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Sweden's Christmas goat succumbs to flames

National: 2 Dec 11
The giant 13 metre tall Christmas goat, erected in Gävle on Sweden's east coast, went up in flames early Friday morning after an attack by unknown assailants. READ »

Who is really out of place when a religious service opens parliament?

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Sep 11
Sweden Democrat leader Jimmy Åkesson's complaint that an imam 'politicised' the religious service that opened the Riksdag last week, raises an interesting point about the place of religion and in Swedish politics, argues contributor Ruben Brunsveld. READ »

Thieves use wheel loader in cash machine heist

Business & Money: 9 Sep 11
Thieves driving a wheel loader through the entrance of a supermarket early on Friday morning scooped a cash machine straight out of the wall before disappearing from the scene with their loot. READ »

'Old-timer gang' faces Swedish court

National: 8 Aug 11
Monday saw the start of the trial against the so-called "Old–timer gang" (Gubbligan), facing charges for a slew aggravated robberies in southern Sweden between 2007 and 2010. READ »

Swedish museum hit by rhino horn heist

Society: 27 Jul 11
The rhinoceros horn's reputed potency powers are believed to be the motive for the recent theft at a Gothenburg museum which left the museum's stuffed rhino a shadow of its former self. READ »

Swedish Church members 'don't believe in Jesus'

Society: 15 Jun 11
Only 15 percent of members of the Church of Sweden say they believe in Jesus, and an equal number claim to be atheists according to the results of a recent survey. READ »

Masked robbers target Stockholm auction house

National: 20 May 11
A prestigious auction house in central Stockholm was robbed around midday on Friday when two masked robbers ran in and ordered the shocked clients to drop to the ground. READ »

Stockholm gold heist nets 'millions'

National: 13 May 11
A gold wholesaler in Stockholm was robbed on Thursday afternoon and after a haul which ‘picked the shop clean’, the thieves are believed to have escaped with a substantial amount of money. READ »

Easter - when Sweden's witches come out to play

Lifestyle: 21 Apr 11
What do you associate with Easter: eggs, lambs and church? Sweden has these too, but it also features bonfires and witches on broomsticks off to dance with the devil at Blåkulla. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius investigates. READ »

Stockholm helicopter heist inspires US e-book

Lifestyle: 28 Mar 11
While the Hollywood-esque robbery of a Stockholm cash depot continues to play out in the Swedish courts, American journalist Evan Ratliff recently published the first in-depth account of the heist, The Local's David Landes explains. READ »

Thief caught after forgetting credit card

Society: 28 Mar 11
A 53-year-old man has been arrested for stealing a selection of electronic items, after forgetting his credit card at the returns counter of a store in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Saturday. READ »

Malmö 'femme fatale' robbers charged

Society: 25 Mar 11
A gang of six who are alleged to have drugged and robbed a 25-year-old Malmö man after one of their number, an 18-year-old girl, had used her charms to trick her way into his apartment, were charged on Friday. READ »

Three appeal helicopter heist sentence

National: 17 Mar 11
Three of the men convicted for their roles in the spectacular helicopter heist in Västberga in September 2009 have appealed their sentences to the Supreme Court. READ »

Quake-hit Japan eyes Swedish homes

Business & Money: 15 Mar 11
Västerbotten county in northern Sweden has received a request from Tokyo to examine the possibilities for the supply of simple Swedish wooden homes and shelters to earthquake and tsunami hit areas of Japan. READ »

Sack of urine led to Swedish thief's capture

Society: 9 Mar 11
A forgotten bag full of urine led to the conviction of a Swedish bank robber who had locked himself in the vault of Copenhagen bank. READ »

Swedish court hikes helicopter heist penalties

National: 16 Feb 11
Sweden's Svea Court of Appeal has announced that it has raised the penalties served on three of the key men behind the spectacular helicopter heist in Västberga in September 2009. READ »

Bombing was an attack on Swedish society: PM

Politics: 21 Dec 10
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt used his Christmas speech on Monday to condemn the suicide bombing in Stockholm as "an attack on Swedish society", praising Muslim leaders for standing up for freedom and openness. READ »

Gävle goat targeted in foiled helicopter heist

Society: 17 Dec 10
Two mysterious men attempted to bribe a guard to leave his post watching over the giant goat in Gävle in eastern Sweden in an attempt to kidnap the iconic Christmas symbol using a helicopter. READ »

Second suspect held in Malmö art theft

Society: 13 Oct 10
Another man is being held for his suspected involvement in the theft of three paintings from the Malmö Art Museum last week. Police believe the heist was an inside job. READ »

