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Travel: 5 May 13
The world's first museum dedicated to Sweden's iconic disco group Abba is set to open in Stockholm on Tuesday, offering visitors a chance to get up close and personal with the 1970s foursome with a little help from modern technology, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert reports.
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Travel: 23 Apr 13
A Stockholm museum in honour of Swedish super group Abba is only weeks away from being open to the public. Camille Bas-Wohlert finds out what fans of the legendary group can expect.
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National: 19 Apr 13
Stockholm Arlanda Airport has fallen nine places to 60th in a global ranking of major airports, over 40 places behind Helsinki-Vantaa - the leading airport in the Nordic region.
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Society: 18 Apr 13
Scandinavian airline SAS has the cheapest airfares to several destinations in Europe and is on par with budget airlines such as Norwegian and Ryanair, new figures show.
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National: 9 Apr 13
A man previously convicted for several rapes in Sweden in the 1970s and 1980s has been jailed anew, receiving a four-year sentence for child rape and buying sexual services from a child.
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Science & Technology: 30 Mar 13
The Easter weekend stands to be an hour shorter this year as it coincides with the change to daylight savings time, signalling the imminent arrival of summer.
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Politics: 29 Mar 13
A politician suspected of defrauding taxpayers in central Sweden of millions of kronor ended six months on the run after landing in Stockholm on Friday following her arrest in Thailand last week.
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Lifestyle: 28 Mar 13
Two Swedish Easter witches are giving up the spring festivities in Sweden to run 3,000 kilometres from Istanbul back home to Stockholm with all their gear packed tight into a pram. Kristina Paltén and Carina Borén are The Local's pick for Swede(s) of the Week.
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National: 25 Mar 13
One of the ferry companies accused in Sweden's "bus apartheid" storm has hit back against allegations passengers were placed on different buses according to colour of their skin.
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National: 23 Mar 13
A driver allegedly made "Swedes" and "foreign-looking" people travel on separate buses between Stockholm and the Eckerölinjen ferry terminal in Grisslehamn.
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National: 2 Feb 13
A man has been jailed for a month for having told security staff at Stockholm Arlanda Airport that there was a bomb on board, hoping to delay departure so that he would have time to make the flight.
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Lifestyle: 1 Feb 13
Three Swedish indie filmmakers, who unearthed an old Nordic folklore creature to spin an Evil Dead-inspired tale of gore and desperation, have secured Swedish distribution after successes in the US. The Local's Ann Törnkvist meets Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna.
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Science & Technology: 11 Jan 13
A Lego collector in southern Sweden has been compensated by Swedish Customs after his Star Wars spaceship package was opened by customs officials, drastically devaluing the collectors item.
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National: 9 Jan 13
A plane bound for Munich slid off the tarmac at Stockholm's Arlanda airport during take-off on Wednesday afternoon. No passengers were injured.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jan 13
The post office has become one of the first lines of defence for Swedish Customs in their fight against the growing trend of buying narcotics online.
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National: 6 Dec 12
The blizzard that shook Stockholm this week could still be felt throughout Thursday as many travellers were left stranded nationwide, with authorities hoping services would be up and running again on Friday.
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Science & Technology: 6 Dec 12
Lingering snow continued to cause problems across Sweden on Thursday, the day after a fierce winter storm brought the capital and other parts of the country to a virtual standstill.
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Science & Technology: 5 Dec 12
Violent blizzards in Stockholm have caused serious disruptions to flights, trains, roads, and electricity, with meteorologists expecting more of the same.
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National: 5 Dec 12
Police urged drivers to refrain from unnecessary travel on Wednesday as delays continued to plague Stockholm's major airports after heavy snowfall shows no sign of abating.
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National: 8 Nov 12
Budget carrier Norwegian announced flights between Stockholm and New York City for under 1,000 kronor ($150) on Thursday, prompting a massive spike in demand which proved too much for the airline's website.
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National: 23 Oct 12
A Scandinavian Airlines pilot who failed a breathalyzer test prior to be scheduled to fly a plane out of Arlanda airport in May this year, has been cleared by the Attunda District Court.
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Society: 18 Oct 12
Swedish police arrested a man on Thursday suspected of stealing the Ghanaian crown jewels from an Oslo museum last week.
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Business & Money: 27 Sep 12
Starbucks coffee shops may soon be a familiar sight on Stockholm streets as the US chain aims to beef up its presence in Scandinavia following a "milestone" deal with a Norwegian partner.
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National: 24 Sep 12
A significant power outage stopped nearly all northbound rail traffic from Stockholm on Monday morning, including the Arlanda Express trains. The problem isn't expected to be fixed until 6pm at the earliest.
