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Man convicted after stabbing girl in neck

National: 22 May 12
The 28-year-old man charged with the stabbing attack against a young girl at a Gothenburg school ground in February was convicted on Tuesday by the district court to psychiatric care. READ »

Swedish airline Skyways files for bankruptcy

Business & Money: 22 May 12
Swedish budget airline Skyways Express has cancelled all flights after it and its City Airline subsidiary filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday morning. READ »

Polish woman missing from Stockholm home

National: 13 May 12
Police are searching for 37 year-old Agnieszka Mardyla, who went missing from her Stockholm home on April 20. READ »

Drunken airline pilot stopped at Arlanda

Business & Money: 10 May 12
A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) pilot scheduled to fly a plane out of Sweden on Tuesday afternoon was stopped from leaving after failing a breathalyzer test. READ »

Hostess plummets from Ryanair plane in Sweden

National: 8 May 12
An air hostess fell out of the exit of a Ryanair aircraft at the Gothenburg City Airport on Tuesday and was brought to hospital, bleeding from the head. READ »

Player strike threatens Swedish pro football

Sport: 1 May 12
Swedish top flight football is facing the prospect of player strike action and a slew of postponed matches as a dispute over pay and conditions remained unresolved. READ »

Wage deal keeps Sweden airport buses running

Business & Money: 24 Apr 12
A planned solidarity strike by drivers of airport buses in Sweden has been called off after a public sector healthcare union reached a new wage agreement. READ »

Airport bus drivers postpone solidarity strike

National: 23 Apr 12
Monday's planned strike among airport and flight transfer bus workers was postponed despite no agreement having been met. READ »

Allsvenskan football 2012: a season preview

Lifestyle: 28 Mar 12
This Saturday the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s premier football league, starts a new season. Contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at each team and their prospects for 2012. READ »

Dutch author Kuijer wins Astrid Lindgren lit prize

Society: 20 Mar 12
Dutch children's author Guus Kuijer scooped up the 2012 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award on Tuesday, given in honour of the Swedish creator of Pippi Longstocking. READ »

Body parts found at Hercules crash site

National: 17 Mar 12
Rescue workers found human remains on Sweden’s highest peak where a Hercules military transport plane crashed on Thursday with five Norwegian crew members on board, all of whom are believed to have perished. READ »

Norwegian Hercules plane missing in Sweden

National: 15 Mar 12
A Norwegian Hercules C-130 military transport plane with five people on board lost contact on Thursday afternoon with the airport in northern Sweden where it was scheduled to land. READ »

Suspicious bag shuts down Swedish airport

National: 26 Feb 12
Air traffic at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport in western Sweden was halted on Sunday afternoon after the discovery of a bag with suspicious-looking contents. READ »

Spring on the way to Sweden: expert

Science & Technology: 26 Feb 12
Spring has started arriving to parts of Sweden with startled butterflies and the yearnful cooing of hormonal pigeons, according to experts at the Natural History Museum. READ »

Swedish man dead in US airport car crash

National: 26 Feb 12
A 24-year-old Swedish flight school student is believed to have died in a runway car crash, which occurred at Tracy Municipal Airport in California on Thursday. READ »

Youngman makes new Saab offer: owner

Business & Money: 20 Feb 12
Chinese company Youngman has made a new offer to the administrators for the bankrupt Swedish car-maker, confirmed the founder and owner of Youngman, Pang Qingnian, on Monday. READ »

Swedish tourist halted for having 'terrorist name'

Society: 14 Feb 12
A Swedish man set to take off on his "dream holiday" to Mexico was turned away before boarding, as flight officials claimed he shared the name of a wanted terrorist. READ »

'Mossad set me up': Swede held in Bangkok

National: 19 Jan 12
A Lebanese-born Swede arrested in Thailand last week on terror suspicions has professed his innocence, claiming he was set up by Israeli intelligence service Mossad. READ »

