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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report

Science & Technology: 9 Feb 12
An increasing number of young Swedes are starving themselves by day to be able to binge on calorie-rich alcoholic drinks by night, as a well known phenomenon in the US is becoming more common in Sweden. READ »

Wordfeud: Swedes' latest smartphone addiction

Science & Technology: 23 Nov 11
Swedes just can't seem to get enough of Wordfeud, a Scrabble-like smartphone app that has sucked up countless hours of free time, and may have even sparked a new trend in online dating, contributor Aila Stefansdotter-Franck discovers. READ »

Pregnant woman dies from taking painkillers

Science & Technology: 9 Nov 11
A doctor who failed to inquire if a woman was pregnant has been rapped by Swedish health authorities for prescribing painkillers by phone leading to the death of the woman and her nearly full-term foetus. READ »

Ex-Sweden Democrat MP involuntarily committed

Politics: 24 Oct 11
Independent Swedish MP William Petzäll, who left the Sweden Democrats amidst a battle with substance abuse, has been involuntarily committed to treatment after a recent hospitalization. READ »

Gambling addicts 'not getting enough help'

National: 23 Oct 11
Swedish health authorities have criticised the lack of help available in Sweden for gambling addiction, with many municipalities providing no resources at all to deal with the problem. READ »

Doc tried to trade drugs for sex with addicts

Society: 21 Oct 11
A doctor from the north of Sweden was recently found to have offered drugs for sexual favours to women with a history of drug addiction. READ »

Secluded Swedish castle reveals hidden Nazi past

Lifestyle: 6 Oct 11
A chance encounter with the granddaughter of a Swedish count gave contributor Roger Choate an inside peek at the mysteries of Rockelstad Castle, once a frequent destination for a notorious Nazi leader. READ »

Handicapped Swede sets Alcatraz swim record

Sport: 5 Sep 11
Swedish handicapped swimmer Anders Olsson shocked a field of experienced open-water swimmers by winning a race from prison island Alcatraz to the California mainland in record time on Sunday. READ »

One in ten young Swedish men addicted to gambling: study

Society: 3 Aug 11
Gambling problems among young men in Sweden have doubled in the past decade, according to a new survey from the Swedish National Institute of Public Health. READ »

Sweden targets cannabis use

Society: 17 Jul 11
Cannabis use is increasing sharply in Sweden, particularly among young men in larger cities, and a government initiative to combat this is now in the works. READ »

Ambulance call denied: woman 'was still talking'

National: 14 Jun 11
A woman from northern Sweden died after four calls placed over a four day period requesting to have an ambulance sent to her home were ignored. READ »

Alcoholism linked to family drinking: study

Science & Technology: 17 May 11
Having a relative with an alcohol problem increases the risk of an individual developing alcoholism, a new Swedish study published on Tuesday has shown. READ »

More EU citizens join the ranks of Stockholm's homeless

Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 11
On Europe Day, May 9th, many will no doubt celebrate the increased mobility of EU citizens, but open borders and bureaucracy have also resulted in rising numbers of homeless EU citizens in Stockholm, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Christian Democrats mull betting u-turn

Politics: 25 Apr 11
Sweden’s betting laws could be set to change if the Christian Democrats have their way. READ »

World of Warcraft boosts users social skills: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 21 Apr 11
Online computer game World of Warcraft (WoW), long maligned as an addictive and dangerous escape for introverted teens, can actually benefit players' social lives, a new Swedish study has found. READ »

Beer in Sweden: Looking beyond the lager

Lifestyle: 24 Mar 11
In this month's column on what some enthusiasts like to call the amber nectar, blogger Darren Packman reminds us that brews come in all colours and that staying loyal to one is like having a cheeseburger for breakfast, lunch and dinner. READ »

Court strips licence of sex offender doc

Society: 18 Mar 11
A Swedish appeals court has revoked the licence of a Stockholm-area doctor who has previously been convicted of child sex offences and has admitted to substance abuse problems. READ »

Treatment, not jail, for drunken Swedes: report

Society: 9 Mar 11
Intoxicated Swedes apprehended by police would be placed in sobriety centres rather than jail cells, according to a forthcoming government report on dealing with substance abuse. READ »

Many troubled Swedish youth selling sex: report

Society: 1 Mar 11
Twelve percent of girls and 4 percent of boys placed in state-run youth care homes in Sweden sold sex for drugs or money last year, according to a new report. One boy said he first sold sex when was 8-years-old. READ »

Nicotine replacement therapy sales soar

Society: 24 Jan 11
Sales of nicotine replacement therapy products in Sweden jumped 10 percent last year compared to 2009 as they become more easily available across the country, according to figures from the Apoteket Service. READ »

