May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Dental":
Analysis & Opinion: 25 May 12
A recent report admonishing Swedes about their dental hygiene prompts Swedish journalist and columnist Ola Tedin to reflect on how a sometimes uncritical media appears to serve the interests of the Swedish state.
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Society: 15 May 12
A Swedish teenage girl, shopping at a discount department store in southern Sweden, was allegedly subjected to shopping cart rage when a 40-year-old woman rammed her with her trolley after a perceived insult.
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Science & Technology: 10 May 12
A Swedish doctor has been jailed for molesting his female patients after 11 women reported him for his sexual advances during examinations.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 12
Sweden can be eye-opening for any foreigner, but for American Carmen Price, it took more time than she expected in Sweden to disarm her American cultural defense mechanisms.
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National: 18 Apr 12
Human remains discovered in a nature reserve in western Sweden on Saturday are those of a woman who disappeared from her home almost two years ago, local police confirmed on Wednesday.
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National: 21 Mar 12
Three men have been convicted after a witness saw them breaking into an apartment in suburban Stockholm, whereupon the burglars filled their pockets with valuables – and an umbilical cord.
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Society: 19 Mar 12
Sweden's Royal Court was scrambling on Monday after a county governor's scheduling conflict appeared to inadvertently reveal the as-yet-unreleased date when Princess Estelle will be baptized.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Mar 12
US citizens living in Sweden, as well as Swedish financial institutions, are grappling with the effects of a recent crackdown by US tax authorities that has left many US expats facing massive penalties, contributor Judi Lembke discovers.
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Sport: 1 Mar 12
Swedish strikers Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sebastian Larsson were in great form as Sweden defeated Croatia 3-1 in an international friendly on Wednesday.
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Society: 21 Feb 12
A pastor from central Sweden who uploaded “pornographic” pictures of himself and his girlfriend to an office computer will not be sacked over the incident.
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National: 17 Feb 12
A Swedish tourist to Morocco has died after being found injured in a pool of blood. Local police call it an accidental death but his family is certain he was murdered.
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National: 31 Dec 11
Prosecutors have decided to appeal the acquittal of a 32-year-old elk hunter who accidentally killed a cross-country skier in December of 2010.
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National: 29 Nov 11
A 44-year-old woman in central Sweden has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for murder, after the district court judged her guilty of shooting her husband from behind with a hunting rifle.
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National: 19 Nov 11
A Swedish military unit has come in for criticism after a number of safety violations were revealed, including a soldier being hit in the head by a grenade shell and a grenade launcher being fired inside the soldiers' own barracks.
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Society: 7 Nov 11
When police in northern Sweden were busy searching for a stolen snowblower they accidentally stumbled upon 130 litres of illegally distilled alcohol hidden in the same garage.
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National: 2 Nov 11
One call to social services was enough to land a Swedish couple behind bars and have their kids taken away for more than two months after an innocent situation was misinterpreted as sexual abuse.
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Society: 20 Oct 11
A Swedish woman's recent visit to a second-hand charity shop didn't turn out as planned when she learned upon leaving the store that staff had sold her bicyle while she was inside shopping.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 11
Working out during office hours can lead to higher productivity for companies, according to a Swedish study carried out by researchers at Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet.
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National: 7 Sep 11
The distraught mother of a 22-year-old Swedish woman who died after being denied an ambulance because she was “still talking” has reported the incident to health authorities in a desperate search for answers.
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National: 2 Sep 11
The 37-year-old man who claimed he accidentally killed a 17-year-old girl during a sex act "that went too far” was given a longer sentence by the Swedish Appeals Court on Friday.
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National: 25 Aug 11
A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to probation and fined the equivalent of 100 days pay for animal cruelty after kicking a Golden Retriever puppy to death.
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Science & Technology: 26 Jul 11
The likelihood of older people suffering from accidental falls in their own homes may be tied to the level of daylight, Swedish researchers have discovered.
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National: 24 Jun 11
After sustaining an open chest wound of 10cm long while trimming her horse’s mane, Sweden’s emergency repsonse services refused to send an ambulance, suggesting the 11-year-old girl take aspirin instead.
