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A YouTube salute to Sami National Day

Lifestyle: 6 Feb 12
As Sweden's indigenous Sami celebrate their National Day on February 6th, The Local offers up a few video clips highlighting their unique vocal traditions. READ »

Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision

Lifestyle: 3 Feb 12
As Sweden is gearing up for the fest that is the Melodifestivalen, Swedish living rooms are being prepared for Sweden’s greatest television event invading the country for six weeks every year. READ »

Swedes gear up for Melodifestivalen mania

Lifestyle: 2 Feb 12
Sweden is about to be tossed into the frenzy that is ”Melodifestivalen”, the musical contest where the next artist to represent Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2012 will be selected. READ »

Abba - tracing the steps of the giants of disco

Lifestyle: 30 Jun 11
The wide flares and glam beats of disco's heyday are here to stay, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers, as she tags along on an Abba City Walk, and brings us along for the ride on a trip through 1970's Stockholm. READ »

Eric Saade snags 2011 Melodifestivalen title

Society: 12 Mar 11
Eric Saade, the 20-year-old heartthrob from Helsingborg in western Sweden, was crowned winner of the 2011 Melodifestivalen song contest on Saturday evening. READ »

American-born rapper set to make Melodifestivalen history

Lifestyle: 11 Mar 11
As Sweden gears up for the 2011 Melodifestivalen finals on Saturday, The Local's David Landes catches up with Swingfly, a Brooklyn-born rapper who immigrated to Sweden and may end up re-writing the rules for the Super Bowl of Swedish pop music. READ »

90-year-old man dead following fist fight

Society: 8 Mar 11
A 90-year-old man has died following a run in with his 79-year-old neighbour at a care facility for the elderly in Lund in southern Sweden. READ »

Swedish living rooms brace for Melodifestivalen invasion

Lifestyle: 4 Feb 11
What do a drag queen and teen-pop has-beens have to do with Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt? It can only mean the 2011 Melodifestivalen is upon us, contributor Julie Blomberg Gudmundsson explains. READ »

Eurovision scores make star of 'hot' runner up

National: 31 May 10
Sweden’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest might have disappeared without trace in last week’s competition, but now a runner up is gaining all the attention for reading the scores. READ »

Transport agency anger at Eurovision music vid

Society: 5 May 10
The Swedish Transport Administration has reacted strongly to a music video for the country's Eurovision hope Anna Bergendahl's song This is My Life which features the singer walking along a railway line. READ »

What's On in Sweden: March 19th - 25th

Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: Ship shape tour in Stockholm, Cameroonian Jazz in Gothenburg and a spin on Cinderella in Malmö. Plus English comedy in Linköping. READ »

Melodifestivalen draws 3.9 million viewers

Society: 15 Mar 10
A bumper week for public broadcaster SVT saw ratings explode for the finals on consecutive evenings of song competition Melodifestivalen and ever-popular game show På Spåret. READ »

Anna Bergendahl wins Melodifestivalen

Society: 13 Mar 10
Anna Bergendahl won Sweden's Melodifestivalen on Saturday night with This is my life and will represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo in May. READ »

Swedish Eurovision fever cools

Society: 12 Mar 10
Is Sweden falling out of love with Eurovision? On the verge of this year's national final, new figures show that while the event still tops the ratings, media interest, viewing figures and public voting are all in decline. READ »

What's On in Sweden: February 19th - 25th

Lifestyle: 18 Feb 10
What’s on in Sweden: Action Impro in Stockholm, Fresh Fish Fashion in Gothenburg and Muslim punk in Malmö. READ »

What's On in Sweden: February 12th - 18th

Lifestyle: 10 Feb 10
What’s on in Sweden: Jedi Mind Tricks and Joyce Carol Oates in Stockholm, thousands of kisses in Gothenburg and Beethoven in Blue Jeans in Malmö. READ »

Millions switch on for Eurovision heat

Society: 8 Feb 10
Saturday's Melodifestivalen heat was watched by almost three million Swedes as Hollywood actor Dolph Lundgren did his bit to ensure that Eurovision fever gripped the country once again. READ »

What's On in Sweden: January 15th - 21st

Lifestyle: 14 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Bankers dancing in Stockholm, The 69 Eyes in Gothenburg and musical legend Andy Votel comes to Malmö. READ »

Sweden and Ernman gear up for Eurovision

Society: 12 May 09
Malena Ernman is in Moscow preparing for her semi-final heat of the Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday. Meanwhile Swedes are gearing up for the party, hopeful that the opera singer can bring home the glory. READ »

