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Lifestyle: 16 May 13
Beyond the sequinned hemlines, Sweden's Eurovision host Petra Mede is a woman who pulled no punches as a comedian, and is now trying to balance her spunk with Saturday's demands for a happy-go-lucky pop fest, making her an easy pick for Swede of the Week.
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Society: 25 Feb 13
Three Swedes won Oscars at Sunday night's Academy Awards in Los Angeles, with director Malik Bendjelloul's Searching for Sugar Man winning for best documentary.
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Society: 28 Jan 13
Multilingual Swedish comedienne Petra Mede will host the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sveriges Television (SVT) announced on Monday.
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Society: 22 Jan 13
A film depicting the struggles of a young immigrant in southern Sweden was the big winner at Sweden's 2012 national film awards on Monday night, scooping up four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
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Society: 10 Jan 13
Swedish documentary Searching For Sugar Man was nominated for an Academy Award on Thursday, making it the only film from Sweden to be recognized by the academy this year.
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Lifestyle: 3 Jan 13
In The Local's ongoing series profiling Swedish newsmakers, we turn the spotlight on filmmaker Mikael Marcimain, director of Call Girl, a controversial film which earned 11 Swedish film award nominations.
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Society: 3 Jan 13
The nominations for Sweden's 2012 national film awards were announced on Thursday, with Call Girl, a controversial film reported for slander by relatives of Olof Palme, a strong favourite to bring home the accolades with 11 nominations.
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Society: 26 Feb 12
Swedish actor, writer and director Erland Josephson has died, his family told national radio station Sveriges Radio on Sunday.
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Society: 4 Feb 11
The Swedish actress Lena Nyman, known from her roles in Ingmar Bergman's 1978 film "Autumn Sonata" and the "I am Curious" films, died on Friday after an extended illness.
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Society: 25 Jan 11
The winners of Sweden's 2010 national film awards on Monday night were evenly spread out among the nominees, with three films walking away with at least two awards.
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Society: 4 Jan 11
Sweden's Millennium Trilogy actress Noomi Rapace and the son of Swedish star Stellan Skarsgård topped the list of nominees for Sweden's 2010 national film awards, which will be announced later this month.
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Society: 3 Dec 10
Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt has landed a role in the sequel to Lord of the Rings, according to media reports.
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Society: 26 Jan 10
A movie based on the first book of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling “Millennium” trilogy took home top honours at the Swedish film awards on Monday night, scooping up three awards, including best picture and best actress.
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Lifestyle: 5 Jan 10
The Year in Sweden - January: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Society: 13 Jan 09
Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments reaped five 'Golden Beetle' awards at Monday night's domestic film industry awards ceremony. Domestic vampire shocker Let The Right One In also received five awards.
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Society: 30 Dec 08
The Swedish Film Institute has announced the nominations for the 2008 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden's national film awards. A trio of films dominates the list, including Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments.
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Society: 22 Jan 08
Roy Andersson claims three of the top prizes at Sweden's annual movie industry bash.
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Lifestyle: 23 Jan 07
A film about the plight of a young immigrant in Sweden won the Best Film prize at Monday night's Guldbagge gala, the annual Swedish film awards.
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Lifestyle: 9 Feb 06
Graffiti artist film wins top award
An impressive line-up of movies from Sweden and abroad set Göteborg's film festival alight: and from the Swedish all-female 'Doris' movies to transsexual movie Transamerica, gender issues are at the fore.
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Lifestyle: 31 Jan 06
It was a night of surprises at Monday's Guldbagge Gala in Gothenburg, as the two big nominees of the year fell by the wayside. The Best Picture was the little-seen Nina's Journey, a true story of one family's survival of the Jewish and Polish uprisings.
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Lifestyle: 9 Jan 06
Director Björn Runge is in line for a magnificent seven at the 2005 Guldbagge awards, Sweden's national film awards. His film 'Mouth to mouth' has been nominated in seven categories, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor.
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Lifestyle: 28 Jan 05
Despite eight nominations "Så som i himmelen" is snubbed at Sweden's annual film award, the Guldbaggar - but gets an Oscar nomination the very next day in the "Best foreign film" category. Meanwhile, Stockholm attempts to promote itself as a film town. Stollywood?
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