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Business & Money: 19 Jun 13
Swedish clothes manufacturer H&M posted a larger than expected drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, citing the unusually harsh winter in Europe and North America.
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Sport: 17 Jun 13
A debate about banning professional boxing in Sweden has been reignited following Frida Wallberg's nearly fatal defeat in a title fight against Australia's Diana Prazak.
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National: 17 Jun 13
Swedish automaker Volvo is set to launch a fleet of silent, electric buses in Gothenburg, as part of the west coast city's aim to become climate-neutral as well as tackle noise pollution.
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Society: 8 Jun 13
Sweden's Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf, married New York businessman Chris O'Neill in Stockholm Saturday in Sweden's second royal wedding in three years.
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Science & Technology: 8 Jun 13
The sun is beating down on Sweden's capital Stockholm as royal wedding fever starts to build in the city on Saturday morning.
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Business & Money: 7 Jun 13
With Sweden's solid paternity laws and encouraged gender equality, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert examines how Swedish fathers are more involved in raising their children than fathers in other countries are.
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Politics: 4 Jun 13
As Sweden's political parties react to the latest Statistics Sweden opinion poll, the results point to the possibility of new political constellations following the 2014 parliamentary elections.
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Business & Money: 4 Jun 13
Swedish airport operator Swedavia has launched a new app for all of its ten airports across the country, allowing users to keep an eye on real-time arrival and departure changes, book parking in advance, and even check in on Facebook.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jun 13
A landmark private donation has allowed plans to move forward for a new Nobel Center in the Swedish capital that will offer more space for both visitors and researchers alike than the current location in Stockholm's Gamla Stan.
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Society: 28 May 13
The CEO of Swedish clothing giant H&M, Karl-Johan Persson, has admitted that many models in the fashion industry are too thin, adding his company had a "huge responsibility" in its choice of models.
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Business & Money: 20 May 13
Swedish clothing giant H&M is looking into the possibility of sourcing its production to South America, Central America, and even Africa, chief executive Karl-Johan Persson said on Monday.
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National: 19 May 13
A man was detained Sunday morning on suspicion of involvement in a violent jewellery store heist which left three people with gunshot wounds.
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Business & Money: 17 May 13
Ingrad Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furniture giant Ikea, finished fifth on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published on Friday, with an estimated fortune of $55.6 billion.
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Politics: 16 May 13
Sweden's top EU politician Cecilia Malmström wants to register lobbyists, stating that Sweden's small size means political networks and friendships often overlapped.
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Business & Money: 16 May 13
H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson has urged Bangladesh to raise its minimum wage, adding the Swedish fashion giant is "willing to pay more" in the wake of a garment industry disaster which killed more than 1,100 people.
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National: 13 May 13
Sweden's retail giant H&M has decided to sign up to a building safety agreement in the wake of the factory collapse that killed more than 1,000 garment workers in Bangladesh.
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Society: 2 May 13
A dispute at a store in western Sweden left one woman with her hair on fire and another facing possible assault charges.
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Society: 1 May 13
Walpurgis Night (Valborg) celebrations led to drunkenness and violence around Sweden, with a rape of a minor reported in Uppsala and 98 cases of assault and nine fires reported in Stockholm.
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Politics: 29 Apr 13
More than a third of former Swedish politicians and political appointees have transitioned into lobbying activities in the last six years, a new investigation has shown, prompting calls for more regulation.
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Business & Money: 26 Apr 13
Swedish alpaca farmers suspect that a wolf attacked and killed six of its animals on Wednesday night at their central Sweden farm, which supplies alpaca wool to the Swedish fashion industry.
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Business & Money: 25 Apr 13
Swedish heavy vehicle maker Volvo on Thursday posted a quarterly loss of 101 million kronor ($15.3 million), which came as a shock to market analysts who had predicted profits of over 1 billion kronor.
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Society: 17 Apr 13
For years, Johansson has been the most common surname in Sweden, but fresh statistics reveal the storied name can no longer lay claim to the top spot.
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Politics: 4 Apr 13
Stefan Löfven, who was officially elected to head his party on Thursday, said in his first address that the Social Democrats must outline a "feminist agenda" in a speech also dominated by labour policy.
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Business & Money: 4 Apr 13
The Social Democrat party's economic policy spokeswoman Magdalena Andersson lambasted the government's jobs policy on Thursday, as she addressed party members preparing to officially elect Stefan Löfven as their leader.
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Business & Money: 21 Mar 13
Sweden's budget fashion giant H&M has cited disappointing sales and exchange-rate woes as factors behind a drop in net profit, and said the lingering winter will take a swipe at its spring collections.
