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'Svennis' Eriksson in talks over Iran move

Sport: 24 Nov 11
Former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson has held talks with Persepolis FC over the prospect of becoming the Iranian football team's next coach. READ »

Celtic scoops up Bangura from Stockholm's AIK

Sport: 31 Aug 11
AIK striker Mohamed Bangura is moving from Stockholm to Scottish club Celtic in a deal sparked by a recommendation from former Celtic and Swedish national side star Henrik Larsson. READ »

Murder-for-hire hockey star headed to Sweden: report

Sport: 29 Jul 11
Former National Hockey League (NHL) star Mike Danton, who was jailed for conspiring to murder his agent, used Twitter to announce he'd signed on with a new team in Sweden. READ »

Flare causes stand fire at Swedish football match

Sport: 10 May 11
One woman suffered burns and four people were apprehended by police after a flare caused a blaze on the terraces during a top-flight football derby in Gothenburg on Monday, bringing more attention to the issue of hooliganism. READ »

A preview of the 2011 Allsvenskan football season

Lifestyle: 1 Apr 11
April is here, which brings the start of the Swedish professional football season. With play set to kick off on Saturday, contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at which teams are expected to vie for the Allsvenskan title. READ »

Allsvenskan 2010: the season in review

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 10
As Malmö continues to celebrate its Swedish championship gold medal, contributor Nic Townsend looks back at a season that ended quite differently than many observers of Swedens’ expected premier football league expected. READ »

Swedish football clubs threatened by their fans

Sport: 3 Oct 10
Players, coaches and referees plying their trade in the Swedish Allsvenskan top flight are increasingly becoming the target of threats from supporters, often from their own clubs. READ »

Champs held as football season gets underway

Sport: 15 Mar 10
Swedish champions AIK got off to a slow start with a home draw against top-flight newcomers Mjällby. The 2009 runners-up IFK Gothenburg meanwhile opened the season with a flurry of goals, dispatching Kalmar 0-3. READ »

AIK see off Gothenburg to win historic double

Sport: 8 Nov 09
AIK added the Swedish cup on Saturday to their Allsvenskan league championship win to claim a historic double - the first for the Solna-based side. 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 »

AIK takes home Swedish football league title

Sport: 1 Nov 09
Stockholm’s AIK football club reversed a one-goal deficit to defeat IFK Gothenburg 2-1 in a dramatic title-deciding match, claiming the Allsvenskan championship for the first time in eleven years. READ »

Big city clubs clash in championship climax

Sport: 30 Oct 09
IFK Gothenburg welcome Stockholm team AIK to Gamla Ullevi stadium on Sunday in a title decider as the Swedish Allsvenskan championship goes down to the wire. 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 »

Eriksson rejects Swedish top job offer

Sport: 20 Oct 09
Former England and Mexico boss Sven-Göran Eriksson has ruled himself out as a candidate for the vacant post as Swedish national team coach. READ »

Keeper gets away with goalpost move

Sport: 3 Oct 09
IFK Gothenburg’s goalkeeper Kim Christensen will not face punishment of a fine or ban, despite being caught on film attempting to shorten his goal before a league game. READ »

Goalkeeper risks ban after sly goalpost move

Sport: 24 Sep 09
IFK Gothenburg's Danish goalkeeper Kim Christensen has been reported to the Swedish Football Association's disciplinary board after moving the goalposts in a top flight football match against Örebro on Wednesday. READ »

Tel Aviv players freed in Sweden rape probe

Sport: 31 Jul 09
Two members of an Israeli football club were detained on Friday at the Gothenburg airport after police received a report they were involved in an alleged rape. By Friday afternoon, prosecutors had released both players. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 10 - 16

Lifestyle: 9 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: Easter at Moderna in Stockholm; Space adventures in Gothenburg; Grandmaster Flash in Malmö. READ »

