March 20, 2010
Kiruna
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Swede signs up to Virgin Galactic space flight
National: 18 Feb 10
A Malmö man has become the first Swede to sign up to Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space adventure after he shelled out 1.4 million kronor to fly to the frontier of space.
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Kabul to Kiruna: a new life in the Arctic Circle
Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 10
Adjusting to life in the far north of Sweden can be tough at the best of times, but coming as a refugee presents an extra set of challenges. Malin Nyberg speaks to two women who are more than happy to adapt.
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Space tourism to take off in Kiruna
Science & Technology: 12 Dec 09
If all goes to plan, billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceships will take off with tourists on board in 2012 – from Kiruna in the far north of Sweden.
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December in Sweden: From candle-head girls to jellied veal
Lifestyle: 1 Dec 09
The Year in Sweden - December: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Swedish nurse suffers burns after hand gel rub
National: 24 Sep 09
A nurse at an eldercare home in Norrbotten in northern Sweden was left with burns to her left hand as residual traces of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant set alight while pushing a trolley.
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Swedish town in bid to allow snowmobiling downtown
Society: 19 Sep 09
Winter has not yet fallen upon Sweden but Kiruna council is getting prepared and proposing the right for residents to drive their snowmobiles in the city.
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Sahlin slammed for partying in Majorca
Politics: 18 Sep 09
Social Democrat party leader Mona Sahlin has been criticized for partying with celebrities in Majorca instead of staying at home to campaign in the run-up for the church elections on September 20th.
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July in Sweden: Clock off, tune in, chill out
Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
The Year in Sweden - July: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Around Sweden in 56 and a half days
Travel: 29 Jun 09
Desperately seeking Sweden: Christine Demsteader ponders a few literary journeys as she prepares for an epic trip around the country she has come to call home. She invites The Local’s readers to join her en route.
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Life sentence upheld for Gällivare murder
National: 18 Jun 09
Sweden's appeals court has upheld a sentence of life imprisonment for Toni Alldén, the 51-year-old who has confessed to killing 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall outside Gällivare in northern Sweden.
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Mystery Malmö loverboy tops Japanese charts
Society: 1 Apr 09
A catchy hit inspired by a lovestruck Tokyo girl’s new life in Malmö has soared to the top of the charts in Japan, as a wave of Swedish influences washes over the country's musical landscape.
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Winter rail destinations: Riksgränsen
Travel: 30 Mar 09
Lying 200 kilometres above the Arctic Circle, Riksgränsen is Sweden’s most northerly resort and a nature lover’s delight.
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Snowmobilers' deaths remain a mystery
National: 30 Mar 09
Police in northern Sweden remain baffled over a couple found dead beside their snowmobile on Sunday on a lake outside of Kiruna.
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Police caught by speed cameras: 'All equal before the law'
National: 21 Mar 09
Police and other emergency vehicles regularly exceed speed limits on Sweden's roads. Many are caught on camera.
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Murder conviction for Stenvall killing
National: 19 Mar 09
A 51-year-old man from northern Sweden has been convicted of murdering 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall outside Gällivare in September of last year.
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Space tourist flights from Sweden 'by 2012'
Business & Money: 18 Mar 09
Potential space tourists eager to blast off from northern Sweden will soon be able to purchase tickets at the country’s Ice Hotel for launches set to start in 2012.
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Union sanctions pay cuts to save jobs
Politics: 2 Mar 09
One of Sweden’s largest manufacturing sector unions said on Monday that its members are willing to allow employers to cut wages in order to avoid more layoffs.
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Modern methods pit reindeer herders against animal activists
Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Far from the idyllic image of lone herders skiing after their reindeer, indigenous Samis in Sweden's far north today use snowmobiles and other vehicles, giving rise to an animal welfare campaign as far away as Britain, writes AFP's Nina Larson.
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Officials struggle with Swedish mining town's relocation
Lifestyle: 5 Feb 09
As miners continue to chip away at the chunk of iron sitting directly beneath Kiruna in northern Sweden, the AFP’s Nina Larson examines the challenges that come with relocating an entire town.
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Swedish study links vibrations to heart attack risk
Science & Technology: 11 Nov 08
Vibrating tools can increase the risk of a heart attack by 30 percent, according to a new Swedish study.
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Suspect admits to killing missing woman
National: 20 Oct 08
During questioning by police on Monday, the 50-year-old man suspected of having murdered Carolin Stenvall confessed to killing the 29-year-old woman.
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Suspected killer to face remand hearing
National: 19 Oct 08
The 50-year-old man held on suspicion of murdering 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall in northern Sweden will face a remand hearing on Sunday. He continues to deny the murder and Stenvall's body remains undiscovered.
