May 28, 2012
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Society: 27 May 12
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt was among those who lavished praise on Eurovision contest winner Loreen as the manner of her crushing victory became clear in the early hours of Sunday.
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Science & Technology: 19 May 12
File sharing is still going strong in Sweden as a new study reveals that levels have barely been affected by the new, harsh laws.
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National: 15 May 12
On Tuesday the suspected serial killer Peter Mangs denied the court’s charges of the murder of 20-year-old Trez West Persson and the attempted murder of 22-year-old Xhafer Dani.
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Sport: 15 May 12
A recent injury to Johan Elmander didn't stop Swedish coach Eric Hamrén from naming the veteran striker to his 23-man squad for the Euro 2012 football championships.
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Sport: 13 May 12
At Euro 2012, the Swedish football team is looking to prove that they have returned to form following their failure to reach the 2010 World Cup.
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National: 30 Apr 12
A high-speed car crash late on Saturday night claimed the lives of two Swedish women from separate cars, in what witnesses have described may have been the result of a street race.
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National: 27 Apr 12
A 28-year-old Swedish man who stabbed a ten-year-old girl in the throat in Gothenburg in February has been formally charged with attempted murder.
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National: 26 Apr 12
Another person has been arrested in the investigation of the killing in southern Sweden on Monday, where a 19-year-old woman was stabbed to death.
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National: 23 Apr 12
A farmer in western Sweden recently shot a bear dead after it attacked his cattle for the second time in one week.
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Society: 20 Apr 12
Police officers in southeastern Sweden raided a Norrköping flat, freeing a Chihuahua puppy, which had been kidnapped by potential buyers last week.
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Business & Money: 19 Apr 12
The European Commission in Sweden has repudiated rumours in Swedish media that moist snuff will be banned as a result of a planned tobacco directive.
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National: 17 Apr 12
The father and step-mother of a 14-year-old girl from western Sweden, charged with repeatedly beating and burning the girl because they “thought she was a witch”, were freed of all charges on Tuesday.
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Politics: 17 Apr 12
While the far-right Sweden Democrats initially distanced themselves from the deadly attacks by Anders Behring Breivik, currently on trial in Norway, the party hasn't undergone a major transformation, the AFP's Nina Larsson discovers.
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National: 13 Apr 12
Another teenage girl from western Sweden has reported being subjected to kicks, beatings and electric shocks, as her parents tried to exorcise her from evil spirits.
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Lifestyle: 13 Apr 12
With an English version of his debut novel finally hitting bookstores, celebrity Swedish defence lawyer and best-selling author Jens Lapidus tells The Local's David Landes why defending criminals beats a full-time career as a writer.
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Society: 1 Apr 12
A letter sent with a transatlantic liner some 76 years ago was finally delivered to its destination in Visby in Sweden this week and the search has begun to find the intended recipient.
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Lifestyle: 28 Mar 12
This Saturday the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s premier football league, starts a new season. Contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at each team and their prospects for 2012.
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Society: 16 Mar 12
A Swedish church with dwindling parish numbers has turned to the pulling powers of alcohol in the hope of bringing in new members, and has invited people who’ve recently turned forty to come in for a wine tasting.
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Science & Technology: 15 Mar 12
The Swedish government is looking at extending a current ban on smoking to include several outdoor spaces in a bid to reduce children's exposure to the dangers of second-hand smoke.
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National: 12 Mar 12
In the Malmö district of Rosengård over 70 percent of children are living in relative poverty, according to fresh figures from Statistics Sweden, which measures the growing economic divides across the country.
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Politics: 9 Mar 12
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt approved plans to build an arms factory in Saudi Arabia, according to the latest revelations regarding the Saudi weapons deal.
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Society: 6 Mar 12
Swedish dreamboat Joel Kinnaman has nabbed yet another lead in a potential Hollywood blockbuster, agreeing to play RoboCop in the MGM remake of the classic action movie.
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Sport: 1 Mar 12
Swedish strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sebastian Larsson were in great form as Sweden defeated Croatia 3-1 in an international friendly on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 27 Feb 12
Sales of Swedish foods in the UK have shot up by 30 percent in the last five years with Brits' fascination with meatballs, herring, and crisp bread showing no signs of letting up.
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Society: 27 Feb 12
The Swedish Royal Court released new images of a four-day-old Princess Estelle on Monday, taken at her home in Haga Palace outside Stockholm.
