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French oyster lovers to munch on Swedish spats

National: 17 May 13
Swedish oyster farmers are set to help out their struggling French colleagues, whose haul has diminished in recent years, by exporting oysters spats to France for the first time. READ »

Swedish boat accident clouds America's Cup

Sport: 12 May 13
America's Cup officials are battling to keep the sailing world's most prestigious event afloat, pressing on with a probe seeking answers to the death of Briton Andrew Simpson following the capsizing of a Swedish catamaran. READ »

Bildt disarms nuke critics in shock radio show call

Politics: 6 May 13
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt surprised listeners on Monday by spontaneously calling in to a radio talk show to answer criticism about Sweden's nuclear anti-proliferation policy. READ »

Sweden's Aussies and Kiwis remember Anzacs

Lifestyle: 3 May 13
Celebrating Antipodean military history may seem an odd crowd-puller at the Swedish horse races, but not only has the Täby Gallop Racing Club for Anzac day seen visitor numbers surge 20 percent every year, it has reunited families. READ »

'Total smoking ban in Sweden by 2025'

Science & Technology: 13 Mar 13
Sweden should follow New Zealand's example and phase out smoking completely by 2025, representatives from several lung cancer groups in Sweden have argued. READ »

Sweden looks to send skulls back to Polynesia

Science & Technology: 24 Dec 12
Uppsala University wants to return three human skulls that researchers collected in French Polynesia in the 19th century. READ »

Sweden nabs fourth in global corruption ranking

Business & Money: 6 Dec 12
Sweden ranks fourth in a global corruption index released on Wednesday, matching its 2011 placement as one of the world's least corrupt countries, despite lingering concerns about political party financing. READ »

Swedish children need to study more: minister

Education: 27 Nov 12
Sweden failed to make an appearance in a list of the top 20 countries worldwide ranked by education quality, a review which coincided with the Finance Minister claiming that Swedish kids need to study more. READ »

Swede caught scaling Sydney Opera House

Society: 2 Nov 12
A Swedish man has been convicted of trespassing after climbing to the top of the Sydney Opera House in Australia following a night of partying. READ »

Spotify on Samsung smart TVs in Europe

Business & Money: 11 Oct 12
South Korean electronics giant Samsung will be the first to offer the Swedish music streaming service Spotify's catalogue on its smart TVs across Europe, the company said Wednesday. READ »

Three years in prison for brutal knife attack

National: 8 Sep 12
A 23-year-old member of a Nazi organization has been sentenced to three years in prison for brutally attacking and stabbing a Gothenburg cab driver when it was time to pay the bill. READ »

Swede held in Panama for money-laundering

Business & Money: 2 Aug 12
A Swedish man has been arrested in Panama together with a Dutchman on suspicion of laundering some $100 million as part of an international crime syndicate. READ »

Cricket in Sweden: Q&A with Shahzeb Choudhry

Lifestyle: 27 Jul 12
The Local's Salomon Rogberg talks to Shahzeb Choudry of the Swedish Cricket Federation to review the state of the wicket in the Swedish cricketing world. READ »

Surprise boom for Swedish music industry

Business & Money: 13 Jul 12
The Swedish music industry has seen an increase in sales in the first half of 2012, with digital services like Spotify to thank for the boost, new figures show. READ »

Skype-founders launch Spotify rival in Sweden

Business & Money: 4 Jul 12
Swedish online music company Spotify will now see further competition on the home front after Rdio, a similar music streaming service, created by the founders of Skype and launched in Sweden and Finland on Wednesday. READ »

Is Loreen a worthy Eurovision winner?

Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 12
Love it or hate it, Eurovision is going to be hard to avoid in Sweden for the next year. But why does Sweden get so wrapped up in the event, and was Sweden’s entry the deserving winner? The Local’s Oliver Gee looks deeper. READ »

Spotify launches its services Down Under

Science & Technology: 22 May 12
Swedish music streaming service Spotify launched in Australia and New Zealand on Monday, offering the same services as in Europe and the US. READ »

Comedian Al Pitcher in the Local Lockdown

Lifestyle: 16 May 12
With Sweden’s comedian of the year Al Pitcher releasing his first book this week, The Local catches up with him to find out more, and we preview our first ever “Local Lockdown” video segment. READ »

