May 28, 2012
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Society: 21 Apr 12
Three jaguars, the first ever specimens of the exotic cat to set foot in the country, recently arrived to a zoo in central Sweden.
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Education: 18 Apr 12
Non-European immigrants are arriving in Sweden with increasingly higher levels of education, according to a new study, although fewer highly-educated immigrants are arriving from Europe and the Nordic countries.
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Society: 23 Mar 12
Another week of unusual news in Sweden, featuring Viagra, sheep heads, smelly guinea-pigs and octogenarians on the "run", we present a light-hearted look at Swedish news that didn't make the front page.
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Business & Money: 19 Mar 12
Global arms exports are on the rise and Swedish exports of military equipment are growing at a faster clip than the global average, new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) show.
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Lifestyle: 13 Mar 12
The Local catches up with James May, host of the hit British car show Top Gear, to learn which Swedish cars are driven by yummy mummies, why he opted not to buy Saab for £1 and his stance on the elk-moose debate.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper.
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Sport: 11 Oct 11
While the season's first winter storm sends most Swedes scrambling for warmth, a group of dedicated Swedish surfers instead rejoice at the chance to ride out the blustery weather from their boards, The Local's Joel Linde discovers.
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Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 11
Despite scholarships designed to attract foreign students following the introduction of tuition fees, some Swedish universities may be forced to cut course offerings in the face of declining foreign student enrollment, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers.
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Science & Technology: 17 Aug 11
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm along with colleagues in the United States have discovered five gene variants with strong links to aggressive forms of prostate cancer, according to a study released on Tuesday.
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Society: 19 Jul 11
One of the books stolen from the Swedish National Library in the beginning of the 2000s has been discovered with a collector in New York.
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Business & Money: 15 Jul 11
Swedish ball-bearings giant SKF on Friday report a hike in second-quarter profits, aided by an improving automotive market.
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Business & Money: 4 Jul 11
Alfa Laval, the Swedish heating giant, snapped up a major deal with a South American beer brewery, an order valued at 135 million kronor ($21 million).
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National: 29 Jun 11
Police in Stockholm have been forced to apologize after singling out three nationalities in a letter to a local neighbourhood watch group warning them against organised crime.
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Sport: 28 Jun 11
Sweden eked out a 1-0 victory against underdogs Colombia on Tuesday in the first match of its 2011 women's World Cup campaign.
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Business & Money: 20 May 11
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera signed cooperation agreements on mining, forestry and “green technologies” on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 19 May 11
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said "putting a price on pollution" is the most effective way to create a sustainable, green society in a speech to Brazilian business leaders on Wednesday.
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Politics: 18 May 11
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff in Brasilia on Tuesday to meet with President Dilma Rouseff and to discuss ethanol, environmental concerns and technological cooperation.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 11
Swedish truck maker Volvo Group reported strong first quarter earnings on Wednesday, although the firm warned that the Japan disaster could impact its second quarter.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 11
Swedish household goods manufacturer Electrolux reported a 50 percent drop in net profits for the first quarter on Wednesday, citing a rise in raw materials costs.
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Business & Money: 21 Apr 11
Beleaguered Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile remains in limbo pending confirmation of a deal to sell property holdings to raise cash, as the European Investment Bank is seeking further assurances, according to a report on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 11 Apr 11
Global military spending last year grew by the slowest rate since 2001 as defence budgets shrank in the wake of the world economic crisis, Swedish think-tank SIPRI reported on Monday.
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Society: 5 Apr 11
A flock of ten flamingoes have met a brutal end at a zoo in Eskilstuna in eastern Sweden after a curious anteater broke into their compound and clawed them to death.
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Science & Technology: 1 Mar 11
The United States has placed Swedish file sharing site The Pirate Bay on its list of marketplaces "notorious" for trade in pirated material.
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Business & Money: 25 Feb 11
Swedish carmaker Volvo hopes investing billions of dollars to create a manufacturing base in China will help the company become a global luxury brand, a report said Friday.
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Lifestyle: 14 Feb 11
While Swedes no longer take to Viking longboats in search of foreign booty, research shows they remain adept at bringing back trophies of love from their adventures abroad, The Local's Ben Kersley discovers.
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Business & Money: 4 Feb 11
Swedish heavy vehicles maker Volvo Group returned to profit in 2010, the company reported on Friday, despite a less-than-stellar fourth quarter.
