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Nazi-era mine washes ashore in Sweden

Science & Technology: 10 Jan 12
Bomb experts from the Swedish military have been called in to disarm a live, World War II-era German mine that washed ashore near Sundsvall in northern Sweden. READ »

'Queen Silvia shouldn't be blamed for her father's Nazi past'

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Dec 11
The Swedish media's obsession with investigating the ties Queen Silvia's father had to the Nazis during the Third Reich is misplaced, argues former Royal Court information secretary Juan Navas. READ »

From Sweden to Germany in search of cheap booze

Lifestyle: 14 Oct 11
Tired of Sweden's high alcohol taxes and the state run liquor monopoly? Come along with contributor Patrick Reilly as he details a recent journey to Germany in search of cheap beer. READ »

'Leggy' Swedes have no advantage: coach

Sport: 13 Jul 11
Sweden coach Thomas Dennerby is playing down suggestions that the Japanese will be at a height disadvantage when playing the "long-legged" Swedes for Wednesday's semi-final in the women's World Cup. READ »

The Lowdown on Swedish Midsummer

Lifestyle: 22 Jun 11
Midsummer is approaching - but what are we celebrating and why do Swedes celebrate the way they do? The Local explains. READ »

German man dead after falling into Swedish lake

National: 9 May 11
A German man with a cramp died on Sunday following a freak accident on a lake in western Sweden. READ »

Eurail and InterRail Passes: Where a journey becomes an adventure

Travel: 1 Apr 11
Whether it’s reading in the light of the Eiffel tower or discovering lavender fields in Croatia, taking the train gives you the opportunity to explore Europe at your own speed - and make friends along the way. READ »

Foreign buyers snapping up Swedish homes

Business & Money: 14 Mar 11
Foreign ownership of Swedish summer houses, houses, land and farms has increased by 36 percent over the past five years, new statistics from the Swedish land registration authority show. READ »

Al-Qaeda issues new Sweden threat: report

National: 17 Feb 11
An English-language online publication with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network has paid tribute to the suicide bomber who attacked in Stockholm in December while calling for new acts of terrorism in Sweden. READ »

Sweden's Egypt travel warning unchanged

National: 12 Feb 11
Sweden's foreign ministry has maintained its travel warning against Egypt in despite the resignation of former president Hosni Mubarak late on Friday. READ »

Swedish scientists study ice man bacteria samples

Science & Technology: 22 Dec 10
A team of Swedish scientists are currently examining specimens of stomach bacteria from Ötzi the Iceman, who lived about 5,300 years ago. READ »

Swedes hold Germany in drab stalemate

Sport: 18 Nov 10
Sweden and Germany played out a dull defensive goalless draw in Gothenburg on Wednesday night, underlining how important the absent Zlatan Ibrahimovic is to Euro 2012 qualification plans. READ »

Federer ties Sampras at 64 titles in Stockholm

Sport: 25 Oct 10
Roger Federer won his 64th career title on Sunday, levelling with Pete Sampras in the title Pantheon after defeating Germany's Florian Mayer at the Stockholm Open. READ »

Sweden's Rosenberg heading to Spain

Sport: 1 Sep 10
German football club Werder Bremen has loaned Swedish striker Markus Rosenberg, whose goal lifted the team into this season's Champions League, to Spanish first division side Racing Santander. READ »

Foreign tourists boost Swedish retail sales

Business & Money: 25 Aug 10
Last year was a bumper year for tourism in Sweden, with foreign tourists spending more money in Sweden than Swedish tourists spent overseas, according from retail group Svensk Handel. READ »

Swedish women vote to keep their tops on

Society: 22 Jul 10
Swedes, long famous round the world for their relaxed attitude to nudity, are now some of Europe’s biggest prudes, according to a new survey. READ »

Ambassador gracious in Spanish defeat

Sport: 8 Jul 10
"We're disappointed, but such is life," Germany's Ambassador to Sweden, Joachim Rucker, said after watching his team exit the World Cup at the Goethe-Institut in Stockholm with his countrymen - and a sole exalted Spanish family. READ »