Eriksson fired from Mexico job

Sport: 2 Apr 09
Sven-Göran Eriksson has been sacked from his position as coach of the Mexican national team following defeat to Honduras in a World Cup qualifier. 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 »

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 »

'Fight hooliganism like organized crime'

Sport: 15 Sep 08
Sweden’s main crime prevention agency has proposed fighting football hooliganism using methods similar to those employed to fight organized drug gangs. READ »

Gothenburg in bitter Champions League exit

Sport: 7 Aug 08
IFK Gothenburg were just six minutes away from securing a berth in the third Champions League qualifying round in Basel on Wednesday night. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: July 11 – 17

Lifestyle: 10 Jul 08
What’s on: Mary J Blige at the Jazz Festival in Stockholm, Gothia Cup football festival in Gothenburg, El Perro del Mar, Norman Jay and Bollywood in Malmö. READ »

Deogan family anger at YouTube pic

Society: 29 Jun 08
The family of Tony Deogan has reported YouTube to the police following the publication of new film about the fight between rival hooligan gangs that led to his death in 2002. READ »

Niclas Alexandersson misses out for Swedes

Sport: 12 Jun 08
Swedish defender Niclas Alexandersson will miss Saturday's Group D meeting with Spain with a calf strain. 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 »

Football hooligans clash in Gothenburg

National: 2 Mar 08
Police detained four people after fighting broke out among rival football fans on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Gothenburg footballers shun public hugs

Sport: 10 Dec 07
No hugs please, we're footballers. IFK Gothenburg pulls out of Red Cross fundraiser. READ »

Sports Digest: Gothenburg Angels answer fans' prayers

Sport: 29 Oct 07
Football: IFK Göteborg edge out Djurgården and Kalmar to secure title. Golf: Chopra and Jacobson head the field in Florida. Skiing: Swedes sprint to podium in Düsseldorf. READ »

IFK Göteborg win Allsvenskan

Sport: 28 Oct 07
IFK Göteborg have won the Swedish football Allsvenskan championship following a 2-0 victory over Trelleborg. READ »

Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm

Sport: 8 Oct 07
Tennis: Blake takes aim at Swedish sweep in Stockholm. Golf: Parnevik falters on final day of Texas Open. Football: Djurgården, Gothenburg and Kalmar in three-horse race for title. READ »

Sports digest: US retain Solheim Cup

Sport: 17 Sep 07
Golf: United States secure Solheim victory in Halmstad. Football: Sweden meet North Korea in must-win clash. Athletics: Susanna Kallur peaks at season's end. READ »

Student murder suspect 'remembers nothing'

National: 5 Sep 07
The 22-year-old man suspected of the murder of a 20-year-old woman at a student residence in Jönköping claims to remember nothing from the evening in question. READ »

Sports digest: Spain dominates Swedish Open

Sport: 16 Jul 07
It was an all-Spanish affair at the Swedish Open final on Sunday, with David Ferrer brushing past Nicolas Almagro. And it's an all-Swedish affair in Manchester, as Svennis brings in a couple of compatriots. 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 »

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: Sweden advances to Davis Cup semi final

Sport: 10 Apr 07
Swedes serve up a tennis treat in Gothenburg. New boys Brommapojkarna pull off a scalp in Allsvenskan. Linköping looking good in hockey final. Stenson fails to shine in Augusta. 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 »

IFK Göteborg star linked to tax scandal

Sport: 7 Nov 05
IFK Göteborg player Stefan Selakovic is suspected of being involved in the tax scandal enveloping the club. He was told last week that he is thought to be an accomplice to tax evasion, but he rejects the allegations. READ »

Football club boss held in tax swoop

Sport: 2 Nov 05
A senior official at Gothenburg football club IFK Göteborg is held by police over alleged serious tax crimes. Mats Persson says he has done nothing wrong. 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 »

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 »

Allsvenskan kicks off

Sport: 8 Apr 04
The sports pages come out of hibernation with the start of the new season, and the bickering begins in earnest. 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 »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

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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