Boat

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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 »

What's On in Sweden: February 12th - 18th

Lifestyle: 10 Feb 10
What’s on in Sweden: Jedi Mind Tricks and Joyce Carol Oates in Stockholm, thousands of kisses in Gothenburg and Beethoven in Blue Jeans in Malmö. READ »

Volvo optimistic as losses mount

Business & Money: 5 Feb 10
Swedish truck maker Volvo says it sees signs of recovery in the global economy as it reports a net loss of 14.7 billion kronor ($1.96 billion) in 2009. 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 »

Police raid uncovers Aladdin's cave of stolen goods

National: 25 Jan 10
A police raid in southern Sweden has led to the discovery of a dazzling array of stolen goods that includes everything from fittings for an entire kitchen to a spiral staircase. READ »

What's On in Sweden: January 1st - 7th

Lifestyle: 30 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Tango with Superheroes in Stockholm, tickle cockroaches in Gothenburg and Blame it on the Stones in Malmö. READ »

Nordegren's purchase of Stockholm island retreat confirmed

Society: 13 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren closed on a deal to buy a sprawling island estate in the Stockholm archipelago in the early days of an infidelity scandal which continues to plague her star golfer husband Tiger Woods, the island’s residents' association said on Sunday. READ »

Swede held in Pakistan on terror suspicions

National: 10 Dec 09
A Swedish national is reportedly among five terror suspects arrested in Pakistan on suspicions of plotting a militant attack, Pakistani authorities said on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish ferries equipped with 'sinking' life rings

National: 10 Nov 09
Many of the life buoys on Swedish passenger ferries have a defect that causes them to sink when they hit the water. READ »

Truck maker Volvo posts heavy losses

Business & Money: 23 Oct 09
Swedish truck maker Volvo Group has reported a third quarter net loss of 2.92 billion kronor ($429 million), a result that was less severe than analysts had feared. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Fashion market & Nouvelle Vague (Fr) in Stockholm; Culture night & Nostalgia fair in Gothenburg; The Handsome Family (US) & English comedy in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Two Swedes missing after Samoa tsunami

National: 2 Oct 09
Two young Swedes are reported to be missing after the tsunami which swept across the South Pacific islands of Samoa on Tuesday evening. READ »

Baltic bliss: boating in the Stockholm archipelago

Travel: 14 Sep 09
Having lived for some time in a city so dominated by waterways and islands, Alannah Eames decides it's high time to take the plunge and join the boat set. READ »

September in Sweden: Forest foods, politicians return, birds leave

Lifestyle: 3 Sep 09
The Year in Sweden - September: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Swedish archaeologists uncover 7th century ship

Science & Technology: 27 Aug 09
Swedish archaeologists have announced the find of a 7th century burial ship, the oldest of its kind to be discovered in Scandinavia. READ »

Swedish naval vessel jumps Göta Canal banks

Society: 22 Aug 09
A Swedish military boat took an unexpected turn up onto shore on Saturday, startling attendees of a festival held along the shores of the Göta Canal. READ »

Gränsö: get pampered in the great outdoors

Travel: 20 Aug 09
Sponsored article: If you're looking to combine a one of Sweden's most beautiful natural landscapes with a bit of luxury, Gränsö could be for you, Jennifer Heape writes. 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 »

Where would we be without Ryanair?

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Aug 09
Airline industry veteran Rick Methven talks up the virtues of low cost air travel and recalls a pre-Ryanair era of outlandish prices and skies closed to the average consumer. READ »

Prize-winning businessmen give the gift of experience

Lifestyle: 14 Aug 09
Crowned Stockholm businessmen of the year in 2008, Brits Martin Charlton and Jonathan Kirby are the people to turn to when it comes to giving the gift of dog-sledding, hot-air ballooning or wolf-patting. READ »

Summer Rail Destinations: Stockholm

Travel: 11 Aug 09
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 »

'Hijacked' cargo ship missing at sea

National: 10 Aug 09
The Finnish ship hijacked in Swedish waters in July has disappeared off the radar along with its valuable cargo of timber. READ »

The lost art of travel: Catching the ferry to Britain

Travel: 10 Aug 09
This summer, for the inevitable trip back to the UK, Ben Kersley was determined to avoid air travel and attempt to recapture the lost art of travel. READ »

