February 9, 2010
The following articles have been tagged with "Helsingborg":
National: 30 Jan 10
Sweden's Public Health Minister Maria Larsson has called for new measures to help those living on the streets and a review of legislation to stop children being evicted from their homes.
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Society: 27 Jan 10
Threats and harassment are becoming increasingly commonplace for Jewish residents in Malmö in southern Sweden, leading many Jews to leave the city out of fear for their safety.
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Society: 20 Jan 10
A 20-year-old Swedish man has been acquitted of smuggling charges after convincing a court that the 1,600 litres of beer and 30 litres of spirits found by customs officials were simply a few of the items on his birthday party beverage list.
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National: 17 Jan 10
A man from southern Sweden is suspected of committing numerous sexual crimes on the internet with underage girls, perhaps hundreds.
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National: 4 Jan 10
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who sparked outrage with caricatures of the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a dog, has received threats via telephone from Somalia. The threats come just days after a Danish cartoonist was attacked by a terrorist.
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Society: 24 Dec 09
While many a Swedish Christmas office party end in hangovers and bad judgement, the holiday revelry of one company from Växjö in southern Sweden ended with a night in jail after a chocolate robbery gone wrong.
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Sport: 14 Dec 09
Star Swedish footballer Henrik Larsson, who recently gave up his playing career, has been confirmed as new head trainer of Landskrona in Sweden’s second division.
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National: 28 Nov 09
The planned launch of a new energy drink called Cocaine has been halted by a court ruling before the product had a chance to hit the shelves in Sweden.
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Society: 23 Nov 09
The Swedish Consumer Agency has wasted no time in condemning the planned launch of a new energy drink marketed by a company from Helsingborg and trading under the name Cocaine.
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Society: 16 Nov 09
A local politician from Landskrona in southern Sweden has decreed that only one “immigrant wedding” can be held at the town’s local community centre every month.
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National: 13 Nov 09
Two of the five soldiers injured in Wednesday's bomb explosion in Afghanistan landed in Sweden on Thursday evening. A further two aircraft with medical personnel have been dispatched to bring back the other casualties.
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Science & Technology: 10 Nov 09
Doctors in south-western Sweden will soon be able to prescribe cultural activities such as choir lessons or ceramics classes as part of a taxpayer-funded initiative to help reduce prolonged absences from work due to illness.
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Lifestyle: 3 Nov 09
As the Swedish championship gold medal makes its way to Solna, Nic Townsend looks back at another eventful season in Sweden’s premier football competition.
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Sport: 29 Oct 09
Stockholm club Hammarby, Swedish champions as recently as 2001, were relegated from the top flight on Wednesday night following a 2-4 defeat at Trelleborg.
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Sport: 20 Oct 09
Swedish football legend Henrik 'Henke' Larsson has announced he is retiring from professional football at the conclusion of the current season.
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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.
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Sport: 9 Oct 09
The Swedish football team heads to Parken stadium in Copenhagen on Saturday hoping to claim the points and a real chance of winning a World Cup group that long seemed out of their grasp.
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National: 8 Oct 09
A 48-year-old man is on trial in Helsingborg in south-western Sweden for having sexually assaulted a police officer following an interrogation for other alleged sex crimes.
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Society: 2 Oct 09
A family from Skåne in southern Sweden has demanded compensation from the Church of Sweden claiming that the pastor employed to conduct a funeral had consumed a glass too many in the vestry.
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Society: 1 Oct 09
A pensioner from western Sweden may have received the smallest benefit payment ever paid out by the country’s social insurance agency. And all she wants to do is give it back.
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National: 24 Sep 09
A nurse at an eldercare home in Norrbotten in northern Sweden was left with burns to her left hand as residual traces of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant set alight while pushing a trolley.
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Sport: 20 Sep 09
Sweden retained its elite status in the Davis Cup 2010 after defeating Romania 3-2 in the world group play off in Helsingborg on Sunday, thanks to three wins for the US Open semi-finalist Robin Söderling.
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Society: 11 Sep 09
Danish researchers have concluded that the nearly decade-old Öresund Bridge linking Sweden and Denmark is insufficient, proposing that a tunnel also be built between the two countries to facilitate the region’s growth.
