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'Opinion Taliban', 'tree murder' make 2011 new Swedish word list

Education: 29 Dec 11
Words inspired by flip-flopping politicians and mobile phone apps, as well as creative terms for opinionated people are among the newest and topical Swedish words, according to the Swedish Language Council's annual list. READ »

Court orders Vilks plot suspects released

National: 28 Dec 11
The three men accused of planning to murder controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks in a foiled attack in Gothenburg on September were released on Wednesday shortly after the conclusion of their trial. READ »

Sweden refuses to release CIA flight info

National: 19 Dec 11
When two human rights organizations asked 28 countries for information in order to map out CIAs secret air transports of terror suspects, Sweden was one of three countries refusing to give out any details. READ »

Terror raid based on 'vague' information

National: 15 Dec 11
The terror allegations which caused police to break into the homes of two families in Gothenburg last autumn were based on “vague and confused” statements, according to a report. READ »

Officer sacked for email threat to 'hunt' Reinfeldt

Politics: 14 Dec 11
A 47-year-old Swedish military officer has been dismissed after sending a threatening email to prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt suggesting it was time to hunt down politicians. READ »

'There's no reason to fear another attack'

National: 9 Dec 11
December 11th marks the one year anniversary of the attack by a suicide bomber on a Stockholm street that left Sweden reeling. The Local's Rebecca Martin examines what, if anything, has changed. READ »

Sweden presents plan to combat extremism

National: 9 Dec 11
The day before a massive right wing demonstration is set to take place in Sweden and shortly before the anniversary of the Stockholm suicide bombing, the government on Friday presented their new plan to combat extremism. READ »

'Give police access to snoop agency intel'

Politics: 8 Dec 11
Swedish law enforcement agencies should have access to signals intelligence gathered by the National Defence Radio Establishment to help combat terrorism, the ministry of justice proposed on Thursday. READ »

'No evidence bomber belonged to al-Qaeda'

National: 7 Dec 11
An unexploded bomb was left in the car of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab, investigators said on Wednesday, adding that there was nothing to indicate he was a member of the al-Qaeda terror network. READ »

Swedish uni sacks man over pro-Breivik blog

National: 17 Nov 11
A 45-year-old trainee at the Mid Sweden University has been dismissed after his employers found out he was writing a racist blog, including statements apparently in support of Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik during working hours. READ »

Pressure mounts to open Sweden's Stasi archive

Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files. READ »

'Iran may be spying on exiles in Sweden': agency

National: 7 Nov 11
New guidelines issued by the Swedish Migration Board reveal that Iran has both the ability and the inclination to keep tabs on political antagonists in Sweden. READ »

Swedish court bans niqab-wearing women

National: 28 Oct 11
Three women wearing head scarves completely shielding their faces were denied entry to a Gothenburg courtroom on Friday during the remand hearing of one of the suspects in the Röda Sten murder plot case. READ »

Swedish password hacking scandal widens

Science & Technology: 26 Oct 11
A password hacking scandal which on Tuesday exposed login details of 90,000 Swedes, including several journalists and celebrities, has widened to include 180,000 users on nearly 60 websites. READ »

Top Sweden Democrats accused of spying

Politics: 25 Oct 11
Sweden Democrat leaders have been accused of hacking into the email accounts of Swedish journalists and political opponents by someone claiming to be former party member William Petzäll. READ »

Sweden threat level remains elevated: Säpo

National: 24 Oct 11
Swedish security service Säpo has chosen to keep the terror threat level in Sweden elevated due to the increased mention of the country on terrorist-inspired web pages. READ »

Säpo wants more power to spy on the internet

Science & Technology: 20 Oct 11
Swedish security service Säpo and national police investigators want to see new legislation that will make it easier for them to carry out surveillance on the internet. READ »

Deportees: CIA behind torture interrogations

National: 5 Oct 11
Two Egyptians who were forcibly deported to Egypt from Sweden by CIA agents in 2001 have blamed the US spy agency for the torture they received in their home country. READ »

Swedish budget focuses on labour market

Business & Money: 20 Sep 11
Sweden's government has outlined a raft of labour market initiatives in the budget presented on Tuesday, while its forecast for GDP growth has been slashed to 1.3 percent in 2012, warning that the reality could be worse. READ »

Police confirm searching mosque in Gothenburg

National: 18 Sep 11
The National Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed it searched a mosque in Gothenburg as part of an investigation into a suspected terrorist plot against a local art gallery, a charge later changed to attempted murder. READ »

