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'The future of freedom on the internet is at stake'

Analysis & Opinion: 21 May 13
Internet policy experts gather in Stockholm this week to grapple with online data protection and surveillance issues that everyone who surfs the web should care about, reports technologist Stefan Geens. READ »

Live Blog: Eurovision Song Contest final

Lifestyle: 18 May 13
The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Final is live in Malmö, southern Sweden. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Europe's biggest pop music spectacle. READ »

Swedish envoy back to Belarus after teddy spat

Politics: 10 Apr 13
Sweden plans to send its first diplomat to Belarus since its ambassador was expelled last summer after hundreds of teddy bears were dropped from an airplane in a pro-democracy stunt organized by a Swedish PR firm. READ »

Sweden to probe Belarus teddy-drop stunt

National: 19 Mar 13
Prosecutors in Sweden announced on Tuesday that they had taken over the official investigation from Lithuania into a Swedish PR firm's stunt of dropping "pro free speech" teddy bears near the Belarusian capital. READ »

Polemic pundit prepares for political comeback

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 13
In our series profiling Swedish newsmakers, our pick for Swede of the Week is firebrand feminist Gudrun Schyman, who wants to return to national politics to fight surging sexism and a lulling labour market. READ »

Belarus jails guard over Swedes' teddy bear drop

National: 19 Feb 13
A border guard on duty when a Swedish plane flew over Belarus last summer to drop hundreds of pro-democracy teddy bears has been jailed for failing to stop the stuffed-animal assault. READ »

Regional focus welcomed in Bildt's speech

National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden’s foreign minister chose to begin his annual foreign policy speech with a focus on Nordic and Baltic cooperation, calling for a new “Hanseatic age of prosperity” and underlining joint military tasks. READ »

Sweden a 'humanitarian super power': Bildt

National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden's foreign policy is being debated in the Riksdag on Wednesday. Follow The Local's live blog for the latest updates and reactions. READ »

Russia beats Sweden to win gold in bandy final

Sport: 4 Feb 13
The Sweden national bandy team went down 3-4 to Russia in the 2013 Bandy World Championships in western Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Sweden spanks Belarus with record 28 goals

Sport: 30 Jan 13
The Swedish national bandy team scorched Belarus on the ice on Tuesday night, tallying a record 28 goals against the opposition's one in qualifying rounds of the bandy world championships. READ »

Swedish PR firm 'enters' US presidential race

Politics: 6 Nov 12
Controversial Swedish PR agency Studio Total has thrown itself into the frenzied last hours of the American election, after creating and launching the Swedish Party in a bid to get Americans talking. READ »

TeliaSonera CEO 'forced' to leave post early: report

Business & Money: 10 Oct 12
TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg will be leaving his post early in the wake of bribery scandals and the Nordic telecom firm's dealings with dictators. A search for his replacement is already underway. READ »

Belarus sacks foreign minister after teddy drop

National: 20 Aug 12
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has sacked his foreign minister in the wake of a diplomatic crisis with Sweden, which came after a Swedish PR firm dropped hundreds of pro-free speech teddy bears over Minsk. READ »

Belarusian journalist released on bail

National: 20 Aug 12
The two men held in prison in Minsk, accused of helping Swedish PR agency Studio Total fly into Belarusian airspace to drop free-speech teddy bears, were released on bail on Friday. READ »

Lithuania to probe Swedish teddy-drop stunt

National: 16 Aug 12
Prosecutors in Lithuania announced Thursday that they had launched an official investigation into the Swedish PR firm's stunt of dropping "pro free speech" teddy bears over the Belarusian capital. READ »

Lithuania warns Belarus and summons envoy

National: 15 Aug 12
In a protest against the expelling of Swedish diplomats from Minsk, Lithuania has summoned the Belarus ambassador, claiming that the Swede's expulsion would "have an impact on relations between the EU and Belarus". READ »

Teddy-drop team invites Lukashenko to Sweden

National: 14 Aug 12
The Swedish PR firm which dropped pro-free speech teddy bears over Belarus has written an open letter to President Lukashenko, declining his offer of a meeting in Minsk and inviting him to their home in southern Sweden. READ »

Swedish embassy in Belarus receives threat

National: 13 Aug 12
The foreign ministry revealed Sunday that the Swedish embassy in Minsk has received a threat against the Swedish nationals in Belarus, less than a week after the Swedish ambassador and diplomats were expelled from the country. READ »

