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Wordfeud: Swedes' latest smartphone addiction

Science & Technology: 23 Nov 11
Swedes just can't seem to get enough of Wordfeud, a Scrabble-like smartphone app that has sucked up countless hours of free time, and may have even sparked a new trend in online dating, contributor Aila Stefansdotter-Franck discovers. READ »

No punishment for Swedish cop who called gays a 'cancer on society'

Society: 27 Oct 11
The police officer from southern Sweden who called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague, will not face any disciplinary measures. READ »

Swedish cop: gays a 'cancer on society'

Society: 2 Sep 11
A police officer in Malmö in southern Sweden is under investigation after having called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague who also serves as the department's hate crimes educator. READ »

Sweden supports churches with anti-gay views: report

Society: 1 Aug 11
A number of Sweden's faith communities that refuse to accept homosexuals as members continue to receive state support despite regulations requiring them to uphold the country's “social values”. 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 »

'Being gay is a sin': Swedish Salvation Army

Society: 9 May 11
Leading members of the Salvation Army in Sweden told an undercover journalist that “homosexual sex is a sin” and offered to ask God to help "free" the reporter from the condition. READ »

Swedish school slammed after 'homo sin' claim

Education: 4 May 11
A independently-run Christian school in Stockholm has been criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate after being reported for presenting homosexuality as a sin in its teaching. READ »

Swedish parents jailed for 'spanking' kids

National: 27 Nov 10
A Swedish court has jailed the parents of three children who were regularly beaten since the age of three in what they claimed was a method of discipline prescribed in the Bible. READ »

Live Blog: parliament opens

Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy. READ »

Stockholm hotel slammed for sex toys

Society: 26 Sep 10
A trendy Stockholm hotel which offers its guests complimentary sex toys in their rooms has been criticised by police for "glorifying" the sex trade. READ »

Swedish scholar: 'Jesus was not crucified'

Society: 28 Jun 10
A Swedish theologian has claimed that Jesus may not have have been crucified as there is no evidence to indicate that the Romans crucified prisoners 2,000 years ago. READ »

Catholics upset by young socialists’ erect pope pic

Society: 28 May 10
The Catholic Church in Sweden has expressed dismay at the publication by the youth wing of the Social Democrats of a caricature of Pope Benedict XVI sporting an erection in the presence of a child. READ »

Jehovah's Witness claims she was fired for beliefs

Society: 12 May 10
A care assistant from northern Sweden has reported her employers after they allegedly fired her for her religious beliefs. READ »

Baby care bible restores father's faith

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Dec 09
If proud pop Joel Sherwood ever had and doubts about Sweden's ability to keep kids occupied, a chance encounter with a baby-friendly booklet was enough to answer all his prayers. READ »

One in five priests refuse to wed same-sex couples

National: 7 Nov 09
A week has passed since homosexual couples were given the right to tie the knot in church. Yet, 18 percent of priests in the Gothenburg region say they refuse to preside over gay weddings. READ »

Church nuptials closer for gays in Sweden

National: 13 Jun 09
The board of the Church of Sweden has proposed that same sex-couples be granted the right to religious wedding ceremonies. A final decision is expected in October. READ »

Swedish metal heads get ready to rock for Jesus

Society: 12 Jun 09
God-fearing heavy metal fans in Sweden now have a place to go to bang their heads and worship Jesus at the same time. READ »

Baby Jesus in hotel crib second coming

National: 24 Dec 08
The life-size baby Jesus stolen from a manger outside the Stora Hotel in Jönköping in southern Sweden was back in his crib on Tuesday evening. READ »

Raunchy Swedish bible falls foul of US sensitivities

Society: 23 Dec 08
A Swedish modern version of the bible has caused a storm after its launch in the United States. Sexy pictures and men kissing were not deemed suitable material for the US market and have been removed. READ »

Baby Jesus stolen from bible belt crib

National: 22 Dec 08
A life-size baby Jesus has been the main attraction at the nativity scene at a hotel in Jönköping in southern Sweden. But the seventh commandment notwithstanding, a thief made off with the child saviour on Saturday. READ »

Twenty years of Christmas gift joy and tears

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Nov 08
The unveiling each November of the Christmas Present of the Year has become a Swedish institution. Michael Aiossa looks at twenty years of gifts – from the gee whizz of the GPS to the aching disappointment of the bread machine. READ »

