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Twins ‘overwhelmed’ by new Indonesian findings

National: 8 Feb 12
29-year-old twins Lin Backlund and Emilie Falk, adopted to separate Swedish families at birth, are lying low after reporters in Indonesia claimed to have found their birth mother and family. READ »

Social Democrats drop eurozone pact opposition

Politics: 26 Jan 12
The Social Democrats on Thursday dropped their longstanding opposition to Swedish participation in the eurozone pact on fiscal discipline, after reaching an agreement with the government of Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Indonesian-born twins reunite in Sweden after 30 years

Lifestyle: 25 Jan 12
A mysterious Facebook message and a curious cab driver helped twin sisters separated just after birth in Indonesia find each other almost 30 years later in Sweden, living just 60 kilometres apart, The Local's Oliver Gee discovers. READ »

Swedes' disdain for the euro hits new heights

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Dec 11
The debt crisis plaguing the eurozone has left Swedes loving their cherished krona more than ever, a sentiment shared by non-euro country Denmark as well, as both struggle to keep the euro's woes from hurting their own economies. READ »

Convicted killer seeks to adopt teen girl

National: 14 Nov 11
A Swedish man serving a life prison sentence for murdering a man because he was homosexual has filed a petition to adopt an 18-year-old girl as his daughter. READ »

Ericsson and Sony go separate ways

Business & Money: 27 Oct 11
Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson confirmed on Thursday that it would sell its stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson to Sony for €1.05 billion ($1.47 billion). READ »

Swedish town mulls IVF discount to combat population drain

Society: 16 Jun 11
A municipality in northwestern Sweden wants to offer financial aid to employees in need of fertility treatment in an attempt to recruit new residents to the area and boost dwindling population figures. READ »

Swedes’ opposition to euro hits record high

Business & Money: 15 Jun 11
Nearly two thirds of Swedes say they are against adoption of the euro, the highest figure since polling began, according to a new survey. READ »

Swedish couple forced to give back adopted son

Society: 15 Jun 11
A couple from western Sweden was forced to give up their adopted son when his biological mother changed her mind eight months after giving him up for adoption. READ »

Reduce abortions by promoting adoption: Christian Democrat

Politics: 30 May 11
Rather than abort unwanted children, women in Sweden should give birth and put the children up for adoption, a Christian Democrat politician has argued, hoping the measure would reduce the number of abortions in Sweden. READ »

Christian Democrats discuss same-sex adoption stance

Politics: 16 May 11
A local branch of the Christian Democrats has made a u-turn on same-sex adoption and is motioning for the party to change its policy at its annual conference in the summer. READ »

Swedish lesbians allege parental leave bonus discrimination

Society: 2 Apr 11
A lesbian couple has accused Sweden's social insurance agency of discrimination after being denied the right to the government's gender equity bonus for parents who share parental leave equally. READ »

Sweden Democrat criticises 'race mixing'

Politics: 13 Feb 11
A replacement municipal councillor for the Sweden Democrats in eastern Sweden may be expelled from the party after writing in an online forum that he is against "race mixing" and that Europeans have children with "niggers, Asians, etc." READ »

'The world’s most complete partnership'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
On the eve of three important international summits, US ambassador to Sweden Matthew W. Barzun emphasises the importance of the transatlantic partnership as well as Sweden’s constructive role in promoting international engagement. READ »

Internet savvy Swedes launch 'Angry note 2.0'

Science & Technology: 31 Oct 10
The angry note, such a common feature of neighbourly grievance in a shared block of flats in Sweden, is being supplemented by the adoption of provocative names for wireless internet networks in a trend dubbed Angry note 2.0. READ »

Sweden to extend police powers on data access

Science & Technology: 27 Oct 10
The Swedish government wants to extend the powers of police and prosecutors to access personal details from internet service providers in cases of less serious offences such as file sharing and libel. READ »

Swedish researchers in womb transplant success

Science & Technology: 3 Oct 10
Swedish researchers have moved step closer to performing the world's first womb transplant, providing women unable to have children an alternative to adoption. READ »

Politician axed over anti-gay rhetoric

Politics: 31 Jul 10
A Moderate Party politician in Stockholm has been stripped of his duties after making offensive comments on a rival politician’s blog about homosexuals and their right to adopt. READ »

