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Legless man in surprise wheelchair reversal

Science & Technology: 23 Dec 11
Local health authorities in Sweden who denied an amputee a power wheelchair because they were “uncertain if the impairment was permanent", have now reversed their position on the matter. READ »

One dead in severe sailing accident

National: 4 Dec 11
One person died and two were injured after being fished out of the water in a sailing accident outside Harstena in the Gryt archipelago, in eastern Sweden, on Saturday. READ »

Legless man denied wheelchair

Society: 1 Dec 11
A man from Nyköping in eastern Sweden has been denied a power wheelchair despite having had both of his legs amputated as the local health authority was "uncertain if the impairment was permanent". READ »

Train disruption to continue until Friday

National: 26 Jul 11
Delays in train services continue to affect travellers on key routes across Sweden, with disruption expected to last until Friday. READ »

Animal rights activists claim McDonalds firebomb responsibility

National: 10 Jul 11
The Animal Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for Friday's fire attack at a hamburger restaurant in Gothenburg, according to local media reports. READ »

Court confirms 'honour killing' sentence

National: 23 May 11
A Swedish appeals court has confirmed the 18 year prison sentence served to a man in Katrineholm in eastern Sweden for the murder of his adoptive daughter in a so-called honour killing in November 2010. READ »

‘Honour killing’ dad faces 18 years in prison

National: 21 Mar 11
A man in Katrineholm in eastern Sweden has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of murdering his daughter in a so-called honour killing. READ »

Charges rare in Swedish sex crime complaints

Society: 21 Feb 11
More often than not, sex crimes accusations in Sweden don't lead to formal charges, a new study shows. The frequency with which charges are filed also varies widely across the country. READ »

Tiger cub bitten to death at Swedish zoo

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 11
A Siberian tiger cub at a Swedish zoo was bitten to death by an adult tiger on Monday, Kolmården Wildlife Park officials confirmed on Friday. READ »

January thaw causes chaos across Sweden

National: 9 Jan 11
Drivers of more than 40 long-haul trucks dare not drive any further due to slippery conditions on Swedish roads, while falling ice and flooding have also caused problems in the wake of an early-January thaw. READ »

Swede deported from Colombia

National: 28 Dec 10
A Swedish citizen has been deported from Colombia to Sweden, suspected of serious drugs offences and of being the leader of a cocaine smuggling ring. READ »

Swedish train services halted across country

National: 30 Nov 10
Train service in eastern Sweden's Östergötland came to a grinding halt on Tuesday due to downed electrical wires in two separate places between Nörrköping and Mjölby. READ »

Man admits to daughter's 'honour killing' murder

Society: 17 Nov 10
A man suspected of killing his 21-year-old daughter in Katrineholm in central Sweden on Tuesday admitted to murdering her in what his lawyer described as a possible honour killing. READ »

Concern over Swedish horse sex attacks

Society: 25 Oct 10
Sweden is experiencing a spate of attacks targeting the sex organs of female horses. READ »

Activists slam nuclear shipment to Sweden

Science & Technology: 29 Sep 10
Environmentalists on Tuesday slammed a proposal to ship decommissioned nuclear generators to Sweden from Canada for recycling. READ »

'Media' made man drill huge hole into neighbour's flat

Society: 18 Sep 10
A Swedish man returned from an extended vacation to find a massive hole in his living room wall. Charges have now been filed against the man’s neighbour, who said the “media elite” made him do it. READ »

Ryanair dispute heads to Swedish Supreme Court

National: 14 Sep 10
A couple from Linköping in central Sweden who were marooned in Brussels after Ryanair cancelled their flight home will have their case heard by Sweden’s highest court. READ »

Ryanair reverses plan to axe London route

National: 5 Aug 10
Ryanair has reversed plans to axe its route between Stockholm Västerås and London, the airline has confirmed. Meanwhile, a number of new routes have been announced. READ »

Dead eels baffle local authority

Science & Technology: 9 Jul 10
Nyköping county administrative board has been left baffled after over 100 dead eels were found in a pile on beach near the town of Nyköping, south of Stockholm on Wednesday evening - the eel is a protected species in Sweden. READ »

Southern Sweden faces airspace shutdown

National: 19 Apr 10
A new airspace shutdown has been announced for southern parts of Sweden from 8pm on Monday. Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is set to remain open, although a new cloud of volcanic ash moving in towards Norway could spell trouble. READ »

