February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Dalarna":
Society: 13 Feb 12
One in five Swedes believes that people rise from the grave after they've died, a new survey has shown.
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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.
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National: 29 Jan 12
A Swedish man in his twenties died late Saturday night from the injuries he sustained in a snowboarding accident in Dalarna skiing resort Hundfjället, in central Sweden.
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Travel: 13 Jan 12
The New York Times recently ranked the province of Dalarna in central Sweden as one of “45 places to go” in 2012. But the home of the famous wooden horse isn't the only place in Sweden worth seeing this year.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jan 12
A hospital in southern Sweden recently spent just under a million kronor to have a room adapted to suit the needs of the "electro-oversensitive", who suffer from a condition doctors say doesn't exist.
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Society: 30 Dec 11
A Swedish woman's recent toiling in her garden turned up a rather unexpected harvest when she pulled a carrot out of the ground 'wearing' the wedding ring she had lost back in 1995.
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National: 30 Dec 11
A 32-year-old woman from Dalarna in central Sweden has been remanded on suspicions of child rape for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy.
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National: 18 Dec 11
A 28 year-old man was found shot in the stomach on the streets of Ludvika, in central Sweden, on Saturday afternoon. Another 28 year-old is in custody, suspected of attempted murder.
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Society: 12 Dec 11
A café owner from central Sweden is facing criminal charges after 86 people were taken ill with food poisoning after eaten food prepared on her premises just a few days after inspectors had told her to close her shop.
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Science & Technology: 11 Dec 11
Those who plan to celebrate Lucia day on Tuesday will have to hold on tight to garb and glitter, as a new storm heads in over Sweden in the beginning of next week.
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Science & Technology: 28 Nov 11
Mora municipality in central Sweden has decided not to accede to the wishes of an "electro-oversensitive" local resident and introduce a "radiation-free" zone in order to maintain mobile phone coverage.
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Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
A Swedish man who wears a "silver suit" to protect himself from mobile phone radiation had demanded that local officials protect his health by creating a “radiation-free zone” that may leave thousands without mobile phone coverage.
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Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
Christmas markets are a feature of Yuletide in Sweden and The Local has put together a pick of the best, all featuring warm spiced "glögg" for the adults, and plenty of fun activites for the children.
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Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter.
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Science & Technology: 18 Nov 11
Freezing rain and snow is expected to fall across large swaths of central and northern Sweden on Friday night, prompting warnings from icy road conditions across much of the region.
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National: 3 Nov 11
A local politician in northern Sweden, openly opposed to excessive wolf hunting, was hospitalized on Tuesday night after being knocked out by a rock thrown through his bedroom window.
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Science & Technology: 10 Oct 11
With the balmy days of the recent "Indian summer" consigned to memory, the first freeze of the season has rendered roads icy and treacherous in northern areas of Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 8 Oct 11
The night between Saturday and Sunday promises to be cold throughout Sweden with a risk of frost all the way down to the southern coast.
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Society: 5 Oct 11
A 26-year-old man has been charged with blackmail after using a female online alias to demand money from a famous Swedish actor to prevent a film of him masturbating going public.
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Politics: 26 Sep 11
The resignation of William Petzäll from the Sweden Democrats is a setback which the party can manage, but they have to ensure that it remains a unique event, according to political scientist Andreas Johansson Heinö.
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National: 26 Sep 11
A team of Swedish hunters made a gruesome discovery when out patrolling the woods in central Sweden last Sunday when they stumbled upon a tray full discarded elk entrails.
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Politics: 26 Sep 11
The Sweden Democrats on Monday called on rogue MP William Petzäll to surrender his seat in Sweden's Riksdag amid claims that he had demanded a sum of cash in return for acceding to the party's wishes.
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Business & Money: 21 Sep 11
During the first half of 2011 more than 450 former local politicians shared a total of 42 million kronor ($6.3 million) in "temporary" early retirement pensions pay out, according to a new report.
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National: 5 Sep 11
Two young people died when their car hit a train in Horndal in Dalarna in central Sweden on Sunday evening.
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National: 4 Sep 11
A five year-old girl was picked up from her pre-school by police officers and underwent a medical exam without the knowledge of her parents, who have reported the matter to the ombudsman.
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Society: 1 Sep 11
A 23-year-old man from central Sweden who thought he was being attacked by aliens from outer space has been charged for firing several live rounds from his apartment window.
