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Military drops grenades in northern Sweden

Society: 19 Jan 12
Six grenades that fell from a military transport truck in northern Sweden on Wednesday have yet to be recovered despite a wide ranging search to recover the missing munitions. READ »

Small village shaken by suspected murder

National: 3 Jan 12
Police in the small village of Voljakkala, north of Haparanda in northern Sweden, are investigating the suspected murder of a 55-year-old woman, found dead in her flat on Monday evening. READ »

Rowdy start to the new year in Sweden

National: 1 Jan 12
Police were kept busy during the last evening of 2011 with celebrations all over Sweden getting out of hand and resulting in brawling and firework accidents. READ »

Dutch crooner named Santa of the Year

Society: 21 Nov 11
A velvet-voiced Dutchman who could also hold his own on a mechanical bull didn't let a lack of snow diminish his joy at being crowned winner of the 2011 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Climbers rescued from Sweden's tallest peak

National: 18 Nov 11
Two Swedish men were rescued on Thursday after being stuck for five days on the top of Mount Kebnekajse, Sweden's highest peak, as poor weather had previously made a rescue operation impossible. READ »

Police hunt snowblower, find moonshine

Society: 7 Nov 11
When police in northern Sweden were busy searching for a stolen snowblower they accidentally stumbled upon 130 litres of illegally distilled alcohol hidden in the same garage. READ »

Violence and drink rules All Saints weekend

Society: 6 Nov 11
The All Saints holiday weekend brought trouble throughout Sweden, with a notable spike in drunkenness, fights and other assaults in the north of the country. READ »

17-year-old arrested after 'Halloween spoof'

National: 5 Nov 11
A teenager was apprehended Friday evening in northern Sweden on suspicion of attempted murder after a shot was fired into a house. The alleged targets thought it was a Halloween spoof. READ »

Masked shooter arrested in northern Sweden

National: 4 Nov 11
Swedish police have arrested the masked man, armed with a rifle, who went berserk in the early hours of Friday morning when he failed to gain entry into an elderly couple's home. READ »

Facebook named as Luleå server hall backer

Business & Money: 26 Oct 11
US social media giant Facebook has been named as the backer of a server hall project in Sweden's far north, which is set to begin operations in 2012. READ »

Doc tried to trade drugs for sex with addicts

Society: 21 Oct 11
A doctor from the north of Sweden was recently found to have offered drugs for sexual favours to women with a history of drug addiction. READ »

Improved conditions on northern roads

Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Conditions are improving on the roads in northern Sweden, recently struck by flooding following heavy rains hitting the country over the last few days. READ »

One dead as bridge collapses in Sweden

National: 18 Sep 11
A man was reported missing after a bridge collapsed Saturday afternoon in northern Sweden. Later, an unidentified man was found dead under the bridge. READ »

Many missed shots in this year's bear hunt

National: 11 Sep 11
Hunters taking part in this season's bear hunt in Sweden have failed to bring the targeted animal down at least 34 times. Some bears have remained unharmed, but blood trails show that others have been maimed. READ »

Bear hunting season opens in Sweden

Science & Technology: 21 Aug 11
Bears in Sweden unwittingly live on the edge as the year’s autumn bear hunting season opens Sunday in both central and northern parts of the country. READ »

Two injured in fall on Sweden's highest peak

National: 14 Aug 11
Two men in their twenties were seriously injured in a climbing accident on Sweden's highest peak, Kebnekaise, early Sunday morning. READ »

Swedish soldier injured in Afghanistan

National: 13 Aug 11
A Swedish soldier was shot in the leg during a routine mission neary Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday morning. READ »

Diamond fever hits Sweden's far north

Business & Money: 2 Aug 11
The mineral rich regions of Sweden's far north have long been mined for their natural resources, one firm is now hoping that diamonds can be added to the list. READ »

Girl loses finger in water slide mishap

National: 11 Jul 11
A three year-old girl lost her finger in a water slide at at a camp site in Boden in in northern Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Centre Party should leave alliance: members