Bus convoys carry stranded tourists home

National: 18 Apr 10
Hundreds of Swedish tourists have begun arduous bus journeys home from southern Europe as volcanic ash from Iceland continues to render air travel impossible. READ »

Toddler badly hurt in driveway accident

National: 12 Apr 10
A 15-month-old boy has been badly injured after being knocked down by a reversing car at a farm near Gnesta south of Stockholm on Monday. READ »

'Aroused' rabbits reproduced in tennis club wreckage

National: 10 Apr 10
Hundreds of well-bred rabbits took the opportunity to make new acquaintances and reproduce when a roof collapsed at Sweden's premier rabbit show in Nyköping in February. READ »

Hundreds of rabbits hit as roof caves in

National: 20 Feb 10
A roof collapsed on Sweden's largest rabbit show in the early hours of Saturday morning leaving more than a thousand furry animals trapped inside the building. READ »

Snow strains buildings to breaking point

National: 20 Feb 10
Heavy snowfall in southern and central parts of Sweden has caused several roofs to cave in, while rail authorities have called a halt to a number of train services amid continuing extreme weather conditions. READ »

Brit arrested for filming onboard plane

National: 2 Feb 10
A 37-year-old British citizen has been arrested in Sweden after staff on a Ryanair plane claimed they spotted him secretly filming their security procedures. READ »

Snow wreaks havoc on Sweden's roadways

Science & Technology: 17 Dec 09
Heavy snowfall and high winds continued to disrupt traffic in many parts of Sweden into Thursday afternoon. READ »

'Coldplay con man' caught in Stockholm

Society: 2 Dec 09
A 27-year-old man from Stockholm who claimed he was a famous rock star managed to swindle nearly 250,000 kronor ($36,300) from unsuspecting victims. READ »

Hazardous roads in Sweden as ice arrives

National: 15 Oct 09
A number of motorists were left needing hospital treatment on Thursday morning as icy road conditions caused accidents across Sweden. 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 »

Pirate Party sets sights on Swedish local elections

Politics: 23 Jul 09
The Pirate Party will be getting its feet wet in local politics in several municipalities in eastern Sweden next year. READ »

Prison for abduction of Aussie boys

National: 10 Jul 09
The Swedish mother charged with abducting her two sons from their Australian father has been sentenced to 10 months in prison. READ »

Test sites named for Swedish language-learning bonus

Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes. READ »

Ryanair forced to pay damages in Sweden

Business & Money: 23 Mar 09
Low-cost airline Ryanair has been ordered by a Swedish court to compensate a couple from Linköping for costs incurred returning home after their flight from Brussels was canceled at the last minute. READ »

Ryanair to start bus route in Sweden: source

Travel: 6 Mar 09
Ryanair has plans to compete for routes on the ground in Sweden, according to the head of the Flygbussarna coach service. READ »

Security police probe Södertälje fires

National: 26 Feb 09
Sweden's security police (Säpo) have been called in to investigate a connection between a wave of arson attacks in Södertälje with a US-hostile extreme left wing group. READ »

UK snow storm causes delays at Swedish airports

National: 2 Feb 09
Flights from Sweden’s major airports have been hit by lengthy delays and cancellations as snowstorms swept across western Europe and the UK on Monday. READ »

Man beaten in vicious hate crime

National: 19 Jan 09
A man with an immigrant background was insulted before being brutally beaten with a baseball bat in the town Arnö, outside of Nyköping in eastern Sweden. READ »

Man dies as snowmobile goes through the ice

National: 18 Jan 09
A 65-year-old man died as a result of his snowmobile crashing through thin ice on a lake near Rättvik in central Sweden on Saturday evening. One of several accidents across the country over the weekend. READ »

The Lowdown: Quality Swedish beer

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 08
Sweden is not a country renowned for its beers. But when Darren Packman has a nose around, he finds there's more to the country's brewers than meets the gut on a typical night out. READ »

Ryanair on trial in Sweden over couple's cancelled flights

Society: 4 Nov 08
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair went on trial in a Swedish court on Tuesday accused of compensation infringements for cancelled flights, the Swedish Consumer Agency (KO) said. READ »

More low cost airlines fly to Stockholm

Business & Money: 11 Aug 08
The number of low cost airlines landing at Stockholm's Arlanda airport has trebled over the last five years, Dagens Nyheter reports. READ »

