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Men held in Sweden for trading rhino horn

National: 1 May 12
Two men are in police custody in Sweden on suspicion of having attempted to trade in the horn from the rhinoceros, which is classed as an endangered species. READ »

Gay Swedish footballer bares all for charity

National: 26 Apr 12
The bare buttocks of Anton Hysén, who last year came out as the first openly gay Swedish male footballer, have been put up for auction to raise money for a gay rights group in Russia. READ »

Minstrels and ministers make bad bedfellows

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Apr 12
Art installation or not, politicians have no business taking part in minstrel shows, argues Carmen Price, an American freelance writer based in Stockholm, in reaction to the 'racist' cake controversy involving Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth. READ »

Four fined for buying stolen clothes on the net

Science & Technology: 1 Mar 12
Four women who were convicted for buying what turned out to be stolen clothes on Swedish internet auction site Tradera lost their appeal on Wednesday as the court ruled the women should have known the low-priced clothes were stolen. READ »

Artist avoids jail for 'negro slave taunt'

National: 27 Jan 12
Malmö street artist Dan Park was handed a fine and a suspended sentence after being convicted on Thursday of defamation and racial agitation in connection with posters he made after students staged a "slave auction" at Lund University. READ »

Saab museum saved by Wallenberg millions

Business & Money: 25 Jan 12
The Saab museum of automobile rarities, which has struggled to find a buyer following the company’s recent bankruptcy, has been saved by a Wallenberg-family trust that wanted the museum to remain intact. READ »

Volvo wagon Sweden's 'biggest film star'

Society: 20 Jan 12
When naming the Swedish model most often seen on the silver screen, many might guess Greta Garbo. But the correct answer is actually the rather unassuming Volvo 240 station wagon, according to a new ranking. READ »

Saab auctions off classic museum models

Business & Money: 18 Jan 12
A piece of James Bond history will soon go under the hammer in Sweden, when bankrupt car company Saab is auctioning off the rare, collectable and classic cars on display in the Saab museum. READ »

Swedish teen shells out for giant lobster

Society: 2 Jan 12
A 19-year-old girl in southern Sweden decided that her love for all things seafood was enough to shell out several thousands for a giant lobster, in order to treat her family to a cracking New Year’s dinner. READ »

'Fake' Michael Jackson record sold in Swedish charity auction

Society: 19 Dec 11
A platinum copy of the record “Thriller”, supposedly once owned by pop icon Michael Jackson, was auctioned off for charity by Sweden's state broadcasters at the weekend, despite lingering questions about the record's authenticity. READ »

Bergman 'notes' go on the block in Stockholm

Society: 15 Dec 11
Personal notes, scribbled by revered Swedish film maker Ingmar Bergman to his housekeeper, were auctioned off in Stockholm on Wednesday, fetching more than had been initially estimated. READ »

Lars, 49, solves UK couple's Swedish photo mystery

Society: 13 Dec 11
The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved. READ »

Sweden safe while butter shortage hits Norway

Society: 11 Dec 11
While Norway is reeling from a severe butter shortage, causing some to try to smuggle butter in across the border and others make a killing on the black market, Swedes can relax in the knowledge that their Christmas baking is safe. READ »

Fashion 'frenzy' greets H&M Versace release

Society: 17 Nov 11
Masses of people were lined up outside H&M stores across Sweden on Thursday at the release of the Versace collection, with guards having to intervene when frenzied fashionistas tried to jump the queue. READ »

Hitler paintings 'genuine': ex-Hells Angels boss

National: 8 Nov 11
Ex-Hells Angels leader Thomas Möller has argued that a selection of paintings slated for sale to pay off debts were indeed created by Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, rejecting an expert opinion that they were fakes. READ »

Making fun of slavery belittles black people

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 11
The dropping of a hate speech case against students who staged a "slave auction" at Lund University clears the way for racists and contravenes Swedish human rights commitments, representatives from anti-racism groups argue. READ »