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Society: 11 Jan 11
For the first time ever, a giant anteater has been born in Sweden, officials at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna reported on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jan 11
Sweden's infectious disease control agency has determined that India is the worst country for stomach ailments for Swedish travellers.
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Science & Technology: 21 Dec 10
On Tuesday morning, the beginning of a total lunar eclipse was visible over Sweden, with viewing best in the northern parts of the country.
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Science & Technology: 1 Dec 10
The history of the Amazon rainforest's huge biodiversity dates back further than previously thought, according to a discovery by a team led by a researcher at the University of Gothenburg.
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Business & Money: 23 Nov 10
Swedish defence firm Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration for six Gripen aircraft intended for Thailand's air force.
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Society: 3 Nov 10
Veteran Swedish pop duo Roxette will embark on their first world tour since 1995 next year ahead of a new album release in the spring.
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Business & Money: 25 Oct 10
Swedish truckmaker Scania reported a steep rise in third-quarter profits on Monday, although a slow economic recovery in Europe kept sales figures below expectations.
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Lifestyle: 16 Sep 10
English playwright Sarah Kane committed suicide before her last work was staged. An international group of Stockholm thespians will perform the piece, 4:48 Psychosis, in English over the next two weeks, writes Vivian Tse.
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National: 25 Jul 10
A woman was gripped by panic on Saturday after heading home to her apartment with a sleepy 1.5-metre long iguana she had found while out walking in southern Stockholm earlier in the day.
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Business & Money: 22 Jul 10
Volvo Trucks, the world's second-largest maker of heavy-duty trucks, reported unexpectedly strong quarterly profits on Thursday and maintained its forecast of recovery in US and European markets.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jul 10
Sweden has laid claim to a rare animal sensation this week: the birth of two tapirs at different zoos, a male and female respectively, out of about only 30 around the world in captivity annually.
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National: 6 Jul 10
Sweden is the most generous country in the EU when it comes to approving citizenship applications, according to a new report from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 9 Jun 10
Swedish business leaders enjoyed an average of 22 days holiday last year, two days less than their Dutch counterparts and almost double the leave taken by US bosses, a new survey shows.
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Science & Technology: 24 May 10
Ethanol and biogas use in Sweden shows a large climate benefit, resulting in between 65 to 140 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than petrol and diesel, even when so-called direct and indirect soil effects are included, a new research study shows.
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Business & Money: 3 May 10
The governor of Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, Stefan Ingves, has endorsed the decision to leave the bank's repo rate unchanged last month after missing last month's monetary policy meeting.
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National: 8 Apr 10
An inquiry has been opened by the Brazilian prosecutor after claims that the preference for the French Rafale over the Swedish Gripen NG and US F/A-18 in a multi-billion dollar fighter jet tender were against "economic principles".
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National: 1 Mar 10
More than 100 Swedes are reported to be missing after the massive earthquake that hit Chile on Saturday. The foreign ministry has received unconfirmed reports of one Swede among the more than 700 dead.
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Business & Money: 4 Feb 10
Metro International, the Swedish publisher of free newspapers, reported a strong last quarter in 2009 but recorded a loss for the full year.
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National: 29 Jan 10
Latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that in the last 50 years the number of foreigners living in Sweden or people with two foreign-born parents has risen from four to nearly 20 percent.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Sport: 29 Nov 09
Swedish tennis star Robin Söderling lost his semi-final in the ATP World Tour tennis championships in London on Saturday in a dramatic three set match against Argentinian Juan Martin del Potro.
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Sport: 25 Nov 09
Swedish golfers Henrik Stenson and Robert Karlsson are facing tough competition in their attempt to help Sweden repeat its 2008 victory at the World Cup of Golf this week.
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Lifestyle: 3 Nov 09
As the Swedish championship gold medal makes its way to Solna, Nic Townsend looks back at another eventful season in Sweden’s premier football competition.
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Sport: 24 Oct 09
Top seed Robin Söderling becomes the last Swede standing after defeating Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in the Stockholm Open quarter-finals on Friday.
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Stockholm: 20 Oct 09
In our regular column answering readers' questions about Stockholm, Peter Vinthagen Simpson gives tips on where to find good Argentinian cuisine in Stockholm.
