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Swede admits to FARC guns-for-drugs deal

Business & Money: 20 Jan 12
A former Swedish night club owner held in the United States on suspicion of supplying weapons to Colombian guerrillas in exchange for cocaine, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a US court. READ »

Sweden to Denmark subway line suggested

Society: 18 Dec 11
Ever-growing numbers of commuters between Malmö and Copenhagen require new infrastructure solutions. A bold new suggestion currently being investigated involves a subway line connecting the neighbouring countries. READ »

Stockholm traffic 'worst in Scandinavia': report

National: 7 Dec 11
Stockholm drivers spend longer in traffic jams than their counterparts in other Scandinavian cities, a new study published on Wednesday shows. READ »

Charges 'imminent' for Swedish terror suspects

National: 5 Dec 11
The Danish prosecutor said on Monday that charges will soon be filed against the four men from Sweden suspected of planning a terrorist attack against Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen in December 2010. READ »

Swedes warned of Danish sex jaunt risks

Society: 15 Nov 11
Swedish men travelling to Copenhagen to partake of the Danish capital's plethora of sex clubs, massage parlours and swinger clubs have been warned that they face a heightened risk of being infected with sexually transmitted diseases. READ »

Clinton cancels Malmö visit after family death

National: 2 Nov 11
Former US president Bill Clinton has been forced to cancel a visit to Malmö at the last minute following a death in the family. READ »

Enjoy historic St Petersburg - without the visa

Travel: 3 Oct 11
Imagine visiting St. Petersburg, one of the most majestic cities in the world, without having to fly there and avoiding the headache of the visa-application process. A unique cruise line makes this possible. READ »

Missing scouts 'could have fled' to Denmark

National: 7 Aug 11
One of the twelve young people from Sierra Leone who disappeared from the World Scout Jamboree in Rinkaby has returned, while police believe that the others could have fled to Denmark. 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 »

Helium balloon stops Malmö tunnel train

National: 1 Aug 11
Passengers were left waiting for two hours before being evacuated from an SJ X2000 train on Sunday after a helium balloon caused a power outage in Malmö's city tunnel. READ »

'Obama cares more about Norway than Reinfeldt'

National: 29 Jul 11
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt tried on Friday to respond to criticism that he has been missing-in-action following last week's terror attacks in Norway. READ »

Customs row 'a misunderstanding': Danish minister

Politics: 18 Jun 11
Widespread objections to Denmark's plan to reintroduce permanent customs checks are based on a misunderstanding, Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen said in a meeting with Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt on Friday. READ »

Canadian singer Neema set to woo music fans in Sweden

Lifestyle: 16 Jun 11
Supporting Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker and Elton John on a European tour which heads to Sweden this weekend, Canadian-born singer Neema has been rubbing shoulders with some music heavyweights and winning over audiences with her personal songs, contributor Hannah Cleaver discovers. 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 »

'Jack Nicholson' surprises Swedish music festival fans

Society: 13 Jun 11
Fans attending the Summer Rock festival in southern Sweden cheered on Saturday by what they thought was a surprise appearance by legendary Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson. READ »

Chinese tourists injured in Sweden bus crash

National: 11 Jun 11
At least 17 people were injured when a bus full of Chinese tourists crashed and flipped on its side in central Sweden on Friday afternoon. READ »

Marcus Allbäck named in bribery probe

National: 9 Jun 11
Criminal suspicions have surfaced involving Marcus Allbäck, a former striker for Sweden's national team and current assistant trainer, in connection with the Gothenburg construction corruption scandal. READ »

'Danish Marmite ban, be damned': British ex-pat

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Jun 11
The news that Denmark has recently banned Marmite caused widespread panic among British ex-pats there, leaving UK native and Marmite lover Tim Harvey wondering whether the decision may have even more far-reaching consequences. READ »

Swedish hospitals launch campaign touting early pregnancy

Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Health authorities in southern Sweden are launching a public awareness campaign to encourage couples to have children sooner to combat the trend of women having their first child at an increasingly older age. READ »

'The Swedish hooligan disease' - a case of footballing déjà vu

Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As Swedish football reacts to the latest in a string of hooligan incidents, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson looks back at the case of the “drunk Dane” who attacked the referee in a Euro 2008 qualifier and wonders if any lessons have been learnt. READ »

Sweden cancels flights due to Iceland ash cloud

National: 24 May 11
Around 20 flights to and from Gothenburg's Landvetter airport have been cancelled due to ash from Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano, which swept into Sweden on Tuesday night. READ »

