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'The future of freedom on the internet is at stake'

Science & Technology: 21 May 13
Internet policy experts gather in Stockholm this week to grapple with online data protection and surveillance issues that everyone who surfs the web should care about, reports technologist Stefan Geens. READ »

Sweden's drug testing industry plummets

Science & Technology: 17 May 13
Sweden's once flourishing pharmaceutical testing industry has been decimated in recent years, suffering an 85-percent drop according to new figures that industry experts describe as "deeply troubling". READ »

Bildt welcomes China's new Arctic Council status

Politics: 15 May 13
Carl Bildt hailed a decision taken by the Arctic Council in Kiruna on Wednesday to grant India, China and five other nations permanent observer status at a summit boycotted by Greenland over what it felt was a snub by Sweden. READ »

EU green lights Volvo and Dongfeng merger

Business & Money: 8 May 13
The European Commission has approved the merger of Sweden's Volvo Trucks and China's Dongfeng Motor, in what will create the biggest truck maker in the world. READ »

India seals Ikea's emerging-market push

Business & Money: 3 May 13
Ikea, Sweden's budget furniture giant, cleared a key hurdle on Thursday when the Indian cabinet said yes to its planned $2-billion push into the vast emerging market. READ »

'Let's tell the truth about women's progress'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Apr 13
Political leaders in Sweden and elsewhere could do themselves and women a favour by sticking to the facts when beating the drum for gender equality, argues liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji. READ »

Swedish ABB to buy US green power firm

Business & Money: 22 Apr 13
The engineering giant ABB announced it would purchase US green energy company Power One for the staggering sum of $1 billion in a bid to make the Swiss-Swedish company "a global player" in solar inverters. READ »

China's Mo Yan releases new book on Nobel win

Society: 19 Apr 13
Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan released a new novel on Friday, detailing his trip to Sweden where he picked up his Nobel Prize in December. READ »

Volvo Cars expected to post major losses

Business & Money: 18 Apr 13
Volvo Cars looks likely to post heavy losses for 2012 in China, due to weaker than expected sales in the world's biggest auto market. READ »

H&M set to dress Sweden's Olympians

Sport: 17 Apr 13
Swedish clothing giant H&M announced on Wednesday that it would be dressing Sweden's athletes for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and Sochi. READ »

Swedish historian lands prestigious Pulitzer prize

Society: 16 Apr 13
Swedish-American historian Fredrik Logevall has been awarded a Pulitzer prize, one of the most prestigious prizes awarded in the US for achievements in journalism and the arts. READ »

Global military spending falls: Swedish think tank

Business & Money: 15 Apr 13
Spending on weapons and military services dropped in 2012 compared to the year before, the first annual drop since 1998, according to the findings of a Swedish think tank. READ »

Karolinska Institute tops university list again

Education: 8 Apr 13
Stockholm's Karolinska Institute has come up trumps in an annual ranking of Sweden's top universities and colleges. READ »

Swedish healthcare: all you need to know

Lifestyle: 27 Mar 13
Sweden is a comparatively expensive place to live compared to the rest of Europe, but it delivers an exceptional standard of living. Expats too are entitled to receive the same healthcare, education, and welfare benefits as the native population. READ »

Snow and a strong krona dampen H&M profits

Business & Money: 21 Mar 13
Sweden's budget fashion giant H&M has cited disappointing sales and exchange-rate woes as factors behind a drop in net profit, and said the lingering winter will take a swipe at its spring collections. READ »

600 Swedish jobs to go as ST-Ericsson splits

Business & Money: 18 Mar 13
Up to 600 Swedish jobs may disappear when mobile technology joint venture ST-Ericsson splits its operations, the company said on Monday. READ »

China's arms exports soar: Swedish think tank

Business & Money: 18 Mar 13
A Swedish think tank ranked China on Monday as the world's fifth largest arms exporter, overtaking Britain and jumping to its highest position since the Cold War. READ »

