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Annika Östberg moved to rehabilitation centre

National: 20 Mar 10
Sweden’s convicted double murderer Annika Östberg Deasy, who is due to be released in May 2011, has been moved from a female prison to a rehabilitation centre where she will work at a day nursery for dogs. READ »

High demand for Muhammad cartoons

National: 19 Mar 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks has confirmed that he has sold around 20 copies of his cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog. A colleague has now created a similar piece with Vilks himself as the dog's head. READ »

'Every wasted krona amounts to theft'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 10
Recognizing frustration among a heavily taxed electorate, the Swedish Taxpayers Association has joined hands with the free-market think tank Timbro to appoint a special ombudsman to which citizens can report wasteful government spending. READ »

Sahlin slams Erdogan over expulsion threat

Politics: 18 Mar 10
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has blasted Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over threats that he would consider ordering 100,000 Armenians to leave Turkey. READ »

Turkey PM hails 'friend' Reinfeldt

National: 17 Mar 10
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's decision to distance himself from a Swedish parliament vote on the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks has been hailed as "very positive" by his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. READ »

Sweden offers refuge to exiled Iranian activist

National: 16 Mar 10
Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Parvin Ardalan has accepted Sweden's offer of refuge after she was sentenced to several jail terms in her native country. READ »

Two remanded over cartoon murder plot

National: 16 Mar 10
Two men arrested in Ireland last week in connection with a plot to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks were remanded into custody on Monday. Five of the seven arrested last Monday have now been released. READ »

Reinfeldt denounces genocide vote

Politics: 15 Mar 10
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt called his Turkish counterpart on Saturday in a bid to distance the Swedish government from a parliamentary vote which recognized the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. READ »

Anti Swedish protests continue in Turkey

National: 14 Mar 10
Diplomatic efforts are underway to mend a rift between Sweden and Turkey, caused by the Swedish parliament's decision to recognize the mass killing of Armenians and other ethnic groups in 1915 as genocide. READ »

Malaysia slams Sweden over cartoons

Politics: 14 Mar 10
The Malaysian foreign minister has asked Sweden to take action against newspapers which reprinted a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog last week. READ »

Genocide vote sparks diplomatic fallout

National: 12 Mar 10
Sweden's ambassador to Turkey was summoned to the Turkish foreign ministry on Friday morning after the Swedish parliament voted to recognize the 1915 mass killing of Armenians and other ethnic groups as genocide. READ »

Murder plot suspects kept for questioning

National: 11 Mar 10
The seven people arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of a suspected plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks have had their periods of detention extended by an Irish court for another three days of questioning. READ »

'Jihad Jane' visited Sweden to plan attack

National: 10 Mar 10
The American woman known as "Jihad Jane", charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks, is reported to have paid a visit to Sweden in August. READ »

US 'Jihad Jane' linked to plot to kill cartoonist

National: 10 Mar 10
An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" was charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks. READ »

Vilks 'not shaking with fear' over murder plot

National: 10 Mar 10
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks said he was undaunted by revelations of a plot on his life after seven people were arrested in Ireland on Tuesday. READ »

Irish police foil plot to kill Swedish cartoonist

National: 9 Mar 10
Seven Muslims were arrested by Irish police on Tuesday on suspicions of conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. READ »

Stockholm gallery opens 'Wag the Dog' exhibition

Lifestyle: 9 Mar 10
A multimedia exhibition by Armenian artist Azat Sargsyan on the perception of reality presented by the mass media, marks the start of the spring season at Stockholm art gallery wip:sthlm. READ »

Bildt and Miliband chide EU foreign chief

Politics: 4 Mar 10
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Britain joined forces on Thursday in directing a sharp rebuke at Baroness Catherine Ashton over a lack of transparency in the recruitment process for EU diplomats. READ »

What's On in Sweden: March 5th - 11th

Lifestyle: 3 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: The Middle East Peace Orchestra play Stockholm, Women's Arm Wrestling in Gothenburg and Tindersticks in Malmö. READ »

Supermarket roof caves in under weight of snow

National: 1 Mar 10
A roof collapse at an Ica Maxi supermarket in Kristinehamn in western Sweden has left staff and customers in shock but miraculously no one is reported to have been injured. READ »