Sex-addict pastor defrocked for prostitute frolic

Society: 5 Nov 10
A Church of Sweden pastor in Gothenburg has lost his pastor's licence after admitting to buying sex from a prostitute. READ »

Sweden: a world away from the World Series

Lifestyle: 20 Oct 10
As Sweden hunkers down to face the onset of winter, contributor Joshua Gregory explains how fans of America’s favourite pastime cope with having their remedy for the winter blues remain a world away. READ »

Swedish team targets addict relapse molecule

Science & Technology: 17 Sep 10
People who have used cocaine are at a greater risk of becoming addicted even after long drug-free periods, researchers at Sweden's Linköping University have discovered. READ »

Nordegren breaks silence on split with Tiger

Society: 25 Aug 10
Elin Nordegren has broken her nine-month silence over the sex scandal that ended her marriage with golf star Tiger Woods, saying the extent of his philandering had made her feel "stupid" and she had been through "hell." READ »

Woods and Nordegren divorce

National: 24 Aug 10
Tiger Woods and Swedish model wife Elin Nordegren divorced Monday, their marriage "irretrievably broken" by a blistering sex scandal that has left the world number one golfer's life in disarray. READ »

25% of female inmates engaged in prostitution

National: 19 Jul 10
Every fourth woman in Sweden's prisons has at some point in her life been engaged in prostitution, Sveriges Radio's Ekot news service reported on Monday. READ »

Swedish teen sectioned over computer addiction

Society: 4 May 10
A 16-year-old boy from southern Sweden has been taken into involuntary care after missing school for three years due to a chronic addiction to his computer. READ »

Homeless need more help: Health minister

National: 30 Jan 10
Sweden's Public Health Minister Maria Larsson has called for new measures to help those living on the streets and a review of legislation to stop children being evicted from their homes. READ »

Elin visits Tiger in effort to 'keep family together'

Society: 27 Jan 10
In hopes of sparing her children from seeing their parents divorce, Elin Nordegren last week paid a visit to a sex addiction clinic where husband Tiger Woods is seeking treatment, according to celebrity website reports. READ »

Sweden's minorities struggle with health

Society: 18 Jan 10
Sweden's minorities have more health problems than the population as a whole, according to a new study examining the respective health situations of the country's Jews, Romanies, Sweden Finns, Sami and Tornedalians. READ »

Gambling site to repay addict's lost millions

Business & Money: 28 Dec 09
In a surprising move, a gaming company has agreed to pay back some of the millions of kronor a company in Uppsala in eastern Sweden lost due to an employee’s gambling addiction. READ »

Addict's death leads to fines for civil servant

National: 17 Nov 09
A manager within Gothenburg social services has been convicted for refusing to allow a 24-year-old drug addict into institutional care. The addict later died from an overdose. READ »

Swedish Match under fire in secret snus substance investigation

National: 25 Oct 09
Tobacco company Swedish Match has been accused of adding a substance to moist snuff or 'snus' to purposely increase user dependency and, in turn, boosts sales of their products. READ »

Little Sweden on the Prairie

Travel: 12 Oct 09
Välkommen till Lindsborg - Between barbecued ribs and meatballs, Robert La Bua finds Swedish culture alive and well in Little Sweden, USA. READ »

Gaming addiction poses 'pandemic' threat: expert

Science & Technology: 16 Sep 09
Computer gaming addiction is reaching “pandemic” proportions around the world, according to a Swedish organization poised to take a leading role in helping young people cope with the problem. READ »

Swedish shops ban Red Bull for youngsters

Society: 15 Sep 09
Two of Sweden’s largest convenience store chains have elected to ban the sale of Red Bull and other energy drinks to children younger than 15-years-old. READ »

Did Anna Odell's faked psychosis have any artistic merit?

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Sep 09
Ceci n'est pas une depression nerveuse (This is not a nervous breakdown): The Local's Charlotte Webb offers her thoughts on art student Anna Odell's controversial faked psychosis, a final year project that resulted in a conviction last week. READ »

Four young women in GHB overdose

National: 12 Jul 09
Four GHB overdoses in Sundsvall in northern Sweden over the weekend point to a growing worry among health care officials about the prevalence of the recreational drug. READ »

Subsidize Viagra to ensure quality of life: Swedish court

Society: 10 Jul 09
Arguing that having sex is essential to a reasonable quality of life, a Swedish court has ordered local authorities to subsidize a 30-year-man’s prescription for the potency drug Viagra. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 22 - 28

Lifestyle: 20 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Ingmar Bergman theatre festival in Stockholm; International performance art in Gothenburg; Ghostface Killah and Funda Arar in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Sweden's teenagers cut back on booze