Body discovered during boating competition

National: 9 Aug 09
A spectator discovered a dead body during the Powerboat Scandinavian Gran Prix competition in Gothenburg on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Baby helps fill in white spaces on map

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Aug 09
Having a baby has been a real eye-opener for Joel Sherwood, who continues his Pop Culture series with a curious look at the hidden crannies he never knew existed. READ »

Search for Langeland survivors resumed

National: 1 Aug 09
The Swedish coast guard may have located the Norwegian cargo ship that sank yesterday off the west coast of Sweden. Six men are believed to have drowned, although the search for survivors continues. READ »

Finnish ship hijacked in Swedish waters

National: 30 Jul 09
A Finnish ship manned by a Russian crew was hijacked by a group of masked men claiming to be police off the Swedish island of Öland in the early hours of last Friday. READ »

The best of Stockholm Pride

Lifestyle: 30 Jul 09
As northern Europe's biggest Pride festival nears its climax, The Local offers its tips for how to make the most of the weekend. READ »

No third boat involved in Swedish ferry crash

National: 28 Jul 09
There is nothing to indicate that a third ship was directly involved in last week’s ferry crash near Nynäshamn off of Sweden’s east coast, according to preliminary interviews. READ »

Åland: a gem in Stockholm's back yard

Travel: 21 Jul 09
Alannah Eames visits Finland's Swedish-speaking Åland islands, and finds gorgeous scenery, great food and a fascinating history. READ »

Baltic yacht race heads for Västervik

Travel: 7 Jul 09
Sponsored article:The Baltic Sprint Cup is one of the highlights of the northern European sailing calendar, and in late July the 930-nautical mile race will be heading through Sweden’s most beautiful archipelago to Västervik, on Sweden’s east coast. READ »

Keg of Czech beer marks EU presidency handover

Politics: 21 Jun 09
Sweden accepted the EU presidency on Saturday with the symbolic handover of a barrel of Czech beer. READ »

Man fined for reclaiming his own boat

National: 19 Jun 09
A man from Dalarna in central Sweden has fined for attacking a man who had stolen his boat and then tried to sell it on the internet. READ »

Swedish boat sails to overall victory in Volvo Ocean Race

Sport: 16 Jun 09
Ericsson 4 of Sweden won the Volvo Ocean Race on Monday, marking the second time a Swedish boat has placed first in the grueling nine-month round-the-world sailing competition. READ »

Swedish and US yachts do battle over Stockholm stage

Sport: 15 Jun 09
Sweden's two Ericsson yachts were neck and neck with US entry Puma Ocean Racing Monday as the boats sprinted for Stockholm on the ninth stage of the Volvo race around the world. READ »

Swedish yacht secures home win in Volvo race

Sport: 11 Jun 09
Sweden's Ericsson 4 docked at Marstrand in southwest Sweden on Thursday morning as the clear leader of the nine-month yacht race, which is set to conclude later this month. READ »

Taking the night train to Oslo

Travel: 11 Jun 09
Surrounded by hills and forest on three sides and a spectacular fjord to the south, Oslo is like no other capital city in Europe. During the summer, arrive the romantic way by taking the night train from Stockholm or Malmö. READ »

Arson suspected in huge Gothenburg blaze

National: 11 Jun 09
A powerful fire tore through a warehouse near Gothenburg early Thursday morning, destroying millions of kronor worth of boats. Police suspect the fire was deliberately set. READ »

Sweden set for sunny weekend weather

Science & Technology: 29 May 09
Swedes are gearing up unseasonably warm weather during the final weekend in May, with temperatures expected to reach as high as 30 degrees Celsius. READ »

Titanic exhibition opens in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 29 May 09
A new exhibition has opened in Stockholm charting the legacy of the world’s first “unsinkable ship”. READ »

Arrested pirates to face trial in Kenya

National: 28 May 09
Seven pirates arrested off the coast of Somalia by a Swedish naval unit on Tuesday are likely to be taken to Kenya to face trial. READ »