Sweden's Stasi spies detailed in new book

National: 15 Sep 11
The activities of more than 50 Swedes who spied on their fellow citizens for the East German intelligence service during the Cold War have been described in a new book. READ »

Stockholm bomber's widow arrested in UK

National: 14 Sep 11
A 28-year-old woman reported to be the wife of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab was arrested in the UK on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into the attack. READ »

Terror suspects involved in 'murder plot'

National: 13 Sep 11
Four men arrested in Gothenburg at the weekend on suspicion of planning terror crimes will face a remand hearing on Wednesday, but for planning to commit murder, rather than terror acts. READ »

Sweden terror suspects tied to Islamists: report

National: 12 Sep 11
The four terrorist suspects held in Gothenburg on Sunday have ties to the Somali Islamist movement al-Shabaab, according to a Swedish media report, with speculation that artist Lars Vilks could have been a target. READ »

Social Democrat cleared of Syrian kidnap plot link

Politics: 12 Sep 11
A Stockholm Social Democrat has been cleared of assisting in the attempted kidnap of the daughter of a top Syrian diplomat. READ »

Sweden terror suspect denies crimes

National: 12 Sep 11
One of the four people held in Gothenburg on Sunday on suspicion of preparing terrorism offences has denied the accusations through his lawyer. READ »

Four arrested for preparing terror crimes

National: 11 Sep 11
Police in Gothenburg, on the west coast of Sweden, arrested four people during the early hours of Sunday on probable cause suspected of preparing terrorist crimes. READ »

9/11 'average' for travelling in Sweden

National: 11 Sep 11
Despite Sunday marking ten years since the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, Swedes have not been deterred from travelling to and from Sweden, according to security officials and travel agencies. READ »

Islamic terrorism is key threat: Swedish police

National: 6 Sep 11
Islamic terrorism remains the greatest threat to Sweden, according to Anders Danielsson, head of Sweden's Security Service. READ »

Sweden Democrat MP in bouncer 'beating' uproar

Politics: 5 Sep 11
Sweden Democrat member of parliament Erik Almqvist was arrested at the weekend following a confrontation with bouncers at an exclusive Stockholm nightclub. He denies using any violence. READ »

Book re-ignites debate on Ikea founder's Nazi past

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Sep 11
Recent revelations that Ingvar Kamprad was more active in Swedish Nazi movements than previously thought have called into question the Ikea founder's claims that it was simply a “folly of youth”, the AFP's Nina Larsson explains. READ »

'Ikea founder was an active Nazi': report

Business & Money: 24 Aug 11
The Swedish security police tracked Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's membership in a Swedish Nazi movement in the 1940s, one of the revelations of the business leader's Nazi past revealed in a new book. READ »

CIA rendition deportee: 'Sweden is responsible'

National: 15 Aug 11
Ahmed Agiza, who was flown out of Sweden to Egypt by the CIA in 2001 where he was imprisoned until last week, has claimed that Sweden needs to take responsibility for what happened to him. READ »

CIA terror deportee released from Cairo jail

National: 11 Aug 11
Ahmed Agiza, one of the two Egyptians whose 2001 deportation from Sweden to Egypt caused a political scandal and who has been jailed since then, has now been released from a Cairo prison, according to media reports. READ »

Sweden advances plan to combat extremism

Politics: 5 Aug 11
In the wake of the terror attacks in Norway last month, the Swedish government is planning to present its own action plan to combat violent extremism. READ »

Swedish blogger inspired Norway terrorist: report

National: 29 Jul 11
Portions of Anders Behring Breivik’s “manifesto” were previously posted on an anti-Muslim Swedish blog, according to report in the Swedish media. READ »

Swedish Nazis hold town fair recruitment drive

Politics: 27 Jul 11
A Swedish neo-Nazi movement conducted a recruitment drive at Kivik's annual fair in southern Sweden last week. "Unacceptable" according to the organizers, who have promised to tighten security for next year. READ »

Stockholm security hiked after Norway attacks

National: 25 Jul 11
Stockholm police have increased their monitoring of key spots in the capital following Friday's twin terror attacks in Norway, according to security police. READ »

Swedish security police analyse terror manifesto

National: 25 Jul 11
The Swedish Security Service are to conduct a "thorough examination" of the manifesto distributed by the man behind the Norway twin attacks, which included detailed instructions on how far-right terror can be spread to Sweden. READ »

Stockholm police on alert after Oslo blast

National: 22 Jul 11
Police in Stockholm have increased their presence at key government buildings in the capital following the dramatic explosion in Oslo on Friday afternoon. READ »