Swedes' virtual church to bring online gamers to Jesus

Society: 16 Oct 08
Two enterprising young Swedes are convinced they can lead the online gaming world to Jesus by preaching the gospel through their recently launched Gamer Church. READ »

Stockholm weekend club guide: September 26 - 27

Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
It’s the weekend, it’s the end of the month, and it’s time to find some good quality dancing shoes. Let Djungeltrumman be your cobbler. READ »

Family bedevilled by girl's beastly ID number

Society: 8 Sep 08
A couple from Umeå in northern Sweden is upset about state authorities branding their newborn baby girl with the sign of the devil. READ »

Pedestrian signal boxes' religious message upsets non-believers

Society: 22 Aug 08
News that signal boxes located at pedestrian crossings are designed to spread the word of God has angered the designer who drew the pointing finger symbol for the boxes' Swedish manufacturer. READ »

Nobel a likely no-no for Sweden's king of crime fiction

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. READ »

Swedish pedestrians receive secret message from God

Society: 15 Aug 08
Signal boxes located at pedestrian crossings in countries all over the world are designed to spread the word of God, the product's Swedish manufacture has revealed. READ »

Socialist school planned for Borås

Education: 15 Jul 08
The Social Democrat youth organization is planning to open a new independent school in Borås in western Sweden. READ »

Swedish jazz star dies in diving accident

Society: 16 Jun 08
One of Sweden's most prominent jazz musicians, Esbjörn Svensson, has died following a diving accident in the Stockholm archipelago. READ »

Christian movement's home schooling 'unacceptable'

Education: 6 May 08
Stockholm's top education official has vowed to shut down homeschooling by a revivalist movement that advocates spanking and calls evolution into question. READ »

Father won't publish final Larsson book

Society: 20 Mar 08
A newly discovered volume by the late Stieg Larsson will not be published, his father said Wednesday. READ »

'Gay sermon' preacher causes temperance society crisis

Society: 17 Feb 08
The expulsion of controversial pentecostalist pastor Åke Green has caused a crisis at temperance society IOGT-NTO. READ »

Sweden offers Czechs chance to view medieval manuscript

Society: 20 Sep 07
The so-called 'Devil's Bible' has finally returned to Prague 359 years after Sweden carried it off as booty during the Thirty Years War. READ »

Churches row over 'paedophilia' interview

Society: 10 Sep 07
The Pentecostalist Church in Sweden has called on its members to leave the Church of Sweden after a priest gave an interpretation of the Bible which it claims is a defence of paedophilia. READ »

Scandic backs down over Bible

Society: 3 May 07
Scandic Hotels has backed down after Christians protested at a decision to remove copies of the Bible from its rooms. But bishops might still boycott the chain for offering pornographic films. READ »

Bishop boycotts godless hotel chain

Society: 27 Apr 07
Swedish bishop Tony Guldbrandzén has cancelled all of his office's reservations with Scandic Hotels following the group's decision to remove copies of the Bible from its rooms. READ »

School slammed for using Bible in reports

Society: 15 Apr 07
A school in western Sweden has been reprimanded by authorities for using biblical quotations in pupils' reports. READ »

Scandic gives up on God

Society: 5 Apr 07
After years of Scandinavian Christian piety, the Scandic hotel chain has decided to remove copies of the Bible from its rooms. READ »

Young Swedes 'more interested in Bible'

Society: 16 Jan 07
Swedes under 30 are becoming increasingly interested in the Bible, according to a new poll. Sixteen percent of those aged between 15 and 29 said the Bible was important to them. READ »

Bishop slams end of term church services

Society: 11 Jan 07
End of term church services are outdated, says bishop Ragnar Persenius, who calls for the practice to be ditched. READ »

Christian firms: Bible bans trade unions

National: 19 Dec 06
Two companies in southern Sweden have been blockaded by trade unions for refusing to sign collective agreements. The reason? the Bible won't let them. And there is no end in sight. READ »

Say a little prayer for Sweden

Lifestyle: 11 Aug 06
Christianity in Sweden has a long history, but you won't find many Swedes in the pews on a Sunday. But that doesn't mean Swedish religious groups don't have the capacity to cause a stir, as Christine Demsteader reports. READ »

Ikea asks Swedes to 'come into the closet'

Business & Money: 28 Jul 06
Apparently what we all need now is to spend more time on storage. That's Ikea's theory anyway, as it launches its much-awaited annual catalogue. READ »