Poland asks Sweden to probe Auschwitz theft

National: 8 Jul 10
Poland has asked Sweden to question three suspects about the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday. READ »

Stockholm goes orange as Dutch claim final spot

Sport: 7 Jul 10
The Dutch embassy in Stockholm played host to a carnival atmosphere of 150 Dutch expats, Swedes, Germans and even a Welshman, as the Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 to reach the World Cup final for the first time since 1978. READ »

Swede's remand for Auschwitz theft extended

National: 2 Jul 10
A Polish court has remanded in custody a Swedish suspect on Thursday for a further two months over the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. READ »

Court fines Greenpeace nuclear activists

National: 1 Jul 10
A Swedish court on Thursday fined 29 Greenpeace activists who broke into a nuclear power plant earlier this month. READ »

Eriksson backs England ahead of Germany clash

Sport: 25 Jun 10
As the World Cup nears the end of the group stages England have received the backing of a former manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson, ahead of their second round clash with old rivals Germany. READ »

Nuclear vote condemned as activists face trial

National: 18 Jun 10
Environmental group Greenpeace has condemned the Swedish parliament vote in favour of the construction of new nuclear reactors, as activists went on trial for illegal trespass at the Forsmark plant north of Stockholm this week. READ »

Reinfeldt rejects EU-wide fiscal sanctions

Politics: 17 Jun 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Thursday rejected the prospect of new sanctions for fiscally irresponsible countries outside of the eurozone, as he arrived in Brussels for a meeting of EU heads. READ »

Second Swede sought over Auschwitz theft

National: 10 Jun 10
Polish authorities want to question a second Swede, millionaire Lars-Göran Wahlström, about the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Auschwitz concentration camp READ »

Wedding prompts huge foreign media interest

National: 24 May 10
Some 500 foreign journalists have said they plan to come to Sweden to cover the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling next month. READ »

Auschwitz theft suspect claims persecution

National: 24 May 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström, held in Poland in connection with the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from Auschwitz, has reported the tax agency for denying him protected identity, arguing that he is being victimized. READ »

A new life in northern Sweden - Part Two

Lifestyle: 28 Apr 10
Winter in a picturesque snowbound town can instil in the visitor a true appreciation for life in the far north of Sweden. But a dearth of jobs and a surplus of solitude help explain the region's growing demographic crisis, writes Alec Forss. READ »

Swede remanded over Auschwitz theft

National: 17 Apr 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström has been remanded in custody in Poland in connection with the theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp. READ »

Foreigners buying more Swedish summer houses: report

Business & Money: 30 Mar 10
Foreigners own 33,168 summer houses in Sweden, an increase of four percent on 2008 and nine percent on 2007. Germans, Danes and Norwegians dominate the statistics, a new report shows. READ »

German filmmakers to chart Lindgren's life

Society: 30 Mar 10
The life of Astrid Lindgren, the Swedish author behind children's characters such as Pippi Longstocking, is to be made into a feature length film, her daughter has confirmed. READ »

Ibrahimovic goal gives Barça upper hand

Sport: 24 Feb 10
A second half equaliser from Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic was enough to hold off the challenge of a valiant Stuttgart and give Barcelona the edge in the second leg at Camp Nou. READ »

Swedish seniors lead EU in mobile use: report

Science & Technology: 16 Feb 10
Nearly all Swedish over 65s own and use a mobile phone and are at the forefront of the technology's use in comparison with European counterparts, a new report shows. READ »

Fifth of Swedish population foreign

National: 29 Jan 10
Latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that in the last 50 years the number of foreigners living in Sweden or people with two foreign-born parents has risen from four to nearly 20 percent. READ »

Sportsman in hate speech row over Tottenham anti-Jew 'joke'

Sport: 26 Jan 10
A Swedish bandy player has been reported for hate speech after calling for Liverpool to "push forward harder than the Germans did on the Night of the Broken Glass" in their recent match against Tottenham. READ »