Politics: 6 Jul 11
Several leading Centre Party members want to break free of the centre-right government alliance before the next election, in a bid to regain the party's own identity, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Swedish police arrest knifeman after shoot out

National: 28 Jun 11
A man was arrested in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Tuesday morning after attacking a police officer with a knife and barricading himself in a house in the town, after the police opened fire in return. READ »

Minivan rollover kills two in northern Sweden

National: 19 Jun 11
Two people were killed and eight people injured when a minivan ran off the road and flipped Saturday night in northern Sweden. The severity of injuries sustained by the eight is unclear. READ »

Tornadoes leave northern Sweden reeling

Science & Technology: 5 Jun 11
Tornadoes and rough winds wreaked havoc yesterday in the north of Sweden on Saturday, tearing down a large number of trees, blocking roads and cutting off thousands of households' power. READ »

Activists held in 'Frankenfood' spuds raid

Science & Technology: 24 May 11
Police officers in northern Sweden took action on Tuesday against a group of Greenpeace activists occupying a barn while protesting against the planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in the area. READ »

New cruel bear trap found in Swedish woods

National: 17 May 11
Another attempt to starve bears to death slowly by fooling them into eating a blood-soaked mattress has been uncovered in the north of Sweden. READ »

Hunters bait bears with bloodied bedding for constipation death

Society: 9 May 11
Police in Norrbotten in northern Sweden are investigating an attempt to kill bears by fooling them into eating a blood-soaked mattress, causing a slow death by starvation due to constipation. READ »

Lemming hordes perish in Swedish roadside 'massacre'

Society: 27 Apr 11
Hordes of lemmings are making their way down from the Swedish mountains, falling victim to traffic in what has been described as a real "massacre". READ »

Quake-hit Japan eyes Swedish homes

Business & Money: 15 Mar 11
Västerbotten county in northern Sweden has received a request from Tokyo to examine the possibilities for the supply of simple Swedish wooden homes and shelters to earthquake and tsunami hit areas of Japan. READ »

Swedish couple killed in head-on collision

National: 27 Feb 11
A man and his wife lost their lives on Saturday after their car collided head-on with another vehicle in the northern Sweden. READ »

Swedes drink less alcohol: study

Society: 19 Feb 11
Swedish average alcohol consumption declined in 2009, in comparison with 2008, but remains high in a historical perspective, a new report published on Friday showed. READ »

Sleepy pastor leaves congregation in the lurch

Society: 27 Dec 10
Parishioners at a packed Luleå Cathedral were treated to something of an improvised Christmas Day church service when the pastor overslept and only made it in time for the coffee. READ »

Swedish officer badly hurt in Afghanistan

National: 19 Nov 10
A Swedish officer and two Finnish soldiers were seriously injured when their vehicle was shot with a rocket launcher in Afghanistan on Friday. READ »

Chlamydia 'refuseniks' face police round up

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 10
Eight people in northern Sweden who have refused to submit to a test for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia could face forcible collection by police after a court ruling. READ »

Live Blog: post-election developments

National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes. READ »

'Sleepwalking' rapist gets two years

National: 2 Sep 10
A 35-year-old man has been convicted of the rape of a sleeping woman at a party in Haparanda in northern Sweden in April, despite claims that he was also fast asleep at the time. READ »

Man arrested for murdering wife

National: 9 Aug 10
A man in Malmberget in northern Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his common-law wife in their home. READ »

Heavy rains forecast for eastern Sweden

Science & Technology: 4 Aug 10
Heavy rains have been forecast for the east coast of Sweden as the Meteorological Institute issued a warning for areas around the Gulf of Bothnia. Southern Sweden can however expect more sunny warm weather. READ »

Protestors arrested in anti-US demo

Politics: 29 Jul 10
Five anti-military protesters have been arrested after breaking into a Swedish Air Force base to demonstrate against joint exercises planned with the US Air Force. READ »

