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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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09 February 22:56

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"No one is surprised to hear that safety is important to Swedes. After all, the first 3-point seat belt was first put into production for cars in the Volvo PV444 in 1959. But there are moments when I think that the devotion to safety extends beyond the fair margin to allow for Darwin Award nominees...." READ »

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