Guilty verdicts for helicopter heist suspects

National: 7 Oct 10
Several suspects involved in last year’s Hollywood-style helicopter heist of a cash depot south of Stockholm were found guilty on Thursday. READ »

Jewelry thief dies in getaway car smash-up

National: 30 Sep 10
A man who robbed a jewelry shop in western Sweden died after the gang's luxury getaway car smashed into a lamp post. Two of the man’s accomplices were also injured in the violent crash. READ »

Three helicopter heist suspects released

National: 10 Sep 10
Three of the men charged for their role in the helicopter-aided robbery of a Stockholm-area cash depot last September were released today by Södertörn district court. READ »

Helicopter heist trial closes in Stockholm

National: 9 Sep 10
The court trial of the ten men charged with the dramatic helicopter heist on a cash depot in southern Stockholm last September wrapped up on Wednesday, a judge in the case confirmed. READ »

WikiLeaks' Assange requests new lawyer

National: 7 Sep 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced on Tuesday that he would like to replace lawyer Leif Silbersky as his defence attorney. READ »

Suspects deserve the 'maximum penalty'

National: 2 Sep 10
The prosecution presented its final arguments on Thursday in the trial of 10 men suspected of carrying out a brazen helicopter-aided robbery of a Stockholm cash depot last September. READ »

Helicopter heist suspect confesses to theft

National: 9 Aug 10
A 31-year-old man charged with playing a role in a spectacular robbery at a Stockholm cash depot last year has admitted he was involved in the heist. READ »

Accused deny helicopter heist as trial opens

National: 2 Aug 10
The ten men suspected of involvement in a spectacular cash depot heist have denied all charges as their high-profile trial opened amid huge media and public interest in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Two helicopter heist thieves still at large

National: 19 Jul 10
Ten men caught after a helicopter heist at a cash depot in southern Stockholm belonging to security company G4S were sentenced on Monday, while two other known thieves remain unidentified and at large. READ »

Millennium novel named among 2010's best books

Society: 9 Jul 10
Online retail giant Amazon has named the final installment of the Millennium trilogy, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," in its list of "Best Books of the Year... So Far" as the film of the second instalment opens in US cinemas. READ »

Four men wanted over failed cash depot heist

National: 26 Jun 10
Police have issued a nationwide alert after four men attempted to blast their way in to a secure cash depot in Växjö in southern Sweden on Friday evening. READ »

Man drops trousers in foiled pharmacy heist

National: 4 Jun 10
A 40-year-old man has been charged over a bungled raid on a Malmö pharmacy which left him with his pants down after he fell into a bush with the loot, only to be caught on film by a passer-by. READ »

Police dismiss robbery in progress as 'stag night'

National: 30 Apr 10
When police received a call about an ongoing robbery at a shopping centre in Norrköping in eastern Sweden they dismissed the report as stag night antics and declined to send a unit. READ »

Helicopter heist netted 39 million kronor: report

National: 22 Apr 10
The spectacular helicopter heist in Västberga in southern Stockholm last autumn netted some 39 million kronor ($5.4 million), according to a police source, as a further arrest is made in the case. READ »

'Catholics in Sweden must challenge Rome'

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Apr 10
The Catholic Church in Sweden must demand that the Vatican abolish celibacy for priests, allow women to be ordained, stop oppressing homosexuals, and reverse its ban on contraception, argues Swedish Catholic and poet Marcus Birro. READ »

Police slammed over helicopter heist

National: 16 Feb 10
The Swedish police made several serious mistakes in connection with the helicopter heist robbery at Västberga cash depot in southern Stockholm last autumn, according to a former police superintendent. READ »

Helicopter suspect held on Caribbean island

National: 14 Jan 10
A 30-year-old Swedish man suspected of having a role in the brazen helicopter-aided robbery of a Stockholm cash depot has been arrested in the Dominican Republic. READ »

Brit hired Swedish Nazis for Auschwitz raid: report

National: 4 Jan 10
A Swedish right-wing extremist group agreed to help a wealthy UK-based Nazi sympathizer acquire the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from Auschwitz in exchange for "huge money", according to a British newspaper. READ »

Swine flu named year's top Swedish news story

National: 30 Dec 09
Swine flu beat out both the June death of Michael Jackson and the Stockholm helicopter heist in September as the top Swedish news story of 2009, according to a new study. READ »

