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February 15, 2012
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Sweden's Jews, Muslims face web hate rise: study
National: 22 Aug 11
The number of xenophobic web sites have almost doubled since 2007 and Jews and Muslims wearing apparent religious symbols are subjected to significant discrimination in Sweden today, according to a new report.
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Sweden targets religious prejudice
Politics: 31 Mar 11
Sweden's government has announced plans to chart the extent of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in the country, as it attempts to counteract the spread of intolerance towards minorities.
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Genocide vote sparks diplomatic fallout
National: 12 Mar 10
Sweden's ambassador to Turkey was summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry on Friday morning after the Swedish parliament voted to recognize the 1915 mass killing of Armenians and other ethnic groups as genocide.
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Sweden to recognize Armenian genocide
Politics: 11 Mar 10
The Swedish parliament voted on Thursday in favour of a motion to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador from Stockholm.
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'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Ministers argue girls' right to sex ed
National: 31 May 09
Liberal party ministers Jan Björklund and Nyamko Sabuni have proposed a new schools law which removes the right to seek exemption from sexual education and swimming classes.
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Swedish teachers fail Holocaust test
Society: 20 Aug 08
Swedish school teachers display glaring inadequacies in their knowledge of Holocaust history, according to a new study.
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Making history: the Gulag, the Holocaust, and Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 08
Who suffered more, victims of Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, or victims of Hitler, Eichmann, and Himmler? And what role does the Swedish state have in answering the question? David Landes looks at what Sweden’s papers have to say about the issue.
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Academics slam state history agency
Society: 2 Apr 08
A group of irate Swedish academics have penned a stinging critique of Sweden's Living History Forum.
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Communism new focus for history agency
National: 10 Mar 08
Sweden's Living History Forum has launched a project to highlight crimes against humanity committed by communist regimes.
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Police struggle with hate crimes caseload
National: 30 Jul 07
Police at Stockholm's new hate crimes centre have been inundated with reports since opening the phone lines in June.
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Young Muslims vulnerable to abuse
National: 5 Dec 06
One in four young Muslims in Sweden are subjected to abuse because of their religion, according to a new report. Much of the abuse stems from areas where the Sweden Democrat party is strongest.
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Sweden to reflect on eugenics past
Society: 21 Dec 05
Culture minister Leif Pagrotsky announces a study into why Sweden developed a "eugenics mentality" in the 19th and 20th centuries, which led to tens of thousands of forced sterilizations.
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Exhibition to confront Sweden's WWII role
Lifestyle: 10 Nov 05
A new exhibition in Sweden displays documentary evidence of war-time medical experiments, commerce with the Nazis and indifference to the plight of Jews in an attempt to reveal "the problematic nature of Sweden's role during the war ".
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Swedish boys "more intolerant than girls"
Society: 28 Oct 04
What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and all things nice! What are little boys made of? Homophobia and racism, apparently.
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20 things to know before moving to Sweden
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 »
How far can English take you in Sweden?
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 »
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