Norwegian

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Sewage exposes Stockholm cocaine use

Society: 22 Mar 10
Clubbers and partygoers in Stockholm consume around 3,000 doses of cocaine per weekend night, according to tests on the city's sewage water. READ »

Serial killer investigation 'a scandal'

National: 19 Mar 10
The mother of Therese Johannessen has described the investigation into her daughter's death as scandalous, as an evidence controversy sheds doubt on the conviction of the Swedish serial murderer Thomas Quick. 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 »

Swedes win thrilling ski marathon

National: 7 Mar 10
Jörgen Brink and Susanne Nyström of Sweden won the respective men's and women's events in the annual 90 kilometre Vasaloppet ski race on Sunday. READ »

Swedish rapper gets life for Hollywood killing

National: 5 Mar 10
A Los Angeles court on Thursday sentenced 35-year-old Swedish hip-hop artist David Moses Jassy, aka Monopoly, to life imprisonment for the road rage murder of a jazz pianist in Hollywood in November 2008. READ »

Olsson claims new cross-country bronze

Sport: 1 Mar 10
Johan Olsson claimed Sweden's 11th medal of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games when fortune favoured him in the battle for the bronze in the men's 50 kilometre cross-country classic. READ »

Swedes strike gold in cross country relay

Sport: 25 Feb 10
Sweden claimed the 4x10 kilometres cross country relay gold on Wednesday, for a record fifth time. Norway settled for silver with the Czechs taking the bronze. READ »

Sweden and Norway in sprint clash

Sport: 22 Feb 10
Old rivals and neighbours Sweden and Norway will meet in both the men's and women's team sprints to decide who gets the cross-country bragging rights at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games. READ »

Nordic governments back SAS for now

National: 21 Feb 10
The governments of Sweden, Norway and Denmark have agreed to pump 4.7 billion kronor ($684 million) into the sagging Scandinavian airline SAS while all want to sell their stakes as biggest shareholders. READ »

Spirited Haag snags sensational silver

Sport: 19 Feb 10
Swedish cross-country skier Anna Haag clinched a superb second spot on Friday in the 15 km pursuit event at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. READ »

Norwegian launches new UK and Germany routes

Society: 17 Feb 10
Low cost carrier Norwegian has announced the launch of three new routes from Stockholm Arlanda servicing London/Gatwick, Edinburgh and Munich. READ »

Early curling upset as Swedes beat Brits

Sport: 17 Feb 10
Sweden's curling team stunned Britain's world champions with a 6-4 win on the first day of the Vancouver 2010 men's curling competition on Tuesday. READ »

Politician blames transvestite alter ego for sunny island freebie

Politics: 10 Feb 10
High profile Centre Party member of parliament Fredrick Federley passed the buck to Ursula, his transvestite alter ego, when put on the spot for accepting an all expenses paid trip to Gran Canaria. 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 »

'Roland Nilsson stole my goal': Tomas Brolin

National: 3 Feb 10
Tomas Brolin has been credited with 26 goals for Sweden. But the ex-Leeds United and Parma striker is now claiming that the figure should read 27. READ »

Record number of tourists flock to Sweden

Society: 3 Feb 10
The number of foreign tourists visiting Sweden climbed 3.3 percent in 2009 setting a record high and bucking the recession and a declining European trend, new statistics show. READ »

Swedish rapper guilty of Hollywood murder

Society: 2 Feb 10
A US court has found 35-year-old Swedish hip-hop artist David Jassy, aka Monopoly, guilty of the murder of a Norwegian-American pianist in Hollywood in November 2008. READ »

Double murder victim 'shot through the eye'

National: 24 Jan 10
At least one of the two victims of a brutal double murder in southern Sweden earlier this month was shot through the eye in a gangland-style execution. READ »

Agency blasts Sweden's 'most expensive' ranking

Society: 11 Jan 10
The Swedish Institute has slammed as “nonsense” an index released last week which ranked Sweden as the most expensive country in the world. READ »

Norwegian mafia tied to car trunk murder case

National: 11 Jan 10
Police in Oslo are to investigate suspicions that Norwegian drug gangs may be connected to the grisly find of two burned bodies in the boot of a car in western Sweden last week. READ »

Takeover bid sees Ticket trading halted

Business & Money: 5 Jan 10
Trading in shares of the Ticket travel company was halted on the Stockholm stock exchange on Tuesday morning after the company’s stock price shot up 22 percent on rumours of a takeover bid by the firm's primary owner. READ »

Dalarna braces for record-low Siberian chill

Science & Technology: 5 Jan 10
Temperatures in Dalarna in central Sweden are expected to drop below minus 40 degrees Celsius as another cold front sweeps into Sweden from Siberia. READ »

