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Co-hosts Sweden hope to snag ice hockey gold

Sport: 4 May 12
Sweden's national ice hockey team, Tre Kronor, is hoping to avenge last year's upset loss to Norway – as well as reverse a recent string of defeats – in the quest for gold at 2012 ice hockey world championships. READ »

Murder-for-hire hockey star headed to Sweden: report

Sport: 29 Jul 11
Former National Hockey League (NHL) star Mike Danton, who was jailed for conspiring to murder his agent, used Twitter to announce he'd signed on with a new team in Sweden. READ »

Colorado to honour Forsberg by retiring shirt

Sport: 1 Jul 11
The Colorado Avalanche, the final career port of call for Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, are to honour their former star by making him only the fourth player to have their number retired. READ »

Swedes Sedin, Lidström scoop up NHL awards

Sport: 23 Jun 11
Swedish hockey star Daniel Sedin was among the big winners at the National Hockey League's annual awards show on Wednesday, with fellow Swede Nicklas Lidström also taking another step toward making history. READ »

Sweden's Lidström signs with Red Wings for 20th NHL season

Sport: 21 Jun 11
Swedish star defenseman Nicklas Lidström has signed a one year deal with the Detroit Red Wings that allows him to play for a 20th season in the National Hockey League. READ »

US city honours Swedish NHL star Lidström

Sport: 21 Mar 11
Swedish NHL star Nicklas Lidström has been honoured by his US hometown in recognition of his sporting achievements with the Detroit Red Wings. READ »

Sweden's Peter Forsberg retires from ice hockey

Sport: 14 Feb 11
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg has given up on his bid to make a comeback in the National Hockey League and is retiring from ice hockey. READ »

Sweden's Forsberg loses in NHL comeback

Sport: 12 Feb 11
Sweden's Peter Forsberg return to the NHL on Friday with his old team, the Colorado Avalanche, was not enough to lift them against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who skated away with a 3-1 victory. READ »

Swedish star Forsberg returns to NHL club

Sport: 7 Feb 11
Swedish centre Peter Forsberg, a former NHL Most Valuable Player pursuing a comeback after a three-year break from the North American league, formally inked a deal on Sunday to return to the Colorado Avalanche. READ »

Forsberg hits the ice with former NHL club

Sport: 22 Jan 11
Swedish hockey star Peter Forsberg plans to practice with the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday to see if he’s ready for a comeback in the National Hockey League at age 37. READ »

Swede Lidström named NHL all-star captain

Sport: 19 Jan 11
Swedish blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom was selected as an NHL all-star captain for the 2011 game, responsible for picking his team out of a pool of elite players. READ »

Hockey wasn't always Sweden's pride on ice

Lifestyle: 7 Oct 10
Sweden’s passion for ice hockey will be on display this weekend when teams from the National Hockey League square off in Stockholm, but the fast-moving sport wasn’t always near and dear to Swedes’ hearts, The Local’s David Landes discovered. READ »

NBA's Jerebko returns to Sweden

Sport: 19 May 10
Following his first season in the NBA, Jonas Jerebko has returned to Sweden to a warm reception from both the media and fans. READ »

Sweden names Olympic men's ice hockey troupe

Sport: 28 Dec 09
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg, who has twice helped his country capture Olympic gold, was among the 23 players provisionally named on Sunday to the squad heading to Vancouver to defend Sweden’s Olympic ice hockey title. READ »

Franzén injury blow to Swedish Olympic hopes

Sport: 10 Oct 09
Swedish ice hockey star and Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzén will be out for four months with a torn knee ligament and risks missing the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. READ »

Mats Sundin: 'I'm retiring from pro hockey'

Sport: 30 Sep 09
Swedish hockey great Mats Sundin announced his retirement from professional ice hockey at a hastily announced press conference in Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Stockholm to host Detroit Red Wings NHL opener

Sport: 16 Jul 09
A number of Swedish stars from North America’s National Hockey League (NHL) will have the chance to open their 2009-2010 season in Stockholm, the league announced on Wednesday. READ »

