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Sewage exposes Stockholm cocaine use

Society: 22 Mar 10
Clubbers and partygoers in Stockholm consume around 3,000 doses of cocaine per weekend night, according to tests on the city's sewage water. READ »

Hospital morgue wrestles with rotting corpses

Society: 26 Jan 10
Corpses at the morgue of the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, have started to rot due to a breakdown in procedures related to renovation of the facility. READ »

Gender-reassigned face health hurdles: study

Science & Technology: 12 Dec 09
This year 60 people have applied to change their sex in Sweden. Most gender-reassigned people achieve a better life through their surgery, but a new study shows that the risk of attempted suicide and psychological problems remains high. READ »

'Anti-depressants cut suicides': Swedish study

Society: 23 Oct 09
The number of suicides reported among the Swedish adult population has declined considerably and anti-depressants are credited with saving up to 500-600 lives per annum, a new study argues. READ »

Hazardous roads in Sweden as ice arrives

National: 15 Oct 09
A number of motorists were left needing hospital treatment on Thursday morning as icy road conditions caused accidents across Sweden. READ »

Pregnant woman ill in suspected swine flu case

Science & Technology: 28 Aug 09
A pregnant young Swedish woman is critically ill with a life-threatening lung infection that is suspected to be swine flu. READ »

Four Swedes critically ill with swine flu

Science & Technology: 26 Aug 09
Four Swedes are described by medical authorities as having a life-threatening condition following infection with the A/H1N1 swine flu. READ »

Scottish swine flu patient no longer critical

National: 8 Aug 09
The condition of the 26-year-old pregnant Scottish woman being treated for swine flu in a special ward at Karolinska Hospital is no longer life-threatening, doctors say. READ »

Refugees died after HIV misdiagnosis

National: 8 Aug 09
Several female refugees from Africa have died of AIDS after Swedish doctors failed to test them for HIV, reports Dagens Nyheter newspaper. READ »

Karolinska slammed over newborn deaths

Science & Technology: 29 Jul 09
Sweden’s prestigious Karolinska University hospital has been criticized by health authorities after three newborns died from infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria. READ »

Rinkeby fire claims seventh victim

National: 28 Jul 09
The 13-year-old girl that was badly burned in the fire in an apartment in Rinkeby in western Stockholm on Saturday evening has died of her injuries. The fire has now claimed seven victims. READ »

Swine flu Brit flown to Sweden for care

Science & Technology: 24 Jul 09
A gravely ill pregnant woman from Britain who is suffering from the swine flu is in Sweden for treatment due to a lack of specialist beds in Britain. READ »

Staff concerns plague Sweden's swine flu planning

National: 21 Jul 09
There are enough respirators in Sweden's 21 counties to handle the care of the patients who have been infected by swine flu. But questions remain as to whether there are enough trained staff to operate the machines. READ »

Swine flu infection threatens Swede's life

Science & Technology: 20 Jul 09
Doctors at at Vrinnevi hospital in Norrköping in eastern Sweden fear for the life of the 22-year-old Swede being treated for a swine flu infection after he failed to respond to treatment. READ »

Low IQ does not kill: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 13 Jul 09
A new Swedish study reveals that the connection between low intelligence and increased risk of premature death becomes non-existent when individual lifestyle factors are taken into account. READ »

'Sweden needs an abortion register'

Society: 15 Jun 09
A Swedish government inquiry has proposed establishing a national abortion register and distributing free contraceptives to students over fifteen in a bid to lower the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions. READ »

Axeman rampage comes to bloody end

National: 14 Jun 09
A man was seriously injured when he was attacked by an axe-wielding man near Stockholm on Saturday. The axeman fled, crashed his car and was later found bleeding at a nearby metro station. READ »

Woman shot herself on Stockholm street

National: 31 May 09
A woman in her twenties shot herself by accident during an argument on a Stockholm street on Saturday afternoon. Police now suspect attempted murder. READ »

Teenage boy arrested for bus stop stabbing

National: 26 May 09
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for the attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl at a bus stop in Upplands-Väsby near Stockholm on Monday afternoon. READ »

Hospital exposed patients to infection

Science & Technology: 26 May 09
Patients at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna were housed last summer in the same department as those with the resistant MRSA bacteria, due to overcrowding. READ »

