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73 cats found in three-room apartment

National: 11 Feb 12
A Swedish man was keeping 73 cats and two dogs in one small apartment, animal protection officers discovered to their horror. Urine, faeces and fur balls covered the apartment's floors, and several of the animals were inbred. READ »

Agency to probe doc who broke baby’s neck

National: 10 Feb 12
A doctor in central Sweden who broke the neck of an infant during a 55 hour long delivery, is being investigated by the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Brits in Sweden to forge northern alliance: paper

Politics: 9 Feb 12
Nordic, Baltic and British leaders have been gathering in Stockholm, ostensibly to discuss future challenges shared by the nations. But commentators think the meeting has a bigger purpose - as part of a British-led strategy to forge a new 'northern alliance' in Europe. READ »

17-year-old dies after ambulance no-show

National: 9 Feb 12
Swedish emergency response service SOS Alarm has reported the death of a teenage boy to the National Board of Health and Welfare after the ambulance never turned up and his parents had to drive him to hospital. READ »

Five reasons I can't stand skiing: an Aussie's pain

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 12
Having just returned from a ‘horror ski trip’, The Local’s resident Aussie and first-time skier Oliver Gee wonders why Swedes find such pleasure in hurling themselves down snowy hills. READ »

Stockholm train in violent crash with truck

National: 9 Feb 12
Several passengers on a commuter train were taken to hospital and the train driver had to be cut loose by emergency services after a train and a truck collided in Stockholm on Thursday morning. READ »

'Deadly' train crossing claims third victim

National: 8 Feb 12
A man died after he was hit by a train in Stenungsund in western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon at the same location where two Swedish teenagers were killed by a train in September 2010. READ »

Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden

Society: 7 Feb 12
Madonna will perform in Sweden next summer, promoters confirmed on Tuesday, with the pop diva set to perform in Gothenburg on July 4th. READ »

US ISPs block hacker probes: Swedish police

Business & Money: 7 Feb 12
The Swedish National Police Board has called for new international laws to catch hackers on the internet, after US internet service providers refused to divulge information on the weekend's attack on government websites. READ »

School rapped over bullying victim's suicide

Education: 6 Feb 12
A 15-year-old girl from southern Sweden took her own life after several years of bullying during which her school's idea of combatting the problem had been to make her go tell the other students that their taunts upset her. READ »

Police teacher warned after 'monkey' comments

Society: 6 Feb 12
An instructor at a Swedish police academy has been accused of hate crimes for referring to a trainee officer with a foreign background as a "monkey". READ »

Kinnevik in bid to buy up publisher Metro

Business & Money: 6 Feb 12
Swedish investment firm Kinnevik has made an offer to buy up Metro International, a global publisher of free newspapers. READ »

Swedes meet Ethiopian PM over jailed journalists

Politics: 5 Feb 12
A senior Swedish delegation has met in secret with Ethiopia's prime minister Meles Zenawi to discuss the case of two Swedish journalists jailed in the country for terror crimes, according to media reports. READ »

Sleep like a 'tramp' at chic Stockholm store

Society: 5 Feb 12
A duvet cover made to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has divided opinion with some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit. READ »

Rough weather causes train chaos in Stockholm

National: 3 Feb 12
Train chaos swept railways south of central Stockholm on Friday morning, after an overhead line fell onto the tracks between the capital and the country’s south. READ »

Swedish agency to probe peace prize selection

National: 1 Feb 12
Stockholm officials have begun investigating claims that Alfred Nobel's last wishes are routinely sidelined by a Norwegian Nobel Committee blinded by pro-NATO sentiments when selecting its annual peace laureate. READ »

Swedish schools aim to ditch books by 2013

Education: 1 Feb 12
The Stockholm suburb of Sollentuna plans to get rid its schools of text books entirely by next year in favour of tablet computers like the iPad, but Sweden’s education remained sceptical about the proposal. READ »

Man dies after ambulance call went unanswered

Science & Technology: 1 Feb 12
A woman whose boyfriend died after she was unable to get through to Swedish emergency response service SOS Alarm has reported the matter to health authorities. READ »

Fire ravages refugee housing facility

National: 31 Jan 12
A violent fire erupted at a refugee housing facility in central Sweden early Tuesday morning, forcing the evacuation of 80 residents and sending at least three people to hospital. READ »

Sweden stops deportations to Syria

National: 31 Jan 12
Sweden's Migration Board said Monday it was temporarily suspending all deportations to Syria due to the worsening violence in the country as president Bashar al-Assad's deadly crackdown continues. READ »