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National: 24 Feb 12
The father and step-mother of a 14-year-old girl from western Sweden were charged on Friday with repeatedly beating and burning the girl "for being a witch”, according to the prosecutor.
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National: 21 Feb 12
A 28-year-old man suspected of stabbing a young girl in the throat in a Gothenburg schoolyard at the beginning of February has confessed to the crime, after being apprehended in another European country.
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National: 20 Feb 12
The discovery that several of Sweden's lay judges have continued to work while having criminal records of their own has resulted in many either stepping down or being fired.
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Business & Money: 15 Feb 12
Swedish hamburger chain Max has been reported to police on suspicions of trying to bribe members of parliament by sending them a gift card along with an invitation to come eat at the popular fast food restaurant.
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National: 14 Feb 12
A 28-year-old man suspected of stabbing a young girl in the throat at the beginning of February has been apprehended and is being held in another country pending Sweden's extradition demand.
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Science & Technology: 6 Feb 12
A power outage at a district heating plant in northern Sweden cut off heat to nearly all of Sollefteå's 8,000 residents on Sunday night as temperatures dropped below minus 25 degrees Celsius.
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Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe.
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National: 31 Jan 12
A violent fire erupted at a refugee housing facility in central Sweden early Tuesday morning, forcing the evacuation of 80 residents and sending at least three people to hospital.
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Science & Technology: 14 Jan 12
Munching regularly on hot dogs and and other processed meats have been shown to increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new Swedish study has shown.
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National: 10 Jan 12
A family of five were killed when a car carrying two adults and three children slammed head-on into an oncoming truck on Sweden's E20 motorway on Monday night.
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Sport: 4 Jan 12
The Swedish ice-hockey juniors reached the World Cup final after a gut wrenching turn against sister nation Finland during the night to Wednesday.
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Society: 27 Dec 11
Thomas Mattsson, editor-in-chief of Swedish tabloid Expressen, has been charged with violating Sweden's weapons laws in connection with a story about purchasing illegal firearms in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 11
Swedish investigative journalist Leo Lagercrantz takes a closer look at the Lundin Group and Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt's involvement with it after two Swedish journalists were found guilty of terror crimes in Ethiopia while reportedly investigating the company.
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Society: 21 Dec 11
Stieg Larsson's former partner has slammed the commercialization of the late Swedish writer's best-selling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, in connection with the release of Hollywood's adaption of the book.
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Society: 16 Dec 11
Rooney Mara, who portrays hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood remake of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has made light of the measures taken to ensure the star's hirsute nether regions were also in character for the film.
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Lifestyle: 16 Dec 11
As the world awaits the impending release of the Hollywood version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at whether the capital of the US film industry can accurately portray Sweden's dark underbelly.
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Science & Technology: 13 Dec 11
Swedish publishing house Norstedts, publisher of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, released an English-language “Chasing Salander” iPhone app on Tuesday, just days ahead of the world première of the Hollywood version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
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Business & Money: 13 Dec 11
The first share of the money promised to Saab by Chinese Youngman has arrived into the cash-strapped carmaker's accounts, according to company representatives.
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Sport: 5 Dec 11
Things got out of hand at a hockey game for 11-year-olds in western Sweden after heckling of a boy by two members of the audience triggered a massive brawl amongst the parents.
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Sport: 2 Dec 11
Sweden has been drawn in the same group as England, France and Ukraine at next summer’s European Football Championship.
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National: 2 Dec 11
Two thirds of the people in Sweden relying long term on social benefits have a foreign background, while child poverty in the same group is becoming more and more serious, according to new reports.
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Society: 1 Dec 11
Thirty percent of Swedish parents state that they occasionally push or shake their children, with stress being the most common underlying reason, according to a new study.
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National: 24 Nov 11
A 31-year-old man believed to be the head of a notorious criminal gang was killed in a shooting at an industrial site in Malmö, in southern Sweden, on Thursday morning. Police have yet to make an arrest in the case.
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Science & Technology: 23 Nov 11
Swedes just can't seem to get enough of Wordfeud, a Scrabble-like smartphone app that has sucked up countless hours of free time, and may have even sparked a new trend in online dating, contributor Aila Stefansdotter-Franck discovers.
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National: 22 Nov 11
Police in Örnsköldsvik, in the north of Sweden, recently sent a loaded rifle through the post to the forensic laboratory for analysis.
