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Fire engines delayed by giant flower pots

National: 25 May 12
Three fire engines trying to get to a fire in central Gothenburg on Wednesday were delayed after large flower pots placed in the street proved to be immovable. READ »

One dead in foreign worker car crash

National: 24 May 12
One person was killed and several injured in a serious traffic accident outside of Idre, in central Sweden, when an overcrowded minivan carrying Ukrainian forestry workers was overturned. READ »

Truck strikes 'yoga pose' after massive crash

National: 23 May 12
Four tanker trucks crashed in a serial collision in central Sweden on Tuesday, causing one of them to rise up high in the air and resulting in major delays in traffic. READ »

Swedish airline Skyways files for bankruptcy

Business & Money: 22 May 12
Swedish budget airline Skyways Express has cancelled all flights after it and its City Airline subsidiary filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday morning. READ »

Lundin: war crimes allegations 'unfounded'

Business & Money: 18 Mar 12
Ian and Lukas Lundin have rejected accusations that the Lundin Group consists of "opportunistic, dictator-hugging businessmen", arguing that allegations of human rights abuses are "unfounded, unfair and in some cases, absurd". READ »

'Jag älskar dig': American parakeet learns Swedish

Society: 28 Feb 12
A parakeet in New York has been learning Swedish – in order to console a feathered Facebook friend from Malmö in southern Sweden who was feeling a bit under the weather. READ »

Fire brigade slammed for 'renting out' rooms

Business & Money: 6 Feb 12
Emergency services in Gothenburg have come under fire recently after it came to light that a fire station had been renting out rooms to visiting colleagues. READ »

Europe's banks set for years of 'shrinkage': Borg

Business & Money: 2 Feb 12
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg warned that Europe's financial sector was headed for a decade of tough reforms that would leave it much smaller, but more robust. READ »

Reinfeldt lauds 'proper laundry room' in renovated palace home

Society: 15 Dec 11
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's official residence, Sagerska Huset in Stockholm, which he was forced to leave due to extensive renovations in April, is now ready for the family to move back. READ »

Swedbank hit by 'Twitter- generated' Latvia panic

Business & Money: 12 Dec 11
More than 100 Swedbank cash machines in Latvia were emptied at the weekend following a wave of rumours on Twitter hinting that the Swedish bank was in danger of running out of money. READ »

Fredrik Reinfeldt criticized in new book

Politics: 29 Nov 11
The Moderate party culture is built on “silence and obedience”, according to a former MP who has written a book about her experiences representing the party in the Swedish Riksdag. READ »

Bildt: budget rules 'must be obeyed'

Business & Money: 29 Nov 11
Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Monday defended a European single market but said that stricter budget supervision and regulation by Brussels will only work if already existing rules are adhered to. READ »

Passengers evacuated from Stockholm metro

National: 19 Nov 11
On Saturday morning, smoke forced passengers to evacuate from a subway train in a tunnel near Fridhemsplan in central Stockholm. Police are still unsure what caused the smoke. READ »

Tanker blows after Gothenburg collision

National: 5 Oct 11
A massive explosion, followed by an “inferno” has been reported from the E6 highway north of Gothenburg on Wednesday morning, in what police believe to be a collision between a truck and a tanker. READ »

Drunken elk rescued from Swede's apple tree

Society: 7 Sep 11
A drunken elk desperate for just one more mouthful of fermenting apples lost its balance in the attempt, leaving it stuck in an apple tree in western Sweden. READ »

Dry weather prompts Stockholm fire ban

National: 2 Aug 11
The Greater Stockholm Fire Brigade has announced the introduction of a ban on fires in the areas in and around the Swedish capital following a spell of warmer weather which has left the ground extremely dry. READ »

Saab Group receives major Thai navy order

Business & Money: 3 Jun 11
The defence and security company Saab Group has received two orders from the Royal Thai Navy, worth a total of 454 million kronor ($73 million). READ »

German E.coli outbreak spreads to Sweden

Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Ten Swedes are severly ill and many more are suffering other effects from a virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria following the recent outbreak of the disease in Northern Germany. READ »

Reinfeldt forced to flee dilapidated palace home

Politics: 29 Apr 11
Burnt toast, faulty elevators and a host of other problems have forced Fredrik Reinfeldt and his family to evacuate the Swedish prime minister's official residence in Stockholm. READ »

