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Woman jailed for fatal love-triangle stabbing

National: 25 May 12
A jealous Swedish woman who murdered her ex-boyfriend’s new partner in September has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. READ »

Honk-happy man charged for overusing car horn

Society: 24 May 12
A 68-year-old Swedish man took offence at a plain clothes police officer’s double parking and honked his horn continuously until the officer stopped dealing with an on-going robbery and proved his identity. READ »

'Wanted: easily trained Swedish woman'

Society: 18 May 12
A job ad for a personal assistant for a 35-year-old man who wanted an "easily trained" woman and was prepared to offer a clothing allowance, has been pulled due to a flood of applications from women eager to fill the position. READ »

Patient blackmails doc after affair turns sour

Business & Money: 15 May 12
A doctor in southern Sweden has reported a woman to the police after she blackmailed him for over one million kronor ($149,059) following their love affair. READ »

Cowboy hat smuggler jailed at Norway border

Society: 10 May 12
A smuggler travelling across Sweden's (wild) western border recently baffled customs officials who found over 500 cowboy hats stashed in the back of his car along with booze and cigarettes. READ »

Valborg in Sweden: booze, music and raft racing

Society: 30 Apr 12
Everyone knows that summer is just around the corner when the revelry of Valborgsmässoafton - Walpurgis Night – kicks off around Sweden. The Local's Oliver Gee finds out more, and takes a look at how the event is celebrated by Uppsala students. READ »

Migration Board staff hid documents in wardrobe

National: 27 Apr 12
A Swedish Migration Board official has been fired after it was discovered that she had for years failed to register important documents and instead hid them wrapped up in clothes and behind furniture in her office. READ »

Singing your way to the campest, jolliest night around

Lifestyle: 25 Apr 12
The Singalong Sound of Music has returned to Stockholm - and there really is no kitscher way to enjoy a trip to the cinema, discovers The Local's James Savage. READ »

Swede speaks out on false NY sex crimes

Business & Money: 13 Apr 12
One of the two Swedish businessmen who were cleared of sexual assault charges leveled by a teenager in New York has spoken out about the ordeal, labelling the accusations a “complete fabrication”. READ »

Seven convicted in brutal gang rape case

National: 11 Apr 12
Seven of the eight men charged with the gang rape of a woman at a housing facility for asylum seekers run by the Swedish Migration Board were convicted and sentenced to prison on Wednesday. READ »

Man held for setting his wife on fire

National: 2 Apr 12
A man in Malmö in southern Sweden is suspected of having set his wife on fire following a domestic dispute stemming from her request for a divorce. READ »

Swedish retail giant H&M confirms new ‘secret’ line

Business & Money: 30 Mar 12
Swedish high street fashion giant on Friday confirmed that new “luxury” line called “& other stories” will be launched in Europe in 2013. READ »

Swedish retailer H&M's new 'secret' luxury brand

Business & Money: 23 Mar 12
The world of Swedish fashion is humming with the buzz of a new, yet officially unconfirmed, luxury brand being planned by retail giant H&M. READ »

Stockholm theatre scene meets British humour

Lifestyle: 19 Mar 12
When Relatively Speaking, a play written by award winning English playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, opened in Stockholm, The Local was there to talk to the cast about British humour and why Swedes have been loving this play. READ »

Debt collectors take wrong people's stuff

Business & Money: 19 Mar 12
Two Swedish women are fighting uphill battles to reclaim their possessions after agents from Sweden's debt collection confiscated their items by mistake. READ »

Missing skiers found in northern Sweden

National: 18 Mar 12
Four young men reported missing after venturing out on a skiing trek in the vicinity of Gällivare in the mountains of northern Sweden have been found, police confirmed on Sunday afternoon. READ »

Loreen takes home Melodifestivalen win

Society: 10 Mar 12
Sweden’s contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest this year has been decided. The winner of 2012 year’s Swedish music fest Melodifestivalen is Loreen, with the song “Euphoria”. READ »

Eight men charged over brutal gang rape

National: 9 Mar 12
Eight men who were detained on gang rape allegations in December were charged on Friday for the brutal rape of a woman in a Migration board flat last year. READ »

Fleeing thief runs into police station

Society: 2 Mar 12
Runaway robbers, terrible drivers, and parking places for horses - it’s time to reflect upon these little stories and more in this week's edition of The Local's News in Brief. READ »

Swedish firms rush to cash in on 'Estelle'

Business & Money: 2 Mar 12
Companies around Sweden have taken the opportunity to make a quick buck by using Princess Estelle’s name in their trademark applications. READ »