Girl stabbed in the back at bus stop

National: 25 May 09
A manhunt is underway in eastern Sweden after a 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the back at a bus stop in the town of Upplands Väsby on Monday afternoon. READ »

Elderly man kills wife with axe

National: 11 May 09
An 81-year-old man from Norrtälje in eastern Sweden reported to police on Monday morning that he had hit his 67-year-old common law wife with an axe. The woman died from her injuries during the afternoon. READ »

Bouncer remanded in custody for Gamla Stan shooting

National: 27 Apr 09
The 41-year-old bouncer suspected of having shot a couple in Gamla Stan in central Stockholm last Tuesday was remanded in custody on Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder. READ »

Police step up hunt for missing baby corpse

National: 24 Apr 09
Police confirm that they have received a wealth of tips and information about the dead baby that went missing from a Stockholm church mortuary prior to burial this week. READ »

Bouncer arrested over Gamla Stan shooting

National: 24 Apr 09
A second person has been detained in connection with the shooting earlier this week of a Swedish aristocrat and his girlfriend in Gamla Stan in central Stockholm. READ »

Mother of two held over Gamla Stan shooting

National: 23 Apr 09
The ex-wife of a Swedish aristocrat has been arrested on suspicions that she hired a gunman in an attempt to have her former husband and his new girlfriend killed. READ »

Couple wounded in Gamla Stan shooting

National: 22 Apr 09
Two people were shot and seriously injured in Stockholm’s historic Gamla Stan district Tuesday evening. READ »

Prosecutor: giving the pill to teens aids rape

Science & Technology: 16 Apr 09
A Swedish prosecutor thinks that health professionals who prescribe birth control pills to girls younger than 15-years-old should be charged as accomplices to rape. READ »

Cancer expert blasts blood clot study

Science & Technology: 31 Mar 09
Claims made in a recently published Swedish study into the health benefits of suntanning have been dismissed as dangerous speculation by one of Sweden’s leading cancer researchers. READ »

Sun worship curtails blood clot risk: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 25 Mar 09
Exposure to the sun strongly reduces the risk of suffering blood clots, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Two men stabbed in Stockholm

National: 15 Mar 09
Two men were stabbed in Stockholm on Saturday night. A man was found stabbed in a cellar in Skärholmen and another man was stabbed in the back in a fight on Hötorget in the centre of the city. READ »

Welfare board to investigate baby's death

National: 7 Mar 09
The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) is to open its own investigation into the death of a newborn baby at a Solna hospital as the arrest of the attending doctor sparks a storm of controversy. READ »

Acquittals for suspects in 'Romario' killing

National: 27 Feb 09
All three suspects charged in the stabbing death of 23-year-old Ahmed “Romario” Ibrahim Ali were acquitted on Friday by a Stockholm-area court. READ »

Health authorities won't hire med student with rape conviction

Education: 19 Jan 09
A medical student in Lund convicted for raping a minor will not be able to gain employment within the Swedish healthcare sector without prior approval, the National Board of Health and Welfare has ruled. READ »

Man dies as snowmobile goes through the ice

National: 18 Jan 09
A 65-year-old man died as a result of his snowmobile crashing through thin ice on a lake near Rättvik in central Sweden on Saturday evening. One of several accidents across the country over the weekend. READ »

Karolinska to cut 900 jobs

National: 14 Jan 09
Karolinska University Hospital has announced that 900 jobs will be cut from its facilities in the greater Stockholm region. READ »

Six injured in motorway collision

National: 29 Dec 08
Three people have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crash involving four cars on the E4 motorway just south of Stockholm. READ »

Casino gunman remains on the loose

National: 26 Dec 08
The police chase for the gunman who injured three people at the Casino Cosmopol in Stockholm on Christmas Eve has so far returned little result. On Boxing Day morning the man remained on the loose. READ »

Police hunt for casino gunman

National: 25 Dec 08
Police were on Thursday searching for an unidentified gunman who left three people nursing gunshot wounds after he opened fire when refused entry to the Casino Cosmopol in central Stockholm on Christmas Eve. READ »

