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Dental service probed as girl dies after toothache

Society: 9 Feb 10
The Swedish Welfare Board is set to investigate the Swedish Public Dental Service after a nine-year-old girl died following repeated visits to the dentist complaining of toothache and an abscess. READ »

SAS cuts 650 jobs

Business & Money: 9 Feb 10
Troubled Scandinavian airline SAS has announced a new share issue to raise 5 billion kronor ($674 million), as well as a programme of cuts and savings designed to save a further 2 billion kronor. READ »

Asylum seeker held 18 months on remand

National: 8 Feb 10
Mehdi Kadirou, a rejected asylum seeker, has been kept locked up for 18 months in an Uppsala cell while the police and migration authorities decide where to return him. READ »

Royal court decries report on Westling 'illness'

National: 6 Feb 10
The Royal Court has decried a media report that Daniel Westling, fiancé of the Swedish Crown Princess, was seriously ill a few days ago and in the care of a doctor. READ »

Saab dealers: we'll help pay for Spyker deal

Business & Money: 5 Feb 10
Swedish Saab dealers have said they are willing to stump up millions of kronor to help Dutch sportscar maker Spyker secure its purchase of Saab Automobile. 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 »

No injuries at tennis club as roof collapses

National: 3 Feb 10
Police and rescue workers have allayed fears that players had been injured or become trapped after a roof collapsed at a tennis hall outside Södertälje on Wednesday evening. READ »

What's On in Sweden: February 4th - 11th

Lifestyle: 3 Feb 10
What’s on in Sweden: Bodypoppers in Stockholm, launch of The Boat Show in Gothenburg and Bob Marley is celebrated in Malmö. READ »

Scania cuts dividend as profits fall

Business & Money: 3 Feb 10
Despite a fall in net profit for the fourth quarter, a brighter forecast put the wind in the sails of Swedish truck manufacturer Scania on the Stockholm exchange on Wednesday. READ »

Record number of tourists flock to Sweden

Society: 3 Feb 10
The number of foreign tourists visiting Sweden climbed 3.3 percent in 2009 setting a record high and bucking the recession and a declining European trend, new statistics show. READ »

Homeless anger at MPs' sleeping bag charity

Society: 3 Feb 10
Stockholm's homeless have reacted in anger at a move by a group of Christian members of parliament to launch a sleeping bag collection on their behalf. READ »

'Asylum kids have a right to free schooling'

Education: 2 Feb 10
A government inquiry has recommended that asylum seekers should be given the right to attend pre-schools and schools, bringing Sweden closer into line with UN conventions. READ »

Brit arrested for filming onboard plane

National: 2 Feb 10
A 37-year-old British citizen has been arrested in Sweden after staff on a Ryanair plane claimed they spotted him secretly filming their security procedures. READ »

Doctor charged over baby's death

National: 1 Feb 10
The paediatrician suspected of the alleged mercy killing of a baby at Astrid Lindgren's Children's Hospital in Stockholm in September 2008 has been charged with manslaughter. READ »

Government probe halted Saab-Spyker deal

National: 30 Jan 10
An investigation ordered by the Swedish government into the workings of Spyker and its Russian investors landed on the desk of the FBI and put a temporary stop to the Saab deal being reached. READ »

Sweden preps for post-hunt wolf imports

National: 28 Jan 10
The government on Thursday ordered the Board of Agriculture to prepare for the active import of foreign wolves into Sweden from the east on the heels of a controversial wolf hunt carried out earlier this year. READ »

What's On in Sweden: Jan. 29th - Feb. 4th

Lifestyle: 27 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Antiques and Reggae in Stockholm, The International Film Festival in Gothenburg, and Ian Brown swaggers into Malmö. READ »

Foreign docs' poor Swedish leading to errors

Society: 27 Jan 10
A doctor’s insufficient Swedish skills are being blamed for delaying the removal of a patient’s tumour by nearly two months, prompting concern among health officials about the number of doctors who don’t speak the language well enough. READ »

Swedbank to ditch bonuses for 2009

Business & Money: 27 Jan 10
Swedbank has decided to scrap its 2009 bonus payments, bowing to criticism that Swedish banks had not done enough to trim variable compensation despite lower earnings. READ »

Hospital morgue wrestles with rotting corpses

Society: 26 Jan 10
Corpses at the morgue of the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, have started to rot due to a breakdown in procedures related to renovation of the facility. READ »

Moderates add feminist touch to policy platform

Politics: 25 Jan 10
The Moderate Party is making an election year play to increase its appeal to feminist voters, promising to take on gender-based pay disparities and ranking schools according to gender equity, among other proposals. READ »