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Evidence mounts in missing woman case
National: 18 Oct 08
The prosecutor confirmed on Saturday that blood belonging to 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall, has been found in a car owned by the 50-year-old man held on suspicion of her murder.
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Search for missing Swedish woman intensifies
National: 22 Sep 08
Police are expanding their search for 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall, who disappeared more than a week ago in Norrbotten in northern Sweden.
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'Sweden can no longer defend itself'
National: 15 May 08
Armed Forces Supreme Commander Håkan Syrén fears that proposed cuts to the military will diminish its capacity to defend Sweden's borders.
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A northern adventure: Europe’s last wilderness
Travel: 14 May 08
From hikes across mountains with Sami reindeer herders to tours of Europe's only civilian space centre, northern Sweden offers new experiences for adventurous travellers.
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Samis sour over time lost to Kiruna move
Business & Money: 24 Mar 08
Two Sami villages in northern Sweden have been denied compensation for time spent on planning for the relocation of Kiruna.
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Still spring despite cold snap
National: 22 Mar 08
Despite the advent of spring Good Friday night was the coldest of the winter in Sweden.
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Carola left out in the cold in Kiruna
National: 9 Mar 08
Eurovision queen Carola Häggkvist was knocked out of Sweden's Melodifestival in Kiruna. Hard rockers Nordman and Sibel (middle) took the second chance road to Globen.
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Perelli and Bengtzing win Eurovision heat
Society: 2 Mar 08
Hot favourites Charlotte Perelli (left) and Linda Bengtzing (right) won the final Melodifestivalen heat on Saturday evening.
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Bodies Without Organs win Eurovision heat
National: 24 Feb 08
Hotly-tipped Bodies Without Organs (back) won the third heat of the Melodifestivalen in Linköping on Saturday. They will be joined by outsider Frida (front) in the final in Globen.
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Carola in Eurovision omission shock
National: 17 Feb 08
Eurovision queen, Carola Häggkvist, missed out on a place in the final of Sweden's Melodifestivalen on Saturday.
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Rocket launch to test seasick fish
Science & Technology: 8 Feb 08
Live fish are to be strapped into a rocket in northern Sweden next week before being blasted into outer space.
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Miner dies after collapse
National: 3 Feb 08
One person has died after a collapse in a mine in Kiruna, northern Sweden. The collapse is believed to have been caused by an earth tremor.
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Miner feared dead after collapse
National: 3 Feb 08
One person is feared dead after a collapse in a mine in Kiruna, northern Sweden. The collapse is believed to have been caused by an earth tremor.
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'Witch burning' causes women shelter outrage
Society: 28 Jan 08
Women's shelters in southern Sweden have expressed dismay over a band's plan to symbolically burn a witch during the country's Eurovision heats.
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Space Corporation takes over satellite
Business & Money: 15 Jan 08
The Swedish Space Corporation has formally taken control of the Sirius 4 satellite, which will provide broadband to much of Europe and South Africa.
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Stockholm may lose Monopoly as city struggles to pass go
National: 23 Oct 07
With voting well underway for Sweden's new city-based edition of popular board game Monopoly, Stockholm is in serious risk of becoming a relatively undesirable address.
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Northern Sweden gets the best of summer sun
National: 10 Aug 07
Anyone who headed south to find the Swedish summer sun this year was heading in the wrong direction. The sunniest places in Sweden in June and July were all in the north of the country.
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UFO hunters scour Sweden for tips
Science & Technology: 5 Jul 07
Mysterious aircraft, crop circles and extra-terrestrial beings - it's just another paranormal day in the life of UFO-Sweden.
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Lapping up the Swedish wilderness
Travel: 4 Jul 07
Is there any truth to the rumour that Sweden’s northern wilderness is populated by thumb-sized mosquitoes and contact-seeking bears? Alec Forss separates the facts from the spin while trekking the peaks of the Polar region.
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Miners' strike comes to an end
National: 9 May 07
The miners' union in northern Sweden has called a halt to wildcat strikes that broke out earlier this week. Mining company LKAB has said it is prepared to sit down with the miners at the negotiating table.
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Swedish miners in wildcat strikes
Society: 8 May 07
Miners at Sweden's state-owned mining company LKAB broke out in wildcat strikes on Monday in protest at a wage deal. The miners were still striking on Tuesday morning.
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Young woman killed in snowmobile accident
National: 7 Apr 07
A 20-year-old woman died early on Saturday after being involved in a snowmobile accident north of Pajala. It took two hours for help to arrive from the nearest hospital.
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New London flights for Kiruna
National: 30 Mar 07
SAS is to start regular winter flights between London and Kiruna, in the far north of Sweden. 5,000 British tourists are expected to use the twice-weekly service.
