February 14, 2012
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Society: 2 Feb 12
A post on Facebook as well as a 42 cannon salute are among the ways the next heir to the Swedish throne will be welcomed into the world, as the Royal Court readies for Crown Princess Victoria to give birth in early March.
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Society: 22 Dec 11
Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher swept into Stockholm on Wednesday, spending time at the headquarters of Swedish music streaming service Spotify before heading out for a night on the town.
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Society: 16 Dec 11
Abba founder Benny Andersson wants Arlanda airport to take down a giant picture of him welcoming visitors to Stockholm, following a decision to revamp a local landmark leaving him unwilling to be associated with the city.
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Society: 12 Dec 11
Abba-founder Benny Andersson has hinted that he would be willing to reunite the famed Swedish super group to help save a beloved - albeit urine soaked -Stockholm landmark.
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National: 11 Dec 11
Swedish Nobel laureate in literature, Tomas Tranströmer, continued to be the focus of attention during the Nobel banquet on Saturday night.
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Society: 24 Nov 11
Princess Madeleine is skipping this year's Nobel festivities in Stockholm for another event in New York, the Royal Court confirmed on Thursday.
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Society: 1 Nov 11
The recent acquittal by Sweden's Supreme Court of a man charged with attempted murder because he claimed he was “too intoxicated” to remember the incident, has been slammed by legal experts.
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Lifestyle: 31 Oct 11
It's close to winter, and something evil's lurking in the dark, after a call to all monsters, ghosts, and resurrected rock stars to haunt the streets of Stockholm as Sweden hosts its inaugural Halloween parade, The Local's Joel Linde explains.
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Lifestyle: 20 Oct 11
With a massive garden complete with play areas, woods and other parkland, Haga Palace isn’t a bad playground for the upcoming addition to the Swedish royal family, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Sep 11
Despite being drawn from a slew of different cultures, ethnicities and linguistic groups, immigrants in Sweden are treated as one homogeneous group with defined characteristics distinct from static Swedish norms, writes Salam Zandi.
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Society: 17 Aug 11
The news of Crown Princess Victoria's pregnancy couldn't come at a better time for a Swedish Royal Family looking to turn the page on a tumultuous year, according to one royal expert.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 May 11
Following King Carl XVI Gustaf's denials that he visited strip clubs or had contacts with the criminal underworld, The Local takes a look at some of the events that marked the Swedish monarch's tumultuous last twelve months.
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Society: 19 Apr 11
Sweden's Prince Carl Philip has been named at the head of list of "the top ten most beautiful royal men", while his sister Madeleine had to settle for seventh on the female equivalent.
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Lifestyle: 8 Apr 11
Nearly 70 museums and cultural institutions across Stockholm will open their doors to the public for free on Saturday in a bid to bring the city's cultural offerings to a wider audience, contributor Anita Badejo discovers.
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Society: 8 Apr 11
The photographer accused by the Swedish Royal Court of stalking Queen Silvia during a recent visit to New York denies causing her to fall and hurt her foot.
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Society: 6 Apr 11
Sweden's Royal Court has accused a photographer of "stalking" Queen Silvia after she was injured trying to avoid the "obstinate" shutterbug during her current visit to New York.
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Society: 2 Feb 11
The publisher of the Left Party's official newspaper has apologised to King Carl XVI Gustaf for publishing a book review that alleged he visited prostitutes with tax money, a claim not made in a recent biography about him.
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Society: 1 Feb 11
Sweden's Royal Court has allowed its lawyers to scrutinise a book review of the biography on King Carl XVI Gustaf published in the Left Party's newspaper to see if there are grounds to pursue legal action.
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Society: 27 Jan 11
Sweden's Princess Madeleine will receive damages in excess of 3.5 million kronor ($540,000) from a slew of German newspapers for libel and intrusion in her private life, a German court confirmed on Wednesday.
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National: 25 Dec 10
Nearly two-thirds of Swedes would like to see King Carl XVI Gustaf abdicate and hand the throne over to his daughter, Princess Victoria, according to a new poll published on Saturday.
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Society: 10 Dec 10
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf handed the 2010 Nobel laureates in literature, economics, physics and chemistry their prizes on Friday at a gala ceremony in Stockholm.
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Society: 19 Nov 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine, third in line to the throne and the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, on Friday described the emotional turmoil she endured after breaking off her engagement earlier this year.
