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Pressure mounts to open Sweden's Stasi archive

Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files. READ »

'Doctors can recommend homeopathy': court

Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court is opening for doctors to recommend homeopathic cures for patients, sparking criticism from the Swedish Medical Association. READ »

Red Bull vanquished by Bad Bull in Swedish trademark battle

Business & Money: 4 Aug 11
The long running trademark dispute between beverage company Red Bull and Swedish event organiser Bad Bull Entertainment has finally come to end, forcing Red Bull to retreat with its tail between its legs. READ »

Tax agency: DNA-test no proof of paternity

National: 10 May 11
The Swedish Tax Agency is refusing to recognise a DNA-test as proof that a man born in Sierra Leone is the father of a son, despite the National Board of Forensic Medicine assertion that it is 99.999 percent certain of his paternity. READ »

Court rules prisoner smoking ban illegal

Society: 24 Mar 11
Prisoners in Swedish prisons can not be forbidden from smoking in their cells with reference to fire risk or safety reasons, the Supreme Administrative Court has ruled in a case concerning an inmate at Skänninge prison. READ »

Prof's privacy appeal denied by Euro court

Education: 2 Nov 10
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a Swedish court decision to fine a former Swedish university department head for barring access to and later destroying research material. READ »

Blow for bishop as orgasm church flops

Society: 25 Aug 10
Sweden’s highest court has refused to hear a last-ditch plea by the Madonna of the Orgasm church to be recognized. READ »

Parents barred from homeschooling son

Education: 21 Jul 10
The parents of a student in a northeastern Gothenburg suburb may no longer homeschool the child, the Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten) ruled on Thursday. READ »

Terminally ill woman can get pension early

Society: 21 Jul 10
A terminally ill woman with cancer who was denied the right to withdraw her personal retirement savings account prematurely by the Tax Agency (Skatteverket) will now be allowed to do so, media reports said late on Tuesday. READ »

Terminally ill woman denied early pension

Society: 16 Jul 10
The Swedish tax agency has rejected the request of a 40-year-old terminally ill cancer patient who wanted to cash in her pension account early in order to travel with her family while she still had the strength. READ »

Court gives access to Swedish Stasi archives

National: 24 Jun 10
Documents containing the names of Swedes who worked for the Stasi, East Germany’s security service, must be made available to researchers, a court ruled on Friday. READ »

Swede teen claims damages for 'lost youth'

Society: 12 May 10
A teenager diagnosed with autism has filed a demand for damages with Sweden's highest legal official after being taken into involuntary care, a decision which was rejected as lacking legal grounds after two years. READ »

Court raises glass to late night outdoor drinking

National: 9 May 10
A ruling in Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court has paved the way for bars and restaurants to allow customers to sit outside with their drinks until half an hour after closing time, even if last orders outdoors are taken at 11pm. READ »

Firm sues Sweden over dislodged Muslim lawyer

National: 8 May 10
A law firm is suing the Swedish state for discrimination after one if its lawyers, a Muslim woman, was removed from a case following a complaint from a Christian asylum seeker. READ »

Court to review access to Sweden's 'Stasi files'

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court has taken up the case of a researcher who is applying for access to classified security police documents relating to Stasi contacts in Sweden. READ »

EU slams Sweden over Spanish name refusal

Society: 30 Mar 10
The Swedish tax agency has been instructed by the EU commission to revise its procedures for approving surnames after a Spanish-Swedish couple were refused the right to give their son both their names. READ »

Legal council says no to drug tests for kids

National: 5 Mar 10
Sweden's Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) has ruled against a government legislative proposal to allow drug tests on children below the age of 15. READ »

Holocaust survivor wins right to Jewish care

National: 15 Feb 10
An 86-year-old man, who survived the Nazi Holocaust in Poland and fled to Sweden in 1946, has won his court battle against a Swedish district council for the right to a place in a Jewish nursing home. READ »