Heartless thieves steal Haiti cash

National: 23 Jan 10
Robbers broke into a the premises of the Red Cross in Laholm, western Sweden, and made a swift exit with the safe containing around 20,000 kronor ($2,762) collected for earthquake victims in Haiti. READ »

Children's hospital faces probe over baby death

National: 22 Jan 10
Parents of an 18-month-old girl who died after being admitted to the Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital with pneumonia say a shortfall in the quality of care led to their child's death. READ »

Sweden shifts priorities for resettling UN refugees

National: 21 Jan 10
Sweden plans to give priority to refugees from Somalia and Eritrea, rather than Iraq, in its efforts to resettle an estimated 1,700 to 1,900 United Nations (UN) refugees this year. READ »

Kabul to Kiruna: a new life in the Arctic Circle

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 10
Adjusting to life in the far north of Sweden can be tough at the best of times, but coming as a refugee presents an extra set of challenges. Malin Nyberg speaks to two women who are more than happy to adapt. READ »

Sweden to tackle 'ticking bomb' of Islamic violence

Politics: 19 Jan 10
Sweden needs to do more to help young “violence-affirming Islamists” turn their backs on extremist organizations, minister for integration Nyamko Sabuni said on Tuesday. READ »

Swede slams English use for royal wedding bash

Society: 18 Jan 10
A slogan chosen by the city of Stockholm to promote events related to the June 2010 wedding of Crown Princess Victoria has been reported to the Ombudsmen of Justice for violating Sweden’s language laws. READ »

Paedophile site reported for privacy violations

Society: 18 Jan 10
A website featuring personal information about Swedes convicted of sex crimes involving children has been reported to the police by Sweden's Data Inspection Board. READ »

Airbus slides off runway at Stockholm airport

National: 17 Jan 10
An official investigation is underway after an Iran Air plane about to leave for Teheran on Saturday slid off the runway at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. None of the 173 people onboard were hurt. READ »

SBAB attacked over commission hand-outs to estate agencies

National: 16 Jan 10
State-owned mortgage lender SBAB is reportedly using a loophole in the law to encourage estate agencies to recommend their services to new house-owners. READ »

Swedbank boss bows out on full salary

Business & Money: 15 Jan 10
Under-fire chairman Carl-Eric Stålberg is to be replaced, Swedbank announced on Friday but will to continue to receive his 3,1 million kronor ($441,000) yearly earnings until early 2011. READ »

Council urges action to hinder wife importers

National: 15 Jan 10
The governor of Värmland, western Sweden, has called for action to track the marital lives of men that habitually wed foreign women after it is revealed the region has the highest number of so-called wife importers in the country. READ »

Facebook groups prone to new sabotage trend

National: 15 Jan 10
Facebook users in Sweden are being plagued by a new trend sweeping the popular social networking site where names of groups are being changed to titles with vulgar sexual connotations. READ »

'Gay Up' matador helps Swedish farmers take bulls by horns

Society: 13 Jan 10
A Spanish matador who recently challenged the sport's macho image by advertising a drink popular on the gay club scene has been invited to southern Sweden to help local farmers master their bulls. READ »

Vellinge council in refugee children reversal

National: 13 Jan 10
The local council in Vellinge in southern Sweden has agreed to allow the municipality to house refugee children, reversing its long standing position on the issue. READ »

Moderate in the poo over immigrant labour claims

Politics: 11 Jan 10
An aide to Sweden's prime minister was put on the defensive on Monday following a Facebook passage in which he praised pro-employment policies that resulted in immigrant labourers cleaning up faeces on the weekend. READ »

GM begins official Saab wind-down

National: 8 Jan 10
General Motors have taken the decision to start official proceedings to wind down the Saab Automobile organisation in Trollhättan. READ »

GM confirms multiple Saab bidders

National: 8 Jan 10
General Motors confirmed on Friday that it has received a number of bids for Swedish unit Saab Automobile. READ »

Air scare passenger will not face jail

National: 7 Jan 10
A Latvian passenger whose drunken mid-air antics plunged a Ryanair flight into turmoil last summer has successfully appealed against an eight month jail term as a Swedish appeal court cleared him of sabotage charges. 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 »

Icebreakers do battle with Swedish waters

National: 4 Jan 10
All but one of Sweden's icebreakers have been called into action as half of the Gulf of Bothnia separating Sweden and Finland freezes over. READ »

GM unlikely to accept new Spyker bid: report

Business & Money: 3 Jan 10
Although it has extended the deadline to close the deal for Saab until January 7th, American automaker General Motors (GM) is reportedly poised to reject two revised bids for its Swedish car brand, according to Bloomberg News. READ »