'At least 15 countries' spying on Sweden: report

National: 17 Jun 11
Over fifteen countries are systematically conducting intelligence operations against Sweden, while security service Säpo has also carried out more probes into suspected cases of spying on refugees, the agency reported on Thursday. READ »

New threats keep terror alert 'elevated': Säpo

National: 17 Jun 11
New threats to Sweden have resulted in security service Säpo deciding to maintain the country's terror alert level at "elevated", the agency's head said in an interview on Thursday. READ »

Swedish prosecutor confirms US spy probe

National: 7 Jun 11
Sweden's top prosecutor revealed on Tuesday that his office had previously opened a preliminary criminal investigation against US agents suspected of spying in Sweden in 2009. READ »

Suicide attack could happen again: prosecutor

National: 3 Jun 11
As a more complete portrait of the Stockholm suicide bomber emerges six months after he blew himself up in the Swedish capital, the country's top prosecutor believes a future attack is still possible. READ »

Swedish MPs knew of undercover US agents

National: 26 May 11
Several Swedish politicians knew that undercover US agents had been discovered in Sweden in 2009, according to a Swedish MP and member of the National Police Board. READ »

Swedish government keeps quiet on US agents

National: 24 May 11
The Swedish government has declined to comment on Monday’s revelation in the Swedish press that the Swedish Security Service had exposed two American undercover agents in Sweden in 2009. READ »

Sweden's spy laws need updating: Säpo

National: 24 May 11
Swedish Security Service (Säpo) thinks that Swedish laws on espionage are outdated while the government called for an inquiry last year following the discovery of under-cover investigations in Sweden. READ »

US ran 'secret terror hunt' in Sweden: report

National: 23 May 11
US intelligence agents entered Sweden to spy on suspected terrorists without permission from the Swedish government, according to media reports. READ »

Säpo investigates Reinfeldt threat

National: 9 May 11
Sweden's Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed that it is investigating a threat made against prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and the leader of the Social Democrats Håkan Juholt. READ »

Sweden terror threat stands despite bin Laden death

National: 3 May 11
The death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on Sunday has not affected Sweden's security situation regarding terrorist threats, according to the Swedish Security Service. READ »

Gothenburg cops cleared in bomb threat arrests

National: 7 Apr 11
An investigation into the conduct of police who broke into the homes of two families in conjunction with a bomb threat in Gothenburg in November has been dropped. READ »

Secret Swedish Cold War ops exposed

National: 24 Mar 11
A top-secret Swedish air force unit with ties to NATO members Denmark and Norway operated through the Cold War, a new book reveals, casting fresh doubt over the country’s long-standing claims to neutrality. READ »

Säpo warns Swedish imam over internet threat

Society: 15 Mar 11
Swedish security service Säpo have expressed concerns about the safety of a Swedish imam who was recently hired by the Church of Sweden to work with teenagers at a Stockholm youth centre. READ »

UK police charge man over Stockholm bomb

National: 14 Mar 11
Police in Scotland have confirmed that they have charged a 30-year-old man with terror crimes in connection with the suicide bombing in Stockholm in December. READ »

UK suspect 'financier' behind Stockholm bomb

National: 11 Mar 11
The man who is being held in Glasgow on suspicion of being an accomplice in a suicide bombing in Stockholm in December is thought to have been the financier behind the attack, according to Scottish media. READ »

Man held in the UK over Stockholm suicide bomb

National: 8 Mar 11
Police in Scotland have confirmed that a man has been arrested in connection with the suicide bombing in Stockholm in December. READ »

Two Swedes acquitted of plotting terror crimes

National: 2 Mar 11
Two Swedes of Somali decent have been acquitted of planning terrorist crimes in Somalia by a Swedish court of appeal. READ »

Suicide bomb 'may have been cannabis press'

National: 1 Mar 11
An apparent cannabis enthusiast has provided what could be a key clue to Swedish investigators who had previously been stumped by a cylindrical object found near the body of the Stockholm suicide bomber. READ »

Palme conspiracy theories refuse to die

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Feb 11
Like many other high-profile murders, the killing of Olof Palme has spawned more than it's fair share of conspiracy theories, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Al-Qaeda issues new Sweden threat: report

National: 17 Feb 11
An English-language online publication with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network has paid tribute to the suicide bomber who attacked in Stockholm in December while calling for new acts of terrorism in Sweden. READ »

'Spy' PC at Swedish airport managed check in

National: 16 Feb 11
A computer found hidden at Jönköping Airport in central Sweden in a case of suspected industrial espionage has been found to have been part of routine cooperation between the IT department and an airline. READ »

Stockholm bomb victim estimate 'well below 30'