Zlatan brushes off Inter fans' racist taunt

Sport: 16 Jan 12
A huge banner mocking Swedish AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic as a ”gypsy” in his native language was unfurled in the San Siro stadium by fans of Inter Milan during the local derby between the two Italian giants on Sunday evening. READ »

Rogue rodent keeps US SAS flight grounded

Society: 11 Jan 12
Once again a small mouse, discovered aboard a flight between New York and Stockholm, has grounded a US-bound Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight, forcing 200 passengers to re-book to later departures. READ »

Swede tells of friend's Africa bungee terror

Society: 9 Jan 12
A Swedish woman who filmed a terrifying video of her Australian friend's bungee-jump gone wrong in Africa was certain that she was witnessing her friend's death. READ »

Five year sentence for Swede's child sex crimes

National: 27 Dec 11
A 45-year-old Swedish man whose computer contained more than half a million images of child pornography, including some featuring infants, has been jailed for five years for child pornography crimes and child rape. READ »

Sweden refuses to release CIA flight info

National: 19 Dec 11
When two human rights organizations asked 28 countries for information in order to map out CIAs secret air transports of terror suspects, Sweden was one of three countries refusing to give out any details. READ »

Delays at Arlanda airport after blackout

National: 16 Dec 11
Stockholm's Arlanda airport was shut down to air traffic for about 90 minutes on Friday afternoon due to a power outage, resulting in significant flight delays. READ »

Reinfeldt lauds 'proper laundry room' in renovated palace home

Society: 15 Dec 11
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's official residence, Sagerska Huset in Stockholm, which he was forced to leave due to extensive renovations in April, is now ready for the family to move back. READ »

Triple murderer held after Finnish jailbreak

National: 1 Dec 11
A Finnish man, previously convicted of murdering three people in northern Sweden in 1988, has been arrested in Helsinki following his escape from a prison in Finland last week. READ »

Storm 'Berit' leaves 80,000 without power

National: 28 Nov 11
Some 80,000 households remained without electricity in southern Sweden on Monday morning in the wake of the weekend's storm, while rail and air traffic continued to suffer disruption. READ »

Saab backer Antonov released on bail

Politics: 26 Nov 11
Russian financier and former Saab-speculator Vladimir Antonov was released on bail by a British court on Friday, following his arrest in London on suspicion of fraud. READ »

Triple murderer in new Finnish jail break

National: 23 Nov 11
A Finnish man, previously convicted of murdering three people in northern Sweden in 1988, escaped from a prison in Finland on Wednesday morning where he was serving time for drunk driving. READ »

17 charged in footballer's 'gang-war' slaying

National: 16 Nov 11
Charges were filed against 17 men on Wednesday in relation to the July 2010 killing of young Assyriska FF footballer Eddie Moussa and his brother, in what prosecutors believe was a settling of scores between rival gangs. READ »

Woman severely injured by airplane propeller

National: 13 Nov 11
A woman in her seventies suffered life-threatening injuries when hit by a propeller. The accident occurred on Saturday at Viared's air field outside Borås, in southern Sweden. READ »

Half of Swedish pilots fall asleep in the cockpit

National: 19 Oct 11
More than half the pilots in the Swedish Airline Pilots' Association admit to having fallen asleep in the cockpit during flights, according to a new independent study. READ »

Time runs out for 90-year-old deportee

National: 18 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska, suffering from dementia and heart disease, is scheduled to be deported to Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon, after all efforts by her family to keep her with them in Sweden have failed. READ »

Botswana crash victims were Swiss, not Swedish: travel agency

Society: 18 Oct 11
Initial reports that three Swedes had been killed in a plane crash in Botswana proved to be false after a travel agency confirmed that the victims were actually from Switzerland. READ »

Virgin Atlantic tests Swedish 'green' fuel

National: 12 Oct 11
Virgin Atlantic airlines has initiated a cooperation with technology company Swedish Biofuels to start using more environmentally friendly aviation fuel. READ »