Baltic cruise ship adrift after power failure

National: 16 May 11
A cruise liner carrying some 2,000 crew and passengers spent much of Sunday adrift in the Baltic seas after a power outage, according to the Swedish sea rescue. READ »

Swede in US court over guns for drugs deal

National: 10 May 11
A Swedish citizen nicknamed "Stallion" faced a US court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to supply weapons to Colombian guerillas in exchange for cocaine. READ »

Fighting Scandinavians force plane to land

National: 8 May 11
A Swede and two Norwegians were detained in Copenhagen on Saturday after a mid-air brawl prompted the captain to make an unscheduled landing in the Danish capital. READ »

Male lust/female vice? Swedish museum touts sex through the ages

Lifestyle: 15 Apr 11
While the National Museum's new "Lust & Vice" exhibition has titillated the viewing public, it has incurred the scorn of an art world used to seeing sex exploited for financial gain, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson writes. READ »

Swede extradited over 'Muhammad cartoon plot'

National: 4 Apr 11
A man arrested in Stockholm in connection to a foiled plot to murder staff at Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, is set to face trial in Denmark, a Swedish court ruled Monday. READ »

A preview of the 2011 Allsvenskan football season

Lifestyle: 1 Apr 11
April is here, which brings the start of the Swedish professional football season. With play set to kick off on Saturday, contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at which teams are expected to vie for the Allsvenskan title. READ »

Malmö braces for Scandinavia's largest shopping mall

Lifestyle: 30 Mar 11
A mall billed as one of Europe’s most spectacular shopping centres is under construction in Malmö, but questions remain as to whether the city can handle the massive expansion in retail space, The Local's Karen Holst discovers. READ »

Sweden freezes Qaddafi billions

National: 23 Mar 11
Sweden has frozen assets hidden by Muammar Qaddafi's and his associates worth over 10 billion kronor ($1.6 billion), according to a media report on Wednesday. READ »

Swedes flee Japan amid quake's devastation

National: 12 Mar 11
Many Swedes in Japan are trying to leave the country following Friday's earthquake and tsunami, while the Swedish foreign ministry reported on Saturday it had heard from all the Swedes thought to be in the area worst hit by disaster. READ »

Swede causes airborne meningitis scare

National: 10 Mar 11
A Swedish woman was at the heart of a meningitis scare aboard a plane which was held in isolation at Copenhagen Kastrup airport on Wednesday after revealing that she may be suffering from the potentially fatal condition. READ »

Sack of urine led to Swedish thief's capture

Society: 9 Mar 11
A forgotten bag full of urine led to the conviction of a Swedish bank robber who had locked himself in the vault of Copenhagen bank. READ »

Al-Qaeda issues new Sweden threat: report

National: 17 Feb 11
An English-language online publication with links to the al-Qaeda terrorist network has paid tribute to the suicide bomber who attacked in Stockholm in December while calling for new acts of terrorism in Sweden. READ »

Drivers in court following Paris-Malmö taxi trip

National: 16 Feb 11
Two taxi drivers from Paris have been charged with human trafficking for driving a group of Afghan asylum seekers from France to Sweden. READ »

Sweden Democrat made to take Swedish lessons

Politics: 5 Feb 11
A local Sweden Democrat politician from Eslöv in southern Sweden is set to attend Swedish language classes after repeated complaints from fellow council members that they can't understand him. READ »

SAS pilot fell asleep in the cockpit

Society: 3 Feb 11
The pilot of a SAS plane fell asleep while at the controls of a flight from Copenhagen to Stockholm after his co-pilot had gone to the toilet. READ »

Suspects planned to slit journalists' throats

National: 31 Jan 11
The men from Sweden currently being held in Copenhagen on suspicions of planning a terror attack against the Jyllands-Posten newspaper planned on slitting the journalists' throats, police wiretaps reveal. READ »

Repatriation of Swedes from Egypt delayed

National: 31 Jan 11
Swedish tour operator Ving Group will likely begin flying home Swedes from Egyptian tourist resorts Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada on Monday, according to the company. READ »

Copenhagen terror suspects kept in custody

National: 27 Jan 11
The three men from Sweden who are suspected of planning a terrorist attack against Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen will remain in custody for at least another four weeks. READ »

Handball ref exposed himself to hotel maids

Society: 22 Jan 11
A handball referee who was arrested for exposing himself to cleaners in a Gothenburg hotel has been banned from the men’s handball World Championships currently being held in Sweden READ »