Aussie in 15 kronor Sweden food challenge

Business & Money: 4 May 12
Australian beach-volleyballer and current Stockholm resident Johannah Rohkämper plans to survive in the Swedish capital on 15 kronor ($2.20) a day to raise awareness about global poverty. READ »

Greenpeace prompts new delay of Shell icebreaker

Business & Money: 4 May 12
Greenpeace slammed Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt's stance on Arctic oil drilling as members of the environmental group on Friday once again delayed a Finnish icebreaker in a bid to block plans by Shell to drill for oil in the region. READ »

Bumblebee researchers 'threatened' by bee fans

Science & Technology: 3 May 12
British researchers who have come to Sweden to take bumblebees back to England have been threatened by bee-enthusiasts, who believe that Sweden’s bee population risks extinction. READ »

UK bumblebee push sparks Swedish anger

Science & Technology: 29 Apr 12
A plan by British researchers to reintroduce an extinct bumblebee to the UK by collecting 100 queens from Sweden has prompted an angry reaction from Swedish environmentalists who fear for the species' survival. READ »

Al Pitcher: using English to make Swedes laugh

Lifestyle: 26 Jan 12
Sweden’s best male stand-up comedian is a Kiwi from London, and the last two and a half years of Al Pitcher's exile in Sweden have been the best in his career, contributor Jacob Sundberg discovers. READ »

Swedish grannies in bid to save freezing penguins

Society: 10 Nov 11
A gaggle of needle-wielding Swedish pensioners and other residents in the village of Österbymo have heeded a call for knitted sweaters to help keep penguins warm following a recent oil spill in New Zealand. READ »

Sweden runner up in 'reputation' ranking

National: 29 Sep 11
Sweden has been placed second behind Canada in a ranking of countries with the best reputation in the world, in a new study linking a country's image with foreign investment and tourism receipts. READ »

Housing a hedgehog is a crime: Swedish police

Society: 29 Jul 11
Police raided the apartment of a woman in Gävle in eastern Sweden after being tipped off that she was caring for a wild hedgehog in violation of the country's hunting laws. READ »

Eco thumbs up for Swedish beaches

Science & Technology: 2 Jun 11
Seventy two ports and beaches in Sweden have received the prestigious Blue Flag status this year for their environmental friendliness READ »

Swedish roller girls cruising for a bruising

Lifestyle: 20 May 11
Featuring the likes of Misty Muffdiver and Vix Viking, roller derby is in the midst of a renaissance in Sweden, where camaraderie and image are just as important as inflicting maximum pain on your opponent, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Sweden hands back Maori skulls

Society: 29 Apr 11
The remains of three Maori aboriginals were returned Friday to officials from a New Zealand at a solemn ceremony in Lund, in the south of Sweden. READ »

Major spending boost for Swedish railways

Politics: 8 Apr 11
The Swedish government on Friday announced plans to invest an additional 800 million kronor ($128 million) in the country's rail system during 2011 following a harsh winter in which the country's trains were plagued by malfunctions. READ »

London 2012: 500 days to go

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Mar 11
In 500 days the 2012 Olympic Games will open in London - exactly a hundred years after Stockholm. They will be an occasion to remind ourselves of our humanity, writes Andrew Mitchell, British Ambassador to Sweden and FCO Director for the London 2012 Games. READ »

Swedish hunter falls to his death in New Zealand

National: 14 Mar 11
A 25-year-old Swedish man on holiday in New Zealand has been found dead near a waterfall in a national park. READ »

Foreign ministry: 100 Swedes in NZ quake zone

National: 22 Feb 11
The Swedish foreign ministry believes that around 100 Swedes were in Christchurch, New Zealand at the time of a major earthquake, but confirmed that there are currently no reports of any injuries. READ »

Sweden rises in business friendliness ranking

Business & Money: 5 Nov 10
Sweden has come in 14th in an ease of doing business ranking of countries issued by the World Bank, among the bottom performers of the Nordic countries, but an improvement from 18th last year. READ »

Swedish activists praise Peace Prize winner Liu

National: 8 Oct 10
Swedish democracy activists praised the choice of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, but emphasised he is not the only prisoner of conscience in China that should be released. READ »

Swedes perform poorly in charitable giving survey

Business & Money: 10 Sep 10
Sweden came in 45th place among 153 countries in a survey measuring charitable behaviour around the world, tied with neighbouring Finland, as well as Lebanon, Zambia, and Ghana. READ »