KGB summons teddy bear drop Swedes

Politics: 11 Aug 12
Three Swedes behind the "teddy bear" stunt which has contributed to a full-blown diplomatic crisis between Belarus and Sweden, claimed on Saturday that they have been summoned to appear before the KGB. READ »

EU backs Sweden, ducks Belarus diplomatic crisis

Politics: 11 Aug 12
The European Union has said that a "very clear message" would be sent to Minsk in the coming days following the expulsion of Swedish diplomats, but stopped short of pulling out EU ambassadors in solidarity. READ »

Belarus asks Lithuania to probe teddy bear claims

National: 10 Aug 12
Lithuania is mulling Belarusian requests to look into the claims that Swedish pilots used a Lithuanian airfield to breach the border in July's much publicized teddy bear drop. READ »

Belarus accuses Swedish envoy of collaboration

Politics: 9 Aug 12
Alexander Lukashenko has spoken out about July’s teddy bear drop, claiming that the Swedish PR agency behind the stunt was collaborating with Sweden’s ambassador in Minsk – allegations the PR group has labelled as “baseless”. READ »

US 'with Sweden' in Belarus diplomacy spat

Politics: 9 Aug 12
The US "stands with Sweden" in promoting human rights and democracy in Belarus, the US State Department said on Wednesday, in the wake of the dispute that has led to Minsk expelling all Swedish envoys. READ »

All Swedish diplomats expelled from Belarus

Politics: 8 Aug 12
All of the Swedish diplomats stationed in Belarus have now been expelled following the dismissing of the Swedish ambassador in what Sweden has claimed was linked to his pro-rights stance. READ »

‘This bronze is like ten golds for me’: Swede

Sport: 8 Aug 12
Jimmy Lidberg took home a bronze medal in the men’s 96 kilogramme Greco-Roman wrestling on Tuesday night in an emotional win over Belarus. READ »

Swede takes home Olympic wrestling bronze

National: 7 Aug 12
Johan Eurén became Sweden’s latest medal winner at the Olympic games after winning a bronze in Monday’s 120 kilogramme men's Greco Roman Wrestling. READ »

Belarus expels Swedish ambassador

Politics: 3 Aug 12
Belarus has announced that it has expelled the Swedish ambassador for contact with civil society groups, a decision described by Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt as "outrageous". READ »

Lukashenko confirms Swedish teddy bear flight

Politics: 26 Jul 12
After weeks of denial, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has admitted that a light airplane crossed into the country's airspace on July 4th, reported to have been piloted by a Swedish PR firm in a pro-democracy stunt. READ »

Swedes slam Belarus over teddy bear arrests

Politics: 19 Jul 12
The Swedish PR firm which dropped pro-free speech teddy bears over Belarus has mocked president Alexander Lukashenko as an "armed clown" following the arrest of people suspected of aiding in the pro-democracy stunt. READ »

'You're a clown': Swedish PR firm to Belarusian leader Lukashenko

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jul 12
In an open letter to Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, founder of Swedish PR firm Studio Total Per Cromwell protests the arrest of a Belarusian journalist and takes aim at the leader's "laughable" legacy. READ »

Journalist arrested over Swedish teddy bear pics

National: 16 Jul 12
A journalist who posted pictures of "pro-free speech" teddy bears like those dropped by Swedes in Belarus in early July has been arrested by the country's security services as organizers of the stunt released more video footage of the flight. READ »

Belarus teddy bear 'bombers' unmasked

National: 6 Jul 12
The Swedes who say they dropped hundreds of 'pro-free speech' teddy bears over Belarus on Wednesday have come forward amid reports of stuffed bears being found on the ground in Belarus and a confirmed airspace violation. READ »

Doubts cast over Belarus teddy bear drop

National: 4 Jul 12
A Swedish group that claims to have dropped hundreds of 'pro free-speech' teddy bears over a Belarusian town early this morning has released a video that they say shows their stunt taking place. But no teddy bears have been found on the ground. READ »

Swedes launch teddy bear 'assault' on Belarus

National: 4 Jul 12
A Swedish PR agency claims to have parachuted hundreds of pro-free speech teddy bears on the Belarusian capital of Minsk early Wednesday morning in a show of support for the country's pro-democracy movement. READ »

