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Social Democrats slam Nord Stream approval

Business & Money: 6 Nov 09
Sweden’s decision to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream gas pipeline to pass through its territorial waters has prompted a scathing response from the political opposition. READ »

Sweden gives all clear to Baltic Sea gas pipeline

National: 5 Nov 09
The Swedish government on Thursday gave its permission for German firm Nord Stream AG to lay down pipelines for transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Swedish economic zone of the Baltic Sea. READ »

Söderling keeps home title hopes alive at Stockholm Open

Sport: 24 Oct 09
Top seed Robin Söderling becomes the last Swede standing after defeating Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the Stockholm Open quarter-finals on Friday. READ »

Carolina Gynning: hectic days in the life of one non-blonde

Lifestyle: 21 Sep 09
Swedish celebrity Carolina Gynning takes time out from her career juggling to chat with The Local about taking control over her life and nascent plans to save the planet. READ »

Skype founder awarded top Swedish tech prize

Business & Money: 14 Sep 09
The Swedish founder of internet telephony software company Skype, Niklas Zennström, has been named the recipient of a prestigious prize awarded by the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. READ »

Ibrahimovic goal leaves Barca top

Sport: 13 Sep 09
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his second goal in as many games and helped Barcelona to 2-0 win over Getafe on Saturday. READ »

EU to offer billions in climate aid to poor nations: Reinfeldt

Politics: 10 Sep 09
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Wednesday announced plans for the European Union to offer developing countries €15 billion ($22 billion) a year to help combat climate change. READ »

Swedish study traces origins of man's best friend

Science & Technology: 3 Sep 09
A team of Swedish and Chinese researchers has discovered that the first ever dogs emerged in an area south of the Yangtze River in China some 16,000 years ago. READ »

Swedish dad in bid for breast milk

Society: 2 Sep 09
Swedish father Ragnar Bengtsson has entered into an experiment that he hopes will help him breastfeed his future children. READ »

Fuglesang heads for second space adventure

Science & Technology: 14 Aug 09
Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang has begun preparations in Houston for his second trip into space. READ »

Nobel corruption probe dropped

National: 8 Aug 09
An investigation into the alleged corruption of several members of the Nobel prize science committee will be laid down, a Swedish prosecutor announced Friday. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 7 -13

Lifestyle: 6 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture Festival and new circus in Stockholm; International jazz festival in Gothenburg; Soha (Fr/DZ) & Festival for Gaza in Malmö. READ »

Swedish anti-piracy law keeps downloaders on the defensive

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Aug 09
Four months after Sweden implemented a new law to crack down on internet piracy, the AFP’s Marc Preel discovers that the debate continues about the measure’s long-term implications for file sharers and copyright holders alike. READ »

Iranians barred from Swedish universities

Science & Technology: 21 Jul 09
Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s security service Säpo. READ »

Breakthrough in Malmö skimming scandal

Business & Money: 13 Jul 09
The number of credit cards hijacked at petrol stations in Malmö continues to grow, but investigators believe they are on the verge of a breakthrough in the case. READ »

Ericsson inks 'game changing' US deal

Science & Technology: 10 Jul 09
Sweden’s Ericsson has signed a contract with Sprint Nextel worth up to $5.0 billion to take over daily management of the US telecom group’s network, Ericsson announced on Thursday. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 10 - 16

Lifestyle: 9 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Jazz Festival & Britney Spears in Stockholm; Deep Purple (UK) in Gothenburg; Bennie Man (JAM) & Bollywood in Malmö. READ »

US embassy expands 'A-List' of Swedish clean tech firms

Business & Money: 30 Jun 09
Three Swedish companies have been added to the US embassy’s list of promising clean tech companies, with the embassy's work promoting US-Swedish clean-energy cooperation set to continue under the new ambassador. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 26 - July 2

