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AstraZeneca to axe jobs despite profit rise

Business & Money: 28 Jan 10
Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca plans to slash 8,000 more jobs worldwide by 2014, continuing its efforts to cut costs despite rising profits, the company announced on Thursday. READ »

Swedish star: 'Tiger tried to recruit me as a lover'

Society: 9 Dec 09
One of Sweden’s top female celebrities is claiming she was approached by an agent on behalf of Tiger Woods about having a fling with the star golfer. READ »

Nobel Week kicks off with feast and fancy

Society: 6 Dec 09
Nobel Week is once again in full swing, with the 12 Nobel laureates and their respective entourages arriving in the Swedish capital over the weekend. The week’s festivities will culminate with the Nobel Ceremony and Banquet on Thursday. READ »

Swedish 'milkman' loses breastfeeding battle

Society: 1 Dec 09
Ragnar Bengtsson, 26, has failed in his high profile bid to pump forth milk from his breasts. READ »

Alshammar breaks her own world record

Sport: 12 Nov 09
Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar set a new world record at the World Cup meet in Stockholm on Wednesday, while another one of her previous world records fell. READ »

Swedish swimmer sets double world records

Sport: 18 Oct 09
Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar showed explosive form at the World Cup meet in Durban, South Africa on Saturday chalking up two new world records. READ »

Two Swedes convicted for selling illegal porn

National: 15 Oct 09
Two porn peddlers from northwestern Sweden have been convicted for selling pornographic films with exceedingly violent content. READ »

Gender trouble - time to bury the feminist hatchet?

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 09
Since when is the ubiquitous Anna Anka a feminist? And why are feminists apportioned blame for so many of the worlds ills? The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson enters the Hollywood housewife debate. READ »

Well-paid mothers breast feed longer: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 28 Sep 09
Mothers with high salaries breast feed their children longer than mothers with lower incomes, according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Breast cancer rate doubles among pregnant Swedish women

Science & Technology: 14 Sep 09
The occurrence of breast cancer among pregnant women in Sweden has more than doubled since the 1960s, a new study shows. READ »

'New gene can help against breast cancer': Swedish research

Science & Technology: 4 Sep 09
Cancer researchers in Lund in southern Sweden have found a new gene profile that can help in the treatment of breast cancer and save lives. READ »

Swedish dad in bid for breast milk

Society: 2 Sep 09
Swedish father Ragnar Bengtsson has entered into an experiment that he hopes will help him breastfeed his future children. READ »

Swedish TV presenter sells breast implants

Society: 17 Aug 09
Swedish television presenter and former Big Brother contestant Carolina Gynning has sold her silicone implants and is donating the proceeds to charity. READ »

Topless bathers conspicuously absent at Malmö pools

Society: 20 Jul 09
Despite winning the right to bathe topless at all of the municipal swimming pools in Malmö, bare-breasted female bathers have remained conspicuous in their absence. READ »

Swede charged for soliciting nude pics from pre-teen girls

National: 10 Jul 09
An Uppsala University education student has been charged for requesting nude pictures over the internet from hundreds of underage girls across Sweden. READ »

Swedish strip club continues McDonald's-inspired expansion

Society: 9 Jul 09
Having settled a logo dispute with McDonald’s, an enterprising Swedish strip club owner is courting new controversy as he attempts to build an empire echoing that of the fast food giant. READ »

Malmö win for topless Swedish bathers

Society: 24 Jun 09
Women in Malmö have been given the right to bathe topless in the swimming pools of Sweden's third largest city. READ »

'Pirate Bay judge not biased': court

National: 8 Jun 09
The judge in The Pirate Bay trial was not biased, Stockholm District Court has argued in its report to the Court of Appeal, which will rule on the issue. READ »

Breast milk less toxic: study

Science & Technology: 7 Jun 09
Levels of PCBs and other toxic substances that babies consume via breast milk have declined considerably since the middle of the 1990s, a new Swedish study has shown. 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 »