Border cop convicted after sex bribe attempt

National: 6 Oct 11
An officer with the Swedish border police in Västra Götaland was convicted Wednesday for offering a female asylum seeker to ”forget about her case” in return for sex and drugs. READ »

Ryanair seeks Sweden expansion

Society: 4 Oct 11
The Irish low cost airline Ryanair is planning to establish more airport hubs in Sweden, in order to expand operations to include domestic travel within the region. READ »

Two weeks reprieve for 90-year-old deportee

National: 3 Oct 11
90-year-old Ganna Chyzhevska, suffering from dementia and heart disease, but scheduled to be deported to Ukraine on Monday, has been given a short reprieve, allowing her family and supporters to rally behind her. READ »

Eva, 96, emigrates to Thailand

Society: 27 Sep 11
Having lost her husband and most of her friends, 96-year-old Eva Bergdahl from Karlskrona in southern Sweden has decided to pack up and move to Thailand, explaining that her "apartment has become awfully quiet". READ »

Football fans stage silent derby protest

Sport: 20 Sep 11
The Stockholm derby match between Djurgården and AIK began in deathly silence on Monday evening as fans from both sides staged a protest at all they consider to have gone wrong with game. READ »

Swedish kid's TV host fined for cocaine use

Society: 12 Sep 11
Swedish children's television star and magazine editor Ola Lindholm was convicted and fined on Monday for cocaine use in a case which has left him out of job and in the media spotlight. READ »

9/11 'average' for travelling in Sweden

National: 11 Sep 11
Despite Sunday marking ten years since the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, Swedes have not been deterred from travelling to and from Sweden, according to security officials and travel agencies. READ »

Swedish goalie dead in Russia plane crash

Sport: 7 Sep 11
Swedish national ice hockey team goalie Stefan Liv was among those killed in the crash of a Russian passenger plane that went down on Wednesday carrying members of the Lokomotiv ice hockey team. READ »

Ljungberg agrees to bumper Japanese deal

Sport: 28 Aug 11
Former Swedish international and Arsenal star Fredrik Ljungberg is reportedly set to become the best paid footballer in the Japanese league after signing for Shimizu S-Pulse. READ »

Docs top list of Swedes' 'sexiest' professions

Business & Money: 26 Aug 11
People looking for a profession that will help boost their sex appeal among Swedes of both sexes would be well served to bone up on biology and anatomy, a new survey has revealed. READ »

Mouse that grounded SAS jet 'still at large'

Society: 19 Aug 11
The mischievous mouse that grounded a Chicago-bound SAS flight at Stockholm Arlanda airport on Tuesday lives to see another day, if it even existed at all. READ »

Mouse stops US-bound SAS flight in Stockholm

National: 16 Aug 11
A wayward mouse forced the grounding of a US-bound SAS flight on Tuesday, leaving 250 travellers stranded at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport as crews tried in vain to capture the rogue rodent. READ »

'We never had a single conversation with a Swede'

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Aug 11
UK native Suhail Din reflects on why Swedes refused to talk to him and his family during their recent visit to Stockholm on holiday. READ »

Family slams Ryanair after heart attack scare

National: 4 Aug 11
A furious Swedish family has blasted a Ryanair cabin crew after a passenger slipped into cardiac arrest and was just offered a sandwich and soda. READ »

Football hooliganism prompts 'strike' threat

Sport: 1 Aug 11
Malmö FF striker Dardan Rexhepi has called for the authorities to act decisively to tackle the growing problem of hooliganism in Swedish football, threatening to strike if nothing happens to curb the trend. READ »

Police terror response hit by chopper shortage

National: 28 Jul 11
Swedish police have warned that if a terrorist attack similar to the Utøya massacre should occur in Sweden then the response would be no faster due to the shortage of helicopters. READ »

