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Swedish town gives 'Negro Village' new name

Society: 13 Feb 12
A suburb of Mjällby, southern Sweden, known by locals as ‘Negro Village’ for forty years, will be changing its name after a storm of recent attention. READ »

Åkesson stands firm on immigration

Politics: 7 Aug 11
Despite the recent outrages in Norway, Sweden Democrat (SD) leader Jimmie Åkesson refused to change his stance on the controversial party’s line on immigration during his summer speech on Saturday. READ »

Chickens 'tortured' during slaughter: report

Society: 8 Mar 11
The Swedish National Food Administration has discovered that a number of chickens were not bled during the slaughtering process and thus may have been scalded and plucked alive. READ »

Elderly Swede fined for dumping water on smoking neighbour

Society: 20 Nov 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has been convicted for extinguishing a neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water. READ »

Sleepless Swede charged for dousing smoking neighbour

Society: 16 Sep 10
An 83-year-old man from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden is facing charges after he extinguished his neighbour’s cigarette with a bucket of water. READ »

Swedish baby escapes unscathed from snow burial

Society: 1 Mar 10
Neo Nordstedt, a six-month-old Swedish baby, awoke from his slumber on Friday to find that he, and his pram, had been completely buried under snow falling from a three-storey building. Despite the odds, Neo made a miraculous escape. READ »

Managing a family is not work: court

Society: 5 Dec 09
A stay-at-home parent’s activities are not classified as ‘work’, according to the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court. READ »

Woman barred from getting coat of arms tattoo

Society: 9 Sep 09
A 19-year-old woman from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has had her request for permission to get a tattoo of the national coat of arms turned down by a chief heraldist at the National Archives. READ »

Swedish metal heads get ready to rock for Jesus

Society: 12 Jun 09
God-fearing heavy metal fans in Sweden now have a place to go to bang their heads and worship Jesus at the same time. READ »

Woman held captive for five days in southern Sweden

National: 21 Dec 08
A 47-year-old man is suspected of holding a 41-year-old woman prisoner for five days in his apartment in Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. READ »

Swedish nurses oppose breast feeding alcohol guidelines

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 08
Most Swedish midwives and nurses continue to advise new mothers to abstain from alcohol when breast feeding, despite new guidelines saying that consuming alcohol in small quantities has no adverse effects. READ »

Jazz festival coverage needs to be more about the music

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jul 08
Music fan Gene Oberto wishes critics would change their tune when it comes to the Stockholm Jazz Festival and its featured acts like Van Morrisson (above). READ »

Thieves make off with valuable sculpture

National: 26 Feb 07
Last week thieves made off with a sculpture from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden. If it is not returned by Monday the local council is going to report the matter to the police. READ »

Hultsfred sets off a rocking Swedish summer

Lifestyle: 2 Jun 06
While there will be music for all tastes, those who like their music loud and heavy will be particularly well catered for in June, with Lordi, Def Leppard and Alice Cooper all putting in appearances in Sweden. READ »

Valborg violence mars celebrations

National: 1 May 06
In most areas across Sweden the traditionally raucous Valborg celebrations were peaceful, but a series of assaults and gang fights cast a shadow over the evening. READ »

Bird flu in Skåne

Smörgåsbord: 11 Apr 06
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Highlights from Follow Sweden

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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The Local helps shed some light on the tantalizing mystery known as the strong, silent Nordic type.
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The Local's Oliver Gee finds out why the star of Sweden's version of 'The Office' thinks Sweden is the most PC country in the world
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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
Alexander Lervik and Johan Carper
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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What's On: The Local's guide to upcoming attractions and events in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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GALLERY »
An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
Photo: Fredrik Persson/Scanpix
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
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Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
Q&A with Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley
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Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
Photo: Sony Pictures
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
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Braving the cold: Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden
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A truly international education at the heart of Berlin
Highlights from Follow Sweden
Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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