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Live Blog: Eurovision Song Contest final

Lifestyle: 18 May 13
The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Final is live in Malmö, southern Sweden. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Europe's biggest pop music spectacle. READ »

Danes invade Sweden for Eurovision final

Society: 17 May 13
With Denmark tipped to win this year's Eurovision final, The Local's Patrick Reilly caught up with a few Danes who'd crossed the divide to be in Malmö for Saturday night's final. READ »

SAS plane loses part of wing in Newark collision

Business & Money: 2 May 13
A plane from Scandinavian airline SAS carrying 253 passengers lost part of its wing when it collided with another aircraft at Newark airport outside New York on Wednesday. READ »

Three Swedish eateries among world's top 100

Travel: 30 Apr 13
Three Swedish restaurants are among the top 100 in the world, according to a new ranking published in the UK on Monday. READ »

'Stockholm to outpace London growth by 2030'

Business & Money: 23 Apr 13
Stockholm's population is among the fastest growing among European cities, with a new report by the city's chamber of commerce suggesting that by 2030, the Swedish capital will overtake London as the fastest growing city in western Europe. READ »

Stockholm Arlanda slides in global airport rankings

National: 19 Apr 13
Stockholm Arlanda Airport has fallen nine places to 60th in a global ranking of major airports, over 40 places behind Helsinki-Vantaa - the leading airport in the Nordic region. READ »

Malmö locals cash in on Eurovision frenzy

Lifestyle: 19 Apr 13
Hosting the Eurovision Song Contest finals is bringing a cash windfall for Malmö, not least for some locals who are renting out their apartments to devoted music fans, The Local's Patrick Reilly discovers. READ »

SAS now cheapest on several European routes

Society: 18 Apr 13
Scandinavian airline SAS has the cheapest airfares to several destinations in Europe and is on par with budget airlines such as Norwegian and Ryanair, new figures show. READ »

Stockholm in top ten of EU's richest regions

Business & Money: 24 Mar 13
Stockholm has been named among the top ten richest regions in the European Union according to a new study published on Sunday. READ »

Student job-seeking tips: 'just go out and ask'

Education: 18 Mar 13
Students in Sweden, especially foreign students, can be left struggling when looking for extra work to support their studies. For this week's JobTalk, we find out why it's a problem and how it can be tackled. READ »

The miner's daughter who became Swedish royalty's grand old lady

Lifestyle: 11 Mar 13
Princess Lilian of Sweden, who has died aged 97, had to wait thirty years to get her prince, but her discretion might well have saved the Swedish monarchy. READ »

Malmö mayor of two decades to step down

National: 4 Feb 13
The Social Democrat mayor of Malmö, Ilmar Reepalu, has announced he is leaving the job on July 1st, saying he wants to spend more time with his grandchild. READ »

H&M targets women with new fashion brand

Business & Money: 9 Jan 13
Swedish fashion giant H&M is launching a chain of stores featuring a new clothing brand targeting women in cities across Europe, including Stockholm, the company said on Wednesday. READ »

Danish labour law attracts Swedish workers

Business & Money: 27 Dec 12
Many thousands of Swedes flock across the sound to Denmark for work every day, but now Copenhagen is trying to tailor the country's labour market 'flexicurity' to a new reality of sluggish growth and rising unemployment. READ »

Blizzard rolls across southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 12
Swedish meteorology agency SMHI has issued a class 2 warning for the Skåne region in the south of Sweden, advising residents to stay indoors as harsh winds combined with heavy snowfall make for perilous conditions. READ »

Irish ambassador: We're learning from the Swedes

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Dec 12
James Joseph Carroll, Ireland's ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about Ericsson, the West Bank, and how Swedish brainpower is helping turn around the Irish economy. READ »

Swedish politicians fear legalized pot in Denmark

Business & Money: 22 Nov 12
Politicians in southern Sweden are smoking mad over plans by the mayor of Copenhagen to legalize the sale of cannabis in the Danish capital. READ »

SAS 'ultimatum' angers Swedish unions

National: 20 Nov 12
Swedish unions have likened SAS's initial failure to consult its employees to "an ultimatum", which they say flies in the face of the Swedish model of consensus-based labour negotiations. READ »

