Arson

The following articles have been tagged with "Arson":

No suspects in attack against Malmö mosque

National: 2 Jan 10
As of New Year's Eve evening, police had no suspects for an attack against a mosque in Malmö earlier in the day when shots had been fired through the window. READ »

School destroyed in suspected case of arson

National: 1 Jan 10
A fire that police have classified as arson has destroyed the the Culture School in Stenkullen, near Gothenburg, overnight. Efforts to extinguish the blaze were ongoing on New Year’s morning. READ »

Gävle goat succumbs to flames

National: 23 Dec 09
Yuletide arsonists have once again successfully set the famous Gävle goat ablaze. Police received a call around 3am on Wednesday that the Christmas goat in the eastern Swedish town was on fire. READ »

Sweden and the art of standing in line

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Nov 09
Grab a ticket, wait your turn, then pounce. Paddy Kelly examines the vicissitudes and intricacies of queuing in Sweden. READ »

Gothenburg school destroyed in arson attack

National: 14 Nov 09
Fire-fighters were called out in the early hours of Saturday morning to Torslanda school in Gothenburg. The building has been completely destroyed in what police believe to be an arson attack. READ »

Police fire shots at suspected teen arsonists

National: 11 Nov 09
Police in a Stockholm suburb responding to a suspected case of arson on Tuesday night fired shots at a car carrying three teenagers who tried to run the police officers down as they attempted to flee. READ »

Activists remanded for Stockholm unrest

National: 1 Nov 09
Eight people connected to the left-wing extremist group Antifascist Action (AFA) have been remanded into custody on suspicion of offences in connection with arson attacks in Fittja in Stockholm. READ »

Gangster faces Turkish trial for bomb attacks

National: 16 Oct 09
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the leader of the Original Gangsters criminal gang on suspicion of being behind an attempt to blow up two men. Turkey, where he now lives, has confirmed that it is prepared to host a trial. READ »

School torched following Swedish teens' failed hand gel tests

National: 30 Sep 09
Two teens playing with alcohol-based hand sanitizer inadvertently burned down a school in Södertälje, south of Stockholm. READ »

Arson suspected in Södertälje blaze

National: 28 Sep 09
Arson is suspected in a powerful fire which ravaged the offices of the Assyrian cultural and athletic association in Södertälje early Monday morning. READ »

'Dawn pyromaniac' re-arrested in Skåne

National: 21 Sep 09
A 45-year-old convicted pyromaniac was taken in for questioning by police in Ystad in southern Sweden early Monday morning on suspicions of attempting to set fires in the area. READ »

Swedish cities hit by spate of arson and unrest

National: 12 Sep 09
Friday night was a troublesome one for many police forces across Sweden with several reports of arson and unrest. Police fear an escalation in the violence. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 4 - 10

Lifestyle: 2 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: International polo & feminist porn in Stockholm; International art biennial in Gothenburg; Paul Potts (UK) in Malmö. READ »

Stones thrown at Gothenburg firemen

National: 28 Aug 09
Fire fighters in Gothenburg were attacked with stones on Thursday night as they rushed to tackle the latest in a series of fires with suspected connections to youth gangs that have raged across the city in the last week. READ »

Fire photographer admits arson

National: 21 Aug 09
A Swedish news photographer specialized in capturing fires on film has admitted to being behind a slew of arson attacks. READ »

Malmö hit by wave of car fires

National: 10 Aug 09
More than ten cars were set alight in a series of arson attacks across Malmö on Sunday night. Police were unable to confirm on Monday whether the attacks were linked. READ »

Young man gets nine years for murder

National: 6 Jul 09
A 19-year-old man was sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison after shooting a man to death and burning the body in a Stockholm suburb. READ »

Arson suspected in eight Österlen fires

National: 22 Jun 09
Police suspect arson in eight separate fires which broke out in various locations throughout the Österlen region of southern Sweden early Sunday morning. READ »

Arson suspected in huge Gothenburg blaze

National: 11 Jun 09
A powerful fire tore through a warehouse near Gothenburg early Thursday morning, destroying millions of kronor worth of boats. Police suspect the fire was deliberately set. READ »

