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Abba great unwilling to be Stockholm 'billboard'

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. 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 »

Stockholm council ignores Abba great's pleas on Slussen renewal

Society: 13 Dec 11
Despite protests by citizens and celebrities, including former Abba star Benny Andersson, Stockholm’s city council voted on Monday night to move forward with a massive renovation of the city’s Slussen area. READ »

Abba great hints at reunification gig

Society: 12 Dec 11
Abba-founder Benny Andersson has hinted that he would be willing to reunite the famed Swedish super group to help save a beloved - albeit urine soaked -Stockholm landmark. READ »

Divers in 'gigantic' 17th-century warship find

Science & Technology: 16 Nov 11
Divers have discovered what is believed to be the 17th-century Swedish royal warship Svärdet off the coast of the Baltic island of Öland, researchers revealed on Wednesday. READ »

Hijacked ship carried Russian chemical weapons: report

Science & Technology: 17 Oct 11
The Arctic Sea, a Finnish ship hijacked in Swedish waters in July 2009, was likely carrying materials stolen from Russia meant for the making of chemical weapons, Finnish researchers have claimed. READ »

Swedish surfers defy cold to catch winter waves

Sport: 11 Oct 11
While the season's first winter storm sends most Swedes scrambling for warmth, a group of dedicated Swedish surfers instead rejoice at the chance to ride out the blustery weather from their boards, The Local's Joel Linde discovers. READ »

Swedish girl's message in a bottle answered after 22 years

Society: 7 Oct 11
A bottle containing a note thrown into the Baltic Sea by a child in the 1980s was recently found by a woman on the east coast of Sweden who was surprised to realise she knew the sender. READ »

Enjoy historic St Petersburg - without the visa

Travel: 3 Oct 11
Imagine visiting St. Petersburg, one of the most majestic cities in the world, without having to fly there and avoiding the headache of the visa-application process. A unique cruise line makes this possible. READ »

Sweden braces for wrath of 'tropical hurricane'

Science & Technology: 12 Sep 11
The remnants of Hurricane Katia are set to reach Sweden's west coast on Monday evening, carrying heavy rain and strong winds and prompting the the country's meteorological agency to issue a weather warning. 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 »

Sweden failing to protect Baltic Sea: WWF

Science & Technology: 1 Sep 11
Sweden must improve its preservation of biodiversity in the Baltic, and decrease use of hazardous fertilisers, according to a WWF report published Wednesday. READ »

Swift storm catches sailors off-guard

Science & Technology: 20 Aug 11
A fast-moving storm swept into Stockholm’s achipelago, rousing severe problems for recreational sailing Friday night. Gale force winds are expected to persist. READ »

'New Vasa' shipwreck found on Baltic seabed

Science & Technology: 19 Aug 11
Swedish divers have uncovered what they believe to be the legendary Swedish warship Mars, lost in a sea battle with the Danish-Lübeckian navy in 1564, near the coast of the Baltic island of Öland. READ »

Hollywood pirate ship docks in Stockholm

Society: 18 Jul 11
While no Captain Sparrow or men with swords were in sight, another celebrity from the popular "Pirates of the Caribbean" films has been in Stockholm over the weekend - the good ship Bounty. READ »

'World's oldest' wreck found in Swedish Baltic

Society: 15 Jul 11
What experts believe to be the world’s oldest shipwreck has been found in the waters between the Baltic islands of Gotland and Öland off the east coast of Sweden. READ »

Fishing industry quiet on worms in cod: report

National: 3 Jul 11
The cod worm, capable of causing vomiting and diarrhea, is steadily becoming more common in the Baltic Sea, but the Swedish fishing industry has kept a tight lid on information about the growing numbers, according to a newspaper report. READ »

Exploring Sweden's linguistic history in the United States

Lifestyle: 13 Jun 11
A century after the great Swedish migration to North America, dialect researchers from Gothenburg are heading across the Atlantic in hopes of learning more about the evolution of the Swedish language, The Local’s Karen Holst explains. READ »

Gotland & Öland - Singular beauty at sea

Travel: 10 Jun 11
Ancient walled cities, storm-tossed islands and a dose of Bergmanesque atmospherics. The islands of Gotland and Öland make for a spectacular summer visit. READ »

'Danish Marmite ban, be damned': British ex-pat

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 11
The news that Denmark has recently banned Marmite caused widespread panic among British ex-pats there, leaving UK native and Marmite lover Tim Harvey wondering whether the decision may have even more far-reaching consequences. READ »