Swedish navy arrests pirates off Somali coast

National: 26 May 09
Swedish naval personnel arrested seven pirates in the Gulf of Aden in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to a statement from the Swedish Armed Forces. READ »

A Swedish island idyll

Travel: 20 May 09
Sponsored article: A holiday on the beautiful island of Hässelö in southern Sweden is the perfect way to sample traditional Swedish archipelago life. READ »

Spy ship rescues Russian fishermen

National: 18 May 09
A Swedish surveillance ship operating near Russian territorial waters off Kaliningrad in the Baltic Sea has saved two Russian fisherman from drowning. READ »

Sweden by rail: Gothenburg

Travel: 15 May 09
Having long been defined by its industrial and maritime history, Göteborg has since reinvented itself. The old ports and warehouses have been replaced by cafes, bars, and one of the liveliest cultural scenes in the region. READ »

Missing Swedish teenagers found alive

National: 10 May 09
Two 14-year-old boys that went missing after their boat broke down while out on Lake Hjälmaren in southern Sweden on Saturday have been found alive and well. READ »

'Viking ship' discovered in Sweden's largest lake

Science & Technology: 8 May 09
Marine archaeologists in Sweden have discovered what they believe to be the wreck of a Viking ship at the bottom the country's largest lake. Never before has a Viking vessel been found in Swedish waters. READ »

From midnight sun to electric eels: The Swedish Golf Experience

Lifestyle: 5 May 09
Author and golf enthusiast Gene Oberto bisects the fairways of the nation in this above par guide to the golf courses of Sweden. READ »

Göta Canal passenger boat runs aground

National: 4 May 09
Passengers from 40 different countries were evacuated to safety on Monday morning after a vessel plying the trans-Sweden Göta Canal ran aground near Oxelösund in eastern Sweden. READ »

Three vessels destroyed in harbour fire

National: 2 May 09
Three leisure boats burned down in a dock fire at Ryssviken on Djurgården on Friday night. Nobody was injured in the fire, but billowing smoke could be seen on the horizon in many parts of Stockholm. READ »

Swede caught in Somali pirate attack

National: 26 Apr 09
A Swedish man was caught up in an attack by Somali pirates on Saturday. The pirates attacked an Italian cruise ship outside of Somalia's coast but were repelled. READ »

Västervik: Building boats for half a millennium

Travel: 24 Apr 09
Sponsored article: The beautiful coastal town of Västervik once built warships for King Gustav I. These days luxury yachts are more in evidence, writes Jennifer Heape. READ »

Winner chosen for Stockholm's New Slussen project

Society: 17 Apr 09
Representatives from the city of Stockholm on Friday announced the winning design for a planned redesign of the city’s Slussen transit hub. READ »

Fire erupts onboard nuke plant boat hotel

National: 17 Apr 09
A fire onboard a passenger ferry used to house workers at the Oskarshamn nuclear plant in southern Sweden forced the evacuation 240 people late Thursday night. READ »

Chinese woman missing after ferry trip

National: 24 Mar 09
A 25-year-old Chinese woman has been reported missing after disappearing from a Viking Lines ferry at the weekend. READ »

What's your top Swedish tourist tip?

Travel: 19 Mar 09
Every week we quiz our regular panelists about a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: the country's top travel destinations. READ »

What's on in Sweden: February 27 - March 5

Lifestyle: 26 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: J.Tillman & world class dance in Stockholm; Judas Priest & Timo Räisänen in Gothenburg; Frida Hyvönen in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Swedes approved secret Nazi loan: report

National: 15 Feb 09
New documents have emerged indicating that Swedish finance minister, Ernst Wigforss, approved secret Swedish bank credits to Nazi Germany in 1941. READ »

Reinfeldt urges banks to cut mortgage rates

Politics: 11 Feb 09
Sweden’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate in half to 1 percent on Wednesday, prompting Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to tell banks to follow suit. READ »

Military offers proposal on defence cuts

Politics: 30 Jan 09
Sweden’s top military commander on Friday handed over to the government a lengthy report detailing a range of proposed reductions to the country’s armed forces. READ »

Swedes survive sinking ferry in Bali

National: 3 Jan 09
Five Swedes were among the 35 foreign tourists who survived a sinking ferry in the sea outside of Bali in Indonesia. READ »

Economic crisis ends Russian Volvo race challenge

Sport: 26 Dec 08
Team Russia has withdrawn from the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race because of insufficient funding during the worldwide economic crisis, team backer Oleg Zherebtsov said. READ »

Is it time for Sweden to join the eurozone?