A tattoo too far

Lifestyle: 30 Apr 09
Ben Kersley admires some naked bodies (artistically) and gets a permanent souvenir of Sweden at the Swedish Tattoo Fair in Norrköping. READ »

Woman given cancer medicine to treat headache

National: 4 Apr 09
An elderly woman in Karlshamn in southern Sweden went to her local pharmacy to get a prescription to treat her headaches. She was instead given a potentially lethal treatment against breast cancer. READ »

McDonald's in Swedish strip club dispute

Society: 1 Apr 09
Hamburger chain McDonald's has reacted with ire to a new neon sign outside out a Swedish strip club. "Two upturned breasts with nipples" says the owner; "too similar to our logo" says the multinational giant. READ »

More glass found in Swedish chicken

National: 26 Mar 09
Discoveries by Swedish consumers of pieces of glass in packages of frozen chicken continued on Wednesday, despite a recall thousands of packages of chicken in recent days. READ »

Young Swedes' mental health deteriorating: report

Society: 25 Mar 09
Swedish health authorities are growing increasingly concerned about the mental health of the country’s young people, according to a new report. READ »

Swedes back punitive tax on junk food

Society: 24 Mar 09
Swedes are in favour of introducing a punitive tax on junk foods to arrest the spread of cancer, a new survey shows. Almost 90 percent back tax cuts on healthier foods. READ »

What are your favourite words in Swedish? (Part 2)

Lifestyle: 5 Mar 09
In the second part of a series on the best words in Swedish, The Local's regular panelists dissect everything from bacon rind to the common breast wart. READ »

Spotify interview: The source of the stream

Lifestyle: 23 Feb 09
The Local’s Thanh Dinh catches up with Daniel Ek, CEO of Spotify, the Sweden-based music streaming service that is making friends with everyone from the armchair music fan to Bono. READ »

Swedish beauty bloggers offered implant 'bribes'

Society: 4 Feb 09
A controversy has erupted in the Swedish media world following revelations that a company offered free beauty enhancement treatments to some of the country's most popular female bloggers. READ »

Swedish public pool to rent out burkinis

Society: 8 Dec 08
In a nod to women not wishing to reveal too much, an indoor public swimming pool in Sweden has begun renting out burkinis. READ »

Woman's benefits withdrawn due to large breasts

Society: 3 Dec 08
A Swedish woman injured in a car accident has had her disability benefits withdrawn after the country’s social insurance agency determined her large bust was to blame for the pain. READ »

Swedish nurses oppose breast feeding alcohol guidelines

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 08
Most Swedish midwives and nurses continue to advise new mothers to abstain from alcohol when breast feeding, despite new guidelines saying that consuming alcohol in small quantities has no adverse effects. READ »

Free fake penises raise functionality flap

Society: 6 Nov 08
A decision to allow transsexual men in Sweden to get prosthetic penises free of charge from local health authorities has drawn criticism because the prostheses on offer don’t get erect. READ »

Equality official resigns over Swedish embassy breast attack

Society: 6 Nov 08
A top level civil servant at the Finnish equality ministry has resigned after groping several women's breasts at a reception at the Swedish embassy in Helsinki. READ »

Swedish breast cancer survival rate nears 90 percent

Science & Technology: 28 Oct 08
Nearly nine out of ten women in Sweden suffering from breast cancer are likely to beat the disease, according to a new report. READ »

Emelie, 18, wins phone battle over sex texts

Society: 17 Oct 08
A young woman from Borås in western Sweden has won a battle to avoid paying for pornographic text messages erroneously charged to her mobile phone account. READ »

Coffee can make women's breasts smaller: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 16 Oct 08
Women who drink a lot of coffee may see their breasts become more petite, according to the results of a new Swedish study. READ »

Immigrant women going without mammograms

Science & Technology: 29 Sep 08
Foreign born and low income women in Sweden are missing out on their right to mammograms, according to a new study. READ »

Lung cancer deaths rise among Swedish women

Science & Technology: 28 Jul 08
Lung cancer has become the cancer responsible for the greatest number of deaths among Swedish women, according to a new report from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen). READ »