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Science & Technology: 24 Aug 11
Despite constant improvements, Google Translate continues to lose its way – often in laughable ways – when it comes to translating certain place names from Swedish to English.
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National: 23 Aug 11
An 84-year-old man forgot that he had his dog tied to his tow-bar when when he jumped in his car to leave a rest stop, proceeding to drag the hapless household pet over three kilometres to its death.
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Society: 16 Aug 11
New figures show that police in the county of Halland have been the most fastidious in fining those that feel the need to take a leak in public.
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Science & Technology: 16 Aug 11
Heavy rains and extreme weather are becoming more common in Sweden, according to a study by the Swedish weather agency SMHI.
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National: 13 Aug 11
Many are now reporting maltreatment of elderly to Sweden's health and welfare watchdog, and cases are increasing in several parts of the country, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Society: 9 Aug 11
A berry-picker in Ludvika in central Sweden came out of the woods to find her car missing after it was erroneously taken to the scrap yard on the behest of local authorities.
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National: 12 Jul 11
On Tuesday torrential rain flooded many roads in Sundsvall on the north eastern coast of Sweden, a major power outage was caused by the ensuing thunderstorms and a man in his sixties was taken to hospital after being struck by lightning.
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Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Where you live can have a significant effect on what level of sex healthcare you're offered, according to a recent study from a Swedish sex education agency.
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Society: 30 Jun 11
The music festival Peace & Love in Borlänge, in central Sweden, was off to an unruly start on Wednesday, with local police kept busy and holding facilities at capacity.
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Society: 25 Jun 11
Midsummer came and went amid the usual flurry of accidents and drunkenness, but with few serious incidents for police to deal with around the country.
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Business & Money: 9 Jun 11
Swedish dairy firms Arla and Milko have announced that they are in discussions over the terms of a merger in a move taken as a result of Milko's parlous finances.
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National: 6 Jun 11
At least twelve people have died in traffic over the past five days as the Ascension and national day holiday weekend draws to a close.
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Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges.
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National: 14 Mar 11
The 47-year-old man known as the "dusk and dawn pyromaniac" faces trial in Ystad in southern Sweden on Monday, charged with having set fire to an apartment block in the town in December.
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Business & Money: 26 Feb 11
A man in Börlänge, northern Sweden, got something of a shock when he opened his payslip to find that his monthly salary was a grand total of two kronor.
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Science & Technology: 11 Feb 11
Sweden's Transport Administration has advised drivers in Stockholm to leave their cars at home as the continuing heavy snowfalls and winds leave much of the region at a standstill and commuters stranded.
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Travel: 11 Feb 11
With Sweden digging out from another wave of winter weather, The Local's Geoff Mortimore provides a run down of Swedish ski areas, where new snow brings fists raised in glee, rather than anger.
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Science & Technology: 10 Feb 11
Winter has returned to central Sweden, with heavy snowfall of up to 20 centimetres expected on Thursday.
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National: 8 Feb 11
A six-year-old girl has died after she became trapped in a hospital bed at a health care clinic in western Sweden.
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Politics: 7 Feb 11
Sweden Democrat MP William Petzäll is taking a timeout from his political duties after police found him early Sunday morning stumbling drunk in the stairwell outside an apartment he shared with his ex-girlfriend.
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National: 2 Feb 11
The explosion at a post terminal in Borlänge in central Sweden on Wednesday morning was caused by a fire extinguisher, Dalarna police have confirmed.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 11
Read the last correspondence Swedish author Stieg Larsson with his brother Joakim, sent by email just three weeks before the Millennium trilogy author died in 2004.
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Science & Technology: 20 Jan 11
While Sweden’s health system now delivers care to 90 percent of patients within prescribed time limits, social affairs minister Göran Hägglund believes too many Swedes are forced to wait too long for the care they need.
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Science & Technology: 15 Jan 11
Sweden's wolf hunt for the year began on Saturday, with nine wolves out of the allotted annual quota of 20 shot by 1pm, as protesters set off fireworks at a hunting area in Dalarna.
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Science & Technology: 14 Jan 11
After threats from activists who posed for bloody images imitating dead hunters, Swedish police have been called in to protect hunters participating in the country's controversial wolf hunt, which begins this weekend.