SAS chairman: 'now it's business as usual'

National: 19 Nov 12
With Scandinavian airlines SAS and unions working furiously to avoid potential bankruptcy, The Local brings you the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the troubled airline. READ »

SAS in talks while staff prepare for bankruptcy

Business & Money: 18 Nov 12
Despite intensive negotiations between Scandinavian Airlines, SAS, and union representatives on Sunday, the company and staff have not been able to reach an agreement and bankruptcy may be imminent. READ »

SAS tickets still selling amid passenger concern

Business & Money: 13 Nov 12
Despite a flurry of worried phone calls from travellers, ticket sales for Scandinavian airline SAS continued to sell on Tuesday as many passengers ignored the airline’s current financial turbulence. READ »

SAS flights resume after hurricane Sandy passes

Science & Technology: 31 Oct 12
Scandinavian airline SAS announced on Wednesday that flights to and from the east coast of the US have been reopened, after a two-day hiatus due to hurricane Sandy. READ »

Reinfeldt brands EU budget 'unrealistic'

Politics: 30 Oct 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday slammed the 2012-2020 EU budget, proposed by current president Cyprus, branding the draft "unrealistic". READ »

Swedes stranded in US as hurricane nears

Science & Technology: 29 Oct 12
Flights between Sweden and the east coast of the US have been cancelled with the threat of Hurricane Sandy looming in New York and Washington on Monday. READ »

Muted protests greet Wilders Malmö visit

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. READ »

Swede in surprising museum sea snake find

Science & Technology: 26 Oct 12
A Swedish scientist has together with a Danish colleague discovered a new species of sea snake, while inspecting formalin-filled jars in a Copenhagen museum. READ »

Player death threat puts Swedish hooliganism back in focus

Lifestyle: 26 Sep 12
With football officials still reeling from a match in southern Sweden in which supporters called for the death of an opposing player, contributor Patrick Reilly takes a first-hand look at football hooliganism in Skåne. READ »

Top Telia boss in sex club bribery scandal

Business & Money: 25 Sep 12
A Stockholm-based manager from Swedish-Finnish telecom giant TeliaSonera is under investigation for corruption in a scandal that reportedly involves expensive mobile phones, ice hockey and sex club visits. READ »

Sweden hit by Danish sperm bank scandal

Science & Technology: 24 Sep 12
Nearly 20 children in Sweden and Norway are among dozens conceived with sperm from a donor that carried a genetic disease which a Danish sperm bank, Nordisk Cryobank, failed to disclose. READ »

'I knew in spring they’d be released': Bildt

National: 11 Sep 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt revealed in his personal blog on Tuesday that he knew as early as May that the two Swedish reporters jailed in Ethiopia would be released. READ »

Swedish passengers hit by Lufthansa strike

Society: 7 Sep 12
Swedish travellers have found themselves among the estimated 100,000 people affected by the Lufthansa cabin crew strike, with flights canned from Arlanda and Landvetter airports. READ »

Zlatan doubles up to give PSG season's first win

Sport: 3 Sep 12
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted two first-half goals to give his new club Paris Saint-Germain its first win of the new Ligue 1 season on Sunday night with a 2-1 victory at Lille. READ »

Celtic hurdle remains for Swedish champs

Sport: 11 Aug 12
Swedish champions Helsingborg must overcome the Scottish champions Celtic in order to claim a place in the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2000. READ »

Sweden warns heroin users after anthrax death

Science & Technology: 9 Jul 12
The death of a drug user in Denmark from what is believed to be a batch of heroin contaminated by anthrax has prompted a warning from Swedish health authorities to the country's heroin users. READ »

Sweaty Swedes seek help overseas

Science & Technology: 10 Jun 12
Thousands of Swedes suffering from over-active sweat glands are being forced to seek help in other EU countries as Swedish healthcare authorities refuse to fund treatment for anything extending beyond a sweaty palm. READ »