Sweden to receive 1,900 quota refugees in 2012

Politics: 30 Jan 12
Sweden plans to give priority to refugees from Somalia and Eritrea in its efforts to resettle 1,900 United Nations (UN) refugees in 2012. READ »

Five buyers 'seriously interested' in Saab

Business & Money: 30 Jan 12
As many as five companies have expressed a strong interest in purchasing bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab, a bankruptcy administrator said on Sunday. READ »

Man dead in snowboarding accident

National: 29 Jan 12
A Swedish man in his twenties died late Saturday night from the injuries he sustained in a snowboarding accident in Dalarna skiing resort Hundfjället, in central Sweden. READ »

New rules allow Swedish cops to use tear gas

National: 29 Jan 12
The Swedish police are loosening their rules on tear gas use, and will in future be permitted to use tear gas when operating in large crowds, such as at protests or football games. READ »

Parents held for 'forcing demons' from daughter

Society: 28 Jan 12
Exorcism was the motivation for repeated attacks against a 14 year-old girl from western Sweden who was regularly beaten and burned by her father and stepmother, who wanted to rid the girl of “evil spirits”, prosecutors allege. READ »

Man disciplined for comparing baby to Saddam Hussein

National: 28 Jan 12
A worker at the Swedish Migration Board who told a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein will not lose his job over the incident, the agency's disciplinary committee has ruled. READ »

Löfven takes over: 'our values are timeless'

Politics: 27 Jan 12
Stefan Löfven was formally installed as the new leader of Sweden's struggling Social Democrat party on Friday, following the resignation of Håkan Juholt last weekend. READ »

Löfven 'proud and happy' to take party's top job

Politics: 26 Jan 12
The Social Democrats used a hastily scheduled Thursday press conference to officially unveil IF Metall union chief Stefan Löfven as the consensus choice to take over as party chair. READ »

Elderly psychiatric patient found tied in bed

Science & Technology: 26 Jan 12
A mentally ill man who had been screaming for more than an hour was discovered tied down in his own bed with a sheet at a Carema-run nursing home in Stockholm earlier this month. READ »

Stefan Löfven: 'the only name all could agree on'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 12
With union leader Stefan Löfven set to take over as head of the Social Democrats, The Local takes a look at how a welder from northern Sweden found his way to the top ranks of Swedish politics. READ »

Preschool worker 'locked children in the dryer'

Education: 26 Jan 12
A former pre-school employee in Borås in western Sweden is facing charges of molestation for a series of offences, including punishing young children by locking them in a drying cupboard and pulling their hair. READ »

Union boss tipped as new Social Democrat head

Politics: 26 Jan 12
Stefan Löfven, current chair of Sweden’s IF Metall trade union, is set to take over as interim head of the Social Democrats, according to Swedish media reports, which were subsequently confirmed by his mother. READ »

Reforms complicate refugee housing crunch

National: 26 Jan 12
A mismatch between available jobs and housing in Sweden has resulted in increasing numbers of refugees remaining in Migration Board-run housing centres, forcing new asylum seekers to live in youth hostels and campgrounds. READ »

Website touts ruse to turn in illegal immigrants

National: 25 Jan 12
An anti-immigrant website has urged readers to infiltrate a group focused on helping undocumented immigrants in Sweden in order to turn them over to police. READ »

Students compete to rent Sweden's 'smallest' flat

Education: 24 Jan 12
As students in Lund get ready to compete for a chance to live in Sweden’s ‘coziest’ dwelling, the housing commission claim the bijoux cottages are simply ‘too small’. READ »

Neglected horse had half-metre-long hooves

National: 23 Jan 12
A farm-owner in northern Sweden has been reported to police after a horse was found to have overgrown hooves measuring an "unprecedented" 50 centimetres in length, leaving veterinary inspectors in shock. READ »

'We'll have a decision on Friday': Jämtin

Politics: 23 Jan 12
No concrete decision about the future leadership of the Social Democrats will be made until Friday, party secretary Carin Jämtin announced on Monday afternoon, as speculation mounted about who might take over following Håkan Juholt's resignation. READ »

Queen Silvia slammed for 'flawed' Nazi probe

Society: 20 Jan 12
Sweden's Queen Silvia was reportedly "shattered" following an investigative journalism report criticizing the findings of a probe meant to clear the air regarding her father's Nazi connections. READ »

New gun law proposal frustrates Swedish police

Society: 20 Jan 12
Swedish police are disappointed after a government proposal suggesting a tightening of legislation still failed to grant police the ability to wire tap suspects in cases of less serious weapons crimes. READ »