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National: 15 Oct 09
A man in southern Sweden who has called on the public to help him rediscover his identity probably has either Dutch or Flemish as his native language, a prominent forensic linguist tells The Local.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 09
Brazil has announced it will order 36 Rafale combat planes from France, beating out Sweden's bid to sell Saab's Gripen to the South American nation.
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Business & Money: 27 Aug 09
Swedish truck manufacturer Volvo Trucks has reported that sales of its vehicles collapsed by 54 percent in July.
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National: 27 Jul 09
Sweden called on Venezuela on Monday to explain how Swedish-made weapons sold to the country ended up in the hands of Colombian FARC guerillas.
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National: 7 Jul 09
A 13-year-old girl had her fingertip badly bitten by a spectacled caiman at a wildlife park in eastern Sweden on Monday.
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Society: 8 Jun 09
World arms spending reached record levels in 2008, with the United States, China and Russia all upping their military budgets, Swedish think tank SIPRI reports.
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National: 8 May 09
In two raids carried out in the span of just a few weeks, Stockholm County police seized nearly as much cocaine as was confiscated in the entire country in all of 2008.
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Sport: 5 Apr 09
Atletico Nacka 2-5 Långholmen FC
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Sport: 2 Apr 09
Sven-Göran Eriksson has been sacked from his position as coach of the Mexican national team following defeat to Honduras in a World Cup qualifier.
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Lifestyle: 12 Mar 09
What's on in Sweden: St.Patrick's Day parade and Tabaimo in Stockholm; James Hill in Gothenburg; Flamenco Fusion and lonely hearts club in Malmö.
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Business & Money: 16 Dec 08
Swedish truck maker Volvo said on Tuesday that its worldwide truck deliveries had plunged 21 percent in November and warned it would be forced to halt its European production for up to 25 days in the first quarter of 2009.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 Nov 08
Ever week we ask a panel of readers to give their views on a particular issue concerning the international community. This week we wonder whether the panelists are keen to get their hands on a Swedish passport.
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Lifestyle: 24 Nov 08
For every Local reader there's a Local Story. This month Jonquille Okhiria introduces Eka Acosta, an artist who has carved out a niche for himself in Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 6 Nov 08
What’s on: Al Green, The Levellers and Monster truck extravaganza in Stockholm; Martial Arts and Kazem Al Saher in Gothenburg; Michael Bolton in Malmö.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
As the Swedish Academy prepares to announce the winner of the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, critics argue that major US literary figures are being unfairly sidelined.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 08
Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia has brought into renewed focus the need for Sweden to continue the development and promotion of alternative energy sources, writes US Ambassador to Sweden, Michael M Wood.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Sep 08
Contrary to popular misconceptions, Columbian isn't all about Scarface, FARC and kidnapping, writes David Bartal.
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Analysis & Opinion: 14 Aug 08
In a week when Russia went to war with Georgia, David Bartal reflects on a time when Sweden was more belligerent than benevolent.
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Business & Money: 23 Jul 08
Heavy truck maker Volvo posted a 28 percent rise in net profit in the second quarter but a weak order book sent the company's stock skidding.
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Business & Money: 21 Jul 08
Metro International, the Sweden-based publisher of free newspapers, announced on Monday a net loss of €1.95 million ($3.1 million).
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Society: 16 Jul 08
A tenant who refused to move from the apartment he was sub-letting in Malmö has been given the right to stay by the enforcement service.
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Lifestyle: 15 Jun 08
A survey by Traveler's Digest, a US travel magazine, has made a list of the cities that are home to the world's most beautiful women. Stockholm came out on top.
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Business & Money: 21 Apr 08
Metro International, publisher of free newspapers, said on Monday it had narrowed its first quarter net loss.
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Science & Technology: 29 Feb 08
Nectar-sipping bats are pioneers in the field of aerodynamics, a new Swedish study has found.
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Travel: 25 Feb 08
Aussie surfer Tyson Ballard braves the elements to discover the Swedish coastline's chilly charms.
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Society: 20 Jan 08
Use of cocaine in Sweden is on the up, according to police and customs officers, who now want better cooperation with South American authorities.
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Lifestyle: 18 Jan 08
Something for the Weekend: Women of all ages provide reasons to get out of the house this weekend. Swedish Grammy winner Säkert plays in Gothenburg, Marianne Faithfull hits movie theatres, and there's a Maj Lindström exhibition in Malmö. Or you can grab a jazz brunch if you're in Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 7 Dec 07
The amount of foreign investment dedicated to research and development in Sweden has exploded in recent years.