Brussels group slams 'slave auction' ruling

National: 31 Oct 11
A Brussels human rights group has "strongly condemned" a ruling by the Swedish prosecution authorities who deemed a "slave auction" held by a Lund student group in April to be a "costume party" meaning no charges will be filed. READ »

Prosecutor: slave auction was 'costume party'

National: 28 Oct 11
A ”slave auction” held by a Lund student group in April was a ”costume party” meaning no charges will be filed against the organizers. However, charges have been filed against an artist who drew up demeaning posters of the person who reported the incident. READ »

UK pair seeks clues about mysterious Swedish photos

Society: 20 Oct 11
A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August. READ »

Jesse Jackson: Swedes are better than this

National: 13 Oct 11
Reverend Jesse Jackson called for global unity in a speech in Lund on Wednesday night, telling students “it is in your interest to fight for multiculturalism,” in a visit prompted by the slave auction controversy in April. READ »

Stieg Larsson journo school rejection letter to be auctioned off

Society: 11 Oct 11
A letter to late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejecting his application to journalism school due to doubts about his writing skills is set to go on the auction block. READ »

Swedish lobster nets new record price

Business & Money: 27 Sep 11
The first kilogramme of lobster sold for a record price of 31,600 kronor at auction in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning and is set to go one sale in stores in Gothenburg and Stockholm. READ »

Swedes remain hot property in hi-tech boom

Business & Money: 23 Sep 11
The $8.5 billion sale of Skype to Microsoft in May not only proved that the age of big money IT acquisitions has a while to run, but also that Scandinavians and more particularly, Swedes, remain hot hi-tech property. READ »

Lund 'slave auction' prompts police probe

Society: 8 Sep 11
One person is suspected of hate speech in connection with a party at Lund University in April featuring the sale of "slaves" complete with blackened faces and ropes around their necks. READ »

Top ten Swedish tech innovations

Science & Technology: 7 Sep 11
Sweden is renowned for its innovation and strong research tradition and The Local has compiled a list of ten technological breakthroughs of the last decade. READ »

Swedish TV duo quaff Hitler champagne in Kamprad tribute

Society: 25 Aug 11
Swedish TV comedy pair Filip Hammar and Fredrik Wikingsson cracked open a bottle of champagne once belonging to Adolf Hitler on Wednesday as a tribute to the renewed focus on Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's Nazi past. READ »

How to survive on a Swedish student budget

Lifestyle: 12 Aug 11
The Local's Clara Guibourg comes to the rescue of those struggling to get by on a meagre student loan with a survival guide of almost everything you need to know about living in Sweden on the cheap, without missing out on the fun. READ »

Champions League typo yields PR win for Malmö

Sport: 5 Aug 11
An embarrassing spelling mistake on supporter scarves created ahead of Malmö FF's match against Scotland's Glasgow Rangers on Wednesday has turned into a public relations bonanza for the Swedish football club. READ »

Swedish librarians find stolen atlas in New York

Society: 19 Jul 11
One of the books stolen from the Swedish National Library in the beginning of the 2000s has been discovered with a collector in New York. READ »

The Archipelago Festival - a celebration of the archipelago

Travel: 6 Jul 11
The Archipelago Festival - one of the East Coast's largest and longest summer events - is a unique experience where visitors travel back in time to experience how it was in the Västervik archipelago in the early 1900's. READ »

'Worthless' Russian painting sold for millions at Swedish auction

Society: 15 Jun 11
A Russian painting considered worthless by its owner and nearly donated to charity fetched a staggering 7.6 million kronor ($1.2 million) at an auction in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Tuesday. READ »

Masked robbers target Stockholm auction house

National: 20 May 11
A prestigious auction house in central Stockholm was robbed around midday on Friday when two masked robbers ran in and ordered the shocked clients to drop to the ground. READ »

EU network: Sweden passive on 'slave auction'