Swedish pensioner hid drugs in porcelain dog

Society: 23 Feb 10
A woman in Malmö is suspected of trying to boost her pension by selling drugs. When police raided her home they found two kilogrammes of amphetamines hidden in a faux gold porcelain dog. READ »

Forsberg defies age and injury to lead Sweden

Sport: 16 Feb 10
Swedish ice-hockey's talisman, Peter Forsberg, reports that he is winning his fight to be fit to seek his third Olympic crown with the Tre Kronor national team. READ »

EU approves Sweden's Saab loan guarantee

Business & Money: 8 Feb 10
The EU's competition watchdog has approved the Swedish government's intention to guarantee a European Investment Bank (EIB) loan to automaker Saab. READ »

Fatal shooting in central Malmö

Society: 31 Jan 10
A 26-year-old man was shot dead in Malmö in southern Sweden early on Sunday morning. READ »

Married couple found dead in cellar

National: 29 Jan 10
A married couple in their sixties have been found dead in the cellar of their home near Sollefteå in northern Sweden. Police believe they may have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. READ »

What's On in Sweden: Jan. 29th - Feb. 4th

Lifestyle: 27 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Antiques and Reggae in Stockholm, The International Film Festival in Gothenburg, and Ian Brown swaggers into Malmö. READ »

Sweden reacts with joy and caution to Saab sale

National: 27 Jan 10
Unbridled enthusiasm and cautious optimism, along with a dash of outright scepticism, marked the editorial pages of Swedish newspapers on Wednesday in reaction to news of Saab Automobile’s sale to Spyker Cars. READ »

Swedish TV show probes growth of English

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 10
Where did the English language come from? Why has it become the world’s most widespread means of communication? What will happen in the future? Keith Foster, host of a new Swedish TV series, travels the world in search of answers. READ »

Swedish police crack down on Topdogz gang

National: 14 Jan 10
Six suspected gang members were arrested on Wednesday as police in southern Sweden seized weapons and explosives in a sting operation targeting the Topdogz criminal organization. READ »

Minister dogged by more wolf hunt criticism

Society: 13 Jan 10
Sweden’s environment minister Andreas Carlgren continued to defend the country’s recent government-sanctioned wolf hunt despite a lack of evidence supporting part of the minister’s justification for the cull. READ »

Bonus-happy banks risk tougher rules: Borg

Business & Money: 13 Jan 10
Swedish banks could be hit with even tougher restrictions on bonuses if they don’t follow new rules presented by the country’s financial system watchdog, finance minister Anders Borg warned on Tuesday. READ »

Air scare passenger will not face jail

National: 7 Jan 10
A Latvian passenger whose drunken mid-air antics plunged a Ryanair flight into turmoil last summer has successfully appealed against an eight month jail term as a Swedish appeal court cleared him of sabotage charges. READ »

What's On in Sweden: January 8th - 14th

Lifestyle: 7 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Borderless clowns in Stockholm, pampered pooches in Gothenburg and the English National Symphony Orchestra does ABBA in Malmö. READ »

Somali threats against Swedish illustrator

National: 4 Jan 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sparked outrage with caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog, has received threats via telephone from Somalia. The threats come just days after a Danish cartoonist was attacked by a terrorist. READ »

Thin ice spells double trouble for persistent Swedish motorist

Society: 4 Jan 10
Things didn’t go as planned for a 42-year-old man when he tried to retrieve his car after it crashed through the ice on a lake near Lidköping in central Sweden. READ »

Four-year-old girl missing in Malmö

Society: 1 Jan 10
A four-year-old girl disappeared just after midnight from a New Year’s Eve party in Gustav Adolf Square in central Malmö. A wide-scale police search for the girl was ongoing today. READ »

Woman pays hefty fine for feline-induced property damage

Society: 24 Dec 09
The district court in Kalmar in southeastern Sweden has ordered a woman to pay 200,000 kronor ($28,000) in damages to her former landlord to cover damages caused by her 55 cats. READ »

Swedish Rail Destinations: the surreal attractions of Piteå

Travel: 17 Dec 09
From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities. READ »