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Science & Technology: 14 Sep 12
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been remanded into custody on suspicion of hacking into a Swedish IT security company and accessing confidential information from the Swedish Tax Authority.
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National: 14 Sep 12
Reporters Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye are home again after 14 months in Ethiopian prison, telling press at Arlanda airport in Stockholm that it feels “incredibly nice” to be in a country where they could “speak freely” again.
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Science & Technology: 11 Sep 12
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was deported from Cambodia on Monday, and is expected to land in Sweden on Tuesday morning to face a one-year prison sentence for promoting copyright infringement.
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Society: 7 Sep 12
Swedish travellers have found themselves among the estimated 100,000 people affected by the Lufthansa cabin crew strike, with flights canned from Arlanda and Landvetter airports.
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National: 27 Aug 12
Two planes heading for northern Sweden were forced to return to Stockholm’s Arlanda airport after being hit by lightning mid-flight on Sunday.
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National: 23 Aug 12
A man who swallowed capsules of cocaine to smuggle into Sweden has been jailed for five years after turning himself into border security at the airport “feeling unwell”.
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National: 26 Jul 12
A major power outage brought train traffic to a total standstill between Stockholm and Uppsala on Thursday and normal service was not resumed until after 6 pm.
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Business & Money: 6 Jul 12
A drunk man who was late for his flight from Stockholm's Arlanda airport told security staff there was a bomb on board in hopes the ensuing delay would give him time to make the flight.
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Society: 29 Jun 12
Loreen, the winner of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, will soon have her portrait hung in Stockholm's Arlanda airport to fill a gap left when a picture of Abba was taken down after Benny Andersson demanded it be removed.
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Society: 21 Jun 12
Half a million bees from northern Sweden checked into a flight bound for Greenland on Wednesday, destined to start a new life contributing to the very exclusive local honey production.
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Politics: 2 Jun 12
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading for Stockholm next on her rushed tour of Scandinavia, as her plane from Norway to Stockholm lifts off on Saturday evening.
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Society: 30 May 12
Sweden’s 2012 Eurovision Song Contest winner Loreen was welcomed home by thousands of enthusiastic fans who filled a square in central Stockholm on Tuesday night for a performance by the country's new pop music sensation.
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National: 29 May 12
More train delays plagued Stockholm commuters from Tuesday morning until three in the afternoon, as a power failure in Häggvik caused chaos for trains north of Stockholm.
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National: 25 May 12
Thousands of Stockholm-area residents had their morning commutes disrupted on Friday after a power outage left trains at a standstill. By midday, however, trains were back in operation.
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Business & Money: 22 May 12
Swedish budget airline Skyways Express has cancelled all flights after it and its City Airline subsidiary filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday morning.
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National: 14 May 12
A double-decker bus carrying 72 passengers crashed north of Stockholm on Sunday evening after the driver passed out while behind the wheel.
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Business & Money: 10 May 12
A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilot scheduled to fly a plane out of Sweden on Tuesday afternoon was stopped from leaving after failing a breathalyzer test.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 12
Sweden can be eye-opening for any foreigner, but for American Carmen Price, it took more time than she expected in Sweden to disarm her American cultural defense mechanisms.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 12
After increased discussions about the problem with taxi drivers in Stockholm, the parliament decided Wednesday to begin taking steps towards regulating the city’s taxi service.
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Travel: 25 Apr 12
Tourists visiting Stockholm face a greater chance of being ripped off by taxi drivers than almost every other major city in the world, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Business & Money: 24 Apr 12
A planned solidarity strike by drivers of airport buses in Sweden has been called off after a public sector healthcare union reached a new wage agreement.
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National: 23 Apr 12
Monday's planned strike among airport and flight transfer bus workers was postponed despite no agreement having been met.
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Society: 5 Apr 12
Cocaine found among bananas, sweet-toothed kids escaping home for sweeter pastures, dog-sitters selling dogs, and one angry Abba member... The Local presents another News in Brief - tidbits from the week's news that are worth a mention.
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Society: 14 Feb 12
A Swedish man set to take off on his "dream holiday" to Mexico was turned away before boarding, as flight officials claimed he shared the name of a wanted terrorist.
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Society: 11 Jan 12
Once again a small mouse, discovered aboard a flight between New York and Stockholm, has grounded a US-bound Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight, forcing 200 passengers to re-book to later departures.
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National: 16 Dec 11
Stockholm's Arlanda airport was shut down to air traffic for about 90 minutes on Friday afternoon due to a power outage, resulting in significant flight delays.
