May 28, 2012
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National: 9 May 12
The mother of suspected serial killer Peter Mangs was shocked when he was arrested for the Malmö shootings despite admitting to him having shown signs of xenophobia in the past.
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Society: 3 Apr 12
A Stockholm-area pastor on probation for having sex with a teen girl in his congregation is to be investigated anew following new accusations that he sexually abused other girls and sent them sexually explicit emails.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Mar 12
Frustration with being shut out of the Swedish job market has prompted several Swedes with immigrant backgrounds to seek – and find – success in the melting pot that is New York City, contributor Rafaela Stålbalk discovers.
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Society: 29 Feb 12
A Swedish pastor on probation for having sex with a teen girl in his congregation has come in for new scrutiny following additional reports of sexual relations with young girls and alleged plans to publish his escapades in a book.
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Society: 21 Feb 12
A pastor from central Sweden who uploaded “pornographic” pictures of himself and his girlfriend to an office computer will not be sacked over the incident.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Nov 11
Swedes have a reputation for studying longer, working fewer hours and enjoying more holiday leave than people in most other comparable countries, while others argue that the careerism rat race has taken hold. What do you think?
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Politics: 26 Aug 11
The Moderate Party has announced that it will not stand in the next church elections which take place in 2013, signalling an intention to cut political ties with the Church of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 20 Aug 11
Pregnant women in the south of Sweden may have to wait more than half their pregnancy for all the required tests and screens to be administered, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Politics: 18 Jul 11
Sweden's state-run alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget should be authorised to start up a home delivery service, suggests MP Carl B Hamilton of the Liberal Party, in an opinion article published on Monday.
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Politics: 30 May 11
Former Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has criticised the party's u-turns over Sweden's participation in the UN-backed Libya mission, and new leader Håkan Juholt for being "harsh" to former justice minister Thomas Bodström.
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Society: 23 May 11
Following several complaints about sexual abuse committed by its pastors, the Church of Sweden has announced plans to launch an investigation into how widespread the problem is.
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National: 16 May 11
The diocese of Lund is in contravention of official church policy by investing in companies that make money through distributing porn, despite very clear guidelines from the Church of Sweden on the issue.
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Sport: 21 Apr 11
A demand that female badminton players don skirts when taking to the court in international competition has rubbed the sport's Swedish supporters the wrong way.
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Education: 19 Apr 11
With four Nobel Chemistry Prize winners through history and leading research in many fields of science, Stockholm University provides a unique environment for chemistry researchers and students.
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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.
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Society: 27 Feb 11
The Catholic Church of Sweden confirms three priests are believed to have sexually abused children over the span of 30 years.
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Society: 18 Jan 11
A Swedish lesbian pastor who was passed over for a job with a diocese in central Sweden has accused the local vicar of discrimination.
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Society: 14 Dec 10
A Stockholm-area pastor has been reported for misconduct after posting pictures of himself on Facebook wearing a t-shirt referencing a famed Swedish porn film while he was supervising a group of Swedish teens.
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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.
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Society: 5 Nov 10
A Church of Sweden pastor in Gothenburg has lost his pastor's licence after admitting to buying sex from a prostitute.
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Society: 4 Nov 10
A Church of Sweden pastor could lose his job over comments regarding the suitability of women priests to spread the word of God, including the assertion that there were worse "grades of punishment in hell" for female bishops.
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National: 18 Oct 10
National alerts were issued for several 'priceless' church artifacts stolen overnight on Sunday from Tidersrums church in southeastern Sweden's Kisa.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Oct 10
Stockholm bishop Eva Brunne's sermon addressing racism at the opening of Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, on Tuesday has been the topic of intense discussion. Here is the full text of her words in English.
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Sport: 8 Sep 10
Star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted two goals in front of a hometown crowd in Malmö, as Sweden beat San Marino 6-0 on Tuesday in Euro 2012 football qualification.
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National: 24 Aug 10
Tiger Woods and Swedish model wife Elin Nordegren divorced Monday, their marriage "irretrievably broken" by a blistering sex scandal that has left the world number one golfer's life in disarray.
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Science & Technology: 20 Jul 10
A study on Swedish children born after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has shown that they have a moderately higher cancer risk than other children.