Two killed in glacier accident on Kebnekaise

National: 27 Jul 10
Two Finnish citizens, a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, died on Tuesday in an accident on Storglaciären in Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain in the north, according to police. READ »

Three dead in football team bus crash

National: 25 Jul 10
Three people died and 17 people sustained injuries on Sunday afternoon when a bus collided head-on with a car outside Piteå in northern Sweden. READ »

40% of Swedes report improved finances: poll

National: 19 Jul 10
Four out of ten Swedes believe that their wallets have fattened over the last four years, a TV4/Novus poll reveals. READ »

Swedish house prices keep rising

Business & Money: 15 Jul 10
House prices in Sweden rose by two percent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden. READ »

Spring floods threaten northern Sweden

National: 21 May 10
Sweden's meteorological agency SMHI has issued flood warnings in several areas across northern parts of Sweden as water levels rise with the spring floods. READ »

Police busy on alcohol-soaked Walpurgis Night

National: 1 May 10
Police across Sweden were kept fully occupied on Friday as cells filed up amid traditional Walpurgis Night excesses. READ »

A new life in northern Sweden - Part Two

Lifestyle: 28 Apr 10
Winter in a picturesque snowbound town can instil in the visitor a true appreciation for life in the far north of Sweden. But a dearth of jobs and a surplus of solitude help explain the region's growing demographic crisis, writes Alec Forss. READ »

Swedish artist connected to Belgian child killer

Society: 6 Apr 10
A Swedish singer and artist has grabbed the news headlines in Belgium over the weekend after reports linking her as an "admirer" of the convicted triple murderer Kim De Gelder. READ »

Calm weather expected for Christmas Day

Science & Technology: 25 Dec 09
A yuletide calm has settled over Sweden for Christmas, both on the roads and in the skies. READ »

Sweden risks facing severe labour shortages

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 09
Over the next ten years, the number of native-born Swedes of working age will decline by 100,000. Without more immigrants, we will be unable to sustain our welfare standards, writes Olle Wästberg, head of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Swedish Rail Destinations: Piteå

Travel: 17 Dec 09
Sponsored article: From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities. READ »

Workers pick Sweden's shrubs and data hubs

Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago. READ »

Swedish town crowns Hong Kong man Santa of the Year

Society: 30 Nov 09
A Hong Kong man’s porridge eating skills helped him claim victory at the 2009 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Swedish archaeologists celebrate ancient find

Science & Technology: 29 Nov 09
People lived in the Torne River Valley on the border with Sweden and Finland some 11,000 years ago, a 'sensational' new archaeological find has shown. READ »

Fury over three-year-old's retouched school photo

Society: 6 Nov 09
The father of a three-year-old girl from northern Sweden is outraged that school photographers have retouched his daughter’s school picture for the second year in a row. READ »

School in swine flu jab drive after young girl dies

National: 5 Nov 09
Medical authorities in Haparanda in northern Sweden have begun vaccinating all pupils at a school in the town following the swine flu-related death of an 8-year-old Finnish girl. READ »

Snow storms strike in northern Sweden

National: 7 Oct 09
Heavy overnight snowfalls have been playing havoc with traffic conditions in inland areas of northern Norrland on Wednesday morning. READ »

Swedish nurse suffers burns after hand gel rub

National: 24 Sep 09
A nurse at an eldercare home in Norrbotten in northern Sweden was left with burns to her left hand as residual traces of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant set alight while pushing a trolley. READ »

Smoking during pregnancy raises babies' asthma risk: study

Science & Technology: 15 Sep 09
Babies born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are up to six times more likely to develop asthma, according to a Swedish study. READ »

Stranded Thai berry pickers on their way home

National: 28 Aug 09
Some 200 Thai berry pickers left stranded in Sweden after staking their life savings to travel have had their return trips arranged for them through donations. The first of the berry pickers returned to Thailand yesterday. READ »

