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China's Mo Yan releases new book on Nobel win
Society: 19 Apr 13
Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan released a new novel on Friday, detailing his trip to Sweden where he picked up his Nobel Prize in December.
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'Ungoogleable' added to Swedish encyclopaedia
Society: 27 Mar 13
Sweden's National Encyclopaedia has decided to add the term "ungoogleable" as an entry just a day after it emerged that search engine Google had pressured the Language Council to amend its definition of the new buzz word.
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Google shot itself in the foot: Swedish Academy
National: 26 Mar 13
Language heavyweight the Swedish Academy, known globally for awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature, has warned Google that it has the clout to fight back if the US search engine objects to the word "ungoogleable".
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Swine flu strikes back in Sweden: 'it's here to stay'
Science & Technology: 8 Feb 13
An estimated 100,000 Swedes are currently sick with the flu, with swine flu responsible for the largest number of cases, having claimed six lives so far this year, health authorities report.
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Nobel academy member 'friends with Mo Yan'
Society: 6 Nov 12
The relationship between this year’s Nobel Laureate in Literature, Mo Yan, and academy member and translator Göran Malmqvist is much closer than previously believed, raising questions about a possible conflict of interest in the decision.
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Live Blog: 2012 Nobel Prize announcements
Society: 15 Oct 12
The winners of the 2012 Nobel Prizes are being announced this week in Stockholm. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding the winners and why they won.
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Mo Yan win 'denigrates' Nobel lit prize: artist
Society: 12 Oct 12
The Swedish Academy's choice of Mo Yan for the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature has been slammed by Chinese dissidents and regime critics, including artist Ai Weiwei who called the decision "a joke".
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'It was an easy decision': Swedish Academy
Society: 11 Oct 12
As the dust settles over a Stockholm all a flutter at the naming of Mo Yan as winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Local’s Rebecca Martin catches up with Peter Englund of the Swedish Academy to find out more about why one should read Yan's work.
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Chinese author Mo Yan awarded Nobel lit prize
Society: 11 Oct 12
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, the Swedish Academy announced on Thursday.
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Swedish sites targeted in new internet attack
National: 1 Oct 12
The websites of several Swedish companies and organizations were crippled on Monday by a cyber attack which left internet servers overloaded in what experts say is an increasingly common phenomenon for websites in Sweden.
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Poetry and performance infuse Tranströmer's Nobel lecture
Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 11
Eighty-year-old Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, the first Swede in 40 years to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, looked on with tears in his eyes as he watched his poetry set to music during the 2011 Nobel Lecture in Literature on Wednesday, writes contributor Charlotte West.
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Wordfeud: Swedes' latest smartphone addiction
Science & Technology: 23 Nov 11
Swedes just can't seem to get enough of Wordfeud, a Scrabble-like smartphone app that has sucked up countless hours of free time, and may have even sparked a new trend in online dating, contributor Aila Stefansdotter-Franck discovers.
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Swedish work permit rules 'misused': minister
Politics: 10 Oct 11
A recent report that labour migrants are abusing Swedish rules in a bid to enter the EU has prompted migration minister Tobias Billström to call the practice "intolerable".
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Nobel prize winners join Dawit Isaak demo
National: 23 Sep 11
Mario Vargas Llosa and Herta Müller, Nobel prize winners in literature in 2010 and 2009 respectively, will take part in Friday's demonstration at the Gothenburg Book Fair in support of jailed Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak.
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Dawit Isaak case a 'huge failure for Swedish diplomacy'
Politics: 22 Sep 11
As the 10th anniversary of Dawit Isaak's arrest approaches, the Swedish-Eritrean journalist remains jailed without charge or trial, despite countless efforts to secure his release, the AFP's Rita Devlin Marier explains.
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Introducing...Björn Ranelid
Lifestyle: 14 Jan 11
Introducing... is The Local's guide to the Swedish celebrity. In this installment contributor Malin Nyberg profiles Björn Ranelid, a fleet-footed author and Let's Dance favourite who’s not afraid to battle the Nobel literary establishment.
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Peruvian author wins Nobel literature prize
Society: 7 Oct 10
The Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa has been awarded the Nobel prize in Literature 2010, it was confirmed on Thursday.
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Date released for Nobel Literature Prize
Society: 1 Oct 10
The Swedish Academy said on Friday that the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced on Thursday, October 7th at 1pm.
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Roxette star among wedding guests
National: 17 Jun 10
Roxette’s Per Gessle, Eurovision contestant Malena Ernman and businesswoman Cristina Stenbeck: the great, the good and the celebrated of Sweden will be out in force at Saturday's royal wedding.