Two more held as police look for second pilot

National: 19 Nov 09
Prosecutors on Thursday requested remand hearings for two more men suspected of involvement in the dramatic helicopter robbery of a cash depot south of Stockholm. READ »

New arrest in helicopter heist probe

National: 27 Oct 09
Police in Sweden have arrested another suspect in the helicopter-aided robbery of a cash depot in the Stockhlm suburb of Västberga last month. READ »

Two more helicopter heist suspects arrested

National: 21 Oct 09
Two more men have been detained in connection with last month’s spectacular helicopter robbery of a cash depot in Västberga south of Stockholm. READ »

Bank robber in custody following 'religious awakening'

National: 20 Oct 09
Police in western Sweden may soon be able to close their files on a daring four-year old bank robbery after one of the thieves experienced a religious salvation during his time on the run. READ »

Helicopter heist hits global top ten list

National: 5 Oct 09
September's helicopter cash depot heist in Stockholm qualifies as one of the ten most spectacular heists of all time, according to a new list published by Time magazine. READ »

Third helicopter suspect remanded into custody

National: 1 Oct 09
A 36-year-old man arrested in connection with the helicopter heist robbery in Västberga last week has been remanded into custody by a Stockholm court. READ »

Two helicopter suspects remanded in custody

National: 30 Sep 09
Two men suspected of involvement in last week's daring helicopter heist have been remanded in custody by a Stockholm court. A third man has been released, while the remand hearing for a fourth suspect was postponed until Thursday. READ »

Police probe Serb ties to helicopter heist

National: 29 Sep 09
Police in Serbia suspect the mastermind behind last week's brazen helicopter heist is a 40-year-old Bosnian Serb living in Belgrade known as the 'gangster king'. READ »

Helicopter heist suspects – who they are

National: 29 Sep 09
A look at the six men currently being held on suspicions of involvement in last week's spectacular helicopter robbery of a Stockholm cash depot. READ »

Swedish police 'knew of helicopter heist plans'

National: 28 Sep 09
Swedish police had been forewarned by counterparts in Serbia about plans to rob a Stockholm cash depot, according to media reports. Meanwhile, details have emerged about six suspects who remain in police custody. READ »

Several arrests made in helicopter heist probe

National: 27 Sep 09
Several people were arrested on Sunday afternoon for their suspected involvement in last week’s spectacular helicopter robbery of a cash depot south of Stockholm. READ »

Helicopter heist: millions offered as reward for tips

National: 25 Sep 09
Stockholm police have received more than 300 tips from the general public in connection with the helicopter heist in Västberga on Wednesday. Security firm G4S has offered a 7 million kronor ($1 million) reward for information. READ »

Helicopter robbery - how it happened

National: 24 Sep 09
The Swedish police have been roundly criticized for their slow response to the audacious helicopter robbery of a cash depot in Västberga south of Stockholm on Wednesday. Here's how it happened. READ »

Hunt continues for helicopter robbers

National: 24 Sep 09
Swedish police continue to hunt for suspects and faced criticism following the well-orchestrated, helicopter-aided theft at a cash depot in Västberga south of Stockholm on Wednesday. READ »

Man arrested in helicopter heist probe

National: 23 Sep 09
Swedish police have one person into custody for suspected involvement in the Hollywood-esque helicopter-aided robbery which took place at a cash depot near Stockholm early Wednesday morning. READ »

Helicopter heist causes cash flow concerns

Business & Money: 23 Sep 09
While police continue to gather evidence, traders and store owners in the Stockholm area are concerned over a possible shortage of cash following the spectacular robbery of a cash depot south of the city. READ »

Stockholm cash depot hit by helicopter heist

National: 23 Sep 09
Robbers used a helicopter to carry out a spectacular theft at a cash depot south of Stockholm early Wednesday morning. The helicopter was found later in the morning about 30 kilometres north of the crime scene. READ »

Pokemon cards taken in sandbox knife heist

Society: 11 Sep 09
A nine-year-old girl was robbed at knifepoint by a group of young boys in a sandbox in western Sweden. The booty: the girl’s collection of Pokemon cards. READ »

German court convicts high-speed Swede

National: 2 Jul 09
The 52-year-old head of one of Sweden most infamous gangs was sentenced in Germany on Tuesday to three years and three months in prison. READ »

Prison for Gothenburg post depot robbers

National: 11 Jun 09
A Gothenburg court on Thursday sentenced 13 people to prison for their role in the dramatic robbery of a postal depot in January 2008. READ »

