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Four arrested for Malmö gang slaying

National: 10 Feb 12
Four men have been arrested for the “execution style” killing of a 19-year-old man in Malmö in August 2011 in what police believe was a settling of scores among criminal gangs. READ »

Police close entrance to Malmö hospital

National: 3 Feb 12
Police in Malmö have taken the unusual decision to cordon off the entrance to the accident and emergency department at the Skåne University Hospital following the latest in a rising number of fatal shooting incidents. READ »

Gun violence 'most common' in Malmö

National: 2 Feb 12
Guns are three times more common in Malmö compared to Stockholm when it comes to reported killings and attempted killings, new figures show. READ »

Police 'embarrassed' by continued violence

National: 1 Feb 12
Police in Malmö say they see no ties between Tuesday's fatal shooting and the later bombing of a police station but that they are “embarrassed” that crime has continued to rise despite a recent increase in police presence. READ »

Bomb attack rocks Malmö police station

National: 1 Feb 12
A police station in central Malmö was hit by a powerful explosion early Wednesday morning, leaving a hole in the building. READ »

Man dead after new Malmö shooting

National: 31 Jan 12
Malmö was rocked by another fatal shooting on Tuesday night after a man was gunned down in a car and later died in hospital, marking the city's third gun fatality since the start of the year. READ »

Parents held for 'forcing demons' from daughter

Society: 28 Jan 12
Exorcism was the motivation for repeated attacks against a 14 year-old girl from western Sweden who was regularly beaten and burned by her father and stepmother, who wanted to rid the girl of “evil spirits”, prosecutors allege. READ »

Two men shot in Malmö

National: 28 Jan 12
Two men were shot in central Malmö on the night between Friday and Saturday, and a suspect was arrested by the police shortly thereafter. All three men are known to have criminal ties. READ »

HIV-infected man jailed for unprotected sex

National: 25 Jan 12
A 20-year-old man from Malmö in southern Sweden was sentenced to eight months in prison on Wednesday for not telling eight women that he was infected with HIV before having sex with them. READ »

Divers find WWII bomber off Swedish coast

Society: 24 Jan 12
Swedish divers have discovered what is believed to be the remains of a WWII Halifax bomber plane in the waters off the coast of southern Sweden. READ »

New gun law proposal frustrates Swedish police

Society: 20 Jan 12
Swedish police are disappointed after a government proposal suggesting a tightening of legislation still failed to grant police the ability to wire tap suspects in cases of less serious weapons crimes. READ »

Malmö takes a stand against growing violence

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 12
The grieving father of a murdered 15-year-old, attempting to climb down into his dead son's grave, was a sombre reminder of the consequences of the escalating violence in southern Sweden, reports contributor Patrick Reilly. READ »

Man shot dead at shooting range in Malmö

National: 8 Jan 12
A man in his twenties was killed at a shooting range in Malmö on Sunday afternoon, but police have information suggesting the man was killed by the gun he was holding at the time of the accident. READ »

Customs 'not focused' on weapons smuggling

National: 5 Jan 12
The Öresund bridge has long been known to be an important route for weapons smugglers to get their wares into Sweden. Despite this, only seven illegal weapons were seized there over the course of 2011. READ »

Storm ‘Emil’ barrels north over Sweden

National: 4 Jan 12
Swedish authorities have closed off bridges and cancelled rail traffic in southern and western parts of the country after forecasters issued warnings about a new storm heading in over the already wind-whipped country. READ »

More extreme weather heading toward Sweden

National: 2 Jan 12
A new low pressure area, referred to as an "atmospheric bomb" by Danish forecasters due to its sudden pressure drop, is on the way toward Sweden, bearing with it strong winds and precipitation. READ »

Swedish teen shells out for giant lobster

Society: 2 Jan 12
A 19-year-old girl in southern Sweden decided that her love for all things seafood was enough to shell out several thousands for a giant lobster, in order to treat her family to a cracking New Year’s dinner. READ »

