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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe. READ »

Raoul Wallenberg – Sweden's Not-So-Favourite Son

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jan 12
The Swedish government has announced that it will designate 2012 as the official "Raoul Wallenberg Year" and the honour is more than deserved, according to historian Susanne Berger. READ »

Cunning linguists in Sweden crack 300-year-old occult code

Science & Technology: 27 Oct 11
Two Swedish linguists at Uppsala University have deciphered a handwritten manuscript dating from the mid-18th century, written by a secret society known as “the Occultists”, obsessed with eye surgery and spying on the Freemasons. READ »

China relies less on Russian arms: Swedish think tank

Politics: 3 Oct 11
Swedish think tank SIPRI has said in a new report that China's dependence on Russia for arms and energy imports has declined and Moscow's position when dealing with Beijing has weakened as a result. READ »

Sweden's Stasi spies detailed in new book

National: 15 Sep 11
The activities of more than 50 Swedes who spied on their fellow citizens for the East German intelligence service during the Cold War have been described in a new book. READ »

'Swedish shipments to Nazis may have been ransom for captured Swedes'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Jun 11
Historical documents related to the capture of seven Swedes by the Gestapo in Poland in 1942 puts Sweden's subsequent ball bearing deliveries to Nazi Germany in a new light, argue historians Susanne Berger and Ingela Magner. READ »

Debunking the mystique of the Bilderberg Group

Analysis & Opinion: 11 May 11
While conspiracy theorists have long viewed the exclusive global network of elites known as the Bilderberg Group as a secretive global government, a new book by a Sweden-based academic argues the group's influence is often overstated, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson explains. READ »

Secret Swedish Cold War ops exposed

National: 24 Mar 11
A top-secret Swedish air force unit with ties to NATO members Denmark and Norway operated through the Cold War, a new book reveals, casting fresh doubt over the country’s long-standing claims to neutrality. READ »

Swedes join NATO Baltic air exercise

National: 24 Mar 11
Swedish fighter aircraft took part in a NATO led exercise over the Baltic states on Wednesday, marking a new level in the formally non-aligned country's ties with the military alliance. READ »

Military 'not interested' in Soviet sub wreck

Science & Technology: 3 Mar 11
A dispute has broken out over whether or not the wreck of a suspected Soviet-era submarine found near the Baltic island of Gotland deserves further investigation. READ »

Palme's political legacy 'put Sweden on the map'

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Feb 11
As the 25th anniversary of Olof Palme’s murder is remembered The Local’s Karen Holst explores the political legacy left by the man who delivered Sweden from obscurity and into the globalising world. READ »

Sweden to open secret files on Cold War's end

Politics: 16 Feb 11
Sweden plans to release classified diplomatic files related to the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Tuesday. READ »

'Wallenberg and Isaak are still worth fighting for'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 11
With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in prison in Eritrea and questions still swirling about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that Sweden needs to do more to shorten its ignominious line of unsolved disappearances. READ »

'The world’s most complete partnership'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
On the eve of three important international summits, US ambassador to Sweden Matthew W. Barzun emphasises the importance of the transatlantic partnership as well as Sweden’s constructive role in promoting international engagement. READ »

Olof Palme and Obamania: Swedes' love-hate relationship with the US

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 10
On the eve of the US mid-term elections, libertarian Swedish commentator and author Fredrik Segerfeldt takes a look at the evolution of Swedes' attitudes toward the United States – with some help from one of Sweden’s most revered singer-songwriters. READ »

Hockey wasn't always Sweden's pride on ice

Lifestyle: 7 Oct 10
Sweden’s passion for ice hockey will be on display this weekend when teams from the National Hockey League square off in Stockholm, but the fast-moving sport wasn’t always near and dear to Swedes’ hearts, The Local’s David Landes discovered. READ »

Military service comes to an end in Sweden

National: 1 Jul 10
Compulsory military service officially came to end in Sweden on Thursday after 109 years, setting the non-aligned nation on the path to developing a fully professional army. READ »

Court to review access to Sweden's 'Stasi files'

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court has taken up the case of a researcher who is applying for access to classified security police documents relating to Stasi contacts in Sweden. READ »