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Politics: 14 Jan 11
Despite a growing chorus of criticism from within his party, Left Party leader Lars Ohly reaffirmed his plans to continue at the helm beyond the party’s 2012 congress.
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Society: 14 Dec 10
A Stockholm-area pastor has been reported for misconduct after posting pictures of himself on Facebook wearing a t-shirt referencing a famed Swedish porn film while he was supervising a group of Swedish teens.
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Science & Technology: 30 Nov 10
Stockholm is forecast to experience its coldest seasonal temperatures for over 100 years this week as winter weather takes hold of the country.
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Business & Money: 18 Nov 10
Swedish house prices have risen for the 18th straight quarter and home construction is booming, but that doesn't meant that house hunters can't find something spacious for a reasonable price.
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Society: 31 Oct 10
Several people received a shock over the weekend when they headed to their local rubbish tip in Orsa in central Sweden when a goat's head peered at them through a refuse bag in the recycling container.
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Society: 28 Oct 10
A Dalarna couple who wedded in July were shocked to learn that they are not legally married because the minister who performed the ceremony is not registered to officiate at weddings.
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National: 22 Oct 10
Police in Sweden are still holding four of the 20 women arrested on Wednesday in a series of raids directed at a suspected child pornography network.
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National: 20 Oct 10
Swedish police on Wednesday raided a series of locations across the country, arresting 23 people on suspicion of serious child pornography offences. Twenty of the suspects were women, described by the police as 'very unusual'.
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Politics: 11 Oct 10
The Swedish Election Authority has received a record number of appeals from individuals requesting that all or part of the 2010 general election be redone.
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Politics: 24 Sep 10
The Liberal Party, which lost two seats in the Riksdag by a razor thin margin, is looking to appeal the results of Sweden’s 2010 elections.
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Politics: 23 Sep 10
The centre-right Alliance gained one extra seat in the Riksdag after Wednesday's count of advance and overseas ballots bringing it up to 173 seats, still two short of an overall majority.
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National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes.
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Politics: 22 Sep 10
Sweden's governing Alliance coalition has preliminarily increased its number of seats in the Riksdag to 173, two short of an overall majority, as the recount of advance and overseas ballots continued on Wednesday afternoon.
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National: 22 Sep 10
Fewer than 300 votes separate the centre-right Alliance from an outright majority in the Riksdag as electoral officials feverishly tally advance and overseas ballots.
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National: 21 Sep 10
Experts claim that the Alliance coalition could still claim an overall majority in the Riksdag, while the Swedish Election Authority warned that final results for the Swedish election may not be known until Thursday.
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Society: 14 Sep 10
Hollywood actor George Clooney has apologised to residents in Jämtland in western Sweden for not crediting the area in his latest film, "The American", parts of which were filmed there.
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Politics: 9 Sep 10
Although leading Green Party officials have indicated they would cooperate with the centre-right Alliance should the Sweden Democrats hold the balance of power following the election, Green spokesman Peter Eriksson has flatly rejected the possibility.
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Business & Money: 30 Aug 10
Swedish hardware chain Clas Ohlson is planning to launch an aggressive expansion campaign across the UK of up to 200 stores.
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Science & Technology: 27 Aug 10
The European Commission wants to know the scientific basis behind Sweden's controversial licensed wolf hunt in January and is pressing the government for a comprehensive and detailed response.
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National: 11 Aug 10
Swedish police detained five berry pickers from Vietnam on Wednesday on suspicion of assault after they locked up their team leaders in a school building on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.
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National: 10 Aug 10
Vietnamese berry pickers in Dalarna locked six of their team leaders into a school building on Tuesday, in a dispute over pay.
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National: 2 Aug 10
A number of Vietnamese berry pickers in Särna in central Sweden have begun shooting small birds with catapults and arrows as their situation becomes increasingly precarious.
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National: 28 Jul 10
A heavy rainfall warning is in effect over southern Sweden for Thursday, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (Sveriges meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut, SMHI) has announced.
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Science & Technology: 13 Jul 10
Fires, floods, overturned trees and a tornado all hit western Värmland in central Sweden within the course of an hour on Monday as a storm front pushed in at around midnight.
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Society: 5 Jul 10
The Icelandic volcanic ash cloud caused disruptions to the travel plans of 42 percent of Swedish holidaymakers, affecting one in 10 overall, a new report shows.