Missing Malmö girl alive and well in Iraq: police

National: 3 Jan 10
Four-year-old Maryam Ali Abdulhadi, who disappeared on New Year's Eve in Malmö in southern Sweden, is with all likelihood alive and well in Iraq, the Skåne police said in a statement. READ »

Search continues for 4-year-old Maryam

National: 2 Jan 10
Despite a massive search, a four-year-old girl who disappeared on New Year's Eve in Malmö in southern Sweden is still missing. Her mother claims she was kidnapped by two men and was being taken to her father, who lives abroad. READ »

Wolves fair game as Sweden sets cull

Society: 18 Dec 09
Swedish authorities have broken with a 45-year tradition and given the all clear for hunters to kill a total of 27 wolves next year in a bid to control the country's burgeoning lupine population. READ »

Sweden denied funds to host Euro 2016

Sport: 10 Dec 09
Sweden has scrapped its bid to co-host the Euro 2016 football championships with Norway after the governments of both countries refused to provide financial support for the joint bid. READ »

The Lowdown on von Koenigsegg

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 09
It sounded like a plot from a Bond film: a completely bald aristocratic inventor, sitting in his lair in a converted aircraft hangar, plotting the takeover of the iconic Saab car brand. READ »

Koenigsegg backs out of Saab deal

Business & Money: 24 Nov 09
A group headed by Swedish sports car maker Koenigsegg has broken off negotiations over the purchase of Saab Automobile, the prospective buyer said in a statement. READ »

Norway puts jail brakes on Swedish 'son of God' motorist

Society: 17 Nov 09
A Swedish man who claimed he was the son of God has been sentenced to prison in Norway for unlawful driving. READ »

Norwegian named as new Vattenfall CEO

Business & Money: 16 Nov 09
Sweden’s Vattenfall has picked a successor to take over from current CEO Lars G. Josefsson, who has been under fire following a string of controversies at the state-owned energy giant. READ »

Sweden lagging behind in equality for women professionals

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Nov 09
Sweden's much-vaunted gender equality statistics do not stretch as far as the boardrooms of private companies, an area in which the country has fallen way off the international pace, argues Nima Sanandaji. READ »

Swedish ferries equipped with 'sinking' life rings

National: 10 Nov 09
Many of the life buoys on Swedish passenger ferries have a defect that causes them to sink when they hit the water. READ »

Norway court rejects calls to block Pirate Bay

National: 7 Nov 09
Communications company Telenor will not be forced to block customers from accessing Swedish file sharing website The Pirate Bay, a court in Norway decided on Friday. READ »

Hamrén named coach as Swedish FA gets its man

Sport: 4 Nov 09
Erik Hamrén is to take over as new national team coach after the Swedish Football Association reached an agreement on Wednesday with his club, Norwegian champions Rosenborg. READ »

Hamrén ruled out for Sweden job

Sport: 30 Oct 09
Erik Hamrén has become the latest candidate to fall out of the running for his home country's national team vacancy as negotiations falter between his club Rosenborg and the Swedish Football Association. READ »

Hamrén confirms interest in Sweden job

Sport: 27 Oct 09
Erik Hamrén, the Swedish coach of reigning Norwegian football league champions Rosenborg said on Tuesday he is in discussions about filling the national team coaching vacancy in his native Sweden. READ »

Bergman's island home to become arts centre

Society: 24 Oct 09
A Norwegian businessman has bought the home of the late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman on the remote island of Fårö and plans to turn the property into an arts centre. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 23 - 29

Lifestyle: 22 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: African film festival & lullabies for the environment in Stockholm; Hammarkullen carnival fun & exile film festival in Gothenburg; Steve Earle (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Two Swedes convicted for selling illegal porn

National: 15 Oct 09
Two porn peddlers from northwestern Sweden have been convicted for selling pornographic films with exceedingly violent content. 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 journalist claims Obama Nobel jackpot

National: 9 Oct 09
While the decision to award US President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize has been received by widespread surprise, one Swedish journalist is toasting the Norwegians after winning 50,000 kronor on the outcome. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Fashion market & Nouvelle Vague (Fr) in Stockholm; Culture night & Nostalgia fair in Gothenburg; The Handsome Family (US) & English comedy in Malmö/Lund. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 1 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: International poetry festival & American football in Stockholm; International art biennial & World music festival in Gothenburg; Kings of Convenience (NO) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

SAS shares soar on union deal rumours

Business & Money: 30 Sep 09
The price of stock in Scandinavian airline SAS rose by 9 percent on Wednesday morning following news that the company was close to securing a deal with unions over lower wages and unsatisfactory employment conditions. READ »