Adopted daughter left behind in The Gambia

National: 15 Jun 10
A 13-year-old adopted girl has been left behind in her homeland of The Gambia by her adoptive parents. She had lived in Sweden since March 2007. READ »

Interview: How a Swedish model exposed Goa's drug dealing cops

Lifestyle: 4 Jun 10
Swedish model Lucky Mångårda Amori went to Bollywood to act, but first she directed a real-life Indian crime drama. Paul O’Mahony meets the former reality TV show contestant who trained a camera on the police and captured corruption on an epic scale. READ »

Opposition mounts to euro adoption in Sweden

Business & Money: 3 Jun 10
Opposition to joining the euro adoption is growing in Sweden, with an increasing number of people fearing that businesses would lose out if the country scrapped the krona and joined the single currency, a poll showed on Thursday. READ »

Court ruling paves way for flood of 'Princes'

Society: 25 May 10
A Swedish appeals court has cleared the path for parents to name their children Prince (Prins) after rejecting a tax agency argument that the name was a professional title. READ »

Parties hold firm on euro despite Greek crisis

Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson and Vivian Tse review party policy as Sweden's backing of a eurozone bailout brings the issue of Sweden's membership of the euro back into focus. READ »

Anti-piracy law has little effect on internet use

National: 1 Apr 10
A year after the adoption of Sweden's IPRED anti-piracy legislation, new figures show that file sharing is growing in popularity, internet traffic has rebounded strongly, and only a small handful of cases have been brought before the courts. READ »

Record number of tourists flock to Sweden

Society: 3 Feb 10
The number of foreign tourists visiting Sweden climbed 3.3 percent in 2009 setting a record high and bucking the recession and a declining European trend, new statistics show. READ »

Profile: Sweden's new EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson was named as Sweden's new EU minister on Tuesday. An outspoken advocate of feminism, equality and civil liberties issues, as well as a keen supporter of Nato membership, Ohlsson also harbours dreams of a top UN human rights post. READ »

Music industry to test Sweden's anti-piracy law

Science & Technology: 7 Dec 09
The recording industry has decided to take a stab at using Sweden’s new anti-piracy laws to reveal the identity of what an industry association is calling a “rather normal” file sharer. READ »

Sweden's first lesbian bishop consecrated in Uppsala

Society: 9 Nov 09
The Church of Sweden on Sunday ordained a female pastor as the country's first openly homosexual bishop, just weeks after approving gay marriages. READ »

Reinfeldt steps up pressure to ensure Lisbon treaty adoption

Politics: 5 Oct 09
Sweden's Fredrik Reinfeldt on Monday pushed the Czech Republic and Britain not to further delay approval of the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty. READ »

ADHD common among adopted kids: study

Science & Technology: 6 Aug 09
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is much more common among children adopted from abroad than among those born in Sweden. Those at highest risk for the disorder have been adopted from Eastern Europe, according to a new study. READ »

Swedish lesbians more likely to wed than gay men

Society: 21 Jul 09
More female than male same-sex couples have chosen to marry since Swedish homosexuals were granted the legal right to marry on May 1st of this year. READ »

Adopting in Sweden: a draining process with amazing returns

Lifestyle: 15 Jun 09
Adopting a child is a laborious experience at the best of times. But Australian Brett Roberts and his Swedish wife Eleonore found that it was more than worth the trouble. READ »

Baltic crisis puts pressure on krona

Business & Money: 8 Jun 09
The Swedish krona fell back against the euro on Monday as markets remained shaky on the back of concerns over Swedish bank exposure to the troubled Baltic state economies. READ »

Swede held for child sex crimes in Cambodia

National: 8 May 09
A Swedish man in his sixties has been arrested in Cambodia on suspicions of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy. READ »

Sweden criticized for lack of effort on minority languages

Society: 7 May 09
Sweden has been taken to task by the Council of Europe for a lack of progress in raising social awareness about and promoting educational programs in the country’s five national minority languages. READ »

Foreign students help boost numbers at Swedish colleges

Education: 27 Apr 09
The number of students enrolled at Swedish universities climbed in 2008 for the first time since the early 2000s, new statistics show. Foreign students account for a large part of the increase. READ »

'Sweden doesn't need more universities': Leijonborg

Education: 13 Mar 09
The government has said it plans to reject applications from Swedish colleges (högskolor) interested in upgrading their status to full-fledged universities. READ »