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Opera chief wins appeal over concert floor collapse
Society: 4 Mar 10
The chief executive of the Norrland Opera House, Magnus Aspegren, has been cleared by the appeals court of any responsibility in connection with the floor collapse at a rock concert at the Umeå opera house in 2007.
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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.
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What's On in Sweden: January 1st - 7th
Lifestyle: 30 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Tango with Superheroes in Stockholm, tickle cockroaches in Gothenburg and Blame it on the Stones in Malmö.
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Early English learning comes under academic attack
Education: 20 Nov 09
A Liberal Party proposal to make English language learning obligatory in schools from the first grade has been slammed by members of the Swedish Academy who view it as an "unnecessary reinforcement of the status of English.”
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Speculation mounts as Nobel lit prize nears
Society: 8 Oct 09
Literary circles in Sweden are bursting with speculation ahead of Thursday’s announcement of the Nobel Literature Prize, with many expecting the award to go to a poet for the first time since 1996.
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Pundits tip poets for Nobel Literature Prize
Society: 6 Oct 09
This year's Nobel Literature Prize could go to a poet for the first time since 1996, Swedish literary circles say as speculation mounts ahead of Thursday's announcement.
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Date fixed for Nobel Literature Prize
National: 2 Oct 09
The Swedish Academy said on Thursday that the winner of the Nobel Literature Prize will be announced on Thursday, October 8th.
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Swedish king feted in Ukraine 300 years after landmark battle
Society: 26 Jun 09
Sweden's King Karl XII and a Cossack commander are emerging as disputed figures in Ukraine-Russia relations some 300 years after Russia's comprehensive defeat of Sweden in the Battle of Poltava.
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Opera chief fined for concert floor collapse
National: 18 May 09
The chief executive of the Norrland Opera House, Magnus Aspegren, has been fined 60,000 kronor ($7,550) as a result of the floor collapse at a rock concert at the Opera in 2007.
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Tax agency rejects 'Dark Knight' name change
Society: 10 Mar 09
The Swedish National Tax Agency has rejected an application from a 19-year-old woman in Stockholm to change her name to Sofia "Dark Knight" as it is the name of a Batman film.
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Head of Swedish Academy to step down
National: 21 Dec 08
Horace Engdahl has announced he is stepping down as the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, the body which awards the Nobel Prize for literature.
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Study: Doctors too generous with sick leave
National: 17 Mar 08
Many doctors agree to sign sick notes for patients who wish to go on sick leave despite not always believing their claims to be justified.
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Thousands of Swedes 'too ill to drive'
Society: 28 Nov 07
Thousands of people suffering from dementia, strokes, sight problems and alcoholism continue driving because doctors fail to report them to the authorities.
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Archeologists return to scene of Swedish defeat
Society: 15 May 07
'Like a Swede at Poltava' is a term used in Russian to mean 'totally helpless'. But what caused Sweden's historic defeat in the 1709 battle?
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Sweden: the world's most modern country?
Lifestyle: 13 Dec 06
Why are 40 percent of Swedish households inhabited by a single person? Is the habit of taking shoes off at the door a product of left-wing rebellion? And are Swedes as antisocial as their reputation would have it? Fredrik Lindström promises to provide the answers.
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"Time for Sweden to support Mid-East Moderates"
Analysis & Opinion: 12 Oct 06
Knee-jerk condemnations of Israel have been a frequent characteristic of Sweden’s reaction to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The new government should start supporting moderates on both sides, argues David Stavrou.
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Free museum entry to be abolished
Society: 11 Oct 06
From January 1st next year it will no longer be free to visit Sweden's museums - despite a massive increase in visitor numbers since the scheme was introduced in 2005.
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Swedish hockey heroes "could lose Olympic gold"
Sport: 2 Mar 06
Just four days after the Swedish ice hockey team's stunning achievement in the Winter Olympics, the sweet smell of success has been overshadowed by a bitter dispute which could result in the team's disqualification.
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Road agency: new tax to stop sick drivers
Science & Technology: 1 Dec 05
The Swedish Road Administration wants every car owner to contribute to the financing of traffic medicine centres, where doctors can send people they think might be medically unfit to drive.
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National hockey players in group sex shame
Sport: 14 Feb 05
Three of Sweden's ice hockey heroes have been banned from the national team for the remainder of the season following revelations of their nocturnal activities after a recent match against Norway.
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"Suicidal" Mijailovic gives up Swedish passport
National: 21 Sep 04
Anna Lindh's murderer is no longer a Swedish citizen, it emerges after he is taken to hospital suffering from psychiatric problems. And now a move to Serbia could be on the cards, just as another notorious killer considers coming to Sweden.
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