May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Climbing":
National: 8 May 12
A Swedish man who claimed to have been mauled by a bear in eastern Sweden over the weekend lashed out at police for calling him a "liar", as some theorize an owl may have carried out the attack.
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Society: 6 May 12
Police in Gävleborg in eastern Sweden have announced that they no longer believe a man who claimed on Saturday to have been the victim of an unprovoked bear attack.
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National: 5 May 12
A man was attacked by a bear in the Glamsen area south of Gävle in eastern Sweden on Saturday morning, according to a local police report.
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National: 23 Apr 12
Racist slurs uttered by Malmö police officers while responding to disturbances in the city's Rosengård district can be attributed to "stress", according to an officer who was present at the December 2008 incident.
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Politics: 15 Apr 12
The Social Democrats' recent dramatic rise in opinion polls has continued with the party climbing a further 3.1 percentage points to 36.8 percent according to the latest voter preference survey.
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National: 26 Mar 12
A wanted man took an unsuspecting couple hostage late Sunday night after entering their flat as they slept in an attempt to evade capture by police in the west Stockholm suburb of Bromma.
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National: 23 Feb 12
The first picture of Sweden's newest princess has been released, with the Royal Court publishing the image on its official Facebook page.
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Business & Money: 14 Dec 11
Pancakes, popstar Justin Bieber, and questions about the time of day kept Swedes busy on Google in 2011, Google Sweden said on Wednesday, showing that Swedes searched for Facebook more often than sex during the past year.
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National: 17 Nov 11
A Swedish airborne unit has decided to enroll soldiers in a course on "advanced" tree climbing in an effort to enhance their ability to salvage unmanned drones from treetops in Afghanistan.
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Lifestyle: 8 Nov 11
While Ikea, H&M, and Ericsson are all well known Swedish brands, here's a list of ten more products and brands from the land of the midnight sun that any self-proclaimed Swedophile should also know.
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Science & Technology: 24 Oct 11
The incidence of cot death, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has begun to increase again in Sweden with 27 children dying in 2010.
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Travel: 19 Sep 11
With an eight months ski season, incredible facilities and spectacular shows, Sölden – a popular skiing resort in eastern Austria – has something for everyone, as travel writer and ski-beginner Malin Nyberg discovers.
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Society: 1 Sep 11
Sweden’s butter shortage is set to reach alarming levels this year, the country's dairy association has warned, citing higher demands and less raw milk.
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National: 14 Aug 11
Two men in their twenties were seriously injured in a climbing accident on Sweden's highest peak, Kebnekaise, early Sunday morning.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 11
With the summer sun in the ascendancy, it’s time to lather on the sunscreen, pack a picnic, and head out to explore some of the 50,000 playgrounds on offer across Sweden. The Local’s Karen Holst tips some of the country’s best.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jun 11
As many Swedes start to head off on their annual holidays this week weather forecasters are predicting a heat wave across much of the country.
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Society: 18 May 11
Sweden has climbed to fourth place among the world’s most competitive countries, according to an annual ranking compiled by the Swiss business school IMD.
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Lifestyle: 16 May 11
As the Scandinavian sun continues to pour more and more light onto Stockholm, The Local has compiled a list of off-the-beaten-path ways in which you can soak up the slowly warming sights and sounds of the Swedish metropolis.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 11
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson reported a whopping 224 percent rise in profits on Wednesday, surprising analysts and sending its stock up almost 7 percent in early trading.
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Business & Money: 20 Apr 11
Sweden's Riksbank on Wednesday announced that it has raised the base repo rate by 0.25 percent to 1.75 percent, while maintaining its rate forecasts for 2011 and 2012.
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Business & Money: 24 Feb 11
Russian financier Vladimir Antonov, who on Thursday agreed to buy the sports car operations of Saab Automobile owner Spyker Cars, said it's only a matter of time before he claims an ownership stake in the Swedish automaker.
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Lifestyle: 14 Feb 11
While Swedes no longer take to Viking longboats in search of foreign booty, research shows they remain adept at bringing back trophies of love from their adventures abroad, The Local's Ben Kersley discovers.
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Society: 11 Feb 11
A 6-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck at a preschool in Jönköping in central Sweden after being targeted by class bullies for his liking of pink clothes and nail polish.