Elmander double seals Bolton win

Sport: 22 Aug 10
Swedish international striker Johan Elmander scored twice on Saturday as Bolton registered a 3-1 win away to sloppy West Ham. READ »

Swedes impress at FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Sport: 27 Jul 10
Although Sweden missed out on the World Cup in South Africa this year, the women's team at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany impressed the crowds in its tournament debut. READ »

Sweden backs whale hunt plan

Politics: 12 Jun 10
Sweden drew the ire of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on Friday as the country lent its backing to a proposal for the introduction of quotas for commercial whale hunting. READ »

Study: Low IQ linked to suicide risk

Science & Technology: 4 Jun 10
A study involving a million Swedish men has shown that there is a higher risk of attempted suicide later in life among those with lower IQ at the age of 18. READ »

Hate cleric will not participate in Swedish conference

National: 3 Apr 10
A US-born Muslim preacher who has described Jews as "filthy" and advocates the execution of homosexuals will not be participating in a Swedish young muslim conference he was scheduled to speak at over Easter weekend. READ »

The Local launches America's News in British English

Society: 1 Apr 10
With English-speakers worldwide seeing their own versions of the language eroded by a global standard, The Local is launching an ambitious new project to bring befuddled migrants all the latest news in the English that suits them best. READ »

Gay-hate imam to speak at Swedish conference

Society: 24 Mar 10
An organisation for young Muslims in Sweden has outraged the country's largest gay rights group by inviting an imam in favour of executing homosexuals to speak at its April conference. READ »

Hard rocking beer man: 'I brew in A Major'

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” is a track from Sigtuna Brygghus head brewer Mattias Hammenlind’s favourite hard rock band AC/DC. It also sums up nicely his approach to brewing beer, writes Darren Packman. READ »

How to shine at your Swedish job interview

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Feb 10
Sponsored article: Even getting a job interview can be an achievement, particularly if you're a foreigner in Sweden. In the first of a series of features on the Swedish job market, Nic Townsend looks at how you can make the most of your big chance. READ »

Fifth of Swedish population foreign

National: 29 Jan 10
Latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that in the last 50 years the number of foreigners living in Sweden or people with two foreign-born parents has risen from four to nearly 20 percent. READ »

Sweden sets pace as countries race to tackle music piracy

Science & Technology: 27 Jan 10
Countries all over the world are following the lead of Sweden, France and South Korea as the battle against illegal music downloads intensifies. READ »

Sweden hands over Maori remains

Society: 18 Nov 09
Sweden on Wednesday returned the skeletal remains of Maori people, which were removed from New Zealand in the mid to late nineteenth century. READ »

'Anti-depressants cut suicides': Swedish study

Society: 23 Oct 09
The number of suicides reported among the Swedish adult population has declined considerably and anti-depressants are credited with saving up to 500-600 lives per annum, a new study argues. READ »

Activists win 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

Society: 13 Oct 09
A Congolese environmentalist, an Australian doctor and a peace worker from New Zealand have been announced as the joint winners of the Swedish Right Livelihood Prize. READ »

Two Swedes missing after Samoa tsunami

National: 2 Oct 09
Two young Swedes are reported to be missing after the tsunami which swept across the South Pacific islands of Samoa on Tuesday evening. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 18 - 24

Lifestyle: 16 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: Beer festival & Tom Jones (UK) in Stockholm; International Book Fair in Gothenburg; Hello Saferide in Malmö. READ »

Peak nears for Sweden's swine flu outbreak

Science & Technology: 11 Sep 09
Sweden's swine flu outbreak is expected to peak within the next two to three weeks, indicating that the disease has been less widespread than health authorities originally expected. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 28 - September 3

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: International comedy & classical music festivals in Stockholm; Aero show & international athletics in Gothenburg; Dinosaur Jr in Malmö. READ »

Smacking kids is never acceptable: Swedish politician

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Aug 09
Thirty years have passed since Sweden banned parents from smacking their children. But Liberal Party MP Helena Bargholtz is dismayed to learn that New Zealand is holding a referendum to reintroduce the practice. READ »

Mystery Malmö loverboy tops Japanese charts

Society: 1 Apr 09
A catchy hit inspired by a lovestruck Tokyo girl’s new life in Malmö has soared to the top of the charts in Japan, as a wave of Swedish influences washes over the country's musical landscape. READ »

'You couldn't hope for a better presidency'

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Apr 09
In a time of severe economic crisis, the European Union is fortunate to have Sweden taking up the presidential reins this summer, British Ambassador to Sweden Andrew Mitchell tells The Local's James Savage. READ »

Birthplace matters in Swedish job market

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
Foreign-born graduates of Swedish universities suffer discrimination in the Swedish labour market and are often under-paid and over-qualified, a new report shows. Action is demanded to meet the challenges of an ageing workforce. READ »

Explosive growth for Swedish arms exports in 2008

Business & Money: 3 Mar 09
Swedish arms exports jumped up 32 percent in 2008, with large purchases by five countries accounting for nearly 60 percent of total. READ »

Two Swedes die in New Zealand car crash

National: 1 Mar 09
Two Swedish women have died in a car crash while on holiday in New Zealand. The women, both in their early twenties, were from Jönköping in southern Sweden. READ »

Vasaloppet organizers hope for cold weekend weather

Sport: 27 Feb 09
Cross-country ski enthusiasts in Sweden are gearing up for the 85th Vasaloppet ski race on Sunday, in which 15,000 skiers will compete across a punishing 90-kilometre course. READ »

The Local and Långholmen - a winning team

Sport: 19 Jan 09
With the new season just around the corner, The Local has teamed up with Långholmen FC, a football club that more than makes up for its short tradition with an ever lengthening list of nationalities. 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 »

Swedish police inspector dies in New Zealand crash

National: 2 Jan 09
A 50-year-old Swedish police inspector died on New Year's Day after losing control of a camper van on a New Zealand highway. READ »

US think tank: Swedish foreign aid 'best in the world'

Politics: 5 Dec 08
Sweden’s foreign assistance programme has been given top marks by an influential American think tank. READ »

Brand Sweden enters global top ten

Society: 10 Nov 08
A typically inhumane November mixture of wind, sleet, snow and SAD is not enough to dampen Sweden's mood, as the country uses its cunning and stealth to creep into the top ten of a prestigious nation branding index. READ »

Sweden second in global tax league

Politics: 15 Oct 08
Sweden has maintained its position as the country with the second highest tax burden in the world, according to the OECD. READ »

Sweden tops new transparency ranking

National: 23 Sep 08
Sweden, along with Denmark and New Zealand, achieved the highest score in a new survey ranking 180 countries on perceived levels of public-sector corruption. READ »

Sweden drops in business friendliness ranking

Society: 10 Sep 08
Sweden has fallen three places in a new report ranking countries according to how easy it is to do business. READ »

Report: mothers in Sweden have it best

Society: 6 May 08
Sweden is the world’s best country in which to be a mother, according to a new report published by Save the Children. READ »

Swedish musician José González thrives on simplicity

Lifestyle: 5 May 08
In an age when even hard-up musicians can create studio quality from a bedroom, successful Gothenburg-based songwriter José González stands out for his raw simplicity. READ »

Surf's up in Sweden

Travel: 25 Feb 08
Aussie surfer Tyson Ballard braves the elements to discover the Swedish coastline's chilly charms. READ »

Heraldists want penis reinstated on military badge

Society: 21 Feb 08
Sweden's chief heraldists remain dissatisfied with a decision by the Nordic Battlegroup to remove a lion's penis depicted on its coat of arms. READ »

Swedish tourism bad for environment

Science & Technology: 12 Nov 07
Swedish wanderlust comes at a high environmental price, according to a new study which shows than carbon emissions from the country's tourism industry come in at twice the global average. READ »

Uppsala 'top Swedish university'

Society: 11 Nov 07
Uppsala and Lund Universities are among the 200 best institutions in the world, according to a new British survey. READ »

Learning Swedish: accept no substitutes

Lifestyle: 10 Oct 07
Swedes might speak great English, but there's no substitute for getting your tongue around the Swedish language. Fiona Basile finds that learning the lingo needn't be a nightmare. READ »

Sweden ill-equipped to deal with corruption

National: 8 Oct 07
Sweden does not have a effective framework in place to combat bribery and international corruption, according to a new report from Transparency International (TI). READ »

A touch of Thai magic

Lifestyle: 10 Aug 07
Tipping Point: Kathleen Harman finds a Thai restaurant in a converted horsebox by a derelict shipyard has unexpected charms. READ »