Rise in shootings puts strain on Malmö police

National: 2 Jan 12
After the latest incident where a 15-year-old died from shot wounds to the head and chest on Sunday evening, police say that the situation in Malmö is “strained” due to a steady rise in violence in the area. READ »

Wounded Swedish teen dies from injuries

National: 1 Jan 12
The 15-year-old boy who was shot in the head and chest in the Malmö suburb of Rosengård, in the south of Sweden, late on Saturday night, has died in hospital from his injuries. READ »

Rowdy start to the new year in Sweden

National: 1 Jan 12
Police were kept busy during the last evening of 2011 with celebrations all over Sweden getting out of hand and resulting in brawling and firework accidents. READ »

Mum hit by car after pushing kids to safety

Society: 31 Dec 11
A woman was hit by a car at a crosswalk in southern Sweden around lunchtime on Friday, moments after miraculously pushing her two children out of harm's way. READ »

Suspected khat smuggler crashes after car chase

National: 30 Dec 11
A man believed to be carrying 200 kilogrammes of the amphetamine-like substance khat in his car crashed into a guardrail after trying to flee Swedish customs officials at the Öresund bridge on Friday morning. READ »

Five year sentence for Swede's child sex crimes

National: 27 Dec 11
A 45-year-old Swedish man whose computer contained more than half a million images of child pornography, including some featuring infants, has been jailed for five years for child pornography crimes and child rape. READ »

Drunken Christmas revelries lead to arrests

Society: 26 Dec 11
Many people went overboard in their Christmas merriment this year, with arrests for public drunkenness up across Sweden over the weekend. READ »

Busy Christmas weekend for the Swedish police

National: 25 Dec 11
Murders, break-ins and accidents made it a busy Christmas holiday weekend for the police and emergency services across Sweden this year. READ »

Man shot dead in Malmö

National: 21 Dec 11
A 55-year-old man was shot in the head while renovating a café in central Malmö on Tuesday afternoon. READ »

Swedish school rocked by daytime stabbing

Education: 13 Dec 11
Two people were arrested Monday afternoon following the stabbing of a 19-year-old man in connection with a fight at a high school in southern Sweden. READ »

Warnings as winter storm heads toward Sweden

Science & Technology: 8 Dec 11
Sweden's first major winter storm of the season is expected bring strong winds and heavy snow on Thursday night into Friday, prompting warnings of power outages and dangerous road conditions in many parts of the country. READ »

Hungry Swedes queue up for Obamas sausage

Society: 7 Dec 11
Tucked behind a shopping centre in southern Sweden is a little food cart with a big name. "Obamas" serves falafel, kebab and sausages, prepared and served by Amro and Soumia Hawary, who opened up shop almost three years ago. READ »

Qaddafi wanted to buy Malmö FF: report

Sport: 5 Dec 11
Former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi wanted to pump some of the country's oil billions into Swedish football team Malmö FF, according to details in a new book. READ »

Nationalists abandon 'warrior king' anniversary

National: 28 Nov 11
This year's anniversary of the death of Swedish warrior king Karl XII, traditionally commemorated by the extreme right in Sweden, is said to be a low key affair, saving resources for a demonstration planned for December. READ »

Storm 'Berit' leaves 80,000 without power

National: 28 Nov 11
Some 80,000 households remained without electricity in southern Sweden on Monday morning in the wake of the weekend's storm, while rail and air traffic continued to suffer disruption. READ »

Class 3 warning issued as storms lash Sweden

Science & Technology: 27 Nov 11
With parts of southern Sweden still reeling from the damage caused by the storm dubbed Berit, residents have been warned that even worse weather is on its way and urged not to go out unless absolutely necessary. READ »

Ten soul-satisfying Swedish comfort foods

Lifestyle: 25 Nov 11
As the darkness and chill of Sweden's winter gathers pace, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson offers up a list of ten Swedish comfort foods to keep your belly full and nourish your sun-starved soul. READ »