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Society: 9 Jun 11
The number of Swedish women who fall victim to work-related injuries is growing, according to a new study from a Swedish insurance company.
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Education: 8 Jun 11
For a teacher, a librarian or a dental hygienist an academic degree may turn out be less profitable than having started working straight out of school, according to a new trade union study.
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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.
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National: 31 May 11
The 37-year-old man who claimed he accidentally killed a 17-year-old girl during a sex act "that went too far” was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Tuesday by a Swedish court.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 May 11
While football hooliganism has all but disappeared in the UK, Sweden continues to struggle with how to deal with the problem, turning it into a political hot potato, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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National: 29 Apr 11
A 32-year-old Swedish hunter who fired a single shot that passed through an elk before hitting and killing a cross-country skier has been charged with manslaughter.
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National: 13 Apr 11
The 23-year-old accused of murdering Elin Krantz in September last year was found guilty on Wednesday by the Gothenburg District Court.
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Science & Technology: 8 Apr 11
Text message reminders for appointments with doctors or dentists may soon be a thing of the past in Sweden, as they have been found to be in breach of patient confidentiality.
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Lifestyle: 18 Mar 11
UK comedian and air guitar specialist Danny Robins, also known by his alter-ego DJ Danny, talks to contributor Anita Badejo about his plans to get Swedish audiences to take off all their clothes during his upcoming tour.
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Lifestyle: 16 Mar 11
Moving to Sweden often entails a career shift of one type or another. But as The Local's Ben Kersley discovers, some immigrants to Sweden find themselves on career detours that take them to rather unexpected places.
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National: 5 Mar 11
Sweden's top military commander disputed reports that two Swedish officers who died last year in Afghanistan were killed by friendly fire, saying he's ready to let the fallen soldiers' families look at classified reports about the incident.
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National: 14 Feb 11
Murder charges were filed on Monday against a 37-year-old man who claims he accidentally killed a 17-year-old girl from Blekinge in southern Sweden during a sex act "that went too far."
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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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Society: 1 Feb 11
Swedish police have closed an investigation into the fire that claimed the lives of Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson and the actress Kia Östling, concluding that no crime had been committed.
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Science & Technology: 19 Jan 11
What was supposed to be a routine dental cleaning spiraled out of control for a patient in central Sweden when the end of the dentist's tool came loose.
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Society: 5 Jan 11
The remains found in Swedish Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson's burned home have now been identified. It is now clear that it was the actor and his wife who died in a fire on New Year's Eve.
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Politics: 15 Dec 10
UK Prime Minister David Cameron admitted on Wednesday that his country needed to do more to fight domestic Islamic extremism following reports that a Swedish suicide bomber lived and studied northwest of London.
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National: 15 Dec 10
Violent Islamic extremism is a threat to Sweden that shouldn't be underestimated, a report published on Wednesday by Swedish security service Säpo has found.
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National: 6 Dec 10
The trial of the driver of the car in which a Swedish woman was murdered while honeymooning in South Africa will start on Tuesday, prosecutors have confirmed on Monday following reports that she may have been sexually assaulted.
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National: 29 Nov 10
Annica Holmquist, whose daughter highlighted her plight battling the Swedish Social Insurance Agency on her blog ahead of the Swedish general election in September, has regained her right to receive sickness benefits.
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Society: 17 Nov 10
A Swedish woman who underwent breast enlargement surgery in Poland after booking with a medical tourism company remains in a coma three months after the operation.
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Analysis & Opinion: 15 Nov 10
In the end, Mona Sahlin’s toughness wasn’t enough to compensate for the Social Democratic party’s complete lack of leadership and progress, argues political scientist Nicholas Aylott.
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Science & Technology: 4 Nov 10
Two Swedish fighter planes flew into a training area where the military was engaged in a live ammunition exercise last fall, an incident which an internal investigation attributed to serious deficiencies in operating procedures.
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Lifestyle: 20 Oct 10
As Sweden hunkers down to face the onset of winter, contributor Joshua Gregory explains how fans of America’s favourite pastime cope with having their remedy for the winter blues remain a world away.