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Politics: 19 Nov 10
Senior Social Democrat Pär Nuder, formerly Göran Persson's finance minister and hotly tipped as a candidate to succeed outgoing party leader Mona Sahlin, has been recruited by former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright as a consultant.
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Society: 15 Oct 10
Rule of law and government effectiveness in Sweden are among the best in the world, according to a new ranking.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
HQ Bank’s previous parent company, publicly listed HQ AB, has reported a former manager to the police for what it sees as partial responsibility for the bank’s collapse.
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Society: 11 Sep 10
Street performers will once again be allowed to play music in downtown Gothenburg after the town council voted to reverse a controversial ordinance forcing musicians to seek permits.
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Society: 2 Sep 10
Princess Madeleine is one of three celebrity women who came out on top when Swedish men were asked to plump for their dream woman in a survey of fantasies, health and the fairer sex.
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Politics: 31 Aug 10
Voters in the general election will be able to cast a vote for Princess Madeleine or Prince Daniel, thanks to a fringe party and a quirk in electoral law.
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Politics: 5 Aug 10
Sweden's Pirate Party said on Thursday that child pornography should be permitted in cartoons. The law should focus on 'real criminals' abusing children, the party argues.
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Society: 15 Jul 10
While Crown Princess Victoria remained away on honeymoon, the crowds turned up as normal to celebrate her 33rd birthday in Borgholm on Öland with Prince Carl Philip on hand to present the Victoria Award to skier Charlotte Kalla.
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Society: 7 Jul 10
Prince Carl Philip is set to fill his big sister's shoes and hand out this year's Victoria Award (Victoriastipendiet) as the Crown Princess is away on her honeymoon, organisers announced on Wednesday.
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Travel: 1 Jul 10
HostelBookers invites you to explore the beaten path outside Stockholm by taking day trips to Uppsala, Västerås and Drottningholm, writes Madeleine Wilson.
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Society: 30 Jun 10
Princess Madeleine has returned to work after taking a time out following her breakup from ex-fiancé Jonas Bergström.
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Society: 20 Jun 10
Guests at the royal wedding party danced into the early hours after Prince Daniel’s moving speech brought tears to the eyes of a radiant Crown Princess Victoria.
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National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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Society: 19 Jun 10
Support for Sweden's monarchy has dipped below 50 percent while a quarter if the population is opposed to the institution, according to a poll published a day before Crown Princess Victoria's wedding.
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Society: 17 Jun 10
Wedding fever has gripped Sweden this week amid frenzied last-minute preparations for Crown Princess Victoria's nuptials on Saturday with her former personal trainer Daniel Westling after more than eight years of courtship.
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National: 16 Jun 10
Sweden’s royal wedding is set to attract one of largest gathering of kings and queens seen in Europe for years, a guest list for Friday’s pre-wedding concert has revealed.
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Society: 15 Jun 10
Princess Madeleine, who has been on a time out after breaking off her engagement in April, has expressed her thanks for the support of the Swedish people after returning to Sweden in time for her sister's wedding.
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Society: 7 Jun 10
A feed on the popular microblog website Twitter has caused consternation at the Swedish Royal Court which has been unable to shut off the stream of often erroneous information about members of the royal family.
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Society: 30 May 10
The families of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling gathered in the Royal Chapel on Sunday morning for the publishing of the banns of marriage. The palace also announced that Daniel is to receive the title His Royal Highness.
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National: 27 May 10
Crown Princess Victoria’s fiancé Daniel Westling could be granted the title His Royal Highness, according to reports.
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Lifestyle: 21 May 10
The King, Queen and their children might be the best-known members of the Swedish royal family, but there are numerous other Swedish princes and princesses - including the last surviving great-grandchild of Britain's Queen Victoria, writes Juan Navas.
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National: 14 May 10
With her wedding only a month away, friends of Crown Princess Victoria have been gathering to help her bid farewell to her days as a spinster, 'kidnapping' her from her brother's birthday dinner.
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National: 13 May 10
Crown Princess Victoria has said she is eagerly awaiting her impending wedding but confessed to feeling a sense of panic as her big day draws near.
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National: 10 May 10
Interest in Sweden’s royal palaces increased markedly last year, with the number of visitors rising by 25 percent.
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Society: 10 May 10
Sweden Post and Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, have unveiled new stamps and coins commemorating the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on June 19th.
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National: 7 May 10
Princess Madeleine has decided to take a time out from official engagements in order to give her time to deal with her aborted engagement to lawyer Jonas Bergström, the Royal Court in Stockholm has announced.