'Mossad set me up': Swede held in Bangkok

National: 19 Jan 12
A Lebanese-born Swede arrested in Thailand last week on terror suspicions has professed his innocence, claiming he was set up by Israeli intelligence service Mossad. READ »

'Your baby looks like Saddam Hussein'

Society: 19 Jan 12
An administrator at the Swedish Migration Board is facing disciplinary action after telling a family of Iraqi asylum seekers that their newborn baby looked like Saddam Hussein. READ »

Finding student accommodation in Sweden

Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
If you're moving to Sweden to study, then you'll need to find somewhere to live. Here are a few tips on finding student accommodation in Sweden. READ »

Who can work in Sweden?

Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Not everyone can move to work in Sweden, but new labour migration laws have made it much easier to move to Sweden from outside the EU. READ »

How to apply for a Swedish Master's program

Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Some 600 master’s degree programs at Swedish universities are taught entirely in English. Here's an easy guide for how to apply. READ »

Do I need a visa?

Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Whether or not you need a visa or a residence permit depends on where you come from. This is what you need to know. READ »

Caregiver threatened to kill dementia patient

National: 17 Jan 12
A nursing home employee in southern Sweden has been dismissed after it was discovered that she lost her temper and threatened to kill one of her 90-year-old dementia patients. READ »

Forced labour on the rise in Sweden: report

National: 15 Jan 12
Organized begging, forced labour and forced participation in thefts have bypassed human trafficking for sexual purposes, shows a recent report from the National Police Board. READ »

Protesters question Carl Bildt as foreign minister

National: 15 Jan 12
Demonstrations were held in several Swedish cities on Saturday to protest against Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt, questioning his suitability for the role. READ »

Nurse beat dementia patient with broom

National: 14 Jan 12
A nursing assistant suspected of having hit a patient with dementia in the head with a broom at a nursing home in Båstad, in southern Sweden has been reported to police following the incident. READ »

New find reveals Swedes' role in Ottoman sex-slave trade

Society: 13 Jan 12
The recent uncovering of centuries-old documents has revealed that Swedish ships were used in the Mediterranean slave trade. Up to three quarters of the cargo carried was women who researchers have suggested were sold as sex slaves. READ »

Kids' eyes glued shut by Swedish docs

Science & Technology: 13 Jan 12
Two small children who sought treatment for facial injuries at two different Swedish hospitals ended up having their eyes glued shut by mistake, with one toddler requiring emergency surgery to correct the error. READ »

Malmö takes a stand against growing violence

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 12
The grieving father of a murdered 15-year-old, attempting to climb down into his dead son's grave, was a sombre reminder of the consequences of the escalating violence in southern Sweden, reports contributor Patrick Reilly. READ »

Sweden keeps sex-change sterilization law

Politics: 12 Jan 12
A move to scrap Swedish laws requiring compulsory sterilization for people undergoing gender reassignment surgery has been put on ice following opposition from the Christian Democrats. READ »

Rogue rodent keeps US SAS flight grounded

Society: 11 Jan 12
Once again a small mouse, discovered aboard a flight between New York and Stockholm, has grounded a US-bound Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight, forcing 200 passengers to re-book to later departures. READ »

Cargo ship runs aground off Swedish coast

Business & Money: 11 Jan 12
A cargo ship ran aground in the Kalmar strait in the early hours of Wednesday and police suspect the captain and the chief officer of being drunk on duty. READ »

Ministry official fired over dodgy massage parlours

Society: 10 Jan 12
A high-ranking civil servant in Sweden's defence ministry has been sacked after it was revealed he was involved in running several Thai massage parlours on the side. READ »

Immigrant homelessness on the rise in Sweden

Society: 10 Jan 12
While there are fewer people sleeping rough in Sweden today, the total number of people not qualifying on the ordinary housing market is rising, with those born outside of Sweden overrepresented among the homeless, a new study shows. READ »

Jobs agency slammed over 'cheap' interpreters

Business & Money: 9 Jan 12
When the Swedish Employment Office recently contracted for interpreting services, it chose one with a tariff significantly below market prices, according to a new report. READ »

Customs 'not focused' on weapons smuggling

National: 5 Jan 12
The Öresund bridge has long been known to be an important route for weapons smugglers to get their wares into Sweden. Despite this, only seven illegal weapons were seized there over the course of 2011. READ »

‘Turkish Saab’ would stay in Trollhättan: report

Business & Money: 5 Jan 12
If Saab gets Turkish owners, the company will continue to build cars in Trollhättan, according to Turkish company Brightwell Holdings, which recently entered in the competition over the cash-strapped carmaker. READ »

