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Sweden's SCA offers Tea Party-backers billions for tissue firm

Business & Money: 10 Nov 11
Swedish paper firm SCA said Thursday that it had placed a 12.6 billion kronor bid to purchase the European tissue wing of US pulp and paper company Georgia-Pacific, a firm owned by Tea Party movement financiers David and Charles Koch. READ »

Sweden deported family to wrong country

National: 11 Apr 11
A family deported to Uzbekistan after Sweden rejected their application for asylum is set to return to Sweden after Uzbek authorities concluded that they were not from the central Asian country. READ »

Swedes in pact to split Russian leaders: report

Politics: 16 Feb 11
Sweden has participated in a foreign policy cooperation with the United States, Baltic and Nordic countries to drive a wedge between Russian leaders Dmitry Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, documents released by WikiLeaks show. READ »

Extradition part of 'smear campaign': Assange

National: 17 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called attempts to extradite him to Sweden part of a "smear campaign" after he was granted bail in London. READ »

Reinfeldt keen on housework: US embassy

National: 7 Dec 10
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt likes to do housework and his opinions are likely influenced a great deal by his wife Filippa, according to a cable from the US embassy released by WikiLeaks. READ »

US embassy: 'Sweden no longer neutral'

Politics: 2 Dec 10
According to US diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks this week, Sweden is regarded as a "strong and pragmatic partner", whose official non-alignment does not reflect reality. READ »

Warplane sales 'destabilising': Swedish think tank

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 10
Stockholm independent research institute SIPRI has warned that combat aircraft sales, which account for a third of the global arms trade, could have a destabilising effect in many parts of the world. READ »

Smartphone sales boost profits for TeliaSonera

Business & Money: 25 Oct 10
Nordic telecoms giant TeliaSonera said on Monday that sales of smartphones, coupled with growth in eastern Europe and Asia, boosted third-quarter profits and its outlook for fiscal-year results. READ »

Sweden licks wounds of Eurovision fiasco

Society: 28 May 10
Sweden was dumped out of the Eurovision Song Contest on Thursday night at the semi-final stage, the first time the country has failed to qualify for the final. READ »

TeliaSonera in Georgian tax dispute

Business & Money: 15 Apr 10
Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera has landed in a tax battle in Georgia after its Geocell subsidiary was served with a 450 million kronor ($63 million) penalty. READ »

Sweden helping Chechen 'bandits': Russia

Politics: 9 Mar 10
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev hit out at Sweden for providing a home for Chechen "bandits" as leading politicians from the two countries met at the Kremlin on Tuesday. READ »

Sweden sets sights on easing Russian relations

Politics: 3 Mar 10
A diplomatic thaw between Sweden and Russia appears to be imminent. On Tuesday Fredrik Reinfeldt and Carl Bildt will head to Moscow to meet prime minister Vladimir Putin and president Dmitrij Medvedev. READ »

Swedes draw Dutch and Finns in Euro 2012 qualifiers

Sport: 7 Feb 10
Sweden face Holland, Hungary and neighbours Finland in a Euro 2012 qualification group that gives Erik Hamrén's side a chance to settle old scores. READ »

Sweden in major embassy shake-up

Politics: 21 Jan 10
Sweden announced on Thursday it will shutter six embassies by the end of the year, while at the same time opening ten new embassies to help carry out its foreign aid programmes. READ »

Bildt blasts Belarus over student's expulsion

Politics: 9 Dec 09
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bidlt found himself embroiled in a verbal spat with his counterpart from Belarus on Tuesday over the questionable expulsion of a university student due to "poor attendance". READ »

EU expresses Russia human rights concerns

Politics: 18 Nov 09
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt expressed concern on Wednesday over human rights deficiencies in Russia. Reinfeldt, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, was speaking at the end of an EU-Russia summit. READ »

Sweden hopes gas talks don't turn poisonous at EU-Russia summit

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 09
EU and Russian leaders will open summit talks in Sweden on Wednesday in an atmosphere clouded by uneasy relations between Moscow and Stockholm over human rights and last's year's war in Georgia. READ »

Russia snubs Sweden summit plans

Politics: 1 Jul 09
Sweden's fraught relationship with Moscow has come to the fore on the first day of the Swedish EU presidency as Russia objects to plans to hold a major summit in Stockholm. READ »

