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Springtime skiing - just a bus ride from Stockholm

Travel: 19 Mar 10
If watching the Olympics gave you an itch to hit the slopes, consider Romme Alpin, a bus ride from Stockholm, says Davrell Roberts Tien. READ »

Police identify Uruguayan star's tormentors

Sport: 11 Mar 10
Police have identified nine of the sixteen Hammarby supporters who crashed an AIK training session on Wednesday and threatened Uruguayan international midflieder Sebastián Eguren. READ »

Frozen body discovered in Stockholm

National: 19 Dec 09
A dead man was found on Friday morning partially frozen into the ice on Sickla canal the the neighbourhood of Hammarby sjöstad in southern Stockholm. The body has not yet been identified. READ »

TeliaSonera launches 4G mobile broadband in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 14 Dec 09
New 4G mobile services are now available for customers of Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera in Stockholm and Oslo, the company announced on Monday. READ »

The Year of the Rodent: Allsvenskan 2009

Lifestyle: 3 Nov 09
As the Swedish championship gold medal makes its way to Solna, Nic Townsend looks back at another eventful season in Sweden’s premier football competition. READ »

Hammarby relegated as AIK and IFK vie for title

Sport: 29 Oct 09
Stockholm club Hammarby, Swedish champions as recently as 2001, were relegated from the top flight on Wednesday night following a 2-4 defeat at Trelleborg. READ »

Migration Board reports Brazilian footballer over work permit mix-up

Sport: 2 Oct 09
Brazilian star Wanderson do Carmo has been netting goals for Swedish football club Gais without a residence permit. The Migration Board has reported the case to the police while football authorities consider whether to penalize the club. READ »

Football clubs take a stand for gay pride

Society: 2 Aug 09
Representatives for local football clubs, AIK, Hammarby and Djurgården, were among a slew of celebrities showing their support for gay pride by joining the traditional parade through Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Pride march a 'game changer' for Stockholm football clubs

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jul 09
As Stockholm gears up for the weekend’s Pride Parade, The Local’s Gabriel Stein takes a look at the difficulties facing two Stockholm-area football clubs as they attempt to show their solidarity with the city’s gay community. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 31 - August 6

Lifestyle: 29 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & International rugby in Stockholm; U2 in Gothenburg; African beach party & Lucy Love (DK) music in Malmö. READ »

US striker Davies leaves Sweden

Sport: 16 Jul 09
US international striker Charlie Davies has completed a transfer to French club Sochaux, bringing to an end a two and a half year spell with Stockholm team Hammarby. 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 »

What's on in Sweden: May 8 - 14

Lifestyle: 6 May 09
What's on in Sweden: English speaking theatre and American Vaudeville in Stockholm; Uncle Vanya and LGBT Festival in Gothenburg; Jean Michel Jarre in Malmö. READ »

Homeless single mothers: Child allowance counts towards rent

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Apr 09
Lynessa Hansson risks becoming homeless after a Stockholm public housing company ruled out her child allowance as a legitimate source of income, writes Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius. Now the rental companies have seen the error of their ways. But for this single mother of two, the clock is still ticking. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 17 - 23

Lifestyle: 15 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: Tina Turner & football derby in Stockholm; Zulu 9.30 & Emilie Autumn (US) in Gothenburg; The Only Ones (UK) in Malmö. READ »

Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan. READ »

What's on in Sweden: January 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 8 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: January 9th - 15th. The Stranglers and Lindy Hop in Stockholm; Manfred Mann and Belgian electronica in Gothenburg; Future Cop! in Malmö. READ »

Stockholm: a tour guide’s tips

Stockholm: 15 Dec 08
A weekend in Stockholm isn't complete without visiting the Vasa Museum, but what else should a tourist see? Tour guide Séverine Bouvier offers her tips. READ »

Kalmar claim historic Swedish title

Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history. READ »

Sweden proposes law against hooliganism

Sport: 24 Oct 08
Sweden plans to combat on hooliganism with a new law allowing police to ban troublemakers from stadiums and making it illegal to storm the pitch, throw objects and light firecrackers, the government said on Thursday. READ »

Football hooligans battle in Stockholm

Sport: 20 Oct 08
More than 70 people were detained in connection with a brawl which broke out on Sunday afternoon between rival factions of football supporters in Stockholm. READ »