Elite Swedish soldiers blow up wrong house

Society: 29 Sep 09
A group of elite Swedish soldiers made a colossal error during a demolition exercise at the weekend when they blasted their way into the wrong house. READ »

Bergman auction prices soar past estimates

Society: 29 Sep 09
Collectors and Ingmar Bergman fans proved willing to pay far more than expected for a range of the legendary filmmaker’s personal items auctioned off in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Fans revel in auction of Ingmar Bergman's personal effects

Lifestyle: 28 Sep 09
Movie buffs, art collectors and Ingmar Bergman fans will be able to put their hands on the legendary Swedish film-maker's personal items as they go under the hammer Monday in Stockholm, writes the AFP's Igor Gedilaghine. READ »

Koenigsegg countdown to seal Saab deal

Business & Money: 26 Sep 09
The buy-out of Saab Automobile by the Koenigsegg Group hangs in the balance after co-owner Bård Eker states the company could withdraw its offer if business is not concluded in the next few days. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 25 - October 1

Lifestyle: 24 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: Alela Diane (US) and football derby in Stockholm; International Book Fair & French acrobats in Gothenburg; Ane Brun (NO) in Malmö. READ »

SAS uses Facebook to call out Ryanair's 'dirty tricks'

Business & Money: 21 Sep 09
An offer of “free flights” by discount airline Ryanair to executives of Scandinavian airline SAS has erupted into a war of words between the rival airlines on Facebook which has invoked the character of a popular Jim Carrey film. READ »

Cockroach surprise for Swedish property mogul

Society: 16 Sep 09
A Stockholm-area investment executive received a package of live cockroaches in protest of his firm’s perceived negligence in upgrading run-down apartment buildings in Malmö’s Rosengård neighbourhood. READ »

Chinese automaker signs on to Saab deal

Business & Money: 9 Sep 09
Sweden's Koenigsegg Group has brought on Chinese auto company Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co Ltd (BAIC) to secure the financing needed to buy Saab from General Motors, Koenigsegg said on Wednesday. READ »

Norway requests extradition of suspected child molester

National: 30 Aug 09
Norwegian police have requested the extradition of a Swedish man suspected of sexually assaulting children in Norway, Sweden and Thailand. READ »

'Cyncism prevails for vote-hungry officials in Sweden and Israel'

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Aug 09
As the Aftonbladet organ harvesting scandal rumbles to the end of its second week, Stockholm-based Israeli writer David Stavrou calls on policy makers in Sweden and Israel to shed light on the situation rather than turning up the heat. READ »

Where would we be without Ryanair?

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Aug 09
Airline industry veteran Rick Methven talks up the virtues of low cost air travel and recalls a pre-Ryanair era of outlandish prices and skies closed to the average consumer. READ »

SAS slashes workforce to save cash

Business & Money: 12 Aug 09
Scandinavian airline SAS has announced cuts of 1,000 to 1,500 jobs as part of a new austerity programme to shave 2 billion kronor ($274 million) off its outgoings. READ »

'Swedes are stupid': Norwegian professor

Society: 10 Aug 09
A retired Norwegian linguistics professor has described Swedes as "stupid" for not being able to understand Norwegian. Norwegians have no problem with Swedish, the professor points out. READ »

Ongoing investigation into sunken ship

National: 9 Aug 09
Several dives were carried out on Saturday around the Langeland, a Norwegian cargo ship that sank off Sweden's west coast on July 31. But there still remains no official explanation as to why the ship sank. READ »

Swedish coast threatened by shipwreck oil

National: 2 Aug 09
The west coast of Sweden is threatened by large quantities of oil from the vessel Full City which has run aground outside the Norwegian coast. READ »

Norwegian cargo ship found

National: 2 Aug 09
The Norwegian ship Langeland which sank off Sweden's west coast on Friday has been been found at a depth of 108 metres, south of the Koster islands. The crew are presumed to have perished in the accident. READ »

Search for Langeland survivors resumed

National: 1 Aug 09
The Swedish coast guard may have located the Norwegian cargo ship that sank yesterday off the west coast of Sweden. Six men are believed to have drowned, although the search for survivors continues. READ »

Six men missing as ship sinks off Sweden

National: 31 Jul 09
Six men are missing at sea after a Norwegian cargo ship sank off the west coast of Sweden, maritime officials said on Friday. READ »

Norwegian employers prefer Swedes: survey

Society: 30 Jul 09
Norwegian employers specifically request Swedes when they are looking to employ new staff, according to a slew of Norwegian recruitment agencies. READ »

