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Parents reeling after attempted kidnapping

National: 9 Dec 11
Parents in Falun, in central Sweden, are keeping closer tabs on their children after a man tried to drag a 13-year-old boy into a car on Thursday. READ »

Healthcare firm denies letting old man die alone

Business & Money: 15 Nov 11
Healthcare provider Carema, recently ditched by the City of Stockholm after a series of revelations of neglect, has denied reports that staff left a dementia patient to die alone in front of a television. READ »

Man with dementia left to die in front of TV

National: 13 Nov 11
A dying man's last hours were spent alone in front of the television. The storm surrounding the private care company Carema continues to grow, as geriatric homes Norshöjden and Korsnäsgården are accused of several severe flaws. READ »

'It's changed my view of humanity': prosecutor

National: 13 Sep 11
On Tuesday the trial against 24 people for possessing and distributing child pornography opened in Sweden, in a case that has drawn widespread attention as all but one of the defendants are women. READ »

Operator sends neighbour, not ambulance, to help injured woman

Society: 5 Aug 11
Rather than send an ambulance to respond to a call from an injured woman in Borlänge in central Sweden, emergency services operator SOS Alarm elected to call on an elderly couple living nearby to check on her instead. READ »

Relatively calm midsummer celebrations in Sweden

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. READ »

23 women charged after child porn sting

National: 20 May 11
A Swedish prosecutor on Friday indicted 23 women and one man for possessing and distributing child pornography, in a case that has drawn widespread attention because so many of the defendants are women. READ »

DJ Danny looks to make Swedes 'shake booty'

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. READ »

The white stuff: a guide to Swedish ski resorts

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. READ »

Stieg Larsson's last letter to his brother

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. READ »

Swedish jails filled with drunken revelers

National: 26 Dec 10
Swedish police officers have had a busy Christmas night, with plenty of drunkenness and assault reported throughout the country. READ »

Swedish mass murderer gets four more years

National: 21 Dec 10
Swedish mass murderer Mattias Flink, convicted of killing seven people, is set to be released in 2019 after the appeals court extended the term of his life sentence from 32 to 36 years. READ »

Ex-police chief given lighter sentence

National: 24 Nov 10
The court of appeal has cut the penalty served to former Uppsala police chief Göran Lindberg to six years for a series of serious sex offences. READ »

Police had ex-police chief's DNA: report

National: 12 Sep 10
The police had a sample of former police chief and convicted sex offender Göran Lindberg's DNA, and other personal information as early as 2007 but did not follow up the information, according to a new report. READ »

Ex-police chief appeals jail term for sex offences

National: 19 Aug 10
Göran Lindberg, the former Uppsala county police chief convicted in July for a string of sex crimes, has appealed his six and half year prison sentence. READ »

Top cop jailed for sex crimes

National: 30 Jul 10
Göran Lindberg, once one of Sweden's most senior police officers, has been jailed for six and a half years for a string of sex crimes. READ »

Mass murderer should stay in jail: prosecution

National: 27 Jul 10
Although mass murderer Mattias Flink's life sentence was commuted to 32 years earlier this month, the prosecution wants Flink stay in prison. READ »

Murder suspect moved fiancée's body: court

National: 14 Jul 10
Mats Alm, who was cleared of murdering fiancée Linda Chen, has been found guilty of moving and hiding her body after her death. READ »

Alm freed from custody ahead of sentencing

National: 7 Jul 10
Falun district court ruled on Wednesday to release Mattias Alm, who was cleared of the murder of his partner Linda Chen late in May, from prison while he awaits sentencing on other counts on July 14th. READ »

Mass murderer could be released in five years

National: 7 Jul 10
Swedish mass murderer Mattias Flink's life sentence will be commuted to 32 years in prison and he could be released in just over five years, Örebro District Court ruled on Wednesday. READ »

Mass murderer seeks release date again

National: 30 Jun 10
Swedish mass murderer Mattias Flink, who shot and killed seven people in Falun in central Sweden in June 1994, claimed on Wednesday that he reflects on his crimes "every day" as proceedings began to consider limiting his life sentence. READ »