Baltic cruise ship adrift after power failure

National: 16 May 11
A cruise liner carrying some 2,000 crew and passengers spent much of Sunday adrift in the Baltic seas after a power outage, according to the Swedish sea rescue. READ »

Drunken chaos mars Walpurgis celebrations

National: 1 May 11
Police in Uppsala responded to reports of rape, assault and drunken behaviour as they struggled to contain revellers during chaotic Walpurgis Night celebrations in the city on Saturday. READ »

Sweden's Vasa marks 50 years out of the water

Science & Technology: 24 Apr 11
One of Sweden's most well-known treasures is celebrating a special anniversary Sunday – it is 50 years since the 17th century Vasa ship was salvaged from the depths of the Baltic. READ »

Sweden's Vasa: 50 years above the waves

Lifestyle: 21 Apr 11
It's been 50 years since the centuries-old Vasa warship was hoisted up from the depths of Stockholm harbour, but as contributor Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius discovers, preserving this national treasure has been the Vasa's greatest battle. READ »

Finnish hockey legend reveals Swedish tattoo secret

Sport: 20 Apr 11
Teemu Selänne aka "The Finnish Flash" has confirmed rumours that despite being one his country's most faithful servants on the ice, he has been bearing a terrible tattooed secret since a drunken stag night over a decade ago. READ »

Sweden vows to fight EU over smelly fish

Society: 8 Apr 11
Sweden’s most malodorous delicacy will continue to stink up households across Sweden if the government gets its way in the EU. READ »

Sweden's Vasa warship set for make over

Science & Technology: 11 Mar 11
The 17th century royal warship Vasa, one of Stockholm and Sweden's most popular visitor attractions, began a major refurbishment on Thursday to arrest corrosion. READ »

Russian gas pipeline 'unstoppable': report

National: 7 Mar 11
Swedish objections to a controversial Baltic Sea pipeline to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany fell on deaf ears in Russia, according to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. READ »

Deep freeze puts Baltic on track for record ice

Science & Technology: 25 Feb 11
Following another extended stretch of sub-zero temperatures, ice coverage on the Baltic Sea is greater than it's been in nearly a quarter century, Sweden's meteorological agency reports. READ »

Traffic problems persist as snowfalls continue

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. READ »

Power cut as storms batter southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 8 Feb 11
Over 35,000 people were left without power on Monday night as storm winds swept across southern Sweden, leaving widespread traffic problems due to fallen trees and debris. READ »

'Wallenberg and Isaak are still worth fighting for'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 11
With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in prison in Eritrea and questions still swirling about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that Sweden needs to do more to shorten its ignominious line of unsolved disappearances. READ »

Skåne residents encouraged to stay home

National: 24 Dec 10
Residents in several counties in southern Sweden have been told to stay off the roads on Friday, while trains were nearly back on schedule following a series of weather-related disruptions earlier in the week. READ »

Thousands of Swedes trapped in flight chaos

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. READ »

Sweden braces for record freeze

Science & Technology: 30 Nov 10
Stockholm is forecast to experience its coldest seasonal temperatures for over 100 years this week as winter weather takes hold of the country. READ »

Swedish military called in to battle winter storm

Science & Technology: 24 Nov 10
The military was summoned to help control coastal flooding in southern Sweden as thick snow and fierce winds continued to play havoc with transport services across the country. READ »

One dead as snowstorms cause traffic havoc

National: 9 Nov 10
A young woman died in a car accident in western Sweden on Tuesday morning as snowfalls and strong winds hampered road conditions and caused widespread traffic problems. READ »

'Rotten fish' pills pose health risk: agency

Science & Technology: 5 Nov 10
A dietary supplement derived from freezedried fermented herring poses health risks for children as was as for young and pregnant women, Sweden’s National Food Administration has warned. READ »

Sweden loses battle over Baltic fishing quotas

National: 27 Oct 10
Sweden will decrease its herring and salmon catch quotas in the Baltic Sea next year, a departure from years of wrangling over cod fishing. READ »

Police officer poet posts rhyming report

Society: 11 Oct 10
Mats Östman, a police officer with Gotland police in eastern Sweden, took poetic licence on Saturday morning in the framing of an unorthodox incident report published on the police homepage. READ »

Liberals want to appeal election results

Politics: 24 Sep 10
The Liberal Party, which lost two seats in the Riksdag by a razor thin margin, is looking to appeal the results of Sweden’s 2010 elections. READ »

WWF warns of Baltic Sea 'Wild West'

Science & Technology: 26 Aug 10
The Baltic Sea faces the threat of uncontrolled growth of freight traffic and wind energy over the next 20 years, the World Wildlife Fund has warned in a new report, calling on governments to work together to avert a Baltic 'Wild West'. READ »