Sweden beat Norway in hockey worlds opener

Sport: 5 May 12
Co-hosts Sweden prevailed 3-1 in a Scandinavian derby with neighbouring Norway to claim all the points in their opening match of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Friday. READ »

Co-hosts Sweden hope to snag ice hockey gold

Sport: 4 May 12
Sweden's national ice hockey team, Tre Kronor, is hoping to avenge last year's upset loss to Norway – as well as reverse a recent string of defeats – in the quest for gold at 2012 ice hockey world championships. READ »

Telia Sonera may lose Stockholm as customer

Business & Money: 22 Apr 12
Stockholm municipality is currently a Telia Sonera customer, but has threatened to change providers following the revelation of Telia Sonera’s cooperation with several dictatorships, losing the company some 40,000 subscriptions. READ »

TeliaSonera 'profits by helping dictators spy'

Science & Technology: 18 Apr 12
TeliaSonera, the successor to Sweden's state telecom monopoly, has given state security services access to systems it operates in the former Soviet Union in order to secure lucrative contracts there, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Sweden 'an important partner': US ambassador

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Feb 12
Recently installed US ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski speaks to The Local's David Landes about US-Swedish relations and taking Swedish lessons from his two-and-half year old daughter. READ »

Probe dropped, Juholt to remain party leader

Politics: 14 Oct 11
Prosecutors said Friday they were dropping an investigation into improper reimbursements claimed by Håkan Juholt as the Social Democrats' executive committee announced it still had confidence in the embattled party leader. READ »

Social Democrats meet to decide Juholt's fate

Politics: 14 Oct 11
The Social Democrats' powerful executive committee will meet at 9am on Friday, for what has been described as "judgement day" for embattled leader Håkan Juholt. READ »

Juholt travel expenses under scrutiny

Politics: 11 Oct 11
Under-fire Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt has come under further scrutiny over his expenses after revelations that he declined to repay some of a Riksdag travel grant despite having cut short a trip to Belarus in 2006. READ »

Swedes among the ‘gloomiest’ on Twitter

Science & Technology: 30 Sep 11
Swedes are among the most melancholy tweeters on the planet, according to scientists from a prestigious American university. READ »

Sweden mourns death of beloved hockey star

Sport: 8 Sep 11
Grief stricken Swedish ice hockey players and fans expressed their sorrow over the death of national team goaltender Stefan Liv, who was killed in a plane crash in Russia that decimated the Lokomotiv ice hockey team. READ »

Swedish goalie dead in Russia plane crash

Sport: 7 Sep 11
Swedish national ice hockey team goalie Stefan Liv was among those killed in the crash of a Russian passenger plane that went down on Wednesday carrying members of the Lokomotiv ice hockey team. READ »

Swedish diplomat attacked in Belarus

Politics: 23 Jun 11
Sweden's top diplomat in Belarus was attacked by police at an anti-government protest in Minsk on Wednesday, prompting foreign minister Carl Bildt to summon the Belarussian ambassador. READ »

Teetotaling Swedes toast national sobriety day

Society: 2 Jun 11
For many, the start of a five day long break from work is a good reason to celebrate with a drink. However one group will be happy to do so without the need for alcohol. READ »

Swedes thrash US to claim hockey top spot

National: 5 May 11
Sweden clinched top spot in Group C at the world hockey championships in Slovakia on Wednesday after comfortably beating the United States 6-2. READ »

Swedish think tank in Qaddafi arms warning

Politics: 1 Mar 11
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi may be receiving weapons shipments from Belarus according to an official at a Swedish think tank which monitors global arms trafficking. READ »

'Turkey and the EU need each other': Bildt

Politics: 16 Feb 11
Granting membership to Turkey would strengthen the European Union, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt argued in his annual foreign policy statement to the Riksdag. READ »

Swedes in pact to split Russian leaders: report

Politics: 16 Feb 11
Sweden has participated in a foreign policy cooperation with the United States, Baltic and Nordic countries to drive a wedge between Russian leaders Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, documents released by WikiLeaks show. READ »

Kurdish poet gets death threat in Sweden

Society: 5 Jan 11
A Kurdish poet who lives in western Sweden has filed a police report after receiving a death threat from Islamists in northern Iraq. READ »

'Eat, Pray, Love' thinking a 'feminist challenge'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Nov 10
While there are certainly benefits to positive thinking, Swedish feminist Jenny Sonesson argues that women might not have the right to vote today if suffragettes had been satisfied writing gratitude diaries. READ »

