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Woman finds maggot in McDonald's hamburger

Society: 22 Dec 11
A customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Gothenburg in western Sweden was shocked to discover a maggot crawling among the lettuce leaves in her newly purchased hamburger. READ »

Activist wrote threat letters in his own blood

Society: 28 Oct 11
A 21-year-old animal rights activist from western Sweden is facing charges for sending various threat letters -- some written in his own blood. He is also suspected of setting a hamburger restaurant on fire. READ »

What does it mean to be a dual citizen?

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Oct 11
After Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu ruffled feathers last week by suggesting ‘temporary’ citizenship as a way to combat crime, contributor Ruben Brunsveld reflects on the meaning of passports and citizenship. READ »

Beer in Sweden: bevy of brews greets the autumn

Lifestyle: 31 Aug 11
Beer blogger Darren Packman offers his thoughts on a slew of new beers set to hit the shelves in Systembolaget stores in September, as Sweden's state-run liquor monopoly stays true to the old saying - all good things come in threes. READ »

McDonald's advert fakes 'Swedish' farmland

Business & Money: 23 Aug 11
The pristine countryside which serves as the backdrop for a McDonald’s commercial highlighting Swedish agriculture the burger giant's cooperation with farmers in Sweden isn't actually Swedish. READ »

Swedish PM's son to flip burgers at McDonald's

Business & Money: 3 Aug 11
Gustaf Reinfeldt, the 18-year-old son of the Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, has secured a job at US hamburger chain McDonald's, using his Twitter feed to invite friends in for a grilled patty. READ »

Animal rights activists claim McDonalds firebomb responsibility

National: 10 Jul 11
The Animal Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for Friday's fire attack at a hamburger restaurant in Gothenburg, according to local media reports. READ »

Outgoing US ambassador to Sweden looks back

Analysis & Opinion: 27 May 11
In the final days of his shortened term as US ambassador to Sweden, Matthew Barzun tells The Local's David Landes about what Sweden can teach the world about balance as he prepares to help US President Barack Obama get reelected. READ »

Beer in Sweden: Looking beyond the lager

Lifestyle: 24 Mar 11
In this month's column on what some enthusiasts like to call the amber nectar, blogger Darren Packman reminds us that brews come in all colours and that staying loyal to one is like having a cheeseburger for breakfast, lunch and dinner. READ »

Beer in Sweden: it's not as bad as you think

Lifestyle: 17 Feb 11
In his first monthly column on malted beverages, blogger Darren Packman reminds readers that beer, not wine, helped build empires and explains what it's like to taste a 1,150 kronor ($178) bottle of beer. READ »

Fruit giant to dole out $200,000 over Bananas!* lawsuit

Society: 29 Nov 10
A Los Angeles judge has ruled that food giant Dole Foods must pay $200,000 (1.4 million kronor) to cover the lawyers' fees incurred by the Swedish filmmakers behind a controversial documentary criticising the company. READ »

Second arrest in killing of Swedish honeymooner

National: 18 Nov 10
A second man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Swedish honeymooner who was abducted and killed in Cape Town last week. The arrest comes after another man reportedly admitted to the killing. READ »

Arrest made in Swedish honeymooner killing

National: 16 Nov 10
South African police have arrested a man in connection with the weekend killing of a Swedish woman was was visiting the country on her honeymoon. READ »

Blood pudding most disliked Swedish dish

Lifestyle: 24 Aug 10
Sponsored article: Foreigners living in Sweden can't get enough of smoked salmon, cinnamon buns, crayfish and meatballs. However, they have a harder time warming up to blood pudding, fried herring, Kalles kaviar and pasta with ketchup, The Local's readers revealed in a survey. READ »

Animals dumped when summer comes

Society: 18 Jul 10
Sweden’s zoos and wildlife parks have been inundated this summer with unwanted pets found abandoned in woods, flower beds and subway trains. READ »