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Dec 08
With the Swedish currency foundering in a deepening economic crisis, Jonathan Ward wonders if Sweden should reconsider its decision to shun the euro. READ »

Malmö club and concert tips: Saturday, Dec 20

Lifestyle: 18 Dec 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. READ »

Gothenburg men survive plane crash

National: 8 Dec 08
Two Gothenburg-area residents were found alive after spending 17 hours in bitter cold temperatures when the small aircraft they were flying crash landed in icy waters near Iqaluit in northern Canada on Sunday night. READ »

Engine fire forces Baltic ferry evacuation

National: 2 Dec 08
Eleven passengers were evacuated from the Sea Wind ferry early on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in the boat’s main engine as it sailed near the Åland islands in the middle of the Baltic Sea. READ »

Swedish men's condoms need more rubber: study

Society: 1 Dec 08
Swedish men come second only to the French in a study of the state of European members, a new study has shown. READ »

Man feared drowned after ferry mishap

National: 26 Nov 08
A man is believed to have drowned in the Baltic Sea after falling overboard from a ferry on Tuesday night. READ »

Winter city guides for parents and kids: Gothenburg

Lifestyle: 18 Nov 08
Sweden's second city has plenty of options for families with children this winter, as Jennifer Heape finds out. READ »

Fashion goes green in Gothenburg

Lifestyle: 7 Nov 08
As fashion designers grow ever more ecological, even the achingly hip can dress green in all seasons, according to the first in a series of regular articles from Monthly Magazine in Gothenburg. READ »

Deadly weekend for Swedish boaters

National: 3 Nov 08
Boating accidents in Sweden claimed three lives at the weekend, while the search continues for the fourth member of the crew of a boat that sank in Lake Mälaren on Friday near Västerås. READ »

Swedish yacht wins first leg of Volvo race

Sport: 2 Nov 08
Swedish yacht Ericsson 4 has won the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Ericsson 4 sailed into Cape Town harbour on Sunday morning an estimated eight hours ahead of nearest competitor Puma. READ »

Search resumes for missing men

National: 1 Nov 08
Västmanland police have resumed the search for two men missing, feared drowned, in Lake Mälaren near Västerås. The men have been missing since being involved in a boating accident on Friday. READ »

Two feared drowned in boating accident

National: 31 Oct 08
Rescue workers have described as "non-existent" the chances of saving the lives of two men missing after a boating accident in central Sweden. READ »

Swedish boat sets 24-hour record in Volvo Ocean Race

Sport: 29 Oct 08
Sweden's Ericsson 4 has broken the world 24-hours distance record for a monohull yacht during the Volvo Ocean Race around the world which departed from Spain earlier this month, organizers said Wednesday. READ »

Six dogs die in Stockholm boating drama

National: 28 Oct 08
A Swedish couple managed to survive a boating accident near Kapellskär north of Stockholm which claimed the lives of several of their dogs. READ »

Swedes trail leaders in Volvo race

Sport: 25 Oct 08
The Swedish yacht, Ericsson 4, was among the five teams sharing the leadership of the Volvo Ocean Race as it passed the first 'scoring gate' on Friday en route to the first stop in Cape Town, South Africa. READ »

Swedish yachts lead Volvo Ocean race chase

Sport: 18 Oct 08
Swedish teams Ericsson 4 and Ericsson 3 were leading the pack chasing US leaders Puma Ocean Racing as the eight yachts competing in the Volvo Ocean Race approached the Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic on Friday. READ »

Swedish boats take Volvo Ocean Race lead

Sport: 13 Oct 08
The Swedish Ericsson team saw two of its Volvo Ocean Race boats take the lead on Sunday, only one day after departing Spain in the around the world sailing race. READ »

Malmö nightclub tips: Friday, Oct 10

Lifestyle: 7 Oct 08
Get your Malmö club compass pointing in the right direction with night life pathfinders Djungeltrumman. READ »

