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Murder plot suspects kept for questioning

National: 11 Mar 10
The seven people arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of a suspected plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks have had their periods of detention extended by an Irish court for another three days of questioning. READ »

Källström jubilant as Lyon eject Real Madrid

Sport: 11 Mar 10
Swedish midfielder Kim Källström is set to play a part in the quarter-finals of the Champions League after Lyon held off the challenge of Spanish giants Real Madrid on Wednesday. READ »

Avalanche warning for northern Sweden skiers

National: 6 Mar 10
Ski resorts in northern Sweden have been put on high alert for avalanches in areas popular with off piste skiers. READ »

Supermarket roof caves in under weight of snow

National: 1 Mar 10
A roof collapse at an Ica Maxi supermarket in Kristinehamn in western Sweden has left staff and customers in shock but miraculously no one is reported to have been injured. READ »

Thieves open fire in Södertälje supermarket

National: 1 Mar 10
Police are searching for four armed robbers who opened fire with a hand gun and a rifle during a supermarket robbery on Saturday in Södertälje, 30 kilometres south of Stockholm. READ »

Swedish nursing home introduces coffee rationing

National: 27 Feb 10
In an attempt to reduce expenditures, a nursing home in the municipality of Timrå in northern Sweden has started to ration the coffee and milk served to its residents. READ »

A layman's look at ski jumping

Sport: 9 Feb 10
There are no Swedes competing in the perennially insane ski jumping event in Vancouver, but it was a Swede who patented the V-style. And that's not V for Vertigo. READ »

Online sex 'grooming' law lacks teeth

Society: 24 Jan 10
Despite surveys indicating half of Swedish girls under 15 have received online sexual advances, Sweden's 'anti-grooming' law has not led to any convictions since entering into force six months ago. READ »

Swedes kill 20 wolves in newly sanctioned hunt

National: 3 Jan 10
After the Swedish environmental authority issued permits for 10 percent of Sweden's entire wolf population to be killed, hunters shot dead more than 20 wolves on Saturday, according to local media estimates. READ »

Swedes keep lapping up juicy Tiger tidbits

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Dec 09
Amid new reports that Elin Nordegren is set to sign a sponsorship deal with the rival of one of golfer husband Tiger Woods’ strongest corporate supporters, Swedes continue to swoon over every new revelation in the ongoing drama. READ »

EU pledges climate cash to poor nations: Reinfeldt

Business & Money: 11 Dec 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that the European Union's member states have agreed to give $10.6 billion to help developing nations tackle climate change. READ »

What's On in Sweden: December 11th - 17th

Lifestyle: 10 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Dubstep comes to Stockholm, Alice Cooper pays a visit to Gothenburg and Elvis has been spotted in Malmö. READ »

Anna Anka faces split with Hollywood husband after latest row

Society: 7 Dec 09
Singer-songwriter Paul Anka has filed for divorce from his Swedish wife Anna following a violent spat at the couple’s Hollywood home last week. READ »

Arvika festival campaign reaches its climax

Society: 4 Dec 09
In the latest marketing blitz from the Arvika Festival organizers, a twenty-year-old girl masturbates in front of the camera for a promo video. "People have sex at our festival," explains the festival's spokesman. READ »

Burger baron to buy Stockholm's priciest flat

Business & Money: 3 Dec 09
Curt Bergfors, the founder of Swedish fast food chain Max, has lined up the purchase of the most expensive apartment ever built in Sweden, a piece of property set to leave him with a 52 million kronor ($7.6 million) hole in his pocket. READ »

Reinfeldt hails first day of EU's Lisbon Treaty

Politics: 1 Dec 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt welcomed “a new era” for the European Union on Tuesday, the first day the changes laid out in the Lisbon Treaty came into force. READ »

What's on in Sweden: Nov 27 - Dec 3

Lifestyle: 25 Nov 09
What's on in Sweden: Skansen Christmas market & Charles Dickens in Stockholm; Swedish Idol & Melissa Horn in Gothenburg; Little Theatre of Gestures in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Teen convicted for killing 16-year-old girl

National: 23 Nov 09
A 17-year-old boy is to serve three years in secure juvenile care after being convicted for the murder of a teenage girl near Borås in western Sweden last summer. READ »

Paternity leave: an exercise in military precision

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Nov 09
It's time to pull on the flak jacket, maintain a stiff upper lip, and refraining from slipping into bouts of mindless panic: Diarist dad Joel Sherwood is now officially on paternity leave. READ »