Brits highlight Gothenburg links

National: 15 Jun 10
There’s rather a British feel in 'Little London' this week, as the UK celebrates its historic ties to Sweden's second city. READ »

McDonald's accused of selling old food

National: 14 May 10
McDonald's restaurants in Sweden have been accused of re-dating old food that should have been thrown out, according to a report on Sveriges Television. READ »

A new life in northern Sweden - Part One

Lifestyle: 21 Apr 10
Macho men, monotony, mosquitoes: Englishman Alec Forss heard all the clichés trotted out as he made known his plans to move to northern Sweden. But nothing could deter him from plunging headlong into the vast wilderness beyond the Arctic circle. READ »

Springtime skiing - just a bus ride from Stockholm

Travel: 19 Mar 10
If watching the Olympics gave you an itch to hit the slopes, consider Romme Alpin, a bus ride from Stockholm, says Davrell Roberts Tien. READ »

Thieves open fire in Södertälje supermarket

National: 1 Mar 10
Police are searching for four armed robbers who opened fire with a hand gun and a rifle during a supermarket robbery on Saturday in Södertälje, 30 kilometres south of Stockholm. READ »

Burger King trades blows with regulator over headbutt advert

Society: 22 Jan 10
The Swedish advertising ombudsman has upheld a number of complaints about a Burger King TV advertisement showing one chef headbutting another in a cooking contest feud. READ »

Agency blasts Sweden's 'most expensive' ranking

Society: 11 Jan 10
The Swedish Institute has slammed as “nonsense” an index released last week which ranked Sweden as the most expensive country in the world. READ »

Tooth and nail meet over McDonald's burger

National: 8 Jan 10
A trip to McDonald’s for Gothenburg resident Yusuf Bercil proved more than he could chew after biting into his burger and chomping on a nail two-centimetres in length. READ »

McDonald's used to help Swedish children learn English

Society: 28 Dec 09
Ronald McDonald is helping Swedish schoolchildren improve their English skills, unbeknownst to the US fast food giant who created the icon. READ »

What's On in Sweden: December 25th - 31st

Lifestyle: 23 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Choral Christmas in Stockholm, a New Year's Eve run in Gothenburg and get your skates on in Malmö. READ »

Burger baron to buy Stockholm's priciest flat

Business & Money: 3 Dec 09
Curt Bergfors, the founder of Swedish fast food chain Max, has lined up the purchase of the most expensive apartment ever built in Sweden, a piece of property set to leave him with a 52 million kronor ($7.6 million) hole in his pocket. READ »

'Hamburglar' hits Stockholm-area McDonald's

Society: 12 Nov 09
A hungry thief sent an employee from a Stockholm-area McDonald’s to hospital on Wednesday night before making off with a booty that included more than just money. READ »

Speed demon Swede fined in Germany

Society: 11 Nov 09
A 33-year-old Swedish man has been fined €2,000 ($3,000) by police in Germany after he was caught speeding on the autobahn at more than double the legal limit while cruising south with his girlfriend in a BMW convertible. READ »

Create your own blog on The Local

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Oct 09
Have you got a lot to get off your chest? Photos of Sweden you'd love to share with a wider audience? Tales of nightlife in Nyköping, young folks in Jönköping, newcomers to Norrköping, or just shopping in Köping? READ »

Starbucks coming to Sweden

Business & Money: 21 Oct 09
Starbucks, the ubiquitous Seattle-based chain of coffee houses, is set to open its first outlet in Sweden. READ »

Swedish grocers demand talks with Dole over Bananas!* lawsuit

Business & Money: 7 Oct 09
Swedish grocery store chains ICA and Axfood have said they want to meet with the Swedish subsidiary of Dole Foods to discuss Dole’s attempts to ban a Swedish documentary film about the US food giant. READ »