National: 13 Feb 11
A Swedish military agency that is testing the bombs that were found after the terrorist attack in Stockholm estimates that the number of people who could have been killed would have been "well below 30" if they had successfully detonated. READ »

No sign Stockholm bomber had help: Säpo

National: 10 Feb 11
Sweden's intelligence agency announced on Thursday that there are no indications that the man behind Sweden's first suicide bombing had any accomplices. READ »

Manhunt for intruder at Mona Sahlin's home

National: 10 Feb 11
Reports of an attempted break-in at the home of Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin on Thursday morning prompted a massive response as police hunted for the intruder. READ »

WikiLeaks' conspiracy theories laid bare

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 11
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enters the next round of his legal battle stemming from sex crime allegations in Sweden, The Local’s Karen Holst takes a look at some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Assange and his secret-divulging website. READ »

Sweden Democrats: open the Stasi archive

Politics: 4 Feb 11
The Sweden Democrats has demanded that the Swedish Security Service's files on contacts between Swedish individuals and the Stasi be opened to the public in order "to clear the air" over the period in history. READ »

Sweden 'lacks tools' to fight extremism: Åkesson

Politics: 26 Jan 11
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson kicked off Wednesday's Riksdag debate about violent extremism with a reference to the Stockholm suicide bombing in December. READ »

Government staff knew of bomb threat: report

National: 19 Jan 11
A Swedish government employee allegedly knew ahead of time about last month's suicide bomb attack in Stockholm, but failed to inform Swedish security service Säpo, according to new media reports. READ »

Sweden looks to combat Islamophobia

National: 13 Jan 11
Sweden’s integration minister Erik Ullenhag is meeting on Thursday with representatives from the Swedish Muslim community to develop a strategy for combating Islamophobia in the wake of the Stockholm suicide bombing. READ »

YouTube post suggests bomber had help: report

National: 3 Jan 11
A message posted on a YouTube account belonging to the Stockholm suicide bomber two days after he blew himself up suggests he had accomplices, media reported Monday. READ »

Denmark terror plan 'destined to fail': expert

National: 1 Jan 11
A foiled terrorist plot involving three Swedes who planned an attack on a Danish newspaper was destined to fail, a Swedish terrorism expert said on Saturday. READ »

Swede suspects once arrested in Pakistan

National: 30 Dec 10
Two of the Swedish citizens arrested following a foiled terror plot against a Danish newspaper have previously been arrested in Pakistan. READ »

Swedish terror suspects remanded in custody

National: 30 Dec 10
Three men from Sweden were remanded in custody by a Danish court on Thursday after police foiled their plot against a newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. READ »

Swedes arrested over 'Muhammad cartoon plot'

National: 29 Dec 10
Three Swedes were among five people arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of preparing to commit a terrorist act against the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, which published the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. READ »

US tightens security at Stockholm embassy

National: 21 Dec 10
The US embassy in Stockholm has increased its security in response to a threat, according to a statement. READ »

Swedish fatwa council condemns bomb attack

Society: 20 Dec 10
The Swedish Fatwa Council (Svenska Fatwarådet) condemned on Sunday the recent suicide bombing in central Stockholm, while the Swedish Security Service (Säpo) has confirmed that it believes the attacker was acting alone. READ »

Sweden probes suicide bomber's Facebook

National: 17 Dec 10
Sweden's intelligence agency said Friday it was looking at the Facebook account of the man behind the suicide bomb attack in Stockholm on Saturday in order to identify possible accomplices in the act. READ »

Sweden's tolerance 'at risk' following attack

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Dec 10
While Muslims in Sweden have denounced the country's first suicide bombing, experts caution that Sweden’s far-right may try to exploit the attack in a bid to polarise the nation, AFP’s Rita Devlin Marier explains. READ »

Bomber's explosives identified with FBI help

National: 16 Dec 10
Swedish investigators theorise that equipment problems may have caused the Stockholm suicide bomber to divert to a side street, potentially saving many lives. They also claim to have identified explosive material used in the attack. READ »

Bomber linked to radical preacher: report

National: 16 Dec 10
The man who carried out Sweden's first suicide bombing in central Stockholm on Saturday is thought to have had ties to radical Muslim preacher Abu Hamza, according to media reports. READ »

Sweden attack shows more needed to combat extremism: UK PM

Politics: 15 Dec 10
UK Prime Minister David Cameron admitted on Wednesday that his country needed to do more to fight domestic Islamic extremism following reports that a Swedish suicide bomber lived and studied northwest of London. READ »