Iris, 92, honoured for wartime code-cracking heroics

Society: 30 Oct 09
Iris Kramer, a Brit living in Sweden, has been honoured by the British government in recognition of services for her efforts cracking enemy codes during World War II. READ »

Czechs praise Swedish input on Lisbon treaty

National: 23 Oct 09
Sweden was lauded on Friday by the Czech President Vaclav Klaus for framing a solution to his demands for an opt-out from the bloc's Lisbon Treaty. READ »

Söderling sets sights on Stockholm Open success

Sport: 18 Oct 09
Swedish tennis star and French Open finalist Robin Söderling resumes his fight to earn one of the three remaining spots in the ATP World Tour Finals when he plays as top seed at his home Stockholm Open starting Monday. READ »

Baltic yacht race heads for Västervik

Travel: 7 Jul 09
Sponsored article:The Baltic Sprint Cup is one of the highlights of the northern European sailing calendar, and in late July the 930-nautical mile race will be heading through Sweden’s most beautiful archipelago to Västervik, on Sweden’s east coast. READ »

Sweden urges EU states to tighten belts

Politics: 1 Jul 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said the country's EU presidency will push member states to curtail spending and work towards sustaining public finances across the union. READ »

Swedes stay at home with Eurovision fever

Society: 16 May 09
At least for a day, Eurovision Song Contest fever is making bigger headlines than swine flu. Almost a third of Swedes will be glued to their televisions today to watch opera singer Malena Ernman in her bid to bring the country its fifth Eurovision victory. READ »

German media welcomes royal engagement

National: 24 Feb 09
The engagement of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling is big news in Germany, where newspapers take a close interest in the activities of the Swedish royals. READ »

'Christmas in Sweden is like Groundhog Day'

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Jan 09
How many years does it take before Sweden's quirky Christmas traditions start to get irksome? Eight, says Mark Majzner. READ »

Karin Bergöö Larsson: Mother, muse and artist

Lifestyle: 9 Dec 08
Marge Thorell takes a peek inside the home of a Swedish designer whose own artistic legacy has freed her from the shadow of her celebrated husband. READ »

Demonstrators raid Malmö arms firm

National: 19 Sep 08
Around a hundred peace activists demonstrated in Malmö on Friday afternoon against a Swedish arms components manufacturer’s contracts with the US military, with some of the protesters eventually breaking into the office grounds. READ »

Viewers not amused by Swedish TV Hitler joke

Society: 22 Aug 08
A television show focusing on the Olympic Games has been reported to the Swedish Broadcasting Commission for allegedly making offensive comments regarding Germany's Nazi history on live television. READ »

Sweden suffers extra time agony

Sport: 15 Aug 08
World champions Germany took a significant step towards the one major trophy they have never won when they reached the Olympic women's football semi-finals after beating Sweden 2-0 in Beijing on Friday. READ »

Mushroom war marked by cunning and subterfuge

Lifestyle: 14 Aug 08
With chanterelle season upon us, it's time again for the annual funghi wars that help keep country life interesting, writes migrant mushroom worshipper Rose Kemp. READ »

Elks and blondes shape Sweden's image abroad

National: 29 Jul 08
When foreigners think of Sweden they think of Elks, royalty, the great outdoors, and beautiful women, according to a new survey from VisitSweden. READ »

Swedish town: 'Go north and claim your reward'

Society: 28 Jul 08
In an innovative move to arrest depopulation, Arjeplog, a municipality in the far north of Sweden, has offered families up to 100,000 kronor ($16,000) to move into the area. READ »

Spain's Euro win 'bad for Swedish economy'

Business & Money: 30 Jun 08
Fernando Torres' goal in the final of Euro 2008 may be a boon for Spain but economists reckon that a bullet from Ballack would have been of greater benefit to Sweden. READ »

The Local launches new sister site in Germany

National: 29 Feb 08
The Local’s managing editor, James Savage, introduces our new Teutonic sister, thelocal.de READ »

Riga: Strangely unfamiliar

Travel: 18 Jan 08
Taking a ferry out of Stockholm need not mean a booze cruise to Helsinki. Alannah Eames went to Latvia to check out one of Sweden's most charming neighbours. READ »

Danish politician stakes claim to Swedish territory

Politics: 23 Dec 07
A Danish politician has staked a claim to the Swedish provinces of Skåne, Blekinge and Halland. READ »

Sweden's population boom continues

Society: 20 Dec 07
Sweden's population is continuing to grow at a rapid clip, according to new figures. READ »

'Release names of Stasi spies'

Politics: 8 Oct 07
A Moderate Party member of parliament has called for security service Säpo to publish the names of Swedes who collaborated with the Stasi, East Germany's feared secret police. READ »

MI5 scoured naturist magazine for secret messages

Society: 4 Sep 07
Among documents released by MI5 this week was the story of a spy arrested in Sweden during the Second World War who was suspected of writing coded messages to the Germans on the pages of The Naturist magazine. READ »

Ahmadinejad claims 'Zionists' behind Swedish cartoon

Society: 28 Aug 07
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that "Zionists" were behind a cartoon in a Swedish newspaper depicting the head of the Prophet Mohammed on a dog's body. READ »

Moustache men hope to follow Abba to victory

National: 21 Aug 07
Sweden could soon have some new world champions in an unconventional but hotly contested competition: the World Beard and Moustache Championships. READ »

Why the Stasi came to Sweden

Lifestyle: 16 Aug 07
Following recent revelations surrounding Swedes who collaborated with the Stasi, The Local looks at the Cold War relationship between neutral Sweden and the GDR. READ »

Stasi spy has 'no regrets'

Politics: 15 Aug 07
The Local looks at Swedish journalist König's career with the Stasi from his recruitment in the late 1960s to 'the great catastrophe' in 1989. READ »

'I spied for the Stasi'

Politics: 15 Aug 07
The Local speaks to a former Swedish journalist - codename König - who spied for the East German Stasi for the twenty year period leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall. 'I never spied on Sweden,' he says. READ »

Swedes spied for Stasi

National: 9 Aug 07
A network of Swedes delivered information to the Stasi, East Germany's secret police, during the Cold War, it has been revealed. READ »

Swedes work shortest hours in Europe

Society: 24 Jul 07
Swedes work fewer hours than any other nationality in Europe, according to a new EU survey. Swedish workers have more paid vacation than any other Europeans and work shorter weeks all but three nationalities. READ »

'High explosives' on motorway crash truck

National: 11 Jun 07
Police have cordoned off a motorway west of Stockholm after a truck carrying explosives crashed, landing on its side on an embankment. READ »

Introducing...The Ark

Lifestyle: 7 May 07
They're the bell-bottom wearing, glam-rocking sons of Sweden following in the footsteps of Abba to defend Swedish pride in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. Paul O'Mahony takes a closer look at The Ark. READ »

Introducing...Victoria Silvstedt

Lifestyle: 26 Feb 07
The Local takes a long, lingering look at Victoria Silvstedt, the former child skiing star now known worldwide for her frequent lapses into semi-nudity. READ »

Sweden's Johansson loses UEFA vote

Sport: 26 Jan 07
Swede Lennart Johansson has lost the vote to remain president of European footballing body UEFA, being beaten by French football legend Michel Platini. The vote followed a bitter dispute between the men. READ »

The Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 07
Bystander in the Second World War, yet refuge for victims of the Nazis. A leader in promoting tolerance, yet with a resurgent far-right. David Stavrou looks at the complex legacy of the Holocaust in Sweden. READ »

Copenhagen riots: 27 Swedes arrested

National: 17 Dec 06
Some 27 young Swedes were behind bars in the Danish capital on Sunday evening, after being arrested during riots in the city on Saturday. Police say the violence was planned in advance. READ »

Scania chief apologises for blitzkrieg comments

Business & Money: 8 Dec 06
Scania's CEO Leif Östling has apologised for comments he made on Tuesday comparing truck manufacturer MAN's tactics to those of Germany's blitzkrieg campaign in the Second World War. READ »