Teen kills man, 84, over 'sex blackmail' plot

National: 2 Mar 12
An 84-year-old man was stabbed to death in northern Sweden by a 19-year-old man who is claiming the older man was blackmailing him for sex. READ »

Landlord bans couple for doing 'too much' laundry

Society: 2 Mar 12
A Swedish couple has been barred from using the laundry room in their apartment building after neighbours complained that they were using the communal facilities too often. READ »

'Spank her arse' coach returns to train teens

Sport: 2 Mar 12
The Swedish floorball coach who was suspended after having used sexually suggestive materials known as "hot babes on defence" to train a team of 14-year-old boys has been allowed to return to duty after two months away. READ »

Brain-damaged woman held for being 'drunk'

National: 1 Mar 12
A brain-damaged woman who was thrown into a jail cell on suspicion of being drunk has filed a complaint against local police in Gävle in eastern Sweden. READ »

Four fined for buying stolen clothes on the net

Science & Technology: 1 Mar 12
Four women who were convicted for buying what turned out to be stolen clothes on Swedish internet auction site Tradera lost their appeal on Wednesday as the court ruled the women should have known the low-priced clothes were stolen. READ »

Pastor 'tortured' in Congo after Sweden deportation

National: 29 Feb 12
A Congolese pastor who was deported from Sweden last week after losing a long-running fight for asylum was reportedly beaten upon returning to his home country, just as his Swedish supporters had feared. READ »

Stockholm men ranked 'world's sexiest'

Society: 28 Feb 12
Stockholm men are the best looking in the world, according to a new ranking, taking home the number one spot in a category Swedes have dominated in the past. READ »

Red cards let school 'send off' troublemakers

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Feb 12
As schools in Sweden look for new ways to tackle the problem of unruly students, one school has found success using methods normally employed on the football pitch, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Swedish supermodel sheds clothes for naked luge race

Sport: 19 Feb 12
Swedish supermodel Marcus Schenkenberg, a former Calvin Klein underwear model, was among 30 naked sledders who spent Saturday scooting down a snowy German mountainside with little to protect their bare skin from the elements. READ »

Ryanair slammed for 'sexist' bikini calendar

Business & Money: 17 Feb 12
After numerous complaints about a provocative Ryanair advert featuring a calendar bursting with a bevy of bikini-clad women, the discount airline has been rapped by Sweden's advertising watchdog which ruled the advert was "sexist". READ »

Mother-killer murders dad and stepmum

National: 16 Feb 12
The 41-year-old man suspected of killing his father and stepmother in a Stockholm suburb on Wednesday, had previously been convicted of murdering his mother back in 1997. READ »

Five reasons I can't stand skiing: an Aussie's pain

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 12
Having just returned from a ‘horror ski trip’, The Local’s resident Aussie and first-time skier Oliver Gee wonders why Swedes find such pleasure in hurling themselves down snowy hills. READ »

H&M under fire over Cambodia mass faintings

Business & Money: 9 Feb 12
H&M has been criticized for choosing not to attend a hearing to highlight poor conditions for textile workers in Cambodia, where hundreds of employees at a plant run by the Swedish fashion giant mysteriously passed out in August. READ »

Two Swedes arrested for sex crimes in New York

Science & Technology: 9 Feb 12
Two high-ranking Swedish executives with an e-commerce start-up have been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in a New York hotel room at the weekend. READ »

'Too cold' for trains in northern Sweden

National: 5 Feb 12
The plunging mercury has put a stop to rail services to the far north of Sweden on Sunday with rail operator SJ explaining that it was just too cold to guarantee safety. READ »

ABB irked by link to Norwegian killer

Business & Money: 31 Jan 12
Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has admitted it considered contacting newspaper editors to ask them to stop using the firm’s name as shorthand for confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. READ »

'Spank her arse' coach reported to police

Sport: 25 Jan 12
A coach who used sexually suggestive materials known as "hot babes on defence" to train of a team of 14-year-old boys has been relieved of his duties and reported to the police. READ »

Pantless prisoner walks out of Swedish jail

Society: 19 Jan 12
A bare-legged ex-convict walked out of a Swedish prison without any pants or shoes on Tuesday after being denied extra money to buy new clothes. READ »

'We were all supposed to die': mother

National: 18 Jan 12
The trial against the 31-year-old mother charged with murdering her two sons by pushing them in the water and watching them drown opened in Sweden on Wednesday. READ »

Abandoned boy 'not abandoned': prosecutor

Society: 18 Jan 12
Prosecutors have closed the case of the child left behind by his father at a sporting hall for ‘playing badly’ in a floorball game, after the investigation showed he was never left in the first place. READ »

Why should I study in Sweden?

Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
It is a big step to study abroad, and the options are almost limitless. So what makes Sweden stand out as a study destination? READ »

'Spank her arse' coaching tactics spark outrage

Sport: 13 Jan 12
An athletic club in southern Sweden has come under fire for a coach's use of sexually suggestive materials known as "Hot babes of the defence" to aid the training of a team of 14-year-old boys. READ »

84-year-old killed for 'not lending grandson her car'

National: 9 Jan 12
Murder charges have been filed against a 22-year-old Swede suspected of killing his 84-year-old grandmother after she refused to let him borrow her car. READ »

Man gets prison after naked train sex attack

National: 7 Jan 12
A 30-year-old man from western Sweden has been sentenced to prison after he stripped down naked and assaulted passengers on a train in November, while under the influence of drugs. READ »

Life sentence for Malmö bouncer murder

National: 30 Dec 11
A 25-year-old member of the infamous criminal gang Brödraskapet has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a man outside an illegal night club in Malmö last summer. READ »

Slick roads disrupt Swedes' Christmas travel

Science & Technology: 23 Dec 11
Slippery roads left more than a dozen trucks in the ditch and led to at least one multi-vehicle crash on Friday, as freezing rain prompting warnings as Swedes embarked on treacherous holiday travel on the day before Christmas Eve. READ »

Court convicts man of sex chats with kids

National: 16 Dec 11
A man from Uppsala, north of Stockholm, has been convicted by the district court for encouraging girls as young as 8-years-old to strip on the internet. READ »

Swedes churn a profit from Norway butter crisis

Business & Money: 15 Dec 11
Enterprising Swedes hoping to capitalize on Norway's ongoing butter shortage are offering the sought-after spread online, with one seller hoping to score a Gibson guitar in exchange for a pack of margarine. READ »

Convicted killer jailed for raping 12-year-old girl

National: 13 Dec 11
A 41-year-old man previously convicted of murder was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl in a stairwell in Stockholm in July. READ »

'No evidence bomber belonged to al-Qaeda'

National: 7 Dec 11
An unexploded bomb was left in the car of Stockholm suicide bomber Taimour Abdulwahab, investigators said on Wednesday, adding that there was nothing to indicate he was a member of the al-Qaeda terror network. READ »

Swedes aghast over Ryanair bikini calendar

Business & Money: 7 Dec 11
Sweden's advertising watchdog has been flooded with complaints concerning an advertisement for a calendar featuring scantily clad Ryanair stewardesses. READ »

Police foil Hells Angels kidnap plot

National: 26 Nov 11
In a mysterious incident in Gothenburg, a kidnapped man in his 50s was freed by police after they found him bound and gagged in the boot of a car. READ »

Marking the death of Sweden's 'TV oak'

Society: 25 Nov 11
An old oak tree standing in a boulevard outside the Sveriges Television (SVT) building in Stockholm was cut down on Thursday morning, following weeks of protests over the fate of what quickly became Sweden’s most famous piece of vegetation READ »

Immigrant women put Tensta Christmas market on the map

Society: 25 Nov 11
Immigrant women in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta are using language lessons and handicrafts to stitch together an alternative Christmas market experience for the entire Swedish capital, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers. READ »

Naked man in 'pot-fuelled' train sex attack

Society: 23 Nov 11
A 30-year-old man from western Sweden has been detained after he allegedly smoked marijuana before stripping down naked on a train and demanding passengers have sex with him. READ »

Politician surfed for porn on office computer

Society: 22 Nov 11
A high-ranking local politician from western Sweden, currently facing charges for buying sex, was found to have made thousands of visits to numerous pornographic websites from his office computer. READ »

Eleven 'eleventh-hour' nuptials on 11-11-11

National: 11 Nov 11
Eleven Swedish couples are set to be married in a church in Gothenburg in western Sweden at 11.11am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 2011. READ »

Ten Swedish brands everyone should know

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. READ »

School sued after pupil bullied on YouTube

Education: 4 Nov 11
A school in southern Sweden that failed to help a student who suffered two years of physical and verbal abuse from fellow students, who posted some of the incidents on YouTube, has been sued by Sweden's child welfare watchdog. READ »

Japanese clothes giant to rival H&M in Sweden

National: 3 Nov 11
The Japanese retail giant Uniqlo might be taking on Swedish cheap n´chic brand H&M on its own territory as the company is said to be looking for premises in the heart of Stockholm's shopping district. READ »

Family torn apart after false sex abuse claims

National: 2 Nov 11
One call to social services was enough to land a Swedish couple behind bars and have their kids taken away for more than two months after an innocent situation was misinterpreted as sexual abuse. READ »