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Society: 16 Dec 11
Abba founder Benny Andersson wants Arlanda airport to take down a giant picture of him welcoming visitors to Stockholm, following a decision to revamp a local landmark leaving him unwilling to be associated with the city.
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National: 28 Nov 11
Some 80,000 households remained without electricity in southern Sweden on Monday morning in the wake of the weekend's storm, while rail and air traffic continued to suffer disruption.
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National: 25 Nov 11
Security at Stockholm's Arlanda airport has been slammed after a number of fake bombs planted to test security checkpoints went undetected by staff.
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National: 14 Nov 11
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to community service after customs inspectors atStockholm Arlanda Airport found almost 50 reptiles, including 41 scorpions and five vipers, in his baggage.
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Society: 18 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska's imminent deportation to the Ukraine was stopped last minute by the European Court of Human Rights, pending a new review of the nonagenarian’s case.
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National: 18 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska, suffering from dementia and heart disease, is scheduled to be deported to Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, after all efforts by her family to keep her with them in Sweden have failed.
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Politics: 10 Oct 11
A recent report that labour migrants are abusing Swedish rules in a bid to enter the EU has prompted migration minister Tobias Billström to call the practice "intolerable".
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National: 11 Sep 11
Despite Sunday marking ten years since the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, Swedes have not been deterred from travelling to and from Sweden, according to security officials and travel agencies.
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National: 29 Aug 11
Starbucks, the Seattle-based chain of coffee houses, has announced the opening of its first stores in Sweden open to the general public.
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Society: 19 Aug 11
The mischievous mouse that grounded a Chicago-bound SAS flight at Stockholm Arlanda airport on Tuesday lives to see another day, if it even existed at all.
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National: 16 Aug 11
A wayward mouse forced the grounding of a US-bound SAS flight on Tuesday, leaving 250 travellers stranded at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport as crews tried in vain to capture the rogue rodent.
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National: 9 Jul 11
An aircraft pilot training academy will no longer teach students from Iran Air following recent sanctions brought by the Americans against the airline.
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National: 24 May 11
Around 20 flights to and from Gothenburg's Landvetter airport have been cancelled due to ash from Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano, which swept into Sweden on Tuesday night.
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National: 24 May 11
Swedish air traffic could be affected when volcanic ash from Icelandic Grimsvötn reaches western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to the country's Civil Aviation Administration.
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National: 17 May 11
Quick action by the head of a Canadian choir touring Sweden narrowly averted an accident when the driver of their tour bus suffered a heart attack at full speed, Swedish media reported Monday.
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Society: 25 Apr 11
Travellers flying from Stockholm Arlanda Airport will be soon be able to check their luggage in at the city's main transport terminal before boarding the bus.
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Science & Technology: 11 Feb 11
Sweden's Transport Administration has advised drivers in Stockholm to leave their cars at home as the continuing heavy snowfalls and winds leave much of the region at a standstill and commuters stranded.
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National: 30 Jan 11
Sweden's foreign ministry on Sunday issued a formal warning against travel to all of Egypt with Swedish holidaymakers already in the country set to be evacuated as unrest continues.
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National: 13 Jan 11
Nearly a third of passenger trains in Sweden were delayed in December, according to the Swedish Transport Administration on Thursday, as a betting company announced it will start calculating the odds on train delays.
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National: 9 Jan 11
Iraq wants to put a stop to the forced deportation of Iraqis from Sweden after their asylum claims are rejected, but Sweden’s migration minister sees no reason to adjust the practice.
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National: 27 Dec 10
The Arlanda Express airport train is running as normal again after an interruption lasting several hours on Monday morning due to a signalling problem.
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National: 21 Dec 10
Thousands of Swedes heading home by plane are currently stuck at airports across Europe, with London and Heathrow causing the greatest headaches for travellers.
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Science & Technology: 19 Dec 10
Swedes were coping with yet another round of fierce winter weather on Sunday as a band of snow showers moved north across the country, sending cars off the roads and dumping up to 20 centimetres of fresh snow in its wake.
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Society: 14 Dec 10
More police and security guards were visible in Stockholm on Tuesday as investigators looked for possible accomplices of a suicide bomber who narrowly missed causing mass casualties in the Swedish capital on Saturday.
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National: 5 Dec 10
Suspicions that the United States was transporting terror suspects via Sweden on clandestine flights resulted in a diplomatic crisis, according to documents released by WikiLeaks.