Three arrested for Viking treasure theft

Society: 6 Nov 09
Three men, including the board member of an auction house, have been arrested on Gotland in connection with the plunder of hundreds of Viking-era silver artifacts from the Baltic Sea island. READ »

Reinfeldt targets US and China in climate message

Politics: 3 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday put pressure on both the United States and China to do more to fight climate change ahead of a UN-sponsored summit on the issue set to take place in Copenhagen in December. READ »

Big city clubs clash in championship climax

Sport: 30 Oct 09
IFK Gothenburg welcome Stockholm team AIK to Gamla Ullevi stadium on Sunday in a title decider as the Swedish Allsvenskan championship goes down to the wire. READ »

Rooks draw Swedish village into Hitchcock Halloween nightmare

National: 30 Oct 09
The residents of a village in southern Sweden are facing up to their own Halloween nightmare as an invasion of birds befalls their countryside idyll. READ »

Dutch court clamps down on Pirate Bay

Science & Technology: 23 Oct 09
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay to remove links to material owned by members of a Netherlands-based music and film copyright protection group. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 16 - 22

Lifestyle: 15 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Championship rugby & Massive Attack (UK) in Stockholm/Uppsala; Chocolate festival & avant garde dance in Gothenburg; Rahael Saadiq (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Swedish drinking song contest comes to sober climax

National: 11 Oct 09
The annual Swedish drinking song contest has been decided. Peter Roadson from Skurup in southern Sweden has claimed the title despite leaving the snaps in the sideboard. READ »

Swedish grocers demand talks with Dole over Bananas!* lawsuit

Business & Money: 7 Oct 09
Swedish grocery store chains ICA and Axfood have said they want to meet with the Swedish subsidiary of Dole Foods to discuss Dole’s attempts to ban a Swedish documentary film about the US food giant. READ »

Swedish burger chain ditches Dole over Bananas!* lawsuit

Society: 6 Oct 09
Swedish hamburger chain Max has said it will stop selling Dole fruit salad in retaliation for the US food giant’s bid to muzzle a Swedish documentary film about the company. READ »

Swedish grocers' earnings outstrip CEOs

Business & Money: 1 Oct 09
The most successful franchisees of the Swedish grocery store chain ICA are coining in more remuneration than many CEOs of large companies listed on the Swedish stock market. READ »

Swedes struggle to make sense of a new diet trend

Lifestyle: 24 Sep 09
A new diet has surfaced in Sweden recently, the Low-Carb High Fat diet (LCHF), but experts remain divided over the new method for trimming one’s waistline, The Local’s Caroline Gravel discovered. READ »

Trucker flips his rig after masturbating while driving

National: 24 Sep 09
A German truck driver who just couldn't get enough of himself admitted he was masturbating at the time his truck crashed on a road near Borås in western Sweden on Wednesday. READ »

In-form Ibrahimovic ready for Inter return

Sport: 16 Sep 09
Barcelona and record signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic go into Wednesday's Champions League group opener at Inter Milan in high spirits after collecting maximum points from the first two league outings. READ »

Ibrahimovic goal leaves Barca top

Sport: 13 Sep 09
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his second goal in as many games and helped Barcelona to 2-0 win over Getafe on Saturday. READ »

Swedish auction house to sell Ingmar Bergman's possessions

Society: 10 Sep 09
Stockholm auction house Bukowski's is gearing up for a high profile sale later this month, as the worldly possessions of beloved film director Ingmar Bergman go under the hammer. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 11 - 17

Lifestyle: 9 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: World Cup baseball & Cirque du Soleil in Stockholm; Coco Chanel & All Time Low (US) in Gothenburg; Macy Gray (US) in Malmö. READ »

Ibrahimovic finds net in league debut

Sport: 1 Sep 09
Barcelona's record signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the final goal in a comprehensive 3-0 home win for his new club over Sporting Gijon in the opening league game of the season on Monday. READ »

Sweden allocates billions to fight unemployment

Business & Money: 26 Aug 09
The Swedish government has promised to find 8.4 billion kronor ($1.19 billion) to fund education and training measures designed to combat growing unemployment. READ »

Swedbank announces massive rights issue

Business & Money: 17 Aug 09
Swedish bank Swedbank has announced a 15 billion kronor ($2 billion) guaranteed preferential rights issue, according to a company press release on Monday. READ »