'Gang leader' shot dead in Malmö

National: 24 Nov 11
A 31-year-old man believed to be the head of a notorious criminal gang was killed in a shooting at an industrial site in Malmö, in southern Sweden, on Thursday morning. Police have yet to make an arrest in the case. READ »

Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden

Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter. READ »

Bus driver in banana attack nightmare

Society: 19 Nov 11
A woman ran onto the bus, and threw a half-eaten banana into bus driver Zekerija Velagic's eye. The 46-year-old woman from Skåne has now been fined for the incident. READ »

Swedes warned of Danish sex jaunt risks

Society: 15 Nov 11
Swedish men travelling to Copenhagen to partake of the Danish capital's plethora of sex clubs, massage parlours and swinger clubs have been warned that they face a heightened risk of being infected with sexually transmitted diseases. READ »

Swedish reality TV show brings Swedish-Americans back 'home'

Society: 11 Nov 11
A new reality television show offering Swedish-Americans the chance to meet their long-lost Swedish relatives has some critics crying foul, but has been described by participants as the chance of a lifetime, The Local's Joel Linde explains. READ »

Celebrating St. Martin: blood soup, anyone?

Lifestyle: 11 Nov 11
St. Martin's Day, November 11th, might not be the most important event in the Christian calendar, but some Swedes – particularly in Skåne – celebrate the day with gusto. Usually by drinking blood. READ »

Shoppers driven out of town in 'hooligan' mix up

National: 31 Oct 11
Four guys out shoe shopping on a Sunday afternoon suddenly found themselves detained and whisked to the edge of town by police, mistaking them for a gang of criminal football hooligans. READ »

Halloween revelers keep Swedish police busy

National: 30 Oct 11
The recent payday, Halloween, and a concert by hip hop star 50 Cent proved to be a recipe for an extra messy weekend for police around Sweden. READ »

Prosecutor: slave auction was 'costume party'

National: 28 Oct 11
A ”slave auction” held by a Lund student group in April was a ”costume party” meaning no charges will be filed against the organizers. However, charges have been filed against an artist who drew up demeaning posters of the person who reported the incident. READ »

No punishment for Swedish cop who called gays a 'cancer on society'

Society: 27 Oct 11
The police officer from southern Sweden who called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague, will not face any disciplinary measures. READ »

Sweden ups cash offer to attract egg donors

Science & Technology: 25 Oct 11
Several Swedish county councils are planning to pay three times as much as the current rate in order to entice more women to become egg donors, hoping to meet increasing demand. READ »

Woman brings dead baby to clinic in paper bag

National: 24 Oct 11
A woman turned up at a hospital in southern Sweden on Friday with a paper bag containing a dead newborn baby. READ »

'Tuna poisoning' reports on the rise in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 21 Oct 11
Sweden's communicable diseases agency has seen a recent spike in reported food poisonings in Stockholm thought to be caused by tuna. READ »

Sneaking a peak at Sweden’s burgeoning wine industry

Lifestyle: 18 Oct 11
While perhaps best known as the home of Absolut vodka, Sweden also boasts a growing selection of wineries, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson discovers. READ »

Swedish teenage boy shot in the face

National: 16 Oct 11
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the face on Saturday evening, in Eslöv, southern Sweden, and police have arrested a 21 year-old man suspected of attempted murder. READ »

Swedish tourism suffers summer decline

Business & Money: 5 Oct 11
Fewer tourists visited Sweden in the summer 2011, breaking a six year upward trend, according to new figures from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. READ »

Massive increase in flats for sale

Business & Money: 4 Oct 11
The number of tenant-owner occupied apartments in Sweden is over 50 percent higher this year in comparison with last year, according to new figures published on Tuesday. READ »