Swedish airport reports record heroin bust

National: 13 Jul 11
Swedish customs officers at Skavsta airport, south of Stockholm, made the airport’s largest bust of heroin to date when they confiscated over a kilo of the drug on Friday. READ »

Academy blocks Iranians from flight training

National: 9 Jul 11
An aircraft pilot training academy will no longer teach students from Iran Air following recent sanctions brought by the Americans against the airline. READ »

Swedish balloon burst on space journey

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Swedish scientists were forced to halt a groundbreaking project Thursday to test the impact of stars when a balloon carrying an X-ray telescope began leaking helium. READ »

Swedish star Larsson in Premiership switch

Sport: 1 Jul 11
Swedish football player Sebastian Larsson linked up with manager Steve Bruce for the second time in his career after joining English Premier League side Sunderland on a free transfer on Friday. READ »

Lapping up Sweden’s rivers: rafting in the land of the midnight sun

Travel: 27 Jun 11
While Sweden is perhaps better known for its archipelagos and lakes, the country's rivers can also serve up summer fun to thrill seekers and nature lovers alike, The Local’s Karen Holst discovers. READ »

Bouncers charged for multiple patron beatings

National: 20 Jun 11
Twelve bouncers from popular Gothenburg nightclubs have been charged for routinely assaulting patrons, sometimes using handcuffs, batons and even allegedly tossing one victim down a flight of stairs. READ »

Ethiopian delegates 'too poor' for Sweden visas

National: 19 Jun 11
Sweden has denied visas to eight Ethiopians who were on their way to northern Sweden to participate in the a conference for indigenous people because the delegates were "lacking resources". READ »

Swedish projectile vomiting TV ad cited for being 'distasteful'

Business & Money: 17 Jun 11
A television commercial for a Swedish travel website featuring a graphic depiction of its "sickeningly low prices" tagline has drawn scorn from the Sweden's advertising watchdog. READ »

More Swedes buying homes in Spain

Business & Money: 14 Jun 11
A strong krona and low prices have enticed an increasing number of Swedes to snap up vacation homes in Spain, according to the country's housing authorities. READ »

Gangster gave orders from inside jail: report

National: 13 Jun 11
A 30-year-old suspected gang leader suspected of ordering the killing of a Swedish footballer and his brother used notes and binoculars to continue giving orders to his gang from within inside a Swedish jail. READ »

Stephen Lynch - laughing in the face of the inferno

Lifestyle: 8 Jun 11
American funnyman Stephen Lynch, the self-professed "musician trapped in the body of a comedian", is all revved to bring his "Beefy Burrito" back to Sweden, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Social Democrats agree to keep Gripen in Libya

Politics: 6 Jun 11
One or a couple Gripen aircraft to stay on for the prolonged operation in Libya. This is a scenario that the Social Democrats are open for in the ongoing negotiations with the Moderates. READ »

Economic boom boosts air traffic

Business & Money: 4 Jun 11
According to new forecasts from the Civil Aviation Administration, the number of flight movements in Swedish air space is up by 4,5 percent. READ »

Norwegian set to launch Stockholm-New York flights

Business & Money: 1 Jun 11
Budget airline Norwegian is planning to launch direct flights from Stockholm to New York from the end of 2012 or beginning of 2013, the company has confirmed. READ »

Galatasaray confirms Elmander signing

Sport: 30 May 11
Turkish club Galatasaray has confirmed the acquisition of Sweden striker Johan Elmander from English top-flight club Bolton, with speculation linking several more Swedish stars with big money moves. READ »

Two dead in Stockholm helicopter crash

National: 28 May 11
Two people have died after a small helicopter crashed just north of Stockholm early on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Swedish birds in 'record' non-stop flight to Africa

Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Three Swedish birds have set a new record in long distance flying after travelling 6000 kilometres non-stop from Sweden to West Africa at an average speed of 70 kilometres per hour. READ »