Fredrik Malm: Enlarge the European Union

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jun 09
Fredrik Malm of the Liberal Party speaks to The Local's Lydia Parafianowicz about the case for EU enlargement and the role of the union in conflict resolution. READ »

Sweden sets sights on military reforms

Politics: 19 Mar 09
Defence minister Sten Tolgfors on Thursday presented a government bill designed to shape the future look of Sweden’s defence forces. READ »

Bildt calls for new EU talks with Russia

Politics: 10 Nov 08
Sweden joined Britain on Monday in urging the EU to resume stalled partnership talks with Russia, saying that any new talks could not be “business as usual” because of Russia's actions in Georgia. READ »

Charges dent TeliaSonera profits

Business & Money: 28 Oct 08
TeliaSonera has posted third quarter results that were lower than last year, but the Swedish-Finnish telecommunications operator's profits were higher than forecast. READ »

Bildt's behaviour has Russians seeing red

Politics: 1 Oct 08
Comments comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, and a decision to have dinner in Ukraine have put Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt on Russia's black-list. READ »

Sweden to help monitor peace in Georgia

National: 18 Sep 08
Sweden announced on Thursday it plans to send personnel and equipment to Georgia as part of an EU civilian observation mission. READ »

US Ambassador: Russian gas no laughing matter

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Sep 08
Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia has brought into renewed focus the need for Sweden to continue the development and promotion of alternative energy sources, writes US Ambassador to Sweden, Michael M Wood. READ »

Georgia conflict delays Swedish defence plan

Politics: 9 Sep 08
Sweden’s defence minister Sten Tolgfors confirmed on Tuesday that the government’s report on the future of the Swedish Armed Forces will be delayed until spring 2009. READ »

'More pro-democracy aid to Russia': Bildt

Politics: 2 Sep 08
Sweden is mulling a resumption of its aid programme in support of democratic forces in Russia, Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on Tuesday. READ »

'Russia planned Georgian invasion,' Saakashvili tells Swedish paper

Politics: 1 Sep 08
Russia's recent foray into Georgia was meticulously planned, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said in an interview with a Swedish newspaper on Sunday. The president also blamed the West for not reacting sooner. READ »

'Russian advance pushing Georgia closer to Europe': Bildt

Politics: 1 Sep 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has indicated that the recent conflict in the Caucasus could help speed up the integration of Georgia into Europe. READ »

Bildt calls for summit on Georgia

Politics: 1 Sep 08
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt wants eastern European states to hold a summit with the European Union to discuss the crisis in Georgia, according to an interview with a German newspaper. READ »

Bildt rejects Georgia-Kosovo comparison

Politics: 30 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Friday rejected Russian comparisons between its recognition of two Georgian breakaway provinces from the West's recognition of Kosovo earlier this year. READ »

'Send peacekeepers to Georgia': Bildt

Politics: 29 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has said he would welcome international peacekeepers in the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. READ »

Liberal Party calls for Sweden to join Nato force

Politics: 28 Aug 08
The Liberal Party (Folkpartiet) believes that Sweden ought to send more soldiers to Afghanistan and participate in Nato’s rapid reaction force. READ »

Bildt heading to Paris for Georgia talks

Politics: 27 Aug 08
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt planned to travel to Paris on Thursday for talks with his French and Czech counterparts about the conflict between Georgia and Russia. READ »

Bildt: Russia 'violating international law'

Politics: 26 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has accused Russia of violating international law and jeopardizing European stability over its decision to recognize the independence of two Georgian provinces. READ »

Reinfeldt and Merkel talk tough on Georgia

Politics: 25 Aug 08
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt welcomed the German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Stockholm on Monday. Russia's actions in Georgia, the Baltic Sea Initiative and energy and climate issues were high on the agenda. READ »

Sweden puts Russian military ties on ice

Politics: 19 Aug 08
Sweden said on Monday it was freezing its military ties with Moscow as a result of Russia's incursion into Georgia. READ »

Transatlantic musings on warlike Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Aug 08
In a week when Russia went to war with Georgia, David Bartal reflects on a time when Sweden was more belligerent than benevolent. READ »

Georgia crisis 'should prompt Swedish military rethink'