Islamic extremism 'a threat' to Sweden: Säpo

National: 15 Dec 10
Violent Islamic extremism is a threat to Sweden that shouldn't be underestimated, a report published on Wednesday by Swedish security service Säpo has found. READ »

Swedish police probe bomber's accomplices

National: 15 Dec 10
Swedish investigators are continuing their hunt for possible accomplices of a suicide bomber who narrowly missed causing serious damage in Stockholm on Saturday afternoon as police boosted their presence in the city. READ »

Social Democrats u-turn on Säpo surveillance

Politics: 14 Dec 10
A leading Social Democrat has proposed restoring the ability of Swedish security service Säpo to request signals intelligence in order to make it easier to follow terrorist groups. READ »

Stockholm boosts police presence

Society: 14 Dec 10
More police and security guards were visible in Stockholm on Tuesday as investigators looked for possible accomplices of a suicide bomber who narrowly missed causing mass casualties in the Swedish capital on Saturday. READ »

Bombings an 'attack on democracy': Vilks

Society: 14 Dec 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who was named in a threat message sent prior to Saturday’s suicide bombing in Stockholm, said on Monday the attack was an attempt to destroy freedom of expression. READ »

FBI bomb experts heading to Stockholm

National: 14 Dec 10
The United States is sending seven bomb experts from the FBI to Sweden to assist in the investigation of Saturday's suicide attack in central Stockholm. READ »

Sweden bomber 'friendly' immigrant turned radical

National: 13 Dec 10
The man suspected of being the suicide bomber behind two Stockholm bombings on Saturday was described on Monday as an ordinary friendly young immigrant to Sweden who drastically changed after moving to the UK to study. READ »

Suicide bomber was 'unknown' to Säpo

National: 13 Dec 10
Swedish intelligence officials on Monday said they are "98 percent" certain about the identity of the man who blew himself in central Stockholm on Saturday, adding he was "completely unknown" to intelligence agencies. READ »

Sweden bomber fulfilled al-Qaeda threat: will

National: 13 Dec 10
The man suspected of carrying out Saturday's bomb attacks in Stockholm claimed in a purported will that he was fulfilling a threat by al-Qaeda in Iraq to attack Sweden, a terror monitoring group said on Monday. READ »

Islamist site identifies Stockholm bomber

National: 12 Dec 10
A Yemeni Islamist website claimed on Sunday to have identified the bomber who carried out Saturday’s attacks in Stockholm in what the website called a “martyrdom operation”. READ »

Säpo: unsure if blasts an isolated attack

National: 12 Dec 10
The twin blasts that rocked central Stockholm on Saturday were a suspected suicide attack, a Swedish intelligence official said Sunday, adding it remained unclear whether more attacks may be in store. READ »

Military staffer knew about attacks: report

National: 12 Dec 10
A Swedish Armed Forces employee warned an acquaintance to stay clear of an area in central Stockholm on Saturday where, several hours later, two explosions went off in what is being called a terrorist attack. READ »

Stockholm terror blast 'unacceptable': Reinfeldt

Politics: 12 Dec 10
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has urged caution in the wake of the terror attack that rocked central Stockholm on Saturday evening, warning on Sunday against drawing hasty conclusions. READ »

Local imam condemns Stockholm bombings

Society: 12 Dec 10
A Stockholm-based imam on Sunday condemned the two explosions which targeted holiday shoppers in the Swedish capital, killing one person in a what has been called a terrorist crime. READ »

Stockholm suicide blast a terror attack: police

National: 12 Dec 10
A spokesperson for Swedish security service Säpo labeled as a terror crime the suicide attack that shook central Stockholm on Saturday evening, leaving one person dead and wounding two others. READ »

Stockholm attack follows terror warnings

National: 12 Dec 10
The attack in Stockholm on Saturday evening would, if confirmed to be a terror attack, be the first time Sweden has been targeted by a suicide bomber. READ »

One dead after suicide bombing in Stockholm

National: 11 Dec 10
Two nearly simultaneous explosions rocked central Stockholm on Saturday evening, killing one person and injuring two others in what is believed to be a suicide attack. READ »

Calls to probe Sweden-US intel contacts

Politics: 6 Dec 10
Morgan Johansson, the Social Democrat chair of the parliamentary justice committee, has demanded clarification on alleged informal intelligence contacts between the Swedish government and the US authorities. READ »

Swedish ire stopped CIA 'terror flights'

National: 5 Dec 10
Suspicions that the United States was transporting terror suspects via Sweden on clandestine flights resulted in a diplomatic crisis, according to documents released by WikiLeaks. READ »


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