Adverse autumn weather heading for Sweden

Science & Technology: 23 Aug 10
A new low pressure front is set to sweep in across southern Sweden during the afternoon carrying rain and later hard winds around coastal areas. A gale force one warning has been issued from the Skagerrak to the southern Baltic Sea. READ »

Century-old steamers inspire awe and nostalgia

Travel: 30 Jul 10
AFP's Francois Campredon savours a bygone era on vintage Stockholm steamer S/S Storskär, which is over 100 years old, as it cruises through the archipelago and the Baltic Sea for an annual summer steamship parade. READ »

Scientists to count Baltic Sea porpoises

Science & Technology: 27 Jul 10
Unsure of their actual number, authorities will now count how many porpoises there are in the Baltic Sea with the help of porpoise detectors that collect data from cetaecean sonar. READ »

Herräng: Sweden's Lindy Hop heartland

Lifestyle: 16 Jul 10
Every summer Herräng, a sleepy one-horse town north of Stockholm, is transformed into a jazz-era mecca as the Herräng Dance Camp rolls into town. The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson grabbed his dancing shoes and travelled up country in search of this thing they call swing. READ »

Waitress demands sick pay for boob op

Society: 15 Jul 10
A waitress who works on a Baltic Sea ferry is suing her employers after they refused to give her sick pay while she was recovering from cosmetic breast surgery. READ »

Summer drought threatens harvest

Science & Technology: 13 Jul 10
After the harsh winter and hot July, forecasts for this season's harvest in Sweden make difficult reading for the country's farmers. READ »

Baltic algal blooms linked to nerve disease

Science & Technology: 12 Jul 10
The seasonal outbreaks of blue-green algae in the Baltic Sea emit a nerve poison which can have a link to Alzheimer's, Parkínson's and Lou Gehrig's disease, Swedish researchers have claimed. READ »

Hottest day since 1994 reaches 34.5 degrees

Science & Technology: 11 Jul 10
Hästveda in northern Skåne posted the year's high temperature in Sweden so far at a sizzling 34.5 degrees on Saturday. READ »

Reinfeldt plays down Littorin 'crime' rumours

Politics: 8 Jul 10
Swedish daily Aftonbladet claimed on Wednesday that Sven Otto Littorin was presented with information linking him to a crime the day before he resigned as employment minister. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said only that he gave "several reasons" for his departure. READ »

Billström appointed employment minister

Politics: 7 Jul 10
The Swedish government has announced that migration minister Tobias Billström will take temporary charge of the employment ministry following the resignation of Sven Otto Littorin, citing personal reasons. READ »

Swedish feminists burn 100,000 kronor in wage protest

Politics: 6 Jul 10
The Feminist Initiative carried out its promise to burn 100,000 kronor ($13,000) on Tuesday morning, claiming that a half-page ad would never have had the same impact in the fight for equal pay between the sexes. READ »

Bishop manhandled by Sweden Democrats

Politics: 5 Jul 10
Church of Sweden Bishop Lennart Koskinen was forcibly removed by Sweden Democrat security staff when the nationalist party held a meeting just metres from the church tent at Almedalen week on Gotland on Monday. READ »

Algal blooms under way in Baltic Sea

Science & Technology: 2 Jul 10
The first signs of this year's cyanobacteria - also known as blue-green algae - blooms are now visible in the Baltic Sea on satellite images. READ »

Stockholm's best party is on the water

Travel: 30 Jun 10
If you're looking for a spectacular place for a corporate lunch, an intimate wedding or to dance until dawn, the best place to look is out to the water, writes Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius. READ »

Murky waters hamper aquatic romance

Science & Technology: 28 Jun 10
While its adverse effects are well known to mating humans, Swedish researchers have now shown that blurred vision, brought on not by alcohol consumption but by murky waters, can leave romancing fish counting the cost of their chance encounters. READ »

Sweden in plea to save stinky fermented herring

Politics: 23 Jun 10
Sweden's agriculture minister Eskil Erlandsson pleaded with the EU's health and consumer policy commissioner on Tuesday to save one of the country's most loved - and loathed - delicacies: stinky fermented herring. READ »

Crowds gather along procession route

Society: 19 Jun 10
Police expect some 250,000 people to take to the streets to catch a glimpse of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling when they leave Stockholm Cathedral in a carriage procession after their wedding on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Sweden welcomes army of wind turbines

Society: 13 Jun 10
A colossal wind power project under construction in the far north of Sweden is expected on completion to generate energy equivalent to the output of two nuclear reactors. READ »