Reinfeldt presses Turkey to reform terror laws

Politics: 12 Mar 13
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday urged Turkey to overhaul terrorism laws used to jail journalists, adding that he hoped the country's EU membership talks would get a fresh start this spring. READ »

Fouled food found at Ikeas in France, Russia

National: 7 Mar 13
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has halted the sale of sausages in Russia and chocolate cakes in France and more than 20 other countries after finding the products contained horsemeat and faecal bacteria respectively. READ »

Faecal bacteria found in Ikea chocolate cakes

National: 5 Mar 13
Health authorities in China have confiscated nearly two tonnes of chocolate cakes imported from Sweden by Ikea after finding high levels of bacteria commonly found in the human intestinal tract. READ »

Paris debutante H&M sticks to clean design

Society: 28 Feb 13
Swedish fashion giant H&M drew up a strictly edited collection on an opulent canvas, having refashioned the Rodin Museum grounds into a mock-up of a stately home for its highly publicized Paris Fashion Week premiere. READ »

H&M to hit catwalks of Paris fashion week

Business & Money: 27 Feb 13
Swedish cheap n' chic fashion giant H&M will take to the catwalk at Paris fashion week for the first time on Wednesday, hard on the heels of its Helen Hunt red carpet coup at the Academy Awards. READ »

Geely 'won't jeopardize Volvo integrity'

Business & Money: 21 Feb 13
Volvo Cars owner Geely plans to create a research centre in Gothenburg, western Sweden, to capitalize on advanced European technology without harming Volvo's brand. READ »

Swedish think tank notes military sales slump

Business & Money: 18 Feb 13
Stockholm-based think tank Sipri has found that sales made by the 100 biggest arms dealers, excluding China, has declined for the first time since the mid-1990s. READ »

ABB outperforms profit prediction

Business & Money: 14 Feb 13
Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB said on Thursday that net profit had shrunk by 15 percent in 2012 to $2.7 billion, but insisted it had held its ground in a tough market. READ »

Sweden a 'humanitarian super power': Bildt

National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden's foreign policy is being debated in the Riksdag on Wednesday. Follow The Local's live blog for the latest updates and reactions. READ »

Bildt slams 'provocative' North Korea nuke test

Politics: 12 Feb 13
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Tuesday called on the international community to condemn North Korea following reports it had carried out its third nuclear test. READ »

Indians help Sweden beat tourism slump

Business & Money: 6 Feb 13
Tourists from the US, China and, increasingly, India helped Swedish tourism grow incrementally despite a slump in visits from crisis-tainted European countries. READ »

Sweden hailed as EU foreign policy bigshot

Politics: 31 Jan 13
Sweden is the one of the most influential countries in the European Union when it comes to European foreign policy, according to a new ranking, exerting clout nearly on par with heavyweights Germany, France, and the UK. READ »

Massive expansion dampens H&M profits

Business & Money: 30 Jan 13
Swedish clothing giant H&M reported on Wednesday that its net profits increased by 6.6 percent last year, yet the company's high expansion costs meant it struggled to meet analysts' expectations on the stock exchange. READ »

Volvo partner blacklisted by Swedish pension fund

Business & Money: 29 Jan 13
Dong Feng, owners of a Chinese truckmaker in which Volvo recently purchased a 45 percent stake, has been blacklisted by a major Swedish state pension fund for allegedly violating a United Nations weapons embargo. READ »

Volvo takes pole after China truck purchase

Business & Money: 26 Jan 13
Swedish truckmaker Volvo claims to have become the largest global manufacturer of heavy trucks after completing the purchase of 45 percent of Chinese firm Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV). READ »

Swedish paper group SCA in record profit leap

Business & Money: 24 Jan 13
Swedish paper group Svenska Cellulosa (SCA) on Thursday reported a net profit spike that was nine times higher than in 2011, as the company turns its attention to Asia. READ »

Ikea set for spending spree as profits boom

Business & Money: 23 Jan 13
Ikea posted an 8-percent increase in full-year profits on Wednesday, with the Swedish furniture retailer set to open two dozen stores and add thousands of jobs in 2013. READ »