Lifestyle: 24 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Bunny Wailer (JAM) and The Pet Shop Boys (UK) in Stockholm; heavy metal festival & A Camp in Gothenburg; Atmosphere (US) in Malmö. READ »

Abba fans go for 'world record' ahead of Eurovision finals

Society: 15 May 09
Swedish Eurovision fever spread across the continent on Thursday, as Abba enthusiasts gathered in London for a world record crooning of Waterloo and a second Swedish vocalist helped Azerbaijan advance to the 2009 Eurovision finals. 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 »

Foreign students help boost numbers at Swedish colleges

Education: 27 Apr 09
The number of students enrolled at Swedish universities climbed in 2008 for the first time since the early 2000s, new statistics show. Foreign students account for a large part of the increase. READ »

Edwin stars to sink Reymers

Sport: 17 Apr 09
Reymersholm IK 0-3 Långholmen FC 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 »

Långholmen advance to cup quarter finals

Sport: 5 Apr 09
Atletico Nacka 2-5 Långholmen FC READ »

University maths test 'impossible to solve'

Education: 3 Apr 09
A maths test presented to students at the prestigious Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm contained a series of errors. Despite the errors the students will not be able to re-take their exam. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 3 - 9

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: New York Stories bids farewell in Stockholm; Sahara Hotnights in Gothenburg; Chicks on Speed in Malmö. READ »

Stockholm flight re-opens Iraqi air links with the EU

National: 28 Mar 09
The first flight in 19 years to take off from Iraq bound for the European Union touched down in Stockholm on Friday evening. READ »

Chinese woman missing after ferry trip

National: 24 Mar 09
A 25-year-old Chinese woman has been reported missing after disappearing from a Viking Lines ferry at the weekend. READ »

What's on in Sweden: March 20 - 26

Lifestyle: 19 Mar 09
What's on in Sweden: Material Girl tribute & Aussie comedy in Stockholm; Laleh and jazz festival in Gothenburg; David Byrne in Malmö. READ »

Nurse gets injury payout after 36 years

Science & Technology: 18 Mar 09
A Swedish nurse who contracted Hepatitis C after coming into contact with an infected needle has had the cause of her sickness recognized by the authorities as a workplace injury after a 36 year wait. READ »

Pirate on prosecutor: 'The old bastard's crazy'

National: 2 Mar 09
Prosecutor Håkan Roswall's call for each of the defendants in The Pirate Bay trial to spend a year in prison prompted a derisive response from one of the accused. READ »

What's on in Sweden: February 27 - March 5

Lifestyle: 26 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: J.Tillman & world class dance in Stockholm; Judas Priest & Timo Räisänen in Gothenburg; Frida Hyvönen in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Fireworks erupt over prof's qualifications

National: 26 Feb 09
The Pirate Bay trial was interrupted several times on Thursday following a heated exchange between a Swedish media professor and record industry lawyers. READ »

A new Abba generation

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 09
Abba may have gone the way of Napoleon, but their music and the Eurovision Song Contest retain their phenomenal popularity thirty-five years after the Swedes first faced their Waterloo, writes Peter Vinthagen Simpson. READ »

Sweden's colleges catching more cheats

Education: 18 Feb 09
The number of students expelled from Sweden’s colleges and universities for cheating increased by nearly 30 percent last year, according to a recent study. READ »

Postgrad foreigners dominate in Sweden

Education: 12 Feb 09
Master's programmes offered at universities in Sweden are often dominated by foreign students. And many have no Swedish participants at all, a new report from the National Agency for Higher Education shows. READ »

Alling sets the pace in Let's Dance premier

Society: 10 Jan 09
Swedish actor and comedian Morgan Alling, with his partner Helena Fransson, claimed top spot in the season premier of pro-celeb dance competition Let's Dance. The "battle of the blondes" meanwhile hotted up. READ »

Fanni Risberg – In transit on England's south coast

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 08
Swedish singer-songwriter and actress Fanni Risberg takes time out from recording her debut album to talk to Peter Vinthagen Simpson about celebrity, female solidarity and the importance of making choices. READ »