Russia parody Tingeling tops charts for fourth week

Society: 17 Apr 09
A song labelled "disgusting" by the Russian Embassy in Stockholm remain on top of the Swedish pop charts for the fourth week in succession. READ »

'Don't mess with the red star or Russia's national anthem'

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Mar 09
Tingeling tingeling - It’s the song all of Sweden is singing. But laughing at Russia’s national anthem and emotionally charged symbols is just not funny, writes Sweden-based translator Anna Titova. READ »

Russian disgust over Sweden Eurovision skit

Society: 16 Mar 09
The Russian embassy in Stockholm has launched a scathing critique of Sveriges Television (SVT) for what it sees as a “disgusting” portrayal of Russia during the weekend’s Melodifestivalen finals. READ »

Malena Ernman wins Melodifestivalen

Society: 14 Mar 09
Pop opera sensation Malena Ernman claimed the Melodifestivalen 2009 title on Saturday night in a nail biting finish. READ »

What's your view of Sweden's Melodifestivalen?

Lifestyle: 11 Mar 09
Every week, we ask a regular panel of readers to discuss a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: Melodifestivalen. READ »

Trio complete Eurovision final line up

Society: 8 Mar 09
Sarah Dawn Finer, Carolina af Ugglas and Sofie Berntsson completed the line up for Sweden's Melodifestivalen by claimed the remaining places at the "Second Chance" heat in Norrköping on Saturday. READ »

Sweden's got talent: life beyond Eurovision

Lifestyle: 1 Mar 09
Sweden has a thriving music scene with acts achieving international acclaim and a number of exciting new artists hoping to follow in their footsteps, writes Keith Moore. READ »

Agnes and Malena win Eurovision heat

Society: 1 Mar 09
The fourth and final Melodifestivalen heat in Malmö in southern Sweden on Saturday was won by one hot favourite, soul queen Agnes, and one surprise, opera queen Malena Ernman. READ »

E.M.D and Molly Sandén win Eurovision heat

Society: 22 Feb 09
The third Melodifestivalen heat in Leksand in central Sweden left the hot favourites dreaming of glory in the Globen final. Pop trio E.M.D and teen sensation Molly Sandén claimed the final places. READ »

A new Abba generation

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Feb 09
Abba may have gone the way of Napoleon, but their music and the Eurovision Song Contest retain their phenomenal popularity thirty-five years after the Swedes first faced their Waterloo, writes Peter Vinthagen Simpson. READ »

Zelmerlöw and H.E.A.T. win Eurovision heat

Society: 15 Feb 09
Idol favourite Måns Zelmerlöw and rockers H.E.A.T. won the second Melodifestivalen heat on Saturday evening. READ »

Sweden braces for Melodifestivalen 2009

Society: 6 Feb 09
As Swedes struggle to make it through the final throes of a dark and dreary winter, millions are hoping to forget their troubles at the weekend with the start of this year’s installment of the Melodifestivalen, that shining spectacle of musical magic which inexplicably lifts the country’s forlorn spirits. READ »

What's on in Sweden: February 6 - 12

Lifestyle: 5 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: African cinema festival and Cullberg ballet in Stockholm; Eurovision and Bollywood in Gothenburg; Soundtrack of Our Lives in Malmö. READ »

Sweden chooses Perrelli for Eurovision

Society: 16 Mar 08
One time Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli is to attempt a repeat performance after winning Sweden's Melodifestivalen competition on Saturday. READ »

Sweden chooses Perrelli for Eurovision

National: 16 Mar 08
One time Eurovision winner Charlotte Perrelli is to attempt a repeat performance after winning Sweden's Melodifestivalen competition on Saturday. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: March 14th – 20th

Lifestyle: 13 Mar 08
Looking for something to do this week? Attend the St Patrick's Day parade in Stockholm, the World Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg, Canadian electro pop in Malmö. READ »

Perelli and Bengtzing win Eurovision heat

Society: 2 Mar 08
Hot favourites Charlotte Perelli (left) and Linda Bengtzing (right) won the final Melodifestivalen heat on Saturday evening. READ »

Bodies Without Organs win Eurovision heat

National: 24 Feb 08
Hotly-tipped Bodies Without Organs (back) won the third heat of the Melodifestivalen in Linköping on Saturday. They will be joined by outsider Frida (front) in the final in Globen. READ »

Carola in Eurovision omission shock

National: 17 Feb 08
Eurovision queen, Carola Häggkvist, missed out on a place in the final of Sweden's Melodifestivalen on Saturday. READ »