Fewer cases of breast cancer in Sweden

National: 12 Jul 08
Fewer woman over age 45 are getting breast cancer in Sweden. READ »

Karolinska study: hormone spray can help cure social phobia

Science & Technology: 25 Jun 08
Swedish and British researchers have found that a nasal spray with the hormone oxytocin can relieve social phobia, also known as social anxiety disorder. READ »

Mum avoids conviction for tongue kissing her son

Society: 12 Jun 08
A Swedish mother charged with sexual assault for giving her six-year-old son a deep kiss has been acquitted by the Borås District Court in western Sweden. READ »

Fresh blow for topless Swedish bathers

Society: 21 May 08
Women will continue to be barred from bathing topless at an indoor pool in Enköping following a decision by the town council’s recreation committee. READ »

Bird thieves return chatty cockatoo

Society: 13 May 08
It only took three days for Liam, a four-year-old rose-breasted cockatoo, to wear out the thieves who stole him from a Stockholm-area pet shop. READ »

Frisky Kazakhstani minister arrested

National: 11 May 08
Kazakhstan’s Trade Minister Ablezov Karybay was arrested in Stockholm at the weekend, accused of molesting several women. READ »

A thin man in fat city

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Apr 08
Travelling back to his home town of Los Angeles, David Bartal finds that Sweden still has a long way to go when it comes to unhealthy food at bargain prices. READ »

Swedish professor: 'Bras cause saggy breasts'

National: 8 Apr 08
A professor at Sweden’s prestigious Lund University warns young girls to put off wearing bras, as doing so too early can lead to low-hanging breasts. READ »

Ten-year-old Dalarna girl missing

National: 6 Apr 08
A ten-year-old is missing in Dalarna. The search for the girl continues after she went missing after football training on Saturday afternoon. READ »

My love affair with a dental technician

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Apr 08
A relationship with a dental technician is inherently erotic, writes columnist David Bartal, but it is hard to maintain when the love has gone. READ »

Secrets of Titanic survivor revealed

Society: 29 Mar 08
When Titanic survivor Lillian Asplund died, it was thought she had taken her memories with her. But a collection of items up for auction next month piece together the story of a family tragedy. READ »

Bauer serves up seriously fun food

Lifestyle: 13 Mar 08
Charlotte West savours the Disneyesque design and Spanish-inspired menu of a new Stockholm restaurant. READ »

Breastfeeding women 'may drink wine'

Science & Technology: 11 Mar 08
Women who breastfeed can drink a glass or two of wine without risk of harming their children, the National Food Administration has said. READ »

Hormone treatment could save hearing: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 5 Mar 08
Hearing loss could be prevented with simple hormone treatment, a new study shows. READ »

Michelin-starred restaurants in Gothenburg

Lifestyle: 3 Mar 08
Matt O'Leary discovers there is plenty of fine dining to be had in a city not always associated with gourmet grub. READ »

Princess Madeleine most desirable Swedish Valentine

Dating: 13 Feb 08
Swedish singles hold Princess Madeleine and actor Michael Nyqvist close to their hearts. READ »

Viking women had sexy style

Society: 11 Feb 08
Viking women dressed in a much more provocative manner than previously believed, new research has found. READ »

Teacher convicted for flashing breasts

National: 8 Feb 08
A teacher who flashed her breasts at a high school pupil has been found guilty of sexual harassment. READ »

Jägermeister slammed for 'sexist' booze ad

Society: 24 Jan 08
A television advert for drinks maker Jägermeister has incurred the wrath of Sweden's Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising (ERK). READ »

Victory for topless bathers

Society: 8 Jan 08
Women campaigning for topless bathing have claimed victory after a pool said it would not stop them baring their breasts. READ »

Teen fined over internet sex film

Society: 28 Dec 07
A 15-year-old girl was fined on Thursday for filming her friends having sex in the garden. The girl published the film on the internet. READ »