Swedes knocked out of Olympic hockey

National: 25 Feb 10
Sweden, the defending Olympic men's hockey champions, has been eliminated from the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Wednesday, losing to Slovakia 4-3 in their quarter-final. READ »

Swedes beat Finland to reach hockey last eight

National: 22 Feb 10
Sweden clinched a place in the last eight of the Vancouver Winter Olympic hockey tournament with a 3-0 win over Finland on Sunday evening. READ »

Ghostbuster Swedes bag Belarus win

Sport: 19 Feb 10
Reigning Olympic champions Sweden saw off the challenge of Belarus on Friday, eight years on from a defeat at the hands of the same opponents that still haunts the men in blue and yellow. READ »

Swedes draw Dutch and Finns in Euro 2012 qualifiers

Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores. READ »

Plot thickens over Russian pantyhose probe

National: 16 Dec 09
The mystery surrounding why exactly a Swedish diplomat was selling smuggled pantyhose in a Moscow kiosk grew on Tuesday as the Swedish foreign ministry alleged the Russian media portrayal of the incident was a deliberate smear attempt. READ »

Swedish envoy in Russian pantyhose probe

National: 15 Dec 09
A Swedish diplomat has left his post in Moscow after police interrogated him about allegedly selling women's stockings smuggled from Belarus, according to Russian television. READ »

Bildt blasts Belarus over student's expulsion

Politics: 9 Dec 09
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bidlt found himself embroiled in a verbal spat with his counterpart from Belarus on Tuesday over the questionable expulsion of a university student due to "poor attendance". READ »

Jonsson follows sports award with world cup biathlon win

Sport: 3 Dec 09
The day after scooping up one of Sweden’s most prestigious athletic awards, biathlete Helena Jonsson won the season-opening World Cup 15km race in Östersund in northern Sweden. READ »

Sweden hopes gas talks don't turn poisonous at EU-Russia summit

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 09
EU and Russian leaders will open summit talks in Sweden on Wednesday in an atmosphere clouded by uneasy relations between Moscow and Stockholm over human rights and last's year's war in Georgia. READ »

Ibrahimovic leaves Inter ahead of expected Barca signing

Sport: 24 Jul 09
Swedish football favourite Zlatan Ibrahimovic has left his Inter Milan teammates to return to Sweden in anticipation of signing a new contract with Spanish Champions Barcelona. READ »

Ibrahimovic waits on Barca move: report

Sport: 19 Jul 09
Swedish football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic confirmed on Saturday that he would be interested in a move to Spanish giants Barcelona. READ »

Zlatan closes in on Barca transfer: report

Sport: 17 Jul 09
Star Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be headed to Barcelona on a transfer from Inter Milan, according to Spanish media reports. READ »

Russia snubs Sweden summit plans

Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden's fraught relationship with Moscow has come to the fore on the first day of the Swedish EU presidency as Russia objects to plans to hold a major summit in Stockholm. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 19 - 25

Lifestyle: 18 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Morrissey & Midsummer fun in Stockholm; AC/DC & Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Yasmina Reza's ART in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 12 - 18

Lifestyle: 11 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Neil Young & Ikea exhibition in Stockholm; Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Orchestra Baobab in Malmö. READ »

'Isolationism is passé - Sweden needs to join NATO': Liberals

Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 09
With neutrality outdated and Sweden unable to effectively defend it's borders, the country needs to set aside its hang-ups and start thinking seriously about joining NATO, argues Birgitta Ohlsson, foreign policy spokesperson for the Liberal Party. READ »

Swedes overcome Swiss to book slot in last eight

Sport: 4 May 09
Sweden recorded a 4-1 victory over the hosts Switzerland in Berne on Sunday to book a slot in the World Ice Hockey Championship quarter-finals. READ »

Swedes key to US-Belarus diplomatic thaw

Politics: 15 Feb 09
Sweden has played a key roll in the release of Aleksander Kozulin, Belarus' most prominent political prisoner. The Swedes have also influenced US foreign policy towards the country. READ »

Sweden won't hasten pipeline approval

Politics: 30 Jan 09
Sweden doesn’t want to be rushed into approving a Russian-German natural gas pipeline project under the Baltic Sea before a careful review of environmental concerns, a minister said Friday. READ »

