February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Chocolate":
Society: 24 Jan 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea said on Tuesday it has no plans to reverse a decision to stop selling a number of well-known Swedish food brands in its stores despite a barrage of complaints from angry customers.
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National: 2 Jan 12
Aside from the occasional snack, it's not common for Santa Claus to be the receiver of gifts at Christmas, but this year one lucky Santa in northern Sweden had a bit of a windfall after a gifted betting slip turned out to be a winner.
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National: 11 Dec 11
Swedish Nobel laureate in literature, Tomas Tranströmer, continued to be the focus of attention during the Nobel banquet on Saturday night.
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Lifestyle: 9 Dec 11
For many Swedes, Christmas celebrations just aren't complete without a tasty glass of Christmas beer. Beer blogger Darren Packman offers some tips on some of the best Christmas beers available in Sweden this season.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper.
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National: 18 Nov 11
Two Swedish men were rescued on Thursday after being stuck for five days on the top of Mount Kebnekajse, Sweden's highest peak, as poor weather had previously made a rescue operation impossible.
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Society: 5 Nov 11
A special pastry available in Sweden only on the All Saint's Day weekend has hit the shelves. The cake honors the death of the nation's warrior king, Gustav Adolf II.
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Society: 18 Oct 11
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt brought a new dimension to Swedish foreign policy recently when he sent a stray teddy bear back to its young owner in Belgium.
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Business & Money: 18 Oct 11
Swedes are the worst shoplifting offenders in the Nordic region, costing every resident 779 kronor ($117) per year in higher retail prices, according to a new study, which also found that meat is among the most popular items stolen.
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Society: 16 Oct 11
Swedish chocolate maker Marabou's thriving Facebook community was shut down after being hit by a sabotaging spammer who uploaded pornographic images to the page.
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Business & Money: 14 Oct 11
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea plans to stop selling a number of well-known Swedish-branded foodstuffs in its stores around the world in a move toward stocking exclusively Ikea-branded food.
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Science & Technology: 11 Oct 11
A fondness for chocolate doesn't have to be all bad, according to new Swedish research which has shown that the more chocolate consumed, the lower the risk of suffering a stroke.
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Business & Money: 29 Sep 11
Some 97 percent of Swedes did not find the picture on chocolate giant Fazer's “Kinapuffar” product offensive despite claims of racism, according to a recent survey carried out by market research company Sifo.
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Society: 20 Sep 11
Confectionery giant Fazer has announced that its "Kinapuffar" product is to be re-designed after complaints that the current portrait was "racist".
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National: 22 Jul 11
When foreigners are prompted to share what they think of Sweden their thoughts wander to the great outdoors, shopping, snow and beautiful women, according to a new survey from VisitSweden.
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Lifestyle: 19 Jul 11
The Brooklyn-esque island of Södermalm offers countless cozy café options for its young and trendy dwellers. Here’s The Local’s list of five hotspots to have a "fika" (coffee break), lounge, and bask in the buzz of this hip neighborhood.
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Lifestyle: 11 Jul 11
While Sweden is not exactly known around the world as a destination of culinary excellence, there are some juicy Nordic morsels that are sure to leave would-be exiles pining for a taste of home, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson discovers.
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Society: 6 Apr 11
The link to a site promising to deliver food for ‘real men’ has been spreading like wildfire among the Swedish blogosphere since the beginning of the month.
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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.
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National: 13 Mar 11
Malmö's main square Stortorget hosted a 4,000 people strong party on Saturday to celebrate the southern Swedish city's growth to over 300,000 inhabitants.
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Travel: 17 Feb 11
Looking for ways to celebrate, rather than bemoan, Sweden's long-lasting winter chill? Check out the Ice Festival in Uppsala, where contributor Oliver Gee learns about the many ways that frozen water can make winter fun.
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Society: 28 Dec 10
An estimated 300 million kronor ($44.18 million) worth of illegally smuggled sweets and chocolate from Sweden are sold in Denmark every year, the Danish tax authority announced on Tuesday.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 10
If the darkness of winter's already starting to get you down, the light and merriment –not to mention the calories and alcohol – of a Swedish Advent should help pick you up.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson exposes the orthodoxy and self-serving folksy truisms of far-right PC in a lexicon of populist platitudes.