Something for the Weekend: The Local's Guide to What's On

Lifestyle: 20 Dec 07
Provocative poses from ex-Big Brother star Carolina Gynning in Malmö, Christmas Blues and Soul in Stockholm and Christmas markets just about everywhere in The Local's weekend guide. READ »

AstraZeneca files US action against generic drugs

Business & Money: 12 Dec 07
AstraZeneca has said it will sue seven generic drug manufacturers in the United States. READ »

'Slightly tipsy' man gatecrashed Nobel party

Society: 11 Dec 07
A gatecrasher dressed in coat and tails was removed from the Nobel Banquet after a television presenter revealed his secret. READ »

Plastic surgeon gets four year jail term

National: 11 Dec 07
A plastic surgeon from Malmö convicted of raping one of his patients has had his jail term extended by the Court of Appeal. READ »

Nobel Banquet: the feast of feasts

Lifestyle: 10 Dec 07
Serving a banquet to over 1,400 people is no mean feat, and when the event is the Nobel Banquet, the stakes are high. Charlotte West goes behind the scenes at the grandest event in Sweden's calendar. READ »

Swedish women lose fight for topless bathing

Society: 30 Nov 07
Two women who want to be allowed to go topless in the nation's swimming pools have had their case rejected by Sweden's equality watchdog. READ »

Plastic surgeon 'should get six years'

National: 27 Nov 07
The prosecutor in a high profile rape case has called for a plastic surgeon to be sentenced to six years in jail. READ »

Plastic surgeon 'had sex with staff'

National: 21 Nov 07
A 53-year-old plastic surgeon convicted of rape claims to have had consensual sex with two members of staff at his clinic. READ »

Topless Swedish bathers: 'They're just breasts'

Society: 12 Nov 07
Feminists have launched a campaign for the right to bathe topless at Sweden's swimming pools. 'We too want to be able to pull off our shirts at football matches,' says one activist in the 'Bare Breasts' network. READ »

Cancer survival hereditary - Swedish study

Science & Technology: 3 Nov 07
People whose parents have survived cancer have a greater chance of beating the disease themselves, according to new Swedish research. The findings could lead to improved treatment of cancer. READ »

AstraZeneca profit deteriorates

Business & Money: 1 Nov 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that group net profit fell 15.4 percent in the third quarter as higher costs weighed. READ »

Swedish TV presenter 'flashed breast at old man'

National: 27 Oct 07
A female television presenter on TV4 has been charged after flashing her breast to an elderly man in Humlegården park in Stockholm last summer. READ »

Ericsson delayed news of profit warning

Business & Money: 18 Oct 07
Ericsson is reported to have kept shareholders in the dark for longer than necessary by delaying the announcement of its profit warning by 36 hours. READ »

Women fight for right to bare breasts

National: 20 Sep 07
Two female students are demanding their rights after they were banned from bathing topless at a swimming pool in Uppsala. 'Gender discrimination', they say. But staff at the pool are sticking by their decision. READ »

Educated people 'more likely to survive cancer'

Science & Technology: 30 Aug 07
Highly educated people have a 40 percent greater chance of surviving cancer than people with lower levels of education, a new Swedish report shows. READ »

Further job cuts at AstraZeneca

Business & Money: 26 Jul 07
Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that it would cut 7,600 jobs by 2010, more than double an original estimate, after posting a fall in second-quarter net profit. READ »

Pregnant in Sweden - I'll drink to that

Lifestyle: 11 Jul 07
While recently awaiting the arrival of a new baby, Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius found herself not so much restricted by her bulging belly as by the opinions of those around her - especially when it came to alcohol consumption. READ »

Celebrity mag slammed for boob attack

Society: 27 Apr 07
The Swedish Press Council has criticized a celebrity magazine for publishing hurtful comments about a woman's large breasts. READ »

Introducing...Princess Madeleine

Lifestyle: 12 Mar 07
She used to be known as the party princess, but tabloid favourite Princess Madeleine is settling down to serious royal business these days. READ »

Introducing...Victoria Silvstedt

Lifestyle: 26 Feb 07
The Local takes a long, lingering look at Victoria Silvstedt, the former child skiing star now known worldwide for her frequent lapses into semi-nudity. READ »

