May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Graveyard":
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.
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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.
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Society: 6 Nov 11
The All Saints holiday weekend brought trouble throughout Sweden, with a notable spike in drunkenness, fights and other assaults in the north of the country.
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National: 23 Oct 11
An eight-year-old girl died on Sunday when a gravestone apparently tipped over and fell on her head at a cemetery in western Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 5 Nov 10
This weekend is All Saints, Allhelgonahelg, when every graveyard in Sweden bathes in the glow of hundreds of flickering candles lit by Swedes coming to remember their dead.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Lifestyle: 27 Oct 09
Lazy, self-entitled and spoiled. These are just a few of the choice adjectives employed to describe the generation born in the 1980s, the first generation since Hemingway's to be characterised as “lost.” But just how accurate is the stereotype, asks The Local's Charlotte Webb.
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Society: 24 Aug 09
When Lena Pettersson went to visit the grave in which her father was supposed to have been buried she found his name missing from the grave stone. His body had been laid to rest in the wrong place, she discovered.
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National: 29 Apr 09
A dead man was discovered around lunch time on Tuesday near an Iron Age graveyard outside of Uppsala in central Sweden.
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Travel: 24 Apr 09
Sponsored article: The beautiful coastal town of Västervik once built warships for King Gustav I. These days luxury yachts are more in evidence, writes Jennifer Heape.
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National: 14 Apr 09
A wild boar attacked a woman out walking her dog in a graveyard in Gothenburg on Tuesday morning.
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National: 2 Feb 09
A Finnish man sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of three members of the same family in northern Sweden in 1988 was let out of jail on Monday morning.
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National: 17 Dec 08
Nikita Fouganthine, the man responsible for the brutal murders of three people in a village in northern Sweden in 1988, is to be released from jail in February, a Helsinki court ruled on Wednesday.
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Lifestyle: 25 Aug 08
Mortal sins of fashion abound as David Bartal takes a trip to a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the suburbs of Stockholm.
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National: 25 Feb 08
A man who killed three people in a village in northern Sweden in 1988 has been released from jail in Finland.
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National: 3 Dec 07
Helsinki's court of appeal has agreed to release a man found guilty of three murders in northern Sweden in 1989. Juha Valjakkala, who has changed his name to Nikita Joakim Fouganthine, is to be released from prison on July 1st 2008.
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National: 5 Jan 07
A church warden convicted of having sex with the body of a dead woman has been rearrested after walking out of the psychiatric clinic where he was being held.
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National: 28 Nov 06
A national alert has gone out in Sweden after a man who killed a family in a graveyard in 1988 escaped from prison in Finland. Juha Valjakkala, who was awaiting a pardon, murdered a couple and their 15-year old son.
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Society: 16 May 06
The body of a Swedish child who died in the South Asian tsunami was handed to a British woman, who believed it was her child. The ashes have now been returned to Sweden.
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Smörgåsbord: 2 Nov 05
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Lifestyle: 9 Apr 05
A forty year old musical film, group participation and home-made costumes. What is it about Singalong Sound of Music that keeps Swedes packing out a Stockholm cinema, year after year?
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Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
Prime Minister Reinfeldt chats with The Local »
"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »
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