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Politics: 2 Nov 10
Sweden's National Anti-Corruption Unit is to investigate whether to open a case against Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin, who accepted complimentary tickets to the Stockholm Open tennis tournament.
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Lifestyle: 21 Oct 10
What’s on in Sweden: Roger Federer makes his debut at the Stockholm Open, ZZ Top top the bill in Gothenburg and The Divine Comedy plays in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 13 Oct 10
What’s on in Sweden: Death by chocolate in Stockholm, a free Free Jazz Fest in Gothenburg and The Magic Numbers come to Malmö. Plus cult comedians in Linköping
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Society: 28 Sep 10
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel arrived in France on Monday to retrace the footsteps of the Bernadotte dynasty's French ancestor who became Sweden's king almost 200 years ago.
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National: 22 Sep 10
A microbrewery near Stockholm has brewed Sweden's strongest beer ever, containing a whopping 18.5 percent alcohol content.
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Politics: 18 Sep 10
With polls set to open in 24 hours rivals Fredrik Reinfeldt and Mona Sahlin are both looking for an electoral victory to cement their leadership status after long political comebacks.
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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.
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Society: 20 Aug 10
Swedish women who regularly consume small amounts of dark chocolate have lower risks of heart failure than their US counterparts due to the higher quality and cocoa content in Swedish chocolate, a new Harvard study suggests.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Aug 10
Elections in Sweden tend to be decided over issues rather than candidates, but with the upcoming September 19th vote for the first time pitting two blocs against each other, personal politics are playing an unprecedented role, writes AFP's Rita Devlin Marier.
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Politics: 16 Aug 10
Security for Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin has been tightened due to serious threats against her just over a month before elections, Swedish media reported on Monday.
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Politics: 6 Aug 10
Absentee voting began in the September 19th Swedish general election on Thursday in what is expected to be a tight race centred on the economy, unemployment and welfare.
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National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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National: 19 Jun 10
Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria has got her Prince. In front of a crowd of thousands outside Stockholm’s Royal Palace following her marriage to Daniel Westling, she thanked the Swedish people for letting her marry the man she loves.
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Business & Money: 18 Jun 10
The official royal wedding chocolate were made with the help of child labour, according to a Sveriges Radio (SR) report.
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Lifestyle: 17 Jun 10
Saturday's Royal Wedding will represent the culmination of more than a year of hard work and planning by the Royal Court - and months of preparation will come to a head, writes The Local's royal correspondent Juan Navas.
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Lifestyle: 17 Jun 10
What’s on in Sweden: Teenagers in Stockholm, Metal in Gothenburg and Men in Drag in Malmö. Oh, and apparently someone's getting married.
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Society: 17 Jun 10
Wedding fever has gripped Sweden this week amid frenzied last-minute preparations for Crown Princess Victoria's nuptials on Saturday with her former personal trainer Daniel Westling after more than eight years of courtship.
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Society: 9 May 10
Train passengers were left reeling on Thursday by an announcer's use of the antiquated term 'negro balls' to describe a type chocolate treat on sale in the bistro carriage.
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Society: 23 Mar 10
The Umeå University student union has found itself fighting accusations of sexism after revelations that a party organised by business students featured lightly-clad girls, chocolate sauce and pole dancing.
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Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
Darren Packman, one of Sweden’s leading beer experts, give his tips on what you should (and should not) be pouring into your beer glass.
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Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” is a track from Sigtuna Brygghus head brewer Mattias Hammenlind’s favourite hard rock band AC/DC. It also sums up nicely his approach to brewing beer, writes Darren Packman.
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Lifestyle: 16 Feb 10
It’s Fettisdag, Fat Tuesday, the day known in English as Shrovetide, Pancake Tuesday and, er, Mardi Gras. In Sweden, the day is synonymous with the creamy semla, one of many fine buns that make this country great.
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Science & Technology: 20 Jan 10
Sweet-toothed Swedes are happy to trade their internet passwords for bars of chocolate, according to a poll carried out by an appalled computer magazine.
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Society: 24 Dec 09
While many a Swedish Christmas office party end in hangovers and bad judgement, the holiday revelry of one company from Växjö in southern Sweden ended with a night in jail after a chocolate robbery gone wrong.