Teenager dies of 'net drug' overdose

National: 15 Dec 08
An 18-year-old girl has died in Stockholm after overdosing on mephedrone, a drug that until now has been freely available for purchase on the internet. READ »

Demonstrators honour Stockholm's 'Romario'

National: 17 Nov 08
A large crowd gathered in central Stockholm on Sunday for a demonstration in honour of Ahmed "Romario" Ibrahim Ali, a 23-year-old footballer stabbed to death in a Stockholm suburb last month. READ »

Mourners seek lessons from Ibrahim murder

National: 28 Oct 08
The day after his funeral, friends and family of Ahmed Ibrahim are still wondering why the 23-year-old was stabbed to death in a Stockholm suburb and why the case has drawn such limited attention. READ »

Dead man dumped at Karolinska hospital

National: 18 Oct 08
A man in his twenties was dumped at Karolinska University hospital in Solna on Saturday morning - police report that the man had been stabbed to death. READ »

McDonald's withdraws 'deafening' toys

Society: 13 Sep 08
Fast-food chain McDonald's has announced the withdrawal of musical toys sold with Happy Meals in Sweden. The toys have been widely criticized as dangerous to children's hearing. READ »

Wedding guest hit by exploding cannon

Society: 31 Aug 08
A cannon salute was fired in honour of the happy couple at a reception near Stockholm on Saturday. A guest was left in no mood to celebrate however as the cannon exploded and left her with a broken leg and burns. READ »

Animal rights activists sabotage infectious disease centre

National: 25 Aug 08
A group of 50 animal rights activists forced a gate at the entrance to the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control in Stockholm on Monday morning. READ »

Abortion increase blamed on declining use of pill

Society: 24 Aug 08
The number of abortions performed in Sweden increased by 17 percent between 2000 and 2007. The declining use of the contraceptive pill is to blame, experts argue. READ »

Two hurt as 'gyrocopter' crashes near Stockholm

National: 23 Aug 08
A woman was seriously injured and a man sustained minor injuries as their home-made gyrocopter aircraft crashed in Upplands-Bro, north of Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

'Pretend order' led to conscript's death

National: 22 Aug 08
A platoon commander who gave the order that led to a Swedish conscript being killed in a military exercise in the Stockholm archipelago in May has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Armed Forces. READ »

Stockholm hospital in Facebook photo scandal

Society: 11 Aug 08
A staff member at Karolinska University Hospital is to undergo an internal investigation for taking photographs of an operation and making the pictures available for viewing on social networking site Facebook. READ »

Man in hospital after escalator collapse

National: 6 Aug 08
A worker was seriously injured when an escalator fell on top of him at Stockholm’s central train station on Tuesday night. READ »

Hate crime mars Europride launch

National: 28 Jul 08
Two men were stabbed and robbed of their mobile telephones in the Tantolunden area of Södermalm in Stockholm on Sunday night in an attack police are classifying as a hate crime. READ »

Police investigate building site collapse

National: 16 Jul 08
Police have launched an investigation into a building site collapse in the Stockholm suburb of Kista which claimed the life of one man and left two in hospital on Tuesday evening. READ »

Swedish soldier dies in shooting accident

National: 20 May 08
A Swedish conscript has died after being shot in a military exercise in the Stockholm archipelago on Tuesday afternoon. READ »

Patients feel effects of nurses strike

National: 21 Apr 08
Health services in several parts of Sweden began redirecting ambulance traffic so that emergency rooms participating in the healthcare workers strike can close as planned at noon on Monday. READ »

Man shot in the back near Stockholm

National: 7 Apr 08
A 39-year-old man was shot in the back on Sunday night in Alby south of Stockholm. READ »

Male obesity to weigh heavy on healthcare system

Science & Technology: 23 Jan 08
Young Swedish men have become so overweight that they may soon pose problems for the healthcare system, new research has shown. READ »

Christmas Eve stabbings in Stockholm

National: 25 Dec 07
A brawl involving several young people resulted with three men in the hospital and several questions as to what caused the violence. READ »

Family run over in Stockholm

National: 19 Dec 07
A woman, man and baby emerged relatively unscathed after being run over in a hit and run incident in central Stockholm on Tuesday night. READ »