"Black Widow" sentenced to life in prison

National: 28 Jun 10
A 48-year-old woman dubbed the "Black Widow" has been sentenced to life in prison for murder, attempted murder and aggravated arson in Grängesberg in central Sweden in January. READ »

Ex-police chief case opened as trial begins

National: 28 Jun 10
A Swedish court has decided to make public most of the police investigation into alleged sex crimes by former police chief Göran Lindberg, whose high profile trial begins on Tuesday. READ »

Fewer fatalities in Midsummer traffic

Society: 28 Jun 10
Five people died on Swedish roads over the Midsummer weekend, representing a significant decline on recent years. READ »

Alm free to claim fiancée's life insurance

National: 29 May 10
Mattias Alm, 35, is free to claim the one million kronor ($130,000) joint life insurance policy he signed with his 32-year-old fiancée Linda Chen now that a court has cleared him of her murder. READ »

Fiancé not guilty of Linda Chen murder: court

National: 28 May 10
Mats Alm, 35, has been found not guilty in a preliminary ruling by Falun district court of the murder of his 32-year-old fiancée Linda Chen. READ »

Convicted serial killer sees charges dropped

National: 28 May 10
A prosecutor has dropped the charges of murder against convicted serial killer Thomas Quick for the 1988 slaying of an Israeli tourist. Quick has recently retracted earlier statements in which he claimed to have killed more than twenty people. READ »

Murder mystery trial opens in Swedish town

National: 29 Mar 10
The trial of a 34-year-old Swedish man for the murder of his 32-year-old fiancée has opened in Falun in central Sweden, in a case whose intricate mystery has generated massive interest. READ »

Swedish research finds new meningitis bacteria

Science & Technology: 2 Mar 10
A new bacteria thought to be a cause of meningitis has been found in ticks, new Swedish research shows. READ »

Rape suspicions mount against ex-police chief

National: 12 Feb 10
The allegations directed at a former Swedish police chief suspected of rape continued to grow on Friday with at least seven women and girls now thought to be involved in the case. READ »

Ex-police chief remanded in sex ring probe

National: 28 Jan 10
A former police chief suspected of rape in an expanding sex ring investigation was remanded in custody on Thursday, despite his claims of innocence. A number of other well-known men are also said to be under investigation. READ »

Ex-police chief arrested for rape

National: 27 Jan 10
A former high-ranking police official has been arrested in central Sweden on suspicion of raping a woman and attempting to rape several children. READ »

Swedish girl, 16, dies in Alpine fall

National: 30 Oct 09
A 16-year-old girl from Falun in central Sweden has died following a hiking accident in the French Alps. READ »

Fiancé held for Falun woman's murder

National: 22 Sep 09
The fiancé of a woman missing in Falun in north-central Sweden, was remanded in custody on Tuesday by the Dalarna District Court on suspicions of having killed the woman he was set to marry. READ »

Body found in missing Falun woman case

National: 19 Sep 09
A body believed to be that of a 32-year woman from Falun, missing since early August, was discovered on Friday, hours after her fiancé was found in a state of shock by a roadside between Rättvik and Falun in central Sweden. READ »

National police join hunt for missing woman

National: 19 Aug 09
Officers from the National Murder Commission have joined the search for the 32-year-old woman who went missing from her home in Falun in the beginning of August. READ »

Badly burned 1-year-old denied ambulance

National: 9 Aug 09
Swedish emergency services are to launch an internal investigation after a one-year-old boy who received second degree burns was denied an ambulance. READ »

Boy, 5, rescues drowning dad

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. READ »

CEO gives board members a pornographic surprise

Society: 1 Jul 09
The CEO of a municipal housing company in Dalarna in central Sweden has been reprimanded after pornographic pictures popped up during a recent presentation to the company’s board. READ »