Euro music, African cinema, Swedish mentality: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 7 Feb 08
Something for the weekend:Feast of film at Stockholm CinemAfrica festival, Eurovision qualification in Gothenburg, and Fredrik Lindström dissects the Swedish mentality in Malmö READ »

'Witch burning' causes women shelter outrage

Society: 28 Jan 08
Women's shelters in southern Sweden have expressed dismay over a band's plan to symbolically burn a witch during the country's Eurovision heats. READ »

Time to tango: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 25 Jan 08
Something for the weekend: Learn how to dance the tango in Stockholm, learn about the lives of the Swedish settlers in the US in Gothenburg and satisfy your taste for the baroque in Malmö. READ »

Thore Skogman dies

Society: 10 Dec 07
Popular Swedish entertainer Thore Skogman has died at the age of 76. READ »

Melodifestivalen stars caught up in fire drama

National: 11 Mar 07
A number of finalists from Saturday's Melodifestivalen were among hundreds of people evacuated from a shopping mall in a Stockholm suburb on Sunday afternoon. READ »

The Ark triumph in Globen

National: 10 Mar 07
The favourites before the contest proved to be the experts' favourites and the public's favourites: on Saturday evening The Ark won Melodifestivalen 2007 with 'The Worrying Kind' and will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in May. READ »

Tension builds as Sweden gears up for Melodifestivalen final

National: 10 Mar 07
The Local's predictions | Who gets your vote?
All of Sweden is abuzz with anticipation of the year's big television event: the Melodifestivalen final, in which the country's musical standard-bearer will be selected for the Eurovision Song Contest. READ »

Sonja and Sanna confound Melodifestivalen pundits

National: 4 Mar 07
In a surprise result, Sonja Aldén and Sanna Nielsen were the Swedish public's choice as the last pair to go to the final round of Melodifestivalen in Stockholm next week. READ »

Veteran rocker sparks diplomatic incident

Society: 1 Mar 07
The Polish ambassador has reported ageing Swedish rocker Magnus Uggla to the discrimination ombudsman for his reference to "dodgy Poles" in the song he has entered in Melodifestivalen. READ »

Singer-songwriters win through to Melodifestivalen final

National: 24 Feb 07
Musicality triumphed over glitz in the last heat of Sweden's Melodifestivalen competition, with Sarah Dawn Finer and Andreas Johnson winning through to the final in Stockholm on March 10th. READ »

Idol takes over Melodifestivalen

National: 18 Feb 07
The power of the Idol franchise was shown at Saturday night's Melodifestivalen semi-final, with both finalists drawn from Swedish Idol. Veteran Magnus Carlsson failed to make it. READ »

Melodifestivalen: Victory for The Ark and unknown teacher

Society: 11 Feb 07
Old pros The Ark will be joined in the final of Melodifestivalen by a schoolteacher with no prior stage experience. READ »

Melodifestivalen: The Ark accused of plagiarism

National: 10 Feb 07
They're one of the favourites to win Melodifestivalen and represent Sweden at Eurovision in Helsinki. But a well-known songwriter has accused The Ark of stealing his song. READ »

Swedes thrown out of Eurovision

National: 6 Feb 07
Swedish band the Rednex have been thrown out of the contest to represent Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest. READ »

Introducing...Carola

Lifestyle: 5 Feb 07
As Melodifestivalen kicks off, Paul O'Mahony takes a look at last year's winner – the charismatic Christian who has become Sweden's uncontested Eurovision queen. READ »

Book and Nilsson to song contest final

National: 4 Feb 07
Sweden votes for tradition, sending schlager veterans Anna Book and Tommy Nilsson to the final of Melodifestivalen in Stockholm. READ »

Melodifestivalen: old favourites line up again

National: 2 Feb 07
The trend at the Eurovision Song Contest might be towards the weird and wacky, but judging by the line-up in Saturday's Melodifestivalen, Sweden's entry looks likely to be from one of the old favourites. READ »

Stalwarts make up Melodifestivalen shortlist

National: 10 Oct 06
The waiting is over - the songs set to compete to be next year's Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest have been unveiled at a ceremony in Stockholm. And there are some familiar names on the list. READ »

'I just love Swedish blonds'

Lifestyle: 1 Aug 06
American soul diva LaGaylia tells The Local about moving from Florida to Sundsvall, singing in Robert Wells' Rhapsody in Rock and learning to speak Swedish. READ »

Singer Nanne Grönvall has cancer

National: 28 Jun 06
Nanne Grönvall, one of Sweden's most popular singers, has cancelled a summer tour after discovering she has breast cancer. "I'm going to take it one day at a time," the singer said in a statement. READ »