Sweden sets date for gay church weddings

Dating: 6 Nov 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said Sweden may allow homosexuals to marry in the Church of Sweden from May 2009 pending the adoption of a new law. READ »

Sweden to stop adoptions from Vietnam

Society: 22 Oct 08
The Swedish government plans to halt adoptions of children from Vietnam citing concerns over corruption and fears that the child’s best interests don’t always come first. READ »

Kidney risk for adopted Chinese children

National: 21 Oct 08
Children from China adopted by Swedish parents may have a higher risk for kidney stones due to possible exposure to the poisoned infant formula that sickened thousands of Chinese toddlers. READ »

German suspect 'lying about pregnancy'

National: 12 Aug 08
More witnesses appeared in court on Tuesday to say they do not believe Arboga murder suspect Christine Schürrer gave birth to a baby last September, as she has claimed. READ »

Suspect's friend: 'There was no baby'

National: 11 Aug 08
A friend of child murder suspect Christine Schürrer testified on Monday that he did not believe the 32-year-old German woman had given birth to a child last September as she has claimed. READ »

Child murder suspect 'lied to police'

National: 6 Aug 08
Christine Schürrer, on trial for the murder of two toddlers, admitted in court today that she lied or withheld the truth during questioning in an effort to keep details from police. READ »

German murder suspect takes the stand

National: 5 Aug 08
The Arboga child murder trial continued on Tuesday as the accused, 32-year-old Christine Schürrer, took the stand for the first time. READ »

Prosecutor lacks DNA evidence

National: 30 Jul 08
The police have confirmed that there will be no DNA evidence submitted at the ongoing Arboga child murders trial. A report, made public at the trial, confirms that the hair found in Emma Jangestig's hand did not belong to the 32-year-old German suspect. READ »

Swedish homeowners' radon concerns rise ahead of new rules

Society: 30 Jul 08
Home owners in Stockholm are rushing to apply for government subsidies to tackle radon problems in their houses. Health concerns and Sweden's pending adoption of EU energy declaration directives lie behind the trend. READ »

Singapore mulls Swedish way to cure baby blues

Society: 10 Jul 08
Singapore is mulling the adoption of Sweden's procreation policies to address the country's chronic baby shortage. READ »

Relative of Sweden's king sued over faked gay affair

Society: 13 Jun 08
Gerard Bernadotte, the so-called “fake” Swedish prince, is being sued by Lufthansa airlines for over 940,000 kronor ($154,500). READ »

WHO adopts Swedish alcohol resolution

Politics: 25 May 08
The WHO has announced the adoption of a Sweden-backed global alcohol resolution at its annual World Health Assembly which was concluded in Geneva on Saturday. READ »

A leap of faith

Lifestyle: 12 Oct 07
Swedish women who convert to Islam: Of the 400,000 people in Sweden estimated to be celebrating the end of Ramadan this weekend, around 5,000 are ethnic Swedes who have converted to Islam. Two women converts tell Rami Abdelrahman about how they square their faith with society's expectations. READ »

Church weddings for gays soon a reality in Sweden

Lifestyle: 6 Jul 07
Sweden may be on its way to becoming the first country in the world to allow gays to marry within a major church, writes Delphine Touitou. READ »

Fredrik and Arnold talk green

Politics: 17 May 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have been talking about what Sweden and California can do together to tackle climate change. READ »

Lesbian couples win adoption battle

Society: 14 Feb 07
Having successfully appealed the original verdict against them, two lesbian couples in Norrköping will now be given the right to adopt their children READ »

Fewer adoptions despite increased Swedish demand

Society: 21 Jan 07
Swedes' desire to adopt children has never been higher - but at the same time the number of new adoptions is falling. READ »

Tougher for Swedes to adopt from China

Society: 27 Dec 06
Last year Swedes adopted 350 children from China. But new rules preventing unmarried couples, obese people or those on long-term sick leave from adopting could dramatically reduce that number in 2007. READ »

Lesbians barred from adopting partners' children

Society: 20 Dec 06
Two lesbian women have been refused the right to adopt children born to their partners' through artificial insemination. "It's as though the court is trying to punish the women," says a legal expert. READ »

Royal black sheep admits adoption scam

National: 17 Sep 06
Jan Bernadotte, a cousin of King Carl XVI Gustaf, has admitted adopting a 34-year old German fraudster in exchange for 350,000 German marks. READ »

