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Swedish boys' new hero: pram-pushing Spiderman

Society: 30 Mar 12
A new Swedish toy catalogue has reversed the traditional gender roles by showing Spiderman pushing a pram, and a young girl riding a toy racecar. READ »

Twitter storm over 'official' Swedish breasts

Society: 22 Mar 12
A Swedish woman serving as the curator of Sweden's official Twitter account has posted pictures of herself breastfeeding and whipped up an online storm just days after her takeover of the account. READ »

Sweden Democrats in 'honour crime' ad retreat

National: 17 Mar 12
The Sweden Democrats’ Women's Association has announced that it has edited a campaign film released last week featuring honour-related violence after a threat of legal action. READ »

Swedish feminists bare pits to 'reclaim the hair'

Society: 16 Mar 12
Dozens of Swedish women put their hairy armpits on display at a public square in Malmö on Thursday afternoon in a display of solidarity protesting a recent internet storm vilifying women's hirsute underarms. READ »

Sweden Democrats face 'honour violence' ad fury

Politics: 13 Mar 12
The Sweden Democrats’ Women's Association's new internet commercial, presented last week and meant to “highlight honour related violence”, has been slammed by leading feminists. READ »

Swedish woman's hairy armpit hurrah goes viral

Society: 13 Mar 12
Sweden’s online community has been whipped into a frenzy – and it’s all due to one woman’s hairy armpit which appeared for mere seconds on a live television broadcast of the Melodifestivalen finals on Saturday. READ »

Swedish blogger snaps commuting 'macho men'

Society: 13 Feb 12
A Stockholm woman fed up with male passengers on public transport taking up the space of women sitting next to them, has started a blog snapping secret pics of straddle-legged commuters and posting them on the internet. READ »

'Spank her arse' coach reported to police

Sport: 25 Jan 12
A coach who used sexually suggestive materials known as "hot babes on defence" to train of a team of 14-year-old boys has been relieved of his duties and reported to the police. READ »

'Gomorrah' author wins 2011 Olof Palme Prize

Society: 23 Jan 12
Roberto Saviano, author of Italian mafia exposé 'Gomorrah', and Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho were named the 2011 recipients of the Olof Palme Memorial Prize in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Sex harassment claims taint Juholt ally anew

Politics: 17 Jan 12
Sexual harassment allegations against a top Social Democrat have prompted the party’s feminist faction to object to his appointment as chair of party's Riksdag group, delivering yet another blow to Social Democrat head Håkan Juholt. READ »

'Spank her arse' coaching tactics spark outrage

Sport: 13 Jan 12
An athletic club in southern Sweden has come under fire for a coach's use of sexually suggestive materials known as "Hot babes of the defence" to aid the training of a team of 14-year-old boys. READ »

Sjöstedt chosen as new Left Party leader

Politics: 6 Jan 12
Jonas Sjöstedt was chosen to replace Lars Ohly as the new leader of Sweden's Left Party when the congress voted on Friday. READ »

'Tattoo' marketing angers Larsson's partner

Society: 21 Dec 11
Stieg Larsson's former partner has slammed the commercialization of the late Swedish writer's best-selling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, in connection with the release of Hollywood's adaption of the book. READ »

Swedish feminists praise Peace Prize winners

Society: 7 Oct 11
Swedish women's rights activists and peace groups hailed the awarding of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize to three women who have been instrumental in promoting women's role in peace-building activities in Africa and the Middle East. READ »

Lars Ohly: Seven years at the helm of Sweden's Left Party

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Aug 11
Lars Ohly on Tuesday said that he is to step down as leader of Sweden's Left Party. While widely respected as a person and as a skilful debater, his tenure will be remembered more for his stance on Communism and electoral decline. READ »

Harvard to host Stieg Larsson lectures

Society: 19 Jul 11
Students at the prestigious Harvard University will soon have the chance to study the Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson when an expert on Swedish crime fiction joins the faculty for a guest lectureship. READ »

