The following articles have been tagged with "Church":
Society: 14 May 13
Two parents in southern Sweden, who tried to exorcise demons from their young daughter by beating her and making her drink urine, have been found guilty and jailed for aggravated assault by a Swedish court.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 May 13
With Bruce Springsteen playing to sell-out crowds at Stockholm's Friends Arena, political scientist Stig-Björn Ljunggren explains why Sweden's old-school social democrats recognize themselves in The Boss's attempt to balance a political commitment with living in a consumer society.
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Society: 5 May 13
A Swedish man who was last heard of in April 1911 has been officially declared dead by Swedish authorities, over a century after sending his last letter home from across the Atlantic.
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Society: 4 May 13
A sceptre and crown used in the sixteenth-century funeral of King Johan III were stolen during an overnight robbery at the Västerås Cathedral in central Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 3 May 13
A Viking-era rune stone has been "rediscovered" near Vaxholm in the Stockholm archipelago after a group of university students stumbled across the historic rock that had been hiding in plain sight for nearly 300 years.
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Science & Technology: 24 Apr 13
The Swedish authorities have demanded that two bodies frozen for over a decade while awaiting a controversial environmentally-friendly burial method should be put to rest without further delay.
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National: 9 Apr 13
More than a decade after the Church of Sweden split from the state, the government wants to stop using church parish boundaries in population statistics, angering researchers who wish to retain the 500-year-old subdivisions.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Mar 13
With Easter just around the corner, contributor Judi Lembke looks at how a different breed of churches in Sweden is helping English-speaking foreigners find a sense of community in their adopted homes.
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Business & Money: 20 Mar 13
Several tonnes of frozen lasagne pulled from store shelves in Sweden because it contained horsemeat will be donated to Stockholm's homeless population by Swedish food retailer Axfood.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 13
On the 375th anniversary of Swedes' first arriving in what is now the United States, ambassadors from both countries hail the pioneering spirit that informs cooperative efforts to address critical challenges facing the world today.
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National: 16 Mar 13
Sweden's Welsh-born Princess Lilian, who waited three decades to marry her prince, was buried Saturday after thousands of Swedes paid their respects to one of the most popular members of the royal family.
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Politics: 16 Mar 13
A ceremonial funeral is to be held on Saturday afternoon for Princess Lilian, the Welsh-born Swedish princess who died last weekend aged 97.
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National: 15 Mar 13
The lying in state of Princess Lilian of Sweden was held on Friday at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, with hundreds of well-wishers turning up to pay their final respects.
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Society: 13 Mar 13
Outraged parents are up in arms after a church confirmation camp in southern Sweden gave out "shagging diplomas" to 14-year-old attendees that stated the youths were "qualified for sex".
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Mar 13
As homelessness figures increase across Sweden, contributor Patrick Reilly heads to a soup kitchen in Malmö to find out more about the city's estimated 1,000 homeless people and what's being done to help them.
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Society: 11 Mar 13
Sweden's British-born Princess Lilian, who died on Sunday at the age of 97, will lie in state for well-wishers to pay their last respects on Friday, the Royal Court announced on Monday.
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Travel: 8 Mar 13
In our weekly profile of people's lives in different parts of Sweden, The Local catches up with a Spanish couple who traded the sunny climes of Galicia for the snow, reindeer, and northern lights of Skellefteå.
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National: 5 Mar 13
The former state Church of Sweden lost more than 50,000 members in 2012, continuing a trend in declining membership, seen most acutely in the towns, since Sweden became secular in the year 2000.
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Society: 5 Mar 13
As Malmö continues to struggle with anti-Semitism that has plagued the southern Swedish city for years, contributor Patrick Reilly learns how the city's Jewish community is fighting back.
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National: 1 Mar 13
A couple who claimed to be the first Ugandan men to be legally married have learned they will be allowed to remain in Sweden after a flurry of death threats helped sway migration officials to drop a deportation order against one of them.
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Society: 20 Feb 13
Sweden's New York-based Princess Madeleine is getting ready to send out her wedding invites, but says she will forego the Anglo-Saxon tradition of bridesmaids as she marries her British-American fiancé.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Feb 13
The ailing mother of Jimmy Sserwadda, who married his childhood sweetheart in a groundbreaking wedding in Sweden last week, was verbally attacked after news of her son's gay marriage reached Uganda.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 13
Wondering how to put together a winning CV that will convince a Swedish employer that you're right for the job? A Swedish HR expert offers some important tips in this instalment of JobTalk Sweden, our series offering insights into working in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 Jan 13
A couple who claim to be the first Ugandan men to be legally married face an uncertain future after recently tying the knot in a Swedish church, with one facing possible deportation that the other fears could result in his husband's death.