Scania boss compares German bid to Hitler's tactics

Business & Money: 7 Dec 06
The Scania takeover battle stepped up on Wednesday, as the firm's chief executive Leif Östling likened a hostile bid by Germany's MAN to Hitler's 'blitzkrieg'. READ »

MAN promises to keep Scania jobs

Business & Money: 23 Nov 06
German truckmaker MAN has promised not to cut jobs in Sweden if it succeeds in taking over its rival Scania. "There will be no discrimination of Swedish employees in favour of German," says MAN's CEO. READ »

Swedish security concern over Russian pipeline

National: 15 Nov 06
Plans by Russian oil giant Gazprom to build a pipeline across the Baltic Sea are causing worry across the political spectrum in Sweden. Defence minister Mikael Odenberg says the pipeline could be an intelligence platform. READ »

Scania unions reject MAN takeover

Business & Money: 15 Nov 06
Trade unions representing staff at Swedish truckmaker Scania say a takeover by German group MAN would lead to Swedes being sacked instead of Germans, due to binding job guarantees signed by MAN. READ »

Absolut uses red light district to sell vodka

Society: 8 Nov 06
Swedish state-owned Absolut Vodka has withdrawn a campaign in Hamburg's best-known sex district. The company denies it used prostitution as a marketing tool, but Sweden's equality chief is critical. READ »

Sweden attracts more tourists

Business & Money: 16 Aug 06
During the first six months of 2006 the number of overnight stays at Swedish hotels, cottages and youth hostels increased by six percent. READ »

Günter Grass to keep Nobel Prize

National: 15 Aug 06
The Nobel Foundation in Stockholm has rejected calls to revoke Günter Grass' literature prize, following his admission that he served in Germany's Waffen SS force during the World War II. READ »

Germans could nab Swedish elk signs

Society: 23 Jun 06
German football fans say they plan to "thrash the elks" in the World Cup on Saturday. Swedish officials fear this could increase thefts of elk warning signs on Sweden's roads this summer. READ »

"No fear" as Swedes prepare for England

Smörgåsbord: 20 Jun 06
Sweden holds its breath before Tuesday night's clash with England in the teams' final group match of the World Cup. "We're not going into this match with any fear," says midfielder Tobias Linderoth. READ »

Victory more important than patriotism for Eriksson

Smörgåsbord: 19 Jun 06
England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson sets his sights on a rare victory over the land of his birth - without any patriotic qualms. "Of course I'm a Swede but I left Sweden in 1982, so it's really a long, long time," he said. READ »

Sweden followed Nazi marriage laws

National: 4 Apr 06
For ten years up until the end of the Second World War, Swedes who wanted to marry Germans were forced to prove that they were not Jewish. And 'racially impure' marriages could be annulled by Swedish courts. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: It's not what you say...

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 05
...it's the way that you say it. That's our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent's conclusion after two new teachers' accents have very different effects on his Swedish class. READ »

Alcohol inquiry proposes 30% tax cut

Politics: 16 Mar 05
Kent Härstedt, the man heading the government's inquiry into the problem of alcohol smuggling, finally delivers his cocktail of recommendations designed to save the ailing Systembolaget. READ »

Persson: Lindh didn?t know about CIA

Politics: 23 Dec 04
Anna Lindh had no idea about plans for American authorities to deport two Egyptians from Sweden, says the prime minister. READ »

Swedish royal family sues German publisher

National: 26 Nov 04
According to the publisher, Klambt, Sweden's royal household is demanding 40 million crowns in compensation for fabricated stories. According to Sweden's royal household, that's not true either. READ »

Saab Metall sagas: the plots thicken

Business & Money: 20 Oct 04
Was it a strike or wasn't it? Do the union reps have to pay back the money blown on sex club visits? What does Göran Persson have to do with it all? Find out the answers to these questions and many more in the Local's latest Trollhättan update. READ »

Swedes and Germans unite in GM battle

Business & Money: 4 Oct 04
Saab's Trollhättan plant gets a boost as Swedish and German unions sign a "historic" agreement not to stab each other in the back in the fight for new production contract with parent company GM. READ »

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

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 »

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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 »

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