Woman and grandchild killed in accident

National: 9 Dec 07
A 3-year-old girl and her 72-year-old grandmother were run over and killed in a road accident near Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Man arrested for stabbing school principal

National: 28 Nov 07
A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a school headmaster in Stockholm. READ »

Head teacher stabbed at Stockholm school

National: 28 Nov 07
A member of staff has been stabbed at a school in northern Stockholm. READ »

Karolinska Hospital slammed for lax patient secrecy

Society: 18 Nov 07
Poor security procedures at one of Sweden's top teaching hospitals have led to insufficient control over who accesses patients' medical records. READ »

Two fall from third floor at Halloween party

National: 3 Nov 07
A woman in her 20s is in hospital with life-threatning injuries after falling from a third floor balcony during a Halloween party in Stockholm. A man who fell shortly afterwards is suspected of attempted murder. READ »

Murder suspected in subway death

National: 2 Nov 07
Police are investigating reports that a man who died after being run over by a subway train on Friday may have been pushed. READ »

Bouncer arrested at top Stockholm nightclub

National: 29 Oct 07
Police have arrested a security guard from Café Opera after a fight outside the venue left three people needing hospital treatment. READ »

Sick drivers blamed for accidents

Society: 28 Sep 07
Some 80,000 people each year are told by doctors that illness makes them unsuitable to drive. Despite this, many of them continue to drive, not fully aware of their illness. READ »

Council gives in over million dollar medicine

Society: 13 Sep 07
A 20-year-old Swede denied treatment for incurable Hunter Syndrome has been allowed to keep his medicine after previously being told the treatment would be withdrawn. READ »

Sick man suffers as million dollar medicine withdrawn

Society: 13 Sep 07
A young Swedish man with an extremely rare deadly illness is to have an expensive treatment withdrawn, after doctors decided they could not justify the 10 million kronor annual cost. READ »

'Neo-nazis' storm anti-racism concert

Society: 26 Aug 07
Ten youths were assaulted with sticks and glass bottles at an anti-racism concert in Farsta, in the south of Stockholm, on Saturday night. READ »

Hope for diabetics after cell transplant

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 07
A new method of treating diabetes in which insulin-producing cells are implanted into the arm could give hope to those suffering from more severe forms of the illness. READ »

17-year-old held for knife attack

National: 11 Jul 07
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a serious stabbing incident in Täby on Tuesday night. READ »

Woman falls from roof in protest over Bangladeshi

National: 22 Jun 07
A woman demonstrating against the deportation of a Bangladeshi opposition politician was injured on Thursday night when she fell from the roof of the Swedish Migration Board's offices in northern Stockholm. READ »

HIV Brit's 'youngest victim was 12'

National: 8 Jun 07
The youngest victim of a British man suspected of infecting at least two young girls with HIV was just twelve years old, according to police. Explicit pictures and videos of his encounters with many young girls were recovered from his apartment. READ »

British man admits infecting girl with HIV

Society: 7 Jun 07
A British man has admitted infecting a young girl he met in an online chatroom with HIV. Using the screen name Hot Boy, the man is suspecting of seducing a large number of teenagers and exposing them to the virus. READ »

Stabbed man found in Stockholm doorway

National: 8 May 07
A man was found with serious knife injuries in the doorway of his apartment block in a Stockholm suburb late on Monday afternoon, police have said. READ »

Teenage trapeze artist in dramatic fall

Society: 6 May 07
A 15-year-old Chinese trapeze artist suffered head injuries after falling six metres in front of a full audience at a circus in Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Paraglider dies after hitting tree

National: 5 May 07
A 24-year-old paraglider from the Stockholm area died late on Friday evening after an accident at Tveta airfield, south of Södertälje. READ »

Father released over baby's death

National: 28 Apr 07
The 28-year-old man who was suspected of having killed his six-day-old daughter in the Stockholm area was released by a court on Saturday. READ »

Hospital left without power for an hour

Society: 7 Apr 07
One of Sweden's largest hospitals was struck by a power cut at lunchtime on Saturday that left it almost entirely without electricty. Staff were forced to ventilate intensive care patients by hand. READ »

Man attacked by two teens in central Stockholm

National: 4 Mar 07
A man in his sixties is fighting for his life after being brutally assaulted by two teenagers in central Stockholm. The man was left unconscious after the attack, on the Klaraberg viaduct. READ »