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Shed in restaurant used as hotel room
National: 14 Mar 07
A couple visiting the far north of Sweden were disappointed to find that the hotel room that they had been promised was in fact one of five sheds in the hostelry's restaurant.
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Hockey team rocked by crank calls
National: 20 Feb 07
In the last couple of days parents and girlfriends have picked up the phone to hear that players from the AIK Hockey team in Härnösand have died. The players, very much alive, are furious.
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Lift-off for Swedish space tourism
Society: 26 Jan 07
Virgin galactic and Spaceport Sweden have signed an agreement paving the way for passenger flights from Kiruna to space from 2012.
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Kiruna prepares to relocate
National: 9 Jan 07
Kiruna's entire town centre is to be moved four kilometres to the northwest to make way for iron ore mining.
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Top Moderate pays for 14 years of TV viewing
Politics: 26 Dec 06
He has not paid his television licence fee for fourteen years, something he admits was "careless", but now Moderate Party secretary Per Schlingmann has settled his debt. Now he waits to see whether the police will get involved.
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Swedish school stops topless hockey pics
National: 7 Dec 06
In a photo designed to mimic their hockey-playing male peers, a group of girls from a school in Kiruna posed topless on the ice rink. "Sexist", says school. "Discrimination", say students.
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Space: the free market's final frontier
Analysis & Opinion: 6 Dec 06
Space may be big, but there's no room for bureaucrats and intergovernmental agencies, argues Waldemar Ingdahl, director of the free market think tank Eudoxa in Stockholm.
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Ministers could be reported to police over TV fee
National: 12 Oct 06
Sweden's television licensing authority will decide on Thursday whether to report three government ministers to the police for not paying their TV charges.
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Computer owners 'have to pay TV tax'
National: 13 Jul 06
People who own computers that can receive television programmes may soon be forced to pay a TV licence fee - even if they never use their computers to watch Swedish television.
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Turkish pair end Kiruna standoff
National: 11 Jul 06
A Turkish asylum seeker family ended an 11 hour standoff in migration board offices in Kiruna on Monday night, after a man had earlier poured gasoline over himself and threatened to light a match.
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Asylum seekers in Kiruna suicide threat
Smörgåsbord: 10 Jul 06
A couple from Turkey seeking asylum in Sweden threatened to set themselves on fire in the Board of Migration's offices in Kiruna on Monday. After all-day negotiations they gave themselves up.
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EU gives negative signals over flight tax
National: 6 Jul 06
The European Commission has said it fears that Sweden's proposed flight tax will damage competition in the Swedish flight industry, meaning it the idea could be grounded.
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Lift off from Sweden for space tourists
Travel: 4 May 06
Sweden could soon be offering the ultimate package holiday, with a night at the Ice Hotel followed by a trip into orbit on Virgin's new spacecraft. All for a cool 200,000 dollars.
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Tourist offices around Sweden
Travel: 3 May 06
A handy list of Sweden's tourist offices, along with their phone numbers, email addresses and web sites.
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Swedish companies in Venus mission
National: 24 Oct 05
Venus Express, the European spacecraft which should have been blasting off this week, has had its launch delayed. But when it finally launches, it will be taking plenty of Swedish kit with it.
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Sweden and US to cooperate in space
National: 15 Oct 05
Sweden's foreign minister Laila Freivalds signs an agreement with the US ambassador which breathes new life into cooperation between the Swedish National Space Board and NASA.
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Six hour work day does not work
Society: 7 Oct 05
Sweden's feminist and left parties are pushing for a six hour work day. But one of the pioneers of the policy, Kiruna council, is scrapping it after 16 years saying that it does not improve workers' health.
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Twice as many speed cameras in Sweden next year
National: 4 Aug 05
The target is to cut road deaths in Sweden to more or less zero. Ambitious, perhaps, but 700 new speed cameras on a wireless network will help.
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50 years of space history to end in Sweden
National: 27 Apr 05
After a career of almost 50 years, the Skylark rocket is due to make its final voyage from the Esrange launch base in the north of Sweden.
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Ohly?s communist admission causes Left Party rumpus
Politics: 6 Oct 04
He blocked an apology to victims of Stalin's camps, and still proudly calls himself a commmunist. So is Lars Ohly fit to lead the Left Party?
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Kiruna town centre sinking
Smörgåsbord: 3 Sep 04
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Bad Company 2 sells 2.3 million »
"Stockholm based EA DICE have announced that Battlefield: Bad Company 2, released earlier this month has sold-through 2.3 million copies (according to internal data) so far across three platforms in Europe and North America. It is on track to becoming the best selling release of March." READ »
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- 18/3 01:36 Bathroom culture: the sewer of the cultural soul. (Boston Blatte)
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