Swedes face big hit if rates rise

Business & Money: 30 Jul 07
Swedes could take a big hit if house prices were to fall sharply, or if interest rates were to climb, a report by credit rating agency Fitch Ratings says. READ »

Sweden tops 'responsible competitiveness' league

National: 6 Jul 07
Sweden has been named the world's most responsibly competitive nation in a new report. A combination of environmental, social and corporate factors meant all the Nordic countries were in the top ten. READ »

Kiwis knock Swedes out of America's Cup

Sport: 8 May 07
Swedish yacht Victory Challenge has ended its pursuit of the 32nd America's Cup, bowing out after losing a close-fought encounter with Emirates Team New Zealand. READ »

Why is Brazil playing Ghana in Stockholm?

Lifestyle: 26 Mar 07
The Brazilian football team is in Sweden - but it is not playing the Swedish national side. Instead, Ronaldinho and chums have played Chile in Gothenburg and face Ghana in Stockholm. Eddie de Oliveira finds out why. READ »

Swedish countryside goes double Dutch

Society: 13 Mar 07
An increasingly number of Dutch people are moving from their crowded homeland to the open spaces of rural Sweden. Swedish regions are fighting to attract what is viewed as a very desirable immigrant group. READ »

Immigrant ID: Readers' reactions

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Mar 07
The Local's recent series of articles on the problems faced by immigrants in getting Swedish identity cards has provoked a strong reaction from readers. Here's what they're saying. READ »

Record immigration to Sweden in 2006

Society: 15 Feb 07
More migrants than ever before made their way to Sweden last year. The number of Iraqi immigrants was 269 percent higher than in 2005. READ »

Sweden third on iPod Index

Science & Technology: 19 Jan 07
In 1986 The Economist launched the Big Mac Index to measure purchasing power parity. Now an Australian bank updates the concept, comparing the price of iPods around the world. READ »

America ten percent cheaper since January

Business & Money: 13 Nov 06
People earning Swedish salaries will be able to make their money go much further now than they could back in January. The dollar is ten percent cheaper now than it was back in January. READ »

Sweden shines in standard of living survey

Society: 9 Nov 06
Sweden has come fifth in the United Nation's annual survey of international standards of living, the Human Development Index. Norway came out on top, with other Nordic countries doing well. READ »

Sweden tops world tax league

Business & Money: 13 Oct 06
Sweden leads the world when it comes to national tax burdens, according to new figures from the OECD. READ »

Persistence pays: getting a job in Sweden

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 06
With Swedish unemployment higher than in many other countries , getting a job in Sweden isn't easy – but it is possible. Janelle Larsson asks employers how foreigners can maximize their chances. READ »

Stockholm slips in life quality ranking

National: 21 May 06
Stockholm's quality of life has been ranked 20th out of 350 world cities - and 2nd in the Nordic region - in an annual survey by British company Mercer. Zurich took the top spot. READ »

Iranian refugees accepted by Sweden

Society: 17 May 06
Over a hundred Iranian Kurd refugees who fled Iran during the Islamic Revolution, then left Iraq during the war, are now on their way to Sweden from their desert camp in Jordan. READ »

Western immigrants earn more than Swedes

Society: 19 Apr 06
People who come to Sweden from western countries earn more on average than Swedes, although they're also more likely to be jobless. People from other parts of the world earn less than native-born Swedes. READ »

Nordic nations bid for UN Human Rights position

National: 4 Apr 06
Four Nordic countries have teamed up in a bid for a joint seat on the new United Nations Human Rights Council, their governments said on Tuesday. READ »

Sweden second in world environment league

National: 24 Jan 06
Sweden has been ranked first in Europe and second overall for environmental performance, according to an index to be released at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. READ »

Swedes shy away from entrepreneurship

Business & Money: 12 Jan 06
Sweden is way down the list when it comes to the number of people starting their own companies - but is also one of only two European countries that comes close to American investment in technology. READ »

Falun gears up for World Cup cycling

Sport: 3 Aug 05
It may have already lost two bids to host the Winter Olympics but the tiny Swedish town of Falun remains doggedly determined to become a leading centre for European sporting events, and perhaps one day get the Olympics after all. READ »

Sweden "sixth least corrupt"

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