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Society: 11 Jan 11
For the first time ever, a giant anteater has been born in Sweden, officials at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna reported on Tuesday.
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National: 20 Dec 10
Sweden's fierce wintry weather is set to continue with warnings for heavy snow issued for eastern parts and widespread disruption to rail services in the south of the country.
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Lifestyle: 1 Oct 10
Hunting elk in Sweden isn't for the faint of heart, explains London-native Keith Moore. Especially when it means sitting next to the rifle-toting father of your Swedish girlfriend.
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Politics: 8 Sep 10
The centre-right Alliance coalition enjoyed a clear lead in a brace of opinion polls published on Wednesday, with a Novus survey showing a 5.5 percentage point lead over the centre-left Red-Greens.
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Business & Money: 1 Sep 10
Swedes should expect higher economic growth and lower unemployment than previously forecast, according to a new report from the National Institute of Economic Research.
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National: 27 Aug 10
The Alliance parties lead over the opposition has increased a little in the latest opinion poll by Synovate with 48.7 percent to 45 percent for the Red-Green opposition, while the Social Democrats dropped to their lowest level since 1997.
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Science & Technology: 23 Aug 10
A new low pressure front is set to sweep in across southern Sweden during the afternoon carrying rain and later hard winds around coastal areas. A gale force one warning has been issued from the Skagerrak to the southern Baltic Sea.
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Politics: 22 Aug 10
Sweden's four-party centre-right Alliance would achieve an outright majority if a general election were held today, according to pollster Sifo's third August survey.
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Business & Money: 16 Aug 10
The increase in Swedish housing prices has eased with prices in greater Stockholm falling by 4 percent over the past month, according to a new report which attributes the impact of the pending general election.
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Society: 12 Aug 10
A popular climbing spot in Järfälla in Stockholm has prompted controversy after the cliff's climbing stages were given names from Hitler's Germany such as "Kristallnacht" and "The Crematorium".
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Travel: 11 Aug 10
A town in south-eastern Sweden has all that enthusiastic rock climbers could need - but until now relatively few climbers have known about it. A new project means all that could be about to change.
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National: 6 Aug 10
A Swedish climber died in an accident on the mountain K2 in the Karakoram Himalayas early on Friday morning while taking part in an Austrian-led expedition.
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Science & Technology: 4 Aug 10
Heavy rains have been forecast for the east coast of Sweden as the Meteorological Institute issued a warning for areas around the Gulf of Bothnia. Southern Sweden can however expect more sunny warm weather.
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National: 27 Jul 10
Two Finnish citizens, a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, died on Tuesday in an accident on Storglaciären in Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain in the north, according to police.
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National: 12 Jul 10
The weekend saw record temperatures across much of Sweden with Saturday's high beaten on Sunday by the 35 degrees recorded in Målilla in southern Sweden, before thunder and rain gave welcome respite on Sunday evening.
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National: 28 Jun 10
It has become more expensive to be a parent in Sweden with the costs incurred from having a baby climbing 43 percent in real terms over 30 years, due to parents demanding a higher living standard for their children, a new report shows.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 10
Apartments prices fell in Stockholm and Gothenburg in May, with house prices remaining stable, according to new broker statistics which show that supply remains larger than normal.
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Business & Money: 2 Jun 10
Exports of goods from Sweden increased by 7.6 percent by volume in the first quarter, in comparison with the first quarter of 2009; imports climbed by 8.2 percent, new statistics show.
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Politics: 28 May 10
The government parties are ahead of the opposition for the first time since the 2006 election in a Synovate poll, with the Moderate party leading the rally on 31.8 percent of the electorate, up three percent on April.
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Business & Money: 27 May 10
Swedish online music service Spotify is starting to become a major revenue stream for Swedish music companies as digital sales are forecast to account for 25 percent of income in 2010.
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Business & Money: 25 May 10
Unemployment in Sweden climbed in April to 9.8 percent of the workforce with 483,000 registered job-seekers, exceeding expectations and up 80,000 on the corresponding month of 2009, a new report shows.
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National: 21 May 10
Sweden's meteorological agency SMHI has issued flood warnings in several areas across northern parts of Sweden as water levels rise with the spring floods.