Society: 27 Apr 09
Swedish teenagers are drinking less alcohol than they were a few years ago. It has become hip to be sober, according to the Swedish National Institute of Public Health. READ »

'World of Warcraft is as addictive as cocaine': report

Science & Technology: 26 Feb 09
The computer game World of Warcraft is the most dangerous game on the market with a high risk of addiction, according to a new report from a Swedish youth organisation. READ »

Swedish woman allowed to seek treatment for ‘Coke’ addiction

Society: 19 Jan 09
A Swedish court has ruled that a woman be allowed to seek treatment for her addiction to Coca Cola. READ »

Home-grown cannabis flourishes in Sweden

National: 8 Jan 09
Marijuana in Sweden is increasingly being grown domestically rather than smuggled into the country, and police suspect Vietnamese crime networks are behind the proliferation in cannabis growing operations. READ »

Swedish boy collapses after 20-hour World of Warcraft binge

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 08
A 15-year-old boy from western Sweden collapsed and went into convulsions on Sunday afternoon after playing the World of Warcraft computer game for 20 hours straight. READ »

Violent video games alter childrens's heart rates: study

Science & Technology: 14 Nov 08
A new Swedish study shows that playing violent video games can alter children’s heart rates, raising concerns about violent games’ long term physiological effects on youngsters. READ »

Swedish researchers uncover addiction's genetic roots

Science & Technology: 24 Sep 08
Researchers in Gothenburg studying the connection between alcoholism and the hormone ghrelin have found that a single genetic cause may lie behind several forms of dependency. READ »

Viasat's golf coverage lacking in quality

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Sep 08
Viasat was a long way from shooting par in its Swedish broadcast of the Ryder Cup, writes admitted golf addict Gene Oberto. READ »

Dramatic increase in women alcoholics

Society: 30 Aug 08
Alcoholism among women in Sweden increased by 50 percent to 100,000 between 2003 and 2007, a new report from the National Institute of Public Health has shown. READ »

Tetra-Pak billionaire Rausing sees drugs charges dropped

Society: 12 Aug 08
Drugs charges against Tetra-Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing and his wife Eva were formally dropped at a London court hearing on Tuesday. READ »

Drug charges dropped in Britain against Tetra-Pak heir

Society: 29 Jul 08
Prosecutors in Britain plan to drop drug charges against Tetra-Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing and his wife. READ »

Swedes negative on economy - but optimistic for themselves

Business & Money: 7 Jul 08
Swedes think the economy is heading for a downturn, but many feel secure about their own financial situation, according to a new survey by Svenskt Kvalitetsindex (SKI). READ »

Swedish billionaire heir on the run in UK

Society: 17 Jun 08
Swedish Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing is currently on the run from the British Metropolitan police following a car accident on Monday allegedly involving drink or drugs. READ »

Government hints at partial Svenska Spel sell off

Business & Money: 22 May 08
The government is open to selling off parts of the Svenska Spel gaming monopoly to other actors in the market. READ »

Urban 'Indians' sabotage SUVs

Society: 20 Nov 07
Police are advising SUV owners to check their vehicles for attacks perpetrated by The Indians of the Concrete Jungle. READ »

Teen forced to take treatment for 'computer game addiction'

Science & Technology: 20 Nov 07
A teenager is to be forced to accept treatment for his addiction to computer games, after his family said the games make him antisocial. READ »

Government to ban aggressive gambling ads

Politics: 20 Jun 07
The Swedish government has announced that it is preparing to reform the Swedish gambling market. Aggressive marketing is to be prohibited but Svenska Spel is expected to retain a dominant position. READ »

Man gets sick benefits for heavy metal addiction

Society: 19 Jun 07
A job centre in southern Sweden has agreed to pay sickness benefits to a 42-year-old man with a heavy metal lifestyle. Roger Tullgren tells The Local of his ten-year struggle to have his heavy metal addiction classified as a disability. READ »

Sweden defends state alcohol monopoly

Society: 5 Jun 07
The Swedish government has said that it will defend its restrictive alcohol policy and the Systembolaget retail monopoly. But there were also positive reactions to Tuesday's EU ruling, which paved the way for private imports of alcohol over the internet. READ »

Cocaine use spreads in Swedish cities

Society: 2 Apr 07
Cocaine use in Sweden's major cities is increasing, according to new research presented on Monday. The price of the drug has halved in the last five years. READ »

Sweden can learn from the US on climate

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 07
With Al Gore in Stockholm to debate climate change with Margot Wallström, it is often assumed that the Americans come here to learn from Sweden's success. But Sweden also has a lot to learn from the US, argues Waldemar Ingdahl of think tank Eudoxa. READ »