Caution urged over fires as Sweden heats up

National: 26 Apr 11
With forecasts indicating a continued bout of warm, dry weather in much of Sweden, authorities have urged caution following reports of a number of grass fires over the Easter weekend. READ »

Pubs in Stockholm: keeping it real

Lifestyle: 25 Mar 11
Like most capitals, Stockholm offers plenty of watering holes for the homesick expat looking for a “taste of home”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Embassy closures can't be avoided: Bildt

Politics: 19 Feb 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that planned closure of several Swedish embassies can not be avoided through organizational changes or greater efficiency. READ »

Soviet-era files reveal Swedes' civil war fears

Politics: 17 Feb 11
Sweden's ambassador in Moscow expressed concerns in August 1991 of a "civil war" breaking out in the crumbling Soviet Union, according to diplomatic dispatches released by the Swedish foreign ministry on Thursday. READ »

Stockholm house prices place 12th in global study

Business & Money: 20 Dec 10
Sweden's capital Stockholm is the 12th most expensive city in which to buy a home, according to a major international study. READ »

Gripen purchase by Brazil 'unlikely': analysts

Business & Money: 8 Dec 10
The likelihood that Brazil will purchase Swedish-made Saab Gripen fighter jets to modernise its air force diminished significantly following recent comments by the outgoing Brazilian president, analysts believe. READ »

Zlatan's magic earns victory for Milan

Sport: 21 Nov 10
A spectacular strike by Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic was enough to give AC Milan a 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Saturday, moving them four points clear at the top of Serie A. READ »

Swedish stripy clothing firm opens US store

Business & Money: 23 Sep 10
Polarn O. Pyret, a Swedish children's clothing firm known for its trademark functional striped attire, has announced the opening of its first US store, located in Greenwich, Connecticut. READ »

Experts: global weather threatens food security

Science & Technology: 7 Sep 10
Experts gathering in Stockholm for the World Water Week conference have warned that global weather threatens food security, with the Russian droughts and Pakistan floods part of a global trend of unpredictable weather. READ »

What's On in Sweden: July 16th - July 22nd

Lifestyle: 15 Jul 10
What’s on in Sweden: Jason Rouse in Stockholm, The Gothia Cup in Gothenburg and outdoor cinema Malmö. READ »

Summer drought threatens harvest

Science & Technology: 13 Jul 10
After the harsh winter and hot July, forecasts for this season's harvest in Sweden make difficult reading for the country's farmers. READ »

Oil firm war crimes probe could draw in Bildt

Politics: 21 Jun 10
Sweden's international prosecutor will investigate Lundin Oil over whether it had any role in war crimes committed in Sudan. Foreign Minister Carl Bildt was a director of the company at the time. READ »

The Royal Wedding: Live Blog

National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding. READ »

'Thank you for giving me my Prince'

National: 19 Jun 10
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria has got her Prince. In front of a crowd of thousands outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace following her marriage to Daniel Westling, she thanked the Swedish people for letting her marry the man she loves. READ »

Man arrested over Rinkeby riots

National: 9 Jun 10
A man in his twenties has been arrested on suspicion of rioting after Tuesday night’s serious disturbances in the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby. More arrests are expected. READ »

Swedes in semis at hockey worlds

Sport: 21 May 10
Sweden's Tre Kronor will face the Czech Republic in the semi-finals of the World Hockey Championships. READ »

'Send Swedes to Latvia for operations'

Education: 20 Jan 10
The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga is planning to start a Swedish-owned hospital in the Latvian capital in order to raise the standards of the country's hospitals and to remove some of the burden from the Swedish healthcare system. READ »

Shipworms pose risk for Baltic treasures

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 10
A number of maritime treasures off Sweden’s southern coast are under threat from the shipworm, which is gaining a foothold in the Baltic Sea due to climate change, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg. READ »

Air scare passenger will not face jail

National: 7 Jan 10
A Latvian passenger whose drunken mid-air antics plunged a Ryanair flight into turmoil last summer has successfully appealed against an eight month jail term as a Swedish appeal court cleared him of sabotage charges. READ »

Top ten Swedish songs of the decade

Lifestyle: 18 Dec 09
Songs of the decade: The Local's editor Paul O'Mahony dips into the vaults and pulls out his ten favourite Swedish tracks of the last ten years. READ »

What's On in Sweden: December 18th - 24th

Lifestyle: 17 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Eddie Izzard strips all over Sweden, Rave photos in Stockholm, Turkish puppetry in Gothenburg and a Synthfest in Malmö. READ »

A nice cup of tea - how hard can it be?