Ikea clears major hurdle in India expansion bid

Business & Money: 22 Jan 13
Ikea has won approval from a foreign investment panel in India for a $2 billion plan to open several branches of the Swedish flat-pack furniture giant across the country. READ »

Sweden rules out taking Syria's Assad to the ICC

Politics: 16 Jan 13
Sweden was the lone EU member state to opt out of a petition the UN Security Council to take Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the International Criminal Court (ICC), disappointing human rights observers who claim the move is "un-Swedish". READ »

Sweden ramps up industrial espionage fight

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 13
Industrial espionage directed against Swedish companies and research institutions is on the rise, according to intelligence officials, prompting new inter-agency intelligence coordination to protect national security. READ »

Brits accused in Sweden garlic smuggling racket

Society: 9 Jan 13
Sweden has issued an arrest warrant for two Britons suspected of smuggling millions of dollars' worth of garlic into Sweden from Norway. READ »

Sweden sets immigration record in 2012

National: 3 Jan 13
Sweden issued a record number of residence permits in 2012, with the total tally ending up at 110,000, a 19-percent hike from 2011 with refugees accounting for the bulk of the increase, new statistics show. READ »

'Limit Muslims' birth rate': Sweden Democrat

Politics: 3 Jan 13
An outspoken local Sweden Democrat politician who previously argued “negro” is not a racist term, has generated headlines again by calling for a law to cap the fertility rate of Muslims around the world. READ »

Volvo ponders luxury factory in India

Business & Money: 28 Dec 12
Swedish car giant Volvo said on Thursday it was looking into the possibility of opening car manufacturers in India in an effort to double their global sales. READ »

Ikea bid set for green light in India: minister

Business & Money: 27 Dec 12
India's commerce minister has taken "a favourable view" of plans to open Sweden's retail giant Ikea in India, despite the string of proposed retail changes put forward last month. READ »

'Our baguettes are from Finland': French envoy

Lifestyle: 21 Dec 12
The Local catches up with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, France's ambassador to Sweden, to talk Gerard Depardieu, Vikings, the EU, and where to get the best baguettes. READ »

The man with the best memory in Sweden

Lifestyle: 20 Dec 12
In The Local's series spotlighting Swedes who have made headlines during the week, we talk to Jonas von Essen, the memory whizz who raked in three awards at the World Memory Championships in London for his total recall. READ »

CEO: 'very difficult' for Volvo Cars to avoid loss

Business & Money: 19 Dec 12
The head of Volvo Cars warned in an interview on Tuesday that it would be "very difficult" for the company to avoid losing money this year and next. READ »

Volvo Cars to refinance loans with Chinese help

Business & Money: 14 Dec 12
Volvo Cars said on Thursday that it had received a loan of €922 million ($1.2 billion) from the China Development Bank in a move to refinance Volvo's other loans. READ »

Swedish boys fight less than other boys: study

Society: 13 Dec 12
Swedish boys are less likely to get into scraps than boys in other countries, but are still more aggressive than the girls, according to an international study into different parenting styles. READ »

Renault sheds shares in Sweden's Volvo Trucks

Business & Money: 13 Dec 12
French carmaker Renault said Wednesday it had begun to sell off its remaining shares in Swedish truck manufacturer AB Volvo to reduce the company's debt and raise funds for investment. READ »

Ikea cranks up speed on hotel development

Business & Money: 11 Dec 12
The investment arm of Ikea, which in August unveiled plans for a budget hotel chain, has more than doubled its investment pace, a spokesman said on Tuesday. READ »

Nobel Prize ceremony concludes in Stockholm

National: 10 Dec 12
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has handed over this year's prizes to the Nobel laureates at Stockholm's Concert Hall, watched over by more than 1,500 honoured guests. READ »

Fashion and food in focus at Nobel banquet

Society: 10 Dec 12
The annual Nobel banquet in Stockholm is an exercise in culinary creativity, fashion, and logistics, as staff try to get more than 1,300 starters to tables in a stately hall filled with some of Sweden's best dressed and most influential people. READ »