Franzén sets Detriot on road to Stanley Cup success

Sport: 31 May 09
Swedish hockey star Johan Franzén opened the scoring in the NHL Stanley Cup finals on Saturday as defending champions Detroit seized the early advantage with a 3-1 victory over Pittsburgh in game one of the series. READ »

Zetterberg scores double as Detroit extend series lead

Sport: 25 May 09
Swedish star Henrik Zetterberg netted two goals as the Detroit Red Wings completed a 6-1 rout of the Chicago Blackhawks to extend a 3-1 lead in their Western Conference final series. READ »

Zetterberg signs landmark contract with Detroit

Sport: 29 Jan 09
Swedish star Henrik Zetterberg signed a 12-year multi-million dollar contract with Detroit in a deal that will likely keep him with the Red Wings for the remainder of his career. READ »

Jersey from Sweden's Lidström makes Bush a Redwing

Sport: 15 Oct 08
For the second year in a row, a famous Swede has presented US President George W. Bush with a rather unusual gift. READ »

Stanley Cup makes baptism tour of Sweden

Sport: 31 Jul 08
The Stanley Cup, ice hockey's holy grail, was put to unorthodox use as it made its way across Sweden this July - as a baptismal font. READ »

Franzén to miss Stanley Cup opener

Sport: 24 May 08
Swedish center Johan Franzén, the leading scorer in the National Hockey League playoffs, will miss Saturday's opening game of the Stanley Cup Finals. READ »

Sweden falls to last gasp Russian goal

Sport: 11 May 08
A goal in the dying seconds earned Russia a win over Sweden at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Canada. READ »

Forsberg victorious in Colorado return

Sport: 5 Mar 08
Peter Forsberg helped the Colorado Avalanche to a victory over Vancouver in his first game for the team since 2004. READ »

Peter Forsberg returns to Colorado

Society: 26 Feb 08
Peter Forsberg has said he will return to the Colorado Avalanche for the remainder of the 2007-08 National Hockey League season. READ »

Detroit agree contract extension with Lidström

Sport: 27 Dec 07
Nicklas Lidström has agreed to terms on a contract extension on Wednesday with the Detroit Red Wings. READ »

Sports digest: 'Most hated man in Denmark' apologizes

Sport: 4 Jun 07
Football: Pitch-invading Danish supporter apologizes. Tennis: Jonas Björkman becomes oldest player in 35 years to reach fourth round of French Open. Ice Hockey: Daniel Alfredsson hopes to captain Ottawa Senators to Stanley Cup glory. READ »

Sports digest: Groin injury may rule Zlatan out of qualifiers

Sport: 23 Apr 07
Mixed feelings for Zlatan after Serie A victory. Swedish hockey star clubbed down on Saturday, hero on Sunday. Four medals for Swedish wrestlers, including the prettiest one. READ »

Forsberg "shocked" at move to Nashville

Sport: 16 Feb 07
Swedish ice hockey superstar Peter Forsberg has been traded by the Philadelphia Flyers for a posse of young players. Forsberg will now play for the Nashville Predators. READ »

Sweden win hockey gold

Sport: 26 Feb 06
SWEDISH HEROES HAIL LIDSTRÖM STRIKE
A glorious strike from Nicklas Lidström fired Sweden to a 3-2 victory over Finland and their first Olympic gold medal in 12 years. READ »

Forsberg moves to Philadelphia

Sport: 4 Aug 05
Swedish ice hockey star Peter Forsberg moves to the Philadelphia Flyers, in a deal rumoured to be worth 10.7 million dollars. Forsberg is one of the best players in the game, his new boss says. READ »


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Sweden drifting from 'Swedish model': report
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The problem of profiting ex-politicos isn't simply money, money, money, argues contributor and historian David Linden
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The Local catches up with Sweden’s comedian of the year Al Pitcher and preview our first ever “Local Lockdown” video segment.
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Sweden strips foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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Sweden looking for redemption at Euros
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'Are Swedes really more polite in English?'
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Lång means long, tall and can be used for height, distance or time.



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