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Swedes cast about for EU job candidates

Politics: 16 Nov 09
Sweden, the current head of the EU's rotating presidency, is ratcheting up its hunt for consensus candidates for two new EU top jobs. Stockholm intends to have the positions filled at a summit later this week. READ »

Sweden lagging behind in equality for women professionals

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Nov 09
Sweden's much-vaunted gender equality statistics do not stretch as far as the boardrooms of private companies, an area in which the country has fallen way off the international pace, argues Nima Sanandaji. READ »

Sweden slammed for UN rights failures

National: 9 Nov 09
Sweden has come in for harsh criticism from the country's United Nations association and 15 other organizations for failing to abide by a number of UN conventions. READ »

Benefits agency guilty of gender discrimination

Business & Money: 3 Nov 09
Four women who were denied sick benefits during their pregnancies have won a landmark discrimination case against Sweden’s National Social Insurance agency (Försäkringskassan). READ »

Sweden to probe housing discrimination

Society: 15 Oct 09
Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman plans to launch a nationwide investigation into discrimination in Sweden’s housing market. 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 »

Rejected women sue Swedish university

Education: 14 Oct 09
A group of women who are suing a Swedish university for gender discrimination have also reported Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman for refusing to take up their case. 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 »

Toys"R"Us scolded for gender discrimination

Society: 6 Oct 09
US-based toy retailer Toys"R"Us has been reprimanded for gender discrimination following a complaint filed by a group of Swedish sixth graders. READ »

Swedish cross-dresser wins final battle to be named Madeleine

Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine. READ »

Gains for gay marriage foes in church elections

Society: 21 Sep 09
Opponents of same-sex marriage made significant gains in Sweden’s church elections on Sunday, on a voter turnout of barely 12 percent. READ »

Swedes set to ignore church elections

National: 20 Sep 09
Polling booths are opening across Sweden on Sunday morning to welcome voters in the national church elections. The election is however expected to be given the cold shoulder by 90 percent of registered voters. READ »

Sweden confirms Pakistan arrests

National: 13 Sep 09
Sweden's foreign ministry confirmed on Saturday that three Swedes have been arrested in Pakistan. READ »

Suspected double murder near Stockholm

National: 6 Sep 09
Police in Stockholm have arrested a man suspected of killing two people on the archipelago island of Ingarö just east of Stockholm. 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 »

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 »

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 »

Chlamydia helps young men feel more 'manly': Swedish study

Society: 22 Aug 09
Young men who contract sexually transmitted diseases often view their afflictions as an affirmation of their manhood, a new Swedish study shows. READ »

Transgender belly dancer helps launch Arab gay initiative

Lifestyle: 21 Aug 09
As a human rights group publishes details of a bloody campaign of hate being waged against gays in Iraq, Rami Abdelrahman speaks to members of a recently founded initiative for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Arabs in Sweden. READ »

Sweden refuses asylum to gay Iraqis

National: 18 Aug 09
A Swedish gay rights organisation has called on the government not to deport any homosexual Iraqi asylum seekers in the light of a shocking new report categorising an extermination campaign against gay men in the Middle Eastern country. READ »

Woman, 32, found guilty of raping woman

Society: 7 Aug 09
A 32-year-old woman was found guilty on Friday of the rape of another woman by the Gothenburg District Court. READ »

Swedish men make the best husbands: study

Society: 4 Aug 09
Swedish men’s enlightened attitudes toward equality and gender roles make them among the best potential husbands in the developed world, a recent study shows. READ »

Pride march a 'game changer' for Stockholm football clubs

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jul 09
As Stockholm gears up for the weekend’s Pride Parade, The Local’s Gabriel Stein takes a look at the difficulties facing two Stockholm-area football clubs as they attempt to show their solidarity with the city’s gay community. READ »

The best of Stockholm Pride

Lifestyle: 30 Jul 09
As northern Europe's biggest Pride festival nears its climax, The Local offers its tips for how to make the most of the weekend. READ »

Sex change ops under review in Sweden

National: 30 Jul 09
The Swedish health and welfare board has launched a review of the healthcare available to transsexuals seeking to change their gender in response to criticism by interest groups. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 31 - August 6

Lifestyle: 29 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & International rugby in Stockholm; U2 in Gothenburg; African beach party & Lucy Love (DK) music in Malmö. READ »

Gay youngsters suffer poorer health: study

Society: 27 Jul 09
Gay and bisexual youths in Sweden suffer from poorer health, including psychological problems and an increased incidence of attempted suicide, a new report says. 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 »