Child benefits must be raised: Sahlin

Politics: 16 Aug 09
Mona Sahlin, leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, has said child maintenance support benefit levels will be raised if there is a change of government next year. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 14 - 20

Lifestyle: 13 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture and youth festivals in Stockholm; International music festival and continental market in Gothenburg; Music & arts festival in Malmö. READ »

Swedes defeat Finland in World Cup warm up

Sport: 13 Aug 09
The Swedish men's football team received a confidence boosting 1-0 win over Finland in Stockholm on Wednesday ahead of a crucial World Cup qualifier against Hungary onext month. READ »

Gotland governor ousted over beach row

Politics: 4 Aug 09
Gotland county governor Marianne Samuelsson has been forced to step down from her post after she was taped arguing in favour of preferential treatment for a local businessman. READ »

Swedes have the longest holidays in Europe: study

Society: 31 Jul 09
With an average of 33 days annual leave, Swedes are streets ahead of their European counterparts when in comes to taking holidays, a new report shows. READ »

Dutch court bans Pirate Bay in the Netherlands

Science & Technology: 31 Jul 09
A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay be banned from operating in the Netherlands. READ »

The best of Stockholm Pride

Lifestyle: 30 Jul 09
As northern Europe's biggest Pride festival nears its climax, The Local offers its tips for how to make the most of the weekend. READ »

Gotland official called in over favouritism claims

National: 30 Jul 09
The county governor of the Baltic island of Gotland, Marianne Samuelsson, has been summoned by the government to explain comments claiming that prominent business people should be given favourable treatment. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 31 - August 6

Lifestyle: 29 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & International rugby in Stockholm; U2 in Gothenburg; African beach party & Lucy Love (DK) music in Malmö. READ »

Tele2 shares soar on booming profits

Business & Money: 22 Jul 09
Swedish telecom firm Tele2 has reported a dramatic rise in profits for the second quarter and the firm's stock shot up 5.9 percent in early trading on Wednesday. READ »

Ibrahimovic waits on Barca move: report

Sport: 19 Jul 09
Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic confirmed on Saturday that he would be interested in a move to Spanish giants Barcelona. READ »

81-year-old axe murderer sentenced to prison

National: 18 Jul 09
An 81-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for murder after hitting his longtime girlfriend repeatedly in the head with an axe. READ »

Zlatan closes in on Barca transfer: report

Sport: 17 Jul 09
Star Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be headed to Barcelona on a transfer from Inter Milan, according to Spanish media reports. READ »

Paedophile found guilty of webcam sex crimes

National: 9 Jul 09
A Swedish court has ruled that a 32-year-old father of two is guilty of having used threats to force more than 60 young girls to pose nude for him in front of their webcams. READ »

Elk couple on Sunday morning stroll through Gothenburg

Society: 28 Jun 09
A pair of elks went on a morning walk through central Gothenburg on Sunday morning, passing by a hamburger restaurant before finding their way to the more familiar territory of nearby parkland. READ »

Arla facing steep fines in competition probe

Business & Money: 26 Jun 09
Scandinavian dairy producer Arla Foods faces more than 7 billion kronor ($900 million) in fines if the company is found to have breached laws ensuring fair competition. READ »

Oversized coffins complicate cremation

National: 21 Jun 09
Swedes are getting larger and this is starting to cause problems post-mortem as coffins are proving too large to fit into cremation ovens. READ »

Swedish boat sails to overall victory in Volvo Ocean Race

Sport: 16 Jun 09
Ericsson 4 of Sweden won the Volvo Ocean Race on Monday, marking the second time a Swedish boat has placed first in the grueling nine-month round-the-world sailing competition. READ »

Swedish and US yachts do battle over Stockholm stage

Sport: 15 Jun 09
Sweden's two Ericsson yachts were neck and neck with US entry Puma Ocean Racing Monday as the boats sprinted for Stockholm on the ninth stage of the Volvo race around the world. READ »

WHO declares swine flu pandemic: Sweden

Science & Technology: 11 Jun 09
The Swedish government on Thursday announced the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a swine flu pandemic, nearly two hours before the world health body's expected announcement. READ »

Guilty verdicts in ICA meat cheat scandal

Business & Money: 10 Jun 09
Two employees from an ICA Maxi grocery store in Nacka outside of Stockholm have been convicted for repackaging out-of-date meat and putting it back on store shelves. READ »

Sweden poised to bury nuclear waste for 100,000 years

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jun 09
Two towns in eastern Sweden are competing to be the first in the world to store nuclear waste for hundreds of thousands of years, writes AFP's Pia Ohlin. READ »