Sweden claims bandy world title

Sport: 26 Jan 09
Sweden claimed its ninth bandy world championship on Sunday, overpowering Russia 6-1 in a come from behind victory. READ »

Management by consensus – the Swedish way

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Jan 09
Swedish managers are supposed to be consensual, non-hierarchical and informal. Is the stereotype accurate, asks Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Inequality thrives in Stockholm's embassy world

Society: 18 Jun 08
Stockholm's diplomatic community is shot through with gender inequality, according to an analysis of official figures carried out by The Local. READ »

Sweden and Poland urge EU to go east

Politics: 26 May 08
Sweden and Poland have presented their EU partners with a plan to strengthen ties with eastern European nations. READ »

Sweden picks up Lundqvist for World Championships

Sport: 7 May 08
Olympic gold medallist Henrik Lundqvist has agreed to join the Swedish national team for the remainder of the World Ice Hockey Championships. READ »

Swede dies in UN helicopter crash

National: 4 Mar 08
A Swedish arms monitor was among the dead when a UN helicopter crashed in the mountains of eastern Nepal on Monday. READ »

Bildt presents foreign policy in Riksdag

Politics: 13 Feb 08
The Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of the EU and the UN in Swedish foreign policy. READ »

Sweden ramps up NATO mission

Politics: 19 Dec 07
Sweden has unveiled plans to open new embassies in Afghanistan, Sudan and Belarus, as well as upgrading its NATO mission. READ »

Sweden to close embassies

National: 1 Oct 07
Budget cuts are forcing the Swedish Foreign Ministry to close seven embassies and consulates across the world, including embassies in African and consulates in Europe. READ »

Man arrested in Stockholm for Belarus murder

National: 30 Sep 07
A man working as a building labourer has been arrested in a Stockholm suburb on suspicion of being a suspected murderer on the run from police in Belarus. READ »

Sweden scraps aid to China

National: 27 Aug 07
Sweden is to halve the number of countries to which it pays foreign aid. The number of recipient countries is to be cut from 70 to 33, with China and Vietnam among those losing out. The Social Democrats accuse the government of "abandoning Asia." READ »

Young Swedes lack knowledge about communism

Society: 9 May 07
Swedes aged 15-20 are ignorant about the fate of neighbouring countries before the fall of communism. A fifth thought communism had claimed less than a million lives. READ »

Sweden a good bet for Eurovision

Lifestyle: 8 May 07
Yes, it's that time of year again: the eyes of Europe will be on Helsinki on Saturday for the annual kitsch-fest that is the Eurovision Song Contest. And The Ark have put Sweden in among the favourites. READ »

Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiation

Lifestyle: 4 May 07
It is now two decades since the world's worst nuclear power accident at Chernobyl, but people in parts of northern and central Sweden are still dying from cancer caused by the radiation. And the worst could still be to come, reports Rami Abdelrahman. READ »

Reinfeldt expresses fears over Baltic pipeline

Politics: 14 Jan 07
Sweden will be watching out for environmental risks which could stem from the construction of the Russian-German oil pipeline on the Baltic Sea, says prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. READ »

Swedish veterans join dictator for ice-hockey tournament

Sport: 3 Jan 07
The Björklöven club is sending a veterans team to Minsk to play ice-hockey with President Alexander Lukashenko. We're leaving politics out of this, one of the Swedish players says. READ »

Russians under spotlight over doping find

National: 15 Aug 06
Russian athletes competing in the European Championships in Gothenburg have been signalled out in the media as potential culprits for alleged drug-taking, after syringes were found on Monday. READ »

Freivalds quits

Politics: 21 Mar 06
ANALYSIS: WHY FREIVALDS HAD TO GO
Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds has resigned, said Prime Minister Göran Persson at a press conference at Rosenbad on Tuesday morning. She said the situation was "damaging to the government, to the party and to the foreign ministry". READ »

Sweden and Poland target democratic Belarus

National: 14 Mar 06
Sweden and Poland plan to work together to support democratic efforts in Belarus to put an end to "the last dictatorship in Europe", say the countries' two leaders. READ »

Magnificent seven as Swedes reach hockey final

Sport: 24 Feb 06
Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 7-3 on Friday in the Turin Winter Olympics semi-final at the Palasport Olimpico arena. Sweden's goals were scored by seven players, reflecting a superb team performance. READ »

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