Overcrowding persists in Sweden's hospitals

Science & Technology: 1 Oct 11
Despite stricter rules, Swedish hospitals still struggle to avoid overcrowding and any institution caught breaking the rules will now face heftier fines, after previous measures have shown only limited effects. READ »

Göran Hägglund lays down the gauntlet

Politics: 30 Sep 11
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has challenged his critics within the party to stand up and fight for the leadership, in response to a petition which has cast doubt on his position. READ »

Government in u-turn over abused foster kids

National: 29 Sep 11
The Swedish government has changed its mind regarding reimbursing thousands of Swedes mistreated in foster care during the 1900s. READ »

Fake cop groomed and handcuffed kids

Society: 26 Sep 11
A 25-year-old man in Skåne in southern Sweden is facing charges for grooming children over the internet, impersonating a police officer and handcuffing several of them. READ »

Arrests mar Helsingborg title celebration

Sport: 26 Sep 11
Several arrests were made in Helsingborg town centre on Sunday night as crowds gathered in their thousands to celebrations the local football team winning the Allsvenskan title. READ »

Lööf 'raring to go' as Centre Party head

Politics: 23 Sep 11
When Annie Lööf, 28, is elected new party head for Swedens Centre party on Friday she will be the youngest leader the party has ever had to date, but is adamant she is ready to get cracking on her new tasks. READ »

EU tells Sweden to repay farm subsidy

Business & Money: 22 Sep 11
Sweden has been told by the European Union to repay 870 million kronor (€94 million, $127 million) in agricultural subsidies, a third of which will be paid by farmers, an industry body said Thursday. READ »

Leeches save woman's face after dog attack

Science & Technology: 20 Sep 11
Doctors in southern Sweden used hundreds of leeches to help save a woman's face after a massive chunk had been bitten off by her own dog. READ »

'Missing' toddler fools Swedish police

Society: 19 Sep 11
Dozens of police officers engaged in a massive search for a 2-year-old girl who was reported missing in southern Sweden on Saturday. As it turned out, she was simply very good at hiding. READ »

Patient records wiped out in system crash

National: 17 Sep 11
A computer system crash may have lost 50,000 patient records from 14 clinics and two major hospitals in southern Sweden. Three weeks later, a Norwegian company is still attempting to recover the documents. READ »

Sweden's 'most wanted' arrested in Slovakia

National: 16 Sep 11
One of Sweden's most wanted fugitives, who escaped from prison in August 2010, has been arrested in southern Slovakia, according to local police. READ »

'It's dangerous to disregard experience'

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 11
As Sweden's politicians return to business at the Riksdag after a period of party-leadership reshuffling, The Local's Rebecca Martin examines concerns that youth has begun to trump experience in Swedish politics. READ »

Wrong to sack cop for lewd blog posts: court

Society: 7 Sep 11
A Swedish police officer who blogged about how he and a colleague secretly dabbed the tips of their sex organs against parts of a car driven by female cops should not have been fired, a Swedish court ruled on Wednesday. READ »

New Left Party head hard to predict: poll

Politics: 4 Sep 11
The battle for the position as new Left Party leader is going to be a close one, and introducing dual leadership is gaining popularity, a recent survey shows. READ »

Swedish cop: gays a 'cancer on society'

Society: 2 Sep 11
A police officer in Malmö in southern Sweden is under investigation after having called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague who also serves as the department's hate crimes educator. READ »

Swedish vodka maker hits Absolut record

Business & Money: 1 Sep 11
Absolut Vodka smashed previous production records during the past fiscal year, shipping out 99 million litres of the popular distilled spirit from its factory in southern Sweden, the company reported on Thursday. READ »

Elk totals police car, sends officers to hospital

Society: 28 Aug 11
Two police officers were taken to hospital in Skåne in southern Sweden on Saturday after their squad car collided with an elk. READ »

London's Soho Square set for Swedish 'fika'