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Travel: 25 Jan 13
In The Local's My Sweden series, where we profile readers' favourite hangouts, sights, and eateries in their own corners of Sweden, we talk to French native Alexis Magnaval who has called Malmö home for the past six months.
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Lifestyle: 25 Jan 13
Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art is preparing to show the Matisse painting "Le Jardin" that was returned this week after it was stolen 25 years ago.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jan 13
Ignorant politicians have let a vocal minority of Swedish Muslims who don’t want to adapt to life in a secular and democratic state to dominate the debate about calls to prayer at Sweden's mosques, argues contributor Nima Gholam Ali Pour.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jan 13
In the The Local’s new series My Sweden, where we profile readers' favourite hangouts, sights, and eateries in their own corners of Sweden, we talk to Harold Martinez, a Venezuelan master’s student in Uppsala, eastern Sweden.
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Society: 25 Dec 12
In his traditional Christmas Day speech, Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf said more must be done to combat climate change.
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National: 23 Dec 12
Sweden's Princess Madeleine will marry US banker fiancé Chris O'Neill in Stockholm on June 8th, the Royal Court confirms.
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Lifestyle: 14 Dec 12
With about tenth of its residents employed by the iron miners who once kindled Kiruna's industrial prosperity, the northern town now faces underground cracks pushing it to move the entire town or it faces the potential ire of the important employer.
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National: 13 Dec 12
The 71-year-old Swedish charity worker who was shot in the chest in Pakistan last week died in a Stockholm hospital on Wednesday night.
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National: 10 Dec 12
A Swedish charity worker who remains unconscious after being shot by unknown gunmen in Pakistan last week was flown home to Sweden on Monday for better medical treatment.
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Society: 8 Dec 12
The grave was not dug, the pallbearers never showed up, the church bells were broken and the priest suggested that the deceased woman should be cremated instead of buried, leaving one Falun family upset and confused at the lack of coordination between the church and the undertaker.
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National: 3 Dec 12
A female Christian charity worker from Sweden was in hospital on Monday after being shot by unknown assailants in Lahore in eastern Pakistan, according to police.
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Society: 27 Nov 12
Two government ministers said on Monday they are ready to change Sweden's school laws after an agency ruled schools could not include religious elements in Advent services.
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Lifestyle: 26 Nov 12
As London is swept up in "Scandimania", one Swede finds himself in the driver's seat as the only licensed Swedish cab driver in London. The Local finds out more about how Andreas Eriksson finally got the green light.
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Education: 25 Nov 12
Swedish schools are permitted to gather in church premises during Advent but the services must be free from any religious element, the National Agency for Education has underlined.
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Politics: 12 Nov 12
A Swedish member of the European Parliament has blasted Malta's European Commissioner-designate and current foreign minister Tonio Borg as a "scandal" and a "dinosaur" due to his conservative views on women's rights.
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National: 12 Nov 12
The 24-year-old man who admitted to abducting a 9-year-old girl in Gothenburg last week was remanded into custody on Monday. According to his defence lawyer, his mental condition must now be examined.
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National: 11 Nov 12
A 17-year-old boy has reported that he was raped by several men near a churchyard in central Växjö in southern Sweden on Friday night.
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Business & Money: 6 Nov 12
Overweight jobseekers have a hard time finding work in Sweden, new research shows, with potential employers often ruling out tubby candidates over concerns about their productivity.
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National: 5 Nov 12
Swedish prosecutors on Monday filed charges against a Swede of Rwandan origin accused of participating in a 1994 massacre of Tutsis in Rwanda, in what will be Sweden's first genocide trial.
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Politics: 27 Oct 12
While protesters outnumbered those attending a speech by controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders in Malmö in southern Sweden on Saturday, the event passed off without incident.
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Society: 25 Oct 12
Sweden's Princess Madeleine spoke about her engagement to Chris O’Neill on Thursday, calling the US banker her "soul mate", with one royal expert explaining what the princess's fiancé needs to do to gain a Swedish royal title.
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Society: 18 Oct 12
The decision to ban a nativity scene from a Christmas market in southern Sweden was reversed on Thursday by the market organizer, who confessed to being “a little too hasty” in his original decision.
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Society: 18 Oct 12
A nativity scene planned for a popular Christmas market in southern Sweden has been cut after the organizers felt it compromised their “political and religious independence”.
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National: 6 Oct 12
A 24-year-old man who used a hammer to attack a pastor outside a Stockholm church has been ordered remanded in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.
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Politics: 3 Oct 12
An exhibit of a Swedish artist's controversial photographs depicting Jesus surrounded by gay men has prompted calls to ban a gay pride festival in Serbia where Swedish Minister for European Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson is scheduled to speak.