Terror suspect a 'normal Muslim': wife

National: 13 Jan 11
The 37-year-old man suspected of plotting a terror attack on a Danish newspaper is a "normal Muslim," his wife told a Swedish newspaper on Thursday. At the same time, he and three others from Sweden believed to be behind the plot were ordered to remain in custody. READ »

Swedish Muslim Council renews support for leader

National: 11 Jan 11
The Swedish Muslim Council declared its support on Sunday for chairwoman Helena Benaouda despite the fact that one of the terror suspects in Copenhagen is the father of her daughter's children. READ »

'Saab's future in jeopardy': auto expert

Business & Money: 7 Jan 11
A prominent auto industry expert has warned that, based on current figures, Saab Automobile won’t likely survive more than three more years. READ »

Swedish politician suspected of war crimes

National: 7 Jan 11
A local Swedish politician has been arrested in Denmark on war crimes suspicions stemming from a fatal shooting at a border control in the Balkans in 1991. READ »

SAS shares extend gains on sale speculation

Business & Money: 4 Jan 11
Shares in Scandinavian airline SAS jumped nearly 10 percent on Tuesday, adding to sharp gains as speculation grew that its state owners are moving to sell the carrier. READ »

Cartoons made Scandinavia terror threat 'much bigger': experts

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jan 11
Five years after a Danish newspaper first published controversial cartoons of the Muslim prophet, targets in Scandinavia are increasingly in the crosshairs of would-be terrorist attackers, the AFP's Nina Larson explains. READ »

Denmark terror plan 'destined to fail': expert

National: 1 Jan 11
A foiled terrorist plot involving three Swedes who planned an attack on a Danish newspaper was destined to fail, a Swedish terrorism expert said on Saturday. READ »

Muslim Council head condemns extremism

Politics: 1 Jan 11
Helena Benaouda, the chair of the Muslim Council of Sweden, has issued a statement saying all forms of extremism are unacceptable. READ »

Swedish suspect linked to convicted terrorists

National: 31 Dec 10
The 29 year old Swedish man arrested in Denmark on Wednesday on suspicion of plotting a terrorist act against the Jyllands-Posten newspaper has close links to two men convicted in Sweden of terror-related crimes, according to media reports. READ »

Fourth terror suspect remanded in Stockholm

National: 30 Dec 10
The 37-year-old Swede arrested in connection with a terror plot against a Danish newspaper was remanded in custody by a Stockholm court on Thursday on suspicion of preparing terror crimes. READ »

Swede suspects once arrested in Pakistan

National: 30 Dec 10
Two of the Swedish citizens arrested following a foiled terror plot against a Danish newspaper have previously been arrested in Pakistan. READ »

Swedish terror suspects remanded in custody

National: 30 Dec 10
Three men from Sweden were remanded in custody by a Danish court on Thursday after police foiled their plot against a newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. READ »

Swedish terror suspects appear in Danish court

National: 30 Dec 10
The Swedes arrested in Denmark in connection with a foiled "Mumbai-style" plot to massacre staff at a newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, faced a Danish court on Thursday. READ »

Swedish papers leap to defence of 'open society'

Politics: 30 Dec 10
After the arrests of five people on suspicion of planning a "Mumbai-style" attack on the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, the Swedish papers on Thursday argued that threats to the open society can not be met by draconian measures. READ »

Swedes arrested over 'Muhammad cartoon plot'

National: 29 Dec 10
Three Swedes were among five people arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of preparing to commit a terrorist act against the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, which published the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. READ »

Smuggled Swede sweets eat away Danish tax take

Society: 28 Dec 10
An estimated 300 million kronor ($44.18 million) worth of illegally smuggled sweets and chocolate from Sweden are sold in Denmark every year, the Danish tax authority announced on Tuesday. READ »

Agnetha Fältskog open to Abba reunion: report

Society: 27 Dec 10
Swedish singer Agnetha Fältskog has revealed that she is open to reuniting with supergroup Abba in a detailed recent magazine interview. READ »

Thousands of Swedes trapped in flight chaos

National: 21 Dec 10
Thousands of Swedes heading home by plane are currently stuck at airports across Europe, with London and Heathrow causing the greatest headaches for travellers. READ »

Rail and air travel suffer widespread disruption

Society: 2 Dec 10
Sweden's train services remained disruption for the third straight day, the country's national rail operator announced on Thursday, as traffic delays extended to flights in Stockholm and Malmö. READ »

Swedish train services halted across country

National: 30 Nov 10
Train service in eastern Sweden's Östergötland came to a grinding halt on Tuesday due to downed electrical wires in two separate places between Nörrköping and Mjölby. READ »

Mystery shipwreck found in central Stockholm

Society: 25 Nov 10
The remains of a ship dating from the 1600s have been discovered outside the Grand Hotel in central Stockholm. READ »

Swedish coastguard aids blazing ferry

National: 17 Nov 10
The Swedish coastguard on Wednesday came to the aid of a Danish ferry travelling from Oslo to Copenhagen after a fire broke out onboard. READ »

Crown Princess Victoria moves into Haga Palace

Society: 15 Nov 10
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her husband Prince Daniel have officially moved into their new home, Haga Palace in Solna north of Stockholm, on Monday. READ »

Take the SJ train to Jämtland

Travel: 11 Nov 10
Home to one of Sweden's most popular ski resorts, the province of Jämtland will not disappoint travellers looking for a classic Swedish winter experience. READ »

Säpo 'never authorised' US surveillance

National: 10 Nov 10
Sweden's Security Service Säpo did not give permission to the US embassy to conduct surveillance in Sweden, according to chief Anders Danielsson. READ »

US seeks to allay tension over embassy 'spying'

National: 9 Nov 10
The United States on Monday acknowledged its surveillance programme conducted at embassies in Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen, seeking to ease tensions after a Swedish prosecutor opened a probe into the legality of the practice. READ »

Ericsson wins Danish 4G contract

Business & Money: 8 Nov 10
Swedish telecom firm Ericsson announced on Monday that it had claimed a contract to supply a a fourth-generation (4G) communications network to Danish operator TDC. READ »

Sweden leads Nordic youth unemployment

Business & Money: 2 Oct 10
While youth unemployment has increased in all of the Nordic countries, it is highest in Sweden at 29 percent, according to a new report from the Nordic Council of Ministers. READ »

Sweden's Folksam in deal for part of Kaupthing

Business & Money: 20 Sep 10
A consortium that includes Swedish insurance group Folksam said on Monday that will pay nearly $900 million to buy the Danish investment banking business of failed Iceland bank Kaupthing. READ »

Election Q&A: the Green Party

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Sep 10
The Local has a quick Q&A with Green Party MP Bodil Ceballos to learn more about the party's stance on a few key issues. READ »

Big claims, little evidence: Sweden's law against buying sex

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jul 10
A new review of Sweden's ban on buying sex has provided little hard evidence that the policy of prohibition has worked, writes Laura Agustín, but few politicians have dared to point out its obvious failings. READ »

Bildt urges civilian changes in Afghanistan

Politics: 21 Jul 10
Civilian changes are needed in Afghanistan in order to achieve the security objectives outlined at a donor conference in Kabul, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said late on Tuesday. READ »

Sweden's prostitution law a success: report

National: 3 Jul 10
A law criminalizing the purchase of prostitution has helped halve the number of streetwalkers in Sweden's cities, according to a new report. READ »

Malmö celebrates as Öresund bridge turns 10

National: 2 Jul 10
Tens of thousands of people lined Malmö's beaches on Thursday to watch a massive fireworks display to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Öresund bridge. READ »

Malmö: A decade with the Öresund bridge

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 10
The Öresund bridge celebrates its 10th birthday this week. The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson takes a look at how the link has changed Sweden's third city and its relations to its neighbours. READ »

Summer Rail Destinations: Odense

Travel: 28 Jun 10
Sponsored article: The birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen, Odense beckons travellers with its vibrant nightlife, beautiful streetscapes, great shopping and rich cultural heritage. READ »

The Royal Wedding: Live Blog

National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding. READ »

Aviation standstill as pilots strike

National: 16 Jun 10
All domestic and many international flights remain grounded in Sweden on Wednesday after 2,000 members of the Swedish Airline Pilots’ Association were called out on strike over pay. READ »

Absent Swedes share in World Cup fever

Sport: 8 Jun 10
Despite Sweden's failure to qualify for this year's World Cup in South Africa, many Swedes plan to join in the fun when the month-long feast of football kicks off on Friday. READ »

Swedish library unearths rare German law book

Society: 7 Jun 10
Sundsvall library in northern Sweden has discovered a rare item in an inventory of old books in its cellars - the Sachsensspiegel from 1481, thought to be only the second existing copy of the hand-written German legal code. READ »