ABBA set to enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Society: 17 Dec 09
The groundbreaking Swedish pop group ABBA is set to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. READ »

Riksdag sets tougher limits for sick benefits

Business & Money: 10 Dec 09
The Swedish parliament on Wednesday passed controversial new limits on sickness benefits designed to get more people back into the workforce. READ »

Anna Anka faces split with Hollywood husband after latest row

Society: 7 Dec 09
Singer-songwriter Paul Anka has filed for divorce from his Swedish wife Anna following a violent spat at the couple’s Hollywood home last week. READ »

H&M hands out free panties to promote new lingerie line

Society: 2 Dec 09
Swedish discount fashion retailer H&M gave away women's undies to guests attending the Paris launch of a new lingerie line designed by French designer Sonia Rykiel. READ »

Elk, not husband, killed Swedish woman: police

Society: 1 Dec 09
A Swedish man suspected of killing his 63-year-old wife has been exonerated after forensic analysis revealed the woman’s death was caused by an elk. READ »

Police consider death by elk in murder case

National: 28 Nov 09
A former murder investigation has been reviewed by police who now suspect a 63-year-old woman found dead in Småland, southern Sweden, last year was killed by an elk. READ »

A nice cup of tea - how hard can it be?

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 09
What does it take to get a plain old cup of steaming hot tea in Sweden? Paddy Kelly fights the fancy brew brigade and recalls countless grim encounters with tepid beige impostors. READ »

Boxers pin passenger in mid-air scare

National: 5 Nov 09
A Swedish prosecutor is pushing for a longer sentence for a Latvian man who was jailed for eight months after attempting to open a cabin door on board a Ryanair plane. The man was restrained by two professional boxers. READ »

Ex-moderate Muslim to form 'anti-Zionist' party in Sweden

Politics: 3 Nov 09
A once moderate Muslim spokesperson who last year came out as an Islamist radical has announced plans to start a political party uniting all of Sweden’s anti-Zionists. READ »

All Saints: lighting a candle for the past

Lifestyle: 29 Oct 09
This weekend is All Saints, Allhelgonahelg, when every graveyard in Sweden bathes in the glow of hundreds of flickering candles lit by Swedes coming to remember their dead. READ »

Gothenburg woman injured in surprise elk attack

Society: 14 Oct 09
A woman in western Sweden is recovering after being bowled over by an elk early on Wednesday morning while she was out walking her dog. READ »

Politician calls for green diaper bonus

Politics: 7 Oct 09
Politicians have used their full powers of imagination in drafting more than 3,000 parliamentary motions this year that deal with everything from the need for a Minsiter of the Suburbs to a government inquiry into the lives of cats. READ »

Popular kids become healthier adults: study

Science & Technology: 29 Sep 09
Children who are the most popular and powerful at school also enjoy better health in adult life compared to counterparts at the bottom end of the pecking order, said a Swedish study published Tuesday. READ »

Swedish nurse suffers burns after hand gel rub

National: 24 Sep 09
A nurse at an eldercare home in Norrbotten in northern Sweden was left with burns to her left hand as residual traces of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant set alight while pushing a trolley. READ »

Stockholm cash depot hit by helicopter heist

National: 23 Sep 09
Robbers used a helicopter to carry out a spectacular theft at a cash depot south of Stockholm early Wednesday morning. The helicopter was found later in the morning about 30 kilometres north of the crime scene. READ »

Swedish tabloid cleared over Israel organ claims

National: 20 Sep 09
A Swedish tabloid newspaper has been cleared of racism charges by the country's senior legal official over a story alleging that Israeli soldiers stole and sold body parts of dead Palestinians. READ »

Swedish hunters to target marauding raccoon dogs

National: 4 Sep 09
Swedish elk hunters have been encouraged to shoot on sight any raccoon dogs that they may chance across. READ »

Swedish study traces origins of man's best friend

Science & Technology: 3 Sep 09
A team of Swedish and Chinese researchers has discovered that the first ever dogs emerged in an area south of the Yangtze River in China some 16,000 years ago. READ »