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 09
What does it take to get a plain old cup of steaming hot tea in Sweden? Paddy Kelly fights the fancy brew brigade and recalls countless grim encounters with tepid beige impostors. READ »

Boxers pin passenger in mid-air scare

National: 5 Nov 09
A Swedish prosecutor is pushing for a longer sentence for a Latvian man who was jailed for eight months after attempting to open a cabin door on board a Ryanair plane. The man was restrained by two professional boxers. READ »

Arctic Sea sister ship runs aground off Sweden

National: 4 Oct 09
A freighter belonging to the owners of the hijacked cargo vessel Arctic Sea has run aground off Sweden, a Swedish coastguard official said on Saturday. READ »

Record company lawsuits a 'threat to free culture'

Analysis & Opinion: 24 Sep 09
Are lawsuits and threats the music industry's new money-spinning idea, now that record sales have fallen, asks Madeleine Sjöstedt, Stockholm's Vice Mayor for Culture and Sports and member of the Liberal Party (Folkpartiet). READ »

Paul Simon speaks out on Swedish theatre ban

National: 7 Sep 09
Paul Simon has said he had nothing to do with steps taken by Universal Music to block a Stockholm performance of The Sound of Silence, a play by a Latvian theatre company based around the music of Simon & Garfunkel. READ »

Stones thrown at Gothenburg firemen

National: 28 Aug 09
Fire fighters in Gothenburg were attacked with stones on Thursday night as they rushed to tackle the latest in a series of fires with suspected connections to youth gangs that have raged across the city in the last week. READ »

Stockholm plays host to international laughter fest

Lifestyle: 26 Aug 09
Sweden's capital will this weekend welcome a host of international comedy stars when the very first Stockholm Comedy Festival opens on Friday. READ »

Two injured in Stockholm ferry fire

National: 18 Aug 09
Two people are being treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke on Tuesday afternoon on a ferry docked in Stockholm and carrying 2,300 passengers. 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 »

Report dumps on Baltic cruise ship discharge

Science & Technology: 17 Jul 09
Sweden's coastal waters are under threat from tonnes of human and other waste being regularly dumped into the Baltic by passenger liners, according to a new report. READ »

Borg beats bailout drum following belt tightening in Riga

Business & Money: 9 Jun 09
Swedish finance minister Anders Borg on Tuesday urged international lenders to open their coffers to Latvia after the country agreed to slash government spending. READ »

Baltic states agree on Sweden power link

Business & Money: 27 Apr 09
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania agreed in Vilnius on Monday on a key undersea power link between Sweden and Lithuania that would connect the three Baltic states into the Scandinavian energy grid. READ »

Swedish national library reported for child porn

Society: 6 Apr 09
The Swedish national library will on Monday afternoon be reported to the police for the possession and distribution of child pornography. READ »

Most Swedes support mandatory military service: poll

Politics: 23 Mar 09
Amid concerns about moving to an all-volunteer military, a new poll shows the majority of Swedes want to retain the country’s current system of mandatory military service. READ »

Untangling the role of Swedish banks in Latvia's financial woes

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Mar 09
As economies in the Baltic states falter, The Local’s Juris Kaza looks at why so many observers have placed much of the blame for Latvia’s financial woes on Swedish banks. READ »

Gävle goat's little brother torched

National: 19 Dec 08
It has become something of a Swedish Christmas tradition for the famous Gävle goat to be burned by vandals. Now its smaller counterpart has suffered a similar fate. READ »

Sweden gives support to Latvian economic plan

Business & Money: 11 Dec 08
Speaking on behalf of a group of Nordic and Baltic countries, Sweden said on Wednesday that Latvia’s economic structuring programme was credible and ambitious. READ »

Stockholm club and concert tips: Saturday, Dec 13

Lifestyle: 10 Dec 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. READ »

What's on in Sweden: December 5 - 11

Lifestyle: 4 Dec 08
What's on in Sweden: December 5th - 11th. Hootchy Kootchy burlesque and Cirkus Cirkör in Stockholm; Motorhead and "making a difference" in Gothenburg; Status Quo in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Stockholm club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 29

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. READ »

Italian outcry over Swedish 'slander'