Refugee facility hit by arson attack

National: 2 Jun 09
A refugee housing facility in Karlskoga in central Sweden was subject to an arson attack early Tuesday morning, according to police. READ »

Riksdag approves tougher prison sentences for murder

Society: 14 May 09
The Riksdag on Thursday endorsed changes to Sweden’s sentencing rules which toughen the country’s penalties for murder and other serious crimes. READ »

'Curfews and police' can curb Rosengård fires

National: 7 May 09
A prominent Liberal Party Riksdag member on Wednesday called for targeted curfews and more police in Malmö’s Rosengård neighbourhood just hours before a communal refuse facility in the area burned to the ground. READ »

Arson suspected outside Saudi embassy

National: 6 May 09
One man has been arrested following a suspicious car fire outside of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Stockholm on Wednesday afternoon and bomb technicians continue to search the area. READ »

Ground control to cockpit suite: a night at the Jumbo Hostel

Stockholm: 7 Apr 09
A stayover at the world's only Jumbo jet hostel makes for a truly first-class experience, writes The Local's Alannah Eames. READ »

Criminal gangs show no signs of leaving Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
More than a year after a bomb ripped through the home of a prosecutor, Sweden carries on its struggle to curb the spread of criminal gangs, AFP’s Nina Larson reports. READ »

Danish gang war spills over into Malmö

National: 3 Mar 09
A Danish gangster from has been remanded into custody on suspicion of blackmail by a Malmö court as police fear that a Copenhagen gang war is spilling over onto the southern Swedish city's streets. READ »

Suspect denies involvement in Eskilstuna hotel fire

National: 27 Feb 09
The 37-year-old man arrested for his suspected role a starting a fire which consumed part of an Eskilstuna hotel on Wednesday has denied any wrongdoing. READ »

Security police probe Södertälje fires

National: 26 Feb 09
Sweden's security police (Säpo) have been called in to investigate a connection between a wave of arson attacks in Södertälje with a US-hostile extreme left wing group. READ »

Arson suspected in hotel inferno

National: 25 Feb 09
Police suspect that a fire which raged through a hotel in Eskilstuna in central Sweden early Wednesday morning was deliberately set. READ »

Miniature pig saves its bacon in apartment fire

National: 19 Feb 09
A miniature pot bellied pig is believed by police and rescue officials to have been the unwitting arsonist behind a fire that broke out on Thursday in an apartment in a northern Swedish town. READ »

Disturbances hit Stockholm suburb

National: 17 Feb 09
Police responded on Monday night to several reports of a brawl involving 40 to 50 young people in Tensta north of Stockholm. READ »

Swede dies in Australian inferno

National: 14 Feb 09
A 44-year-old Swede has fallen victim to the catastrophic fires that have hit the southern Australia province of Victoria in recent weeks. READ »

Modern methods pit reindeer herders against animal activists

Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Far from the idyllic image of lone herders skiing after their reindeer, indigenous Samis in Sweden's far north today use snowmobiles and other vehicles, giving rise to an animal welfare campaign as far away as Britain, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

Ice Church in Swedish Lappland offers white winterland wedding

Dating: 11 Feb 09
With Valentine's Day fast approaching, AFP's Nina Larson witnesses wedding ceremonies performed in a Swedish winter wonderland. READ »

Officials struggle with Swedish mining town's relocation

Lifestyle: 5 Feb 09
As miners continue to chip away at the chunk of iron sitting directly beneath Kiruna in northern Sweden, the AFP’s Nina Larson examines the challenges that come with relocating an entire town. READ »

Nina Persson: conjugal bliss bears sexy single

Lifestyle: 16 Jan 09
On the eve of the release of her new single, Swedish pop darling Nina Persson talks to Jennifer Heape about New York, David Bowie and making music with her husband. READ »

Gothenburg club and concert tips: Saturday, Jan 17

Lifestyle: 14 Jan 09
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. READ »

Jewish burial chapel attacked in Malmö

National: 13 Jan 09
A burial chapel in the Jewish cemetery in central Malmö was fire-bombed early on Tuesday morning. It is the third time the chapel has been attacked in recent weeks. READ »

