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Colonic 'gas blast' rattles Swedish operating room

Science & Technology: 19 Dec 11
A Swedish health clinic has been reported after a routine bowel procedure was interrupted by what was described as a “powerful blast” likely caused by a build up of methane gas in the patient's intestines. READ »

Sports presenter: 'time for women's naked relay'

Sport: 12 Dec 11
A Swedish family was shocked when tuning in to watch a recent biathlon competition in Hilzenhoch, Austria, after a Swedish broadcaster welcomed them to quite a different sporting event than the one they had planned to watch. READ »

Burning magpie causes major Swedish blackout

Society: 7 Nov 11
A major power outage struck parts of south eastern Sweden on Sunday evening after a rogue magpie had flown into a relay plant and caught on fire. READ »

Dig reveals human skulls mounted on stakes

Science & Technology: 19 Sep 11
Several human skulls found mounted on wooden stakes have been uncovered from a Stone Age lake bed in central Sweden in what is believed to be the first discovery of its kind anywhere in the world. READ »

Ten fall through ice on Swedish lake

Society: 21 Feb 11
At least 10 people fell through thin ice on Vättern, Sweden's second-largest lake, on Sunday, but no serious injuries were reported. READ »

Stone Age dildo stokes global media interest

National: 24 Jul 10
A tool fashioned from a stag’s antler and believed to be a Stone Age dildo has caused a global sensation since its discovery in Sweden earlier this month. READ »

Woman reports gang rape at cemetery

National: 12 Jun 10
A 25-year-old woman has told police she was raped by three men at a cemetery in Motala in south central Sweden on Friday night. READ »

Electrolux stock falls on gloomy forecast

Business & Money: 3 Feb 10
Swedish appliances firm Electrolux reported solid 2009 profits on Wednesday. But a weak forecast pushed the company's stock into a nosedive. READ »

Injured soldiers back on Swedish soil

National: 13 Nov 09
Two of the five soldiers injured in Wednesday's bomb explosion in Afghanistan landed in Sweden on Thursday evening. A further two aircraft with medical personnel have been dispatched to bring back the other casualties. READ »

Council colleagues in violent clash over scent of a woman

Society: 12 Nov 09
Two female council employees in Motala, central Sweden, came to blows after a woman became irritated by another's choice of perfume, resulting in a physical attack and a death threat. READ »

Unique Stone Age burial items unearthed in central Sweden

Science & Technology: 29 Oct 09
Swedish archaeologists are marveling over a collection of 9,000 year old artifacts recently uncovered at an excavation site in central Sweden. READ »

Electrolux phases out production home and abroad

Business & Money: 24 Oct 09
Swedish appliance maker Electrolux is considering plans to phase out production at one of its factories in Motala in central Sweden. The company has also announced the closure of a plant in Spain which employs 450 people. READ »

Female cyclist bitten by attacker

National: 7 Sep 09
A female cyclist in central Sweden was assaulted on Sunday night by two men, one of whom left bite marks on her left arm. READ »

Student skips school for a whole year

Education: 3 Sep 09
A seventh grade high school student was absent from school for a whole year, but neither the school nor the county council raised the alarm. READ »

Man files police report after woman backs out of sex deal

Society: 29 May 09
A 66-year-old Swedish man has reported a woman to the police for fraud because she refused to have sex with him. READ »

Hidden treasure discovered in southern Sweden

Society: 12 May 09
A unique collection of silver coins and an unidentified skeleton have been found in Skänninge in southern Sweden. READ »

Heart patient died while doctor slept

Society: 17 Dec 08
An anesthesiologist who was asleep wearing earplugs while on-call at a Swedish hospital is facing disciplinary action after missing an alert that a patient’s heart had stopped. READ »

Electrolux slashes 3,000 jobs globally

Business & Money: 15 Dec 08
Swedish white goods maker Electrolux said on Monday it plans on cutting 3,000 jobs worldwide, adding that declining demand would likely result in the company failing to meet operating profit targets for 2008. READ »

Boys blocked from bearing 'girls-only' Lucia crown

National: 12 Dec 08
While generally supportive of equality between the sexes, Swedes still resist tampering with the Lucia holiday tradition which stipulates only girls should bear a candle-lit crown on December 13th. READ »

Man detained for triple-stabbing

National: 19 Nov 08
A 32-year-old man from Motala in central Sweden has been remanded in custody on three counts of attempted murder after stabbing his ex-girlfriend, her mother, and her mother’s friend on Saturday. READ »

German teenagers hurt in Linköping coach crash

National: 28 Jul 08
A tourist coach carrying 25 German passengers vaulted and crashed into a ditch near Linköping at lunchtime on Monday. Nine adolescents were taken to hospital. READ »