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National: 26 Aug 09
A thief in southern Sweden took time off during a weekend break-in to surf pornographic websites on a company computer and leave a note complaining about unsatisfactory hygiene standards.
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Travel: 24 Aug 09
Sponsored article: Initially built by the Danes as a defensive fortress, Halmstad is now a popular coastal retreat with a sophisticated cultural scene and thriving nightlife.
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National: 20 Aug 09
A sweatpants-wearing 26-year-old has been charged with theft after knocking a more formally dressed citizen to the ground and removing his jeans.
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National: 20 Aug 09
A 14-year-old girl was raped on Wednesday evening by at least two people in a bush in Helsingborg. The girl had arranged on the internet to meet a boy but was instead met by a group of five young men.
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Sport: 13 Aug 09
The Swedish men's football team received a confidence boosting 1-0 win over Finland in Stockholm on Wednesday ahead of a crucial World Cup qualifier against Hungary onext month.
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Society: 14 Jul 09
Charges have been filed against a 54-year-old man who managed to withdraw nearly 3 million kronor ($380,000) from various cash machines in Landskrona in southern Sweden.
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National: 12 Jul 09
On Friday, a 23-year-old man suspected of murdering a couple near Båstad in southern Sweden in 2007 was remanded into custody after the court granted a retrial of the case.
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National: 10 Jul 09
An Uppsala University education student has been charged for requesting nude pictures over the internet from hundreds of underage girls across Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 24 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Bunny Wailer (JAM) and The Pet Shop Boys (UK) in Stockholm; heavy metal festival & A Camp in Gothenburg; Atmosphere (US) in Malmö.
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Science & Technology: 24 Jun 09
A shipment of nearly 9,000 Viagra tablets was confiscated during a routine check at a post office by customs officials near Malmö in southern Sweden.
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National: 20 Jun 09
On Friday morning, a father and his daughter discovered an unpleasant Midsummer surprise at the entry of a police station in Helsingborg when they found two pigs, apparently slumbering.
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Lifestyle: 18 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Morrissey & Midsummer fun in Stockholm; AC/DC & Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Yasmina Reza's ART in Malmö.
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National: 18 Jun 09
A 42-year-old man from Skåne in southern Sweden was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in prison for child rape and other crimes.
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Lifestyle: 11 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Neil Young & Ikea exhibition in Stockholm; Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Orchestra Baobab in Malmö.
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Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes.
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Sport: 7 Jun 09
Denmark left Sweden's hopes of qualifying for the World Cup finals in South Africa in 2010 hanging by a thread after a 0-1 win at Råsunda Stadium on Saturday night.
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Sport: 5 Jun 09
Sweden face a tough task on Saturday as they face up to local rivals Denmark in a tie that is crucial to their chances of qualification for the 2010 World Cup.
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Science & Technology: 3 Jun 09
Agriculture authorities in Sweden are going hi-tech to crack down on the sale of imported strawberries which have been falsely marked as Swedish.
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Society: 28 May 09
A 32-year-old man in southern Sweden found guilty of assault has been granted a lower than usual sentence because of the suffering caused when he was bitten in the testicles by the woman's Rottweiler.
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National: 19 May 09
The mystery surrounding the couple in their late fifties found dead at their home near Helsingborg in southern Sweden on Sunday continues to grow. Police have not ruled murder.
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Society: 18 May 09
An increasing number of southern Swedes have felt the full force of the law since a 2006 crack down on peeing in public, a practice long forbidden but widely tolerated.
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National: 2 May 09
Almost 20 individuals were taken into custody in connection with a demonstration by nationalists in central Helsingborg on Friday. Police intervened when counter-demonstrators tried to protest.
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Lifestyle: 9 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: Easter at Moderna in Stockholm; Space adventures in Gothenburg; Grandmaster Flash in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 2 Apr 09
With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan.
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Education: 31 Mar 09
A pre-school teacher in Sweden has been reported to police for taping a six-year-old’s mouth shut after he refused to be quiet.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Mar 09
The City of Malmö's decision to hold the Sweden-Israel Davis Cup tennis match behind closed doors is ill-conceived, short-sighted and potentially dangerous, argues freelance Israeli journalist David Stavrou.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 09
Swedes who demonstrate over Israeli attacks are not anti-Semites. Calling them names is an attempt to silence criticism of Israeli policies, argues Stockholm-based Palestinian Alaa Kullab.