Swedish diplomat was Russian source: Ex-spy

National: 31 Mar 10
A former Russian spy commander, Sergei Tretyakov, has accused a Swedish diplomat of having handed classified documents over to the Russian secret service following his recruitment at the end of the 1990s. READ »

Swedish Rail Destinations: Berlin

Travel: 1 Dec 09
Sponsored article: Berlin's turbulent history has made it one of the most fascinating and exciting cities in the world. And with night trains running from Sweden throughout the Christmas period, it's also very accessible. READ »

Old meat rations on sale in Sweden

National: 26 Sep 09
Following revelations that Swedish meat supplies from the Cold War era are being served up in restaurants in Poland, its has been revealed that tinned rations are also on sale in Sweden. READ »

Rancid Swedish Cold War meat sold to Poland

National: 25 Sep 09
Meat from Swedish stockpiles dating back to the Cold War has been sold to Poland to be served in restaurants. READ »

Sweden navigates complex waters of EU foreign policy

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
With an important meeting of EU's foreign ministers taking place in Stockholm this weekend, David Stavrou examines the changing roles of Sweden and the EU in world affairs. READ »

Where would we be without Ryanair?

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Aug 09
Airline industry veteran Rick Methven talks up the virtues of low cost air travel and recalls a pre-Ryanair era of outlandish prices and skies closed to the average consumer. READ »

'Swedish spy threat at Cold War levels': report

National: 30 Jul 09
The threat of espionage faced by Sweden from foreign security services remains widespread, according to a new report from Swedish military intelligence. READ »

Spies, lies and Swedish ties

Lifestyle: 13 Jul 09
The Local's Laura Xiao meets Stockholm-based novelist Jeremy Duns to catch up on the recent publication of the first part of a thrilling new Cold War trilogy. READ »

Global arms spending hits new heights: Swedish think tank

Society: 8 Jun 09
World arms spending reached record levels in 2008, with the United States, China and Russia all upping their military budgets, Swedish think tank SIPRI reports. READ »

'Isolationism is passé - Sweden needs to join NATO': Liberals

Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 09
With neutrality outdated and Sweden unable to effectively defend it's borders, the country needs to set aside its hang-ups and start thinking seriously about joining NATO, argues Birgitta Ohlsson, foreign policy spokesperson for the Liberal Party. READ »

'Heart cells undergo continual replacement': Swedish study

Science & Technology: 3 Apr 09
Heart cells are replenished throughout life, enabling improved treatments to repair damage caused by cardiac arrest or illness, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Research reveals depth of Sweden-US Cold War relations

National: 17 Mar 09
New research has shown that Sweden's relations with the United States ran more deeply during the Cold War than was previously known. READ »

Russians in Sweden: taming a fear of the bear

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jan 09
In the first of a series highlighting different communities in Sweden, The Local’s David Landes takes a look at how the sprawling and complex history of Swedish-Russian relations affects life for Russians living in Sweden today. READ »

Reinfeldt and Merkel talk tough on Georgia

Politics: 25 Aug 08
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt welcomed the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Stockholm on Monday. Russia's actions in Georgia, the Baltic Sea Initiative and energy and climate issues were high on the agenda. READ »

Bildt plays down Russian nuclear threat

Politics: 18 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has played down the significance of reports that Russia is considering arming its Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads. READ »

Georgia crisis 'should prompt Swedish military rethink'

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Aug 08
The current crisis in Georgia provides a timely reminder of Sweden's need to more effectively defend its borders and offshore territories, particularly the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, writes security expert Bo Pellnäs. READ »

The third chair was for the spy

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 08
A new Swedish snoop law has sparked the wildest political debate in many years. Cold War press veteran David Bartal wonders why people seem so surprised. READ »

Parliament debates email tapping bill

Politics: 17 Jun 08
Lawmakers in Sweden debated a controversial bill on Tuesday which would allow all emails and phone calls to be monitored in the name of national security. READ »

Going underground at Tech Noir

Lifestyle: 4 Jun 08
David Bartal wanders into a subterranean night club and discovers a realm where Belgians rule the roost and latex is more rule than exception. READ »

Nuke test residue aids Swedish fat cell research

Science & Technology: 5 May 08
Cold War era nuclear tests have helped a team of researchers in Sweden to uncover some new insights about the life and death of fat cells in adult humans. READ »