Sweden could host Lebanon aid talks

Politics: 13 Aug 06
Sweden has offered to host an international aid conference for Lebanon at the end of the month, the prime minister's office said on Sunday. READ »

Swedish woman adopts 40 year old

Society: 10 Aug 06
After 25 years, a woman has been given permission by a Swedish court to adopt her stepdaughter. But the younger woman is by no means the first fortysomething to be adopted in Sweden. READ »

Woman stopped from adopting her own daughter

Society: 7 Jul 06
A woman in Sweden whose biological daughter was born to a surrogate has had her legal guardianship taken away after the father withdrew his consent. READ »

National Day: a big party for nothing in particular

Lifestyle: 5 Jun 06
It only became a holiday in 2005 and doesn't mark anything in particular. Yet Sweden's national day is still a good excuse for Swedes to wave their blue and yellow flags, reports Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius READ »

Police fear National Day trouble

National: 5 Jun 06
The atmosphere is tense before Sweden's National Day on Tuesday, as police fear that rival extreme right and antifascist groups will clash on their day off in Stockholm. READ »

Fingerprints reveal raft man is Czech

National: 16 May 06
The man who was found floating on a raft in the middle of the Skagerrak Strait in April is a Czech citizen, born in 1957. So the plot thins, but he still won't say how ended up so far out at sea. READ »

Raft man 'a stateless American'

National: 22 Apr 06
The mysterious man rescued from a raft in the middle of the Skagerrak strait says he was born to Russian-Jewish parents and lived in Israel, South Africa and the US. "We're taking it with a pinch of salt," say police. READ »

Czechs ban Swedes from adopting

Society: 2 Mar 06
Swedes are to be banned from adopting Czech children, authorities in the Czech Republic say. The temporary ban follows the death of a Czech boy who had been adopted by a couple in the Jönköping area. READ »

Parents on trial for adopted son's death

National: 27 Feb 06
The parents of an adopted three year old boy who died after untreated wounds led to blood poisoning appeared before Jönköping district court on Monday accused of manslaughter. They "didn't trust medical care", said their lawyer. READ »

Reported rapes soar after law reform

National: 18 Jan 06
The number of rapes reported in Sweden last year increased by 32 percent compared to 2004, largely due to the adoption of tougher sex crime legislation, according to official data published on Wednesday. READ »

Adopt more Swedish children - Moderates

Society: 10 Jan 06
Only 188 Swedish-born children were adopted last year. That's far too few, say the Moderates, who plan to make domestic adoptions easier. "Few family issues have been so loaded," they say. READ »

Stockholm dogs get a second chance

Society: 28 Sep 05
In a quiet area in the outskirts of Stockholm lies Hundstallet, a haven for lost or rejected dogs. The centre's goal is to find homes for all of them - but without any assistance from the government, public contributions are vital. READ »

Les abus des entreprises suédoises

Smörgåsbord: 17 Jun 05
Alors que l’Union européenne traverse une période de doute, l’influence de ses institutions sur les sociétés nationales ne diminue pas pour autant. La Suède ne fait pas exception : le monopole d’État sur les pharmacies va subir des assouplissements, et les entreprises coupables de fraude sont sanctionnées par l’Union européenne. READ »

Extremists demonstrate across Sweden

National: 6 Jun 05
The extreme-right nationalists are outnumbered by their left-wing opponents as the two groups hold demonstrations in Stockholm to mark Sweden's National Day. Police say that the marches, as well as others across the country, passed off peacefully. READ »

Neo-nazis plan National Day march

Society: 22 May 05
Extreme-right groups are planning demonstrations in Stockholm on June 6th, according to media reports - and that's not what the government had in mind for Sweden's new bank holiday. READ »

Ericsson wins Malaysian 3G contract

Business & Money: 12 Apr 05
Malaysian mobile phone operator Maxis communications awards a multi-million-dollar contract to Swedish telecommunication giant Ericsson for deployment of its high-speed third-generation network infrastructure. READ »

Spray moves into phone market

Business & Money: 30 Mar 05
Promising cheaper rates than Telia, Tele2 and Glocalnet, Swedish internet service provider Spray is now offering customers a telephone service. READ »

Swedes adopting more girls than boys

Smörgåsbord: 8 Dec 04
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Swedish boys "more intolerant than girls"

Society: 28 Oct 04
What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and all things nice! What are little boys made of? Homophobia and racism, apparently. READ »

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