Job losses driving Swedish men back to school

Education: 23 Jul 09
The current recession has put increased pressure on Sweden's institutions of higher education as more and more men head back to school due to the shaky job market. READ »

Swedish lesbians more likely to wed than gay men

Society: 21 Jul 09
More female than male same-sex couples have chosen to marry since Swedish homosexuals were granted the legal right to marry on May 1st of this year. 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 »

Anglo-Swedish rift over church gay marriage

Society: 16 Jul 09
The Church of England has condemned a proposal by the Church of Sweden to grant same-sex couples the right to religious wedding ceremonies. READ »

Sweden moves closer to nursing homes for gays

Society: 7 Jul 09
Elderly homosexuals in Stockholm are hopeful that their long-held hopes of having a nursing home of their own may soon become a reality. 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 »

'Sex education a must for Swedish learners'

Society: 15 Jun 09
Sex education should form part of the curriculum for all adults attending Swedish for Immigrants (SFI) classes, a new government report has proposed. READ »

'Outlaw forced marriages in Sweden'

Society: 2 Jun 09
Nearly 70,000 young Swedes feel they aren’t able to freely choose whom they want to marry, according to a new study, leading the report’s authors to propose Sweden outlaw forced arranged marriages altogether. 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 »

Mikael Gustafsson: pushing for a left turn in Europe

Analysis & Opinion: 27 May 09
Mikael Gustafsson of the Left Party, third on the Left Party's list of European Parliament election candidates, is keen to stress the growing importance of the EU's legislative body. READ »

Marie Wickberg: a fresh face in politics

Analysis & Opinion: 25 May 09
Eager to make her mark in the upcoming election, Marie Wickberg of the Centre Party presents herself as a fresh-faced alternative to the "tired old men in the European Parliament". READ »

Sweden rules 'gender-based' abortion legal

Science & Technology: 12 May 09
Swedish health authorities have ruled that gender-based abortion is not illegal according to current law and can not therefore be stopped. 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 »

May Day nuptials for same-sex couples

National: 2 May 09
The first same-sex couple to be granted the same legal status as their heterosexual counterparts married in Stockholm on May Day. READ »

'Make conscription mandatory for women': Social Democrats

Politics: 28 Apr 09
The Social Democrats want make it mandatory for Swedish women to register for military conscription, rather than allowing them to do so voluntarily. READ »

Swedish rapists ‘enjoy impunity’: Amnesty International

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Apr 09
Sweden needs to do much more to clamp down on rapists, according to reports from Amnesty International and the United Nations. Jennifer Heape examines the disparity between the country's high incidence of rape and its low conviction rate. READ »

Transsexual granted right to change name to Immanuel

National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman. READ »

Sweden passes new gay marriage law

Society: 2 Apr 09
Sweden's parliament passed new legislation by a wide majority on Wednesday that will allow homosexuals to marry in church and civil weddings. READ »

Female students win discrimination case

Education: 30 Mar 09
In a closely watched affirmative action case, a Swedish court ruled on Monday that men should not have been offered spots in a veterinary school programme ahead of women with equivalent qualifications. 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 »

Sweden looks to toughen conditions for development aid

Politics: 9 Mar 09
Dismay over the how several United Nations (UN) organizations have used development aid from Sweden has led the government to propose tougher conditions for allowing aid groups to receive Swedish funding. READ »

Workplace inequality persists in Sweden: study

National: 8 Mar 09
As the world celebrates International Women's Day a new report from Statistics Sweden indicates that the self-styled "most equal country in the world" still has some work to do. READ »

Moderate Party: 'half our candidates will be women'

Politics: 6 Mar 09
Sweden’s Moderate Party says it wants half of the party’s candidates for the 2010 elections to be women. READ »

One third of Swedes want King to abdicate

Society: 27 Feb 09
A new poll shows that one in three Swedes want King Carl XVI Gustaf to hand over the throne over to Crown Princess Victoria. READ »

Profile: Popular Crown Princess Victoria

Lifestyle: 24 Feb 09
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, whose engagement to her former gym teacher was announced on Tuesday, is a popular and respected royal known for her easy-going style, poise and intelligence, writes AFP's Pia Ohlin. READ »

Norwegian women abort girls in Sweden

National: 22 Feb 09
Pregnant Norwegian woman have been allowed to undergo abortions in Sweden after finding out the sex of their child, according to new revelations. READ »

Medics upset over 'gender-based' abortion

Science & Technology: 16 Feb 09
A doctor in Sweden has asked health authorities for clarification after a woman twice had abortions carried out upon learning her fetuses were girls. READ »

Are you a love refugee?