Swedish aid groups deny anti-Israel bias

National: 27 Aug 09
Development groups have rejected charges laid out by a Jerusalem-based NGO watchdog accusing Sweden's aid community of sponsoring groups that contribute to the "demonization" of Israel. READ »

Girl, 14, gang raped on internet date

National: 20 Aug 09
A 14-year-old girl was raped on Wednesday evening by at least two people in a bush in Helsingborg. The girl had arranged on the internet to meet a boy but was instead met by a group of five young men. READ »

Police station cat killer under arrest

Society: 19 Aug 09
A 20-year-old man has been arrested after nailing a dead cat to the door of a police station in western Sweden. READ »

Prize-winning businessmen give the gift of experience

Lifestyle: 14 Aug 09
Crowned Stockholm businessmen of the year in 2008, Brits Martin Charlton and Jonathan Kirby are the people to turn to when it comes to giving the gift of dog-sledding, hot-air ballooning or wolf-patting. READ »

Family terrier makes safe return home

National: 10 Aug 09
Semsi, the one-year-old family terrier that was reported stolen in a burglary in southern Sweden on Sunday, has been found safe and sound. READ »

August in Sweden: drinking shots, sinking ships and stinking fish

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. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 24 - 30

Lifestyle: 23 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & Opera al fresco in Stockholm; eccentric variety show in Gothenburg; Möllevången music, theatre & arts festival in Malmö. READ »

'Sahlin more hetero than Obama': Stockholm Pride

Society: 19 Jul 09
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin is more heterosexual than US President Barack Obama, at least if a new survey by Stockholm Pride is to be believed. READ »

Groaning to the blues at Gamla Stan's Stampen

Lifestyle: 17 Jul 09
For fans of live music, Stockholm’s Stampen jazz and blues club features an unusual history, an eclectic mix of styles, and a crowd which defies simple categorization, as The Local’s Alec Forss recently discovered. READ »

Apple iPod suspected in bizarre Swedish car fire

National: 9 Jul 09
An iPod music player is at the centre of an investigation into a mysterious car fire which completely destroyed a Saab automobile in western Sweden over the Midsummer holiday weekend. READ »

Pit bull attack sends four to hospital

Society: 30 Jun 09
Four people were taken to hospital and two dogs were shot by police in connection with a Monday afternoon dog fight in Blackeberg in western Stockholm. READ »

Swedish man and his dog fall into fecal lagoon

Society: 26 Jun 09
What started as a pleasant Midsummer’s Eve stroll had an unpleasant and smelly end for a man and his dog in eastern Sweden. READ »

Second man targeted by suspected rapist

National: 25 Jun 09
A man who raped another man at knifepoint early Sunday morning may have struck again, according to Stockholm police. READ »

'Sleeping' swine found outside police station

National: 20 Jun 09
On Friday morning, a father and his daughter discovered an unpleasant Midsummer surprise at the entry of a police station in Helsingborg when they found two pigs, apparently slumbering. READ »

'Machete man' shot by dog handler

National: 19 Jun 09
A 58-year-man armed with a machete was shot on Thursday night by a dog handler with the Uppsala police after he threatened the staff of a petrol station. READ »

Brussels blasts Sweden over excessive press subsidies

Society: 17 Jun 09
Sweden has received a rap on the knuckles from the European Commission for maintaining a system of press subsidies that "distorts competition". READ »

'God probably doesn't exist': Swedish humanists

Society: 10 Jun 09
The role of religion in public life in Sweden has been brought into sharp relief by a provocative ad campaign questioning the existence of God. READ »

Swedish navy hands suspected pirates to Kenya

National: 9 Jun 09
Swedish naval forces handed seven suspected Somali pirates over to Kenyan authorities on Monday, according to police. READ »

EU approves Volvo loan guarantees

Business & Money: 5 Jun 09
The European Commission has approved the Swedish government’s request for loan guarantees for Volvo cars. READ »

Knife man gets reduced sentence after dog bite to testicles

Society: 28 May 09
A 32-year-old man in southern Sweden found guilty of assault has been granted a lower than usual sentence because of the suffering caused when he was bitten in the testicles by the woman's Rottweiler. READ »