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Politics: 5 Jul 10
Church of Sweden Bishop Lennart Koskinen was forcibly removed by Sweden Democrat security staff when the nationalist party held a meeting just metres from the church tent at Almedalen week on Gotland on Monday.
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National: 11 Jun 10
The Church of Sweden pastor who welcomed a 15-year-old convicted rapist to the end of term celebrations in a high profile incident in Bjästa in northern Sweden, has been issued with a written warning by the diocese of Harnösand.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jun 10
It's a dilemma faced by many international families: will bringing up your kids as bilingual give them an edge, or set them up for mediocrity in two languages, asks Lee Martin.
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National: 26 Apr 10
Bishop Anders Arborelius has said that he is "prepared to take the consequences" over the failure to investigate the alleged abuse of two sisters by a paedophile priest, first brought to the Catholic Church's attention in 1990.
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Sport: 29 Mar 10
Ex-England and Mexico coach Sven-Göran Eriksson has been confirmed as the man to lead the Ivory Coast at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
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National: 27 Mar 10
Public outrage continues to build against a small community in northern Sweden after revelations that a 14-year-old girl was raped and then driven out of town amid an internet smear campaign.
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Society: 16 Feb 10
Sven Thidevall, the Swedish bishop at the heart of a period of ecclesiastical turbulence which left the diocese of Växjö in southern Sweden reeling, has resigned.
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Sport: 9 Feb 10
There are no Swedes competing in the perennially insane ski jumping event in Vancouver, but it was a Swede who patented the V-style. And that's not V for Vertigo.
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Society: 5 Feb 10
Sven Thidevall, a Church of Sweden bishop in Växjö in southern Sweden, has been obliged to seek the solace of sick leave after an office quarrel ended in a bout of clerical fisticuffs.
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Society: 19 Jan 10
Eva Gabrielsson, long-time partner of best-selling author Stieg Larsson, has slammed a new book claiming he was a mediocre journalist who lacked objectivity.
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National: 19 Dec 09
On Friday, a court in western Sweden elected not to remand the 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor accused sexually abusing two minor boys during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation.
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National: 17 Dec 09
A 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor faces a remand hearing this Friday for the alleged sexual abuse of two children during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation.
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Society: 1 Dec 09
The Church of Sweden is bleeding members at an increasingly rapid pace, at the same time as membership rolls in Islamic, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox Christian assemblies are on the rise.
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Science & Technology: 29 Nov 09
People lived in the Torne River Valley on the border with Sweden and Finland some 11,000 years ago, a 'sensational' new archaeological find has shown.
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National: 7 Nov 09
A week has passed since homosexual couples were given the right to tie the knot in church. Yet, 18 percent of priests in the Gothenburg region say they refuse to preside over gay weddings.
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Society: 4 Nov 09
Anglican bishops from England and Northern Ireland have rebuffed invitations to attend the ordination of the openly gay Eva Brunne to be the next Bishop of Stockholm.
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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.
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Society: 16 Oct 09
A Church of Sweden pastor has been convicted of shoplifting and ordered to pay a 5,100 kronor ($734) for stealing, among other things, a jar of figs marinated in cognac.
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National: 7 Oct 09
Three chemists are to share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in revealing more about how cells go about using bits of DNA to form the blueprints for living organisms.
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National: 1 Oct 09
A Church of Sweden parish councillor from Stockholm has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for the repeated rape of his grandchildren.
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National: 23 Sep 09
The Vatican was aware of statements by a rebel bishop in which he questioned the existence of the Nazi gas chambers before it decided to lift the bishop's excommunication, according to a Stockholm bishop.
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National: 20 Sep 09
Polling booths are opening across Sweden on Sunday morning to welcome voters in the national church elections. The election is however expected to be given the cold shoulder by 90 percent of registered voters.
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Science & Technology: 22 Jul 09
A major international study has shown that a combination of three different tests could be used to identify incipient Alzheimer's disease (AD) in patients with mild cognitive impairment.
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Sport: 26 Jun 09
Jonas Jerebko, a native of Borås in western Sweden, became the first Swedish national to be drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA), being picked by the Detroit Pistons as the 39th pick overall.
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National: 15 Jun 09
The Church of Sweden has already been shaken by several sex scandals this year. Archbishop Anders Wejryd regrets the incidents, and maintains that transparency is the best policy.
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National: 13 Jun 09
The board of the Church of Sweden has proposed that same sex-couples be granted the right to religious wedding ceremonies. A final decision is expected in October.
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Sport: 11 Jun 09
Sweden’s national side came to life on Wednesday night with a convincing 4-0 victory over Malta, keeping the squad’s World Cup qualification hopes alive.
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Analysis & Opinion: 25 May 09
Sweden's high tax regime is counterproductive: rather than focusing on the improvement of core services, it has led to a bloated bureaucracy and an inefficient welfare state, argue Nima Sanandaji and Robert Gidehag of the Swedish Taxpayers Association.
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Science & Technology: 12 May 09
Swedish health authorities have ruled that gender-based abortion is not illegal according to current law and can not therefore be stopped.
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Society: 21 Apr 09
A Swedish pastor has been reported to church authorities for harassing a young man on a internet chat and dating site. The pastor is alleged to have sent graphic pictures of his sexual organ.
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Society: 3 Apr 09
A married Church of Sweden pastor in Skurup in southern Sweden has been put on probation after having sex with a woman in his congregation who was grieving her deceased son.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 09
There's no better place in Stockholm to savour croissants and cappucino than Petite France, an award-winning cafe and bakery located on the ground floor of Sweden's most Utopian apartment block, writes Jeanne Rudbeck.
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Lifestyle: 19 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: Bounce streetdance and Gypsy Queens in Stockholm; International horse show in Gothenburg; Morrissey tribute in Malmö.
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Science & Technology: 16 Feb 09
A doctor in Sweden has asked health authorities for clarification after a woman twice had abortions carried out upon learning her fetuses were girls.
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Sport: 16 Feb 09
The sporting world’s highest court on Monday rejected an appeal by Swedens’ Ara Abrahamian to have his Olympic bronze medal for wrestling reinstated.
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Society: 4 Feb 09
The journalist for Sveriges Television (SVT) who conducted an interview with conservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson in which he denied the Holocaust, has denied allegations that SVT was involved in a plot to damage Pope Benedict XVI.
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Education: 2 Feb 09
Elementary students in Sweden with foreign backgrounds should no longer be allowed to study maths in their native languages, according to a Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) working group.
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Society: 22 Jan 09
The Church of Sweden on Thursday cited lax oversight as the reason why a conservative religious group aiming to convert Sweden to Catholicism and with leaders who deny the Holocaust was given permission to hold meetings in Swedish churches.
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Society: 20 Jan 09
Strained church finances mean the deceased in Borgsjö/Haverö in northern Sweden are making the journey to their final resting place on a cargo trailer rather than in a conventional hearse.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Dec 08
If Saab is to preserve its tradition of excellence it needs to remain in the private sector, argues Steven Wade following a recent flurry of calls to nationalize the Swedish car maker.
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Lifestyle: 27 Nov 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips.
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National: 15 Oct 08
A father-to-be from Hallstahammar in central Sweden has been sentenced to pay 4000 kronor ($555) in fines after threatening to put a gun to a doctor’s head if he didn’t tell the man the gender of his unborn child.
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Business & Money: 9 Oct 08
Ericsson CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg added his voice to the growing chorus of business leaders with concerns about the state of the world’s financial markets.
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Business & Money: 25 Sep 08
US Ambassador to Sweden Michael M. Wood unveiled his new list of Swedish alternative energy companies at the New York Green Summit on Wednesday.
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Sport: 20 Aug 08
Swedish Olympic wrestler Ara Abrahamian has filed an official complaint against the International Wrestling Federation (FILA) following a controversial ruling that denied him a shot at the gold medal.
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Society: 19 Aug 08
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has requested the Swedish government to stop notorious file sharing site The Pirate Bay from distributing recordings of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
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Sport: 16 Aug 08
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled on Saturday that the bronze medal awarded to Swedish wrestler Ara Abrahamian has been revoked.
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Sport: 15 Aug 08
Grumpy Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian will face disciplinary action after refusing to accept a bronze medal, which he dumped on the floor, before storming away from his presentation ceremony.
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Lifestyle: 14 Aug 08
What’s on: Youth, Culture and Salem Al Fakir in Stockholm, theatre, dance and Zlatan in Gothenburg and city festival in Malmö.
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Sport: 13 Aug 08
Gustav Larsson of Sweden has won a silver medal in the Olympic men's road cycling time trial.
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Sport: 6 Aug 08
Sweden's Gunilla Lindberg has become the first woman to preside over an International Olympic Committee (IOC) session after incumbent president Jacques Rogge had to leave Wednesday's meeting prematurely.
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Society: 1 Aug 08
The journalists' union is accusing Sveriges Television (SVT) of spreading "uncritial propoganda" after broadcasting a documentary on Wednesday about preparations for the Olympic Games.
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Politics: 31 Jul 08
The Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (left) plans to travel to the Olympic opening ceremony despite a new report from Amnesty damning China's human rights record.
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Analysis & Opinion: 24 Jul 08
David Bartal looks for a place to sit down after a harrowing stroll down one of Stockholm’s main thoroughfares at the height of the tourist season.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Jul 08
By emphasizing welfare programmes over work and entrepreneurship, Sweden makes it harder for Iraqi immigrants to achieve success in their new country, argues Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank.
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National: 9 Jun 08
Sweden’s Labour Court has ruled in favour of a priest who felt he was unlawfully fired for having an affair with a married woman in his congregation.
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Sport: 4 Jun 08
Sven Göran Eriksson was named Mexican national coach on Tuesday, just hours after his departure from Manchester City.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 08
Ronnie Gilchrist spends a trying afternoon at the offices of the Migration Board with an MBA student who urgently needs the agency to rectify a bureaucratic error.
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Lifestyle: 12 May 08
David Bartram looks at Swedish football in transition: Elfsborg's English import reveals that he would jump at the opportunity to play for Sweden, while Glenn Hysén worries about the influx of foreign players.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 May 08
It's time for Stockholm to brush off the cob-webbed cobblestones of nostalgia and build a state of the art shopping mall in the historic old town, David Bartal argues.
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Lifestyle: 5 May 08
In an age when even hard-up musicians can create studio quality from a bedroom, successful Gothenburg-based songwriter José González stands out for his raw simplicity.
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Travel: 28 Apr 08
In his book Cycling Back to Happiness, English journalist Bernie Friend covers 6,000 kilometres of northern Europe on a bicycle in a bid to overcome his paranoia. In the last of our three excerpts, Bernie and his pal Rhys get unexpectedly Eurovisioned in Gothenburg.
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Politics: 8 Apr 08
Sweden's Prime Minister has rejected calls for the country to boycott this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing.
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Sport: 12 Feb 08
Sweden's Olympic Committee (SOC) has said Tuesday it would allow its athletes competing at the Beijing Games to express themselves freely.
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Society: 9 Feb 08
Gothenburg has got its first female dean. Karin Burstrand has been appointed following a church sex scandal.
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Society: 5 Feb 08
The Dean of Gothenburg has resigned following revelations of sexual harassment. The Bishop has admitted knowledge of the revelations for years.
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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.
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Sport: 17 Dec 07
Skiing: Pärson impresses in Switzerland. Golf: Two Swedish golds in Hungary. Football: Albin Ekdal goes to Juventus.
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Science & Technology: 8 Oct 07
The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to Mario R Capecchi, Martin J Evans and Oliver Smithies, it has been announced. They are being recognized for their roles developing gene targeting in mice.
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Society: 21 Sep 07
A priest in Stockholm has come under fire for not allowing a bride to be walked down the aisle by her father. But church authorities have defended the decision, saying that the tradition is foreign and sexist.
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Society: 10 Sep 07
The Pentecostalist Church in Sweden has called on its members to leave the Church of Sweden after a priest gave an interpretation of the Bible which it claims is a defence of paedophilia.
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Science & Technology: 16 Aug 07
A church in southern Sweden has refused to allow a broadband antenna to be installed on its tower, after fears were raised that parishoners would surf for porn instead of attending services.
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Business & Money: 9 Aug 07
Shares in Stockholm fell sharply on Thursday afternoon, following uncertainty on international markets. Shortly after 3pm the OMXS index had fallen 3.5 percent.
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Society: 20 Jul 07
Sweden's Catholic church has apologised for sex attacks against a child that were committed by a priest 50 years ago. The apology emerged in the form of a newspaper advertisements.
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