Sweden decks the halls for Nobel festivities

Society: 10 Dec 08
Over a million Swedes are expected to stay glued to their television sets on Wednesday to watch monarchs, politicians and assorted clever clogs tuck in to the annual Nobel banquet. READ »

'Frozen River' wins Stockholm film festival prize

Society: 30 Nov 08
US film "Frozen River" by Courtney Hunt was awarded the 16 pound Bronze Horse by the jury of the Stockholm International Film Festival on Saturday. READ »

More foreign students choose Swedish universities

Education: 20 Nov 08
The number of foreign students studying at Swedish colleges and universities continues to climb to record levels. READ »

One-third of Swedes want to live in gated communities: study

Society: 24 Oct 08
One in three Swedes wants to live in a gated community which prohibits unauthorized people from entering, a new study shows. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 17 - October 23

Lifestyle: 16 Oct 08
What’s on: Cullberg Ballet and Jay Brannan in Stockholm; Art Garfunkel and Wendy McNeill in Gothenburg; Simone Moreno and Cult of Luna in Malmö. READ »

Söderling aces his way to Stockholm Open final

Sport: 12 Oct 08
Swedish fourth seed Robin Söderling used home advantage and a total of 13 aces to force his way into the final of the Stockholm Open on Sunday. He faces Argentina's David Nalbandian. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 3 - October 9

Lifestyle: 2 Oct 08
What’s on: NHL hockey, Open tennis and Aussie comedy in Stockholm; Ane Brun in Gothenburg; Steve Wynn and naked Jesus shock in Malmö. READ »

The Panel: Nabeel Shehzad

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

Malmö club and concert tips: September 26 - 27

Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
Get your Malmö club compass pointing in the right direction with night life orienteering experts Djungeltrumman. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 26 - October 2

Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
What’s on: Vintage clothes fair, New Model Army & Aussie comedy in Stockholm; International book fair & Swedish-French dance in Gothenburg; The Lemonheads and funky swamp rock in Malmö. READ »

Foreign students' complaints flood Swedish education agency

Education: 24 Sep 08
Complaints from foreign students who’ve been rejected from Swedish universities have left the National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket) struggling to keep up. READ »

Housing reform would 'force 50,000 to move'

Business & Money: 8 Sep 08
The proposal put forward by a state inquiry into Sweden’s housing market would most affect people with low incomes, claims the head of the national tenant association. READ »

Sofia Talvik crosses the Atlantic with her guitar in hand

Lifestyle: 23 Jul 08
On the eve what she hopes will be a breakthrough US tour, Swedish singer and songwriter Sofia Talvik tells Majsan Boström how the internet helped launch her career and land her a spot at one of the world’s biggest music festivals. READ »

Reinfeldt meets Rice as Iraq talks begin

Politics: 29 May 08
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday morning prior to the beginning of an international conference on Iraq. READ »

Sweden ups security for Iraq conference

Politics: 27 May 08
The international community will meet in Stockholm on Thursday to assess the overall situation in Iraq at a conference seen as an important step toward Iraq's long-term stability. READ »

Swedish music's European tour

Lifestyle: 4 May 08
The summer is fast approaching, and with it Europe’s festival season. What better way to spend a couple of lazy months than checking out some of Sweden’s hottest acts as they wow audiences across the continent. David Bartram is your festival guide. READ »

Fraudsters target foreign students

National: 3 May 08
Foreign students at Swedish universities are being targeted by fraudsters. Criminals are stealing students' identities and buying goods in their names. READ »

Papers shoot down proposed Gripen sale to Norway

Analysis & Opinion: 2 May 08
David Landes reviews how Sweden’s newspapers reacted to plans for selling upgraded Saab Gripen combat planes to Norway. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 1 May 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Student carnival in Stockholm, Tom McRae in Gothenburg, top flight football in Malmö. READ »