The Panel: Graeme Newcomb

Lifestyle: 1 Oct 08
Get acquainted with the members of our regular readers panel. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: August 29 - September 4

Lifestyle: 28 Aug 08
What’s on: World class choir and Snoop Dogg in Stockholm; Aero Show in Gothenburg, pop festival and fashion bazaar in Malmö. READ »

Hooligan scandal at Stockholm derby

Sport: 26 Aug 08
The Stockholm derby match between AIK and Hammarby on Monday evening was plagued by hooliganism and rioting for the second consecutive year. READ »

Henrik Larsson to play for Sweden at Euro 2008

Sport: 14 May 08
To the surprise and delight of most Swedish football fans, veteran striker Henrik Larsson was among the names when manager Lars Lagerbäck announced his squad for Euro 2008. READ »

Swedish football at a crossroads

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Apr 08
His first visit to a Swedish football match left David Bartram wondering what Sweden needs to do to stamp out its problems with hooliganism. READ »

Crowd trouble mars Stockholm derby

Sport: 15 Apr 08
Hammarby and AIK shared the points in Monday night's Stockholm derby. But the match is likely to be remembered for all the wrong reasons. READ »

Sweden's papers show sense of humour on April 1st

National: 1 Apr 08
Carbonated tap water, a sell-off at liquor store monopoly Systembolaget, and a massive zoo exhibit for earthworms are just a few of the April Fool’s Day highlights from today’s Swedish newspapers. READ »

Body of missing Irish tourist found

National: 26 Mar 08
Police in Stockholm have recovered the body of Irish tourist John Aherne. READ »

No headway in search for missing Irish tourist

National: 26 Mar 08
Police and the Swedish Coast Guard are continuing to search for missing Irish tourist John Aherne. READ »

Dive for missing tourist inconclusive

National: 25 Mar 08
The search for missing tourist John Aherne is continuing on Tuesday evening after a dive conducted by police again proved inconclusive. READ »

Police continue search for missing Irish tourist

National: 23 Mar 08
Police are to continue the search for missing Irish tourist John Aherne on Tuesday after a five hour dive on Sunday gave no result. READ »

Irish tourist feared drowned

National: 21 Mar 08
Stockholm police fear that the 32-year-old Irish man, who was last seen leaving a restaurant in the city on Saturday night, has drowned. READ »

27 football hooligans convicted for brawl

Sport: 24 Jan 08
27 Swedish football hooligans have been convicted for rioting at a football match in Stockholm in 2004. READ »

Sports Digest: Sweden second in Karjala Cup

Sport: 12 Nov 07
Ice hockey: Sweden beat Finland in Karjala Cup. Football: Helsingborg score famous victory. Bandy: Brawl mars premiere in Västerås. READ »

Sports Digest: Kalmar take command

Sport: 22 Oct 07
Football: Umeå win women's league but the men still have it all to play for. Boxing: Euro gold for Anna Laurell. Golf: Swedish trio run Webster close in Portugal. READ »

Sports Digest: Wissman sets new Swedish record

Sport: 24 Sep 07
Athletics: Wissman completes fantastic season. Football: Title race heats up. Tennis: Sweden suffers Davis Cup exit. READ »

Football clubs gain access to security footage

Sport: 7 Sep 07
Football clubs in the Stockholm region are to be given permission to root out troublesome supporters through the use of surveillance cameras. READ »

Sports digest: Swedish hopes dashed in Osaka

Sport: 3 Sep 07
Athletics: Swedes disappointed with failure to reach the podium. Football: Zlatan back in the groove. Tennis: Johansson and Björkman bow out of US Open. READ »

Sports Digest: Swedish clubs march on in Europe

Sport: 30 Jul 07
Football: Elfsborg and Hammarby advance in Europe. Athletics: Susana Kallur breaks track record in Gothenburg. Golf: Henrik Stenson suffers bizarre disqualification in Hamburg. READ »

House prices: gulf widens between downtown and suburbs

Society: 25 Jul 07
Living in central Stockholm is more expensive than ever, but an almost identical apartment can cost half as much in the suburbs. But certain suburbs are also becoming hot, with culture and commerce following residents. READ »

Ljungberg joins West Ham United

Sport: 23 Jul 07
Sweden's national team captain Fredrik Ljungberg has crossed London to join West Ham United from Arsenal, with a reported salary of up to 1.4 million kronor per week. READ »

Ferry backs into pleasure boats

National: 21 Jul 07
Sailors near a lock gate in central Stockholm were shocked on Saturday morning when a passenger ferry carrying 300 people backed straight into a number of pleasure boats. READ »

Sports digest: Svennis speaks about Man City job

Sport: 9 Jul 07
Football: Sven-Göran Eriksson 'looking forward to an exciting job and an exciting season.' Tennis: Björkman and Söderling destroy worldwide belief in mild-mannered Swedes. Golf Fasth and Edberg second and third at European Open. READ »

Sports Digest: Swedish stars march on at Wimbledon

Sport: 2 Jul 07
Tennis: Björkman and Söderling delayed by rain. Football: Brommapojkarna win first home game at new arena. Ice Hockey: Reports that Michael Nylander has signed for Edmonton Oilers. READ »

Sports Digest: Decision time for 'Svennis'

Sport: 26 Jun 07
Football: Man City's prospective owner says Sven Göran Eriksson is his first choice manager. Tennis: Borg roots for Federer at Wimbledon. Golf: Niclas Fasth sees of Bernhard Langer for a European Tour win in Munich. READ »

Football violence leads to 130 arrests

Sport: 20 Jun 07
Nearly 130 football supporters were arrested during the Stockholm derby match between arch-rivals Hammarby and Djurgården on Tuesday evening. READ »

Sports Digest: Fasth fourth at US Open

Sport: 18 Jun 07
Golf: Niclas Fasth secures highest ever placing for a Swede at US Open. Football: Halmstad set the pace in the top division. Ice Hockey: Sundin pens one-year deal with Leafs. READ »

Famous beer hall loses licence

Society: 29 May 07
Kvarnen, one of Stockholm's best-known traditional beer halls faces an uncertain future after city councillors took away its licence to serve alcohol. Kvarnen lost its permit after reports of rowdiness. READ »

Sports digest: Elmander fires Toulouse into Champions League

Sport: 28 May 07
Johan Elmander scores an invaluable hattrick; Carolina Klüft continues to impress; Sweden's tennis stars prepare for the French Open. READ »

Sports digest: Second choice Örebro keeper scores last minute equalizer

National: 21 May 07
Malmö lead the way in Allsvenskan; Swedish tennis stars lose World Team Cup opener in Dusseldorf; Swedish women's floorball team crowned world champions. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden misses out on hockey bronze

Sport: 14 May 07
Sweden claim fourth place at the world ice hockey championship. Hammarby take over at the top of Allsvenskan. Fredrik Andersson finishes second at the Marbella Open golf tournament. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden cruises to ice hockey quarter finals

Sport: 7 May 07
The Swedish ice hockey team remains unbeaten on its quest to retain the world championship. Two wins on the bounce put Gefle at the top of Allsvenskan. Low-ranked Swedish golfer Joakim Bäckström breaks the course record in Milan. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden bids to retain world hockey title

Sport: 30 Apr 07
Sweden breezes to an easy victory in the first match of the world championships in Moscow. Malmö hammers AIK to top Allsvenskan. Annika Sörenstam drops off golf's top spot for the first time. READ »

Builders walk out after talks fail

Society: 18 Apr 07
Builders at one of Sweden's largest building firms went on strike on Wednesday in the first of several planned walkouts following a breakdown in negotiations between unions and employers. READ »

Sports digest: Is Evander Holyfield coming to Sweden?