Sweden cancels flights due to Iceland ash cloud

National: 24 May 11
Around 20 flights to and from Gothenburg's Landvetter airport have been cancelled due to ash from Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano, which swept into Sweden on Tuesday night. READ »

Iceland ash could impact Swedish flights: agency

National: 24 May 11
Swedish air traffic could be affected when volcanic ash from Icelandic Grimsvötn reaches western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to the country's Civil Aviation Administration. READ »

Experts: Ash will not ground Sweden flights

National: 24 May 11
The giant cloud of volcanic ash spreading from the Iceland is expected to reach southern Sweden by Tuesday evening although experts do not expect it to impact air travel. READ »

Sweden flights affected by technical problems

National: 24 May 11
Technical problems were to blame for grounded planes in Norway and Sweden on Monday, airport operators said with the eruption of Iceland's Grimsvötn volcano yet to have an impact on aviation in Scandinavia. READ »

Icelandic ash cloud heads for Sweden

Science & Technology: 23 May 11
Flights from Sweden to Iceland remained cancelled on Monday as a cloud of ash covered the island following a volcanic eruption, with forecasts indicating that the ash could reach Sweden by Tuesday. READ »

Flare causes stand fire at Swedish football match

Sport: 10 May 11
One woman suffered burns and four people were apprehended by police after a flare caused a blaze on the terraces during a top-flight football derby in Gothenburg on Monday, bringing more attention to the issue of hooliganism. READ »

Fighting Scandinavians force plane to land

National: 8 May 11
A Swede and two Norwegians were detained in Copenhagen on Saturday after a mid-air brawl prompted the captain to make an unscheduled landing in the Danish capital. READ »

Reinfeldt forced to flee dilapidated palace home

Politics: 29 Apr 11
Burnt toast, faulty elevators and a host of other problems have forced Fredrik Reinfeldt and his family to evacuate the Swedish prime minister's official residence in Stockholm. READ »

Law student lands Swedish 'beach bum' job

Society: 29 Apr 11
A law student from northern Sweden beat out thousands of applicants to land a sought after 'beach tester' position offered by a Swedish women’s lifestyle magazine. READ »

Ryanair forced to make Stockholm security stop

National: 26 Apr 11
A Ryanair flight from Sweden to Paris with 173 people on board was forced to make a "security landing" at the Skavsta airport south of Stockholm on Monday after its instruments failed, the airport said. READ »

Dalai Lama arrives for 'final' Sweden visit

Society: 15 Apr 11
The Dalai Lama arrived in Sweden late on Thursday night, for what might be his last official visit to the country as he reflected on his possible retirement. READ »

Housing, clothes push up Swedish inflation

National: 12 Apr 11
Swedish inflation rose at a higher rate in March than the previous month driven by price hikes for clothing and footwear and housing, official data showed on Tuesday. READ »

US fuel stops Gripen Libya mission

National: 7 Apr 11
The Swedish JAS Gripen aircraft deployed in Sicily as part of NATO's Libya mission remained grounded on Thursday as the fuel available is suitable only for US navy aircraft. READ »

Gran Canaria: Pride under the sun

Travel: 6 Apr 11
Lots of European gay travellers are discovering a friendly and exuberant gay pride festival on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria - with great flight connections from Sweden. READ »

A preview of the 2011 Allsvenskan football season

Lifestyle: 1 Apr 11
April is here, which brings the start of the Swedish professional football season. With play set to kick off on Saturday, contributor Nic Townsend takes a look at which teams are expected to vie for the Allsvenskan title. READ »

Hundreds apply for Swedish 'beach bum' job

Society: 31 Mar 11
A Swedish women's lifestyle magazine is looking to hire someone skilled at receiving full-body massages, drinking wine at local taverns, and reading books for a not-too demanding temporary assignment. READ »

Secret Swedish Cold War ops exposed

National: 24 Mar 11
A top-secret Swedish air force unit with ties to NATO members Denmark and Norway operated through the Cold War, a new book reveals, casting fresh doubt over the country’s long-standing claims to neutrality. READ »