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Society: 27 Sep 12
A mosque in the south Stockholm suburb of Botkyrka has received approval to make prayer calls from its minaret, the first time such permission has ever been granted in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 26 Sep 12
A mayor from southern Sweden has been slammed for paying an artist friend 600,000 kronor ($91,584) in public funds to paint a depiction of the mayor dressed as a Roman legionary.
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Society: 24 Sep 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea removed a picture from its Russian website of four youths wearing balaclavas, in an apparent reference to the punk band Pussy Riot, members of which were jailed in Russia in August in a much-criticized ruling.
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Politics: 18 Sep 12
Sweden's parliament officially opened on Tuesday with sombre remembrances, royal reflections, and a promise from Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt that the goverment would "invest in Sweden".
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Sep 12
In the wake of the death of Swedish MP William Petzäll from an apparent drug overdose, Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin likens Sweden's "irrational" drugs policy to the Catholic Church's stance on condoms.
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Society: 5 Sep 12
A Swedish church has found itself in the centre of a mystery after English relatives of a gunned down World War II airman realized that an anonymous well-wisher had been planting flowers at the grave since 1943.
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National: 22 Aug 12
A Somali community in southern Sweden is being terrorized by a local gang to such an extent that the local Somali association has urged all its members to move away.
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National: 18 Aug 12
A Swedish Pentacostalist pastor has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for raping a member of a prayer group which he led at a church in Stockholm.
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National: 1 Aug 12
Aleksander Radler, the Church of Sweden pastor who was exposed as a spy for the feared East German intelligence service Stasi, has chosen to give up his licence to preach.
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National: 26 Jul 12
A Church of Sweden pastor in the diocese of Luleå has admitted to having worked as an "elite spy" for the East German Stasi during the Cold War.
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Business & Money: 24 Jul 12
Many foreign berry pickers want to return home after the scant berry harvest has caused employers to simply dump them in the woods.
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National: 22 Jul 12
Memorial services are being held across Sweden on Sunday to mark the one year anniversary of the twin terror attacks in Oslo and on Utøya island which left 77 people dead.
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National: 12 Jul 12
Two firefighters are dead and three others have been injured after a fire engine drove off the road into a ravine in central Sweden after responding to a call.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 12
Correspondent and commentator David Linden looks at whether leaders of Sweden's three centre-right political parties – which sometimes struggle in the shadow of the Moderates – managed to put their parties in the Almedalen spotlight.
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Society: 6 Jul 12
A little girl's lost teddy bear was found in Stockholm on Thursday and reunited with its owner, according to local police, following a public police plea on Facebook that made headlines around the world.
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National: 6 Jul 12
The Swedes who say they dropped hundreds of 'pro-free speech' teddy bears over Belarus on Wednesday have come forward amid reports of stuffed bears being found on the ground in Belarus and a confirmed airspace violation.
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National: 4 Jul 12
A Swedish group that claims to have dropped hundreds of 'pro free-speech' teddy bears over a Belarusian town early this morning has released a video that they say shows their stunt taking place. But no teddy bears have been found on the ground.
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Politics: 1 Jul 12
A Church of Sweden pastor in the diocese of Luleå worked as a spy for the Stasi during the Cold War and now faces being stripped of his ecclesiastical licence.
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National: 16 Jun 12
An American man who deserted from a US Air Force Base in Germany in 1984 has come forward after living a secret life in Sweden for nearly three decades, despite being wanted as a fugitive by the US military.
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Science & Technology: 3 Jun 12
A new method for reducing thefts of copper from Swedish railways is being tested, as twenty kilometres of rails in southern Sweden have been marked with smart DNA, making it possible to trace both the stolen copper and the thief.
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Travel: 1 Jun 12
A unique collection of wooden buildings in northern Sweden has been chosen by Google in its new World Wonders Project, which takes people on a digital tour of selected heritage sites around the world.
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Education: 25 May 12
The "om" chant featured in yoga lessons at a Stockholm school has prompted a complaint calling for them to be banned because of the term's ties to the Hindu religion.
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Society: 23 May 12
An 84-year-old Swedish woman enjoying the warm sunshine on her balcony, unexpectedly fell through the seat and remained stuck for nearly 48-hours before she was rescued by anxious friends.
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Travel: 22 May 12
With a history spanning over 1,000 years, the German state of Saxony has transformed over time from medieval duchy, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, kingdom and republic.
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Lifestyle: 22 May 12
Sweden's newest princess, Princess Estelle, is to be baptized in the Royal Chapel on Tuesday. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the baptism of Sweden's future head of state.
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National: 15 May 12
On Tuesday the suspected serial killer Peter Mangs denied the court’s charges of the murder of 20-year-old Trez West Persson and the attempted murder of 22-year-old Xhafer Dani.