Swede hailed as hero after rescue in China

Society: 10 Dec 12
A 53-year-old Swedish man made headlines as a hero in China after he jumped into a river to save a drowning woman’s life. READ »

Spies in Sweden mostly from China, Russia, Iran

Politics: 8 Dec 12
Spies from more than 15 foreign powers are operating in Sweden today, with Russia, China and Iran being the most active in espionage within Sweden's borders. READ »

Mo Yan: no author is liked by all of his readers

Society: 8 Dec 12
During his Nobel literature lecture in Stockholm on Friday, Chinese writer Mo Yan acknowledged the controversy surrounding his nomination, urging critics to read his books. READ »

'Mini Stockholm' invades English Christmas city

Society: 5 Dec 12
The famed Christmas market in the British city of Lincoln will get a taste of Sweden on Thursday as a Swedish entrepreneur and a team of helpers set up red cottages and “turn Lincoln into a mini Stockholm”. READ »

Mo Yan to avoid politics at Nobel awards

Society: 5 Dec 12
This year's Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan heads to Sweden on Wednesday to accept his award, however the Chinese author will likely try to avoid mentioning jailed fellow laureate Liu Xiaobo in his acceptance speech. READ »

Mushroom mix-up taints Swedish Academy

Society: 4 Dec 12
A Chinese poet says he is shocked and afraid after two members of the Swedish Academy, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize, agreed he should be annihilated. READ »

'More Swedish kids should learn Chinese'

Education: 4 Dec 12
The Swedish government on Monday took steps to boost Mandarin studies in Swedish schools, but it will likely be more than a decade before China's biggest language is widely taught in Sweden. READ »

Foreign students warm to Umeå University

Study in Sweden: 4 Dec 12
Umeå may not win many prizes for its somewhat inhospitable climate, but it is nevertheless one of the best places in the world to study, according to a recently published report. READ »

Stockholm University: A very Nobel institution

Education: 4 Dec 12
Stockholm University and its associates probably have a closer link with the Nobel Prize than any other educational institute in the world. To explain why requires a look back into the history of Sweden and its capital. READ »

Volvo aims for 'no-death' new cars by 2020

Business & Money: 4 Dec 12
Swedish carmaker Volvo hopes smart functions in its vehicles will result in zero deaths or injuries in new Volvos by 2020, a top manager said on Monday. READ »

Volvo drives cash into its Swedish factories

Business & Money: 3 Dec 12
Volvo Cars will spend almost half of a multi-billion investment on its production in Sweden, the company said in a statement on Monday. READ »

Swedish children need to study more: minister

Education: 27 Nov 12
Sweden failed to make an appearance in a list of the top 20 countries worldwide ranked by education quality, a review which coincided with the Finance Minister claiming that Swedish kids need to study more. READ »

Nobel laureate slams Mo Yan literature award

Society: 24 Nov 12
Herta Mueller, a past winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature has accused the 2012 laureate, China's Mo Yan, of celebrating censorship" and described him as a "catastrophe". READ »

Swedish retirement made easier for Indians

Business & Money: 23 Nov 12
The Swedish government is set to simplify the pension system for the country's 8,000-strong Indian workforce, as the social security minister jets off to New Delhi in the latest bid to strengthen ties with the key Asian market. READ »

Ikea can't get the meatball rolling in India

Business & Money: 23 Nov 12
Ikea's India expansion plans hit a potential snag this week after the Swedish furniture giant learned it may not be able to sell its famed meatballs in new stores after authorities rejected a number of planned product lines. READ »

Obama win has Swedish politicians smiling

Politics: 7 Nov 12
Leading politicians in Sweden of all political stripes rejoiced early Wednesday morning over the re-election of US president Barack Obama, but cautioned he has a tough road ahead. READ »