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Business & Money: 10 May 10
The Stockholm stock exchange joined European markets in rebounding strongly on Monday on news of the €750 billion ($1 trillion) package to ease debt pressure on troubled euro area countries.
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Politics: 10 Apr 10
Sweden's left-green opposition has stretched its lead over the governing centre-right coalition to 8.7 percentage points in a new poll.
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National: 18 Mar 10
House price inflation is not a problem for monetary policy, the deputy-governor of Sweden's Riksbank Lars E O Svensson said on Thursday, calling the notion of a house price bubble "a myth".
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Business & Money: 11 Mar 10
The inflation rate doubled in February to 1.2 percent on January's figure as household mortgage interest payments no longer had a dampening effect, a new report from Statistics Sweden shows.
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National: 1 Mar 10
Storm Xynthia, which has claimed several lives in Portugal, Spain and France, will hit southern areas of Sweden on Monday - although significantly weaker in force.
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National: 23 Feb 10
The National Housing Credit Guarantee Board has warned that Sweden stands on the precipice of a house price crash. When the bust arrives prices can be expected to fall by 20 percent, according to a new report.
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Society: 19 Feb 10
A water leak led on Thursday to the discovery of a small cannabis farm in a school in southern Sweden.
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National: 11 Feb 10
The Swedish Riksbank on Thursday announced its decision to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.25 percent. The bank forecast that rates will be raised in the "summer or early autumn."
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Politics: 5 Feb 10
The two political blocs have drawn to within three percentage points of each other, a new voter poll shows. The Green Party is the biggest loser in the new survey.
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Business & Money: 28 Jan 10
Swedish discount fashion retailer H&M saw its profits soar past expectations for the last quarter in 2009, causing its share price to rally in Thursday morning trading in Stockholm.
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Business & Money: 26 Jan 10
The Luxembourg investment firm backing Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone's efforts to purchase Saab from General Motors said on Monday it was dropping out, leaving Dutch carmaker Spyker as the last remaining bidder.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jan 10
Temperatures in Dalarna in central Sweden are expected to drop below minus 40 degrees Celsius as another cold front sweeps into Sweden from Siberia.
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Science & Technology: 9 Dec 09
Swedes received a lesson in the internet’s power for deception when a Facebook group claiming to support heart research suddenly changed into one aimed at scrapping women’s right to vote.
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Society: 30 Nov 09
A Hong Kong man’s porridge eating skills helped him claim victory at the 2009 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Science & Technology: 26 Nov 09
Swedish health officials said on Thursday that the spread of swine flu has tapered off somewhat in the last week.
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National: 28 Aug 09
A 3-year-old boy was seriously injured on Thursday evening after falling from a second floor balcony in Rinkeby in west Stockholm.
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National: 21 Aug 09
Swedish police are hunting for an agile cat burglar who, clad in climbing attire and gardening gloves, shinned up drainage pipes to hit ten apartments in Stockholm over the summer.
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Science & Technology: 14 Aug 09
Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang has begun preparations in Houston for his second trip into space.
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Travel: 10 Aug 09
This summer, for the inevitable trip back to the UK, Ben Kersley was determined to avoid air travel and attempt to recapture the lost art of travel.
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Business & Money: 29 Jul 09
Growth has returned to the Swedish economy on a quarterly basis, according to a new report from the Scandinavian bank Nordea.
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Business & Money: 26 May 09
The number of unemployed in Sweden stabilized at 8.3 percent of the workforce in April with 403,000 out of work, according to a new report published on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 18 May 09
The Stockholm Stock Exchange's recent recovery gained fresh momentum on Monday, as Sweden's major banks and the Ticket travel agency chain all saw their stocks rise.
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Stockholm: 7 Apr 09
A stayover at the world's only Jumbo jet hostel makes for a truly first-class experience, writes The Local's Alannah Eames.
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Business & Money: 13 Feb 09
Swedish aerospace company Saab reported a 708 million kronor ($85 million) net loss for the fourth quarter of 2008 on Friday, with shares plummeting on the news.
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Politics: 11 Feb 09
Sweden’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate in half to 1 percent on Wednesday, prompting Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to tell banks to follow suit.
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Business & Money: 22 Dec 08
With the state of the Swedish economy considerably weaker than normal, households remain pessimistic over their private finances and the nation's economy, a new report shows.