Stockholm cafés: a Södermalm selection

Lifestyle: 19 Jul 11
The Brooklyn-esque island of Södermalm offers countless cozy café options for its young and trendy dwellers. Here’s The Local’s list of five hotspots to have a "fika" (coffee break), lounge, and bask in the buzz of this hip neighborhood. READ »

Growing demands for Ohly to step down

Politics: 5 Jul 11
A growing number of leading Left Party members want to see the party's head, Lars Ohly, step down before the next election in 2014. Over half of district leaders want a new head, according to a Swedish newspaper report. READ »

Sommestad to be new face of Sweden's Social Democrat women

Politics: 4 Jul 11
Former Environment Minister Lena Sommestad is expected to succeed Nalin Pekgul as leader of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden association after a unanimous nomination by the election committee. READ »

Swedish feminists push for Midsummer 'mayhole' revolution

Lifestyle: 22 Jun 11
While most Swedes look forward to dancing around a traditional maypole this Midsummer, one group of gender-conscious revellers is pushing Swedes to celebrate the holiday by gathering around a vagina instead, contributor Lina Sennevall discovers. READ »

Reduce abortions by promoting adoption: Christian Democrat

Politics: 30 May 11
Rather than abort unwanted children, women in Sweden should give birth and put the children up for adoption, a Christian Democrat politician has argued, hoping the measure would reduce the number of abortions in Sweden. READ »

Low turn out fears in Swedish election re-run

Politics: 12 May 11
As a county council election re-run beckons in western Sweden, there are fears that a record low proportion of the electorate will bother to cast their votes. READ »

Male lust/female vice? Swedish museum touts sex through the ages

Lifestyle: 15 Apr 11
While the National Museum's new "Lust & Vice" exhibition has titillated the viewing public, it has incurred the scorn of an art world used to seeing sex exploited for financial gain, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson writes. READ »

Swedish media join in foolish April fun

Society: 1 Apr 11
Shampoo for shaggy hardrocker festival-goers, dog poop fireworks to save the environment, as well as The Local's own anti-feminist Viking village, were among the April Fools' Day hoaxes in the Swedish media on Friday. READ »

Anti-feminist 'Viking' community uncovered in Swedish wilds

Society: 1 Apr 11
An isolated community of “Vikings” has been found in one of the most remote parts of Europe, living on the fringes of civilisation near Sweden's Sarek national park and established in response to ‘feminist dogma’. READ »

Swedish feminists elect leadership triumvirate

Politics: 27 Mar 11
Swedish political party the Feminist Initiative has elected two women and a man to succeed the outgoing founder and spokesperson Gudrun Schyman. READ »

WikiLeaks' conspiracy theories laid bare

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 11
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange enters the next round of his legal battle stemming from sex crime allegations in Sweden, The Local’s Karen Holst takes a look at some of the conspiracy theories surrounding Assange and his secret-divulging website. READ »

Sweden unveils tougher penalties for buying sex

Politics: 27 Jan 11
Swedish sex buyers too often get away with fines, according to Justice Minister Beatrice Ask, who has now proposed toughening penalties for those who are convicted to up to a year in prison. READ »

Ohly affirms plans to stay on as Left Party leader

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. READ »

Sweden's childcare allowance 'a fiasco'

Politics: 10 Jan 11
Sweden's childcare allowance, strongly promoted by the Christian Democrats as a way to help parents who wish to spend more time at home with their young children, has been a fiasco, according to a previously unreleased report. READ »

Swedish site urges people to talk about sex

Society: 23 Dec 10
While the world continues to talk about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's case, Sweden-based journalist Johanna Koljonen is encouraging women around the world to share their feelings online about negative sexual experiences. READ »

New details emerge about Assange accusers

National: 19 Dec 10
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vows to fight against his extradition from the UK to Sweden, police reports have shed more light on the women and the events at the centre of the sex crime allegations against him. READ »