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Society: 22 Nov 11
Swedish crime drama Millennium, based on the novels by Stieg Larsson, has won the prize for best TV movie at the International Emmy Awards in New York.
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Society: 21 Nov 11
The thousands of Swedes mistreated in foster care during the 1900s on Monday received an official apology from the state for having failed to provide them with a safe upbringing.
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Business & Money: 17 Nov 11
Eight people were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of embezzlement at state-owned Casino Cosmopol in Gothenburg.
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Sport: 16 Nov 11
England's footballers finally ended their 43-year hoodoo against Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday, with a 1-0 friendly win.
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Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
Finance minister Anders Borg announced plans on Monday to close loopholes in the Swedish tax code following criticism that healthcare companies are using complicated schemes to avoid paying taxes in Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 14 Nov 11
The city of Stockholm said Monday that it would scrap its contract with Carema Care while the government launched an inquiry in the wake of growing concerns about the health care company's management of several elderly care homes.
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Society: 8 Nov 11
Stockholm has placed among the ten best cities to visit in 2012 in a recent ranking published by the Lonely Planet travel guides, which referred to the Swedish capital as “cozy yet cosmopolitan”.
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National: 7 Nov 11
Sweden's debt collection agency's plans to sell seven paintings by Adolf Hitler, a move which has drawn criticism from the Jewish association in Stockholm, has been scuppered after the works were deemed to be fakes.
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Science & Technology: 4 Nov 11
A 32-year-old woman in Gävle in eastern Sweden had her breast removed following a faulty diagnosis, bringing to three the number of women in the area who have lost their breasts due to medical errors.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 11
The dropping of a hate speech case against students who staged a "slave auction" at Lund University clears the way for racists and contravenes Swedish human rights commitments, representatives from anti-racism groups argue.
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National: 31 Oct 11
A Brussels human rights group has "strongly condemned" a ruling by the Swedish prosecution authorities who deemed a "slave auction" held by a Lund student group in April to be a "costume party" meaning no charges will be filed.
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National: 30 Oct 11
The recent payday, Halloween, and a concert by hip hop star 50 Cent proved to be a recipe for an extra messy weekend for police around Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 Oct 11
While the sale of Saab Automobile may have once again helped the troubled Swedish automaker avoid bankruptcy, uncertainties about possible layoffs and obtaining necessary approvals remain, the AFP's Nina Larsson explains.
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National: 28 Oct 11
A ”slave auction” held by a Lund student group in April was a ”costume party” meaning no charges will be filed against the organizers. However, charges have been filed against an artist who drew up demeaning posters of the person who reported the incident.
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Society: 27 Oct 11
The police officer from southern Sweden who called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague, will not face any disciplinary measures.
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Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is planning a line of clothing inspired by the hacker heroine made famous in the first of the best-selling Millennium crime thrillers, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo".
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Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the world acclaimed Millennium trilogy, has cracked Forbes magazine's list of top ten stars who are still earning big in the afterlife.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 11
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg, known for lecturing Swedes about the dangers of borrowing too much money, has a mortgage worth more than the value of his home, according to new investigation.
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Business & Money: 17 Oct 11
Beauty giant L’Oréal continues to market its anti-wrinkle creams in Sweden with ”misleading information” despite a ban from last year, according to Sweden's consumer watchdog.
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Sport: 14 Oct 11
Sweden are set to play England next month in a friendly international as coach Erik Hamrén seeks to prepare his side for next year's European Championship finals, the English Football Association announced on Thursday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 11
The current debt crisis is a concern for all of Europe, not just to eurozone countries, Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg tells AFP's Nina Larsson, highlighting the vulnerability of banks and exports in Sweden as an example.
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National: 12 Oct 11
Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium thrillers are to be turned into graphic novels, US comic-book powerhouse DC Entertainment said Tuesday after announcing that it had secured "worldwide rights" to adapt the trilogy.
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Sport: 12 Oct 11
Sweden overcame the Netherlands 3-2 in Stockholm on Tuesday night to book their spot at the Euro 2012 football championships in Poland and Ukraine.
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Science & Technology: 11 Oct 11
A fondness for chocolate doesn't have to be all bad, according to new Swedish research which has shown that the more chocolate consumed, the lower the risk of suffering a stroke.
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Society: 11 Oct 11
A letter to late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejecting his application to journalism school due to doubts about his writing skills is set to go on the auction block.
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Sport: 8 Oct 11
Friday's narrow 2-1 win against Finland ensured Sweden a playoff spot in the Euro 2012 football championship.