'It's as if we immigrants stink of rotten fish'

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 08
When deciding where in the world to study and work, Nabeel Shehzad, an engineer from Pakistan, thought Sweden seemed like the perfect place. But that was before he began to encounter discrimination on a regular basis. READ »

Making it in Sweden: the British professor

Jobs: 30 Apr 08
British physicist Mark Pearce has seen his career go from strength to strength since moving to Sweden with his Swedish girlfriend. He is now Professor of Physics at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 25 - May 1

Lifestyle: 24 Apr 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Top drag act Taylor Mac in Stockholm, Entombed in Gothenburg, Walpurgis celebrations in Malmö and much more besides. READ »

Engla's killer admits to a second murder

National: 13 Apr 08
The 42-year-old suspected of having kidnapped 10-year-old Engla Höglund has confessed to killing the girl and to killing a 31-year-old woman back in 2000. READ »

Suspect detained in missing girl case

National: 11 Apr 08
The 42-year-old man suspected of abducting 10-year-old Engla Höglund near Hedemora in Dalarna was remanded in custody on Friday. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 11 - 17

Lifestyle: 10 Apr 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Art celebration in Stockholm, Year Long Disaster in Gothenburg, top Abba cover band in Malmö. READ »

New evidence in Arboga murder case

National: 3 Apr 08
German police have secured evidence from the fingernails of the prime suspect in the Arboga murder case. READ »

Where did all the women go?

Lifestyle: 8 Mar 08
Peter Vinthagen Simpson speaks to actress Ann Petrén, one of the leading lights of the Swedish theatre scene, about the ongoing Modern Women project and the mysterious disappearance of a generation of female dramatists who once gave August Strindberg a run for his money. READ »

Foreigners can't bank on Swedish ID

Society: 5 Mar 08
Foreign students continue to feel marginalized by Swedish society as a result of confusion regarding the issuing of Swedish identity cards. READ »

Body believed to be missing Uppsala woman

National: 4 Mar 08
Police believe that a body found Monday may be that of a missing woman. READ »

Bike fetish gave man an ‘overwhelming sense of calm’

National: 29 Feb 08
A man has been indicted for satisfying himself on the seats of women’s bicycles. READ »

Police link explosives to attack against prosecutor

National: 27 Feb 08
Explosives uncovered in a police raid match those used in an attack against prosecutor Barbro Jönsson last November. READ »

100 Swedes in Liechtenstein tax probe

Business & Money: 26 Feb 08
Sweden's tax authorities are claiming to have acquired information about some 100 Swedes with bank accounts in Liechtenstein. READ »

Former defence minister to lead state electricity utility

Business & Money: 7 Feb 08
Mikael Odenberg will take over as director general of Svenska Kraftnät. READ »

Bali deal given cautious welcome in Sweden

National: 15 Dec 07
Sweden's environment minister calls the Bali climate deal a 'breakthrough', while green campaigners say it is a step in the right direction. READ »

Al Gore voices Bali concerns

Science & Technology: 12 Dec 07
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore praised Sweden for taking the lead in the battle to save the environment during a visit to Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Uppsala 'top Swedish university'

Society: 11 Nov 07
Uppsala and Lund Universities are among the 200 best institutions in the world, according to a new British survey. READ »

The Swedish E-Vikings are back

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Oct 07
New Swedish companies are bursting with ideas in IT and biotech. It's time for international investors to sit up and take notice, says leading entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein. READ »

Ericsson shares plummet over profit warning

Business & Money: 16 Oct 07
Ericsson shares fell 24 percent in opening trading on the Stockholm Stock Exchange after the telecoms equipment maker said its profits would be lower than expected. The fall wipes 100 billion kronor off Ericsson's value. READ »

Doris Lessing wins Nobel

National: 11 Oct 07
British author Doris Lessing - "that epicist of the female experience" - has won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy has announced. READ »