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National: 21 Sep 10
Annica Holmquist, the 55-year-old whose battle with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency caused an election campaign stir after her plight was described on her daughter's blog, will lose her benefits, despite assurances of a "solution".
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National: 19 Sep 10
Sweden's government came under fire this week for its sick leave reforms after the Chlamydia Letter blogger (pictured) told the story of her 55-year-old mother who had her benefits withdrawn despite suffering from a rare disfigurement syndrome.
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Society: 26 Jul 10
A mother of 11 children sentenced to prison for alcohol smuggling and the illegal sale of alcohol is seeking a pardon to avoid jail time.
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Science & Technology: 23 Jul 10
Underweight children are at three times' greater risk of tooth decay as normal weight children, according to a new Swedish study.
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Society: 21 Jul 10
Over the last 10 years, nearly one in four dental clinics run by the Swedish Public Dental Service (Sveriges Folktandvård) have closed, SVT's Rapport news programme reported on Wednesday.
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Society: 20 Jul 10
A Swedish man in his 30s has been found dead north of San Diego, after disappearing while out jogging last Thursday.
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Society: 20 Jul 10
A 12-year-old boy in a community in the Alingsås region in western Sweden accidentally shot his grandmother on Tuesday morning, killing her.
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National: 3 Jul 10
Sweden has witnessed a tenfold increase in trampoline accidents in recent years as the spring-loaded devices continue to grow in popularity.
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Lifestyle: 10 Jun 10
Jazz singer Gretchen Parlato's first concert in Sweden is special for a number of reasons, least of all because her maternal grandfather was Swedish.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jun 10
Swedish model Lucky Mångårda Amori went to Bollywood to act, but first she directed a real-life Indian crime drama. Paul O’Mahony meets the former reality TV show contestant who trained a camera on the police and captured corruption on an epic scale.
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National: 5 May 10
The death of the 19-year-old woman found under a walkway in the Södermalm area of Stockholm in the early hours of Sunday was an accident, an autopsy of the young woman's body has shown.
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National: 4 May 10
The 23-year-old man held in connection with the car park assault that led to the death of a 78-year-old woman will remain in custody, a closed Lund court has ruled indicating that the trial would take place in less than two weeks.
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Lifestyle: 30 Apr 10
The Year in Sweden - May: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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National: 20 Apr 10
A courtroom in Lund played host to chaotic scenes on Tuesday morning as the district court ruled to keep a 23-year-old man in custody in connection with the car park assault that led to the death of a 78-year-old woman.
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Lifestyle: 13 Apr 10
The Year in Sweden - April: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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National: 13 Apr 10
The 23-year-old man suspected of the fatal beating of a 78-year-old woman in a Landskrona car park in March has admitted being at the scene but has claimed that the woman's death was an accident.
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Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
The Year in Sweden - March: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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National: 8 Mar 10
The Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) estimates that it paid out 16.4 billion kronor ($2.3 billion) too much in various benefits in 2009, according to a new report.
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National: 9 Feb 10
Each February, Swedish parents take an estimated 600,000 paid leave days to take care of sick children, according to new Social Insurance Agency statistics.
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Society: 9 Feb 10
The Swedish Welfare Board is set to investigate the Swedish Public Dental Service after a nine-year-old girl died following repeated visits to the dentist complaining of toothache and an abscess.
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Lifestyle: 4 Feb 10
The Year in Sweden - February: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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National: 4 Feb 10
The Swedish publisher of Liza Marklund and US author James Patterson's crime novel Postcard Killers has denied that the book was inspired by Klas Östergren's The Last Cigarette.
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National: 25 Jan 10
A foreign tourist and a local teen were shot in in the Sofielund neighbourhood of Malmö in southern Sweden on Sunday night.
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National: 18 Jan 10
A teenage boy has died after being hit by a commuter train north of Stockholm on Monday morning.