Swedish teen tackles centuries-old numbers challenge

Science & Technology: 28 May 09
A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant in central Sweden has single-handedly figured out a formula with Bernoulli numbers that is normally reserved for much more seasoned mathematicians. READ »

Ludvika murder victim identified

National: 25 Apr 09
Police have announced that the man found dead last Tuesday in Marnästjärn i Ludvika was Jimmy Bäckman, a 22-year-old resident of Ludvika who disappeared last November. READ »

Swedish press: file sharing still ahead of the law

National: 18 Apr 09
The Swedish press weighs in on prosecutorial victory yesterday in the Pirate Bay case. Although the guilty verdict was not surprising, they write, the harsh sentencing was. READ »

Father confesses to gassing children

National: 16 Apr 09
A father of three from Dalarna in central Sweden has been charged with attempted murder for trying to poison his children with the exhaust from a running car. READ »

Left party leader rushed to hospital

Politics: 13 Apr 09
Lars Ohly, the leader of the Swedish Left party, was rushed to hospital on Friday. After experiencing stomach pains Ohly underwent an emergency operation. READ »

Paedophile policeman jailed in Sweden: report

National: 9 Apr 09
A Swedish policeman was sentenced on Thursday to 18 months in prison for sexually abusing two young brothers, media reported. READ »

Light therapy helps to beat the winter blues: study

Science & Technology: 5 Apr 09
With the first few sunny spring days upon us, the winter blues may already have been banished for another year. A new study gives scientific support to a method that may help to keep them away. READ »

Glass found in Falun sausage

National: 2 Apr 09
A fragment of glass has been found in a Falun sausage bought from a store in Karlsborg on March 20th. The new alarm comes after further reports of glass found in chicken products. READ »

Molestation charges for face-licking bus driver

Society: 31 Mar 09
A bus driver in Falun in central Sweden has been charged for licking the faces of young girls while on duty. READ »

What's your top Swedish tourist tip?

Travel: 19 Mar 09
Every week we quiz our regular panelists about a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: the country's top travel destinations. READ »

Man dies as snowmobile goes through the ice

National: 18 Jan 09
A 65-year-old man died as a result of his snowmobile crashing through thin ice on a lake near Rättvik in central Sweden on Saturday evening. One of several accidents across the country over the weekend. READ »

Malmö club and concert tips: Friday, Nov. 28

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. READ »

Malmö nightclub tips: Friday, Oct 31

Lifestyle: 28 Oct 08
Discover the night-time jewels of the city in the south with the aid of recommendations from The Local in association with entertainment guide Djungeltrumman. READ »

Court affirms mass murderer's life sentence

National: 27 Oct 08
An appeal by convicted mass murderer Mattias Flink to have his life sentence reduced was denied on Monday by the Göta Court of Appeal. READ »

Malmö nightclub tips: Friday, Oct 10

Lifestyle: 7 Oct 08
Get your Malmö club compass pointing in the right direction with night life pathfinders Djungeltrumman. READ »

Engla's killer sentenced to life in prison

National: 6 Oct 08
Anders Eklund has been sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Engla Juncosa Höglund and Pernilla Hellgren. READ »

Engla's killer 'will face jail'

National: 4 Sep 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has confessed to the murders of Engla Juncosa Höglund, 10, and Pernilla Hellgren, 31, is likely to face a lengthy prison sentence after the results of a psychiatric evaluation deemed him not to be seriously mentally ill. READ »

Mass murderer denied request for reduced sentence

National: 3 Sep 08
Mattias Flink, currently in prison for killing seven people back in 1994, will not have his life sentence reduced to 24 years, the Örebro District Court ruled on Wednesday READ »

Knife wounds send two to hospital

National: 30 Jul 08
Two men were stabbed in Rättvik in north central Sweden on Tuesday night as police worked to maintain order during the town's annual Classic Car Week. READ »

Mother faces Engla's killer in court

National: 22 Jul 08
The mother of murdered 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Höglund came face to face with her daughter's killer, Anders Eklund, as the trial entered its second day. READ »

Pernilla Hellgren 'was not supposed to die'