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Lifestyle: 15 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Championship rugby & Massive Attack (UK) in Stockholm/Uppsala; Chocolate festival & avant garde dance in Gothenburg; Rahael Saadiq (US) in Malmö/Lund.
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Science & Technology: 13 Aug 09
Eating chocolate two or more times per week strongly reduces the risk of heart disease for people who have previously survived a heart attack, new Swedish research has shown.
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Politics: 2 May 09
Swedish Social Democratic Party leader Mona Sahlin promised to work for increased unemployment benefits in her May Day speech on Friday, particularly addressing the issues facing pensioners.
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National: 5 Mar 09
The Swedish Police Union is suing the state for hundreds of thousands of kronor after one of its members, a female bodyguard, was assigned to desk duty for screaming obscenities at an airport security guard.
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Society: 10 Dec 08
Princess Madeleine and economics laureate Paul Krugman were among the guests at the Nobel banquet in Stockholm's City Hall on Wednesday evening.
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Lifestyle: 17 Nov 08
Sweden is not a country renowned for its beers. But when Darren Packman has a nose around, he finds there's more to the country's brewers than meets the gut on a typical night out.
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Society: 5 Nov 08
A dissatisfied lover of wafer thin mint chocolate treats has reported the makers of After Eights to the Swedish Consumer Agency on the grounds that the product has become smaller and slimmer over the years.
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Lifestyle: 30 Oct 08
Cocoa fan Robert La Bua spills the beans on Chokladfabriken's Martin Isaksson, Sweden's master chocolatier.
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Lifestyle: 30 Oct 08
Robert La Bua gives us the lowdown on how chocolate works and why English-speakers really struggle to pronounce words with five letters and three syllables.
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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.
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National: 14 Oct 08
A batch of Chinese-made chocolate pies which likely contained the poisonous chemical melamin was delivered to a wholesaler in Stockholm.
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Society: 9 Oct 08
Sweden's Equal Opportunities Ombudsman has ruled against a woman who accused a dance school of discrimination when it refused to allow her to take the lead while learning the foxtrot.
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Lifestyle: 26 Sep 08
The Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival has hit town again and, as Jennifer Heape discovered, it’s a far cry from beer bellies and a packet of pork scratchings.
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Society: 12 Sep 08
Chocolate covered torsos and co-ed banana eating are just a couple of things troubling officials about new student initiation rituals at a basketball oriented high school in northern Sweden.
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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.
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National: 2 Jul 08
The suspected bomb which resulted in large sections of Stockholm’s Arlanda airport being blocked off Wednesday turned out to be a package of O’boy chocolate milk mix wrapped in duct tape.
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Dating: 14 Jun 08
Dating in Sweden: As winter drew in and he struggled to adjust to life in Sweden, Michael Lynch from Ireland revved up his computer and began dabbling in the world of online dating.
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National: 1 Jun 08
Four out of ten local officials claim to have been offered bribes to secure alcohol licences. Six out ten claim that many licences should never have been issued, according to a new survey.
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National: 28 May 08
A 28-year-old man is headed to court after being unable to control a strange urge that overcame him while visiting a condom shop in Gothenburg with his fiancee.
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Dating: 22 May 08
Finding a dishy date is often the easy part. Ronnie Gilghrist offers culinary tips on how to keep your date coming back for more.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 May 08
Even if only a 16 kilometre bridge separates Sweden from its ”more Continental” neighbours, the Danes, the distance between the two cultures far surpasses their physical proximity, argues Alannah Eames .
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Society: 22 Mar 08
Swedes eat 4,000 tonnes of chocolate and sweets over the Easter weekend. Dentists recommend a binge followed by a thorough tooth brushing.
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Travel: 18 Jan 08
Taking a ferry out of Stockholm need not mean a booze cruise to Helsinki. Alannah Eames went to Latvia to check out one of Sweden's most charming neighbours.
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Society: 21 Dec 07
Prisoners in western Sweden have been denied a Christmas treat after officials grew worried that they might get drunk on chocolate.
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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.
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Lifestyle: 19 Dec 07
Every year Sweden's post office receives more than 100,000 letters from children all over the world addressed to Santa. Every letter-writer gets a response, writes Majsan Boström.