Arson suspected after Södertälje blazes

National: 12 Jan 09
Police in Södertälje have launched an arson investigation following two suspicious fires which broke out in the city early Monday morning. READ »

Jews in Sweden under increasing threat

Politics: 7 Jan 09
Police in Sweden are on heightened alert following a spike in anti-Semitic attacks around the country in the wake of Israel’s campaign against Gaza-based Hamas militants. READ »

Two men held over Gotland stabbing

National: 1 Jan 09
Police confirmed on Thursday that two men had been arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Visby on Gotland a mere half hour into 2009. READ »

More unrest in Malmö suburb

National: 30 Dec 08
A number of disturbances broke out in a suburb of Malmö on Monday night. Four youths were arrested after fireworks were fired at people and several fires were started as police battled to impose order. READ »

Violent fire destroys Umeå student housing

National: 25 Dec 08
A violent fire destroyed student housing in Umeå in northern Sweden on Christmas Eve. Fire services had a busy night as a wave of arson attacks were reported across the country. READ »

Young arsonists set fire to hospital

National: 22 Dec 08
Police have questioned a number of boys suspected of setting at least two fires inside Linköping University Hospital in central Sweden on Sunday night. READ »

Nazis suspected of political arson attacks

National: 4 Dec 08
Police suspect Swedish neo-Nazi groups of burning down a Stockholm cultural centre and setting fire to an apartment occupied by a young family in two separate arson attacks in the last week. READ »

Politician quits over refugee threats

Politics: 2 Dec 08
A politician in southern Sweden is leaving his post on a local council after receiving numerous threats for suggesting that the municipality accept three unaccompanied child refugees. READ »

Going out in Gothenburg: Saturday, Nov 15

Lifestyle: 13 Nov 08
The Local offers some tips for Saturday night following consultation with Djungeltrumman, the people in the know. READ »

Fresh set of fires plagues Ystad

National: 10 Nov 08
After a month of relative calm, the town of Ystad in southern Sweden was hit by another series of fires early Monday morning believed to be purposefully set. READ »

Gävle goat a sitting duck

Society: 7 Nov 08
After a joyous two years of life in protective armour, Sweden's iconic Gävle goat will have to fend for itself this Christmas. READ »

Gothenburg honours nightclub fire victims

National: 29 Oct 08
A memorial to the victims of the 1998 Gothenburg nightclub fire, which claimed 63 lives, will be unveiled on Wednesday night on the tenth anniversary of the blaze. READ »

Disenchanted 29-year-old firebombs police station

Society: 20 Oct 08
A 29-year-old man waited for the police to come and arrest him on Monday morning after he expressed his disillusionment with society by throwing a firebomb at Karlstad police station in western Sweden. READ »

Going out in Gothenburg: Saturday, Oct 18

Lifestyle: 16 Oct 08
Highly-regarded entertainment site Djungeltrumman shares its local knowledge of the Gothenburg club scene with some recommendations for Saturday night. READ »

Arson suspected following car fires

National: 13 Oct 08
Eleven cars were completely destroyed and two more were damaged by smoke and flames following a fire at a car dealership in Varberg in western Sweden. 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 »

Court finds apartment fire caused by man's dog

Society: 11 Sep 08
A 30-year-old man from Helsingborg in western Sweden has avoided conviction on arson charges after the court ruled that his cookie-loving dog was likely responsible for setting the fire that destroyed his apartment. READ »

Gang leader loses right to live in Sweden

National: 28 Aug 08
The leader of the criminal network Original Gangsters has had his residence permit revoked by the Swedish Migration Board. READ »

Swedish mosque arsonist held for hate crime

National: 22 Aug 08
A man in his twenties has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a mosque in Strömsund, northern Sweden. READ »

Arson suspected in major industrial fire

National: 18 Aug 08
A blazer aging in an industrial building in Borås in western Sweden is thought to have been caused by an arson attack. READ »

Mosque fire 'could have been arson'

National: 15 Aug 08
A fire that broke out in a mosque in northern Sweden on Thursday night could have been started deliberately, police say. READ »

Kids' books become ideological battleground in Sweden

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 08
Boys in pink sandals and girls breaking wind with their armpits - two new Swedish publishers of children's literature are causing a stir with books deliberately designed to propagate the country's social values, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