National: 21 Jul 08
Anders Eklund admitted in Stockholm district court today that he raped 31-year-old Pernilla Hellgren in Falun in 2000 before killing her. READ »

Anders Eklund charged in Engla killing

National: 18 Jul 08
Murder charges have been filed against 42-year-old Anders Eklund, the truck driver accused of killing 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Högland in April. READ »

Child killer should not go to jail - lawyer

National: 9 Jul 08
A recommendation that child murderer Anders Eklund should serve a jail sentence should be overturned, his lawyer has said. READ »

Double murder suspect 'not mentally ill'

National: 1 Jul 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has admitting to the killing of 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Höglund, is likely to face a lengthy jail term after forensic psychiatrists ruled he was not in need of psychiatric care. READ »

New risk assessment for mass murderer

National: 9 Jun 08
Mass murderer Mattias Flink, who shot seven people to death in Falun in central Sweden in 1994, is to undergo a new assessment of his risk to society. READ »

Swedish Elks travel to Oz

Lifestyle: 26 May 08
Most Swedes will be bemused to learn they have a national Australian Football team. Nic Townsend meets the Swedish Elks before they travel to Melbourne for the International Cup. READ »

Politician held in money laundering scandal

Business & Money: 21 May 08
A local politician from Stockholm has been taken into custody in Falun in central Sweden on suspicions of helping a motorcycle gang launder money. READ »

Winter's return causes confusion

National: 18 May 08
Heavy snow falls were seen in many parts of northern Sweden on Saturday as winter made a comeback. READ »

Mobile-hating grandpa makes granddaughter's ears ring

Society: 15 May 08
When a grandfather saw his granddaughter talking on a mobile phone while holding her newborn child, he became furious. READ »

Police seek to tweak criminal register

National: 8 May 08
The Swedish Data Inspection Board is to team up with the National Police Board in a bid to improve the effectiveness of the police's criminal register. READ »

Court permits balcony smoking

National: 1 May 08
A district court in Falun in central Sweden has ruled that it is permitted to smoke on one’s balcony. READ »

Engla's killer remanded into custody

National: 19 Apr 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has confessed to the murders of 10-year-old Engla Juncosa and 31-year-old Pernilla Hellgren was remanded into custody on Friday. READ »

Police to focus on unsolved murders

National: 17 Apr 08
A remand hearing for Anders Eklund has been scheduled for Friday. Police are examining whether he might be linked to any unsolved murders. READ »

Police accidentally informed Engla's killer

National: 16 Apr 08
Police have admitted to unwittingly giving Anders Eklund, shown in a 1995 file photo, an opportunity to remove evidence from his car just hours before his arrest. READ »

Eklund: Engla's killing 'an accident'

National: 15 Apr 08
During further questioning on Monday, murderer Anders Eklund claimed the killing of 10-year-old Engla Höglund was an accident. READ »

Dalarna police admit to mistakes

National: 14 Apr 08
Police admitted they made a mistake by not following up on a tip they received about the man who confessed to killing 10-year-old Engla Höglund. READ »

Home town mourns Engla's murder

National: 14 Apr 08
Residents of Stjärnsund in Dalarna are grieving over the murder of 10-year-old Engla Höglund following a confession on Sunday by 42-year-old Anders Eklund, who was suspected last November in another unsolved murder. READ »

Engla's killer admits to a second murder

National: 13 Apr 08
The 42-year-old suspected of having kidnapped 10-year-old Engla Höglund has confessed to killing the girl and to killing a 31-year-old woman back in 2000. READ »

National Investigators interrogate missing girl suspect

National: 13 Apr 08
The 42-year-old man suspected of abducting 10-year-old Engla Höglund will be interrogated by officers from the National Investigation Department while members of the National Home Guard continued searching for the missing girl. READ »

Little headway in missing girl investigation

National: 9 Apr 08
Suspicions against the truck driver arrested for kidnapping 10-year-old Engla Höglund remain weak, as police consider searching new areas. READ »

