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Stockholm suburb claims top spot in business-friendliness ranking

Business & Money: 3 May 11
The north Stockholm suburb of Solna has been named the most business-friendly municipality in Sweden, according to a new ranking. READ »

Abba star loses Buddhist temple loan dispute

Society: 26 Nov 10
Former Abba star Anni-Frid Reuss has lost her bid to recoup 46 million kronor ($7 million) she gave to a Qigong temple in southern Sweden. READ »

Abba star sues Buddhist temple owner

Society: 13 Oct 10
Former Abba star Anni-Frid Reuss (nee Lyngstad) has filed a bankruptcy order against a Qigong healing temple in southern Sweden in a bid to reclaim her money, which the temple claims was meant as a donation. READ »

Court clears Shell for Sweden gas drilling

National: 19 Apr 10
UK-Dutch energy firm Royal Dutch Shell has received the retroactive backing of an environmental court over its test drilling for natural gas in Skåne in southern Sweden. READ »

Convicted double murderer found dead

National: 11 Jan 10
Ulf Olsson, who had been in court-ordered psychiatric care since his 2004 conviction for two murders, was found dead early on Sunday morning shortly after blogging about his desire to kill himself. READ »

Wolves liquidated after Swedish zoo escape

National: 10 Jan 10
Twelve wolves were summarily shot by Swedish wildlife park officials after gnawing their way through a fence surrounding their enclosure READ »

Blue tongue outbreak spreads south

National: 24 Sep 08
Sweden’s outbreak of blue tongue disease continues to spread as farms in Småland and Skåne in the south of the country have reported cases of the infection. READ »

Convicted killer turns to ombudsman over phone restrictions

National: 24 Jul 08
A man convicted of killing two young girls has turned to Sweden’s Ombudsman of Justice to appeal telephone restrictions put in place after he sent letters to the family of one of his victims. READ »

More Swedish bathing areas below EU standards

Society: 2 Jun 08
The water at 23 Swedish bathing areas did not meet EU requirements last year, according to a new report READ »

Man gets life for double murder

National: 7 Jan 08
A 32-year-old man has been awarded a life sentence for the murder of a couple in rural Skåne. READ »

Man remanded over double murder

National: 10 May 07
A man has been remanded in custody on suspicion of the murder of a couple in Skåne earlier this week. The man, 31, denied murder, and hid his face as he entered court. READ »

Man arrested for double murder

National: 7 May 07
Police in southern Sweden have arrested a man in connection with a suspected double murder in the village of Ludvigsborg on Monday. READ »

Munch picture stolen in southern Sweden

National: 24 May 06
A signed graphic print by Edvard Munch from 1915 has been stolen from an estate in southern Sweden. It is estimated to be worth nearly 1 million kronor. READ »

Olsson to appeal against double murder conviction

National: 2 Aug 05
The man convicted in April of the abduction, rape and murder of a 10 year old girl and a 26 year old prostitute in 1989, wants the judgements overturned entirely - and a new lawyer to argue his case. Fine by me, says the departing advocate. READ »

Ulf Olsson sent to secure hospital

National: 5 Jul 05
Ulf Olsson, sentenced life in prison for the murders of Helén Nilsson and Jannica Ekblad in 1989, was mentally ill when he committed the murders and should be moved to a secure mental hospital, a court in Malmö rules. READ »

Life sentence for 1989 double murderer

National: 6 Apr 05
Against the media's expectations and the experts' recommendations, Ulf Olsson is sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of 10 year old Helén Nilsson and 26 year old Jannica Ekblad in 1989. READ »

Experts recommend care for Helén killer

National: 25 Mar 05
"If I'm guilty of what the prosecutor says I've done then I'm afraid of myself," says the man who killed 10 year old Helén Nilsson 16 years ago. Now, a second panel of experts says that he is psychologically ill and should be put in psychiatric care instead of prison. READ »

1989 double murder suspect denies everything

National: 2 Dec 04
On trial for the murders of 10 year old Helén Nilsson and 26 year old Jannica Ekblad in 1989, Ulf Olsson says he had nothing to do with their deaths - despite being presented with compelling evidence to the contrary. READ »

1989 double murder suspect facing trial

National: 22 Nov 04
Apparently overwhelming evidence links a 52 year old man to the brutal murders of Helén Nilsson and Jannica Ekblad fifteen years ago - including a bizarre series of anonymous confessions and a pubic hair. READ »

DNA nails killer - probably

National: 2 Jul 04
New technology fights old crime. Police hunting a child murderer in the south of Sweden believe they've finally got their man - after fifteen years. READ »


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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 »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

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 »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
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Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
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Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
Q&A with Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley
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Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
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Braving the cold: Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden
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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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