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Lifestyle: 30 Sep 11
The Local catches up with the new UK ambassador to Sweden, Paul Johnston, and has a quick chat about how he is finding his new posting in Stockholm.
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National: 29 Sep 11
The Swedish government has changed its mind regarding reimbursing thousands of Swedes mistreated in foster care during the 1900s.
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Politics: 28 Sep 11
A network of former Sweden Democrats has offered support to 23-year-old William Petzäll after his decision to leave the party and remain in the Riksdag as an independent, encouraging him to stand strong against the party hierarchy.
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Science & Technology: 20 Sep 11
Doctors in southern Sweden used hundreds of leeches to help save a woman's face after a massive chunk had been bitten off by her own dog.
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Politics: 12 Sep 11
The Swedish minister who at the weekend said that no money would be coming to victims who suffered abuse while in foster care has opened to further talks on the issue following pressure from the opposition.
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Politics: 10 Sep 11
The thousands of Swedes misltreated in foster care will not be receiving any economic compensation, stated Maria Larsson, minister for children and elderly.
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Society: 8 Sep 11
One person is suspected of hate speech in connection with a party at Lund University in April featuring the sale of "slaves" complete with blackened faces and ropes around their necks.
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Sport: 7 Sep 11
Sweden's men claimed a crucial victory over footballing minnows San Marino on Tuesday night, finally breaking the deadlock in the second half to prompt a flurry of goals and win the Euro 2012 qualifier 5-0.
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Politics: 4 Sep 11
Sweden has taken further steps towards changing the law on gender reassignment after the Moderate Party joined the broad opposition against the disputed law, and its demands for sterilisation and divorce.
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Society: 2 Sep 11
A police officer in Malmö in southern Sweden is under investigation after having called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague who also serves as the department's hate crimes educator.
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Society: 2 Sep 11
David Fincher, the director of the forthcoming Hollywood version of the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) has changed the ending of the story
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Sep 11
Recent revelations that Ingvar Kamprad was more active in Swedish Nazi movements than previously thought have called into question the Ikea founder's claims that it was simply a “folly of youth”, the AFP's Nina Larsson explains.
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Sport: 31 Aug 11
AIK striker Mohamed Bangura is moving from Stockholm to Scottish club Celtic in a deal sparked by a recommendation from former Celtic and Swedish national side star Henrik Larsson.
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National: 23 Aug 11
Kurdo Baksi, confidant and author of an expose book on deceased Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, has claimed that the manuscript believed to be the fourth book in the Millennium series is almost complete.
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National: 13 Aug 11
Many are now reporting maltreatment of elderly to Sweden's health and welfare watchdog, and cases are increasing in several parts of the country, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Sport: 4 Aug 11
Malmö FF held out to secure a 1-1 draw in a fiery second leg of their Champions League qualifier against Glasgow Rangers on Wednesday, winning the tie 2-1 on aggregate.
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Politics: 3 Aug 11
A Liberal Party MP is planning to present a motion to Sweden's Riksdag in the autumn to push for a removal of the requirement for compulsory sterilization for those undergoing a sex change.
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Sport: 2 Aug 11
Swedish champions Malmö FF hosts Glasgow Rangers on Wednesday evening hoping to preserve their lead from the first leg and take a huge step to becoming the first Swedish team to qualify for the Champions League in 14 years.
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Sport: 27 Jul 11
Malmö’s football club notched a surprise 1-0 away win against the storied Glasgow Rangers on Tuesday night, giving the Swedish side hope of advancing to the Champions League group stages.
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Society: 19 Jul 11
Students at the prestigious Harvard University will soon have the chance to study the Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson when an expert on Swedish crime fiction joins the faculty for a guest lectureship.
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Society: 17 Jul 11
Cannabis use is increasing sharply in Sweden, particularly among young men in larger cities, and a government initiative to combat this is now in the works.
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Sport: 17 Jul 11
Sweden finished third at the women's World Cup after beating France 2-1 in Saturday's play-off despite finishing the game with 10 players.
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Sport: 1 Jul 11
Swedish football player Sebastian Larsson linked up with manager Steve Bruce for the second time in his career after joining English Premier League side Sunderland on a free transfer on Friday.
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Politics: 1 Jul 11
The Christian Democrats on Thursday voted to retain the demand for sterilization for those choosing to undergo a sex change, arguing that if "a woman becomes a man, she should not be able to become pregnant as a woman".
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Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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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