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Business & Money: 5 Mar 13
H&M owner Stefan Persson was the highest placed Swede on the Forbes billionaire list published on Tuesday, with 13 other Swedes possessing a fortune large enough to join him in the elite club.
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Politics: 3 Mar 13
Support for the Moderate Party is at its lowest for three years, according to a new collated survey published on Sunday.
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Politics: 18 Feb 13
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said the Social Democrats were largely at fault for Sweden's growing wealth gap following the publication on Monday of a report examining changes in Swedes' standard of living.
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National: 13 Feb 13
A farmer who reported 69 of his cows missing in December is now suspected by police of attempted aggravated fraud, with officials now interrogating the suspected meat cheat.
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Science & Technology: 11 Feb 13
The Swedish state has launched a new website that collects and stores all correspondence between citizens and public authorities in a bid to cut costs.
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Business & Money: 6 Feb 13
Swedish truck and heavy vehicles maker Volvo AB saw fourth quarter profits plunge, landing well below expectations, with year-end results also down compared to 2011.
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National: 4 Feb 13
The Social Democrat mayor of Malmö, Ilmar Reepalu, has announced he is leaving the job on July 1st, saying he wants to spend more time with his grandchild.
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Business & Money: 30 Jan 13
Swedish clothing giant H&M reported on Wednesday that its net profits increased by 6.6 percent last year, yet the company's high expansion costs meant it struggled to meet analysts' expectations on the stock exchange.
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Business & Money: 29 Jan 13
Dong Feng, owners of a Chinese truckmaker in which Volvo recently purchased a 45 percent stake, has been blacklisted by a major Swedish state pension fund for allegedly violating a United Nations weapons embargo.
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Politics: 28 Jan 13
The Left Party and the far-right Sweden Democrats are the only parties in Sweden's parliament that are attracting new members, while the more centrist parties all face dwindling membership numbers, a new report shows.
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National: 28 Jan 13
A Swedish man claimed on Sunday that the murder of then Prime Minister Olof Palme was a police conspiracy, and that he had turned down a police request to gun down Palme himself back in 1985.
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National: 26 Jan 13
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a 28-year-old man in connection with the shooting of a 31-year-old man in broad daylight on Friday afternoon in central Malmö.
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Business & Money: 26 Jan 13
Swedish truckmaker Volvo claims to have become the largest global manufacturer of heavy trucks after completing the purchase of 45 percent of Chinese firm Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV).
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jan 13
There are several reasons why Swedes should support calls for reform of the European Union championed by British Prime Minister David Cameron, argues Mats Persson, president of the Open Europe think tank.
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National: 1 Jan 13
A young man was hit and killed by a car when he took a walk along the E6 motorway near Stenungsund on New Year's Eve, which also saw drunken spats and firework accidents across the country.
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Society: 31 Dec 12
Several incidents of youths firing rockets in public places were reported in Stockholm ahead of New Year's after experts warned of firework risks.
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National: 31 Dec 12
A detective who has solved several high-profile murder cases in Sweden will take over the investigation into the assassination of former Swedish PM, Olof Palme.
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Society: 13 Dec 12
An annual list of Swedish billionaires released on Thursday has eleven more names than it did ast year, with Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad finishing streets ahead of the other 118 Swedes who made the cut.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 12
A man in northern Sweden whose car was stolen was stunned to find his car again a short distance away - with a parking ticket attached to the window.
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Business & Money: 6 Dec 12
H&M devotees will be rewarded for handing back old clothes rather than chucking them away as the Swedish clothes retailer gets set to roll out a recycling initiative worldwide.
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National: 5 Dec 12
Trade unions see an immigrant-exploitation scheme uncovered a McDonald's in Sweden as "the tip of the iceberg" when it comes to abuse of labour migration laws which they feel make foreign workers too dependent on their Swedish employers.
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National: 18 Nov 12
An anonymous man has offered a 25,000 kronor ($4,000) reward for anyone who helps police arrest the teenagers who attacked an 87-year-old woman in Helsingborg.
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Politics: 14 Nov 12
Donations greater than 20,000 kronor ($2,950) to political parties in Sweden will now be reported openly, according to an agreement among all parties represented in the Riksdag except the Sweden Democrats.
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Science & Technology: 2 Nov 12
The Swedish Armed Forces on Friday published previously classified pictures of foreign aircraft taken close to Swedish airspace for the first time since the end of the Cold War.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 12
After an investigative Swedish TV programme claimed H&M paid “low” factory wages in Cambodia, the clothing giant has blasted the show and the claims, explaining that they are in fact working hard to raise local salaries.