Swedish burger chain ditches Dole over Bananas!* lawsuit

Society: 6 Oct 09
Swedish hamburger chain Max has said it will stop selling Dole fruit salad in retaliation for the US food giant’s bid to muzzle a Swedish documentary film about the company. READ »

Passed out vodka lover comes to sporting lewd tattoo

Society: 5 Oct 09
A 27-year-old man from northern Sweden has certain regrets about drinking a full bottle of vodka after waking up the morning after with a six inch penis tattooed on his leg. READ »

Billy bookshelf does battle with Big Mac Index

Business & Money: 10 Sep 09
Ikea’s iconic Billy bookshelf may be on its way to ousting McDonald’s Big Mac as a gauge for comparing price levels across different countries. READ »

Fuglesang lifts off

National: 29 Aug 09
After three previous attempts this week, the Discovery space shuttle has finally blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida with Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang and six Americans on board. READ »

Rest home resident dies after swallowing false teeth

Science & Technology: 15 Jul 09
Health authorities in eastern Sweden have reported their own inaction to the National Board of Health and Welfare after an 85-year-old man swallowed his false teeth and died. 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 »

Elk couple on Sunday morning stroll through Gothenburg

Society: 28 Jun 09
A pair of elks went on a morning walk through central Gothenburg on Sunday morning, passing by a hamburger restaurant before finding their way to the more familiar territory of nearby parkland. READ »

Mud, sun and Neil Young: The Local's festival survival tips

Lifestyle: 16 Jun 09
Stuart Roberts traipsed through the mud at Stockholm’s ‘Where the Action is’ to compile this season’s summer festival survival guide. 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 »

Burger King sets its sights on northern Sweden

Business & Money: 26 Mar 09
A burger war is brewing in northern Sweden, pitting the country’s own Max hamburger restaurants against American fast food giants McDonald’s and Burger King. READ »

Untangling the role of Swedish banks in Latvia's financial woes

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Mar 09
As economies in the Baltic states falter, The Local’s Juris Kaza looks at why so many observers have placed much of the blame for Latvia’s financial woes on Swedish banks. READ »

Skiing on a shoestring in Åre

Travel: 22 Jan 09
With money troubles weighing heavier on Sweden than a fresh fall of snow, Jennifer Heape headed to the Åre ski resort to check out a more frugal alternative to the typical foreign alpine getaway. READ »

What's on in Sweden: December 5 - 11

Lifestyle: 4 Dec 08
What's on in Sweden: December 5th - 11th. Hootchy Kootchy burlesque and Cirkus Cirkör in Stockholm; Motorhead and "making a difference" in Gothenburg; Status Quo in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Stockholm ranks as fourth most expensive city

Society: 13 Nov 08
A new study confirms what Stockholm residents have long suspected: consumer goods in Sweden’s capital city are expensive. READ »

Introducing... Katrin Zytomierska

Lifestyle: 11 Nov 08
Meet Katrin Zytomierska, the outspoken television personality who spent most of last month insulting people and getting her name all over the front pages. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 24 - October 30

Lifestyle: 23 Oct 08
What’s on: Cyndi Lauper and modern dance film festival in Stockholm; Lloyd Cole in Gothenburg; Smurfs and chocolate festival in Malmö. READ »

Stockholm weekend going out guide: Friday, Oct 17

Lifestyle: 14 Oct 08
The Local helps fulfil all your Stockholm nightlife needs this Friday in cooperation with the ever-reliable entertainment gurus from Djungeltrumman. READ »

'Burger battle' may prove costly for Borås

National: 22 Sep 08
The burger dispute related to next year’s European under-21 football championships in Sweden may end up putting a dent in Borås’s public finances. READ »

McDonald's withdraws 'deafening' toys

Society: 13 Sep 08
Fast-food chain McDonald's has announced the withdrawal of musical toys sold with Happy Meals in Sweden. The toys have been widely criticized as dangerous to children's hearing. READ »