Arson suspected at Stockholm museum

National: 6 Jul 08
A fire broke out at the Biological Museum in Stockholm on Saturday evening. Police suspect arson. READ »

Convicted pyromaniac suspected of setting new blazes

National: 3 Jul 08
A known pyromaniac has been apprehended on suspicions of setting a series of fires in Simrishamn on Sweden's southern coast on Wednesday morning. READ »

Nurses walk off jobs in droves

National: 5 May 08
As the nursing strike enters its third week, an additional 4,300 healthcare union workers walked off their jobs at noon on Monday. READ »

71-year-old woman detained for arson

National: 20 Apr 08
A 71-year-old woman was remanded into custody on Saturday on suspicion of arson. Police suspect that she could be behind a series of fires in the Rosengård area of Malmö. READ »

Sweden shutting door on refugees: critics

Society: 18 Apr 08
Recent decisions by Sweden to send refugees back to Baghdad and other war-ravaged areas have tarnished its reputation for welcoming victims of conflict, critics say. READ »

Serial pyromaniac strikes sleepy town

National: 14 Apr 08
A series of fires broke out in the town of Tidaholm in western Sweden early on Sunday morning in what is suspected as arson. READ »

Car blown up in Gothenburg

National: 21 Mar 08
A car exploded and burst into flames in Gothenburg late Thursday evening. Police suspect arson. READ »

Iraqi kids learn Swedish way of life

Lifestyle: 17 Feb 08
AFP's Sophie Mongalvy pays a visit to a school in Södertälje where transition classes have been set up to help ease Iraqi kids into the Swedish way of life. READ »

Sports digest: Ibrahimovic double rescues Inter

Sport: 21 Jan 08
Football: Ibrahimovic, Eriksson, Edman and Lagerbäck make the headlines. Alpine: Ferry seals maiden biathlon victory. Podium finishes for Byggmark and Pärson. Tennis: Arvidsson pulls of Australian Open shock. READ »

Kid-friendly Sweden aims to better record with parenting classes

Lifestyle: 7 Jan 08
Already considered one of the best countries for raising children, Sweden aims to better its record by offering even more classes to help mums and dads improve their parenting skills. READ »

One of Gävle Christmas goats burns

Society: 25 Dec 07
The large goat in central Gävle survived Christmas Eve. But its little brother wasn't quite so fortunate. READ »

Two die in apartment fires

National: 23 Dec 07
Fires in apartments in Gävle and Trelleborg claimed the lives of a man and woman on Saturday evening. READ »

Arson suspected after daycare centre fire

National: 9 Dec 07
A children's day-care centre was destroyed in a fire in southern Stockholm in the early hours of Sunday morning. READ »

Lessing argues for Africa's 'unheard voices'

National: 7 Dec 07
Nobel Literature Prize winner Doris Lessing has used her Nobel lecture to argue that the future of literature lies in knowledge-hungry developing countries, rather than in the apathetic west, writes Charlotte West. READ »

Gävle Goat vows to survive Christmas

Society: 3 Dec 07
Crowds gathered on the streets of Gävle on Sunday to witness the return of the giant goat that has stood in the town every Christmas since 1966. But will it survive the inevitable arson attempts? READ »

School burns down near Gothenburg

National: 25 Nov 07
Fire at school in Gråbo follows a series of suspected arson attacks on schools and colleges in the area. READ »

Two men wanted for bomb attack on prosecutor

National: 21 Nov 07
Police are looking for two men seen near the home of a prosecutor whose home was attacked on Tuesday. READ »

Outrage at bomb attack on prosecutor

National: 20 Nov 07
Sweden's justice minister, Beatrice Ask, joins the country's top policeman and top prosecutor in expressing outrage at a bomb attack on a prosecutor's home. READ »

Fire at popular restaurant 'was arson'

National: 5 Nov 07
A popular Stockholm bar and restaurant was completely gutted by fire on Sunday night. Police suspect the blaze at the Grill restaurant was started deliberately. READ »

Arson attack on Stockholm family

National: 19 Oct 07
The home of a family living in an apartment block in Rinkeby in west Stockholm was attacked in the early hours of Friday morning. READ »

