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Footballer banned after spouse abuse conviction

Sport: 15 Dec 11
Swedish footballer Alexander Gerndt has been suspended from the national team indefinitely after being convicted for assaulting his wife. READ »

Football hooliganism in Sweden - alive and kicking

Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Swede narrowly misses FIFA best goal award

Sport: 10 Jan 11
Swedish striker Linus Hallenius was among the finalists to take home FIFA's award for the "most beautiful" goal of 2010, but lost out to Hamit Altintop of Turkey. READ »

Surgeon to operate on Swedish football trophy

Sport: 2 Dec 10
A former national team doctor will perform keyhole surgery on the Allsvenskan football championship trophy to examine whether its creator left behind a pledge of allegiance to his beloved Stockholm club. READ »

Swedish refs await call to cover Scottish strike

Sport: 23 Nov 10
The Scottish Football Association (SFA) is considering recruiting Swedish referees to officiate at the weekend as Scottish officials threaten strike action over a slew of criticism. READ »

Swedish football body opts to expose trophy's partisan secret

Sport: 10 Nov 10
The Swedish Football Association will launch an investigation into claims that its top-flight Allsvenskan championship trophy contains a pledge of allegiance to the Stockholm club supported by its creator. READ »

Sweden denied funds to host Euro 2016

Sport: 10 Dec 09
Sweden has scrapped its bid to co-host the Euro 2016 football championships with Norway after the governments of both countries refused to provide financial support for the joint bid. READ »

Hamrén named coach as Swedish FA gets its man

Sport: 4 Nov 09
Erik Hamrén is to take over as new national team coach after the Swedish Football Association reached an agreement on Wednesday with his club, Norwegian champions Rosenborg. READ »

Hamrén ruled out for Sweden job

Sport: 30 Oct 09
Erik Hamrén has become the latest candidate to fall out of the running for his home country's national team vacancy as negotiations falter between his club Rosenborg and the Swedish Football Association. READ »

Eriksson contacted for Sweden job: report

Sport: 19 Oct 09
Sven-Göran Eriksson has reportedly been contacted by the Swedish Football Federation about taking over as coach of Sweden’s national side. READ »

Sweden and Norway to make joint bid for Euro 2016

Sport: 26 Feb 09
The Swedish Football Association announced on Thursday its intention to join forces with Norwegian football authorities to make a joint bed to host the Euro 2016 football tournament. READ »

New measures to stamp out hooliganism

Sport: 27 Jun 08
The Swedish Football Association has proposed creating a registry of everyone who purchases football tickets in order to help prevent known hooligans from entering Sweden’s arenas. READ »

Lagerbäck to continue as Sweden’s football coach

Sport: 4 Jan 08
Head coach Lars Lagerbäck and his assistant agree to a contract extension through 2010. READ »

Denmark to appeal UEFA decision

Sport: 8 Jun 07
Sweden have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Denmark by European football's governing body UEFA on Friday, following the abandonment of their Euro 2008 qualifier last weekend in Copenhagen. READ »

Sweden must boycott World Cup - equality chief

Society: 3 Apr 06
The World Cup in Germany this summer will promote prostitution and human trafficking. So says equality ombudsman Claes Borgström, who has called for Sweden to boycott the competition. READ »

New national stadium to be built in Solna

Sport: 1 Apr 06
Sweden's new national football stadium is to be built in Solna. The Swedish Football Association unanimously agreed on Saturday to back the construction of the new arena, which will be ready by 2011. READ »

Swedish football rights sold in record deal

Sport: 1 Mar 06
Rights to show Swedish football games on television have been sold for up to 1.4 billion kronor to Swiss company Kentaro. This is good for football, say bosses, but TV companies are surprised by the high figure. READ »


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Prime Minister Reinfeldt chats with The Local »

"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »

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Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin to reflect on how a sometimes uncritical media appears to serve the interests of the Swedish state
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Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi.
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The Local's coverage of the baptism of Princess Estelle
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Sweden drifting from 'Swedish model': report
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The problem of profiting ex-politicos isn't simply money, money, money, argues contributor and historian David Linden
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The Local catches up with Sweden’s comedian of the year Al Pitcher and preview our first ever “Local Lockdown” video segment.
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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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Sweden looking for redemption at Euros
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Lång means long, tall and can be used for height, distance or time.


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