Police waive speeding tickets in 120 zones

National: 4 Jan 12
Police have stopped reporting speedsters on certain roads in Sweden after a glitch in the law governing maximum speeds suddenly made it impossible to implement, according to a new report. READ »

Gun laws may be tightened: minister

National: 4 Jan 12
Sweden's minister for justice, Beatrice Ask, says Swedish weapons laws will be looked over, after recent events in Malmö where five people have been shot within the space of a month. READ »

Bursting implants widely unreported in Sweden

Science & Technology: 4 Jan 12
The Swedish Medical Products Agency can't estimate how many of the French PIP breast implants, used by some 4,000 Swedish women, have burst. Despite what the law says, beauty clinics often fail in reporting potential side effects. READ »

Swedish woman arrested in India with live bullet

National: 3 Jan 12
Police in India have apprehended a Swedish army employee when she allegedly attempted to board a plane carrying a live bullet in her baggage. READ »

Resistant bacteria kills baby in Swedish hospital

Science & Technology: 3 Jan 12
A prematurely born baby, being treated in a Swedish hospital, died after being subjected to multi resistant bacteria, according to a new report. READ »

More extreme weather heading toward Sweden

National: 2 Jan 12
A new low pressure area, referred to as an "atmospheric bomb" by Danish forecasters due to its sudden pressure drop, is on the way toward Sweden, bearing with it strong winds and precipitation. READ »

Spicy invention protects dogs from wolf attacks

National: 2 Jan 12
Body armour filled with flaming Indian spices mixed with anti-freeze is the latest invention to protect dogs from wolf attacks when hunting in the Swedish woods. READ »

Swede pulls up carrot bearing long-lost ring

Society: 30 Dec 11
A Swedish woman's recent toiling in her garden turned up a rather unexpected harvest when she pulled a carrot out of the ground 'wearing' the wedding ring she had lost back in 1995. READ »

Breast implants 'save lives': advocacy group

Society: 28 Dec 11
Transgender people in Sweden who are denied breast implants are more likely to commit suicide, according to an advocacy group which is urging health authorities to draw up national guidelines on the procedure. READ »

Somalis 'shut out' of Sweden's health system

Science & Technology: 28 Dec 11
Many Somalis in Sweden feel dismissed when visiting a doctor in Sweden, according to a new study, which shows that many end up looking abroad for medical treatment as a result. READ »

Sweden looks to US, EU to help jailed reporters

National: 27 Dec 11
Sweden has turned to the United States and the EU for assistance in gaining the release of journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, who were sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years in prison by an Ethiopian court. READ »

Dodgy booze bill leads to Swedish lobbyist probe

Business & Money: 27 Dec 11
A tax-financed lobbying organization in western Sweden is under investigation after it was revealed that the group's sizeable liquor bills were being processed through a subsidiary in Brussels. READ »

Patient dies after nine-hour ER wait

Science & Technology: 27 Dec 11
A patient who was forced to wait for nine hours in the emergency room at a hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden died just fifteen minutes after finally being admitted. READ »

Storm Dagmar leaves 'chaos' in its wake

National: 26 Dec 11
Although storm Dagmar has moved on, "chaos" is reportedly left in its wake, with most rail traffic at a standstill, hundreds of thousands of households without power and fallen trees blocking many roads. READ »

Drunken Christmas revelries lead to arrests

Society: 26 Dec 11
Many people went overboard in their Christmas merriment this year, with arrests for public drunkenness up across Sweden over the weekend. READ »

Bildt to meet jailed journalists' relatives

National: 24 Dec 11
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has promised to meet the relatives of journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye following their conviction on terror charges in Ethiopia. READ »

Ikea founder donates millions to 'hometown' Swedish university

Business & Money: 23 Dec 11
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad has donated nearly 1 billion kronor ($146 million) to launch a new foundation to support research at Linneaus University in Kamprad's native region of Småland in south central Sweden. READ »

'Lundin may have led Bildt to the heart of darkness'

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 11
Swedish investigative journalist Leo Lagercrantz takes a closer look at the Lundin Group and Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt's involvement with it after two Swedish journalists were found guilty of terror crimes in Ethiopia while reportedly investigating the company. READ »

Rail service's hidden cameras 'illegal': agency

National: 20 Dec 11
Sweden's national rail service, SJ, has been slammed by the Data Inspection Board after it was discovered the company was filming staff with hidden cameras to stop widespread pilfering on trains. READ »