Arson suspected in Vellinge blaze

National: 17 Oct 07
Police believe than an arson attack may have led to a fire in a small town outside Malmö that destroyed a medical centre, a dentists' practice and parts of a school on Tuesday night. READ »

Arson attack on video store

National: 8 Oct 07
Police suspect foul play after a video store in Malmö caught fire in the early hours of Monday morning. READ »

Sculpture by controverial artist set on fire

Society: 7 Sep 07
A 'roundabout dog' sculpture created by the artist at the centre of the Muhammad cartoon controversy was set on fire on Thursday night. READ »

Man jailed for arson attack on prosecutor

National: 9 Aug 07
A 20-year-old man who set light to a prosecutor's home and tried to extort 200,000 kronor from her father has been sentenced to six years in jail. READ »

Arson attack at psychiatric clinic

National: 9 Aug 07
Four years after the deaths of two patients in a major fire, a psychiatric clinic in Växjö has once again been the target of an arson attack. READ »

Four questioned over arson attacks

National: 7 Aug 07
Four people have been taken in for questioning by police in Gothenburg, suspected of involvement in arson attacks on buildings in the Angered area of the city over the past few nights. READ »

Gang leaves trail of destruction in Gothenburg

National: 6 Aug 07
Fifteen police units were called in to Gothenburg's Angered district in the early hours of Monday morning to combat a gang of youths intent on destruction. READ »

Fighting breaks out at 'family feud' court hearing

National: 1 Aug 07
Fighting broke out at a Malmö courthouse on Wednesday morning as tempers flared in an ongoing family feud. READ »

Fireman injured in suspected arson attack

National: 20 Jul 07
Fourteen people were evacuated from a wooden building in Norrtälje after it caught fire early on Friday morning. Police suspect arson. READ »

Women 'try to set fire to porn shop'

Society: 20 Jun 07
Two young women have been arrested on suspicion of trying to set fire to a pornographic video shop in Malmö. It's not yet clear whether they had a political motive. READ »

Two rapes tarnish 'calmest ever' Hultsfred

National: 17 Jun 07
It was the calmest Hultsfred festival in the event's 22 year history - at least in terms of crime figures. But despite the police's assessment, they had plenty to keep them occupied, including two rapes. READ »

Swede's partner flees Colombian kidnapper

National: 21 May 07
A Colombian woman being held captive with her Swedish partner escaped her kidnappers during a gun battle with police. Concerns are growing for her 68-year-old partner, Swede Erin Ronald Larson. READ »

Swede kidnapped in Colombia

National: 18 May 07
A Swede has been kidnapped in Colombia along with his Colombian companion, police in the country have said. READ »

Man burnt own apartment 'to smoke out neighbours'

Society: 10 May 07
A man from Malmö set light to his own apartment in order to smoke out his neighbours, following a year-long feud over the communal tumble dryer. READ »

Arsonists destroy new police station

National: 3 May 07
With just hours to go before its inauguaration, the new police station in Vårby Gård in Stockholm was subjected to an arson attack. READ »

Man arrested for Småland arson attack

Society: 25 Apr 07
A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a supermarket in a town in southern Sweden. The town has been the scene of a series of arson attacks in recent months. READ »

Rosengård disturbances continue

National: 17 Apr 07
The rear window of a police car was smashed on Monday evening, signalling the beginning of another troubled night in the suburb of Malmö. READ »

Electricity customers 'must be paid back'

Society: 10 Apr 07
Over half a million customers of electricity company Fortum have been overcharged and should be repaid a total of 250 million kronor, according to a new ruling. But the company does not want to pay up. READ »

Arson attacks baffle Småland police

National: 6 Apr 07
Two villages in south west Småland have suffered around 25 arson attacks in the last twelve months. The latest was in the small hours of Friday morning and police in two counties are now trying to find a connection between the fires. READ »

Melodifestivalen stars caught up in fire drama

National: 11 Mar 07
A number of finalists from Saturday's Melodifestivalen were among hundreds of people evacuated from a shopping mall in a Stockholm suburb on Sunday afternoon. READ »

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