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Society: 2 Dec 10
Sweden's train services remained disruption for the third straight day, the country's national rail operator announced on Thursday, as traffic delays extended to flights in Stockholm and Malmö.
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National: 23 Nov 10
Airline passengers across Sweden risk encountering flight delays of up to two hours on Tuesday due to a shortage of air traffic controllers at Stockholm's Arlanda airport.
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National: 26 Oct 10
A Turkish citizen arrested at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport on Friday on terror charges is thought to be a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Belgian prosecutors said on Monday.
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National: 24 Oct 10
Border police at Arlanda airport arrested a Turkish man wanted by Belgian police on suspicion of "terror crimes" on Friday and is holding him pending a decision on whether to extradite him, Swedish security police said on Sunday.
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Politics: 11 Oct 10
The Swedish Election Authority has received a record number of appeals from individuals requesting that all or part of the 2010 general election be redone.
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National: 27 Sep 10
The source of a hoax bomb threat to Canadian police which forced a Pakistan-bound plane to make an emergency landing at Stockholm Arlanda Airport at the weekend, was an angry ex-girlfriend, according to a Swedish media report.
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National: 27 Sep 10
The 28-year-old man who was on Saturday a suspect in a bomb threat at Stockholm Arlanda Airport remains in Sweden after having been refused carriage on a flight to Pakistan, despite the case being closed.
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National: 26 Sep 10
Swedish police have classified Saturday's bomb threat drama at Arlanda Airport as "case closed" following the release of a suspect without charges.
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National: 25 Sep 10
A man who was arrested after a plane made an emergency landing at Arlanda airport this morning following a bomb alert has been released without charges.
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National: 22 Sep 10
A microbrewery near Stockholm has brewed Sweden's strongest beer ever, containing a whopping 18.5 percent alcohol content.
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National: 16 Sep 10
The world's largest aircraft - the Airbus A380 - paid an inaugural visit to Stockholm Arlanda Airport on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 15 Sep 10
Sponsored article: Swedish internet visionary and serial entrepreneur Johan Staël von Holstein is back, this time with MyCube, which he calls 'the social exchange,' where privacy, ownership and control are the foundations that enable more valuable and meaningful online interactions.
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Lifestyle: 25 Aug 10
It has been banned by airlines as an offensive weapon, its smells like a gas leak and it is Swedish schoolchildren's favourite way to cause classroom chaos. Yet thousands of Swedes regard it as a culinary delicacy. Emy Gelb reaches for a clothespin and takes a look at the famous Swedish "rotten herring" - surströmming.
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Business & Money: 27 Jul 10
Finnair will launch a new connection from Helsinki to Stockholm through Bromma on August 16th in addition to its services to Arlanda, the airline has announced.
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Travel: 15 Jul 10
Underwater, in the treetops or Frodo-style: The Local gives the lowdown on some of the oddest places in Sweden to spend a night.
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National: 9 Jul 10
A fire at London Heathrow Airport is not expected to have any effect on flights from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, a spokesperson for the airport has confirmed.
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National: 3 Jun 10
The Swedish organizer of the Ship to Gaza, Mattias Gardell, told journalists on his return to Stockholm that the Israelis had committed “premeditated murder” and were guilty of piracy.
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Lifestyle: 3 Jun 10
What’s on in Sweden: Ambassadorial football in Stockholm, picnic for unity in Gothenburg and Canadian poetry in Malmö.
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National: 2 Jun 10
Swedish author Henning Mankell, one of a trio of activists who have arrived back in Sweden after being released by Israel following their participation in the Gaza convoy, wonders what will happen next time when a "100 boats" show up.
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National: 30 May 10
Startled motorists called the police in droves on Sunday morning to report a car driving against the traffic on the E4 motorway near Arlanda airport.
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National: 17 May 10
Volcano ash from the Eyjafjallajökull volcano on Iceland has caused further disruption to flights from Sweden on Monday after the UK and Ireland were forced to close airports.
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National: 6 May 10
The number of passengers passing through the 14 airports run by Swedish state company Swedavia fell 25 percent in April, largely due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption.
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National: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine has broken up with her fiancé Jonas Bergström, Stockholm's royal court has announced.
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Lifestyle: 23 Apr 10
The French Revolution was bad news for France's royal family, but Sweden's 200-year-old Bernadotte dynasty would not have existed without it, explains The Local's royal correspondent Juan Navas.
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National: 23 Apr 10
Flights are now permitted across the whole of Sweden, as Stockholm-Arlanda, Bromma and Malmö airports all remained open overnight. The latest reports from Iceland indicate that the volcano remains stable.
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