Holocaust survivor can keep pension: court

National: 21 Jan 10
A Holocaust survivor living in Gothenburg will not have her Swedish pension cut because of compensation payments she receives from the German state, a Swedish court has decided, overturning a previous ruling against the woman. READ »

Court orders Betsson to shutter Stockholm office

Business & Money: 21 Dec 09
Swedish gaming company Betsson has been forced to shut its betting office in Stockholm following a decision by the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal. 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 »

Swedish parents emerge victorious in bid to name son 'Q'

Society: 30 Sep 09
Overturning two previous rulings by lower courts, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has awarded two parents from central Sweden the right to name their son Q. READ »

Swedish cross-dresser wins final battle to be named Madeleine

Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine. READ »

Hope for woman denied right to adopt after kidney transplant

Science & Technology: 25 Aug 09
A woman with a single functioning kidney has been given new hope in her long battle for the right to adopt children as Sweden's highest administrative court rules that her case deserves a fresh hearing. READ »

Swedish couple continue fight for right to name their son Q

Society: 5 May 09
A Swedish couple from Åre in northern Sweden have taken their fight to name their son Q to the Supreme Administrative Court arguing that "there are stranger names in the valley". READ »

Transsexual granted right to change name to Immanuel

National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman. READ »

McDonald's wins right to serve beer at Stockholm airport

Travel: 13 Mar 09
Weary world travellers will soon be able to wash down their Big Mac with a strong beer following a court decision to grant fast-food chain McDonald's an alcohol licence for its Stockholm Arlanda restaurant. READ »

High court ruling could hit Sweden's tax revenues

Business & Money: 13 Mar 09
A corporate taxation ruling by Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court could lead to the Swedish state missing out on billions of kronor in tax revenues. READ »

Holocaust survivor denied Swedish pension

National: 10 Mar 09
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court is to consider whether damages paid to a Holocaust survivor by the German state should be deducted from her Swedish pension. READ »

High court rejects gay priest marriage case

Society: 16 Dec 08
A homosexual couple have lost their case in the Supreme Administrative Court against the Swedish tax authority for registering their marriage in Canada as a partnership. READ »

Protests build against neo-Nazi demo

National: 6 Dec 08
Police have stopped a group of militant activists on their way to Salem, south of Stockholm to disrupt a neo-Nazi demo scheduled for Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere protests grow against the annual demonstration. READ »

Swedish court to rule on school lunch fingerprinting

Education: 20 Oct 08
Hungry students at a school in Västerbotten in northern Sweden must give a fingerprint in order to eat in the school’s cafeteria, a practice which bothers data privacy officials seeking to ban the measure. READ »

Woman wins court case over elusive decimal point

National: 27 Jun 08
A woman from Eskilstuna in central Sweden has won a protracted court battle with the authorities over a decimal point she neglected to include in her 2003 income tax declaration. READ »

High court to rule on gay marriage dispute

National: 10 May 08
A homosexual couple has taken the Swedish tax authorities to the Supreme Administrative Court for registering their marriage in Canada as a partnership. READ »

Wrong turn costs woman right to income replacement

National: 9 Apr 08
Making a wrong turn on the way home from work cost a Swedish woman her right to social insurance annuity payments for injuries sustained in a car accident. READ »

Debt agency makes spacewalk seem like a cakewalk

National: 17 Mar 08
A simple drive around Stockholm nearly two years ago continues to cause headaches for Sweden’s first astronaut, Christer Fuglesang. READ »

Viagra subsidies: State pulls out

Society: 14 Mar 08
Drugs used to treat male erectile dysfunction will not be subsidized by the state, a court ruled on Friday. READ »

Sweden's richest woman loses tax appeal

Business & Money: 3 Dec 07
Antonia Ax:son Johnson, Sweden's richest woman, has lost a long-running battle with the tax authorities. READ »

Massive tax bill for Swedish porn king

National: 20 Oct 07
Swedish porn magnate Berth Milton has been ordered to pay back taxes for ten years in which he claimed he was not resident in the country. The total could amount to 650 million kronor. READ »