Carola wins song final

National: 18 Mar 06
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Carola sweeps all ahead of her at the final of Melodifestivalen, winning the Swedish public's votes to take her to the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens. "I'm very grateful," she says. READ »

Voice worries plague Carola

Smörgåsbord: 18 Mar 06
A voice problem could threaten Carola's chances in Saturday's Melodifestivalen final. The favourite has been told to rest her voice after a shaky performance at Friday's dress rehearsal. READ »

Love Sweden, love Eurovision

Lifestyle: 16 Mar 06
As Carola, Kikki, Magnus et al warm up to take their place in the pantheon of European music greats, Christine Demsteader explains how Sweden brainwashed her into becoming a Eurovision addict. READ »

Rednex and Bäcklund snatch final Melodifestivalen places

Lifestyle: 13 Mar 06
Rednex and Magnus Bäcklund bagged the last two places in Saturday's Melodifestivalen final after winning the 'second chance' competition on Sunday evening. READ »

Carola swept through to final

Lifestyle: 12 Mar 06
As if carried on the breeze of her trademark wind machine, Carola left her troubles behind to sail into the final found of Melodifestivalen. She will be joined there by balladeer Björn Kjellman, while the Rednex get another chance. READ »

Carola in gay question panic

National: 10 Mar 06
Melodifestivalen is always guaranteed to give good tabloid fodder. This year proves no exception, where Carola once again encounters sticky questions about her attitude to gays. READ »

Editorial: Predicting the unpredictable for 2006

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jan 06
Eurovision, the World Cup, the small matter of a general election - and maybe even a royal wedding. The Local sticks its neck out on the issues that will make the headlines in 2006. READ »

Swede triumphs in Eurovision

National: 22 May 05
Damn shame she wasn't singing for Sweden. Elena Paparizou from Gothenburg takes the big prize back to Athens, while the other Swede, Martin Stenmarck, is left mopping up his tears. READ »

"Bullied" Stenmarck feels the pressure in Kiev

National: 19 May 05
"No chance for Martin", "We could be relegated": these have been some of the uplifting headlines for Martin Stenmarck as he prepares to sing for Sweden at the Eurovision final on Saturday. READ »

Melodifestivalen: Stenmarck pips Grönvall

Lifestyle: 15 Mar 05
Ladies man Martin Stenmarck finished top of the pile in Stockhom on Saturday, defeating the ever-popular Nanne Grönvall by three points. Nobody can remember any of the tunes, but those voting figures will be etched on people's minds for years to come. What a thriller! READ »

Melodifestivalen: Wennergren and Alcazar are weekend winners

Lifestyle: 7 Mar 05
The line-up is now complete for next Saturday's Melodifestivalen final in Stockholm. A 19 year old shocks the schlager world to win the last heat, whilst Alcazar predictably triumph in the 'second chance' saloon. READ »

Melodifestivalen: Men mop up in Skellefteå

Lifestyle: 27 Feb 05
It was a night for the men at Melodifestivalen's third round in Skellefteå. Jimmy Jansson and Martin Stenmarck picked up the ladies vote, but even a precariously attached decolletage couldn't save the day for Jessica Folcker. READ »

Melodifestivalen upset leads to recriminations

Lifestyle: 20 Feb 05
Denmark and Skåne share the spoils in the second round of Melodifestivalen. But the evening ends in failure for favourite Arja Saijonmaa, who claims she was beaten by her opponent's cleavage. READ »

Melodifestivalen: Clamp eases into final

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 05
Qualifying, heats, finals, drugs. You might have thought the Olympics had come round again. But no, the gun has just gone for Sweden's annual songfest. It proved to be a straightforward passage to the Stockholm finale for one of the favourites, Shirley Clamp. READ »

Melodifestivalen: "It's a dictatorship! Abuse of power!"

Lifestyle: 20 Jan 05
With a month to go before the first round of the song contest gets underway, the heat is on organiser Christer Björkman. As artists and experts flounce, whinge and accuse him of nepotism, he shrugs his shoulders and says he can't help knowing a lot of people. READ »

Melodifestivalen 2005: public silenced

Lifestyle: 8 Sep 04
Shame the same can't be said for most of the competitors. Anyway, the best way to find a singer to win the hearts of Europe is apparently to stop the Swedish public from making the choice. READ »

Skansen singalong slated

Lifestyle: 23 Jul 04
Sweden's favourite summer show is "facing catastrophe", Swedish film is "shit" and the countdown to Eurovision 2005 begins. Well, they say trouble comes in threes... READ »

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