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Society: 15 Dec 07
Swedes are set to pay top-dollar for a clean, environmentally-friendly conscience this Christmas – but are not about to change their high-consumption habits.
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Lifestyle: 13 Dec 07
Warm up for Christmas Swedish style, head to a traditional English carol service or escape from the Yuletide rush altogether. We've got the weekend sorted.
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Business & Money: 10 Dec 07
Plans for a giant Chinese wholesale market in Kalmar have been put on ice.
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Lifestyle: 7 Dec 07
Want to get in the Christmas spirit this weekend? Or dying to escape the whole thing? Whatever you fancy, we've got some ideas.
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Lifestyle: 2 Dec 07
A buoyant economy has Swedes quaffing bubbly like never before, writes AFP's Delphine Touitou.
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Lifestyle: 26 Oct 07
Tipping Point: When even a full emergency makeover in one of Stockholm's largest department stores left Kathleen Harman looking like a cross between Posh Spice and Cruella DeVille, there was only one option left: chocolate.
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National: 22 Oct 07
A female bodyguard working for Sweden's foreign minister has been given an official reprimand after screaming obscenities at a security guard at Heathrow airport earlier this year.
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Business & Money: 26 Sep 07
A giant Chinese wholesale market hoping to attract retailers from across northern Europe opens in Sweden this week, but experts doubt whether merchants will actually flock to the venue.
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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.
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National: 10 Jul 07
A 20-year-old man in southern Sweden has been charged with fraud after disguising a bar of chocolate as cannabis.
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Politics: 17 Mar 07
Mona Sahlin has been confirmed as Social Democratic leader at a conference in Stockholm. Accepting the job, Sahlin vowed to fight for Social Democratic years and vowed to reform parts of the party organization.
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Politics: 17 Mar 07
Mona Sahlin has had a long political career in which she has swung between party darling and outcast. But much remains unknown about how she plans to lead the Social Democrats.
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Science & Technology: 5 Mar 07
Researchers in Stockholm have found perhaps the ultimate way to combine business with pleasure: they have announced the establishment of a scientific research centre to study chocolate.
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Politics: 18 Jan 07
Mona Sahlin has been variously described as careless, tough, lazy and street-smart. Now she is set to become the first ever female leader of Sweden's powerful Social Democrats.
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Travel: 15 Dec 06
Is the darkness of winter getting you down? Time to recharge those flickering energy reserves. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius has top tips for winter breaks near Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 4 Dec 06
Stockholm's Skansen preserves Swedish cultural traditions and now is the perfect time to immerse yourself in a world when Christmas was a simpler, more magical affair. EA Fondelius reports.
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Lifestyle: 22 Nov 06
The decorations are going up, the stores are bracing themselves, and now Sweden's traditional Christmas markets are underway. We've gathered together the best the country has to offer. God Jul!
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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.
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Lifestyle: 12 Oct 06
He's the smooth-talking, suntanned, barefoot embodiment of the Swedish new man. Ernst Kirchsteiger talks to The Local about the provocative side of sewing, life as a sex symbol and drinking port on an outside toilet.
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Travel: 1 Sep 06
Only one restaurant in Sweden enjoys the accolade of two Michelin stars and that is Edsbacka Krog. Louis Roper reports on a true gastronomic experience - in the unlikely surroundings of Sollentuna.
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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.
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National: 20 Apr 06
A Swedish report says that little has changed for children and young people working in cacao plantations in West Africa, despite years of pressure for improved conditions.
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National: 12 Dec 05
A prison officer at a jail in Västmanland has been charged with corruption. He is accused of accepting a Kex chocolate bar and some feta cheese from a prisoner.
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Politics: 31 Aug 04
As the leaders of Sweden's right wing parties put on their finest woolly jumpers and bond in in northern Sweden, they want us to believe that they can end the Left's hold on power. And the government's attempts to woo the middle classes with tax cuts are thwarted by the former Communists.
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Science & Technology: 20 Aug 04
In, out, in - Viagra's back in the package of subsidised medicines, for two weeks at least. And if that doesn't put you off your breakfast, the week's news of scary cereals might.
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Society: 28 May 04
Should a school trip to Florida (cost: 9,100 crowns each) be cancelled because some parents can't afford it? And should children be made to pay their parents' parking fines?
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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 »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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