Man drove car into wedding party

National: 4 Feb 07
A man is being pursued by police after driving a car into a crowd gathered outside a wedding reception in Stockholm. One person is in a life-threatening condition. READ »

Wrong body cremated - again

National: 21 Nov 06
For the third time this year, two dead bodies have been mixed up at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, resulting in the wrong one being cremated. READ »

Paedophiles turn to new clinic

Society: 20 Nov 06
Dozens of people who fear that they could sexually abuse children or rape women have turned to new centre in Stockholm since it opened six months ago. It is hoped the clinic will help prevent sexual offences. READ »

Woman dies after knife attack

National: 19 Nov 06
A woman died on Saturday night after a knife attack at her Stockholm apartment. The father of her two-year-old child has been arrested on suspicion of her murder. READ »

Suicidal thoughts common among Swedish doctors

Science & Technology: 30 Sep 06
Almost every third Swedish doctor feels burned out, and just as many have considered suicide. Harassment and bullying are also common, according to a study of the work environment at Karolinska University Hospital. READ »

Mortuary in child body mix-up

Society: 12 Sep 06
A mistake by a Swedish mortuary meant that the body of a baby was sent to the funeral of a four-year old boy. "A catastrophe", says the head of the morgue responsible for the mistake. READ »

Women forced to wait weeks for abortions

Science & Technology: 11 Sep 06
Many Swedish women wanting abortions are forced to wait for weeks before getting professional help. The wait can mean that they have to undergo painful surgical procedures. READ »

Alcohol locks fooled by slimmers

National: 4 Sep 06
Alcohol locks on cars can confuse heavy dieters with people who have been drinking. Both dieters and drinkers have high levels of acetone on their breath. READ »

Researchers upbeat on Swedish HIV vaccine

Science & Technology: 31 Aug 06
A vaccine against HIV produced by Swedish researchers is showing promising results. Ninety percent of the test subjects developed an immune response during trials. READ »

Shock rise in electric treatment

Science & Technology: 21 Aug 06
The use of electric shocks in psychiatric treatment has more than doubled in the last five years in Sweden. READ »

More Swedes having sex changes

Society: 29 Jul 06
The number of sex change operations in Sweden has tripled in the past 13 years. Last year, 48 Swedes applied to change sex after going through therapy. READ »

No free tick shots despite increased risk

Science & Technology: 6 Jul 06
Cases of tick-borne diseases are on the up, but there are no plans to offer free jabs against encephalitis, the government says. At 900 kronor a shot, it would be too expensive. READ »

Swedes sunbathe - despite the risks

Science & Technology: 9 May 06
Incidence of Malignant Melanoma is growing faster in Sweden and Norway than anywhere else in the world. Yet some Swedes are still not being careful in the sun. READ »

It's in his veins: blood donor tops 400 litres

Science & Technology: 3 Apr 06
Sweden's most frequent blood donor started to give blood 41 years ago. On Tuesday he's due to be 'tapped' for the 700th time and the occasion will be marked with flowers and a certificate at the Karolinska university hospital in Solna. READ »

Tuberculosis strikes twelve in prison

National: 1 Apr 06
At least seven employees and five prisoners at Svartsjö prison outside Stockholm have been infected by the lung disease tuberculosis. READ »

Suspect dies after courtroom window leap

National: 3 Mar 06
A 45 year old man died on Friday afternoon after apparently jumping out of a second-floor window at Stockholm district court. READ »

Two die after weekend skating accident

National: 30 Jan 06
Two people have now died after a group of a dozen ice skaters fell through the ice of Mälaren, the lake stretching west from Stockholm, on Saturday. READ »

Man dies after Stockholm boat accident

National: 21 Jan 06
A 37 year old man who was seriously injured when a tug boat sank at Slussen in central Stockholm died early on Saturday morning, according to Karolinska University Hospital. READ »

Man released by knife attack police

National: 6 Nov 05
SEE ALSO: MAN HELD FOR ALBY KNIFE MURDER
Police investigating the murder of a man in a Stockholm suburb on Saturday have released a man they had held earlier. He is no longer suspected of any crime, but there are currently no other suspects. READ »

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