National: 17 May 11
The pan-European network of NGOs and research institutes has called on the Swedish government to use the opportunity of a "slave auction" held in Lund in April to "address the specific needs of victims of racism and racial hatred". READ »

Microsoft confirms $8.5 billion Skype purchase

Science & Technology: 10 May 11
Skype, the IP telephony company founded and part-owned by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström, has been bought bought by US software giant Microsoft, the firms confirmed on Tuesday afternoon. READ »

Lund responds to 'slave auction' with new course

National: 7 May 11
In response to the recent ‘slave auction’ at a party at Lund University, top administration announced a new programme that will be initiated this fall to educate both students and staff about the university’s core values. READ »

Yusuf set to give Sweden a Cat Stevens 'homecoming'

Lifestyle: 5 May 11
Yusuf Islam, known to many as singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, is set to kick off his first European tour in 35 years in Sweden, a country he cites as instrumental in shaping his career, contributor Oliver Gee discovers. READ »

Jesse Jackson: Lund party 'a racist spectacle'

National: 4 May 11
The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has reacted strongly against the ‘slave auction’ recently held at a Lund student party and the racial slurs against the person who reported the incident. READ »

Lund slave auction response: 'stop being defensive and listen'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Apr 11
In the aftermath of the recent 'slave auction' stunt carried out by several students at Lund University, there has been too much protesting, and not enough listening, argues US graduate student Cate Bridenstine. READ »

Brussels outrage over Lund 'slave auction'

National: 22 Apr 11
What began as a tasteless student joke in Lund has seized the attention of the European Network Against Racism, who is outraged over the incident and demands prosecution. READ »

Racism whistleblower faces 'negro slave' taunt

National: 21 Apr 11
The man who reported two Lund University student groups over a party featuring guests dressed as "slaves" to be sold at auction has since been subjected to racial slurs at his workplace. READ »

Lund students in 'slave auction' outrage

National: 19 Apr 11
Two student associations at Lund University in southern Sweden have been reported for hate speech after a party featuring the sale of "slaves" complete with blackened faces and ropes around their necks. READ »

Stockholm agency touts ad space on out-of-office emails

Business & Money: 18 Apr 11
A Stockholm ad agency is using the occasion of an art director's parental leave to launch a service selling ad space on out-of-office messages. READ »

Sweden completes new spectrum auction

Business & Money: 4 Mar 11
Sweden has completed the auction of its 800 MHz bandwidth, paving the way for three telecom firms to expand their mobile broadband services. READ »

Zlatan featured in Man City 'squad'

Sport: 18 Feb 11
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was one of a host of world stars who unexpectedly turned up bearing a Manchester City strip in the official programme ahead of a Europa League clash with Aris Thessaloniki on Tuesday. READ »

Alliance faces defeat in sale of state-owned firms

Business & Money: 21 Jan 11
Sweden's ruling minority Alliance coalition may lose yet another vote in parliament after the Sweden Democrats announced their intention to support a motion to stop or restrict the sale of state-owned enterprises. READ »

'No Swedish loans to Spain': minister Borg

Business & Money: 18 Jan 11
The probability of Sweden assisting Spain and Portugal with loans when Euro countries decide on support is low, according to Finance Minister Anders Borg on Monday. READ »

Swedes more willing to sell unwanted Christmas presents

Business & Money: 25 Dec 10
Santa is barely out of the door before many Swedes are sitting in front of their computers and putting their unwanted gifts online as more and more people sell their unwanted Christmas presents. READ »

Stolen silver treasure recovered on Gotland

Science & Technology: 8 Dec 10
An old silver treasure dating back to the Viking Age that was stolen on Gotland a year ago was recovered on Wednesday. READ »

Stolen Swedish painting up for auction in London

Society: 26 Nov 10
A painting by Swedish artist Anders Zorn was set to go under the hammer at a London auction until police informed the auction house the work had been stolen. READ »

Swede surprise over Turkish painting jackpot

Society: 22 Nov 10
A small-time collector from Småland in southern Sweden was left "shocked and happy" after he was told that a painting that he had thought was worth a few thousand kronor went for over 1.6 million ($235,000). READ »

Swedish union fetches millions from art auction

Business & Money: 18 Oct 10
A sculpture owned by a Swedish union fetched nearly 50 million kronor ($7.52 million) at a Christie's auction in London on Thursday. READ »

Skarsgård pitches in for Stockholm football club

Society: 1 Oct 10
Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgård has announced that he plans to auction memorabilia from HBO's vampire-themed True Blood and Hollywood thriller Straw Dogs in aid of his cash-strapped home town football club Hammarby. READ »

Warhol Brillo boxes confirmed as fakes

Society: 4 Sep 10
It has been confirmed that the Brillo boxes exhibited at Stockholm's Moderna Museet were nothing but cheap copies of Andy Warhol's celebrated work, according to a final report into the art world scandal. READ »

Ticket holders miss out after Hultsfred closure

National: 24 Aug 10
Hultsfredsfestivalen AB, the firm behind the iconic Swedish music festival which has filed for bankruptcy, is unlikely to offer refunds to any of the 5,000 ticket holders, administrators said on Tuesday. READ »

What's On in Sweden: August 20th - 26th

Lifestyle: 19 Aug 10
What’s on in Sweden: Magnificent men and their flying machines in Stockholm, midnight runners in Gothenburg, and it's festival time in Malmö. READ »

Skype plans US stock market listing

Business & Money: 10 Aug 10
Skype, the IP telephony company founded and part-owned by Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström, is planning an initial public offering of its shares in the USA, according to a US media report. READ »

Princess Madeleine goes back to work

Society: 30 Jun 10
Princess Madeleine has returned to work after taking a time out following her breakup from ex-fiancé Jonas Bergström. READ »

Fake Twitter page prompts royal rebuttal

Society: 7 Jun 10
A feed on the popular microblog website Twitter has caused consternation at the Swedish Royal Court which has been unable to shut off the stream of often erroneous information about members of the royal family. READ »

Zorn painting sold at record price

National: 3 Jun 10
Sweden's most expensive painting ever went under the hammer on Thursday. Anders Zorn's "Sommarnöje" ("Summer Delight") sold for 26 million kronor, beating expectations. READ »

Swedish film stirs Hollywood imagination

Lifestyle: 28 May 10
It’s notoriously difficult for European filmmakers to make it big in the US, particularly with non-English language films. But now Sweden’s filmmakers are echoing the successes of its authors and actors in winning over American audiences, writes Lee Martin. READ »

Armed men hit Stockholm auctioneers

National: 27 May 10
The Bukowski auction house in central Stockholm was raided on Thursday lunchtime with the thieves reported to have made off with 12 million kronor ($1.5 million) in looted jewellery. READ »

Swedish stamp remains world's most expensive

Society: 23 May 10
A unique Swedish postage stamp printed in 1857 retained its status as the world's most expensive when it was sold at auction in Geneva on Saturday to an international consortium, auctioneers said. READ »

EU supports Carnegie takeover by government

Business & Money: 14 May 10
The Swedish National Debt Office's (Riksgälden) controversial takeover of investment bank Carnegie in 2008 has been given the green light by the European Commission. READ »

The Local's guide to moving in Sweden

Lifestyle: 13 Apr 10
Sponsored Article: There are lots of things to keep track of when you move home. The Local has teamed up with our friends at Adressändring to provide you with a guide to the most important things to think about. READ »

JFK letters to Swedish sweetheart sold

Society: 5 Mar 10
Passionately tender correspondence written by John F Kennedy to his Swedish sweetheart has fetched more than $100,000 at an auction in the United States. READ »

John F Kennedy love letters to Swedish siren up for auction

National: 16 Feb 10
Passionately tender correspondence written by John F Kennedy to his Swedish sweetheart is up for auction in the United States. READ »