Society: 26 Nov 08
The Italian Ambassador to Sweden has slammed a petition raised this week by a Swedish member of parliament in support of high profile Italian author Roberto Saviano. READ »

Man feared drowned after ferry mishap

National: 26 Nov 08
A man is believed to have drowned in the Baltic Sea after falling overboard from a ferry on Tuesday night. READ »

Estonia victim families demand new probe

National: 21 Nov 08
Relatives of the victims of a 1994 Baltic Sea ferry sinking, which claimed the lives of 501 Swedes, are stepping up pressure for a new probe of enduring claims that the disaster was caused by an explosion. READ »

Gothenburg honours nightclub fire victims

National: 29 Oct 08
A memorial to the victims of the 1998 Gothenburg nightclub fire, which claimed 63 lives, will be unveiled on Wednesday night on the tenth anniversary of the blaze. READ »

Chilling out with a Baltic spa experience

Travel: 22 Sep 08
If you're looking to pamper yourself this autumn, a spa trip to the Baltics could be just the ticket, writes Alannah Eames. READ »

Winter rail destinations: Sveg/Vemdalen

Travel: 18 Sep 08
Sponsored article: Located in the central heartland of Sweden, Sveg is the gateway to Vemdalen, Sweden's second-largest ski area, which boasts some of the most varied skiing facilities in the country. READ »

Mosque fire 'could have been arson'

National: 15 Aug 08
A fire that broke out in a mosque in northern Sweden on Thursday night could have been started deliberately, police say. READ »

Ryanair adds new routes from Stockholm

Business & Money: 16 Jul 08
Discount airline Ryanair announced plans on Tuesday to add four new routes to eastern Europe from Stockholm’s Skavsta airport. READ »

Fire at Swedish nuclear power plant

National: 11 Jul 08
A fire broke out on Friday on the roof of a turbine hall at a nuclear power plant on Sweden's west coast but was quickly extinguished and the reactor was never in danger, the plant said. READ »

Forest fires under control: firefighters

National: 4 Jun 08
Fierce forest fires which have raged in northern Sweden for nearly a week should soon be extinguished, a local fire and rescue service official said on Wednesday. READ »

Sweden: a nation of dog lovers

Lifestyle: 15 Apr 08
Life is pretty rosy when viewed through the eyes of a dog fortunate enough to grow up in Sweden, writes René Rice. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 4 - 10

Lifestyle: 3 Apr 08
What's on this week in Sweden: English theatre comedy in Stockholm, Swedish indie pop with The Perishers in Gothenburg, digital opera in Malmö. READ »

Snooty but stylish: Stockholm Fashion Week blasts off

Lifestyle: 29 Jan 08
Stockholm's fashion scene can be snobby, writes David Bartal, but Stockholm Fashion Week provides rich pickings for those who can get past the doormen. READ »

Government advisors give thumbs up for OMX-Nasdaq deal

Business & Money: 25 Jan 08
The Financial Markets Advisory Committee sees benefits for stock exchange operator OMX from linking with Nasdaq/Borse Dubai. READ »

Riga: Strangely unfamiliar

Travel: 18 Jan 08
Taking a ferry out of Stockholm need not mean a booze cruise to Helsinki. Alannah Eames went to Latvia to check out one of Sweden's most charming neighbours. READ »

OMX board recommends acceptance of Borse Dubai bid

Business & Money: 2 Jan 08
Announcement comes following approval for the deal by U.S. regulators READ »

US clears way for Dubai-Nasdaq OMX bid

National: 1 Jan 08
US officials have approved Borse Dubai's investment in Nasdaq, paving the way for a joint bid for Stockholm's OMX. READ »

Ship runs aground near Helsingborg

National: 25 Dec 07
Police suspect a first mate was drunk and fell asleep at his post. READ »

Santa's elves get busy at Sweden's post office

Lifestyle: 19 Dec 07
Every year Sweden's post office receives more than 100,000 letters from children all over the world addressed to Santa. Every letter-writer gets a response, writes Majsan Boström. READ »

Sports digest: Nystrand smashes two world records

Sport: 19 Nov 07
Swimming: Stefan Nystrand excels in Berlin. Golf: Jimenez snatches Hong Kong victory from Karlsson. Football: Swedes prepare for crucial tie against Latvia. READ »

Military called in as snow traps thousands on road

National: 13 Nov 07
Fire chiefs were calling in help from the military on Tuesday night after large numbers of people became trapped in cars and trucks on a snow-blocked road south of Stockholm. "The situation is getting serious," said a fire chief. READ »

