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Women arm wrestlers bring home the gold

Sport: 4 Dec 11
When the dust had settled after the last match of the world championship in arm wrestling in Kazakhstan on Saturday, ten Swedish women held no fewer than twelve medals in different classes - four gold, seven silver, and one bronze. READ »

Northern Sweden hails Russian 'invasion'

National: 15 Nov 11
Local authorities in northern Sweden are overjoyed at the continued interest in the area, having received over 900 applications from enthusiastic Russian families keen to move to the region. READ »

Daycare 'punch clocks' catch on in Sweden

Education: 14 Sep 11
Preschoolers at a daycare in northern Sweden now have their attendance tracked through an electronic punch clock system in order to help streamline the assessment of fees. READ »

Berry pickers arrested for locking up bosses

National: 11 Aug 10
Swedish police detained five berry pickers from Vietnam on Wednesday on suspicion of assault after they locked up their team leaders in a school building on Tuesday in a dispute over pay. READ »

Berry pickers in new strike in northern Sweden

National: 10 Aug 10
A group of Vietnamese berry pickers have left their place of employment in Baggård south of Umeå in northern Sweden in protest against their pay and working conditions and have expressed a wish to go home. READ »

Chinese berry pickers march in protest

Business & Money: 6 Aug 10
Around 120 Chinese berry pickers went on a 15-kilometre overnight march in northern Sweden on Thursday to protest their salaries, a local social services official said. READ »

A new life in northern Sweden - Part One

Lifestyle: 21 Apr 10
Macho men, monotony, mosquitoes: Englishman Alec Forss heard all the clichés trotted out as he made known his plans to move to northern Sweden. But nothing could deter him from plunging headlong into the vast wilderness beyond the Arctic circle. READ »

Baptism of fire for 'horny' church's new name

Society: 23 Jan 10
Church leaders in Storuman, northern Sweden, are facing a barrage of protests from local worshippers after deciding a sexual connotation linked to the name Kåtakyrkan was no longer fitting and should be changed after 30 years. READ »

Snow storms strike in northern Sweden

National: 7 Oct 09
Heavy overnight snowfalls have been playing havoc with traffic conditions in inland areas of northern Norrland on Wednesday morning. READ »

Migration Board slams 'uncommitted' councils

National: 17 Oct 07
The Swedish Migration Board has criticized 14 local councils for for not providing "acceptable arguments" for their failure to take in asylum seekers and refugees. READ »

Airports threatened by subsidy cut

Business & Money: 3 Oct 07
Several Swedish airports could be under threat after a report suggested that they should not received state aid. READ »

Northern Sweden set for wind power duel

Business & Money: 29 Dec 06
Two power companies are set to do battle for the right to construct wind turbines in the mountains of northern Sweden. READ »

Swedish short film to feature in Cannes

Lifestyle: 21 Apr 05
A short film about a love-starved truck driver facing redundancy and a documentary about Ingmar Bergman will be showing off the best of Swedish talent at the Cannes Film Festival next month. READ »


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Strindberg, king of drama

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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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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Lång means long, tall and can be used for height, distance or time.


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