Protestors try to storm Iranian Embassy

National: 14 May 10
Police and protesters opposed to Iran's rulers clashed in front of the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm on Thursday when demonstrators threw rocks and tried to enter, authorities said. READ »

Airports suffer drop after volcano ash

National: 6 May 10
The number of passengers passing through the 14 airports run by Swedish state company Swedavia fell 25 percent in April, largely due to the Icelandic volcanic eruption. READ »

Swedish Rail Destinations: Malmö

Travel: 2 May 10
Sponsored Article: Once in the shadow of its larger, more glamorous neighbour Copenhagen, the construction of the Öresund Bridge means Malmö today forms the proud gateway to Sweden. READ »

Southern Sweden faces airspace shutdown

National: 19 Apr 10
A new airspace shutdown has been announced for southern parts of Sweden from 8pm on Monday. Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is set to remain open, although a new cloud of volcanic ash moving in towards Norway could spell trouble. READ »

SAS paves way for lay-offs due to ash

National: 17 Apr 10
Scandinavian airline SAS has indicated it may be forced to temporarily lay-off thousands of staff as a cloud of volcanic ash continues to keep its planes on the ground. READ »

Flights stay grounded amid hovering ash

National: 17 Apr 10
Aviation authorities expect most Swedish airspace to remain closed on Saturday, with a cloud of volcanic ash settling over vast swathes of the country as the weekend begins. READ »

Nine injured in bus accident

National: 27 Mar 10
Nine people were injured early on Saturday morning when a bus drove into a ditch on the E6 motorway, north of the village of Tanumshede in Bohuslän in western Sweden. READ »

BA strike set to hit Swedish flights

National: 19 Mar 10
Travellers between Sweden and the UK face delays and cancellations this weekend due to a strike by British Airways cabin crew, with three out of five flights from Stockholm to London cancelled on Sunday. READ »

Fire breaks out onboard SAS plane

National: 13 Mar 10
An SAS plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Malmo airport on Friday evening after a fire broke out in the cabin. READ »

Bildt: Icesave deal key to Iceland IMF money

Business & Money: 12 Mar 10
Sweden's Carl Bildt joined a chorus of Nordic foreign ministers on Thursday calling on Iceland to reach a banking payback deal with Britain and The Netherlands, warning that IMF aid money depended on it. READ »

Stockholm 'one of Europe's richest regions'

Business & Money: 18 Feb 10
The Stockholm area is one of the ten richest regions in the European Union, according to new figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency. READ »

Two year wait for Stockholm flat: report

National: 8 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, rising to as much as 20 years for attractive areas. In many comparable EU cities apartments can be found immediately, a new survey shows. READ »

Christmas shopping stop for Jacob Zuma in Swedish grocery store

Society: 5 Feb 10
The President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, became so enamoured with traditional Swedish advent candlesticks while attending the December climate summit that he took 15 of them home with him. READ »

Skavsta reopens for air traffic

National: 3 Feb 10
All traffic in and out of Skavsta airport has come to a halt as heavy snow covers takeoff and landing strips and strong winds make flying treacherous. The harsh weather has also led to a number of school closures. READ »

Class 1 weather warning for south-east Sweden

National: 30 Jan 10
The Swedish Met Office (SMHI) has issued a class 1 warning for the Österlen area of Skåne, southern Sweden, over the next two days with strong winds and more heavy snowfall expected. READ »

Swede awarded UN top job in Afghanistan

National: 28 Jan 10
Long-serving Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been appointed by UN chief Ban Ki-moon as his new envoy to Afghanistan. READ »

Hat-trick of Swedish universities make world top 100

Education: 8 Jan 10
Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University and Stockholm University have made the grade in a new list of the world’s top 100 higher education establishments. READ »

Two degree climate deal unlikely: Reinfeldt

Politics: 16 Dec 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said the Copenhagen summit is unlikely to result in a pledge to try to cap the rise of global temperatures since the dawn of the industrial era at two degrees Celsius. READ »

EU pledges climate cash to poor nations: Reinfeldt

Business & Money: 11 Dec 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has announced that the European Union's member states have agreed to give $10.6 billion to help developing nations tackle climate change. READ »

Reinfeldt calls on US to raise climate targets

Politics: 10 Dec 09
Swedish Prime Minster Fredrik Reinfeldt implored the United States on Wednesday to implement more ambitious goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. READ »


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Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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