Swedish yes to 'flexible' mechanism for banks

Business & Money: 7 Jun 12
Minister for finance, Anders Borg, on Thursday said that he is not against allowing troubled Spanish banks using flexible EU mechanisms to recapitalise, despite recent German reservations against doing so. READ »

Swedish terror suspects convicted in Denmark

National: 4 Jun 12
Four men from Sweden were convicted by a Danish court on Monday for plotting a terror attack on the Jyllands-Posten daily in Copenhagen in December 2010 that was meant to "kill as many as possible". READ »

Skåne County to offer fertility tests for all

Science & Technology: 3 Jun 12
In future Malmö hopes to offer all young couples help to find out how good their chances are of conceiving, thus hopefully avoiding involuntary childlessness later in life. READ »

Hillary Clinton lines up Sweden visit

Politics: 26 May 12
Sweden is set to host US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in early June and discussions will concern green energy, internet freedom, Afghanistan and the Middle East READ »

Swedish airline Skyways files for bankruptcy

Business & Money: 22 May 12
Swedish budget airline Skyways Express has cancelled all flights after it and its City Airline subsidiary filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday morning. READ »

Irish invasion as Gaelic football hits Stockholm

Lifestyle: 10 May 12
The opening of the Nordic Gaelic football championships takes place this weekend in Stockholm, and with more Irish people coming to Sweden to escape their homeland's economic gloom, the event promises to be the biggest yet. READ »

Stockholm eatery named among world top 20

Society: 1 May 12
Stockholm restaurant Frantzen/Lindeberg has been named among the world's top 20 restaurants in a new compilation by a prestigious trade journal. READ »

Gay rugby in Stockholm 'stirs the imagination'

Lifestyle: 24 Apr 12
Despite Sweden's progressive attitude toward homosexuality and the affinity for rugby in the gay community, Stockholm's own gay rugby team, the Berserkers, is a late entrant on the scene, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Five things you should know about Stockholm

Lifestyle: 17 Apr 12
Think you know Stockholm? Check out The Local's list of five things you should know about the Swedish capital. READ »

Swedish terror suspects plead 'not guilty'

National: 13 Apr 12
The four men from Sweden involved in the planned terror attack against the Danish Jyllands-Posten daily denied all charges when the trial finally begun in Copenhagen on Friday. READ »

'Secret judges' in Danish terror case: Swede's rep

National: 8 Apr 12
In a move that has drawn criticism from the lawyer of a Swedish suspect, Danish judicial authorities have moved to classify the names of judges and courts that have played a key role in a terrorism case due to go to trial this Friday. READ »

Copper thieves cut off Sweden's main rail line

Society: 4 Apr 12
Rail traffic connecting Stockholm, Malmö, and Copenhagen was brought to a standstill on Tuesday after thieves severed the high-voltage overhead lines in order to steal the valuable copper wire inside. READ »

Charles and Camilla hit Stockholm

National: 22 Mar 12
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive in Sweden shortly after lunch on Thursday, after spending a few days in Norway on their official trip to Scandinavia. READ »

Swedes fail at EPT Madrid

Lifestyle: 21 Mar 12
The European Poker Tour stop in Madrid was a disappointment for Sweden, with not a single Swedish player making the money in the tournament. READ »

Suspects planned to 'kill as many as possible'

National: 2 Mar 12
Four men from Sweden were formally charged in Denmark on Friday for planning a suspected terrorist attack against Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen in December 2010. READ »

InterRail: Everyone’s free to explore Europe

Travel: 22 Feb 12
You no longer have to be a gap-year graduate to jump on board and enjoy the InterRail experience. Travelling around Europe by train can be appreciated by everyone – whatever your age. READ »

Copenhagen 'ready to help' make Malmö safer

National: 22 Feb 12
The mayor of Copenhagen has offered to help his counterpart in Malmö, Ilmar Reepalu, in efforts to make the southern Swedish city safer in the wake of a series of deadly shootings. READ »

Stockholm ranked among world's top student cities

Education: 15 Feb 12
Stockholm beat out Helsinki and Copenhagen, as well as several other university towns in northern Europe in a ranking of the “Best Student Cities in the World” published this week. READ »

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 »

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