Scientists: pesticides cause asthma

Science & Technology: 17 Sep 07
Farmers' use of certain pesticides can cause asthma, a breakthrough study presented in Stockholm at an international conference on respiratory diseases showed. 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 »

Sweden and US in climate change deal

Politics: 28 Jun 07
Top level representatives from the Swedish and US governments met on Thursday to sign a cooperation agreement on the 'one big thing' - climate change. Volvo also committed to an environmental project partly funded by the two governments. READ »

Five hurt in fairground accident

National: 24 Jun 07
Five people were taken to hospital in the small hours of Sunday morning after an accident at a funfair in Oviken, south west of Östersund. READ »

Entertainer Povel Ramel dead

National: 6 Jun 07
One of Sweden's best-loved and most prolific entertainers, Povel Ramel, has died at his home, his family has announced. Ramel, who was a writer, singer, musician, songwriter and comedian, was 85 years old. READ »

Nasdaq buys OMX

Business & Money: 25 May 07
Nasdaq has snapped up Swedish stock exchange operator OMX in a deal worth $3.7 billion. READ »

Manipulated data behind scientific breakthrough

Science & Technology: 18 Apr 07
A team of Swedish researchers has asked for its findings on the flowering process to be discarded after discovering that a guest researcher had tampered with the data in the study. READ »

Introducing...the Swedish Bikini Team

Lifestyle: 16 Apr 07
They might be as Swedish as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but they have been flying the blue and yellow colours for more than fifteen years. Paul O'Mahony takes a closer look. READ »

Top politicians to debate with Sweden Democrats

Politics: 12 Apr 07
The secretary of Sweden's governing Moderate Party, Per Schlingmann, is to meet the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats in a televised debate for the first time. READ »

Sweden rings in Iranian new year

Lifestyle: 20 Mar 07
As Tuesday night turns to Wednesday morning, 140,000 people in Sweden are expected to begin celebrating Norouz - the Iranian new year. READ »

Introducing...Dolph Lundgren

Lifestyle: 19 Mar 07
He was Hollywood's favourite Cold War Russian muscleman, but Dolph Lundgren was also quite a whizz in the lab, as Paul O'Mahony explains. 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 »

Finding my new home sweet home

Lifestyle: 16 Feb 07
Housing in Sweden: Apartments in Sweden's major cities might not be as expensive as those in London or New York, but they can be pretty hard to find. Charlotte West has been navigating the complicated world of renting in Sweden. READ »

Introducing...Carola

Lifestyle: 5 Feb 07
As Melodifestivalen kicks off, Paul O'Mahony takes a look at last year's winner – the charismatic Christian who has become Sweden's uncontested Eurovision queen. READ »

Purple haze baffles Swedish town

National: 1 Feb 07
All through Thursday afternoon the good people of Linköping looked to the skies and wondered where that big purple cloud had come from. READ »

Swedish technical journal shocks with busty front cover

Society: 27 Dec 06
Osqledaren, the august journal of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, decided to replace its traditional abstract illustrated front cover with something a little more eye-catching: a buxom topless blonde. READ »

Höganäs murder: men not guilty

National: 21 Dec 06
The two men blamed each other for the murder of 18-year-old Julia Olteanu. Now they have both been found not guilty after a court found there was not enough evidence for a conviction. READ »

Introducing...Christmas Tomte

Lifestyle: 18 Dec 06
He's the the man every Swedish kid wants to arrive laden with gifts on Christmas Eve. Unlike Santa Claus, Christmas Tomte won't come down the chimney. He's also half-goat. READ »

Sweden: the world's most modern country?

Lifestyle: 13 Dec 06
Why are 40 percent of Swedish households inhabited by a single person? Is the habit of taking shoes off at the door a product of left-wing rebellion? And are Swedes as antisocial as their reputation would have it? Fredrik Lindström promises to provide the answers. READ »