Debating NATO: Sweden and Finland keep their distance

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Apr 08
Sweden and Finland have become more willing to debate possible NATO membership, writes Tallinn-based journalist Justin Petrone. But opposition to the alliance remains strong. READ »

Foreign ministry double agent fooled Soviet spies

Politics: 1 Feb 08
A former high-ranking foreign ministry official speaks out about his time as a double agent. READ »

Why the Stasi came to Sweden

Lifestyle: 16 Aug 07
Following recent revelations surrounding Swedes who collaborated with the Stasi, The Local looks at the Cold War relationship between neutral Sweden and the GDR. READ »

Stasi spy has 'no regrets'

Politics: 15 Aug 07
The Local looks at Swedish journalist König's career with the Stasi from his recruitment in the late 1960s to 'the great catastrophe' in 1989. READ »

Swedes spied for Stasi

National: 9 Aug 07
A network of Swedes delivered information to the Stasi, East Germany's secret police, during the Cold War, it has been revealed. READ »

Years of cuts have left Sweden defenceless

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jul 07
Defence policy is insurance against the worst that could happen in a future that we cannot predict. But Sweden's military has taken down its flag and left the field, argues Professor Wilhelm Agrell. READ »

Sweden was prepared to fight Soviet Union

National: 26 May 07
Recently declassified documents show that a Swedish plane shot down by the Soviet Union in 1952 was seeking out potential bomb targets in the former USSR. READ »

Swedes still opposed to Nato

National: 3 May 07
Swedes are still opposed to the idea of joining Nato, according to a new poll published on Thursday. 46 percent are against membership, while only 22 percent are in favour. READ »

Swede changes name to James Bond

Society: 5 Apr 07
Forget Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Daniel Craig: Gunnar Schäfer is the new James Bond. And his interest stretches a lot further than the Bond museum he runs in Nybro. READ »

Introducing...Dolph Lundgren

Lifestyle: 19 Mar 07
He was Hollywood's favourite Cold War Russian muscleman, but Dolph Lundgren was also quite a whizz in the lab, as Paul O'Mahony explains. READ »

'Big brother' surveillance makes waves in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 07
A far-reaching wiretapping programme proposed by the government has stirred up a fiery debate, with critics decrying the creation of a 'big brother' state. READ »

Bugging proposal 'enjoys support of government partners'

Politics: 24 Jan 07
Defence minister Mikael Odenberg is pressing on with plans to extend the powers of the National Defence Radio Establishment, best known for its work during the Cold War. READ »

Space: the free market's final frontier

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Dec 06
Space may be big, but there's no room for bureaucrats and intergovernmental agencies, argues Waldemar Ingdahl, director of the free market think tank Eudoxa in Stockholm. READ »

"Time for Sweden to support Mid-East Moderates"

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Oct 06
Knee-jerk condemnations of Israel have been a frequent characteristic of Sweden’s reaction to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The new government should start supporting moderates on both sides, argues David Stavrou. READ »

Olof Palme: the controversy lives on

Lifestyle: 27 Feb 06
It is twenty years since Sweden was shaken by the murder of one of its most controversial politicians. But what impact does the radical, campaigning prime minister Olof Palme have on modern Sweden? READ »

Game theorists share economics Nobel

National: 10 Oct 05
There's a peace theme behind this year's economics Nobel, which goes to Robert Aumann and Thomas Schelling "for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis". READ »

King leads Sweden?s tributes to Pope

National: 3 Apr 05
Sweden’s politicians and church leaders react to the death of John Paul II. The government extends its sympathy to “the millions of people throughout the world who have lost their spiritual leader," as Swedish Catholics gather in Stockholm to mark the Pope's passing. READ »

Defence chiefs condemned in internal report

National: 1 Apr 05
An internal working party delivers a damning report on the current state of the Armed Forces. They're described as suffering an 'identity crisis' since the end of the cold war, with poor leadership and dodgy recruitment policies thrown in. READ »

Smörgåsbord

Smörgåsbord: 30 Jul 04
The World Cup for homeless people, Sweden's last cold war spy explains why he betrayed his country, fare evasion in Stockholm increases, and Knutby gets a make-over. READ »

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

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 »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

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 »

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