Swedes rush to sell unwanted Christmas gifts

National: 26 Dec 09
As one of the busiest retail days of the year kicks off, one in every three Swedes will exchange their Christmas gifts this year, according to a survey. Many are also selling their unwanted presents online. READ »

Swedish star: 'Tiger tried to recruit me as a lover'

Society: 9 Dec 09
One of Sweden’s top female celebrities is claiming she was approached by an agent on behalf of Tiger Woods about having a fling with the star golfer. READ »

Erotica buffs swarm to Swedish vintage porn auction

Society: 6 Dec 09
A collection of more than 4,000 vintage porn magazines will be sold at an auction in Karlstad in western Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Online sperm donor sows seeds of debate

Society: 9 Nov 09
A 26-year-old man from Gothenburg, "used but in good condition", has had his advert removed from an auction site after offering his sexual services to lesbian women wishing to become pregnant. READ »

Three arrested for Viking treasure theft

Society: 6 Nov 09
Three men, including the board member of an auction house, have been arrested on Gotland in connection with the plunder of hundreds of Viking-era silver artifacts from the Baltic Sea island. READ »

Bergman's island home to become arts centre

Society: 24 Oct 09
A Norwegian businessman has bought the home of the late Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman on the remote island of Fårö and plans to turn the property into an arts centre. READ »

Swedish secret agent's 15th century castle up for auction

Society: 13 Oct 09
A 15th century castle in southern Sweden belonging to a man who once supplied secret Russian technology to the Swedish military, is set to go up for auction in November. READ »

Bergman auction prices soar past estimates

Society: 29 Sep 09
Collectors and Ingmar Bergman fans proved willing to pay far more than expected for a range of the legendary filmmaker’s personal items auctioned off in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Fans revel in auction of Ingmar Bergman's personal effects

Lifestyle: 28 Sep 09
Movie buffs, art collectors and Ingmar Bergman fans will be able to put their hands on the legendary Swedish film-maker's personal items as they go under the hammer Monday in Stockholm, writes the AFP's Igor Gedilaghine. READ »

Swedish auction house to sell Ingmar Bergman's possessions

Society: 10 Sep 09
Stockholm auction house Bukowski's is gearing up for a high profile sale later this month, as the worldly possessions of beloved film director Ingmar Bergman go under the hammer. READ »

New train tickets aim to beat black market

Business & Money: 1 Sep 09
Swedish Rail (SJ) will on Wednesday move to broaden its personalised ticket system in a bid to thwart the black market in cheap tickets and improve customer service. READ »

Sweden finds hidden jewels of Russia's last tsar

Society: 28 Aug 09
Sweden has uncovered a treasure trove in its government archives of valuables belonging to the family of the last Russian tsar. READ »

Sweden's Assman hosts human duck race

Society: 14 Aug 09
The small western Sweden village of Uddebo will play host to a slew of "flabby old men" dressed as ducks racing down the Assman waterway next Saturday. READ »

Courts give green light to Ericsson's bid for Nortel

Business & Money: 30 Jul 09
A bid by Swedish telecom giant Ericsson to buy part of Canada’s Nortel for $1.13 billion has been approved by Canadian and US courts. READ »

Ericsson's quarterly profits plummet

Business & Money: 24 Jul 09
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson reported an almost 60 percent drop in second-quarter net profits, coming in well below market expectations. READ »

Auction house accused of selling fake Warhols

Society: 11 Jul 09
Malmö gallery owner Per-Olov Börjeson has filed a police report claiming that auction house Lauritz.com has sold millions of kronor worth of fake Warhols. READ »

Fifty years of Ikea on display in Stockholm museum

Lifestyle: 19 Jun 09
Stockholmers no longer need to travel to Barkaby or Kungens Kurva to get their Ikea fix. Fans of cheap-but-chic home furnishings can instead head to a downtown Stockholm museum to see a retrospective of the furniture giant's 50 years of liveable design, the AFP's Mark Preel reports. READ »