Mass faintings at H&M factory in Cambodia

Business & Money: 28 Oct 11
Over 200 Cambodian workers fainted this week in a factory which manufacturers clothes for Swedish fashion giant H&M. READ »

Never Mind the Genitals, Here's Lilla Lovis

Lifestyle: 13 Oct 11
With the finals of Swedish Idol in full swing, contributor Katherine Dunn catches up with Lilla Lovis, a candy-haired Swedish singer whose lyrics detailing oral sex and female rape make her an entirely different flavour of pop star. READ »

Swedish surfers defy cold to catch winter waves

Sport: 11 Oct 11
While the season's first winter storm sends most Swedes scrambling for warmth, a group of dedicated Swedish surfers instead rejoice at the chance to ride out the blustery weather from their boards, The Local's Joel Linde discovers. READ »

Deportees: CIA behind torture interrogations

National: 5 Oct 11
Two Egyptians who were forcibly deported to Egypt from Sweden by CIA agents in 2001 have blamed the US spy agency for the torture they received in their home country. READ »

Stockholm hit by bed bug invasion

Society: 4 Oct 11
The number of cases of reported bed bugs in Sweden have increased by over 800 percent in five years, according to new figures from Swedish pest control agency Anticimex. READ »

Wrong of guards to stop inmate's sex act

Society: 4 Oct 11
Staff at a Swedish prison had no right to interrupt an inmate and his girlfriend while they were having sex simply because the couple's infant daughter was also in the visiting room, Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has ruled. READ »

Q&A with Paul Johnston, new UK ambassador to Sweden

Lifestyle: 30 Sep 11
The Local catches up with the new UK ambassador to Sweden, Paul Johnston, and has a quick chat about how he is finding his new posting in Stockholm. READ »

Swedes remain hot property in hi-tech boom

Business & Money: 23 Sep 11
The $8.5 billion sale of Skype to Microsoft in May not only proved that the age of big money IT acquisitions has a while to run, but also that Scandinavians and more particularly, Swedes, remain hot hi-tech property. READ »

Mother admits to killing sons, 4 and 8

National: 22 Sep 11
The 30-year-old mother who is suspected of having murdered her two young sons, whose bodies were recovered from a lake in Sigtuna north of Stockholm on Monday, confessed to their killing on Thursday afternoon. READ »

H&M buckles after Greenpeace 'detox' dressdown

Business & Money: 20 Sep 11
Swedish fashion giant H&M has committed to phasing out the use of all hazardous chemicals in making their clothes following a Greenpeace campaign urging them to "detox" their production. READ »

Mother held for killing sons, 4 and 8

National: 19 Sep 11
The mother of two boys, aged four and eight-years-old, who were found dead on Monday in a lake near Sigtuna north of Stockholm after going missing on Sunday night, is being held by police on suspicion of murder. READ »

Sweden struggles to come to grips with high school hazing

Education: 19 Sep 11
Reports of young Swedish teens being subjected to humiliating, sometimes sex-themed games, have once again put the subject of high school hazing back into the spotlight in Sweden, The Local's Joel Linde explains. READ »

Prankster convicted for office gas cloud blast

Business & Money: 16 Sep 11
An explosive workplace prank that injured four coworkers in western Sweden has resulted in a criminal conviction for the man behind the failed gag. READ »

Swedish bank bans sneakers

Business & Money: 14 Sep 11
A manager at Swedish bank Handelsbanken has demanded "proper attire" from his staff, enforcing a total ban on sneakers even on "casual Friday". READ »

Swedish women doing less housework: study

Society: 31 Aug 11
While Swedish women are spending less time on household chores that they were a decade ago, they continue to take a greater share than their male partners, a new study shows. READ »

Anna Lindh killer breaks silence over murder

Politics: 28 Aug 11
The man convicted of the 2003 murder of Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh, Mijailo Mijailovic, has finally spoken out about the case after eight years in prison. READ »

How to survive on a Swedish student budget

Lifestyle: 12 Aug 11
The Local's Clara Guibourg comes to the rescue of those struggling to get by on a meagre student loan with a survival guide of almost everything you need to know about living in Sweden on the cheap, without missing out on the fun. READ »

New York designer exploits 'Stockholm Syndrome'

Lifestyle: 8 Aug 11
Aniv von Borche, a 23-year-old bona fide New York-based designer attending the Stockholm Fashion Week which opens on Monday, tells contributor Caroline Bursell of how he aims to bring Swedes out of their "fashion shell". READ »

Cycling holidays and travel in Scandinavia

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 11
If you want to see Scandinavia at its best, there’s no more exciting way to do it than to hop on a bike and explore the region’s excellent network of hostels. READ »