Police foil Umeå security depot heist

National: 24 May 09
A dramatic shoot out after a robbery at a security depot in Umeå in northern Sweden left one of the robbers with gunshot wounds as four of the gang were arrested. READ »

Newspaper thief claims crossword jackpot

National: 3 Mar 09
A 64-year-old woman has been arrested in Uppsala on suspicion of theft. The woman stole up to ten newspapers twice a week - to do the crossword, winning more than 10,000 kronor ($1100). READ »

Sixteen charged for brazen postal heist

National: 9 Jan 09
Prosecutors on Friday indicted 16 people in Gothenburg District Court for their role in the audacious robbery of a postal depot near the city’s central train station in January 2008. READ »

Thieves hit Gothenburg shipping terminal

National: 3 Nov 08
Police believe a gang of organized criminals is behind the bold weekend heist of two trailers filled with valuable electronics from a Stena Line shipping terminal in Gothenburg. READ »

Copenhagen heist suspect has perfect alibi

National: 19 Aug 08
One of the Swedes remanded in custody in connection with a multi-million kronor robbery in Copenhagen has the perfect alibi: he was in Swedish detention at the time of the raid. READ »

Swede in custody for Copenhagen heist

National: 17 Aug 08
A 28-year-old Swede has been remanded in custody in connection with a multi-million kronor robbery in Copenhagen on August 10th. A further three Swedes and a Dane are set to face the remand court. READ »

Stockholm hit by wave of cash transport heists

National: 24 Jul 08
Stockholm was hit by multiple cash transport robberies on Thursday. Armed moped robbers hit transports in the suburban neighbourhoods of Nacka and Älvsjö. READ »

Gang forces Swedish conscript to strip in public

National: 24 Jul 08
A group of men threatened a Swedish conscript in downtown Enköping on Wednesday night before making off with the man's clothes. READ »

Warhol paintings stolen in Stockholm art heist

National: 18 Jul 08
Paintings by Andy Warhol were among those stolen from the Lasse Åberg museum near Stockholm on Friday morning. READ »

Thief: 'I was just testing the bank's security'

Society: 15 Jul 08
A remorseful thief returned the money he stole from a bank in Ånäset in northern Sweden. The thief claimed to have been testing bank security. READ »

Swede risks double jeopardy for German heist

National: 4 Jun 08
The 32-year-old Swedish man suspected of involvement in a spectacular 1995 Berlin bank robbery has already been convicted and served his sentence for the crime in Lebanon. READ »

Eight charged over remote-control bank heist

National: 7 May 08
Eight men have been charged for their attempt to remotely transfer millions of kronor from a Swedbank branch was thwarted by an alert staff member. READ »

Swedish musician José González thrives on simplicity

Lifestyle: 5 May 08
In an age when even hard-up musicians can create studio quality from a bedroom, successful Gothenburg-based songwriter José González stands out for his raw simplicity. READ »

Robbers attempt heist at cashless bank

National: 11 Apr 08
Three would-be bank robbers sped off empty handed from the Swedbank branch in Älvsjö south of Stockholm on Thursday night. READ »

Thief makes off with cash machine

National: 15 Mar 08
A thief made off at high speed with his loot from a petrol station south of Emmaboda on Saturday morning. The thief had stolen an entire cash machine. READ »

63-year-old held over remote-control bank heist

National: 1 Feb 08
A 63-year-old man has been remanded in custody in connection with a hi-tech heist worth "several hundred million kronor". READ »

Police thwart remote-control bank heist

National: 30 Jan 08
Robbers tried to steal millions of kronor from a Swedish bank by hijacking one of its computers, only to be foiled by an alert employee, police say. READ »

Three Gothenburg postal suspects to remain in custody

National: 27 Jan 08
All three men claim their innocence in one of the country’s most brazen robbery attempts. READ »

Two arrests after dramatic bank robbery

National: 19 Jan 08
The two men are suspected in at least one of Friday’s armed bank robberies south of Stockholm. READ »

Woman arrested for cash depot heist

National: 21 Sep 07
A young woman working for security firm Panaxia has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in Wednesday's cash depot robbery in Stockholm. READ »

Suspect arrested after cash depot heist

National: 19 Sep 07
A group of thieves escaped with an unknown sum of money on Wednesday morning after breaking into a cash depot in Stockholm using cutting torches and explosives. READ »

Men cleared over Gothenburg airport heist

National: 15 Jun 07
Three men jailed for seven years for their involvement in a major raid at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport last year have been cleared of wrongdoing. One lawyer called the original verdict "a legal scandal". READ »