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National: 7 May 12
One of the victims of the suspected Malmö serial killer Peter Mangs told police in interrogation what happened on the day when he was wounded and 20-year-old Trez West Persson was shot dead.
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Society: 6 Apr 12
As soon as they get laid, they get eaten: eggs are the ovoid delights on everybody’s lips in Sweden this Easter.
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Society: 5 Apr 12
Residents of Hisingen in Gothenburg will be celebrating more than just Easter this year, after the cock atop their local church took home Sweden's annual Church Cock of the Year award.
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Society: 3 Apr 12
A Stockholm-area pastor on probation for having sex with a teen girl in his congregation is to be investigated anew following new accusations that he sexually abused other girls and sent them sexually explicit emails.
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Society: 20 Mar 12
The final wish of a Swedish man who died last week will never be realized, as his pet dog won't be allowed to attend his dead owner's funeral.
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National: 19 Mar 12
A teacher at a Swedish school in Yemen was gunned down by an unknown perpetrator on Sunday in an attack claimed to be a response by al-Qaeda to what is perceived as Christian proselytising.
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Society: 17 Mar 12
A Swedish educational association behind a Christian art exhibit in Stockholm has withdrawn a drawing after protests from a US-based Jewish group that it was anti-Semitic.
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Society: 16 Mar 12
A Swedish church with dwindling parish numbers has turned to the pulling powers of alcohol in the hope of bringing in new members, and has invited people who’ve recently turned forty to come in for a wine tasting.
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Society: 29 Feb 12
A Swedish pastor on probation for having sex with a teen girl in his congregation has come in for new scrutiny following additional reports of sexual relations with young girls and alleged plans to publish his escapades in a book.
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National: 25 Feb 12
Since the birth of Princess Estelle on Thursday, congratulations have been flooding in to the happy parents. On Saturday, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel thanked their many well-wishers.
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National: 24 Feb 12
The father and step-mother of a 14-year-old girl from western Sweden were charged on Friday with repeatedly beating and burning the girl "for being a witch”, according to the prosecutor.
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Society: 13 Feb 12
A 27-year-old German man has been living at the Gothenburg Landvetter airport for two months having no wish to return to Germany and nowhere to go in Sweden.
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National: 31 Jan 12
A violent fire erupted at a refugee housing facility in central Sweden early Tuesday morning, forcing the evacuation of 80 residents and sending at least three people to hospital.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Jan 12
Following the unofficial closure of the Christmas holiday season in Sweden, contributor Ruben Brunsveld reflects on the transformation of religious traditions into cultural ones.
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National: 11 Jan 12
Hundreds of Malmö residents turned out on Wednesday to follow the casket of 15-year-old Ardiwan Samir, who died after being shot on New Year's Eve, in a march arranged by the boy's family as a protest against violence.
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National: 9 Jan 12
The 25-year-old man who was abducted and held in an abandoned school in northern Sweden was in love with the 23-year-old woman suspected of kidnapping him, according to the suspect's father.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jan 12
Zealous file-sharing enthusiasts in Sweden can now take their beliefs to the next level and join the Church of Kopimism, as the widespread practice has now officially been recognized as a religion.
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National: 4 Jan 12
Strip club owner Dragan Bratic, due to open up a club near ski resort Åre in the north of Sweden, has reported the local politician who said his new club would “attract criminal elements” to the police for defamation.
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Lifestyle: 22 Dec 11
No Swedish-style Christmas is complete without a julbord buffet. Food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson takes a look at what goes into making the perfect Swedish Christmas meal.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Dec 11
Rampant holiday consumerism is hard to avoid, writes US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt, as she struggles to reconcile competing Swedish and American Christmas traditions in finding gifts for her children.
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Society: 15 Dec 11
A small village near the ski resort Åre, in northern Sweden, is in two camps over plans to convert a traditional country inn, located between the church and the cemetery, into a strip club.
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Society: 14 Dec 11
Sara Svensson, the nanny convicted of killing the wife of a pastor with whom she was having an affair, in the village of Knutby, eastern Sweden, in 2004, has been ordered released from institutional psychiatric care.
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Science & Technology: 9 Dec 11
Scientists who exhumed bodies from a tomb believed to contain Magnus Ladulås, who reigned as Swedish king from 1275 until 1290, were surprised to learn that the bodies are at least 200 years too young to be those of the fabled king and his family.
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Society: 6 Dec 11
A 40-year-old man in southern Sweden, known locally as the "Saviour" because he likes to bless people by laying his hands on them, has recently got into trouble due to his habit of striking those who resist.
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Business & Money: 2 Dec 11
Residents in one of Stockholm's wealthiest districts are up in arms over proposals for a bijou exclusive hotel, planned by one of the country’s most well known venture capitalists.
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