Dating: 11 Feb 09
Every week, we ask a regular panel of readers to discuss a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: moving to Sweden for love. READ »

'Internet rapist' enrolled in computer security class

National: 6 Feb 09
One of Sweden’s most notorious rapists who made contact with his victims over the internet, successfully enrolled in a distance learning course on computer security offered by a Swedish university. READ »

Sahlin evokes Obama in cannabis gaffe

Politics: 1 Feb 09
S we can! exclaimed the Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin at a party conference in Västerås on Saturday. She intended to evoke US president Barack Obama, but used the name of a cannabis advocacy group. READ »

Swedish national library in child porn scandal

Society: 21 Jan 09
Sweden’s legacy of lax attitudes toward pornography has come back to haunt the country’s national library, which has been found to have large quantities of child pornography in its collection. READ »

Sweden to allow gay marriage in May

Society: 21 Jan 09
Three of the parties in the four-party governing coalition have tabled a motion that is expected to pave the way for gay marriage in Sweden from May 1st this year. READ »

More Swedish women want to be cops

Society: 20 Jan 09
For the first time ever, women outnumber the men among the new recruits at the Swedish National Police Academy as the January intake arrives in Umeå and Växjö to start their training. READ »

Women only gym zones 'not discriminatory'

Society: 8 Jan 09
Sweden's Equal Opportunities Ombudsman has ruled against a man from Malmö who disputed the right of a local gym to reserve a section for women only. READ »

Social Democrats praise government equality record

Politics: 2 Jan 09
The Swedish government has received plaudits from the opposition Social Democrats over new figures which show that state appointments are in line with Sweden's gender and ethnic diversity. READ »

Swedish singles shun New Year revelry

Dating: 29 Dec 08
Swedish singles prefer a quiet night in on New Year's Eve and have a more reticent attitude to pleasurable pursuits in general, a new survey of European attitudes has shown. READ »

Gay rights group riled by tampon makers' sex ed books

Education: 15 Dec 08
The youth arm of Sweden's largest gay rights group has expressed fury at educational material distributed by two major tampon manufacturers. READ »

Christmas shopping: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 12 Dec 08
Some of it is sleek, and some of it is just plain weird. Some of it’s pretty, and some of it is just plain ugly…by design. Here’s The Local’s guide to the best of Swedish design online. READ »

Boys blocked from bearing 'girls-only' Lucia crown

National: 12 Dec 08
While generally supportive of equality between the sexes, Swedes still resist tampering with the Lucia holiday tradition which stipulates only girls should bear a candle-lit crown on December 13th. READ »

Karin Bergöö Larsson: Mother, muse and artist

Lifestyle: 9 Dec 08
Marge Thorell takes a peek inside the home of a Swedish designer whose own artistic legacy has freed her from the shadow of her celebrated husband. READ »

Le Clézio travels into 'the forest of paradoxes'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 08
Nobel literature laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio explores the paradoxes of his profession and argues that the eradication of hunger and illiteracy go hand-in-hand, writes Charlotte West. READ »

Opposition parties to build coalition

Politics: 7 Dec 08
Sweden’s opposition political parties have announces plans to build a united coalition government following the 2010 Riksdag elections. READ »

Swedish study shows women prefer older men

Dating: 4 Dec 08
Researchers in Sweden studying personal ads have found more evidence to support the old cliche that men like younger women, and women prefer older men. READ »

Experiment allows people to 'shake hands with themselves'

Science & Technology: 4 Dec 08
Neuroscientists at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet have succeeded in getting subjects to perceive another person's the body as their own. READ »

Ombudsmen critical of racist school book

Education: 27 Nov 08
Two Swedish ombudsman offices have added their voices to the chorus of criticism about a school book accused of having racist and sexist contents, but are powerless to do anything about it. READ »

Furor over racism in Swedish school book

Education: 25 Nov 08
Parents in Karlskoga in central Sweden are up in arms over what they see as racist and sexist passages in a book designed to help first graders learn how to read. READ »

What's on in Sweden: November 21 - 27

Lifestyle: 20 Nov 08
What’s on: International Film Festival & Mali Bluesman in Stockholm; the search for Lucia & Lambchop in Gothenburg; Jose Carrerras in Malmö. READ »

Transvestism 'no longer a disease' in Sweden

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 08
Transvestism, along with six other sexual behaviours, will be struck from Sweden’s official list of medical diagnoses starting on January 1st, 2009. READ »

What's on in Sweden: November 14 - 20

Lifestyle: 13 Nov 08
What’s on: Ron Sexsmith & DV8 Physical Theatre in Stockholm; Cirkus Cirkör & English farce in Gothenburg; Lambchop & Dirty Pretty Things in Malmö. READ »