Man badly injured in bear attack

National: 26 Mar 08
A man has been attacked by a bear in the woods in Dalarna in central Sweden. READ »

Man confesses to Mora killing

National: 23 Feb 08
A 19-year-old man has confessed to killing a 15-year-old girl in Mora last weekend. READ »

Man arrested for Mora killing

National: 21 Feb 08
Police have arrested a man in his twenties in connection with the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl. READ »

Chinese officials in Sweden 'tried to stop' dance show

Politics: 30 Jan 08
Politicians have accused the Chinese embassy of attempting to block a musical show set to hit Swedish shores this spring. READ »

Infant rescued in hostage drama

National: 14 Jan 08
A special police unit was called in to rescue a young child held hostage in a small town in central Sweden. READ »

Teen fined over internet sex film

Society: 28 Dec 07
A 15-year-old girl was fined on Thursday for filming her friends having sex in the garden. The girl published the film on the internet. READ »

Fire damages Falun town centre

National: 1 Aug 07
Fire fighters in Falun have not yet managed to contain a fire that broke out at a building in the town centre in the early hours of Wednesday morning. READ »

Chinese president welcomed by Swedish royals

National: 9 Jun 07
Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Saturday morning, kicking off the first ever Chinese state visit to Sweden. But despite the pleasantries, the president can expect protests on his trip. READ »

Two dead in Vallentuna fire

National: 21 May 07
A fire in a small house in Vallentuna has claimed the lives of two people. An overnight fire in Falun also resulted in two casualties. READ »

Parents secretly profited from son's disability

National: 23 Feb 07
A 26 year old working man was surprised to learn that he was registered for a disability pension. Even more surprising was the fact that the money was sent to his parent's account. READ »

Man remanded for parents' killing

National: 27 Nov 06
An 18-year-old man from Hedemora, central Sweden, has been remanded in custody, suspected of killing his parents. READ »

Teen arrested over parents' murder

National: 26 Nov 06
An 18-year-old man has been arrested after his parents were found murdered at the family home in Hedemora, central Sweden. They may have been dead for several days. READ »

German trucker arrest could solve Swedish murder case

National: 24 Nov 06
Police in Sweden hope the arrest of a truck driver in Germany could help them identify the killer of Pernilla Hellgren, who was found dead in Falun six years ago. The trucker has already admitted five killings. READ »

Circumcision infections lead to report

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 06
A person who circumcised baby boys in Dalarna has been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare after four of the children contracted an infection. READ »

Swedish athlete harassed by smitten fan

Sport: 3 Nov 06
Swedish hurdler Susanna Kallur has earned the unwelcome admiration of a 26-year-old French fan. On Thursday, the stalker was prosecuted on two charges of molestation. READ »

Swede plans to put little red cottage on the moon

National: 11 Oct 06
The Swedish Space Corporation and a Swedish artist are working on plans to put a little red cottage on the surface of the moon. "The house should be a symbol for mankind," says artist Mikael Genberg. READ »

51 year old dies after lightning strike

National: 23 Jul 06
A man died on Sunday afternoon after being hit by lightning at a medieval market in Mariefred, while violent storms caused chaos in many parts of Sweden. READ »

Chinese couple convicted of people smuggling

Society: 9 Jun 06
A Swedish court has jailed two Chinese people for their role in a network that smuggled children into Europe. The 46 children processed by the couple may have been sent on to lives of forced labour. READ »

Tourist offices around Sweden

Travel: 3 May 06
A handy list of Sweden's tourist offices, along with their phone numbers, email addresses and web sites. READ »

Swedish potato gun man convicted

Society: 12 Apr 06
A man from Falun who stood on his balcony shooting into the car park below with a potato gun has been fined. The spud gun was more powerful than a revolver, the court heard. READ »

Scania closes two Swedish plants

Business & Money: 14 Mar 06
Swedish truckmaker Scania is to move production from two factories in rural Sweden to its main base in Södertälje. The move will save 300 million kronor, the company says. READ »

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