Robyn: leading a new generation of pop

Lifestyle: 10 Dec 10
With a trifecta of newly released albums and a Swede Of The Year Award under her belt, Swedish singer Robyn may find 2010 hard to top. But as the AFP’s James Pheby discovers, one should never underestimate Sweden’s reigning pop sensation. READ »

'Eat, Pray, Love' thinking a 'feminist challenge'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Nov 10
While there are certainly benefits to positive thinking, Swedish feminist Jenny Sonesson argues that women might not have the right to vote today if suffragettes had been satisfied writing gratitude diaries. READ »

A populist lexicon: freedom fries and the Swedish far-right

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson exposes the orthodoxy and self-serving folksy truisms of far-right PC in a lexicon of populist platitudes. READ »

Swedish concern over EU maternity leave bill

Politics: 20 Oct 10
Swedish politicians on the left and right expressed dismay on Wednesday over the EU parliament’s approval of a directive that would require new mothers to stay at home for six weeks. READ »

Swedes vote for Harry Potter, James Bond and Your Mum

Society: 23 Sep 10
As the Alliance government stands to miss out on an overall majority by a whisker, handwritten ballots for parties such as Joy Division, Pull Yourself Together and Djingis Cat have had an unlikely impact on Swedish politics. READ »

Abba stars sue Denmark's far-right

Politics: 23 Sep 10
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the Abba stars behind the hit musical Mamma Mia have instructed their lawyers to contact the Danish People's Party after the far-right party used and changed one of their songs to honour its leader. READ »

Live Blog: election night in Sweden

Politics: 20 Sep 10
The Local's correspondents bring you all the latest news from the Swedish election, live from the main parties' headquarters in Stockholm. See the drama unfold live here. READ »

The Local's guide to the 2010 Swedish elections

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Sep 10
Still confused about who's who and what's what ahead of Sweden's September 19th elections? Check out The Local’s Guide to the 2010 Swedish Elections for information on the parties, what they stand for, and what seats are up for grabs. READ »

Election outcomes – the lowdown

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 10
With four days to go before Swedes go to the polls in what promises to be an historic election for one of Europe's oldest democracies, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson has had a look at the possible outcomes. READ »

Left Party employs stripper at election party

Politics: 14 Sep 10
Left Party supporters were treated to a female stripper at an open meeting in Järna near Stockholm over the weekend, causing several members of the crowd to storm out in disgust. READ »

Introducing the Feminist Initiative

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Feminist Initiative, bidding to enter parliament for the first time. READ »

Introducing the Liberals

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Liberal Party, bidding to retain power and regain their place as third largest party in Swedish politics. READ »

Household tax relief opponents claim benefit

Politics: 10 Aug 10
In the last 12 months, nearly 890,000 people have claimed a tax deduction for work carried out on and in their homes, according to Swedish Tax Agency figures. Among them are several politicians whose parties oppose the system. READ »

Pride flash mob takes over Sergels torg

Lifestyle: 28 Jul 10
Four young women kicked off Stockholm's Pride Festival with a bang on Monday by organising a flash mob that included The Local's Emy Gelb. READ »

Big claims, little evidence: Sweden's law against buying sex

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jul 10
A new review of Sweden's ban on buying sex has provided little hard evidence that the policy of prohibition has worked, writes Laura Agustín, but few politicians have dared to point out its obvious failings. READ »

Feminist cash burning provokes backlash

Politics: 7 Jul 10
The Feminist Initiative's controversial burning of 100,000 kronor ($13,000) in Visby on Tuesday in a demonstration for equal pay between the sexes, has come in for criticism from allies and opponents alike. READ »

Swedish feminists burn 100,000 kronor in wage protest

Politics: 6 Jul 10
The Feminist Initiative carried out its promise to burn 100,000 kronor ($13,000) on Tuesday morning, claiming that a half-page ad would never have had the same impact in the fight for equal pay between the sexes. READ »

Feminists plan 100,000 kronor bonfire for 'fair pay'