Franzén sets Detriot on road to Stanley Cup success

Sport: 31 May 09
Swedish hockey star Johan Franzén opened the scoring in the NHL Stanley Cup finals on Saturday as defending champions Detroit seized the early advantage with a 3-1 victory over Pittsburgh in game one of the series. READ »

Volvo Group cancels planned layoffs after union deal

Business & Money: 29 May 09
Sweden's Volvo Group has scrapped plans to make 600 employees redundant following the completion of a deal with Swedish unions to cut working hours instead, the company announced on Friday. READ »

Riksdag approves tougher prison sentences for murder

Society: 14 May 09
The Riksdag on Thursday endorsed changes to Sweden’s sentencing rules which toughen the country’s penalties for murder and other serious crimes. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 15 - 21

Lifestyle: 13 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Canadian improv theatre and Morrissey in Stockholm; Funk veterans and Basketball Festival in Gothenburg; Brandy in Malmö. READ »

Porn king reports police over crime gang sting

National: 7 May 09
Swedish porn baron Berth Milton has filed a complaint accusing police of using him in a sting operation targeting one of Sweden’s most dangerous criminal gangs without his knowledge. READ »

Swede indicted for NASA computer hack

Science & Technology: 6 May 09
US authorities announced on Tuesday the indictment of a 21-year-old Swede on charges of hacking into computer systems at the NASA space agency and US networking giant Cisco. READ »

Centre Party touts new Swedish labour model

Politics: 5 May 09
The Centre Party, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Maud Olofsson, has put itself on a collision course with Sweden's two largest parties by calling for an overhaul of the country's much vaunted labour market model. READ »

Court climax premature for Madonna of Orgasm Church

Society: 29 Apr 09
The Madonna of Orgasm Church has suffered a disappointing reversal following a Swedish court ruling that the church’s name is unacceptable and offensive. READ »

Lund wins bid to host new particle accelerator

Science & Technology: 27 Apr 09
The university town of Lund in southern Sweden is set to become the site of a new particle accelerator, Max IV, Lund University announced on Monday. READ »

Sweden set to break wind farm record

Science & Technology: 6 Apr 09
Sweden looks likely to play host to Europe's largest wind farm after a northern county gave its seal of approval to a major new energy project. READ »

Rosengård: Integration in the eye of the storm

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Mar 09
Malmö suburb Rosengård has come to symbolise Sweden's struggles with integration. AFP's Marc Preel examines a community grappling with its identity after a winter marred by rioting and clashes with the police. READ »

Burger King sets its sights on northern Sweden

Business & Money: 26 Mar 09
A burger war is brewing in northern Sweden, pitting the country’s own Max hamburger restaurants against American fast food giants McDonald’s and Burger King. READ »

What's on in Sweden: March 27 - April 2

Lifestyle: 26 Mar 09
What's on in Sweden: English pop quiz and Soha in Stockholm; Jazz festival in Gothenburg; Bob Dylan & Jenny Wilson in Malmö. READ »

Art exhibitions you mustn't miss

Lifestyle: 20 Mar 09
From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Danish surrealists, art critic Katarina Wadstein MacLeod samples the season's most eye-catching exhibitions in Sweden and Denmark. READ »

Group rules against Swedish swimmer on 'sexist' swimsuit ban

Sport: 19 Mar 09
Swimming’s international governing body has commented on new swimsuit rules labeled “sexist” by Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar. READ »

Arboga murderer appeals conviction a second time

National: 13 Mar 09
Christine Schürrer, the German woman found guilty of murdering two young children in Arboga last year, has appealed her life sentence. READ »

Cargo ship needed to store unsold cars off Swedish coast

Business & Money: 4 Mar 09
Car sales in Sweden have fallen off so sharply that Japanese automaker Toyota was forced to lease a cargo ship in Malmö to store 2,500 unsold cars, according to a port official. READ »

Volvo pay raise 'insulting': Reinfeldt

Business & Money: 2 Mar 09
Volvo Group’s plan to raise the salaries of 250 top executives is “insulting” according to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Volvo Group to boost executive pay despite losses

Business & Money: 27 Feb 09
Sweden’s Volvo Group announced on Thursday it had approved pay raises for 250 high-ranking executives this year, despite heavy fourth quarter losses at the world’s second largest truck maker. READ »