Porn ban for sex offenders

Society: 28 Aug 07
Prisoners convicted for sex offences are to be banned from receiving pornographic magazines, according to a new government proposal. READ »

Pupils 'should not be forced to give fingerprints'

National: 25 Aug 07
Forcing schoolchildren to give fingerprints in order to get their lunches should be forbidden, the Swedish Data Inspection Board has said. READ »

Prisons 'must be allowed to ban porn'

Society: 2 Aug 07
The governors of three Swedish prisons have expressed concern after the Supreme Administrative Court allowed a convicted rapist to keep pornographic magazines in his cell. READ »

Prison porn for rapists approved by court

Society: 25 Jun 07
Sweden's convicted rapists are entitled to have pornography in their cells, the Supreme Administrative Court has judged. READ »

Broadband costs set to plummet

Business & Money: 1 Feb 07
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court has ruled that TeliaSonera must give up its monopoly on bitstream. Consumers can expect prices to fall as a result. READ »

Coffee break injuries classed as work-related

Society: 30 Jan 07
Calle Montell broke his tooth on a cherry biscuit. As he was trying to sell stoves at the time he demanded compensation. A four year court battle ensued. READ »

'Ban porn from prisons' call

Society: 27 Nov 06
Pornographic magazines should be banned from Sweden's prisons and remand centres, the prison service says. The reason: it is insulting for female prison officers. READ »

Porn for prisoners: Supreme Court gets involved

Society: 19 Jun 06
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court will decide whether a convicted rapist has a right to receive pornographic magazines, despite claims that it would hamper his rehabilitation. READ »

Swedish Prison Service seeks porn ban

Society: 29 Apr 06
The Swedish Prison Service is appealing against a ruling that would allow a convicted rapist to receive pornography in jail. READ »

Bureaucrats add to relatives' grief

Society: 4 Apr 06
The long arm of Swedish bureaucracy has reached beyond the grave in Nässjö, where an 85 year old widower has been forced to go to court for the right to keep the ashes of his beloved wife. READ »

Ladbrokes gets Swedish betting knockback

National: 21 Jun 05
Sweden's highest administrative court throws out a challenge to the state's gambling monopoly. But British company Ladbrokes accuses the judiciary of doing the government's bidding. READ »

Road tolls finally get green light

Society: 30 Mar 05
Drivers will soon have to pay to take their cars round Stockholm: a court has removed the last obstacles to the planned congestion charge in the capital, and drivers could be paying tolls by the end of the year. READ »

Court gives congestion charge go-ahead

National: 2 Mar 05
Stockholm drivers hoping that they had seen the back of the city’s road toll proposals are set to be disappointed. A court has overturned an earlier ruling that put a stop to preparations for congestion charging. READ »

Swedish electricity is cheap

Smörgåsbord: 25 Feb 05
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Legal traffic jam halts Stockholm?s congestion fees

Politics: 10 Feb 05
Hundreds of millions of crowns have been spent on the development of a congestion charge scheme for central Stockholm, but the whole project appears to have slammed into a legal brick wall. And the collision could be fatal. READ »

Ladbrokes wants Swedish judges replaced

Smörgåsbord: 26 Jan 05
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Hope fades for missing Swedes

National: 12 Jan 05
The man leading the search for injured or shocked Swedes in Thailand says that there is nowhere else to look, while the police have gathered dental cards and DNA samples for 1,650 people thought to be missing - but they still won't publish the names. READ »

Gaming companies could be thrown out

Smörgåsbord: 2 Nov 04
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Persson rules out steep rate hikes

Smörgåsbord: 22 Sep 04
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Breast is best for women predisposed to breast cancer

Science & Technology: 27 Aug 04
For women who have a genetic predisposition to breast cancer, the old adage, 'breast is best' has found new significance: best for baby, but now, it seems, also best for mother. READ »

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 »

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