Woman attacks teens with bow and arrow

Society: 3 Aug 11
Police in Örebro in central Sweden are hunting for a woman who reportedly brandished a bow and fired an arrow at group of teenagers. READ »

'Male chauvinist' mustard ads spark controversy

Business & Money: 25 Jul 11
Provocative adverts for a brand of mustard have prompted an outraged reaction from Swedish consumers, with some criticising the campaign "Real men grill" for being "chauvinist". READ »

Swedish man's thong use prompts police probe

Society: 22 Jul 11
A Swedish man, practicing yoga in the sun on a beach in northern Sweden was surprised to be approached by uniformed police on Thursday, wanting to question him about his choice of swimwear. READ »

Swedish teen girl trounces perfume thief

National: 16 Jul 11
A 37 year-old would-be thief in Lund, in southern Sweden, tried to make a run for it after pocketing perfume worth nearly 14,000 kronor ($2150), but was stopped by a 17-year-old girl tackling him into a wall. READ »

‘VIP customers’ spent half million with skimmed cards

Society: 16 Jun 11
Three people in Sweden were charged with credit card fraud on Wednesday after using skimmed cards to buy everything from snacks to jewellery and clothes for a value up to 500,000 kronor ($77,000). READ »

‘I feared for my own life’: father of convicted son

National: 15 Jun 11
The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' continued on Wednesday with testimonies from the parents who denied claims by their 23-year-old that they made him take the blame for murdering his sister's boyfriend. READ »

'Dad told me to grab the knife': convicted son

National: 14 Jun 11
The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' continued on Tuesday with testimony from the 23-year-old son who claims his parents made him take the blame for murdering his sister's boyfriend. READ »

Sweden 'failing' in fight against child poverty

Society: 7 Jun 11
Failed family policies and a welfare system that has become less fair are to blame for an increase in child poverty in Sweden, according to charity Save the Children. READ »

Viking treasure looters found guilty

National: 31 May 11
Tuesday saw the conclusion of a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with aggravated crime against relics following the looting of Viking age coins and artefacts on the Baltic island of Gotland. READ »

Swedish women battle mounting debts

Business & Money: 30 May 11
Women are experiencing increasing problems servicing SMS loans and for the first time are defaulting at the same levels as men, according to a new survey from the Swedish Enforcement Authority. READ »

Fika Bar: helping Londoners satisfy their Swedish cravings

Lifestyle: 24 May 11
Stuck in London, but looking for a taste of Sweden? Contributor Keith Moore suggests a cozy Brick Lane eatery serving up a host of very-Swedish treats that has much of the British capital dreaming of reindeer and lingonberries. READ »

Getting out and about in springtime Stockholm

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. READ »

Cybersex Swedes claim they did 'nothing wrong'

National: 13 May 11
The two Swedish IT-experts jailed for life in the Philippines for running a cybersex den say they are living a nightmare among hardened criminals and maintain that they have done nothing wrong. READ »

Looted Viking treasure trial gets under way

Science & Technology: 4 May 11
Wednesday marked the first day in a groundbreaking trial against five men charged with stealing a wealth of Viking age relics on the Swedish island of Gotland. READ »

Swedish bathers in naked shower outcry

Society: 28 Apr 11
Regular visitors to a Stockholm-area public swimming pool have expressed their outrage over the refusal of fellow bathers to get naked. READ »

Rescuer of Congolese child sex slaves honoured in Sweden

Society: 27 Apr 11
A Swedish foundation on Tuesday recognised Congolese activist Murhabazi Namegabe for his efforts to free child soldiers and sex slaves in the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ »

Housing, clothes push up Swedish inflation

National: 12 Apr 11
Swedish inflation rose at a higher rate in March than the previous month driven by price hikes for clothing and footwear and housing, official data showed on Tuesday. READ »

Eight years for ‘dusk and dawn’ pyromaniac

National: 8 Apr 11
The so-called ‘dusk and dawn’ pyromaniac, thought to be responsible for a string of deliberately-set fires in southern Sweden in recent years, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday after being of convicted of aggravated arson. READ »

Photographer denies 'stalking' Queen Silvia

Society: 8 Apr 11
The photographer accused by the Swedish Royal Court of stalking Queen Silvia during a recent visit to New York denies causing her to fall and hurt her foot. READ »

Naked Scandinavians too much for Facebook

Business & Money: 30 Mar 11
An image of two naked men in an autumnal Scandinavian wood was erased from Swedish underwear giant Björn Borg's Facebook page after being deemed 'pornographic'. READ »


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