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Business & Money: 24 Oct 12
Swedish clothes giant H&M has been accused of using suppliers in Cambodia that underpay their textile workers. But the company counters the workers have unions and collective agreements.
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Politics: 23 Oct 12
Together with its coalition partners, the Moderate Party is starting early in its bid for electoral victory, unveiling a "Hello Sweden" campaign nearly two years ahead of the 2014 elections.
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Business & Money: 22 Oct 12
Sweden’s winegrowers have reported a bad year for Swedish wine, with a late flowering and heavy rains leading to massive harvest losses.
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Business & Money: 27 Sep 12
Profits at Swedish fashion retailer H&M failed to meet analysts' expectations for the third quarter, the company reported on Thursday, blaming the strong krona for putting a dent in earnings.
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National: 25 Sep 12
A man was seriously injured after he was shot in Helsingborg, southern Sweden, on Monday evening, with police having arrested one man in connection with the crime.
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Politics: 23 Sep 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that the government is working to free the Swedish-Eritrean journalist, who was imprisoned without trial 11 years ago today.
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National: 22 Sep 12
The website of Swedish state broadcaster Sveriges Television has been blocked in Ethiopia amid claims that the reason is their reporting of the case of journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye.
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Politics: 18 Sep 12
Sweden's parliament officially opened on Tuesday with sombre remembrances, royal reflections, and a promise from Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt that the goverment would "invest in Sweden".
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National: 15 Sep 12
Relatives of freed journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, jailed in Ethiopia on terror charges, have criticised the Swedish government of inaction and "clumsy" statements.
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National: 14 Sep 12
Swedish journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, home after spending the past 14 months in a prison in Ethiopia, told reporters chilling details about their ordeal during a press conference in Stockholm on Friday.
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National: 14 Sep 12
Reporters Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye are home again after 14 months in Ethiopian prison, telling press at Arlanda airport in Stockholm that it feels “incredibly nice” to be in a country where they could “speak freely” again.
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Politics: 14 Sep 12
Ethiopian officials deny the claim that they faked footage in order to get the two jailed Swedish reporters convicted of terror charges.
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Society: 13 Sep 12
Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, until recently jailed in Ethiopia on terror charges, were subjected to fake executions in an effort get them to admit their guilt, according to a Swedish media report.
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National: 11 Sep 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt revealed in his personal blog on Tuesday that he knew as early as May that the two Swedish reporters jailed in Ethiopia would be released.
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Society: 11 Sep 12
The two Swedish journalists who were pardoned by Ethiopia on Monday have left the east African country after 14 months in prison, calling their ordeal "the biggest mistake" of their lives.
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National: 10 Sep 12
The two Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia in July last year were pardoned Monday according to the Ethiopian foreign ministry, after the pair spent 450 days in prison for “supporting terrorism”.
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National: 10 Sep 12
Relatives of two Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia after being convicted of supporting terrorism remained sceptical over reports the two will be pardoned ahead of a Monday afternoon press conference called by the Ethiopian justice ministry.
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National: 7 Sep 12
A 36-year-old man has been remanded into custody for the second time on suspicion of murdering a woman found dead in a burnt-out apartment in central Sweden in 2006.
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Business & Money: 5 Sep 12
The CEO of Swedish fashion giant H&M has called for the Bangladeshi government to raise wages for the country's estimated three million garment workers.
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Society: 3 Sep 12
Police in southern Sweden are on the lookout for a suspected poacher who they believe decapitates the animals he shoots, taking only their heads, while leaving the headless bodies behind.
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Politics: 3 Sep 12
Swedish military intelligence provided the United States with data on bombing targets in Bagdad ahead a 2003 attack on the Iraqi capital, despite the Swedish government's opposition to the US invasion, US military documents reveal.
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National: 31 Aug 12
Hundreds of unsolved cases of deadly violence in Sweden deserve further investigation, criminology professor and crime fiction writer Leif GW Persson said in a new report released on Friday.
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Business & Money: 29 Aug 12
Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has taken its first step into the South American market with the announcement that a branch of the Swedish fashion giant will open in Chile next year.
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Society: 24 Aug 12
A 35-year-old rubbish enthusiast is wanted by police in southern Sweden after hiding on the town’s garbage trucks and secretly filming the bin men at work.
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National: 21 Aug 12
The death of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi will most likely mean a delay in the pardoning process of the two Swedish reporters jailed in the country, according to Norwegian Ethiopia expert Kjetil Tronvoll.