Security police probe Södertälje fires

National: 26 Feb 09
Sweden's security police (Säpo) have been called in to investigate a connection between a wave of arson attacks in Södertälje with a US-hostile extreme left wing group. READ »

Ibrahimovic influential as Inter close in on title

Sport: 22 Feb 09
Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic was again dominant as Inter showed title form in beating Bologna on Saturday. Coach Jose Mourinho told his players to show no fear ahead of Tuesday's clash with Manchester United. READ »

Life sentence upheld for Arboga killer

National: 16 Feb 09
German woman Christine Schürrer has had her life sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal for the murders of two young children in Arboga last year. READ »

Swedish supermarket ends sales of 'sexy' child bra

Society: 14 Feb 09
Swedish supermarket chain Ica has announced that it is to stop selling bras for 7-year-olds in its Ica Maxi stores in response to customer protests. READ »

Swede charged with child sex assault in US

Society: 13 Feb 09
A 33-year-old man from Malmö has been indicted in the United States on eight counts of sexual assault of a child. READ »

Frosty reception for vulnerable refugees

Society: 12 Feb 09
The unwillingness of Swedish municipalties to take in refugees who are traumatised or disabled has been described by the head of the Migration Board as "a major problem". READ »

Reinfeldt urges banks to cut mortgage rates

Politics: 11 Feb 09
Sweden’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate in half to 1 percent on Wednesday, prompting Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to tell banks to follow suit. READ »

Carnegie sold by Sweden's debt office

Politics: 11 Feb 09
Sweden’s National Debt Office has agreed to sell the Carnegie investment bank for a total of 2.28 billion kronor ($276 million), the agency announced on Wednesday. READ »

Sweden to announce Carnegie buyer

Business & Money: 9 Feb 09
Sweden is reported to have found a buyer for Carnegie, the embattled investment bank that was nationalized towards the end of last year. READ »

Lewd crank calls lead to arrest of Karlstad man

National: 8 Feb 09
A 59-year-old man in Karlstad in western Sweden has been arrested for making more than 300 lewd crank calls to the SOS Alarm emergency calls service. READ »

'Black market' Swedish flat leases sold openly on the internet

Society: 3 Feb 09
Stockholm has long had a problem with housing shortages, and as a result a black market in rental contracts. But now the illegal market has gone mainstream and leases are being sold openly on the internet. READ »

What's on in Sweden: January 30 - February 5

Lifestyle: 29 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: Rodney Crowell and All That Remains in Stockholm; International Film Festival continues in Gothenburg; Dead Man Walking in Malmö. READ »

'Prosecute Israel and Hamas for war crimes'

Politics: 28 Jan 09
A leading Social Democrat member of parliament has urged Sweden's government to take action to ensure that Israel and Hamas are both taken to task for alleged war crimes in the Gaza conflict. READ »

Greens demand interest on late social security payments

Politics: 27 Jan 09
The Green Party has demanded that the Swedish Social Insurance Agency pay interest on late payments as parliament prepares to debate the agency's performance on Tuesday. READ »

Skiing on a shoestring in Åre

Travel: 22 Jan 09
With money troubles weighing heavier on Sweden than a fresh fall of snow, Jennifer Heape headed to the Åre ski resort to check out a more frugal alternative to the typical foreign alpine getaway. READ »

Mystery lottery winner found

Society: 14 Jan 09
Members of a family from Skåne in southern Sweden couldn't believe their luck this week when they returned home from a winter holiday to find they had won the lottery jackpot of more than 110 million kronor ($13.5 million). READ »

The great Swedish taxi rip-off

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 09
With taxi rip-offs on the rise, Doug Lansky takes a look at how this un-Swedish practice started, why it’s allowed to continue, and what you can do to protect yourself from the scam. READ »

Arson suspected after Södertälje blazes

National: 12 Jan 09
Police in Södertälje have launched an arson investigation following two suspicious fires which broke out in the city early Monday morning. READ »

What's on in Sweden: January 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 8 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: January 9th - 15th. The Stranglers and Lindy Hop in Stockholm; Manfred Mann and Belgian electronica in Gothenburg; Future Cop! in Malmö. READ »

Debt agency calls for greater compassion

Business & Money: 5 Jan 09
Several civil servants have called for Sweden to take a more compassionate approach to people in debt. READ »

One dead in tanker crash

National: 2 Jan 09
A 41-year-old woman died in a collision with a tanker north of Västerås in central Sweden on Friday morning. The crash has left ammonia leaking from the tanker and nearby properties have been evacuated. READ »

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