February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Franzén":
Business & Money: 6 Dec 11
A criminal gang is helping customers shoplift items from an Ikea store in northern Sweden by offering to carry items out the store's main entrance, allowing shoppers to bypass cashiers.
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National: 18 Sep 11
The National Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed it searched a mosque in Gothenburg as part of an investigation into a suspected terrorist plot against a local art gallery, a charge later changed to attempted murder.
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National: 25 Jul 11
The Swedish Security Service are to conduct a "thorough examination" of the manifesto distributed by the man behind the Norway twin attacks, which included detailed instructions on how far-right terror can be spread to Sweden.
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National: 22 Jul 11
Police in Stockholm have increased their presence at key government buildings in the capital following the dramatic explosion in Oslo on Friday afternoon.
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National: 9 May 11
Sweden's Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed that it is investigating a threat made against prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and the leader of the Social Democrats Håkan Juholt.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 11
One of Sweden's most well-known treasures is celebrating a special anniversary Sunday – it is 50 years since the 17th century Vasa ship was salvaged from the depths of the Baltic.
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Lifestyle: 21 Apr 11
It's been 50 years since the centuries-old Vasa warship was hoisted up from the depths of Stockholm harbour, but as contributor Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius discovers, preserving this national treasure has been the Vasa's greatest battle.
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Science & Technology: 11 Mar 11
The 17th century royal warship Vasa, one of Stockholm and Sweden's most popular visitor attractions, began a major refurbishment on Thursday to arrest corrosion.
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National: 1 Mar 11
An apparent cannabis enthusiast has provided what could be a key clue to Swedish investigators who had previously been stumped by a cylindrical object found near the body of the Stockholm suicide bomber.
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National: 16 Feb 11
A computer found hidden at Jönköping Airport in central Sweden in a case of suspected industrial espionage has been found to have been part of routine cooperation between the IT department and an airline.
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National: 10 Feb 11
Sweden's intelligence agency announced on Thursday that there are no indications that the man behind Sweden's first suicide bombing had any accomplices.
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National: 19 Jan 11
A Swedish government employee allegedly knew ahead of time about last month's suicide bomb attack in Stockholm, but failed to inform Swedish security service Säpo, according to new media reports.
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Sport: 19 Jan 11
Swedish blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom was selected as an NHL all-star captain for the 2011 game, responsible for picking his team out of a pool of elite players.
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Sport: 19 Feb 10
Reigning Olympic champions Sweden saw off the challenge of Belarus on Friday, eight years on from a defeat at the hands of the same opponents that still haunts the men in blue and yellow.
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Sport: 18 Feb 10
Sweden opened their Olympic hockey title defence with a 2-0 victory over Germany on Wednesday with goals from Mattius Öhlund and Henrik Lundqvist.
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Sport: 15 Feb 10
Tomas Holmström's Olympic dream came an abrupt end this weekend as the Swedish right wing suffered an injury to his left knee while playing for the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
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Society: 15 Feb 10
Every third woman working within Swedish film and theatre has been subjected to sexual harassment, often by those in a supervisory capacity, a new survey published on Monday shows.
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Society: 11 Jan 10
Tensions are running high at the Royal Swedish Opera as ballet director Marc Ribaud is issued with an official warning after sexually harassing a female member of staff.
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Sport: 10 Oct 09
Swedish ice hockey star and Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzén will be out for four months with a torn knee ligament and risks missing the Vancouver Olympics in 2010.
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Society: 19 Aug 09
A 20-year-old man has been arrested after nailing a dead cat to the door of a police station in western Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Millennium trilogy tour and roots festival in Stockholm; BB King in Gothenburg; Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band (UK) in Malmö.
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Sport: 31 May 09
Swedish hockey star Johan Franzén opened the scoring in the NHL Stanley Cup finals on Saturday as defending champions Detroit seized the early advantage with a 3-1 victory over Pittsburgh in game one of the series.
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Sport: 25 May 09
Swedish star Henrik Zetterberg netted two goals as the Detroit Red Wings completed a 6-1 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks to extend a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference final series.
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Society: 19 May 09
Cockroaches are on the march in Sweden, according to reports from exterminators and home insurance companies.
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Science & Technology: 6 May 09
The Swedish Post and Telecom Agency is to launch an inquiry into a television, internet and IP telephony outage that affected hundreds of thousands of Com Hem's customers on Tuesday evening.
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Lifestyle: 5 Mar 09
What's on in Sweden: Documentary film festival and Junot Diaz in Stockholm; Sci-fi convention in Gothenburg; Danko Jones in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 30 Oct 08
What’s on: Keane, US Election Party, and Balkan ecstasy in Stockholm; Nortec Collective and international fashion exhibition in Gothenburg; Aimee Mann in Malmö.
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Sport: 15 Oct 08
For the second year in a row, a famous Swede has presented US President George W. Bush with a rather unusual gift.
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Lifestyle: 4 Sep 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium.
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Sport: 31 Jul 08
The Stanley Cup, ice hockey's holy grail, was put to unorthodox use as it made its way across Sweden this July - as a baptismal font.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jul 08
Sweden's new surveillance law could prove disastrous for the country's highly regarded technology sector, write the CEOs of eight major IT and telecom companies.
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Sport: 24 May 08
Swedish center Johan Franzén, the leading scorer in the National Hockey League playoffs, will miss Saturday's opening game of the Stanley Cup Finals.
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National: 14 Feb 08
Record numbers of young Swedes are failing to make it into the job market.
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National: 8 Aug 07
Nine Afghan citizens were taken to hospital on Tuesday evening on the fourth day of an ongoing hunger strike in central Stockholm.
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Politics: 4 May 07
She's been named by Forbes as one of the hundred most powerful women in the world. Now businesswoman Antonia Ax:son Johnson has been put forward as leader of the Liberal Party.
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Sport: 23 Apr 07
Mixed feelings for Zlatan after Serie A victory. Swedish hockey star clubbed down on Saturday, hero on Sunday. Four medals for Swedish wrestlers, including the prettiest one.
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National: 30 Nov 06
The Swedish ban on private individuals importing alcohol for resale does not contravene EU regulations, the advocate general of the European Court of Justice has said.
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Science & Technology: 10 Nov 06
A 57-year-old man was dead on a Stockholm hospital toilet for one and a half days before being discovered by staff, it has emerged. The hospital says it assumed he had left the building.
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National: 25 Aug 06
Rot that threatens to destroy Sweden's 17th century warship Vasa, which sank in a Stockholm port just minutes into its maiden voyage in 1628, has been slowed, says the museum housing it.
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National: 22 Feb 06
Seven out of ten Hell's Angels in Stockholm are claiming sick benefits for depression, an inquiry has shown. Now the doctor who wrote their sick notes could be struck off.
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Business & Money: 26 Sep 05
The search and directory company Eniro is to buy its Norwegian equivalent Findexa in a deal worth 10.6 billion kronor. Redundancies may follow.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 05
Design is everywhere you look in Stockholm, and is in sharp focus this year, the Swedish year of design. But the Swedish love for all things neutral means it's still hard for designers to drum up interest for their more unusual creations.
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Lifestyle: 18 Apr 05
The list of signatories reads like the VIP list at an industry awards ceremony but an open letter from Sweden's top musical artists isn't about glamour - it's about "what's right and what's wrong". Note: nicking their music is wrong.
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Smörgåsbord: 14 Oct 04
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Society: 27 Aug 04
Young retirees are costing Sweden dear - as are the elected ones, who just voted to raise their own pension payments. And while they are securing financial comfort in later life, an alarming number of Swedish children are growing up in poverty.
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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 »
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 »
"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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