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Aug 08
The current crisis in Georgia provides a timely reminder of Sweden's need to more effectively defend its borders and offshore territories, particularly the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, writes security expert Bo Pellnäs. READ »

Georgians in Russian Embassy protest

Politics: 12 Aug 08
Members of the Swedish-Georgian Society gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Stockholm to voice their anger at Moscow's handling of the conflict in the Caucasus. READ »

Russia to pay a high price: Bildt

Politics: 12 Aug 08
Russia's military attacks on Georgia will damage both Moscow's and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's image abroad, according to Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt. READ »

Sweden summons Russian diplomat

Politics: 12 Aug 08
Sweden's foreign ministry on Monday summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires in Stockholm and demanded a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgia. READ »

Bildt visits Georgia in peace bid

Politics: 11 Aug 08
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is travelling to Tbilisi on Monday in a bid to bring Russia and Georgia to the negotiating table. READ »

Sweden invokes Hitler in condemning Russian assault

National: 9 Aug 08
Sweden has evoked the memory of Adolf Hitler in condemning Russia's attacks on Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. READ »

Bildt urges Russian restraint in Georgia

Politics: 9 Aug 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has expressed deep concern over the developments in Georgia and the Caucasus. Bildt urged Russia to show constraint. READ »

Georgia and Abkhazia hold secret talks in Sweden

Politics: 21 Jun 08
Georgia held rare talks with representatives of its rebel Abkhazia region in Sweden last week, a senior Georgian official revealed on Saturday. READ »

Inequality thrives in Stockholm's embassy world

Society: 18 Jun 08
Stockholm's diplomatic community is shot through with gender inequality, according to an analysis of official figures carried out by The Local. READ »

Sweden and Poland urge EU to go east

Politics: 26 May 08
Sweden and Poland have presented their EU partners with a plan to strengthen ties with eastern European nations. READ »

Debating NATO: Sweden and Finland keep their distance

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Apr 08
Sweden and Finland have become more willing to debate possible NATO membership, writes Tallinn-based journalist Justin Petrone. But opposition to the alliance remains strong. READ »

Swedish tourist killed in hit-and-run crash

National: 14 Jan 08
A Swedish tourist has been killed in a hit-and-run incident in Cyprus. READ »

Georgians should respect election results: Bildt

Politics: 7 Jan 08
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has called on Georgians to respect the results of a snap presidential election. READ »

Sweden scraps aid to China

National: 27 Aug 07
Sweden is to halve the number of countries to which it pays foreign aid. The number of recipient countries is to be cut from 70 to 33, with China and Vietnam among those losing out. The Social Democrats accuse the government of "abandoning Asia." READ »

Sports digest: Groin injury may rule Zlatan out of qualifiers

Sport: 23 Apr 07
Mixed feelings for Zlatan after Serie A victory. Swedish hockey star clubbed down on Saturday, hero on Sunday. Four medals for Swedish wrestlers, including the prettiest one. READ »

Persson in Georgia energy talks

Smörgåsbord: 25 Jan 06
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Bono in running for Nobel prize

National: 18 Aug 05
The Nobel Foundation will announce the winners of the prestigious prizes between October 3rd and 14th, but the Irish rocker faces stiff competition from presidents and humanitarian organisations. READ »

Swedish king says action needed on climate change

National: 31 Jul 05
Global warming threatens the survival of future generations, King Carl Gustaf has told a meeting of world leaders in Sweden. "We need to listen to mother earth" the monarch says. READ »

World worthies gather in Sweden to debate global issues

Politics: 29 Jul 05
Where better to solve the world's problems than the picturesque lakeside town of Tällberg, 270km north of Stockholm? That's where 450 politicians, artists and business leaders from around the world are gathering to discuss today's big issues. READ »

TeliaSonera growing in police states

National: 15 Jun 05
Swedish telecoms giant TeliaSonera has seen income from some of the world’s dodgier countries grow substantially in the past year. But does investing help regimes or foster democracy? READ »

"Sweden should consider flat tax"

Society: 25 Apr 05
Sweden should think about abolishing progressive income tax, and replace it with a single flat rate. That was the view floated in Dagens Nyheter on Sunday - but would the unions buy it? READ »

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

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Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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