Top ten Swedish taste sensations

Lifestyle: 19 Aug 08
Sweden has a rich and varied culinary tradition, and a vast selection of dishes which have, quite rightly, earned their places as favourites with gourmands worldwide, writes Matt O’Leary. READ »

Mushroom war marked by cunning and subterfuge

Lifestyle: 14 Aug 08
With chanterelle season upon us, it's time again for the annual funghi wars that help keep country life interesting, writes migrant mushroom worshipper Rose Kemp. READ »

Vimmerby a perfect summer outing for fun-starved families

Travel: 24 Jul 08
Father of two and theme park cynic Ben Kersley explains why a trip to Astrid Lindgren’s World in Vimmerby may be just the right cure for children and parents suffering from summertime boredom. READ »

Borås loses out in Uefa burger battle

Sport: 21 Jul 08
Swedish fast food restaurant chain Max has decided to follow the will of the people and refuse to close during the U21 European Championships in 2009. Uefa will now move the matches from Borås to another venue. READ »

MAX hamburgers vs. McDonald´s at football championship

Sport: 19 Jul 08
Swedish fast food restaurant chain MAX has decided to let a people´s vote decide whether they bow into pressure from Uefa and McDonald´s to close during the under 21s European Championships in Borås next year. READ »

A shore thing: Swedish lakes

Lifestyle: 12 Jun 08
A keen wildlife watcher and hobby angler, René Rice falls hook, line and sinker for Sweden's watery charms. READ »

Gamla Stan needs a shopping mall

Analysis & Opinion: 7 May 08
It's time for Stockholm to brush off the cob-webbed cobblestones of nostalgia and build a state of the art shopping mall in the historic old town, David Bartal argues. READ »

Witnessing Eurovision nightmares in a Gothenburg downpour

Travel: 28 Apr 08
In his book Cycling Back to Happiness, English journalist Bernie Friend covers 6,000 kilometres of northern Europe on a bicycle in a bid to overcome his paranoia. In the last of our three excerpts, Bernie and his pal Rhys get unexpectedly Eurovisioned in Gothenburg. READ »

Sniffing shrunken tea bags in a town in western Sweden

Travel: 14 Apr 08
In his book Cycling Back to Happiness, English journalist Bernie Friend covers 6,000 kilometres of northern Europe on a bicycle in a bid to overcome his paranoia. Here, in the first of three excerpts, he describes a close encounter with moist snuff. 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 »

Head-on collisions with the real language barrier

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Apr 08
Columnist René Rice wonders why it is that many Swedes feel the need to reply to him in English when all he wants is the learn the lingo and order a fiskburgare. READ »

Uefa wants to shut down Swedish burger joint

Sport: 1 Apr 08
UEFA is demanding that Max, a Swedish fast food restaurant, close down during the under-21 European football tournament in Borås. 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 »

Death notices get cute'n'quirky in Sweden

Lifestyle: 14 Feb 08
Almost anything goes for death notices in Swedish newspapers, where personalized drawings are a growing trend. READ »

Whopper coming to Stockholm bourse

Business & Money: 8 Jan 08
Burger King parent Nordic Service Partners is set to start trading on the exchange January 15th. READ »

Getting high with my weekend visitors

Lifestyle: 12 Nov 07
Tipping Point: Entertaining visitors in the dog days of late autumn is always a challenge, but Kathleen Harman thinks she's found just the place to keep them amused. READ »

Damages claim after slave wages allegation

Society: 26 Oct 07
Unions are planning to claim damages from three hamburger chains after reports that they used workers on slave-like contracts. Police are also taking action over claims that one cleaning contractor dodged taxes. READ »

Exchange office held up in Helsingborg

National: 23 Oct 07
Police in Skåne are searching for robbers who held up a foreign exchange office in Helsingborg on Monday night. READ »

Max Hamburgers announces Middle East expansion

Business & Money: 19 Sep 07
Sweden's family-owned hamburger chain Max has announced plans to expand its concept to the Middle East. READ »