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Society: 30 Apr 10
Two unexpected names have cropped up on the invitation list to the official pre-party for Crown Princess Victoria's wedding: Jonas Bergström, Princess Madeleine's former fiancé, and Emma Pernald, who dated Prince Carl Philip until a year ago.
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Society: 30 Apr 10
A increasing number of Swedes want to see an abolition of the monarchy and an elected head of state, a new report published on Friday shows.
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Lifestyle: 27 Apr 10
Sweden's tabloids have until recently had a fairly respectful attitude to the royal family, but are times changing, asks The Local's Royal Correspondent, Juan Navas.
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Society: 25 Apr 10
Princess Madeleine evaded waiting journalists and paparazzi photographers on Saturday after flying to New York as the palace in Stockholm announced the termination of her engagement to lawyer Jonas Bergström.
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Society: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's system of press subsidies has come under the microscope after a publication affiliated with an extreme right-wing political party received millions of kronor in public funding this week.
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National: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine has broken up with her fiancé Jonas Bergström, Stockholm's royal court has announced.
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Society: 21 Apr 10
A 21-year-old Norwegian handball star has sparked fresh concerns over Princess Madeleine's impending marriage by claiming she had an affair last year with prince-in-waiting Jonas Bergström.
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Education: 21 Apr 10
When Irishman Alan Newsome moved to Stockholm five years ago he signed up for a Swedish for Immigrants language course, only to find that as a dyslexic he was denied support and was forced to quit.
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National: 15 Apr 10
The launch of a new web page with details of the royal marriage of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on June 19th has caused a stir of interest in Sweden.
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National: 13 Apr 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine, third in line to the Swedish throne, will have to wait before tying the knot to her beau Jonas Bergström, Queen Silvia confirmed on Tuesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Feb 10
With Sweden's royal wedding year now upon us, writer and commoner Allan Burnett hoists the flag for an influential group catering for the anti-monarchy needs of a large and flabbergasted minority.
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Society: 7 Jan 10
Young Swedes who suspect they are transsexuals ought to be issued special ID cards allowing them to hide their undesired gender during their trial phase as the opposite sex, a leading child psychiatrist argues.
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Society: 26 Dec 09
In traditional Christmas speeches on December 25, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia announced the launch of a new forum for children and youth in honour of the 20th anniversary of the United Nation's Convention of the Right's of the Child.
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Society: 22 Dec 09
While the neckline of Princess Madeleine's gown is often under scrutiny by the media during Nobel Week, fashion commentary by one Swedish freelance writer earned her a ban from the leadership of top Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.
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Society: 11 Dec 09
While the glittering Nobel Prize ceremony opened to a trumpet fanfare, Herta Müller, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, criticized a number of countries, including Russia, for their lack of commitment to human rights.
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Society: 6 Dec 09
Nobel Week is once again in full swing, with the 12 Nobel laureates and their respective entourages arriving in the Swedish capital over the weekend. The week’s festivities will culminate with the Nobel Ceremony and Banquet on Thursday.
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National: 13 Nov 09
Plans for the proposed 30,000-seater arena in the Swedish capital can begin after Stockholm City Council announced a financial agreement with AEG Facilities, the company that will run the stadium.
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Society: 15 Oct 09
A mysterious package addressed to Sweden’s Princess Madeleine at the World Childhood Foundation in New York prompted a response from the police’s bomb squad on Tuesday.
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Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine.
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Analysis & Opinion: 24 Sep 09
Are lawsuits and threats the music industry's new money-spinning idea, now that record sales have fallen, asks Madeleine Sjöstedt, Stockholm's Vice Mayor for Culture and Sports and member of the Liberal Party (Folkpartiet).
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Society: 9 Sep 09
A Cypriot newspaper reported on Wednesday that the wedding of one of the daughters of the Swedish king is to take place on the Mediterranean island this Friday, a claim rejected by Princess Madeleine's secretary.
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National: 7 Sep 09
Paul Simon has said he had nothing to do with steps taken by Universal Music to block a Stockholm performance of The Sound of Silence, a play by a Latvian theatre company based around the music of Simon & Garfunkel.
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Society: 11 Aug 09
Princess Madeleine and fiancé Jonas Bergström revealed on Tuesday that their decision to wed came in June when the future duke went down on one knee during a holiday on the Italian island of Capri.