2012 US election fever grips Swedish media

Politics: 5 Nov 12
With the US presidential election a day away, the Swedish media remains in an all-out frenzy of coverage looking at whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will win, much to the surprise of some US expats. READ »

Reinfeldt brands EU budget 'unrealistic'

Politics: 30 Oct 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday slammed the 2012-2020 EU budget, proposed by current president Cyprus, branding the draft "unrealistic". READ »

Sweden climbs world universities' top rank and file

Education: 30 Oct 12
With policies changing on charging foreign students in Sweden, there is greater need for the country's universities to build on their already glowing international reputations. Some of the most helpful indicators of academic excellence are the various international university rankings. READ »

Ericsson shares slide as profits nosedive

Business & Money: 26 Oct 12
Profits at Ericsson dropped 42 percent in the third quarter, the Swedish telecom equipment maker reported on Friday, citing challenges in the European and Asian markets. READ »

Former MAN chairman named new Volvo CEO

Business & Money: 19 Oct 12
Volvo Cars board member Håkan Samuelsson, who previously served as chairman of German truckmaker MAN, has been named the new Volvo CEO, taking over from current head Stefan Jacoby who suffered a stroke in September. READ »

Sweden summons Israeli envoy over Iran report

Politics: 15 Oct 12
Sweden's foreign ministry said on Monday that it had summoned the Israeli ambassador after an official from the country had been quoted saying that Stockholm would oppose more EU sanctions on Iran. READ »

Live Blog: 2012 Nobel Prize announcements

Society: 15 Oct 12
The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are being announced this week in Stockholm. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the winners and why they won. READ »

Volvo halts production at Swedish plant

Business & Money: 15 Oct 12
Volvo Cars announced Monday that the there would be a week-long stop to production at one of their primary plants following a sluggish European auto market. READ »

Mo Yan win 'denigrates' Nobel lit prize: artist

Society: 12 Oct 12
The Swedish Academy's choice of Mo Yan for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature has been slammed by Chinese dissidents and regime critics, including artist Ai Weiwei who called the decision "a joke". READ »

'It was an easy decision': Swedish Academy

Society: 11 Oct 12
As the dust settles over a Stockholm all a flutter at the naming of Mo Yan as winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Local’s Rebecca Martin catches up with Peter Englund of the Swedish Academy to find out more about why one should read Yan's work. READ »

Chinese author Mo Yan awarded Nobel lit prize

Society: 11 Oct 12
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday. READ »

Seven hot names in the Nobel Literature race

Lifestyle: 10 Oct 12
With the Nobel Prize in Literature to be announced in Stockholm on Thursday, world media and gambling companies have taken the chance to voice their favourites and their predictions as to who will be the lucky Literature Laureate. READ »

Ikea files final paperwork for India entry

Business & Money: 8 Oct 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is one step closer to setting up retail operations in India, spokespeople for the company said on Monday, after the company has filed the final paperwork with Indian authorities. READ »

Gender-neutral pronoun debate rocks Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Oct 12
While Swedish advocates of gender equality have found a new frontier - pushing for the gender-neutral pronoun, hen, not all experts agree it is a good idea, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert finds out. READ »

Spyker, Saab lawsuit rejected by GM

Business & Money: 30 Sep 12
US carmaker General Motors has denied any criminal wrongdoing in the bankruptcy of Swedish carmaker Saab, calling on US authorities to throw out a lawsuit filed by Dutch carmaker Spyker which is seeking $3 billion in damages. READ »

Swedes like the US more than the EU: study

National: 17 Sep 12
Swedes have a more favourable opinion of the United States than they do of the European Union, according to a new study, which also found Sweden to have the lowest opinion of Israel of any EU country. READ »

Volvo slashes consultant staff, pressures suppliers

Business & Money: 14 Sep 12
Volvo Cars cut 400 consultant jobs on Friday and warned suppliers they would have to cut prices by 20 percent by 2015 if they wanted to be a part of the Swedish automaker's plans to expand production. READ »