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National: 24 Jun 10
Sweden looks set to enjoy typical Midsummer weather on Friday - that is to say an unpredictable mix of sunshine, clouds and showers.
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National: 28 May 10
Habo in Västergötland in southern Sweden is the best place in Sweden to live, according to a ranking by Fokus magazine.
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National: 1 May 10
Police across Sweden were kept fully occupied on Friday as cells filed up amid traditional Walpurgis Night excesses.
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National: 30 Apr 10
Almost half of the public officials working with wild animal control in the five counties that permit wolf hunting have received death threats or other forms of harassment, according to reports.
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National: 22 Apr 10
Malmö Sturup Airport reopened on Thursday morning, only to close again in the afternoon as volcanic ash continues to hinder air traffic in Sweden.
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National: 20 Apr 10
Convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who recently retracted confessions for eight murders, has formally petitioned the Court of Appeal for a retrial in the case of the murder of nine-year-old Norwegian girl Therese Johannessen.
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National: 14 Apr 10
Claes Borgström, the lawyer who represented convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, has been told there will be no investigation into his conduct after reporting himself to the Swedish Bar Association.
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National: 8 Apr 10
A forensic examination has shown that charred bones used as evidence against convicted serial killer Thomas Quick were in fact pieces of wood and glue.
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Society: 24 Mar 10
Three bear cubs have been put down outside of Rättvik in central Sweden after their mother was mortally injured by hunters. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of poaching.
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National: 19 Mar 10
The mother of Therese Johannessen has described the investigation into her daughter's death as scandalous, as an evidence controversy sheds doubt on the conviction of the Swedish serial murderer Thomas Quick.
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Travel: 19 Mar 10
If watching the Olympics gave you an itch to hit the slopes, consider Romme Alpin, a bus ride from Stockholm, says Davrell Roberts Tien.
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National: 7 Mar 10
Jörgen Brink and Susanne Nyström of Sweden won the respective men's and women's events in the annual 90 kilometre Vasaloppet ski race on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” is a track from Sigtuna Brygghus head brewer Mattias Hammenlind’s favourite hard rock band AC/DC. It also sums up nicely his approach to brewing beer, writes Darren Packman.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Jan 10
Sweden's first wolf hunt in 45 years came to an end this week after hunters met their quota of 27 kills in just four days, as ecologists blasted the hunt as rushed and cruel and slammed the government's decision to allow the cull.
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National: 6 Jan 10
A cosy night at home ended in a blackout for around 14,500 people in central Sweden on Tuesday evening when the pressure to keep warm caused mass power cuts.
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Science & Technology: 5 Jan 10
Temperatures in Dalarna in central Sweden are expected to drop below minus 40 degrees Celsius as another cold front sweeps into Sweden from Siberia.
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National: 27 Dec 09
Heavy snowfall left many around the country without electricity on Boxing Day. Around 7,000 of Vattenfall's customers in western Sweden experienced power outages.
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Society: 18 Dec 09
Swedish authorities have broken with a 45-year tradition and given the all clear for hunters to kill a total of 27 wolves next year in a bid to control the country's burgeoning lupine population.
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National: 17 Dec 09
Convicted Swedish serial murderer Thomas Quick has been granted a new trial for the 1988 killing of a tourist in Dalarna in central Sweden after he recanted his confessions to several killings.
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Lifestyle: 8 Dec 09
It’s that time of year when people are starting to flippantly use the C-word. Or Jul as it is known in Sweden. But what are the secret ingredients to the perfect Swedish Christmas? Ben Kersley investigates.
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National: 3 Dec 09
Hunters in Sweden will be allowed to take aim at wolves for the first time in 45 years following a Riksdag decision to control the predators’ population, wildlife officials said on Wednesday.
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National: 5 Nov 09
Per-Anders Pettersson intervened to save a 66-year-old woman from assault. But instead of being lauded for exercising his civic duty he is now about to start a prison sentence in a case that has sparked outrage in Sweden.
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National: 30 Oct 09
A 16-year-old girl from Falun in central Sweden has died following a hiking accident in the French Alps.
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Sport: 29 Oct 09
A Swedish ice hockey team has come in for withering criticism after it was revealed on Thursday that the squad’s players were vaccinated for the swine flu ahead of pregnant women and the chronically ill.
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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 »
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 »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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