Snow falling in central Sweden

National: 14 Jun 07
It might be only one week to Midsummer, but nobody seems to have told mother nature. Snow has returned to parts of central Sweden, with five centimetres falling in some places. READ »

Seven year sentences for Gothenburg airport heist

National: 2 Mar 07
Six of the men involved in an audacious robbery at Landvetter airport last year have been handed seven year prison sentences. Another man received a two month sentence, while an eighth suspect was cleared. READ »

Religious holidays may become optional

Society: 2 Feb 07
Employer organisation Almega has proposed scrapping 10 public holidays based on the Christian faith. Workers should instead be free to choose their own public holidays, it says. READ »

Armed robbers target Christmas booty

National: 23 Dec 06
Christmas is proving to be a busy period for Swedish robbers. In Stockholm alone three major raids took place on Saturday, while in Simrishamn in Skåne a forklift truck was used in a robbery on a jewellers. READ »

Say a little prayer for Sweden

Lifestyle: 11 Aug 06
Christianity in Sweden has a long history, but you won't find many Swedes in the pews on a Sunday. But that doesn't mean Swedish religious groups don't have the capacity to cause a stir, as Christine Demsteader reports. READ »

Marlowe and Shakespeare united in Swedish opera

Lifestyle: 24 Jul 06
Marlowe and Shakespeare may never have met, but a Swedish opera, opening for the first time this week, speculates that the two English dramatists were lovers. READ »

Guard shot in Securitas robbery

National: 4 Jul 06
A guard working for Securitas was shot in the face by two thieves who robbed him and made off with his cargo north of Stockholm. A union is now calling for the company to stop sending out single-man crews. READ »

'Stockholm Syndrome' robber turned away by police

National: 5 May 06
A man on the run for ten years turned up at a police station on Tuesday, only to be told by police to make a run for it. Jan-Erik Olsson is notorious for his role in the famous Norrmalmstorg robbery in 1973. "I want to get rid of this baggage," he said. READ »

Four arrested for Gothenburg airport heist

National: 25 Apr 06
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the audacious robbery at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport in March. At least one of them is linked to the notorious Bandidos gang. READ »

Robbers fire at helicopter in failed heist

National: 11 Apr 06
Two desperate bank robbers fired on a police helicopter with automatic weapons in Stockholm on Monday. But barely half an hour after the robbery they were caught. READ »

Strindberg painting stolen in Stockholm

National: 15 Feb 06
A painting by Sweden's most famous author and amateur artist August Strindberg was stolen from the Strindberg Museum in Stockholm on Wednesday. It is worth up to 25 million kronor. READ »

No room on church island for Swedish atheists

Lifestyle: 10 Jan 06
From the beginning of this year, only members of the Swedish Church are allowed to stay overnight on the picturesque Halland island of Väderö, which is owned and managed by a local congregation. READ »

Four charged with trying to sell stolen Rembrandt

National: 2 Dec 05
Legal proceedings begin in Stockholm against four men accused of trying to sell a stolen Rembrandt self-portrait valued at 37 million dollars. READ »

No pictures from Securitas camera

National: 14 Nov 05
The security camera at the Securitas depot in Jönköping robbed on Friday did not contain any pictures. It's a major blow, says the man leading the investigation. READ »

Rembrandt on view as suspects held in Sweden

National: 22 Sep 05
As publicity goes, the National Museum couldn't ask for more: a Rembrandt masterpiece stolen five years ago is back in Sweden just in time for a major exhibition. READ »

Stolen Renoir found in US

National: 17 Sep 05
A painting by Renoir called "Young Parisian", which was stolen in Sweden five years ago - along with a Rembrandt recovered on Friday in Denmark - has been found in the United States. READ »

Stolen Rembrandt recovered by Danish police

National: 16 Sep 05
Four men are arrested in Copenhagen as they try to offload a 37 million dollar self-portrait of the Dutch master, stolen from Stockholm's National Museum in a spectacular heist five years ago. READ »

Top lawyer freed

National: 22 Dec 04
"Star lawyer" Thomas Martinson is found not guilty of handling stolen goods on behalf of the convicted murderer he defended in 1995. READ »

Top lawyer accused of laundering SEK 1.5m

National: 30 Sep 04
A senior Stockholm lawyer has been charged with handling stolen goods on behalf of the convicted murderer he defended in 1995. But his own lawyer says the evidence is "feeble". READ »

West Side Stories

National: 30 Apr 04
Amid unprecedented security a gang trial opens in Gothenburg, and the mother of the accused comes out fighting. READ »


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