Black & Decker nailed over 'gender discrimination' in ad

Society: 13 Nov 08
US power tool maker Black & Decker has received a hammering from a Swedish advertising watchdog for an advert described as "degrading" to women. READ »

Left Party: 'force pastors to perform gay weddings'

Politics: 11 Nov 08
As Sweden moves closer to a same-sex marriage law, Left Party leader Lars Ohly wants to include a provision to force pastors to wed gay couples. READ »

Free fake penises raise functionality flap

Society: 6 Nov 08
A decision to allow transsexual men in Sweden to get prosthetic penises free of charge from local health authorities has drawn criticism because the prostheses on offer don’t get erect. READ »

Sweden sets date for gay church weddings

Dating: 6 Nov 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said Sweden may allow homosexuals to marry in the Church of Sweden from May 2009 pending the adoption of a new law. READ »

Government remains divided over same-sex marriage

Politics: 5 Nov 08
Sweden’s Christian Democrats have refused to bend on the question of gender neutral marriage, forcing the government to submit a dluted marriage bill to the Riksdag with hopes that a same-sex marriage amendment will be added. READ »

'End peacetime conscription': government commission

Politics: 29 Oct 08
A government commission has proposed that Sweden abandon peacetime military conscription. READ »

Government rules out gay marriage compromise

Politics: 25 Oct 08
The Moderates, Liberal party (Folkpartiet) and Centre party have rejected calls from the Christian Democrats for a compromise over gay marriage in the face of a threatened revolt by government MPs. READ »

Lego ad red lighted over shades of pink and blue

Society: 17 Oct 08
A Swedish advertising watchdog has slammed Danish toymaker Lego for a catalogue it claims promotes outdated gender roles. READ »

Gun threat against doc over baby sex test

National: 15 Oct 08
A father-to-be from Hallstahammar in central Sweden has been sentenced to pay 4000 kronor ($555) in fines after threatening to put a gun to a doctor’s head if he didn’t tell the man the gender of his unborn child. READ »

Women plagued by harassment in Swedish workplaces

Society: 15 Oct 08
One in five female managers in Sweden has been harassed on account of her gender, while only three percent of male managers have suffered the same treatment. READ »

Romeo foxtrot victor over Juliet

Society: 9 Oct 08
Sweden's Equal Opportunities Ombudsman has ruled against a woman who accused a dance school of discrimination when it refused to allow her to take the lead while learning the foxtrot. READ »

Swedes tight-fisted in quest for love

Dating: 8 Oct 08
Financial crisis or not, Swedes are much less inclined to spend vast sums in their efforts to find a mate in comparison to their European counterparts, a new study reveals. READ »

Swedish sport 'ignoring gender equality laws'

Sport: 6 Oct 08
Athletics in Sweden fail to live up to demands set by the country’s laws on gender equality, according to an investigation by the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman. READ »

'Fru Gårman' gets ready to cross Swedish streets

Society: 30 Sep 08
The Swedish Road Administration (Vägverket) on Monday revealed the final design for its new, more gender-sensitive pedestrian crossing signs. READ »

Immigrant women going without mammograms

Science & Technology: 29 Sep 08
Foreign born and low income women in Sweden are missing out on their right to mammograms, according to a new study. 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 »

Sweden sees heart attack fatality drop by half

Science & Technology: 18 Sep 08
Deaths from heart attacks in Sweden have been cut in half in the last 13 years, according to a new report. READ »

Exciting new gallery challenges design orthodoxy

Lifestyle: 10 Sep 08
There’s more to Swedish design than minimalist Scandinavian pine and Ikea flatpacks, as Jennifer Heape discovered at Stockholm’s newest art space, Designgalleriet. READ »

Thousands of Swedes order home chlamydia tests

Science & Technology: 1 Sep 08
Tests for the sexually transmitted disease, which are available for order over the internet, have proven extremely popular in Sweden. READ »

Toxic chemicals found in Björn Borg underwear

Business & Money: 19 Aug 08
Björn Borg men's briefs have been found to contain shockingly high levels of a toxic chemical banned in the EU. READ »

The Local's guide to Sweden's Olympic favourites

Sport: 6 Aug 08
With the official opening of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games just days away, The Local offers readers a quick guide to some of Sweden’s medal hopefuls. READ »

Kids' books become ideological battleground in Sweden

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 08
Boys in pink sandals and girls breaking wind with their armpits - two new Swedish publishers of children's literature are causing a stir with books deliberately designed to propagate the country's social values, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

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