Woman 'lived for months' with rotting corpse

National: 20 Dec 11
A 52-year-old Swedish woman is believed to have lived with a dead body on her sofa for months, after police found the body of a dead man, reported missing in September, decomposing in her living room. READ »

Sweden needs 'tougher controls' on labour migration: OECD

Business & Money: 19 Dec 11
Sweden needs to implement tighter controls of new rules governing foreign labour migration, according to the OECD, which nevertheless concluded that the 2008 reforms have worked fairly well. READ »

Occupy Stockholm: 'We have no goal'

National: 19 Dec 11
It’s a movement without leaders and it kicked off with a bang in mid-October when Stockholmers joined hundreds of cities worldwide in protesting. Contributor Judi Lembke finds out more about the Swedish Occupy movement. READ »

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 »

Footballer banned after spouse abuse conviction

Sport: 15 Dec 11
Swedish footballer Alexander Gerndt has been suspended from the national team indefinitely after being convicted for assaulting his wife. READ »

Sweden braces for EU-induced egg boom

Business & Money: 14 Dec 11
A ban on bare cages for egg-laying poultry, which comes into effect in the new year, could mean an egg boom for Sweden if the demand rises quicker than the European poultry farmers have time to adjust. READ »

Convicted killer jailed for raping 12-year-old girl

National: 13 Dec 11
A 41-year-old man previously convicted of murder was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl in a stairwell in Stockholm in July. READ »

Saab limps along after new Chinese payout

Business & Money: 13 Dec 11
The first share of the money promised to Saab by Chinese Youngman has arrived into the cash-strapped carmaker's accounts, according to company representatives. READ »

Ikea founder mourns death of his wife

Business & Money: 13 Dec 11
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's wife Margaretha Kamprad-Stennert has died at the age of 71 after a period of prolonged illness. READ »

Svanberg proposed to head Volvo board

Business & Money: 12 Dec 11
After days of rumours, truck maker Volvo has officially proposed BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg to be appointed head of its board at the annual general meeting in April, the Swedish company announced on Monday. READ »

Police swamped by 'impossible' deportations

National: 12 Dec 11
Sweden's law enforcement agencies are struggling to deal with a record-high 18,000 pending deportation orders, many of which are considered "impossible". READ »

Sweden welcomes climate 'compromise'

Politics: 11 Dec 11
Swedish minister for the environment, Lena Ek, welcomed the deal to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, reached on Sunday following intense negotiations during the UN Climate Change Conference in South Africa. READ »

Sweden presents plan to combat extremism

National: 9 Dec 11
The day before a massive right wing demonstration is set to take place in Sweden and shortly before the anniversary of the Stockholm suicide bombing, the government on Friday presented their new plan to combat extremism. READ »

Black market in Swedish work permits 'booming'

Business & Money: 9 Dec 11
Non-Europeans hoping to come to Sweden to work often pay ten thousands of kronor to come to the country, in what is believed to be a widespread illegal trade in work permits. READ »

Sweden to let would-be residents apply online

National: 8 Dec 11
The Swedish Migration Board is promising to speed up applications for residence permits by offering a new web-based application service. READ »

A truly international education at the heart of Berlin

Education: 7 Dec 11
If you want to study, but dread the bureaucracy and red tape of a traditional academic institution, and fancy a spell in one of Europe’s most dynamic cities at the same time, the ECLA in Berlin could be just the place for you. READ »

Seven detained after suspected gang rape

National: 7 Dec 11
Seven men have so far been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a 29-year-old mother of two in Eksjö, in the south of Sweden. READ »

Donna, 26, Sweden's first police recruit in hijab

Society: 6 Dec 11
Sweden’s first veiled police recruit, Donna Eljammal, does not regard her traditional Muslim hijab as a hindrance but rather an asset for her future career within the Swedish police force. READ »

H&M defends marketing lingerie with fake models

Business & Money: 6 Dec 11
Swedish clothing retailer H&M has defended its use of computer-generated bodies adorned with the heads of real models in order to sell swimwear and lingerie. READ »

'Queen Silvia shouldn't be blamed for her father's Nazi past'

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Dec 11
The Swedish media's obsession with investigating the ties Queen Silvia's father had to the Nazis during the Third Reich is misplaced, argues former Royal Court information secretary Juan Navas. READ »

One dead in severe sailing accident

National: 4 Dec 11
One person died and two were injured after being fished out of the water in a sailing accident outside Harstena in the Gryt archipelago, in eastern Sweden, on Saturday. READ »


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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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