Sport: 16 Apr 07
Promoter says Holyfield will box at Swedish event. Modo win Swedish ice hockey championship. Hammarby weekend winners in Allsvenskan. READ »

Sports digest: Elfsborg tipped to retain title

Sport: 2 Apr 07
Sweden tastes defeat in Belfast. New football season about to kick off. Linköping advance to hockey final. Three medals in Melbourne for Swedish swimmers. READ »

Sports digest: Ice hockey season reaches semi final stage

Sport: 19 Mar 07
Wednesday sees the start of the semi finals of Elitserien. Zlatan bags a brace. Edsbyn's bandy team breaks Hammarby hearts. Golf still not tax deductible. Victory again for peerless Pärson. READ »

Sports digest: Henrik Larsson returns to base

Sport: 12 Mar 07
Larsson returns, Zlatan scores, the ice hockey season reaches a crucial stage, and Hammarby makes the final in bandy (whatever that is). READ »

Desirable Stockholm flat sold for 5,383 kronor

National: 13 Dec 06
Björn Andersson has just bought a flat in the wealthy Östermalm district of Stockholm for 5,383 kronor. The self-employed marketing consultant was lucky enough to make the lowest unique bid on auction site Bidster. READ »

Football hooligan forced home in flimsy footwear

National: 8 Dec 06
A rioting football supporter got cold feet when forced to make his own way home dressed in prison clothes supplied by local police. READ »

Elfsborg Swedish champions

Sport: 5 Nov 06
Elfsborg are Swedish football champions for the first time since 1961. The Borås-based club beat Djurgården 1-0 at home on Sunday afternoon to claim the Allsvenskan title. READ »

300 attack police after derby match

Society: 27 Sep 06
Swedish football suffered another image blow on Tuesday night as fans rioted after the Stockholm derby between AIK and Hammarby at the Råsunda stadium. READ »

Stockholm derby abandoned after crowd trouble

Sport: 28 Aug 06
Monday night's Stockholm football derby between Djurgården and Hammarby was abandoned nine minutes into the second half after both sets of fans disgraced themselves at Söder stadium. READ »

Henke's homecoming: the return of the King

Lifestyle: 13 Jul 06
Sweden has provided the world with countless sporting overachievers, but Henrik Larsson has captured the nation's imagination. And his return to Sweden is seeing him feted like a king, reports Eddie de Oliveira. READ »

Lagerbäck names Swedish World Cup squad

Sport: 10 May 06
Sweden's World Cup squad has been revealed by manager Lars Lagerbäck. There were two debutantes among the familiar names, and inevitably a few disappointments. READ »

Swedish coach for Panathinaikos

Smörgåsbord: 28 Apr 06
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Men arrested for 1995 murder

National: 11 Apr 06
Two men have been arrested for the murder of a 16-year old boy at Fryshuset in Stockholm on New Year's Day 1995. The pair have links to a man arrested and released three weeks ago. READ »

Man arrested for 1995 murder

National: 21 Mar 06
A 41 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 16 year old boy in Stockholm more than ten years ago. The boy was found dead in a warehouse with one of his hands missing. READ »

Edsbyn bandy champions again

Sport: 19 Mar 06
The Norrland team beat Hammarby 6-2 to become Swedish champions in bandy for the third year running. READ »

Djurgården win Swedish championship

Sport: 18 Oct 05
In a rare moment of Stockholm footballing solidarity, Hammarby snuff out IFK Göteborg's challenge for this season's Allsvenskan - and rivals Djurgården gratefully claim the Swedish title. READ »

Football thugs riot in Stockholm pub

Sport: 27 Mar 05
A hundred football hooligans riot in a Stockholm pub, injuring two police officers. Police arrest twenty-seven people during the fight, between Hammarby and Djurgården supporters. READ »

Assyriska lose Allsvenskan play-off - promoted anyway

Sport: 10 Nov 04
A club wins promotion to Sweden's top league as another is kicked out due to financial problems - proving that where Swedish football is concerned what happens off the pitch usually is more interesting than what happens on it. READ »

Hooligan riot threatens AIK survival

Sport: 21 Oct 04
After a dismal season which looks increasingly likely to end in relegation, the last thing AIK needed was 200 hooligans rioting midway through a match. Dark days for the Stockholm club. READ »

All kicking off

Sport: 24 Jun 04
Where there's football there's fighting. While Sweden's boys in Portugal do the country proud, hooligans brawl in the posh part of Stockholm and two boys' teams act like they're in the Gaza Strip rather than the Under 16s St Eriks Cup. READ »

No resurrection for Davis Cup team

Sport: 16 Apr 04
Sweden's tennis players lose in the Davis Cup and HV71 win ice hockey's seven-match Elite Series final. READ »

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