Dodgy dentist repaired same tooth 71 times

Society: 30 Dec 09
A dentist from Gothenburg in western Sweden has been reported for malpractice by a patient who claims he had the same teeth repaired dozens of times. READ »

Afghan teens left in the cold by train operator

National: 29 Dec 09
The five Afghan teens found wandering in the cold near Sävsjö in southern Sweden had not been left in the forest by smugglers, it emerged on Monday, but had instead been kicked off a Swedish passenger train. READ »

Marketing guru: I can save Saab

Business & Money: 28 Dec 09
A French-born, US-based marketing expert who has often criticized American carmakers claims he can turn around troubled Swedish automaker Saab Automobile. READ »

GM to press ahead with Saab shutdown: report

National: 25 Dec 09
General Motors is set to proceed with the organized wind-down of Saab Automobile despite a last ditch bid from Dutch sportscar maker Spyker, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Sweden risks facing severe labour shortages

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 09
Over the next ten years, the number of native-born Swedes of working age will decline by 100,000. Without more immigrants, we will be unable to sustain our welfare standards, writes Olle Wästberg, head of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Analysts wary of Spyker bid amid crisis talks

National: 21 Dec 09
Sweden's government held crisis talks with union representatives in Stockholm on Monday as the clock ticks down on Saab Automobile's stay of execution. READ »

Court orders Betsson to shutter Stockholm office

Business & Money: 21 Dec 09
Swedish gaming company Betsson has been forced to shut its betting office in Stockholm following a decision by the Swedish Administrative Court of Appeal. READ »

Spyker renews Saab bid

National: 20 Dec 09
Dutch sports car maker Spyker has submitted a fresh bid for Saab Automobile despite GM's decision to shut down its Swedish unit. READ »

Swedish police produce pepper spray at refugee's wedding

National: 20 Dec 09
A wedding on Saturday in Malmö in southern Sweden came to an abrupt halt as police arrested the 24-year-old groom at the city hall, using pepper spray on him in the process. READ »

No deal with Spyker due to Russian owner

National: 19 Dec 09
An insider source with information about the Saab closure claims that US car maker General Motors did not sell its Swedish unit to Dutch Spyker due to concern about too many inconsistencies surrounding Russian joint owner Vladimir Antonov. READ »

Riksbank leaves interest rates unchanged

Business & Money: 16 Dec 09
The Riksbank decided on Tuesday to leave the leave Sweden’s benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.25 percent, but indicated that rate hikes were likely later in 2010. READ »

Swedish CEOs make peanuts in Euro study

Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Pay cheques for Swedish CEOs are less than half the size of those of their counterparts in other European companies, a new study shows. READ »

Workers pick Sweden's shrubs and data hubs

Jobs: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago. READ »

Referee's CPR saved hockey player's life

Sport: 14 Dec 09
A quick thinking referee saved the life of a Swedish ice hockey player after the player’s heart stopped during a match on Sunday. READ »

Space tourism to take off in Kiruna

Science & Technology: 12 Dec 09
If all goes to plan, billionaire Richard Branson’s spaceships will take off with tourists on board in 2012 – from Kiruna in the far north of Sweden. READ »

Police off the hook for wrong number bug

Society: 12 Dec 09
A police officer in Malmö has avoided both prosecution and a disciplinary hearing after wiretapping the wrong telephone number and listening in to private telephone conversations over the course of a number of hours. READ »

EU pledges climate cash to poor nations: Reinfeldt

Business & Money: 11 Dec 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that the European Union's member states have agreed to give $10.6 billion to help developing nations tackle climate change. READ »

Fines for corrections officers who let man die

National: 11 Dec 09
Three corrections officers, who did nothing when they found an inmate had hanged himself at a remand centre in Mariestad in 2008, have been convicted of dereliction of duty. They each received fines equivalent to 80 days' wages. READ »

Swedish group renames hymen 'vaginal corona'

Society: 8 Dec 09
A Swedish sexual rights group unilaterally proclaimed a new English term for what it considers one of the most misunderstood parts of the female anatomy. READ »

Terrified Swede in rental car snake escape

National: 8 Dec 09
A Swedish driver abandoned his German hire car in terror on Monday as a snake slid out from behind the dashboard and onto the steering wheel, police in Hamburg said on Tuesday. READ »

Elin Nordegren's mother in surprise US trip: report

Society: 7 Dec 09
Barbro Holmberg, the mother of golfer Tiger Woods’ Swedish wife Elin Nordegren, has unexpectedly cleared her schedule for the week and traveled to the United States, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Sick pay switch may leave 17,000 penniless