Sweden beat China 1-0 in lacklustre friendly

Sport: 7 Sep 12
Sweden's national football team beat its Chinese counterpart 1-0 in a largely empty Olympia stadium in Helsingborg on Thursday in a warm-up match ahead of the hosts' Word Cup qualifyer next week. READ »

Sweden's Jacobsson shoots way to 17th Paralympic gold

Sport: 6 Sep 12
Swede Jonas Jacobsson, the most decorated Paralympian in history, picked up his 17th Paralympic Games gold medal on Wednesday by winning the men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 title. READ »

Volvo profits plummet as global sales slump

Business & Money: 5 Sep 12
Swedish carmaker Volvo reported an 84 percent drop in operating profit through the first half of the year compared to 2011 amid slumping sales and tough competition. READ »

Saab logo left out as new model announced

Business & Money: 3 Sep 12
The new owners of bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab plan to launch their first model in 2014, they announced on Monday, and while the cars can be called Saabs, they will lack the brand's famed griffin logo. READ »

Fredrik Ljungberg to quit football

Sport: 25 Aug 12
Despite contract offers from the US, England, China and Australia, Swede Fredrik Ljungberg has decided to put his football shoes on the shelf for good at the age of 35. READ »

Swedish man stabbed to death in Taiwan

National: 22 Aug 12
A Swedish man in his fifties has been found stabbed to death in his apartment in Taiwan, with the man’s girlfriend detained by police on the suspicion of murder. READ »

Foreign diplomats owe huge parking fine debt

Business & Money: 17 Aug 12
Foreign diplomats to Sweden have amassed almost 600 unpaid parking tickets so far this year, with the total amount of unpaid fines for the year reaching over 400,000 kronor ($59,642). READ »

Student Exchanges in Sweden: the international edge

Study in Sweden: 10 Aug 12
With competition in the professional jobs market tighter than ever, gaining international experience as part of your degree can help give you that crucial extra edge. Linköping University is one Swedish institution proving popular with exchange students. READ »

Ikea closer to India market entry: report

Business & Money: 7 Aug 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea may soon be opening its doors to Indian customers, after the Swedish retailer and the Indian government have come close to reaching a compromise over local-sourcing rules. READ »

Saab owner makes $3bn claim against GM

Business & Money: 6 Aug 12
Saab owner Spyker filed a three billion dollar claim against General Motors on Monday stating that GM took part in "unlawful actions" which led to the Swedish car manufacturer's bankruptcy last year. READ »

Sweden's Dahlby claims shooting silver

Sport: 3 Aug 12
Sweden's Håkan Dahlby went a long way to expunging the failure of Beijing 2008 when he claimed the silver medal in the double trap on Thursday, coming in behind Britain's Peter Wilson. READ »

How chemicals are poisoning us: Stockholm professor raises the alarm

Education: 1 Aug 12
The spread of dangerous chemicals could lead to a global human catastrophe, Stockholm University Professor Åke Bergman believes. Bergman played a major role in the film Submission, which did for this issue what 'Supersize Me' did for the issue of fast foods. READ »

Swedish agency partied for millions: report

Business & Money: 30 Jul 12
Since January 2010 the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth has spent some 7.5 million kronor ($1.1 million) on internal entertainment such as luxury dinners and ski trips, equating to 25,000 kronor per employee. READ »

New internet drug kills 14 young Swedes

National: 28 Jul 12
A new drug sold online has caused the deaths of 14 young men in Sweden since the beginning of July, and the Swedish National Institute of Public Health is now attempting a speedy process to ban the drug. READ »

Sweden's H&M to shut Hong Kong store

Business & Money: 27 Jul 12
Swedish fashion retailer H&M has announced that it is closing its flagship downtown Hong Kong store due to the high levels of rents being demanded in the city. READ »

'English key to China changing the world': Swedish table tennis star

Sport: 21 Jul 12
Swedish table tennis legend Jörgen Persson predicts that English lessons for the Chinese team can help to make the world a better place during the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games, reigniting the 'ping pong diplomacy' of the 1970s. READ »

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