'Storm victim' was in Spain

Society: 6 Aug 08
A man originally feared to have drowned in the Stockholm archipelago in this week's storm has arrived home alive and well after spending a few days in sunny Spain, unbeknownst to his deeply concerned girlfriend. READ »

Indictment reveals gruesome details

National: 23 Jul 08
More details in the Arboga child killings have emerged as the 32-year-old German woman suspected of the double murders and attempted murder of their mother was charged on Wednesday. READ »

'Ass man' concludes his visit to Sweden

Society: 17 Jul 08
A French traveler who has been walking across Sweden with his two donkeys for the last two weeks arrived in Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Police hunt for new Arboga weapon

National: 7 Apr 08
Police plan to dive in the waters of the Arboga River to search for a what may be a weapon used in the murder of two small children three weeks ago. READ »

Man with millions of child porn pictures jailed

National: 2 Apr 08
A 59-year-old man in Sweden accused of having two to three million child porn pictures has been sentenced to six months in jail. READ »

Possible Arboga murder weapon found

National: 2 Apr 08
Police believe they have found the weapon which was used in the murder of two toddlers and the attempted murder of their mother in Arboga two weeks ago. READ »

Swede in epic journey to pay Scottish traffic fine

National: 8 Feb 08
Andreas Bäck spent more than 5,000 kronor on a trip that took more than 24 hours--one way. READ »

Two wounded in pizzeria shooting

National: 19 Jan 08
A 20-year-old man has been taken into custody in connection with a double shooting in Nyköping on Friday evening. READ »

Four die on icy roads

National: 6 Jan 08
Four people have died as treacherous driving conditions caused a wave of road accidents in Sweden on Saturday. Forecasts indicate that roads will remain icy on Sunday. READ »

Man gets life for murdering policeman

National: 11 Dec 07
A man has been jailed for life for murdering a policeman in a town in eastern Sweden in June. READ »

Protesters demonstrate against A-bomb waste

Science & Technology: 1 Oct 07
A ship has arrived at a plant in eastern Sweden to collect waste from Sweden's nuclear weapons programme for transport to a British reprocessing plant. Greepeace is protesting against the shipment. READ »

'He raised his weapon and shot at me'

National: 23 Aug 07
The trial continued on Thursday of a 55-year-old man suspected of killing a police officer in June. One officer who survived the attack told the court of his part in the ordeal. READ »

Trial begins of police killer suspect

National: 22 Aug 07
Wednesday sees the beginning of court proceedings for the man suspected of killing police officer Fredrik Widén in Nyköping in June. READ »

Suspected police killer charged with murder

National: 17 Aug 07
A 55-year-old man has been charged with the suspected murder of a police officer in Nyköping in June. The act was described by a prosecutor as a 'premeditated execution'. READ »

Man murdered in Nyköping

National: 9 Aug 07
A man was found dead in an apartment in a village near Nyköping in eastern Sweden early on Thursday morning. A 51-year-old man who lived in the apartment has been arrested on suspicion of murder. READ »

Police officers shot at in Malmö

National: 4 Aug 07
A major police operation has started in Malmö to try to track down several people who shot at police officers in the city on Friday night. READ »

Police killer suspect 'right to refuse psychiatric tests'

National: 25 Jul 07
The 55-year-old man who is suspected of killing a policeman in Nyköping in June has had his refusal to undergo a psychiatric assessment backed by the Court of Appeal. READ »

Policeman shot in the arm

National: 4 Jul 07
Swedish police have been served a fresh reminder of the precarious nature of their jobs after an officer in northern Sweden is shot while trying to break up a fight. READ »

Police shooting suspect has murder conviction

National: 21 Jun 07
A man arrested for killing a police officer in Nyköping on Wednesday has a previous conviction for murder and suffers from a psychiatric illness, police say. READ »

Police officer shot dead in Nyköping

National: 20 Jun 07
A police officer has died after being shot in Nyköping. Another police officer is in hospital with serious injuries. A man has been arrested. READ »

Ryanair in major Skavsta expansion

Business & Money: 14 Jun 07
Ryanair's Viking chief, Michael O'Leary, was in Stockholm on Thursday to announce a major expansion at Skavsta airport. The airline plans to launch 13 new routes to European destinations, including Berlin, Liverpool and Valencia. READ »

'Supreme Court facilitates human smuggling'