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Lifestyle: 5 Jan 10
The Year in Sweden - January: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 30 Dec 09
A dentist from Gothenburg in western Sweden has been reported for malpractice by a patient who claims he had the same teeth repaired dozens of times.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Dec 09
If proud pop Joel Sherwood ever had and doubts about Sweden's ability to keep kids occupied, a chance encounter with a baby-friendly booklet was enough to answer all his prayers.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 09
The Year in Sweden - December: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 30 Nov 09
A Muslim woman from Stockholm who was denied a job as a dentist after refusing to wear short-sleeved work clothes for religious reasons has lost her discrimination case against the Swedish Public Dental Service.
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Lifestyle: 23 Nov 09
The Year in Sweden - November: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 18 Nov 09
A Swedish newspaper has finally resolved the gripping YouTube mystery of an errant frisbee that struck a young man's face, causing him to spill a drink down the front of his shirt and go ballistic.
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Science & Technology: 2 Nov 09
Healthy foetuses risk being aborted by mistake due to procedural deficiencies and misinterpreted ultrasounds at Swedish hospitals, a recent investigation shows.
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Society: 28 Oct 09
A school principal from southern Sweden has infuriated health workers and disabilities rights advocates after claiming in a newspaper article that dyslexia and anorexia are made-up diseases.
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Lifestyle: 14 Oct 09
British artist Richard Sexton marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth with an exhibition inspired by the great naturalist at the Mornington Hotel in Stockholm.
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Lifestyle: 6 Oct 09
The Year in Sweden - October: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Lifestyle: 11 Sep 09
Financial markets implode, the flow of regular work slows to a trickle, and the only thing expanding is his waistline. Roger Choate explains how he unexpectedly came to wave his wilting wallet in the direction of a personal trainer.
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Lifestyle: 3 Sep 09
The Year in Sweden - September: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Business & Money: 21 Aug 09
Sweden's Saab is among the defence companies lobbying anew for a $4 billion deal to replace Brazil's ageing fleet of fighter aircraft, after the country indicated a delay in its decision.
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National: 7 Aug 09
A Swedish father who couldn't swim was rescued by his five-year-old son at an outdoor swimming pool in Falun in central Sweden on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 3 Aug 09
The Year in Sweden - August: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Science & Technology: 15 Jul 09
Health authorities in eastern Sweden have reported their own inaction to the National Board of Health and Welfare after an 85-year-old man swallowed his false teeth and died.
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Society: 3 Jul 09
A decorative Mongolian silver crown stolen in 1984 from a Stockholm museum has been found on the premises of the Swedish Police Service, where it has spent more than twenty years in accidental storage.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
The Year in Sweden - July: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 20 May 09
A hunter from western Sweden has been cleared of charges of endangering human life after accidentally shooting a distant toilet seat rather than the goose at which he had taken aim.
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Society: 28 Apr 09
A modest dental clinic in Malmö may be forced to find a new logo following a complaint by Japanese gaming giant Nintendo.
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Society: 22 Apr 09
Swedish artist Nils Rickard was shocked to find that his 20 kilo stone sculpture of the male reproductive organ had been broken in two when he went to collect it from an exhibition at a hotel in a southern town.
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Society: 30 Mar 09
Police in northern Sweden are on the lookout for an old-style funfair carousel that was stolen on Saturday from the roadside near Näsviken.
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National: 23 Mar 09
A 36-year-old Swedish man previously convicted for abusing his two week old daughter has had his one-year prison sentence lengthened to four years by the Svea Court of Appeal.
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Society: 18 Mar 09
A hunter from western Sweden has been indicted on charges of endangering human life after accidentally shooting a toilet seat rather than the goose at which he had taken aim.
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Science & Technology: 18 Mar 09
A Swedish nurse who contracted Hepatitis C after coming into contact with an infected needle has had the cause of her sickness recognized by the authorities as a workplace injury after a 36 year wait.
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National: 2 Mar 09
Toni Alldén, 51, the man who has confessed to killing 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall in northern Sweden, said he had "no explanation" for why he had taken the woman's life as his trial began on Monday.
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National: 4 Feb 09
A Gothenburg criminal is believed to be hiding out in Thailand after local authorities accidentally paid almost half a million kronor into his bank account.
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Science & Technology: 16 Dec 08
A Stockholm-area hospital has been told to review its procedures after a doctor accidentally removed a fetus from a woman during a hysteroscopy.
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