Marlowe and Shakespeare united in Swedish opera

Lifestyle: 24 Jul 06
Marlowe and Shakespeare may never have met, but a Swedish opera, opening for the first time this week, speculates that the two English dramatists were lovers. READ »

Protagonist or puritan? The truth about Sweden and porn

Lifestyle: 13 May 06
Sweden’s reputation as the first country of filth is one of those lingering stereotypes. Like high taxes. But whilst there’s no denying the latter, what truth really is there in the triple X typecast? The Local’s Christine Demsteader investigates. READ »

The best food in Sweden: official

Lifestyle: 7 Mar 06
If you want to find the best food in Sweden, you should head to the Stockholm suburb Sollentuna and Edsbacka Krog. That's according to the gourmets at the famous Michelin Guide. READ »

Preachers, fascists and cartoonists

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 06
Freedom of speech or the right not to be offended? Sweden, with large immigrant groups and a liberal free-speech culture, has been wrestling with these issues long before the Muhammad cartoons burst onto the international scene. READ »

Prosecutor closes Swedish gay death list inquiry

Society: 1 Feb 06
An extreme right wing Christian web site which lists 129 famous homosexual Swedes along with apparent death threats taken from the Bible cannot be prosecuted - much to the dismay of those on the list. READ »

Åke Green cleared over gay sermon

Society: 29 Nov 05
The pastor sentenced to jail for a controversial sermon about homosexuality has been freed by Sweden's Supreme Court. He's relieved, but one Christian liberal says he'll go to hell. READ »

Sweden to loan Devil's Bible to Prague exhibition

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 05
The biggest medieval manuscript in the world, the "Codex Gigas" or "Devil's Bible", will be exhibited again in Prague more than 350 years after it was pinched by Swedish troops. READ »

Green case brings Bible talk to court

Society: 9 Nov 05
See also: Anti-gay pastor: I regret nothing
Pastor Åke Green tells Sweden's Supreme Court that gays are more likely to become paedophiles. Prosecutors are pressing for the controversial anti-gay preacher to be jailed. READ »

New IKEA catalogue heralds price fall

Business & Money: 29 Jul 05
Sweden's temple to home interiors launches its new catalogue on Monday. There's an average drop of 2% in prices and the company has women firmly in its sights. READ »

Green's sermon to become gay hate test case

National: 9 May 05
First he was convicted and then he was acquitted. The ding-dong battle of Åke Green and his controversial homophobic sermon is still not over. Now the Supreme Court must sort out the freedom of speech versus protection of minorities argument once and for all. READ »

Bible site "spreads hate against gays"

Society: 25 Jan 05
A Christian website could be prosecuted for “agitation against minorities” due to its pages with "information and conversations on the Bible, society and so-called homosexuality". READ »

Swedish gay hate priest launches appeal

Society: 19 Jan 05
A Pentacostalist pastor appeals his jail sentence for a sermon in which he called homosexuality a "tumour on the body of society". Supporters say freedom of speech is at risk. Gay groups say the pastor's words were worthy of neo-Nazis. READ »

Swedish pastor disowns US hate site

National: 7 Jan 05
An American church’s website that thanks God for “5,000 dead Swedes” has been condemned in Sweden. A Swedish Pentacostalist pastor who is hailed as a “martyr” on the site says he is “appalled”. READ »

Bus evacuated after Norwegian ?bomb drama?

National: 12 Dec 04
A man has been arrested after a bomb scare on a Swedish bus in Norway. The bus was evacuated after the strange behaviour of one passenger caused concern. READ »

6 out of 10 Swedes back gay church marriage

Society: 15 Sep 04
Nothing brings people together quite like a wedding. Unless, of course, it happens to be between people of the same sex - in which case there's apparently nothing more divisive. READ »

Smörgåsbord

Smörgåsbord: 30 Jul 04
The World Cup for homeless people, Sweden's last cold war spy explains why he betrayed his country, fare evasion in Stockholm increases, and Knutby gets a make-over. READ »

Smörgåsbord

Smörgåsbord: 23 Jul 04
There's nowhere better in the world to live than Sweden (erm, except Norway) - it's official! Although Astra Zeneca employees, civil engineers and a Danish family who was terrorised by a Salvation Army woman might disagree. READ »

Knutby trial opens

National: 21 May 04
Three weeks of media fodder gets underway with the cross-examination of the nanny - we know she did it, but why? READ »

Knutby - episode 666

National: 7 May 04
Scriptures, sex and SMS - the drama continues with another week of revelations from Sweden's most infamous village. READ »

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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