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Business & Money: 21 Aug 12
The head of Sweden’s Knowledge Foundation, has come under fire amid reports that she spent over 100,000 kronor ($15,000) of research money on lavish fiftieth birthday celebrations in November.
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Society: 17 Aug 12
Police in southern Sweden, called out to apprehend a loose dog that was reportedly terrorizing a neighbourhood in Malmö, were surprised to find that the aggressive canine was a Chihuahua.
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Business & Money: 9 Aug 12
A Swedish charity has placed an advert in a magazine calling for prospective beggars to work the streets of Stockholm, prompting a slew of mixed feedback from Stockholmers.
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Sport: 29 Jul 12
Jörgen Persson's victory in the first round of men's singles means the former world table tennis champion has not ruled out an Olympic medal at the age of 46.
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National: 28 Jul 12
A new drug sold online has caused the deaths of 14 young men in Sweden since the beginning of July, and the Swedish National Institute of Public Health is now attempting a speedy process to ban the drug.
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National: 27 Jul 12
A Norwegian boy participating in a football tournament in central Sweden is suspected of rape, while two teammates are suspected of sexually harassing three girls.
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Lifestyle: 25 Jul 12
As Sweden prepares for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, The Local's Salomon Rogberg asks some of the country's top sports journalists what fans can expect from its athletes.
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National: 23 Jul 12
Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated robbery and weapons crimes after a truck driver was beaten and robbed of 450 litres of diesel fuel at a rest area north of Gothenburg, in western Sweden.
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Sport: 21 Jul 12
Swedish table tennis legend Jörgen Persson predicts that English lessons for the Chinese team can help to make the world a better place during the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games, reigniting the 'ping pong diplomacy' of the 1970s.
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Society: 18 Jul 12
A man in northern Sweden needed stitches after sitting on bus seat that contained a hidden scalpel, something the man believes was purposely fitted to the seat to cause passengers harm.
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Business & Money: 13 Jul 12
Two people have been arrested for attempting to steal several items, including coffee, tea – and a toilet seat – from a courthouse in southern Sweden.
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Business & Money: 5 Jul 12
Sweden's Volvo AB announced on Thursday it was selling its Volvo Aero aerospace engine subsidiary to British vehicle engineering group GKN for 6.9 billion kronor ($987 million).
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National: 4 Jul 12
A man from southern Sweden is suspected of handcuffing and kidnapping a teenage girl he met on an internet chat room and taking her to Malmö late Tuesday night.
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National: 2 Jul 12
One year into their prison sentence, the two Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia have told visiting Swedish diplomats that they're being "unnecessarily detained" on terrorism charges.
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Politics: 29 Jun 12
US military officials were in Sweden this week in an effort to persuade a former US airman who has been living a secret life in Sweden for 28 years to return home to face trial for deserting from the US Air Force.
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Business & Money: 20 Jun 12
Swedish fashion retailer H&M saw its shares jump on Wednesday after reporting a higher-than-expected 22 percent rise in profits for the second quarter.
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Politics: 3 Jun 12
Sweden’s voters continue to flock towards the left wing opposition, leaving the governing Moderate Party with a shrinking electoral support now below 29 percent, a recent poll showed.
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Lifestyle: 22 May 12
Sweden's newest princess, Princess Estelle, is to be baptized in the Royal Chapel on Tuesday. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the baptism of Sweden's future head of state.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 May 12
Abba's famous refrain fails to capture the true cause for concern when Swedish politicians leave government to fatten their wallets in the private sector, argues commentator and historian David Linden.
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National: 15 May 12
On Tuesday the suspected serial killer Peter Mangs denied the court’s charges of the murder of 20-year-old Trez West Persson and the attempted murder of 22-year-old Xhafer Dani.
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National: 14 May 12
The Swedish man accused in a deadly shooting spree against immigrants in Malmö had no motive for shooting the victims, according to his lawyer, who did his best to cast doubt on the case against his client on the opening day of the highly-anticipated murder trial.
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Politics: 11 May 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has met with two Swedish journalists imprisoned in Ethiopia a day after bringing up their case with Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi.
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Sport: 10 May 12
Sweden on Wednesday night outscored Germany 5-2 in the Globen arena in Stockholm to continue their winning streak at the 2012 ice hockey world championships.
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National: 7 May 12
One of the victims of the suspected Malmö serial killer Peter Mangs told police in interrogation what happened on the day when he was wounded and 20-year-old Trez West Persson was shot dead.
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Sport: 6 May 12
Co-hosts Sweden maintained their perfect record at the at the World Ice Hockey Championships, earning their second win of the tournament by beating the Czech Republic 4-1 at the ice of Globen arena on Saturday.
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