Society: 26 Aug 11
The scent of Swedish coffee and cakes is filling the air over Soho Square in the heart of London's theatre district after tourism group VisitSweden erected a Swedish style café to offer "fika" and to lure cosmopolitan Londoners to Sweden. READ »

Sweden fears swimming Danish raccoon invasion

Science & Technology: 23 Aug 11
Swedish game wardens have sounded alarm bells that the rapid growth in the raccoon and raccoon dog population in Denmark could result in the invasive species swimming across the Öresund channel and establishing themselves in southern Sweden. READ »

Swedish dealers to stop selling Saabs

Business & Money: 22 Aug 11
Several Swedish dealerships have decided to pull Saab cars from their showrooms as debt collectors continue to investigate the troubled Swedish automaker and employees face continued uncertainty about their next paycheck. READ »

Jenny, 30, feared kidnapped in Malmö

National: 10 Aug 11
30-year-old Jenny Persson from Malmö in southern Sweden, has been missing since she left her flat on August 1st without her credit cards, mobile phone or passport. Police now fear she has been abducted. READ »

'Old-timer gang' faces Swedish court

National: 8 Aug 11
Monday saw the start of the trial against the so-called "Old–timer gang" (Gubbligan), facing charges for a slew aggravated robberies in southern Sweden between 2007 and 2010. READ »

German tourists 'missing' in Sweden paddle back to safety

Society: 8 Aug 11
A canoeing German family touring southeastern Sweden was surprised to find their camp-site teeming with police after a misunderstanding with camping ground staff caused a police search action. READ »

Salmonella scare shutters Swedish petting zoo

Society: 5 Aug 11
Concerns about a salmonella outbreak have forced a petting zoo in southern Sweden to close its doors, after it was confirmed that at least one foal was infected with the highly contagious disease. READ »

Lis, 69, forced to sleep in Swedish hospital toilet

Science & Technology: 4 Aug 11
A 69-year-old woman was forced to sleep and eat in a toilet during a recent hospital stay in southern Sweden due to overcrowding. READ »

Swedish lesbians more keen to wed: study

Society: 2 Aug 11
More Swedish lesbians than gay men have taken advantage of rules allowing same-sex couple's to get married, new statistics show. READ »

New battle erupts over 'Sweden's Stonehenge'

Science & Technology: 30 Jul 11
A new archaeological examination of Ales stenar, a massive stone relic perched atop a cliff in southern Sweden, has sparked a heated crossfire between scientists about the origins of the famed stone ship. READ »

Boy convicted for sex with 13-year-old girlfriend

National: 27 Jul 11
A 15-year-old Swedish boy has been convicted of child sex crimes for having sex with his 13-year-old girlfriend. READ »

Court orders HIV-infected man into isolation

National: 25 Jul 11
A Malmö man in his twenties is suspected of having had unprotected sex without informing partners about his HIV infection - a criminal offence in Sweden - and he has now been instructed to spend three months in forced isolation. READ »

Swedes' app choices reveal where they live

Business & Money: 22 Jul 11
One in three Swedes will use apps in their mobile phones this summer, but the favourites differ depending on where you are in the country, according to a new survey mapping out Sweden’s top app choices. READ »

Sweden struck by massive thunderstorm

Science & Technology: 22 Jul 11
Swedish skies were lit up by close to 40,000 lightning strikes and parts of the country suffered major power outages when a massive thunderstorm traveled across the country between Thursday and Friday. READ »

Father in custody after wedding stabbing

National: 20 Jul 11
A 52-year-old man, suspected of stabbing his son at his daughter’s wedding last weekend, was remanded into custody on Wednesday by Lund district court in southern Sweden. READ »

Stockholm cafés: a Södermalm selection

Lifestyle: 19 Jul 11
The Brooklyn-esque island of Södermalm offers countless cozy café options for its young and trendy dwellers. Here’s The Local’s list of five hotspots to have a "fika" (coffee break), lounge, and bask in the buzz of this hip neighborhood. READ »

