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Bra-size name tag 'outrage' headed to court

Society: 17 Jan 12
A complaint from a former lingerie shop employee upset at being forced to wear a name tag displaying her bra size has prompted a Swedish union to file a discrimination lawsuit against the company that runs the store. READ »

Cop charged for getting naked in front of cleaners

Society: 9 Dec 11
A police officer in western Sweden has been charged for sexually molesting several women after he allegedly exposed himself to them and touched their breasts on several occasions at a police station in Malmö. READ »

Wordfeud: Swedes' latest smartphone addiction

Science & Technology: 23 Nov 11
Swedes just can't seem to get enough of Wordfeud, a Scrabble-like smartphone app that has sucked up countless hours of free time, and may have even sparked a new trend in online dating, contributor Aila Stefansdotter-Franck discovers. READ »

Snapping pics of sleeping woman's breasts 'not a crime': Swedish court

Society: 21 Oct 11
Two young men who bared and took pictures of the breasts of a passed-out 18-year-old woman are not guilty of sexual molestation because the girl wasn't aware that she was being molested at the time, a Swedish court has ruled. READ »

Sweden mulls ban on boob job jabs

Science & Technology: 8 Sep 11
Swedish medical authorities are considering banning injections to enhance the size of women's breasts due to concerns that the substance used makes it hard to detect breast cancer. READ »

Students jailed for killing former teacher

National: 15 Aug 11
The man charged with beating a 54-year-old Swedish schoolteacher to death in April was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday, with his two accomplices receiving shorter prison terms. READ »

Sweden's Alshammar swims home new gold

Sport: 31 Jul 11
Sweden's superstar swimmer Therese Alshammar finally snagged her gold after winning the women's 50m freestyle title at the world championships on Sunday. READ »

Another Swede's breast removed in vain

Society: 30 Jul 11
A woman had one of her breasts removed in south central Sweden and was told after surgery that she did not have breast cancer. This makes it the nation’s third such case during July. READ »

Nurse pressed vomit down patient's throat

National: 6 Jul 11
Two nurses at a nursing home in Norrköping, in central Sweden, harassed their patients both verbally and physically. The scandal was revealed in March, but the two nurses are already back at work, according to a local newspaper report. READ »

‘It really wasn’t that brutal’: murder suspect

National: 21 Jun 11
A young man suspected of beating a 54-year-old Swedish school teacher to death in April tried to downplay the severity of the fatal assault in testimony on the second day of the against the three young adults who stand charged with the killing. READ »

Swedish bathers in naked shower outcry

Society: 28 Apr 11
Regular visitors to a Stockholm-area public swimming pool have expressed their outrage over the refusal of fellow bathers to get naked. READ »

Court frees doc accused of kissing patient

Society: 13 Apr 11
A doctor from northern Sweden facing sexual molestation charges for forcibly kissing a female patient has been acquitted by a local district court. READ »

Swedish doctor charged for kissing patient

Society: 23 Feb 11
A general physician working in Jämtland in the north of Sweden has been charged with trying to French kiss and fondle a mentally disabled patient. READ »

Sweden's Alshammar settles for silver

Sport: 20 Dec 10
Swedish swimming star Therese Alshammar claimed a silver medal in the short course world championships in Dubai on Sunday and was obliged to surrender her medals record despite an earlier gold. READ »

'Nothing wrong' with naked Swedish farm student video

Education: 22 Nov 10
An internet video featuring naked Swedish high school students frolicking with farm animals and riding tractors on school property is no big deal, according to the school’s principal. READ »

Swedish woman in coma after botched breast op

Society: 17 Nov 10
A Swedish woman who underwent breast enlargement surgery in Poland after booking with a medical tourism company remains in a coma three months after the operation. READ »

Sweden's Alshammar takes World Cup crown

Sport: 8 Nov 10
Sweden's Therese Alshammar of Sweden netted $100,000 (659,150 kronor) for topping swimming's overall World Cup standings on Sunday. READ »

Webcam paedophile sentenced to year in jail

National: 26 Oct 10
A district court in southern Sweden sentenced a man who lured 45 young girls and adolescents to pose in front of webcams to one year in prison on Tuesday. READ »

Man freed in landmark S&M case

National: 28 Sep 10
A 32-year-old man was on Tuesday acquitted of assault after having violent sex with a teenager in a landmark case testing how much sexual violence is legally permitted in Sweden between consenting partners. READ »

Swedish court hears landmark S&M case

National: 14 Sep 10
A 32-year-old man charged with assault after having violent sex with a teenager appeared in a Malmö courtroom on Monday in a case testing how much sexual violence is legally permitted in Sweden between consenting partners. READ »

Swedish men reveal their dream women

Society: 2 Sep 10
Princess Madeleine is one of three celebrity women who came out on top when Swedish men were asked to plump for their dream woman in a survey of fantasies, health and the fairer sex. READ »

Sjöström claims European gold medal

Sport: 14 Aug 10
Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström lived up to domestic expectations on Friday as she claimed the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly event at the European Championships in Budapest. READ »

Swedish women vote to keep their tops on

Society: 22 Jul 10
Swedes, long famous round the world for their relaxed attitude to nudity, are now some of Europe’s biggest prudes, according to a new survey. READ »

Quack doctor sentenced to prison

Society: 7 Jun 10
A man pretending to be a naturopath has been sentenced to prison for three and a half years by Borås District Court. READ »

Swedish court considers sadomasochism case

National: 6 Jun 10
A Swedish court is to consider the issue of how much sexual violence is legally permitted between two consenting partners in a case involving a 32-year-old man who came into contact with his 16-year-old sex partner via a sex website. READ »

Imam charged with sex offences

National: 6 May 10
A 48-year-old imam who teaches children about the Koran has been charged with sexually molesting an 11-year-old female student. READ »

Vitamin pills can increase cancer risk: study

Science & Technology: 9 Apr 10
Women who take multivitamin pills daily have a higher incidence of breast cancer than those that do not take vitamin supplements, according to a new Swedish study which has been unable to explain why. READ »

Sweden bans fake boobs over explosion risk

Science & Technology: 1 Apr 10
Sweden's Medical Products Agency has banned three brands of silicone breast implants due to the risk of bursting, while it is unknown how many Swedish women may be bearing the combustible products. 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Stockholm Syndrome: The anonymity of fame

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 05
Obliviously bumping into celebrities left, right and centre, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent concludes that there's no better place to be famous than Sweden. READ »

"Castrate rapists" says Swedish politician

National: 16 Aug 05
As the number of reported rapes in Stockholm rises dramatically, Moderate Party councillor and chairman of the city's police board Kristina Axén Olin proposes chemically castrating repeat offenders. READ »

Trouble on the box

Lifestyle: 20 Aug 04
TV4's autumn schedule keeps abreast of changes in viewers' tastes, while SVT throws in the towel on its troubled production of Bonsai. READ »

1,000 breast cancer errors a year

Science & Technology: 30 Apr 04
A controversial report highlights screening flaws, and women are urged to insure their breasts. READ »

TV blackout misses docusoaps

Lifestyle: 30 Apr 04
What are the chances of that happening? A children's quiz goes off the air and, like the kids, the culture minister wants answers. READ »

Weight expectations

Science & Technology: 5 Mar 04
A tragic death after a simple liposuction operation gives Aftonbladet's readers food for thought, while Expressen focuses on how eating pasta can help you shed the pounds. And apparently Swedish women's breasts are getting bigger. READ »

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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

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