February 15, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Kristina_axén_olin":
National: 24 Apr 08
Moderate Party Riksdag member Sten Nordin is the unanimous choice of his party’s City Hall nominating committee to take over as Stockholm’s new mayor.
READ »
Politics: 16 Apr 08
Mayor of Stockholm Kristina Axén Olin has handed in her resignation.
READ »
Business & Money: 18 Mar 08
Stockholm’s Municipal Council decided on Monday night to renew the lease on Bromma airport for another 30 years.
READ »
Society: 24 Oct 07
He was the Eurodance star who had plans to build a Viking village in the capital, but now after less than a year, Martin 'E-Type' Eriksson is stepping down from Stockholm's 'Beauty Council'.
READ »
Lifestyle: 18 Oct 07
When Stockholm's Mayor donned a t-shirt proclaiming the city 'Capital of Scandinavia', the reaction from the neighbours was predictably indignant. Daniel Boman looks at how Stockholm and Copenhagen are battling to prove who's biggest and best.
READ »
National: 22 Sep 07
Stockholm is the world's greenest, most livable city, according to a survey carried out by the Reader's Digest magazine.
READ »
National: 21 Sep 07
Stockholm's most central airport has just been given 30 more years to live after the City of Stockholm and the civil aviation authority signed a new agreement on Friday.
READ »
National: 1 Aug 07
Congestion charging has been reintroduced in Stockholm, more than a year after a six month trial of the scheme ended.
READ »
National: 31 May 07
A plan to build a rail tunnel under Stockholm was approved by the government on Thursday, in a move that should allow the relief of one of Sweden's worst rail bottlenecks.
READ »
Politics: 15 Jan 07
Stockholm mayor Kristina Axén Olin has admitted that last year's election and her mother's death led her to drink too much and to pop too many painkillers. Now she says she's back on track.
READ »
Politics: 10 Oct 06
Former Stockholm mayor Annika Billström has been thrown out as her party's leader on Stockholm council after a disastrous election result. She is to be replaced by former foreign aid minister Carin Jämtin.
READ »
Politics: 18 Sep 06
Mayor Annika Billström and her Social Democrats are decisively rejected by voters in Stockholm, who put their faith in the Moderates' Kristina Axén Olin to lead the city for the next four years.
READ »
Politics: 18 Sep 06
With Stockholmers voting in favour of congestion charging, but residents of the suburbs handing down a Nej, it's uncertain whether the road tolls will go ahead.
READ »
Politics: 31 Aug 06
The media focus may be on the general election, but local elections up and down the country could also provide surprises. In Stockholm, the ruling Social Democrats face an upphill struggle.
READ »
Politics: 28 Nov 05
As the political parties bicker over what should be written on the backs of ballot papers in the congestion charge vote, Mayor Annika Billström says that it should be classified as a charge, not a tax. But the finance minister disagrees.
READ »
National: 30 Aug 05
Stockholm police are in the doghouse for not mentioning in their annual report that they failed to meet more than half of their targets for 2004. But Uppsala police get the thumbs-up for their work on the Knutby case.
READ »
National: 16 Aug 05
As the number of reported rapes in Stockholm rises dramatically, Moderate Party councillor and chairman of the city's police board Kristina Axén Olin proposes chemically castrating repeat offenders.
READ »
Smörgåsbord: 24 May 05
READ »
National: 13 Oct 04
Stones thrown at trains, bicycles dumped on the tracks and conductors strangled and spat at - and nobody's interested. Cancel a few rush hour trains and suddenly it's the week's biggest story.
READ »

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
|
|

fin
adjective
Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.
More news from Germany at thelocal.de
More news from Switzerland at thelocal.ch
More news from France at thelocal.fr
More news from Norway at thelocal.no
Play Poker online at Pokerlistings.com
Sweden – Up North, Down to Earth is a book about Sweden today. A country of natural beauty and open space, and a society focused on equality, human rights and sustainability. Meet regular and astonishing Swedes, supercars and indie rock bands, vampires and royalties.
Buy your copy of Sweden – Up North, Down to Earth from Sweden Bookshop
Latest news about gambling laws and online gambling sites in Sweden
News provided by GamingZion: Your global online gambling directory
Register now for:
> Free use of noticeboard
> Special discounts
> Weekly news roundup
> Unlimited use of discuss
521 jobs available
209 new jobs this week
0 new jobs today