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Society: 11 Aug 09
The timing of Princess Madeleine's engagement to boyfriend Jonas Bergström has come as a surprise to most Swedes, a royal expert tells The Local.
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National: 11 Aug 09
Stockholm police were called out to a local beach on Monday after a tip off that the kidnapped British girl Madeleine McCann had been spotted there.
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Society: 11 Aug 09
Princess Madeleine, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf's youngest child, is to wed her long-time boyfriend Jonas Bergström, the Royal Court has announced.
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Society: 31 Jul 09
False German media reports that Sweden’s Princess Madeleine was pregnant and planning to marry have resulting in the princess being awarded €400,000 ($565,000) in damages by a German court.
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Society: 30 Jun 09
Starting on July 1st, tourists visiting Gothenburg may find the city’s streets quieter than usual due to a controversial new ordinance requiring permits for street performers.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Lewis Black and Early Music Festival in Stockholm; Beer festival & World Cup football in Gothenburg; Buju Banton & Mandela exhibition in Malmö.
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Society: 13 May 09
A proposal to offer performance-related bonuses to immigrants who complete state-funded language courses within one year has raised concerns from both students and teachers.
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Lifestyle: 20 Apr 09
Football player enthusiast Charlotte West reveals her deep admiration for the ball juggling skills of male model midfielder Freddie Ljungberg.
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National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman.
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Lifestyle: 30 Mar 09
A resplendent 19th century palace with a distinctly Mediterranean feel, Hallwyl House in Stockholm is an architectural gem well worth adding to the tourist itinerary, writes James Savage.
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Society: 12 Mar 09
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria celebrated her name-day at the royal palace in Stockholm on Thursday. Her husband to be, Daniel Westling, was in attendance for the first time.
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Society: 4 Mar 09
After nearly a decade together, Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip and his girlfriend Emma Pernald have decided to go their separate ways.
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National: 24 Feb 09
The engagement of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling is big news in Germany, where newspapers take a close interest in the activities of the Swedish royals.
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Lifestyle: 24 Feb 09
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, whose engagement to her former gym teacher was announced on Tuesday, is a popular and respected royal known for her easy-going style, poise and intelligence, writes AFP's Pia Ohlin.
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Sport: 24 Feb 09
Officials in Stockholm announced Monday night that there was not enough time for the city to make arrangements to host Sweden’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match against Israel.
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Sport: 23 Feb 09
Officials in Stockholm are hoping the capital can replace Malmö as the host of Sweden's forthcoming Davis Cup match against Israel after the southern city ruled that the game should be played behind closed doors.
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Lifestyle: 16 Feb 09
Check out all the latest from the city's catwalks as Sweden's top models don the latest collections at the country's premier fashion event.
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Lifestyle: 14 Jan 09
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips.
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Dating: 29 Dec 08
Swedish singles prefer a quiet night in on New Year's Eve and have a more reticent attitude to pleasurable pursuits in general, a new survey of European attitudes has shown.
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Society: 10 Dec 08
Princess Madeleine and economics laureate Paul Krugman were among the guests at the Nobel banquet in Stockholm's City Hall on Wednesday evening.
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Society: 10 Dec 08
Over a million Swedes are expected to stay glued to their television sets on Wednesday to watch monarchs, politicians and assorted clever clogs tuck in to the annual Nobel banquet.
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Lifestyle: 4 Dec 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips.
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Lifestyle: 19 Nov 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips.
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Society: 10 Nov 08
Jan-Olov Ågren, a cross-dresser from Norrbotten in northern Sweden, has been handed a victory by the county administrative court in his bid to go by the name Madeleine.
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Lifestyle: 23 Oct 08
Get into the Friday night groove with some club tips from Djungeltrumman.
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Lifestyle: 16 Oct 08
Discover the night-time jewels of the city in the south with the aid of recommendations from The Local in association with entertainment guide Djungeltrumman.
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Lifestyle: 7 Oct 08
Discover the night-time jewels of the city in the south with the aid of recommendations from The Local in association with entertainment guide Djungeltrumman.
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Lifestyle: 2 Oct 08
Discover the night-time jewels of the city in the south with the aid of recommendations from The Local in association with entertainment guide Djungeltrumman.
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Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 08
As Sweden's parliament prepares to pass a controversial new surveillance law, Faisal Enayat Khan takes a closer look at the development of a far-reaching tapping scheme.
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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 »
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