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

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

Man shoots at police in Malmö

National: 10 May 09
Malmö police are searching for a man who opened fire at officers after a car chase in the city on Saturday night. READ »

Pirate Party Sweden's third-largest ahead of EU vote: study

Politics: 8 May 09
The Pirate Party will likely be the third largest vote-getter among Swedish political parties in upcoming European Parliamentary elections, according to a new forecast. READ »

Teenagers seize hostage in detention centre escape

National: 3 May 09
Two teenage boys escaped from a secure treatment centre in Uppsala in central Sweden on Saturday night. A female member of staff was seized as a hostage. READ »

Man's body discovered near Uppsala

National: 29 Apr 09
A dead man was discovered around lunch time on Tuesday near an Iron Age graveyard outside of Uppsala in central Sweden. READ »

Swedish power grid monopoly faces EU competition probe

Science & Technology: 23 Apr 09
Sweden's state-owned power grid operator is to be subjected to an antitrust probe over suspicions that it abused its monopoly, the European Commission announced on Thursday. READ »

Reinfeldt: 'Turkey belongs to Europe'

Politics: 22 Apr 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday expressed his support for Turkey’s bid to join the European Union. READ »

Wild boar attacks woman in Gothenburg cemetery

National: 14 Apr 09
A wild boar attacked a woman out walking her dog in a graveyard in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning. READ »

File sharing - Time to come out of the closet?

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Apr 09
File sharing, once the preserve of armchair anarchists, has slowly trickled down to the middle classes, writes Peter Vinthagen Simpson. And with a new law cracking down on the practice, even the dinner party set are getting their hands dirty. READ »

Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan. READ »

Swedish media enjoy April Fool jokes

Society: 1 Apr 09
The royal wedding, doggie doo DNA and a confession from Alfie Atkins' secret friend, as well as The Local's own Japanese girl band, were among the traditional April Fool's hoaxes in the Swedish media on Wednesday. READ »

Poodle owner mauled by police dog

National: 31 Mar 09
A 66-year-old woman is seeking damages after she was badly bitten by a police dog while out for a walk in Växjö in southern Sweden. READ »

Winter rail destinations: Riksgränsen

Travel: 30 Mar 09
Lying 200 kilometres above the Arctic Circle, Riksgränsen is Sweden’s most northerly resort and a nature lover’s delight. READ »

Sweden Democrats in racism row

Politics: 30 Mar 09
Racism and hostility toward foreigners are common themes for the far-right Sweden Democrats, despite the party’s efforts to move into the political mainstream, according to a new investigation. READ »

Swimwear designer rejects sexism charges

Society: 20 Mar 09
Swedish swimwear firm Panos Emporio has come out strongly in defence of its marketing material following allegations of sexism from a leading advertising watchdog. READ »

Coke condemned a second time for 'sexist' ads

Business & Money: 20 Mar 09
An admittedly “boorish” Coca-Cola web advertisement for its Zero drink has been scolded by Sweden’s sexist ad watchdog for portraying women as “pure sex objects”. READ »

Space tourist flights from Sweden 'by 2012'

Business & Money: 18 Mar 09
Potential space tourists eager to blast off from northern Sweden will soon be able to purchase tickets at the country’s Ice Hotel for launches set to start in 2012. READ »

What are your favourite words in Swedish? (Part 2)

Lifestyle: 5 Mar 09
In the second part of a series on the best words in Swedish, The Local's regular panelists dissect everything from bacon rind to the common breast wart. READ »

Sweden's got talent: life beyond Eurovision

Lifestyle: 1 Mar 09
Sweden has a thriving music scene with acts achieving international acclaim and a number of exciting new artists hoping to follow in their footsteps, writes Keith Moore. READ »

Norwegian group joins case against Sweden's wiretapping law

Politics: 13 Feb 09
A lawyers’ organization from Norway has submitted a petition supporting a case pending in the European Court of Human Rights which challenges Sweden’s controversial wiretapping law. READ »

Modern methods pit reindeer herders against animal activists

Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Far from the idyllic image of lone herders skiing after their reindeer, indigenous Samis in Sweden's far north today use snowmobiles and other vehicles, giving rise to an animal welfare campaign as far away as Britain, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »