 07
Demonstrations are planned in Stockholm and Gothenburg on Friday in support of protesters in Burma, with some members of the public turning up to work in red to express sympathy for the Burmese monks. READ »

Women ignored in King's honours

Society: 22 Sep 07
Sweden's royal honours system has been labelled male-dominated and unrepresentative of society. The king's finest gold medal has only been awarded to three women - compared to 33 men - since he began dishing it out in 1973. READ »

Borg gives more money for Victoria

National: 20 Sep 07
The government is to grant more money to fund the Royal Family, Finance Minister Anders Borg has announced. Crown Princess Victoria is expected to cost more in the coming years, according to the palace. READ »

Kidnap victim meets alleged abductors in court

National: 12 Sep 07
Five men accused of kidnapping a Gothenburg businessman this spring have gone on trial in the city's district court. The company boss, 64, came face to face with his alleged abductors as the trial started. READ »

Migration Board continues to grant Iraqis asylum

Society: 7 Sep 07
Nine out of ten asylum seekers from Iraq are still being granted residence permits to stay in Sweden despite the Migration Board's decision that the situation in their home country should not be categorized as a war. READ »

Bildt warns Iraq of refugee clampdown

National: 2 Sep 07
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad on Sunday for talks expected to be dominated by Stockholm's stricter policies for Iraqi refugees. READ »

Fashion giants sue 15-year-old boy

National: 6 Aug 07
A 15-year-old boy from Gothenburg has been sued by fashion giants Gucci and Chanel for breach of copyright. Customs officers confiscated three packages containing counterfeit sunglasses that were addressed to the boy. READ »

Iraqi refugee to appeal controversial ruling

Society: 13 Jul 07
An Iraqi asylum seeker is to appeal last week's controversial Migration Court decision to send him back to Baghdad. READ »

Top parties step in to defend Iraqis

Politics: 8 Jul 07
Representatives from Sweden's two largest parties have indicated that they would support an amendment of current asylum legislation to include refugees fleeing 'the chaos and terror that we are now seeing in Iraq'. READ »

Iraqi refugees to be returned to Baghdad

National: 6 Jul 07
Asylum seekers who have fled from central and southern Iraq will no longer be allowed to stay in Sweden on the basis of the general situation in the region. Now they must prove they are being threatened. READ »

Royals kick off National Day celebrations

National: 6 Jun 07
Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine threw open the doors to the Royal Palace's courtyard at 10am on the dot on Wednesday, welcoming the general public inside to celebrate Sweden's National Day. READ »

Government criticized for appointment of ambassador to USA

Politics: 24 May 07
The government has announced the appointment of Jonas Hafström as Sweden's new Washington ambassador, prompting opposition criticism that the Moderates have failed to implement changes to the appointments system. READ »

Migration Board appoints new chief

Politics: 24 May 07
Dan Eliasson has been appointed to take over the reins of the Migration Board. The Social Democrat politician will begin his new job next week. READ »

Wallström slams party over EU

Politics: 23 Mar 07
European Commissioner and leading Social Democrat Margot Wallström has criticized her own party for its "timid" approach to the EU while in government. READ »

Wallström 'not breaking rules' by taking new job

Politics: 19 Mar 07
European Commissioner Margot Wallström will not be breaking EU rules by taking a leading role in setting Social Democratic foreign policy, a commission spokesman has insisted. READ »

Sahlin's first speech wows party faithful

Politics: 18 Mar 07
Mona Sahlin's first speech as the leader of the Social Democrats was received warmly by the party faithful at their conference in Stockholm on Sunday morning. READ »

IAEA asked to inspect Swedish nuclear plant

Science & Technology: 16 Feb 07
The UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been asked to inspect Sweden's Forsmark nuclear power plant after a series of incidents that have raised concerns over atomic safety. READ »

Nuclear reactor shut down

Science & Technology: 16 Feb 07
A reactor at the Ringhals nuclear power plant south of Gothenburg has been shut down while officials investigate a small leak. READ »

"Time for Sweden to support Mid-East Moderates"

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Oct 06
Knee-jerk condemnations of Israel have been a frequent characteristic of Sweden’s reaction to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The new government should start supporting moderates on both sides, argues David Stavrou. READ »

Boy refused life-saving drug

Science & Technology: 5 Sep 06
A 7-year old boy has been refused an expensive drug that his doctor says he needs to enable him to live beyond his twenties. Halland council says it won't give him the drug until the EU approves it. READ »

Stockholm talks raise $940 million for Lebanon

National: 31 Aug 06
Donor countries meeting in Stockholm on Thursday pledged more than 900 million dollars in aid for immediate reconstruction efforts in Lebanon, Swedish officials said. READ »

Lebanon conference opens in Stockholm

National: 31 Aug 06
A conference to raise $500 million for the reconstruction of Lebanon opened in Stockholm on Thursday. Officials from more than forty countries are due to gather in the capital. READ »

Eliasson discusses Lebanon in Brussels

National: 24 Aug 06
Jan Eliasson is discussing with other EU foreign ministers how Sweden might contribute to a United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. READ »

Lebanon conference set for Stockholm

Politics: 14 Aug 06
Representatives of 60 governments have been invited to Stockholm for an international conference on August 31st to discuss the reconstruction of Lebanon. READ »

Sweden could host Lebanon aid talks

Politics: 13 Aug 06
Sweden has offered to host an international aid conference for Lebanon at the end of the month, the prime minister's office said on Sunday. READ »

Sweden pulls monitors out of Sri Lanka

National: 1 Aug 06
Swedish monitors are being pulled out of Sri Lanka, after the Tamil Tigers said they would not accept nationals of EU countries in the monitoring group. READ »

Eliasson condemns Israeli raids

Politics: 30 Jul 06
An Israeli raid on the Lebanese village on Qana that killed at least 51 civilians has been condemned by Swedish foreign minister Jan Eliasson. "It's time to end this madness." READ »

Social Democrats: expel Israeli ambassador

Politics: 26 Jul 06
A group of Swedish Social Democrat parliamentary candidates have called on the government to expel Israel's ambassador in Stockholm, but a government minister calls the suggestion "crazy". READ »

Eliasson: I knew nothing about Iraq payoffs

Politics: 25 Jul 06
See Also: Sweden 'knew of oil-for-food payoffs'
Sweden's foreign minister has said it would be regrettable if Sweden had prioritized business interests over tackling corruption in the Oil-for-Food program. READ »

Sweden gives millions in Lebanon aid

Society: 24 Jul 06
Sweden has said it will give a total of 40.5 million kronor in humanitarian aid to war-torn Lenanon, as part of a response to a UN appeal. READ »

"We're not getting any answers"

National: 17 Jul 06
A Swede in Lebanon tells The Local that French citizens have been evacuated from her hotel in Jounieh, 20km north of Beirut, while Swedish officials say the town is not dangerous. "We're hearing constant explosions," says Sonitta Dawood. READ »

Swedes stuck in southern Lebanon

National: 17 Jul 06
An Italian ferry carrying 49 Swedes evacuated from Lebanon arrived in Cyprus on Monday evening. But up to 200 Swedish citizens are stranded in southern Lebanon, as it currently considered too dangerous for an evacuation. READ »

Scandinavians condemn Lebanon violence

National: 13 Jul 06
Sweden, Norway and Denmark have condemned both Hezbollah attacks and Israel's actions in Gaza and Lebanon. Swedish foreign minister Jan Eliasson calls Israeli attacks 'disproportionate'. READ »

Ohly: stop selling arms to America

Politics: 7 Jul 06
Left Party leader Lars Ohly, a possible future coalition partner for Göran Persson, has demanded that Sweden stop selling arms to the United States and other countries fighting in Iraq. READ »

US threatened Sweden with sanctions over piracy

Society: 21 Jun 06
The American government warned Sweden that it would face tough sanctions at the World Trade Organization if it did not crack down on internet piracy, it has emerged. READ »

Swedish ambassador to fight human trafficking

Society: 12 Jun 06
As Sweden's justice minister Thomas Bodström criticizes German police for not taking human trafficking seriously during the World Cup, the foreign ministry says it will appoint a special ambassador to combat the problem. READ »

"US government behind Pirate Bay raid"

National: 2 Jun 06
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Reports that the US government was behind the action against the Sweden-based file sharing site have resulted in the Swedish government being reported to the country's Constitutional Committee. READ »

Sweden expels Russian diplomat over spy row

National: 25 May 06
Sweden's three-month war of diplomatic formalities with Russia over a researcher accused of spying in Uppsala has escalated into tit-for-tat expulsions. READ »

Sweden and Israel put spat behind them

Politics: 20 May 06
Relations between Israel and Sweden have thawed, after rows over military exercises and Sweden's welcoming of a member of Palestine's Hamas government, Foreign Minister Jan Eliasson said on Saturday. READ »

Hamas minister thanks Sweden for visa

National: 6 May 06
The Palestinian Authority's refugee minister has thanked the Swedish government for allowing his visit, which Israel says amounts to legitimizing a terrorist organization. READ »

12 million kronor to King's new charity

Smörgåsbord: 30 Apr 06
On Saturday Carl Gustaf received yet more birthday presents, including almost 12 million kronor in donations to a new charity, a reindeer lasso and a tie made from old curtains. READ »


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