Bank manager stole millions from customers

National: 25 Jan 07
A bank manager in Gothenburg has admitted to taking 6.6 million kronor from customers' accounts to fund his gambling addiction. READ »

Northern Swedes still living dangerously

Society: 8 Jan 07
Inhabitants of Sweden's most sparsely populated regions lead more unhealthy lifestyles than people in the rest of the country, a new study shows. READ »

'Group toilet breaks' for Swedish online poker rooms

Society: 6 Dec 06
Sweden's gambling monopoly Svenska Spel takes its public responsibility very seriously. So seriously, in fact, that it has introduced group toilet breaks for its online poker games. READ »

Sherrybaby drinks in Stockholm's warm glow

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 06
Drugs film Sherrybaby and its lead actress Maggie Gyllenhaal scoop the gongs at the Stockholm Film Festival. But for Eddie de Oliveira, New York school drama Half Nelson stole the show. READ »

Painkiller addiction kills two youngsters

Society: 22 Nov 06
Police are worried about young people in Uppland becoming addicted to painkiller Tradolan, after two 17-year-old boys died. READ »

Paedophiles turn to new clinic

Society: 20 Nov 06
Dozens of people who fear that they could sexually abuse children or rape women have turned to new centre in Stockholm since it opened six months ago. It is hoped the clinic will help prevent sexual offences. READ »

Prison doctor gave Viagra to rapist

Society: 1 Nov 06
A prison doctor has been issued a warning for prescribing large quantities of sedatives and Viagra to a sex offender who raped two women in the weeks after his release. READ »

Swedish shopaholics get support

Society: 23 Oct 06
Ann-Britt Aldeman embezzled 1 million kronor from the pre-school where she worked to finance her shopping addiction. Now she's one of the founders of an organization to help other Swedish shopaholics. READ »

Swedish government bets on open gambling market

Society: 7 Oct 06
Foreign companies could be allowed to enter the Swedish gambling market when the state-run monopoly is dismantled, says Sweden's new minister for financial markets, Mats Odell. READ »

Malmö casino 'increased gambling addiction'

Society: 2 Oct 06
The opening of a new state-owned casino in Malmö contributed to a doubling in the number of gambling addicts in the city, a new survey will claim. READ »

Odds lengthen for gaming monopoly

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Aug 06
Do Internet gaming and European law mean that Sweden's gambling monopoly is approaching the last roll of the dice? And can Svenska Spel's existence be justified, asks Paul O'Mahony. READ »

British rock star held by Swedish police

National: 17 Jun 06
After a much-delayed concert at the Hultsfred rock festival on Friday night, Pete Doherty, the lead singer of the band Babyshambles and scandalmonger extraordinaire, was taken into Swedish police custody. READ »

Hultsfred sets off a rocking Swedish summer

Lifestyle: 2 Jun 06
While there will be music for all tastes, those who like their music loud and heavy will be particularly well catered for in June, with Lordi, Def Leppard and Alice Cooper all putting in appearances in Sweden. READ »

Svenska Spel launches online poker

Lifestyle: 30 Mar 06
Sweden gets its first home-grown poker web site on Thursday, amid allegations that security failings could lead to customers' bank account details being accessed by fraudsters. READ »

Apoteket to lose gum monopoly

Science & Technology: 23 Feb 06
Apoteket, Sweden's state run pharmacy chain, is going to have to break its addiction to nicotine gum and other medicines to help smokers quit. A government inquiry proposes making it available in the same places that sell tobacco. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: Networking is not working

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 05
Not since Rubik's Cube has there been a fad more time-consuming and pointless than networking. But, as our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers, everyone's at it. READ »

One in four teens ?addicted to video games?

Society: 18 Nov 05
A quarter of Swedish teenagers are addicted to computer games, and six percent of teenagers play more than five hours a day. But computer games are often social, says one expert. READ »

Sweden's game-addicted kids facing obesity

Society: 7 Dec 04
The next generation of Swedes could be a bunch of sleep-deprived, over-eaters. And it's the resident evil of the games console that's to blame. READ »

Major study highlights drug hotspots

Society: 29 Sep 04
A new report reveals that Gothenburg's bars and nightclubs are awash with drugs, while Stockholm's drug trade is anchored in four locations. But what is the government going to do about it? READ »

Homeless people want better teeth

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Knutby - from tragedy to comedy

National: 24 Jun 04
The trial is taking a four week break but you can't keep a good story down. The mystery buyer of the pastor's house is revealed and his mistress strikes gold while the congregation finally starts singing from the same hymn sheet. READ »

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