Politics: 5 Jul 10
Gudrun Schyman has announced that Feminist Initiative is to hold a Tuesday morning bonfire, with plans to burn 100,000 kronor in 20 kronor notes as a demonstration for equal pay between the sexes. READ »

Schyman complains of Fi media isolation

Politics: 5 Jul 10
The leader of the Feminist Initiative (Fi), Gudrun Schyman, has said that the Almedalen Week in Visby on Gotland is a perfect opportunity to promote the party's message, complaining of isolation by the media and polling institutes. READ »

King to lead princess to the altar: Royal Court

National: 25 May 10
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf will lead his daughter, Crown Princess Victoria, to the altar at her wedding to Daniel Westling on June 19th, the Royal Court has confirmed. READ »

Pirate Party sees membership slashed

Politics: 18 Apr 10
Sweden's Pirate Party is shedding members rapidly as enthusiasts who signed up in conjunction with last year's high profile Pirate Bay case fail to renew their membership. READ »

'Don't force mothers to stay at home'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Feb 10
The European Commission's proposed new directive on maternity leave is well-meaning but fatally flawed, argues Minister for EU Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson. READ »

Sweden slams forced maternity leave

Politics: 25 Feb 10
The Swedish government is critical of a new EU directive proposal making it obligatory for women to be at home for the first six weeks after birth. EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson plans to argue Sweden's case in the EU parliament. READ »

Swedish rock mums roll up for riff camp

Society: 4 Feb 10
If you are a "madame" aged "18 to eternity" and have long harboured dreams of stardom, a new music camp at cities across Sweden may help you hone your rock star poise and hot licks. READ »

Profile: Sweden's new EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson was named as Sweden's new EU minister on Tuesday. An outspoken advocate of feminism, equality and civil liberties issues, as well as a keen supporter of Nato membership, Ohlsson also harbours dreams of a top UN human rights post. READ »

Ohlsson defies critics to claim EU minister post

Politics: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson has been named as Liberal Party colleague Cecilia Malmström's successor as Sweden's EU minister despite the initial reservations of party leader Jan Björklund. READ »

Moderates add feminist touch to policy platform

Politics: 25 Jan 10
The Moderate Party is making an election year play to increase its appeal to feminist voters, promising to take on gender-based pay disparities and ranking schools according to gender equity, among other proposals. READ »

'Feminists have better sex': Swedish party

Politics: 17 Dec 09
Sweden's feminist political party is hoping logo items featuring a bold claim about their supporters’ supposed prowess in the bedroom will raise awareness about the party during the holiday shopping season. READ »

Swedes keep lapping up juicy Tiger tidbits

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Dec 09
Amid new reports that Elin Nordegren is set to sign a sponsorship deal with the rival of one of golfer husband Tiger Woods’ strongest corporate supporters, Swedes continue to swoon over every new revelation in the ongoing drama. READ »

Arvika festival campaign reaches its climax

Society: 4 Dec 09
In the latest marketing blitz from the Arvika Festival organizers, a twenty-year-old girl masturbates in front of the camera for a promo video. "People have sex at our festival," explains the festival's spokesman. READ »

Top feminist takes political gamble on Swedish reality TV

Politics: 3 Dec 09
Gudrun Schyman, spokeswoman for the Feminist Initiative (FI) political party, hopes participating in the Let’s Dance reality television show will help her waltz right into the Swedish parliament. READ »

How Aussie dad beat Swedish police to find kidnapped sons

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Oct 09
When Australian George Pesor's children were abducted by their mother on a visit to Sweden, police searched for six months without success. But when Pesor took matters into his own hands, he solved the case in just a week. READ »

Gender trouble - time to bury the feminist hatchet?