National: 29 May 07
Police at Skavsta Airport have called for tougher penalties for people travelling with false documentation after the Supreme Court ruled that a fine was sufficient for a man caught using his brother's passport. READ »

Stolen dog turns up 300 kilometres away

Society: 9 May 07
A dog stolen from its home in central Sweden in February has been handed in to a police station more than 300 kilometres away. 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 »

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 »

Jealousy motive for Nyköping killing

National: 14 Feb 07
The 27 year old man arrested for shooting an older man dead on the platform at Nyköping railway station has said that jealousy caused him to carry out the brutal attack. READ »

Man shot dead in Nyköping

National: 14 Feb 07
A man has been arrested following a fatal shooting at Nyköping railway station. 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 »

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 »

Sweden jails Frenchman for smuggling Indians

National: 1 Feb 07
A Frenchman has been sentenced to one year in prison for people smuggling. He is reported to have smuggled some 100 Indians into the country. READ »

Sweden deports German skinheads

Society: 9 Dec 06
Six skinheads have been arrested and deported to Germany by police in Sörmland, prior to Saturday's extreme right demonstration in Salem. READ »

Angry boar chases Swedish cat lover

Society: 6 Nov 06
Sara Andrén was out looking for her cat in the Swedish town of Nyköping. But the animal she found lurking in the bushes was not her feline friend, but an outraged wild boar. READ »

Outdoor wireless networks in 20 Swedish towns

Business & Money: 12 Oct 06
Internet provider Glocalnet is to launch outdoor wireless Internet networks in 20 Swedish towns. The service will be free to all Glocalnet customers. READ »

Swedish beer: things can only get better

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 06
There is more to Swedish beer than mass-produced lager. Eddie de Oliveira reports that a new wave of microbreweries are in danger of giving Swedish beer a good name. READ »

'Serious' threat against Skavsta

National: 2 Aug 06
A threat was received on Monday against Stockholm Skavsta airport, and a major security operation was started. Police tell The Local that the threat was taken seriously. READ »

Nyköping man preyed on air hostesses

National: 12 May 06
A man in his 30s has been ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment after being found guilty of sexually harassing air hostesses on the streets of Nyköping. READ »

Tourist offices around Sweden

Travel: 3 May 06
A handy list of Sweden's tourist offices, along with their phone numbers, email addresses and web sites. READ »

Man held after Nyköping murder

National: 22 Apr 06
A 47 year old man suspected of shooting dead a 32 year old woman in Nyköping on Friday evening was arrested in the town at around 5am on Saturday. READ »

Swe Fly applies for restructuring

Business & Money: 15 Sep 05
The crisis-hit airline Swe Fly, which flies to Pakistan from Stockholm's Skavsta airport, has applied to Nyköping district court for permission for corporate restructuring, according to media reports. READ »

When will I start to support Sweden's national sports teams?

: 21 Jul 05
I've lived in Sweden for five years, eat herring and sing along with Allsång på Skansen. I like sport, but I just can't bring myself to support Sweden in international competitions. Is this normal? When will I begin to 'heja Sverige'? Answers please. READ »

Who is the greatest ever Swede?

: 8 Jun 05
For its size, Sweden has churned out many highly influential people over the centuries, covering science, literature, music, politics and commerce. But of all the Swedes who have sprung from this fair land, who is "the greatest"? Answers please. READ »

Investigation into union benefit threats

Politics: 22 Mar 05
The justice ombudsman is to investigate an employment office that threatened to withdraw benefits from unemployed people who refused to attend a union demonstration. An example of how the Social Democratic Party and unions have become intertwined with the state, say Liberals. READ »

Sleepy staff a threat to Skavsta security

National: 10 Mar 05
A workplace study reveals that Skavsta airport probably has the most sleep deprived staff in Sweden, with some police officers only getting two and a half hours' shut eye. Experts claim the situation increases the risk of accidents. Too bad, say police chiefs: it's Ryanair's fault and we can't do anything about it. READ »

Increase in passengers at Skavsta

Smörgåsbord: 10 Jan 05
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Pass the sick bag: Ryanair hits Swedish turbulence

Business & Money: 9 Sep 04
A series of negative newspaper articles and an airport protest by a trade union provokes a response from Ryanair's famously abrasive chief executive. But does anyone care when you can fly to Paris for 348 crowns? READ »

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