Storms abate in western Sweden

National: 5 Oct 08
Last night's near hurricane force winds off the west coast of Sweden showed signs of letting up this morning. READ »

Swedish team penalized in Volvo Ocean Race

Sport: 3 Oct 08
A Swedish sailing team entered in the Volvo Ocean Race, in which teams circumnavigate the globe, was penalized by international sailing authorities on Thursday because the boat’s keel failed to comply with the rules. READ »

Swedes rescued in rough seas off Portugal

National: 2 Oct 08
Four Swedish sailors were rescued in a dramatic high seas operation off the coast of Portugal on Saturday. READ »

Archipelago boating accident claims two lives

National: 26 Sep 08
Two men died late on Thursday night and two others were injured when their boat ran aground on the northern side of Nämdö, an island in Stockholm’s archipelago. READ »

'More beer please': Swedish towns struggle to find catchy mottos

Society: 18 Sep 08
Several Swedish towns have discovered that spending a lot of money on a snazzy town slogan may not always bring about the intended result. READ »

Job losses continue to mount across Sweden

Business & Money: 17 Sep 08
The weak economy appears to be costing more Swedes their jobs, as more than 2,400 redundancies have been announced so far in September. READ »

Peanuts and snowglobes - an afternoon with Lasse Åberg

Lifestyle: 16 Sep 08
Jesus playing ice hockey and Jimmy Carter as a giant peanut? There's more than enough to entertain at Åbergs Museum, the brainchild of iconic comedian Lasse Åberg. READ »

Mountain rescuers locate missing boy

National: 4 Sep 08
The 10-year-old boy who disappeared on Wednesday afternoon from a school outing in the mountains near Kvikkjokk in northern Sweden has been found alive. READ »

Massive illegal fishing trial underway in western Sweden

National: 27 Aug 08
Two of seventeen people charged with illegally fishing more than 100 tonnes of cod from Swedish waters admitted wrongdoing on Wednesday in one of Sweden’s largest ever fish poaching cases. READ »

'Pretend order' led to conscript's death

National: 22 Aug 08
A platoon commander who gave the order that led to a Swedish conscript being killed in a military exercise in the Stockholm archipelago in May has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Armed Forces. READ »

Man dies in boat accident

National: 11 Aug 08
A man died in a boating accident near the island of Ingarö, east of Stockholm on Monday morning. READ »

'Storm victim' was in Spain

Society: 6 Aug 08
A man originally feared to have drowned in the Stockholm archipelago in this week's storm has arrived home alive and well after spending a few days in sunny Spain, unbeknownst to his deeply concerned girlfriend. READ »

German and Russian sailors missing off Swedish coast

National: 5 Aug 08
Two men were reported missing and feared to have drowned on Tuesday after they were washed off their sailboats in a heavy storm. READ »

Warm weather brings wave of drownings

National: 29 Jul 08
Sweden's bathing areas have proven deadly in recent days, as more than ten people are believed to have drowned since Friday, bringing the total for July up to twenty-one deaths. READ »

Bathers try in vain to save plane crash victim

National: 25 Jul 08
A 72-year-old man died when his motor glider crashed near a beach in Lycksele in northern Sweden on Friday morning. Bathing onlookers tried in vain to save the man. READ »

Gothenburg club and concert tips: July 25 - 26

Lifestyle: 24 Jul 08
Looking to go out in Gothenburg this weekend? Monthly Magazine has the answers. READ »

Experience the beauty and eccentricity of Ven

Travel: 18 Jul 08
An island nestled between Sweden and Denmark, Ven offers visitors a unique combination of natural beauty and historical oddities. Matt O'Leary explains what makes the island so special. READ »

The hidden lives of Sweden’s undocumented migrants

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 08
Sweden has taken in thousands of asylum seekers in recent year. But not all have had their applications accepted. Faisal Enayat Khan describes his encounters with just a handful of Sweden's estimated 15,000 undocumented migrants. READ »

Record-chasing snowmobile driver in Finnish flop

Society: 9 Jul 08
Joel Rehnberg's attempt to become the first person to cross the Gulf of Bothnia on a snowmobile came to a grinding halt in the early hours of Wednesday morning. READ »

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