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 09
Since when is the ubiquitous Anna Anka a feminist? And why are feminists apportioned blame for so many of the worlds ills? The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson enters the Hollywood housewife debate. READ »

Anna Anka conjures bygone era of Bad Girls and Mad Men

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 09
An outspoken Hollywood housewife prompts The Local's Jeanne Rudbeck to weigh up her options: stay a wage slave to the grave or get back to bitchin' in the kitchen. READ »

Swedish parliament behind Wikipedia celebrity smears

Science & Technology: 22 Sep 09
Actor George Clooney is a "communist amateur" and Swedish actress and comedian Nour El-Refai is a "feminist bitch", according to someone, or several people, using computers traced to the Riksdag. READ »

Battle of the Swedish literary manifestos

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 09
Swedish writers have stepped away from the serious business of writing books to do battle over the future of the Swedish novel. But perhaps they should get off their high horses and stick to the task, suggests The Local's Charlotte Webb. READ »

'Taxpayers should not have to fund feminist porn'

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
The idea of feminist porn may be attractive to some but there is no reason for the state to cough up half a million kronor to fund its production, argues Beatrice Fredriksson, a member of the Moderate Party's youth organisation and author of the Anti-Feminist Initiative blog. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 4 - 10

Lifestyle: 2 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: International polo & feminist porn in Stockholm; International art biennial in Gothenburg; Paul Potts (UK) in Malmö. READ »

Feminist porn 'challenges traditional gender roles'

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Sep 09
Film maker Mia Engberg explains the genesis of Dirty Diaries, a movie made up of 12 'feminist porn' shorts that has been generating heated debate across Sweden in the lead-up to its premiere this week. READ »

Publicly funded ‘feminist porn’ to premiere

Society: 1 Sep 09
'Feminist porn' movie Dirty Diaries, which received 500,000 kronor ($69,000) in public funding, is to premiere this Thursday in Stockholm. READ »

Legislate right to full-time employment: Left Party

National: 30 Aug 09
The Swedish Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) wants to abolish several reforms adopted by the governing Alliance parties, according to a new report. These would include the childcare allowance, the equality bonus and tax deductions for household services. READ »

Topless bathers conspicuously absent at Malmö pools

Society: 20 Jul 09
Despite winning the right to bathe topless at all of the municipal swimming pools in Malmö, bare-breasted female bathers have remained conspicuous in their absence. READ »

Malmö win for topless Swedish bathers

Society: 24 Jun 09
Women in Malmö have been given the right to bathe topless in the swimming pools of Sweden's third largest city. READ »

Migration agency used anti-Muslim lawyer

National: 24 Jun 09
A lawyer contracted by the Swedish Migration Board to represent asylum seekers has a personal blog in which he refers to Islam as a “psychosocial disease”. READ »

Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jun 09
A couple of Swedish parents have stirred up debate in the country by refusing to reveal whether their two-and-a-half-year-old child is a boy or a girl. READ »

Feminist politician equates Pirate Party supporters with rapists

Politics: 17 Jun 09
A blog post comparing file sharing advocates to rapists has caused a backlash for the feminist member of the Riksdag who authored the entry. READ »

Ex-member arrested in Riksdag chamber

Politics: 17 Jun 09
Green Party politician Ewa Larsson, a former member of parliament who currently sits on the board of the Stockholm County police department, was arrested in the Riksdag on Tuesday. READ »

Pirate Party claims EU booty: confirmed

Politics: 8 Jun 09
Sweden's Pirate Party, on a platform of integrity issues including the legalization of internet file sharing, sensationally claimed a seat in the EU parliament as election results were confirmed on Sunday. READ »

Swedish Pirate Party headed for Brussels

Politics: 7 Jun 09
Sweden's pro-file sharing Pirate Party is on its way to Brussels having secured more than 7 percent of the country's votes in the European Parliament elections, according to early exit polls. READ »

Polling stations open doors for EU vote

Politics: 7 Jun 09
Polling stations across Sweden opened their doors at 8am on Sunday for voting in the EU parliamentary elections. The parties of discontent continue to ride high in the polls as private funding becomes a late election issue. READ »

Abba great's donation to boost feminists' EU bid

Politics: 6 Jun 09
Former Abba star Benny Andersson has given one million kronor ($128,000) to ensure that Swedish voters can vote for Gudrun Schyman’s feminist political party in Sunday's EU parliamentary elections. READ »

Gudrun Schyman's quest for equality

Analysis & Opinion: 27 May 09
Feminist Initiative lynchpin Gudrun Schyman speaks to The Local about her vision for a gender equal Europe. READ »

Is rape rampant in gender-equal Sweden?