Freckles increase risk of cancer: study

Science & Technology: 6 Jul 09
People with freckles or birthmarks are at greater risk of developing skin cancer, according to a new study from Lund University. READ »

Man killed during Midsummer knife fight

National: 20 Jun 09
A man was stabbed to death on Friday during a fight on the island of Öland. But in many parts of the country, poor weather put a damper on the Midsummer festivities. READ »

Swedish politician sings Hitler's praises

Politics: 18 Jun 09
A local Christian Democratic politician in northern Sweden is in hot water after praising Adolf Hitler for his skill in solving economic crises. READ »

Activists arrested during NATO exercise

National: 10 Jun 09
Five people were arrested on Wednesday morning after entering a bombing range in northern Sweden being used as a part of a major NATO training exercise. READ »

Air force compensates farmer for hen massacre

Society: 8 Jun 09
The Swedish armed forces has agreed to compensate a poultry farmer in northern Sweden after an air force exercise frightened the life out of 31 of her chickens. READ »

'Missing' Swedish snowmobilers found in sauna

Society: 27 May 09
The search for three men reported missing while on a snowmobile trek in the mountains in northern Sweden was called off when a police helicopter discovered the men relaxing in a sauna. READ »

Police officer drunk in charge of firearms unit

National: 21 May 09
The commanding officer of a police firearms unit in Luleå in northern Sweden was drunk when his colleagues opened fire with an automatic weapon hitting cars and houses last year, it has emerged. READ »

Rare owl convalescing in southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 26 Apr 09
A Lapland Owl was found injured in a ditch in southern Sweden in March. The species is very rare in these parts and the bird is now convalescing after receiving hospital treatment. READ »

Transsexual granted right to change name to Immanuel

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. 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 »

Snowmobilers' deaths remain a mystery

National: 30 Mar 09
Police in northern Sweden remain baffled over a couple found dead beside their snowmobile on Sunday on a lake outside of Kiruna. READ »

Swede held in Colombia sends video message

National: 1 Feb 09
Relatives of the 69-year-old Swedish man kidnapped in Colombia in 2007 have received a video message from him. Ingrid Betancourt has now been approached to help secure the man's release. READ »

Blocket ads worth more than Estonia

Business & Money: 14 Jan 09
Business is thriving on Swedish buy-and-sell site Blocket.se as the market for second hand goods soars in the wake of the economic crisis. READ »

Dogs save Swedish man from hostile elk

National: 28 Dec 08
A 75-year-old Swedish man escaped with minor injuries after a pack of dogs chased off an aggressive elk from an orchard in the center of Gällivare in northern Sweden on Saturday evening. READ »

Thousands still without electricity

National: 14 Dec 08
Thousands of households in areas of northern Sweden were still without electricity on Sunday morning. Heavy snow and thick layers of ice are hampering repair work. READ »

Thousands lack power after heavy snow

National: 13 Dec 08
After heavy snowfalls across Sweden on Friday thousands of people were left without electricity on Saturday morning. Icy road conditions were forecast for Saturday in Stockholm and northern areas. READ »

Warning for icy roads across Sweden

National: 4 Dec 08
Weather forecasters in Sweden are warning drivers for slippery roads throughout the country on Thursday, with snow to blame in the north and ice in the south. READ »

Cross-dressing Swedish man can be named Madeleine

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. READ »

Woman beaten to death in northern Sweden

National: 2 Nov 08
A young woman was beaten to death in Gällivare in northern Sweden in the early hours of Sunday. A man in his thirties has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. READ »

Smuggling charges dropped when couple revealed party plans

Society: 22 Oct 08
The busy social life of an elderly couple from Piteå in northern Sweden has helped free them of smuggling charges after being caught transporting thousands of litres of alcohol from Germany into Sweden. READ »

Suspected killer to face remand hearing

National: 19 Oct 08
The 50-year-old man held on suspicion of murdering 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall in northern Sweden will face a remand hearing on Sunday. He continues to deny the murder and Stenvall's body remains undiscovered. READ »

Evidence mounts in missing woman case

National: 18 Oct 08
The prosecutor confirmed on Saturday that blood belonging to 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall, has been found in a car owned by the 50-year-old man held on suspicion of her murder. READ »

Search for missing Swedish woman intensifies

National: 22 Sep 08
Police are expanding their search for 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall, who disappeared more than a week ago in Norrbotten in northern Sweden. READ »

Concern over magic mushroom use among Sweden's youth

Society: 18 Sep 08
Police in Gällivare in northern Sweden have been informed that the liberty cap mushroom is being picked and used as a drug by the area’s young people. READ »

Police fear for safety of missing woman

National: 14 Sep 08
A 29-year-old woman is missing in the north of Sweden. The woman has not been seen since leaving her home in Piteå on Friday and police fear for her safety after her car was found abandoned on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Military units given government reprieve

Politics: 14 Sep 08
The government has performed a u-turn and confirmed that no changes to the organization of the Swedish military are necessary. A reprieve has therefore been given to several units threatened with disbandment. READ »

Mountain rescuers locate missing boy

National: 4 Sep 08
The 10-year-old boy who disappeared on Wednesday afternoon from a school outing in the mountains near Kvikkjokk in northern Sweden has been found alive. READ »

Bugged man reports FRA to Sweden's Chancellor of Justice

National: 25 Jul 08
Sweden's National Defence Radio Establishment (FRA) has been reported to the Chancellor of Justice by one of those on a classified list of people bugged in the 1990s for doing business with Russia. READ »

Moped in close encounter with wall

National: 13 Jul 08
A Swedish man was injured Saturday when he crashed his moped into a wall. READ »

Swedish traders warm to euro

Society: 10 Jul 08
Acceptance of euro notes and coins is becoming more and more widespread in Swedish businesses, according to a new survey. READ »

Son suspected of killing mother

National: 17 May 08
A woman was found dead in an apartment in Luleå on Friday. Police suspect the woman's son of being responsible for her death. READ »

Green cars hit record highs

Business & Money: 16 May 08
Green is the new black as sales of environmentally friendly cars hit the roof in Sweden. READ »

Flooding threatens northern Sweden

National: 7 May 08
The national weather service, SMHI, has issued a warning for extremely strong currents in streams near the coast in southern Norrbotten in northern Sweden. READ »

Sweden's military plans further cuts

National: 23 Apr 08
Eksjö, Luleå, Karlsborg and Uppsala will soon be without any military activity, announced Armed Forces Director General Marie Hafström on Wednesday. READ »

Reindeer herder’s lasso toss saves ice fishing Swede

National: 21 Apr 08
When the ice started crumbling beneath him, Mikael Vikström thought his ice fishing days were over until a quick-thinking reindeer herder happened to pass by. READ »

Health workers union steps up strike pressure

Business & Money: 16 Apr 08
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) approved an additional round of industrial action on Wednesday. READ »

More elderly Swedes prescribed antidepressants

National: 9 Apr 08
The prescribing of antidepressants for people over 75-years-old has increased dramatically since 2000. READ »

31-year-old charged with child porn offences

National: 28 Mar 08
A 31-year-old man in the north of Sweden has been caught with 11,000 pictures depicting child pornography on his computer. READ »

Skin cancer figures rising in Sweden

National: 24 Mar 08
More Swedes are being diagnosed with skin cancer than in previous decades. READ »

Swedish police forced to release murderer

National: 19 Mar 08
Swedish police have been forced to release a convicted murderer after French police failed to arrive in time to collect him. READ »

Swedish women close to bottom of EU business start-up rankings

Business & Money: 18 Feb 08
While Sweden usually ranks high in matters of gender equity, a new study reveals an exception when to comes to business. READ »

Major reduction in sick leave claims

Politics: 6 Feb 08
A sharp drop in the number of people claiming sick benefits has begun saving Sweden billions of kronor. READ »

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