Thousands demonstrate against Nato in Gothenburg

National: 12 May 07
Several thousand people have marched through Gothenburg to protest against a major Nato naval exercise being carried out from the city's harbour. 'Hope you sink', said one banner. READ »

Helicopter makes emergency landing for McDonalds lunch

National: 17 Apr 07
A group of inspectors took the unorthodox step on Tuesday of parking their helicopter at the side of the motorway in southern Stockholm and popping in to McDonalds for a spot of lunch. READ »

Sweden third on iPod Index

Science & Technology: 19 Jan 07
In 1986 The Economist launched the Big Mac Index to measure purchasing power parity. Now an Australian bank updates the concept, comparing the price of iPods around the world. READ »

Introducing...the Wallenbergs

Lifestyle: 15 Jan 07
While the Social Democrats controlled the Swedish state for much of the past century, it was the Wallenbergs who controlled the country's business life. And now the family has let the TV cameras in. READ »

Extremists in Gothenburg street brawl

Society: 2 Dec 06
At least three people were injured on Saturday afternoon when a gang of right wing extremists clashed with anti-fascists in central Gothenburg. READ »

McDonald's slumps while Max marches on

Business & Money: 28 Aug 06
Swedes are turning patriotic when it comes to fast food: McDonald's net profit has slumped while homegrown chain Max is biting supersize chunks out of Sweden's burger market. READ »

Malmö man jailed for shooting

National: 27 Jun 06
A man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for shooting dead another man in Malmö earlier this year. READ »

Boy crashes as he hunts for a burger

Society: 20 Jun 06
A four-year old Swedish boy crashed his father's car as he tried to drive to McDonald's to buy a hamburger. 'He likes to do things like his dad,' said the father. READ »

Multicultural Market aims to seduce Gothenburgers

Travel: 1 Jun 06
Under Gothenburg's answer to the Golden Gate, an American and a Brit have set up a Swedish market with the alternative chic of London's Camden. Janelle Larsson takes a look. READ »

International hunt for court escapee

National: 13 May 06
The 52 year old man who escaped from Västerås district court on Friday with the help of two armed men was still at large early on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Armed men spring drugs man from courtroom

National: 12 May 06
Two masked and armed men stormed into Västerås district court on Friday lunchtime and set free a 52-year old man charged with possessing 20 kilos of amphetamines. READ »

Max overtakes Burger King

Business & Money: 6 Mar 06
Sweden's home-grown burger chain Max is now bigger on its home market than international rival Burger King. The company says it also took market share from McDonald's in 2005. READ »

Semlor: cream buns and cultural icons

Lifestyle: 16 Feb 06
A humble bun stuffed with almond paste and whipped cream has become one of Sweden's most revered foods, with annual competitions, an academy - and even its own legislation. READ »

Graffiti artist film wins top award

Smörgåsbord: 9 Feb 06
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Women to the fore in Göteborg film fest

Lifestyle: 9 Feb 06
Graffiti artist film wins top award
An impressive line-up of movies from Sweden and abroad set Göteborg's film festival alight: and from the Swedish all-female 'Doris' movies to transsexual movie Transamerica, gender issues are at the fore. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: A clean sweep

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Nov 05
Clearing out junk from the apartment block cellar on a group cleaning day, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent is surprised to rediscover the best of the Swedish spirit. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: The Waiting Game

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Sep 05
Hopping from one queue to another, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers one good thing about bad service in Sweden: at least it's distributed fairly. READ »

What do Swedes really think of America?

: 12 Jan 05
The land of the free - or the home of the depraved? The over-powerful, gluttonous antithesis of Sweden's liberal, distributive society - or pretty cool? Answers please. READ »

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Checkout value unites shoppers

National: 11 Jun 04
The cost of eating falls and Stockholmers no longer need to pay more than their west coast cousins - but Swedes are still being ripped off. READ »

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