Stockholm reported for using too much English

Society: 22 Jul 09
Stockholm's city council has been reported to the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO) for its widespread use of the English language. READ »

Wallander: a Swedish detective in America

Lifestyle: 22 Jul 09
Kurt Wallander, the brooding protagonist of Henning Mankell’s famed crime novels, recently came to United States’ television screens in a performance by Kenneth Branagh, giving viewers an unexpected opportunity for reflection, The Local’s Marge Thorell explains. READ »

'Sackey Wasky' whacks wallets of Swedish men

Society: 15 Jul 09
A cunning internet con artist posing as a love-struck woman from Ghana has succeeded in defrauding a number of Swedish men of hundreds of thousands of kronor. READ »

July in Sweden: Clock off, tune in, chill out

Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
The Year in Sweden - July: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Questions abound in Sweden after Saab sold to Koenigsegg

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Jun 09
After General Motors announced plans to sell its lossmaking unit Saab to luxury sportscar maker Koenigsegg, questions abounded in Sweden over what the future holds for Saab, writes AFP's James Franey. READ »

Koenigsegg buys Saab: confirmed

National: 16 Jun 09
Saab Automobile is to be sold to Swedish sports car maker Koenigsegg, Saab has confirmed. READ »

Koenigsegg 'confident' of Saab rescue

National: 14 Jun 09
Koenigsegg, the Swedish luxury sports carmaker set to buy Saab Automobile from US firm General Motors, is confident that the company can be rescued, the firm's co-owner said on Saturday. READ »

Koenigsegg 'no wet dream' for Saab: expert

Business & Money: 12 Jun 09
Despite the excitement generated by Thursday’s news that Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg was set to buy Saab, a number of automotive journalists in Sweden remain sceptical. READ »

Sports car maker buys Saab: report

Business & Money: 11 Jun 09
Sporty Swedish car maker Koenigsegg has teamed up with a group of Norwegian investors to buy Saab from General Motors, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Taking the night train to Oslo

Travel: 11 Jun 09
Surrounded by hills and forest on three sides and a spectacular fjord to the south, Oslo is like no other capital city in Europe. During the summer, arrive the romantic way by taking the night train from Stockholm or Malmö. READ »

Latvia fears prompt rollercoaster ride for Swedish bank shares

Business & Money: 4 Jun 09
Share prices of Sweden’s leading banks recovered somewhat on Thursday after major drops on Wednesday in the wake of fears that Latvia may devalue its currency. READ »

Telenor to cut 400 jobs in Sweden

Business & Money: 3 Jun 09
The Swedish business of Norwegian telecom operator Telenor announced plans on Wednesday to slash 400 jobs in Sweden due to disappointing sales figures. READ »

Norwegian in a coma after drinking wine bought in Sweden

Society: 26 May 09
A 59-year-old man from Arendal in Norway is lying in a coma, probably poisoned by wine that was bought in Sweden. State monopoly retailer Systembolaget removed the wine from its assortment on Tuesday. READ »

Ernman upbeat after Eurovision loss

Society: 17 May 09
Sweden and Malena Ernman could only manage a 21st place and 33 votes in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest. Nordic neighbours Norway however had a perfect start to national day celebrations by claiming the title. READ »

Swedes stay at home with Eurovision fever

Society: 16 May 09
At least for a day, Eurovision Song Contest fever is making bigger headlines than swine flu. Almost a third of Swedes will be glued to their televisions today to watch opera singer Malena Ernman in her bid to bring the country its fifth Eurovision victory. READ »

Saab sale narrows to 'two or three buyers'

Business & Money: 11 May 09
The sale of Swedish car maker Saab Automobile is entering its closing stages with only two or three interested parties remaining in the hunt for the firm. READ »

SAS posts new loss after 'horrifying' year

Business & Money: 28 Apr 09
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) saw its troubles deepen on Wednesday as it posts a loss for the sixth quarter in succession. READ »

'Allow foreign police in Sweden': minister

National: 25 Apr 09
Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask wants foreign police to be able to operate in Sweden. A committee of inquiry will be set up to look into ways in which this might work. READ »

Sweden joins UN racism conference walkout

Politics: 21 Apr 09
Swedish and EU delegates walked out of the UN conference on racism in Geneva in protest at remarks by Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who described Israel as "racist" in his speech. READ »

Drunk Norwegians mark Easter Thursday tradition

Society: 9 Apr 09
Five young Norwegians were arrested at lunch time for drunk and disorderly behaviour, as Strömstad in western Sweden geared up for the annual Easter Thursday invasion by hordes of thirsty youngsters from the neighbouring country. READ »