Politics: 7 Dec 09
Around 17,000 people set to lose their sickness benefits at the end of the year may be left with empty pockets as Sweden's unemployment insurance funds struggle to keep up with a backlog of cases during the transition. READ »

Queue at psychiatric clinic – man takes own life

Society: 5 Dec 09
A psychiatric clinic in Gothenburg has come under fire after a man in his forties who was seeking help was waiting so long that he gave up and went home, and then took his own life. READ »

Burger baron to buy Stockholm's priciest flat

Business & Money: 3 Dec 09
Curt Bergfors, the founder of Swedish fast food chain Max, has lined up the purchase of the most expensive apartment ever built in Sweden, a piece of property set to leave him with a 52 million kronor ($7.6 million) hole in his pocket. READ »

Dutch luxury carmaker confirms interest in Saab

National: 2 Dec 09
A second niche luxury sports carmaker, Spyker, has confirmed it is interested in buying Saab Automobile. READ »

H&M hands out free panties to promote new lingerie line

Society: 2 Dec 09
Swedish discount fashion retailer H&M gave away women's undies to guests attending the Paris launch of a new lingerie line designed by French designer Sonia Rykiel. READ »

Sweden hails month- long Saab reprieve

National: 2 Dec 09
Union and government representatives in Sweden welcomed the Tuesday announcement by General Motors that the company was exploring "expressions of interest" from potential buyers for Saab Automobile. But concerns about Saab's possible demise remain. READ »

December sale or bust for Saab: GM

National: 1 Dec 09
Saab was granted an eleventh hour reprieve on Tuesday as owner General Motors said it would evaluate "expressions of interest". But GM said it will wind down its Swedish unit unless a buyer is found by the end of the year. READ »

Gay men may donate blood: health board

Society: 1 Dec 09
Gay men in Sweden are to be permitted to donate blood provided they have not had sex with another man for at least a year, according to a new health board ruling. READ »

'All hope is not lost for Saab': official

Business & Money: 1 Dec 09
The head of Saab Automobile, Jan Åke Jonsson, confirmed that General Motors is actively looking for new owners for the company’s Swedish division, following a meeting with GM management on Monday. READ »

Muslim dentist loses discrimination suit

Society: 30 Nov 09
A Muslim woman from Stockholm who was denied a job as a dentist after refusing to wear short-sleeved work clothes for religious reasons has lost her discrimination case against the Swedish Public Dental Service. READ »

Sweden and the art of standing in line

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

Councils pay out billions to cash-strapped Swedes

Business & Money: 30 Nov 09
Social assistance payments to Swedes struggling to make ends meet jumped by 19 percent during the third quarter, new statistics show. READ »

Swedish officials in last ditch Saab rescue plea

Business & Money: 30 Nov 09
A Swedish government representative is due to land shortly in Detroit to provide input to the General Motors board ahead of a Tuesday meeting where it is expected to decide the fate of Saab Automobile. READ »

Swedish Meats chair quits over pig scandal

National: 29 Nov 09
Lars Hultström has resigned as chair of Swedish Meats and all other leadership positions within the pig farming industry. Hultström owns one of the pig farms at the heart of an animal rights scandal. READ »

Italy pip Sweden to golf World Cup crown

Sport: 29 Nov 09
Italy's Molinari brothers overcame Sweden and Ireland to win the World Cup at China's Mission Hills on Sunday after a thrilling final round tussle - the first time the nation has lifted the trophy. READ »

Gaelic invasion: It's football, Sven, but not as we know it

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 09
Ireland's national sport of Gaelic football is growing rapidly in Sweden and it isn't just the ex-pats who are sinking a few points, writes Patrick Reilly. READ »

Force smokers to quit before surgery: agency

Society: 27 Nov 09
Surgeons should be able to demand that a patient refrains from smoking in the period before and after an operation, the director-general of the Swedish Welfare Board argued on Friday. READ »

Government keeps new Stockholm- Arlanda rail link on track

Society: 26 Nov 09
It will soon be possible to take a Stockholm commuter train directly to Arlanda airport, after the government on Thursday gave the go ahead to Uppsala and Stockholm to cooperate on a commuter rail route connecting the two counties. READ »

Renewed speculation over likely Saab buyers

National: 26 Nov 09
Rumours are circulating in Trollhättan, the western Swedish home of Saab Automobile, about renewed interest from buyers looking to purchase the Swedish automaker. Talks are also continuing with a number of Chinese car companies. READ »

Treasure find granddad fuming over finder's fee

Society: 26 Nov 09
Amateur Swedish archaeologist Jens Granhof, 69, is incensed at the 40,000 kronor ($5,800) reward he and his grandson received for a find of Middle Age-era silver coins, claiming the sum fails to capture the true value of their discovery. READ »