Anti-Semitic hate crime declines in Malmö: report

National: 17 Jul 11
Hate crimes against Jews living in Malmö are less than half as many as 2009's record-high number, according to reports in Swedish media. However, racist and islamophobic hate crimes are on the rise. READ »

Six stabbed at Swedish wedding

National: 17 Jul 11
Six people were taken to hospital after a knife fight at an out-of-control wedding party in southern Sweden. A 52 year-old man was arrested, for attempted murder and aggravated assault. READ »

Hollywood scraps filming after Malmö Jews alert

National: 12 Jul 11
A Hollywood film company was planning to set a movie with a Jewish theme in Skåne in southern Sweden but changed its mind due to concerns over anti-Semitism in Malmö. READ »

Top ten Swedish foods to remember

Lifestyle: 11 Jul 11
While Sweden is not exactly known around the world as a destination of culinary excellence, there are some juicy Nordic morsels that are sure to leave would-be exiles pining for a taste of home, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson discovers. READ »

Scouts say no to neo-Nazi camp tenants

National: 8 Jul 11
A Swedish neo-Nazi political party, planning to gather this weekend in Höör, in southern Sweden, had not told the Scout association, the landlord of the premises, what it was to be used for. READ »

Sweden's sexual healthcare varies widely: report

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Where you live can have a significant effect on what level of sex healthcare you're offered, according to a recent study from a Swedish sex education agency. READ »

One in six Swedish children can’t swim

Society: 8 Jul 11
More than 15 percent of kids in Sweden can’t swim and one in four Swedish parents have had to save a child from the water, according to a new study carried out by a Swedish insurance company. READ »

Centre Party should leave alliance: members

Politics: 6 Jul 11
Several leading Centre Party members want to break free of the centre-right government alliance before the next election, in a bid to regain the party's own identity, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Fishing industry quiet on worms in cod: report

National: 3 Jul 11
The cod worm, capable of causing vomiting and diarrhea, is steadily becoming more common in the Baltic Sea, but the Swedish fishing industry has kept a tight lid on information about the growing numbers, according to a newspaper report. READ »

Thunderstorms leave southern Sweden reeling

Science & Technology: 3 Jul 11
Flooded roads and railroads, closed stores, fires caused by lightning strikes, and thousands of homes left without power - a heavy thunderstorm left southern Sweden reeling from the chaos in its wake this weekend. READ »

Swedish domestic EHEC search abandoned

Science & Technology: 2 Jul 11
The centre for communicable diseases in Skåne, in southern Sweden, is now giving up attempts to find the source behind the first Swedish infection of the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC) bacteria. READ »

Sweden's top children's playgrounds

Lifestyle: 1 Jul 11
With the summer sun in the ascendancy, it’s time to lather on the sunscreen, pack a picnic, and head out to explore some of the 50,000 playgrounds on offer across Sweden. The Local’s Karen Holst tips some of the country’s best. READ »

Hate crime declines in Sweden: report

National: 30 Jun 11
The number of hate crimes committed in Sweden decreased in 2010 compared to the year before, according to fresh figures from Sweden’s National Council of Crime Prevention. READ »

Sweden reports first domestic EHEC case

Science & Technology: 28 Jun 11
For the first time, a Swede with no connections to Germany has been infected with the virulent enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) bacteria that has claimed dozens of lives across Europe, Swedish health authorities reported on Tuesday. READ »

Veolia takes over Öresund train services

Business & Money: 28 Jun 11
Veolia Transport is to take over rail operations on the Swedish side of the Öresund after an agreement reached in light of financial difficulties at Danish-British operator DSB First. READ »

Mystery shrouds Swedish farmer's death

National: 27 Jun 11
A 53-year-old man was found dead on a farm in southern Sweden on Friday, only two years after his brother and sister-in-law died nearby in mysterious circumstances. READ »


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