Summer Rail Destinations: Stockholm

Travel: 11 Jun 10
Sponsored article: The antiquity of Gamla Stan, the forests of Djurgården, the cliffs of Södermalm and of course the surrounding blue sea: all these elements combine to help make Stockholm one of the world’s most beautiful cities. READ »

Man drowns in central Stockholm sluice

National: 1 Jun 10
A man in his forties is thought to have died after having been sucked into the lock at Slussen in central Stockholm on Tuesday morning. READ »

Foundation seeks funds for Bergman centre

Society: 20 May 10
The Bergman foundation on the Baltic Sea island of Farö has applied to the Swedish government for 500,000 kronor ($65,700) to establish a resource centre in honour of the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman. READ »

Västervik: dreaming of Midsummer

Travel: 17 May 10
Whether you want to quack like a frog around a May Pole in June or collect seven enchanted flowers to find true love: Västervik is place to be. READ »

Soaring with eagles and frolicking with seals

Travel: 23 Apr 10
If you want to see Sweden's maritime nature eye-to-eye, there's no better place to do it than Västervik, writes Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius. READ »

Malmö airspace opens as Stockholm stays closed

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden's airspace south of a line between Stockholm-Arlanda Ariport and Strömstad remained closed on Wednesday morning with the exception of Malmö. Airspace north of Stockholm remained open. READ »

Major Swedish airports reopen

National: 19 Apr 10
Arlanda, Landvetter and Bromma airports have reopened for air traffic on Monday morning, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. READ »

Volcano ash forces airspace shutdown

National: 15 Apr 10
Most Swedish airspace is to be shut down from 6pm on Thursday as volcanic ash continues to drift eastward from Iceland, the Civil Aviation Authority has said. READ »

Sweden to invest in new submarines

National: 11 Apr 10
The Swedish military is set to shell out billions of kronor for two new state-of the-art submarines while also upgrading two older vessels, defence minister Sten Tolgfors has revealed. READ »

Stockholm's Green City award: it's what you can't see that counts

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 10
A fisherman braces to reel in a large, wriggling salmon, its scales glistening in the sun as he lays his catch down, not on a sandy river bank but on the bustling cobblestone walkway outside parliament, at the very heart of the Swedish capital. READ »

Saab to build cars in Russia: Antonov

National: 29 Mar 10
Spyker adviser Vladimir Antonov has said Saab is planning to build a new plant in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, where it will produce 10,000 cars a year. READ »

Sweden helping Chechen 'bandits': Russia

Politics: 9 Mar 10
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev hit out at Sweden for providing a home for Chechen "bandits" as leading politicians from the two countries met at the Kremlin on Tuesday. READ »

Trove of shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea

National: 9 Mar 10
A dozen previously unknown shipwrecks have been found on the bed of the Baltic Sea; some of them are thought to up to 1,000 years old, the Swedish National Heritage Board said on Monday. READ »

Spring held at bay as deer starve

National: 7 Mar 10
The worst winter in years lingers on, with the nation dealing with an avalanche warning in mountain ski areas, train delays, stranded ferries in the icy Baltic, and deer dying from a lack of available food. READ »

Baltic ferries slammed for 'Titanic Syndrome'

National: 6 Mar 10
The Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) has sharply criticized ferry companies in the Baltic Sea for ignoring warnings and failing to change routes to avoid thick ice sheets. READ »

Ships freed from Baltic Sea ice

National: 5 Mar 10
Dozens of ships have been freed from thick ice in the Baltic Sea on Friday after ice breakers worked diligently to end the ordeal of of thousands of passengers and crew stranded in freezing conditions off the Swedish coast. READ »

Thousands stuck in Baltic Sea freeze

National: 5 Mar 10
The Baltic Sea was dotted with around 50 ships stuck in the ice on Thursday, including one large passenger ferry carrying around 1,000 people. Many will remain where they are until Friday, Swedish maritime authorities said. READ »

Thick Baltic ice causes ferry havoc

National: 4 Mar 10
Cancellations and delays to ferry services are forecast to persist into Thursday as the Baltic Sea experiences its iciest conditions in 14 years. Several vessels are stuck in the ice waiting for ice-breakers to set them free. READ »

Teenager found dead in Stockholm shaft

National: 4 Mar 10
A 13-year-old boy was found dead on Wednesday evening in a 30 metre deep ventilation shaft by Slussen in central Stockholm. READ »

Three Baltic ferries stuck in the ice

National: 3 Mar 10
Three ferries got themselves stuck in ice in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday forcing almost 500 passengers to return to the Finnish island of Åland. READ »