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Business & Money: 16 Dec 08
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg said on Tuesday that the country’s economic growth was its weakest in three decades as he announced that the government now forecasts the economy will contract by 0.8 percent next year.
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Lifestyle: 11 Dec 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips.
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Sport: 2 Dec 08
A Swedish girls football club has decided to raise money by producing and selling calendars featuring girls as young as 15-years-old in “athletic poses”.
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Lifestyle: 19 Nov 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips.
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Lifestyle: 18 Nov 08
Jennifer Heape checks out what Malmö has to offer in terms of entertainment and activities for families with kids this winter.
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Lifestyle: 13 Nov 08
Discover the night-time jewels of the city in the south with the aid of recommendations from The Local in association with entertainment guide Djungeltrumman.
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Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history.
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Lifestyle: 23 Oct 08
Get into the Friday night groove with some club tips from Djungeltrumman.
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Society: 9 Aug 08
Malin Alexandersson and Leif Lundgren celebrated 08-08-08 day by climbing on to the roof of the Stockholm Globe arena to tie the knot.
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Sport: 6 Aug 08
Veteran Swedish tennis star Jonas Björkman is hoping to end his career with a gold medal in Beijing.
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National: 2 Aug 08
Swedish mountaineer Fredrik Sträng was forced to break off his expedition to help another team to safety as four people were killed in avalanches on the notoriously challenging Mount Godwin Austin, commonly known as K2.
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National: 23 Apr 08
Guards at a Swedish prison have received an official reprimand after a mountain climbing detainee managed to escape.
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Business & Money: 11 Apr 08
Given a choice, Swedish students would most like to work for search engine giant Google, a new study has shown. Ikea, Sony Ericsson and H&M also performed well.
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Business & Money: 20 Mar 08
Cidron Services, a company indirectly owned by the Nordic Capital Fund, has made a hostile takeover bid for IT consultant company TietoEnator.
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Travel: 25 Feb 08
Aussie surfer Tyson Ballard braves the elements to discover the Swedish coastline's chilly charms.
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Lifestyle: 3 Feb 08
Sweden's newly crowned best-dressed woman, BWO keyboard player Marina Schiptjenko, has a wardrobe that stretches from punk to princess, writes David Bartal.
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Business & Money: 2 Feb 08
The Stockholm stock exchange ended the week on a positive note despite Ericsson's report.
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National: 21 Jan 08
A criminal network containing at least one person of very short stature is believed to be behind a recent spate of robberies on Swedish buses.
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Business & Money: 7 Jan 08
The Stockholm stock exchange slumped for the fourth consecutive day of trading on Monday.
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Business & Money: 22 Dec 07
The Stockholm stock exchange climbed by 1.8 percent on Friday.
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Society: 26 Nov 07
Australian man trains for Santa Games with Rudolph the red-nosed kangaroo.
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Sport: 15 Oct 07
Tennis: Johansson outserved i Stockholm Open final. Football: Sweden sets sights on Euro 2008. Golf: Stenson reach world matchplay semi finals.
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Society: 13 Aug 07
New figures have shown that the Swedish housing market remains buoyant with apartment prices continuing to rise all over the country.
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National: 21 Jul 07
A group of young people from an asylum centre saved the life of a three-year-old boy whose mother died in a fire at their home in Filipstad, central Sweden.
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National: 28 Jun 07
Six people have been injured in a serious fire at a gym in central Stockholm at lunchtime on Thursday. The fire at the Energiverket gym in the Hornstull area was said by witnesses to have started in a solarium.
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Lifestyle: 30 Mar 07
Elizabeth Dacey Fondelius moved to Stockholm with a clean driving licence. There was only one problem: it was an American licence. After two decades of driving it was back to school in Sweden.
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National: 30 Dec 06
December 2006 will go down in history as the warmest since records began in 1756, Swedish meteorologists have said.
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National: 11 Dec 06
Housing prices are continuing to rise all over the country thanks to renewed buoyancy on the Stockholm market. And a majority expect prices to keep rising.
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National: 15 Nov 06
Two Swedish climbers are missing along with a British fellow climber after an avalanche in Nepal, authorities there say. The group was sleeping at an altitude of 8,600 metres at the time.
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