Big Brother star's implants to go under the hammer

National: 9 Jan 07
Former Big Brother winner Carolina Gynning plans to have her breast implants removed and sold on the internet. The proceeds of the sale will go to victims of the Rwandan civil war. READ »

Introducing...Linda Rosing

Lifestyle: 8 Jan 07
She first became known for having sex on live television in the Swedish version of Big Brother. Now, Linda Rosing, aka Bionda, has become a politician and a woman of letters. READ »

Breast revelation "no big deal", says teacher

National: 8 Dec 06
The teacher who revealed her breasts to a surprised student wishes she had shown more restraint but does not think it is worth getting too upset about. "Fifty per cent of the population look like this," she said. READ »

Swedish school stops topless hockey pics

National: 7 Dec 06
In a photo designed to mimic their hockey-playing male peers, a group of girls from a school in Kiruna posed topless on the ice rink. "Sexist", says school. "Discrimination", say students. READ »

Swedish teacher flashes breasts to student

National: 7 Dec 06
A 46-year-old female teacher in the northern town of Skellefteå reacted to a male student's blackboard sketches by showing him her breasts. Yesterday the woman was prosecuted for sexual molestation. READ »

'Gothenburg's King' remembered with cakes and statues

Lifestyle: 3 Nov 06
He was Sweden's most successful king, a hero of Napoleon's, who started the country's postal service and newspapers. But in Gothenburg Gustaf II Adolf is celebrated simply as the man who brought the city into being, writes Janelle Larsson. READ »

Stroke drug failure mars AstraZeneca joy

Business & Money: 26 Oct 06
The announcement of a 30 percent leap in profits from Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca was marred on Thursday by the disclosure that the company has ended development of a stroke drug after it failed the final stages of clinical trials. READ »

Stalwarts make up Melodifestivalen shortlist

National: 10 Oct 06
The waiting is over - the songs set to compete to be next year's Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest have been unveiled at a ceremony in Stockholm. And there are some familiar names on the list. READ »

A trip to Swedish foodie heaven

Travel: 30 Jul 06
A weekend at Grythyttan is the perfect way to get to the heart of rural Sweden, while tasting food that could not be sourced more locally. READ »

More Swedes having sex changes

Society: 29 Jul 06
The number of sex change operations in Sweden has tripled in the past 13 years. Last year, 48 Swedes applied to change sex after going through therapy. READ »

Bare-chested forecaster restarts Tone row

Society: 6 Jul 06
TV4 meteorologist Anders Nylund presented the weather in his swimming shorts. Hypocrisy, scream supporters of fellow forecaster Tone Bekkestad, suspended after appearing scantily-clad in a men's magazine. READ »

The four missing digits that could be fatal

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 06
Sweden makes much of its committment to the United Nations and trumpets the welcome it gives to refugees. But it is under fire from the UN for turning some migrants without personal numbers away from hospital. Aidan Isherwood reports. READ »

Singer Nanne Grönvall has cancer

National: 28 Jun 06
Nanne Grönvall, one of Sweden's most popular singers, has cancelled a summer tour after discovering she has breast cancer. "I'm going to take it one day at a time," the singer said in a statement. READ »

Anal massage man to be prosecuted

Society: 19 Jun 06
A male masseur in northwest Sweden is to be prosecuted for assault after claims that he massaged parts of their bodies that were not suffering aches. 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 »

First quarter profit surge for AstraZeneca

Business & Money: 27 Apr 06
Anglo-Swedish drugs giant AstraZeneca said on Thursday that first-quarter pre-tax profit leapt 38 percent to 2.044 billion dollars (1.643 billion euros) compared with the same period the previous year. READ »

Tsunami committee slams ministers

Politics: 30 Mar 06
ANALYSIS: WHO DIDN'T DO WHAT
The inquiry by the parliamentary constitution committee into the Swedish government's response to the tsunami disaster closed on Thursday with damning criticism of six ministers, including prime minister Göran Persson. READ »