Sweden sets sights on easing Russian relations

Politics: 3 Mar 10
A diplomatic thaw between Sweden and Russia appears to be imminent. On Tuesday Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt will head to Moscow to meet prime minister Vladimir Putin and president Dmitrij Medvedev. READ »

Dangerous cargo slips off ship near Gotland

Science & Technology: 7 Feb 10
A huge container housing environmentally damaging cargoes has slipped off a ship near the Baltic Sea island of Gotland off Sweden's east coast. READ »

Russian officer denies Swedish dumping report

National: 5 Feb 10
The former commander of the Russian navy's Baltic fleet denied on Friday that Russia dumped radioactive and chemical waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s. READ »

Reinfeldt seeks answers on Russian dumping

National: 5 Feb 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has asked for an explanation from the previous Social Democrat government over Russia's release of toxic waste into Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea. READ »

Russian nuclear waste dumped off Sweden

National: 4 Feb 10
The Russian military is suspected of having dumped chemical weapons and radioactive waste off the Swedish island of Gotland in the beginning of the 1990s. READ »

Shipworms pose risk for Baltic treasures

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 10
A number of maritime treasures off Sweden’s southern coast are under threat from the shipworm, which is gaining a foothold in the Baltic Sea due to climate change, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg. READ »

Suspected murder on Finland-Sweden ferry

National: 6 Jan 10
A 39-year-old Finnish man is being held by Swedish police on suspicion of murder after a witness reports seeing him throw a fellow passenger overboard. READ »

Sweden braces for more wild winter weather

Science & Technology: 16 Dec 09
Another blast of winter weather is set to barrel down across southern and eastern Sweden starting on Wednesday night, with strong winds and heavy snowfall reaching as far as the Baltic island of Gotland. READ »

White Christmas likely as temperatures plunge

Science & Technology: 14 Dec 09
Blowing snow and frigid temperatures are expected to sweep down from northern Sweden on Wednesday, bringing the first taste of winter weather to much of the southern half of the country. READ »

Social Democrats slam Nord Stream approval

Business & Money: 6 Nov 09
Sweden’s decision to allow the Russian-led Nord Stream gas pipeline to pass through its territorial waters has prompted a scathing response from the political opposition. 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 »

Sweden gives all clear to Baltic Sea gas pipeline

National: 5 Nov 09
The Swedish government on Thursday gave its permission for German firm Nord Stream AG to lay down pipelines for transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Swedish economic zone of the Baltic Sea. READ »

Swedes discover British WWI sub in Baltic Sea

Science & Technology: 23 Oct 09
A British submarine which disappeared in the Baltic Sea during the First World War has been discovered by a Swedish expedition off the Estonian island of Dagö. READ »

Calls continue for new probe of 1994 Baltic ferry disaster

National: 28 Sep 09
On the fifteenth anniversary of the Estonia ferry disaster, in which 852 lives were lost, a prosecutor in Estonia urged for a new investigation into what caused the Baltic Sea's worst peacetime maritime accident. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 28 - September 3

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: International comedy & classical music festivals in Stockholm; Aero show & international athletics in Gothenburg; Dinosaur Jr in Malmö. READ »

'Arctic Sea hijackers in custody': Russia

National: 18 Aug 09
The Russian navy has arrested eight men who allegedly hijacked the Maltese-registered freighter the Arctic Sea off the coast of Öland in Swedish waters in July, according to the Russian defence minister. READ »

Russia denies rumours of Arctic Sea sightings

National: 15 Aug 09
The Russian embassy in Cape Verde denied rumours that the Arctic Sea, a cargo ship that disappeared off the coast of Sweden at the end of July, had been sighted near the islands off the west coast of Africa. READ »

Porpoises make welcome Baltic return

Science & Technology: 14 Aug 09
Marine biologists have been thrilled to hear of two porpoise sightings in the Baltic Sea in recent days. The blunt-snouted mammals, relatively common off Sweden's west coast, have become almost extinct in the Baltic. READ »

Golfer's wet ball prompts revealing underwear challenge

Business & Money: 12 Aug 09
Swedish golfer Henrik Stenson's recent golf course strip show has prompted underwear maker Björn Borg to pick up the pace in its photographic hunt for international pant-wearing “Swedish exports”. READ »

'Hijackers could remain on board': coastguard

National: 12 Aug 09
A group of masked men alleged to have hijacked a cargo ship off the coast of Sweden last month could have remained on board the vessel when it passed through the English Channel, the British coastguard has claimed. READ »

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