Analysis & Opinion: 11 May 09
A recent European Commission report identifying Sweden as the rape capital of Europe should be treated with a healthy dose of scepticism, argues sociologist Laura Agustín. READ »

Swedish MP to Pope: Ditch fundamentalism

Politics: 26 Mar 09
Prominent feminist politician Birgitta Ohlsson is demanding that the Swedish government launch a formal protest with the Vatican over the “religious fundamentalism” of Pope Benedict XVI. READ »

Palme Prize to doctor for help of Congolese rape victims

Society: 8 Jan 09
The 2008 Olof Palme Prize was awarded on Thursday to Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege for his work to help women victims of rape and war crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ »

Raunchy Ryanair calendar wings its way to Swedish feminists

Society: 14 Nov 08
Low-cost airline Ryanair has responded to 'anti-fun' opponents of its advertising by sending its raunchy 2009 cabin crew calendar to select Swedish politicians. READ »

Feminist boycott demand 'a storm in a D cup': Ryanair

Society: 14 Oct 08
Budget airline Ryanair went on the attack on Thursday, mocking Swedish feminist politician Birgitta Ohlsson’s call for a boycott of the airline because of its allegedly sexist advertising practices. READ »

Swedish feminist demands Ryanair boycott

Society: 14 Oct 08
Birgitta Ohlsson, one of Sweden’s most prominent feminist politicians, has called for a consumer boycott of Ryanair in response to the discount airline’s attitudes about an ad deemed sexist by a Swedish advertising trade group. READ »

Women's rights on downward turn: anti-globalization activists

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Sep 08
Anti-globalization activists have warned of a downward turn for women's rights across Europe, citing growing religious extremism and neo-liberalism as contributory factors. READ »

Social Forum: Financial turmoil highlights need for change

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Sep 08
As the world’s attention is taken up with how to address the current financial crisis, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou reports that activists gathered in Malmö for the Europe Social Forum see social change as key to avoiding future financial meltdowns. READ »

Activists fight to prevent Iranian feminist's deportation

National: 17 Sep 08
Demonstrators are set to gather in Stockholm on Wednesday to protest the impending deportation of an Iranian woman’s rights activist and anti-Islam blogger after she was denied a Swedish residence permit. READ »

Nobel a likely no-no for Sweden's king of crime fiction

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. READ »

Record Stockholm Pride parade despite rain

Society: 2 Aug 08
Saturday’s Stockholm Pride parade may have started with heavy rainfall, but it´s set to be the biggest Stockholm Pride parade ever, with over 80,000 participants, thanks in large part to huge numbers of international guests. READ »

Sexist holiday schedule angers prison guards

National: 26 Jul 08
A male guard must always be in attendance when prisoners are exercising in the yard. This new rule has upset guards at Norrköping remand prison who have reported the case to the equal opportunities ombudsman. READ »

Baby bikini withdrawn after massive protest

Society: 24 Jul 08
When is it too early for girls to try on their first bikini? Not soon enough thought Swedish clothing firm Ellos. Massive protests have forced the firm to think again. READ »

Left Party MP reveals stripper past

Politics: 13 Jun 08
Left Party Riksdag member and rising star Josefin Brink has bared all in an interview about how she used to work as a stripper in the 1990s. READ »

Schyman: 'I considered taking my life'

Politics: 8 Jun 08
Former Left Party leader and founder of the Feminist Initiative (FI) political party Gudrun Schyman has admitted in an interview that she contemplated suicide. READ »

Top feminist's four-letter outburst stuns university

Society: 2 Jun 08
A formal dinner honouring new PhDs at Lund University was interrupted on Friday when a leading feminist erupted into a profanity-laced tirade. READ »

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