Top ten Swedish beaches

Travel: 12 May 08
With summer in the air and the holiday season approaching, Ulrika Österlund pulls on her sunglasses and takes a look at ten of Sweden's best beaches. READ »

Man attacks parents with axe

National: 5 May 08
A man in Motala in south central Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after attacking his parents with an axe. READ »

Father arrested for brutal child murders

National: 18 Mar 08
Two children, aged 1 and 3, have been stabbed to death at a house in Arboga in central Sweden. The children's 28-year-old father has been arrested on suspicion of murder. READ »

Four-year old drummer a hit on YouTube

Society: 16 Feb 08
A four-year-old Swedish boy has become a hit on YouTube. The budding rock star is creating a stir with his drumming skills. READ »

Apartment attacked with flying tin of fermented fish

National: 7 Feb 08
Something fishy happened in Motala last week. Police are on the case. READ »

Boy fights for life after firework blast

National: 1 Jan 08
Sweden ushered in the New Year overnight with a wave of fires, firework injuries and stabbings. READ »

Man who raped daughter convicted again

Society: 14 Sep 07
A Swedish man has been convicted of raping and sexually abusing his daughter over a twelve year period, starting when she was just three years old. He had previously been convicted of the offences, but the Supreme Court ordered a retrial. READ »

Defence budget cuts hit arms industry

Politics: 8 Sep 07
Concerns have been raised that government plans to cut the defence budget will threaten Sweden's arms industry. A project to develop new surface ships is to be axed, reports say. READ »

Flooding in southern Sweden

National: 9 Jul 07
Intense overnight rainfall has led to flooding in the Östergötland region in south eastern Sweden. READ »

Hardy Swedes gear up for classic challenge

Lifestyle: 15 Jun 07
Nicholas Chipperfield explains why 17,800 people from 34 countries are getting on their bikes by a lake in the middle of Sweden this weekend. READ »

Motala Lernia destroyed by fire

National: 6 Jun 07
Residents of Motala have been warned to stay indoors after a building housing the state-owned personnel and education company Lernia caught fire overnight. READ »

Two wounded and church destroyed in village blaze

National: 29 Mar 07
A fireman and a mechanic are being treated for burns after a fire destroyed a church and a workshop in a village near Motala in eastern Sweden. READ »

Sweden's storm chaos continues

National: 15 Jan 07
Storms have claimed millions of acres of Swedish forests and left hundreds of thousands of people without telephones or electricity. Many people could be without services for days. READ »

Many still without power after storm

National: 15 Jan 07
Over 200,000 households are still without electricity as a result of the storm that swept over Sweden on Sunday. The storm claimed three lives. READ »

Storm leaves three dead and 280,000 without power

National: 14 Jan 07
Storms battering western and southern Sweden gathered strength on Sunday, flattening trees and causing power cuts. Three people have died and over 280,000 households were without electricity on Sunday night. READ »

Father suspected of killing 3-year-old daughter

National: 12 Jan 07
A decision is to be reached on Friday afternoon as to whether the evidence against a 23-year-old man suspected of killing is daughter is strong enough to merit his detention. READ »

Boy 'raped by stepfather'

Society: 25 Jul 06
A ten year old boy from Motala was allegedly raped by his stepfather, who had sexually abused him over a period of several months. The 28-year old stepfather now faces prosecution. READ »

Woman who killed son 'not psychologically disturbed'

National: 27 Mar 06
A 31 year old woman who is accused of murdering her three year old son in Motala was not seriously psychologically disturbed when the crime was committed. That is the conclusion of a forensic psychiatric examination of the woman. READ »

Swedish woman held for murdering own son

National: 7 Feb 06
A woman in her 30s has been arrested in Motala on suspicion of the murder or manslaughter of her three year old child - after she herself called police to the scene. READ »

Gotland goes digital

Lifestyle: 19 Sep 05
Televisions on Gotland were strangely quiet on Monday as analogue transmission was switched off in preparation for an explosion of digital wonderment. READ »

Dates finalised for transfer to digital TV

National: 23 Jun 05
The government has finalised the dates for the transfer from analog to digital tv in Sweden. The process kicks off in Gotland later this year, hits Stockholm in 2007 and should be done and dusted by January 2008. READ »

Electrolux to be split up

Smörgåsbord: 22 Feb 05
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21 year old arrested for Liljeholmen rape

National: 25 Jan 05

In the last ten years the number of children raped in Sweden has almost doubled, prompting tougher rape laws to be introduced earlier this month. Meanwhile, a man is in custody suspected of brutally raping a young girl in a Stockholm suburb. READ »


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