Dubai bid for OMX approved

Business & Money: 12 Nov 07
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority, Finansinspektionen (FI) has approved Borse Dubai's bid for Swedish stock exchange operator OMX. READ »

OMX posts new trading record

Business & Money: 5 Nov 07
The OMX Nordic Exchange reached record heights in October. The company's Nordic president says he expects the trend to continue. READ »

One dead in Borlänge blaze

National: 30 Oct 07
One person has died after a fire broke out in an old wooden house in Borlänge in the early hours of Tuesday morning. READ »

OMX deal 'set for February launch'

Business & Money: 24 Oct 07
Borse Dubai and Nasdaq's public offer for Nordic stock exchange operator OMX should be launched in January, OMX chief executive Magnus Böcker said on Wednesday. READ »

Mosebacke: Observing the SoFo brigade

Lifestyle: 19 Oct 07
Tipping Point: 'Beards and the pallor of the recently exhumed': Kathleen Harman finds that Mosebacke's jazz brunch is a great place to observe Stockholm's alternative set. READ »

Nasdaq given go-ahead for OMX takeover

Business & Money: 27 Sep 07
Sweden's financial market authority ruled Thursday that the US exchange Nasdaq meets the conditions needed to take over the Nordic and Baltic stock market operator OMX. READ »

Borse Dubai sweetens offer for OMX

Business & Money: 26 Sep 07
Borse Dubai said Wednesday it had sweetened its takeover offer for Nordic market operator OMX and had secured 47.6 percent of shares in the group. READ »

Bidding war expected as Qatar buys into OMX

Business & Money: 20 Sep 07
Nordic market operator OMX looked set Thursday to become the centre of takeover bidding battle between Gulf rivals Dubai and Qatar. The Qataris "have more money than God", says one analyst. READ »

New bid for OMX in Nasdaq-UAE deal

Business & Money: 20 Sep 07
US high-tech market Nasdaq and the United Arab Emirates group Borse Dubai have reached an agreement to jointly take over Nordic market operator OMX, with Borse Dubai taking 19.99 percent of Nasdaq. READ »

Borse Dubai submits offer for OMX

Business & Money: 15 Sep 07
Borse Dubai has submitted an offer to acquire the Nordic market operator OMX to financial authorities in Sweden, the Swedish market regulator FI has said. READ »

SAS cancels more flights

National: 13 Sep 07
SAS has cancelled more flights on Thursday, following two accidents earlier this week. Flights to London, Hamburg and the Baltic states are affected, as well as domestic services. READ »

Sports Digest: Sweden closes in on Euro qualification

Sport: 10 Sep 07
Football: Sweden edges closer to Euro 2008. Athletics: Swedish women and Finnish men win the annual international battle. Tennis: Aspelin and Knowle take US Open doubles title. READ »

OMX faces probe over resistance to Borse Dubai

Business & Money: 4 Sep 07
The Swedish financial service regulator said Tuesday it would investigate suspected illegal moves by Nordic market operator OMX to defend itself against a hostile takeover bid by Borse Dubai. READ »

Gang leaves trail of destruction in Gothenburg

National: 6 Aug 07
Fifteen police units were called in to Gothenburg's Angered district in the early hours of Monday morning to combat a gang of youths intent on destruction. READ »

Child taken into care over cottage repairs

Society: 19 Jul 07
A local social services department which forcibly took an eight-month-old girl into care because her parents were renovating their home has been reported to the police. READ »

Pregnant in Sweden - I'll drink to that

Lifestyle: 11 Jul 07
While recently awaiting the arrival of a new baby, Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius found herself not so much restricted by her bulging belly as by the opinions of those around her - especially when it came to alcohol consumption. READ »

Olde Sweden on a plate

Travel: 29 Jun 07
Jeanne Rudbeck goes in search of an endangered Swedish species: the classic smörgåsbord. She finds it being well cared for by another great Swedish institution. READ »

Serious fire at Stockholm gym

National: 28 Jun 07
Six people have been injured in a serious fire at a gym in central Stockholm at lunchtime on Thursday. The fire at the Energiverket gym in the Hornstull area was said by witnesses to have started in a solarium. READ »

Fire guts swimming pool

National: 10 Jun 07
A fire at a sports complex in northern Sweden on Saturday night has left a swimming pool building completely destroyed. READ »


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