Flu stops Queen Silvia Botswana visit

Society: 22 Mar 11
Sweden's Queen Silvia has been struck down with the flu and has been forced to cancel her participation in the royal couple's state visit to Botswana which begins on Tuesday. READ »

Japan Swedes to take iodine tablets

National: 20 Mar 11
The Swedish foreign ministry has advised Swedes within a 250 km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant to take iodine tablets as a preventive measure. READ »

Sweden to evacuate citizens from Japan

National: 18 Mar 11
The Swedish foreign ministry has offered to fly Swedes and other Scandinavians wishing to leave quake-hit Japan out of the country via Bangkok to escape from the escalating nuclear crisis. READ »

Sweden mulls evacuating citizens from Japan

National: 17 Mar 11
Swedish prime minister said on Thursday the government was working on an evacuation plan for Swedes after the foreign ministry further extended its warning against "non-essential" travel to Japan amid a growing nuclear crisis. READ »

Swedes flee Japan amid quake's devastation

National: 12 Mar 11
Many Swedes in Japan are trying to leave the country following Friday's earthquake and tsunami, while the Swedish foreign ministry reported on Saturday it had heard from all the Swedes thought to be in the area worst hit by disaster. READ »

Swedish great Hysén's footballing son: I'm gay

Society: 10 Mar 11
Anton Hysén, the son of former Liverpool and Fiorentina legend Glenn Hysén, became the first Swedish male footballer to openly declare his homosexuality on Wednesday, courting support but also derision from some quarters. READ »

Swede causes airborne meningitis scare

National: 10 Mar 11
A Swedish woman was at the heart of a meningitis scare aboard a plane which was held in isolation at Copenhagen Kastrup airport on Wednesday after revealing that she may be suffering from the potentially fatal condition. READ »

Sweden treats first case of deadly Lassa fever

Science & Technology: 8 Mar 11
A woman in her thirties has been admitted to a Swedish hospital with the deadly disease Lassa fever, the first case of the disease ever to be treated in Sweden. READ »

Swedish think tank in Qaddafi arms warning

Politics: 1 Mar 11
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi may be receiving weapons shipments from Belarus according to an official at a Swedish think tank which monitors global arms trafficking. READ »

Libyan evacuation a 'priority' for Sweden

Politics: 25 Feb 11
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has underlined that the country's first priority is to help nationals flee war-torn Libya, while migration minister Tobias Billström accused Italy of exaggerating any impending refugee wave. READ »

Swedish man shot in Tripoli

National: 24 Feb 11
A Swedish man has been shot and injured in the Libyan capital Tripoli, the Swedish ministry of foreign affairs has confirmed, adding that Sweden is preparing to dispatch staff to assist nationals still in the civil war-torn country. READ »

Lockerbie ordered by Qaddafi: Swedish paper

National: 23 Feb 11
Colonel Muammar Qaddafi ordered the 1988 terror attack that downed a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, the Libyan leader's former justice minister told a Swedish reporter on Wednesday. READ »

Beer in Sweden: it's not as bad as you think

Lifestyle: 17 Feb 11
In his first monthly column on malted beverages, blogger Darren Packman reminds readers that beer, not wine, helped build empires and explains what it's like to taste a 1,150 kronor ($178) bottle of beer. READ »

Protesters arrested after Iraq expulsion demo

National: 16 Feb 11
Swedish police arrested 16 protesters on Tuesday night outside the Swedish Migration Board's asylum seeker detention centre in Kållered outside Gothenburg demonstrating against the expulsion of a group of Iraqis. READ »

Sweden gives green light to Egypt travel

Politics: 15 Feb 11
Sweden's foreign ministry lifted its advisory against travel to tourist resorts on Egypt's Red Sea coast late on Monday, but retained its recommendation against non-essential travel to other parts of the country. READ »


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