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Stockholm Christmas markets: an overview

Society: 30 Nov 12
With snow having transformed Stockholm into a winter wonderland just in time for the holiday shopping season, The Local offers up a quick look at Christmas markets where residents in the Swedish capital can find the perfect gift. READ »

Stockholm hosts world's first sourdough hotel

Lifestyle: 28 Sep 11
Have you considered skipping a holiday in fear of what may become of your sourdough? Never fear, you could always check it in to Stockholm's sourdough hotel while you’re away, Lina Sennevall reports. READ »

'We were all Americans, at least for a while'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact. READ »

Swedish artist to chart Arctic expedition in clay

Lifestyle: 24 Aug 11
A Swedish ice-breaker heads to the chilly waters off Greenland last week, equipped with maps, charts - and a container full of clay, courtesy of a Stockholm-based ceramics artist, contributor Katherine Dunn reports. READ »

Music-loving Stockholmers get a taste of Parklife

Lifestyle: 13 Jul 10
A Stockholm music festival in an old royal pleasure palace gives new bands an audience and Stockholm music lovers an alternative venue with beer infused sunsets, writes Emy Gelb. READ »

Art student convicted over faked psychosis

Society: 31 Aug 09
Art student Anna Odell has been fined by Stockholm District Court after acting out a faked suicide attempt as part of an art project. READ »

'Psychotic' art student trial opens

National: 24 Aug 09
The trial has begun of Swedish art student Anna Odell, who was charged with false alarm, violent resistance and fraudulent practice after a faked psychosis she acted out as a part of a final year art project. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 15 - 21

Lifestyle: 13 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Canadian improv theatre and Morrissey in Stockholm; Funk veterans and Basketball Festival in Gothenburg; Brandy in Malmö. READ »

'Psychotic' art student charged for fake suicide

Society: 13 May 09
Swedish art student Anna Odell has been charged by prosecutors in Stockholm for a faked suicide attempt psychotic break she acted out as a part of a final art project. 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 »

Police drop charges against metro graffiti art student

Society: 5 May 09
Police have closed an investigation against a former student at Sweden's largest art college accused of vandalizing a metro train carriage. Stockholm transport authority SL is still demanding compensation from the man. READ »

Students' art subject to legal review

Society: 20 Apr 09
Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design has decided to have lawyers review projects prepared by final-year students for this year’s spring exhibition. READ »

'Psychotic' art student could face jail

Society: 16 Mar 09
A Stockholm-based art student is suspected of four criminal offences after feigning mental illness in order to gain admission to a psychiatric hospital. READ »

Arts college admits error in approving faked psychosis project

Society: 3 Mar 09
Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design plans to introduce new ethics guidelines in the wake of two controversial student art projects. READ »

Riksdag to hear from art school head over vandalism video

Society: 20 Feb 09
The Riksdag’s education committee said on Thursday it plans to call in the head of Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design in the wake of a controversial art project. READ »

Police to investigate Swedish art student's metro graffiti

Society: 18 Feb 09
Stockholm's transit authority has filed a complaint with the police against a student who filmed the vandalizing of a subway carriage, amid revelations that the incident wasn’t the first time the student recorded vandalism for an art project. READ »

Vandalism costs transport authority 110 million kronor

Business & Money: 16 Feb 09
Graffiti and vandalism cost Stockholm county transport authority SL 110 million kronor ($13 million) last year, new figures show. READ »

Transport authority outraged over metro graffiti 'art'

Society: 15 Feb 09
Stockholm county transport authority, SL, has demanded compensation from Sweden's largest arts college after one of its students vandalized a metro car in a comment on graffiti. READ »

Irate doc to 'psychotic' art student: get a haircut

Society: 30 Jan 09
The chief physician of the psychiatric ward at a Stockholm hospital has rebuked an art student after she pretended to be psychotic as part of an art project. READ »

Christmas by design: Unmissable markets in Sweden and Denmark

Lifestyle: 5 Dec 08
Join Charlotte West on a tour of the best Christmas markets for design products in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Cophenhagen. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: May 30 - June 5

Lifestyle: 29 May 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: May 23 - 29

Lifestyle: 22 May 08
Stockholm art gallery tips for the week ahead from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm at the weekend: Clubs, concerts and art

Lifestyle: 3 Apr 08
Weekend club, concert and art tips for Stockholm from Kalendarium READ »

Swedish pop, photo art and Marilyn Monroe: What's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Marilyn exhibition in Gothenburg, Lykke Li in Stockholm, Erwin Wurm in Malmö. READ »

Faking it at the Stockholm Furniture Fair

Lifestyle: 11 Feb 08
The Stockholm Furniture Fair is not just about minimalist design and stylish curves, as Charlotte West found out at the weekend. Lemon chairs, metallic pink cow-shaped sofas and irreverent toilet paper holders lurked among the masses of sleek black couches. READ »

Euro music, African cinema, Swedish mentality: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 7 Feb 08
Something for the weekend:Feast of film at Stockholm CinemAfrica festival, Eurovision qualification in Gothenburg, and Fredrik Lindström dissects the Swedish mentality in Malmö READ »

Snooty but stylish: Stockholm Fashion Week blasts off

Lifestyle: 29 Jan 08
Stockholm's fashion scene can be snobby, writes David Bartal, but Stockholm Fashion Week provides rich pickings for those who can get past the doormen. READ »

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