Latvia fears prompt rollercoaster ride for Swedish bank shares

Business & Money: 4 Jun 09
Share prices of Sweden’s leading banks recovered somewhat on Thursday after major drops on Wednesday in the wake of fears that Latvia may devalue its currency. READ »

Swedish collector snags former queen's desk at auction

Society: 3 Jun 09
A recently discovered 300-year-old desk which once belonged to Sweden’s Queen Hedvig Eleonora has been sold at auction in Uppsala in central Sweden. READ »

Job losses lead to spike in forced home sales

Business & Money: 20 May 09
More and more Swedes are having their homes repossessed and sold through executive auction as household budgets tighten in the wake of job losses caused by the economic crisis. READ »

Bids rolling in for Ingmar Bergman's island home

Society: 19 May 09
The island home of legendary Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman has now gone up for auction, the company charged with the sale said on Tuesday. READ »

Centuries-old royal desk uncovered in Sweden

Society: 15 May 09
Swedish royalists and antique enthusiasts are celebrating the discovery of a 300-year-old wooden desk which once belonged to Queen Hedvig Eleonora. READ »

Fried potato with 'face of Jesus Christ' for sale on eBay

Society: 14 May 09
A restaurant in southern Sweden has put a potato up for auction after staff discovered what they believed to be the face of Jesus Christ in a spud that "hopped out of the frying pan" earlier this week. READ »

Art thief seeks statue resale 'to cover expenses'

Society: 10 May 09
A rowing club in Malmö has opened negotiations with a thief that made off with their statue last autumn. The thief has realized that the statue is too well-known to be sold and is seeking compensation for his expenses. READ »

Swedish founder keen on Skype buyback

Business & Money: 12 Apr 09
The Swedish and Danish founders of Skype, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, are interested in buying back the IP communication company, which they sold to Ebay for $2.6 billion in 2005. READ »

Carnegie in agreement with real estate tycoon

Business & Money: 17 Mar 09
Swedish financier Maths O Sundqvist has reached an agreement with his main creditor, investment bank Carnegie, which will now assume control of his business empire. READ »

Several bidders eyeing Saab: source

Business & Money: 4 Mar 09
A number of potential bidders, including two Chinese automakers, have shown an interest in purchasing Saab, sources with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday. READ »

Riksbank offers long loans at variable rates

Business & Money: 13 Feb 09
Sweden's central bank said on Friday it would continue to offer loans in Swedish kronor at longer maturities to improve the functioning of the markets, and that the new loans would be made at a variable interest rate. READ »

Swedes hand stolen drawings back to Russia

Society: 28 Jan 09
Five rare watercolour drawings stolen from a St. Petersburg museum in the early 1990s are finally heading back to Russia after turning up at a Stockholm auction house. READ »

Swedish police inspector sacked for stealing PC

National: 9 Dec 08
A police inspector in Enköping in central Sweden has been sacked for stealing a notebook PC and a computer game from a department store in the town. READ »

Stolen Newton first edition gravitates back to Swedish home

Society: 8 Dec 08
A Swedish university has been reunited with a first edition copy of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica some forty years after the book was stolen from from its collection. READ »

Ten ways to save money in Sweden

Lifestyle: 2 Dec 08
From cheap dates with movie stars to the latest free music service, Thanh Dinh has some great tips for biting back at the credit crunch. READ »

Sporty Swedish teens pose for charity calender

Sport: 2 Dec 08
A Swedish girls football club has decided to raise money by producing and selling calendars featuring girls as young as 15-years-old in “athletic poses”. READ »

Riksbank announces loans to Sweden's financial sector

Business & Money: 7 Nov 08
The Riksbank said on Thursday it would offer 60 billion kronor ($7.71 billion) in loans to financial firms at an auction on November 10th. READ »

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