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The following articles have been tagged with "Boxer":

Blood, sweat and no fear: the UFC hits Stockholm

Lifestyle: 12 Apr 12
The Ultimate Fighting Championship's ultra-violence is coming to Stockholm on Saturday, with Sweden’s own Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson set to grab the hometown spotlight for the first time, contributor Jimmy Lazenby explains. READ »

Swedish MMA star Alexander Gustafsson mauls his way to the top

Lifestyle: 5 Aug 11
Alexander Gustafsson, a hulking Swede known as “The Mauler” has risen to be one of the toughest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA), explains contributor Ryan O’Leary. READ »

Strong-armed Swedish pensioner slugs two young bandits

Society: 24 Feb 11
Two would-be thieves in central Sweden got an unexpected lesson in respecting their elders when they failed to heed a warning issued by the 62-year-old target of their crime. READ »

Swedish body finds 'Boxer'-clad cartoon 'offensive to men'

Society: 2 Feb 11
An advert for TV operator Boxer featuring an overly-muscled animated figure dressed only in boxer shorts reduces men to sex objects, the Swedish Advertising Ombudsman has ruled. READ »

Subaru mulls green car production in Sweden

Business & Money: 31 Jan 11
Japanese carmaker Subaru has announced its desire to start making vehicles in Sweden, possibly at a vacant Saab Automobile facility in western Sweden's Trollhättan. READ »

Swedish man sliced in sex play snafu

Society: 7 Dec 10
A Swedish couple's recent attempt to spice up their sex lives went horribly wrong, putting the man in hospital and his girlfriend in handcuffs. READ »

Swedish woman claims world boxing title

Sport: 28 Nov 10
Swedish fighter Frida Wallberg beat defending champion, Canada's Olivia "The Predator" Gerula, to become WBC lightweight champion in Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Swedish boxer wins women's world title

Sport: 25 Sep 10
Swedish boxer Mikaela "Destiny" Laurén won the World Professional Boxing Federation title in the welterweight class in Karlstad in western Sweden on Friday. READ »

Swedish officers fined for flying painted penis

Society: 13 Sep 10
Two Swedish non-commissioned officers have been docked pay for painting a flying penis on a white flag adorning their boat during a naval exercise in the Stockholm archipelago. 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 »

Boxers pin passenger in mid-air scare

National: 5 Nov 09
A Swedish prosecutor is pushing for a longer sentence for a Latvian man who was jailed for eight months after attempting to open a cabin door on board a Ryanair plane. The man was restrained by two professional boxers. READ »

Swede claims women's boxing world title

Sport: 21 Sep 09
Swedish boxer Maria Lindberg took the middleweight world champion boxing crown on Sunday, registering a resounding victory over Brit Sara Davis in Rülzheim, Germany. READ »

Ljungberg adds Swedish sex appeal to Seattle Sounders

Lifestyle: 20 Apr 09
Football player enthusiast Charlotte West reveals her deep admiration for the ball juggling skills of male model midfielder Freddie Ljungberg. READ »

Introducing...Filip and Fredrik

Lifestyle: 16 Apr 09
This pair of zany, youngish guys have made one heckuva splash on Swedish television in the last year, and are now set break more TV barriers with a talk show to be broadcast live in Sweden from New York City. READ »

Masses bid "Ingo" Johansson final farewell

Sport: 14 Feb 09
Swedish boxing legend Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson was buried in Gothenburg on Friday. More than 1,300 people were there to see the former world champ laid to rest. READ »

All American Cowgirl Chicks steal Stockholm show

Society: 29 Nov 08
There were no panties and little naked flesh in sight at the Stockholm Horse Show this year as the All American Cowgirl Chicks stole the show on Friday evening. READ »

Underwear with condom pockets takes top prize

Business & Money: 7 May 08
Condom pockets in men's underwear have proved a winning formula for a group of young businessmen from southern Sweden. READ »

Tax authorities offer strippers one-time amnesty

National: 8 Apr 08
Swedish tax authorities have written letters to strippers, some of whom still live with their parents, giving the women a one-time chance to pay back taxes owed on income they earned from dancing. READ »

Gender equity hits below the belt for Swedish patients

National: 22 Feb 08
Male and female patients in Swedish hospitals will soon wear the same underwear. READ »

Underwear ads slammed as 'too sexy'

Society: 13 Apr 07
A men's underwear ad has been ruled sexist for featuring scantily clad women and depicting them as "mere objects for male sexuality". The boxers also bore a symbol for a 'woman magnet'. READ »

Introducing...Dolph Lundgren

Lifestyle: 19 Mar 07
He was Hollywood's favourite Cold War Russian muscleman, but Dolph Lundgren was also quite a whizz in the lab, as Paul O'Mahony explains. READ »

Pro boxing returns to Sweden

Sport: 29 Nov 06
The first pro boxing gala in Sweden for 26 years has been given a licence by the national Martial Arts Delegation. But the match will follow stricter rules than those laid down by the international federations. READ »

Sweden's boxing ban could end

Sport: 15 Nov 06
Sweden could see its first professional boxing match since the sport was banned in 1970. The committee that licences matches is set to consider four applications to host pro-fighting events. READ »

EU sues Sweden over digital TV monopoly

Business & Money: 17 Oct 06
The European Commission said on Tuesday that it is taking Sweden to court for failing to abolish state-owned monopoly Boxer TV-Access as required by EU law. READ »

Muggers flee after boxer turns on them

National: 14 Oct 06
An attempted robbery in Västerås on Saturday night ended in ignominious failure for the two young assailants. They shouldn't have picked on a former boxer. READ »

Internet operators not pleasing customers

National: 10 Jan 06
Over half of households in Sweden now have digital TV, two thirds of internet users shop online and more people are installing firewalls. But people aren't happy with their internet providers, according to a new survey. READ »

Brit leads Swedes on the dancefloor

Lifestyle: 9 Jan 06
As 'Let's Dance' puts Sweden’s minor celebrities to the test on the dance floor, Englishman Tony Irving, chairman of the judges, tells The Local that so far the Swedes are "better than in the US and Denmark". (But not as good as the Brits.) READ »

Zlatan steals the headlines as Sweden march on

Sport: 14 Oct 04
While Sweden's football team chalks up a couple of victories in their World Cup qualifiers, the press are fixated with Zlatan Ibrahimovic - even though he barely played. READ »


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