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National: 4 Dec 07
A 42-year-old entertainer suspected of raping a teenage girl has turned himself in to police in Gothenburg.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Aug 07
Ninety percent of Swedish students aged 15-20 do not know what a gulag was, and some still insist that schools should not teach about the crimes of communism. How long will the elites continue defending a failed ideology, asks Captus's Nima Sanandaji.
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Lifestyle: 31 Jul 07
Tipping Point: Kathleen Harman enjoys a Japanese tea ceremony, eschews beans and brown rice and savours the bijoux charms of Stockholm's Ethnographic Museum.
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Business & Money: 25 Jul 07
Swedish heavy lorry maker Volvo, the world's number two big truck manufacturer after Daimler-Chrysler, on Wednesday reported a second quarter fall in profits due to a weak market in North America.
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Business & Money: 17 Jul 07
Electrolux, the world's leading electrical appliance maker, reported a 53.2 percent fall in second quarter net earnings. But the company pleased the market with higher-than-expected sales.
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Science & Technology: 20 May 07
This week will see the culmination of festivities celebrating the life of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who who born 300 years ago. Among those due to join the celebrations is Emperor Akihito of Japan.
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National: 10 May 07
Suspicions that a Norrköping-based company may have been involved in an ongoing credit card scandal have been strengthened by the disappearance of its CEO.
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Sport: 7 Apr 07
Doubles duo Thomas Johansson and Jonas Björkman booked Sweden's spot in the Davis Cup semi-finals with a day to spare on Saturday as the hosts took an unbeatable 3-0 lead over last year's runners-up Argentina.
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Lifestyle: 26 Mar 07
The Brazilian football team is in Sweden - but it is not playing the Swedish national side. Instead, Ronaldinho and chums have played Chile in Gothenburg and face Ghana in Stockholm. Eddie de Oliveira finds out why.
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National: 14 Mar 07
A small protest has been held outside the Swedish Embassy in Bogota after a conference in support of FARC guerrillas went ahead in Stockholm earlier this week.
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National: 9 Jan 07
A metre-long dead alligator has been found under a bush in Malmö. The reptile is believed to have been lying there for several weeks.
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Business & Money: 25 Oct 06
Electrolux, the world's biggest producer of household appliances, reported a rise in net profit in the third quarter, but forecast subdued growth in Europe and North America for the year as a whole.
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National: 10 Sep 06
Swedish police have pinpointed 100 'particularly interesting' people in the fight against organised crime.
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Science & Technology: 4 Aug 06
Gay men could soon be allowed to give blood in Sweden, following a review of the rules. The general thinking now is to be consistent, says one of the people conducting the review.
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Smörgåsbord: 22 Jun 06
Germany captain Michael Ballack says his team need to take their game up one more notch if they are to defeat Sweden in Saturday's second round World Cup tie in Munich.
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Smörgåsbord: 15 Jun 06
Only a thumping victory over Paraguay on Thursday night will satisfy the baying blue-yellow supporters and give Sweden any real chance of progressing to the next stage. But the South Americans have other ideas.
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Sport: 14 Jun 06
Paraguay and Sweden meet on Thursday in a make-or-break clash for Lars Lagerbäck's boys. The South Americans are confident while the Swedes say the Ljungberg-Mellberg row is history.
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Sport: 12 Jun 06
And after Saturday's performance against Trinidad and Tobago, most Swedish fans would probably agree. Fighting talk from Paraguay coach Anibal 'Maño' Ruiz, who rates Sweden as "about our level".
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Smörgåsbord: 11 Jun 06
England struggled to victory over Paraguay in their opening World Cup match on Frankfurt on Saturday with a lacklustre display that injected a sobering dose of reality into Sven-Göran Eriksson and co's bid to win the World Cup.
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Smörgåsbord: 11 Jun 06
Sweden's Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg believes his team should have beaten Trinidad and Tobago by at least four goals instead of allowing the 10-man Caribbean side to escape with a 0-0 draw.
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Sport: 3 Jun 06
In the final dress rehearsal before the World Cup in Germany, the Swedish team forgot their lines against a sprightly Chile. A scorcher from Henrik Larsson was the only highlight of the 1-1 draw.
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August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
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