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National: 10 Feb 09
Two kidnappers who fell asleep while holding two men hostage in a hotel room in Helsingborg in western Sweden have each been sentenced to five years in prison.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden.
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Society: 31 Jan 09
A teacher at a school in Ängelholm in southern Sweden asked pupils to name their 'most trying' classmate. Parents put a stop to the exercise however as the results were about to be announced at a meeting.
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National: 13 Jan 09
A burial chapel in the Jewish cemetery in central Malmö was fire-bombed early on Tuesday morning. It is the third time the chapel has been attacked in recent weeks.
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Politics: 7 Jan 09
Police in Sweden are on heightened alert following a spike in anti-Semitic attacks around the country in the wake of Israel’s campaign against Gaza-based Hamas militants.
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Sport: 6 Jan 09
French top flight side Marseille said on Tuesday they have given up on attempts to sign Swedish veteran Henrik Larsson on loan in the transfer window.
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Sport: 6 Jan 09
Marseille coach Eric Gerets on Monday said he was confident of landing Swedish veteran Henrik Larsson on loan in the transfer window.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: January 2nd - 8th. A Camp and Moderna for the kids in Stockholm; International floorball and Opera ball in Gothenburg; Jim Jones Revue in Malmö.
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National: 25 Dec 08
A violent fire destroyed student housing in Umeå in northern Sweden on Christmas Eve. Fire services had a busy night as a wave of arson attacks were reported across the country.
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National: 16 Dec 08
Southern Sweden was rocked by an earthquake early on Tuesday morning which caused a flood of phone calls to emergency services operators from alarmed residents.
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Society: 13 Dec 08
A student at a Landskrona secondary school in southern Sweden has been awarded damages for being told not to wear an Islamic headscarf.
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Business & Money: 12 Dec 08
The Swedish division of global home furnishings giant Ikea reported pre-tax profits of 2.1 billion kronor ($263 million) for the 2008 fiscal year.
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Society: 3 Dec 08
A Swedish woman injured in a car accident has had her disability benefits withdrawn after the country’s social insurance agency determined her large bust was to blame for the pain.
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Society: 26 Nov 08
Ski-loving real estate investors interested in rubbing elbows with royalty may want to venture north to the Swedish village of Storlien, which is on the market for 365 million kronor ($45.6 million).
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Sport: 24 Nov 08
Henrik Larsson showed that his athleticism is not limited to the football pitch when the star footballer came off the bench to help his team to victory on Sunday during his first match in Sweden’s top floorball league.
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Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history.
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Society: 23 Oct 08
Residents of the small town of Aneby in southern Sweden reacted angrily this week to a floral display on a roundabout in front of the town hall that appeared to depict a swastika.
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Society: 1 Oct 08
Rubina Sheikh from Helsingborg in southern Sweden believes she’s received a message from God – in a rotten mango.
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National: 1 Oct 08
Police in Malmö are still looking for the person who stuffed a firecracker in the mouth of a female train driver and then lit the explosive amidst the mayhem that preceded a football match in the city.
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National: 28 Sep 08
Police have confirmed that the 35-year-old man stabbed to death in Helsingborg on Friday evening was a member of the Pentecostalist church.
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National: 24 Sep 08
The longstanding dispute over who owns the rights to a famous image from Sweden’s wartime propaganda campaigns is over.
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Science & Technology: 19 Sep 08
Just in time for winter, a stretch of motorway in the far north of Sweden has been outfitted with high-tech equipment to help warn drivers about perilous driving conditions.
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National: 16 Sep 08
A 32-year-old mental patient was discovered on Wednesday of last week hanging unconscious in his room from a noose fashioned out of bed sheets.
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Society: 11 Sep 08
A 30-year-old man from Helsingborg in western Sweden has avoided conviction on arson charges after the court ruled that his cookie-loving dog was likely responsible for setting the fire that destroyed his apartment.
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Society: 31 Aug 08
A 50-year-old woman in the care of Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg for mushroom poisoning died on Sunday morning. The woman is thought to have eaten a death cap mushroom which contains the poison amatoxin.
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Sport: 20 Aug 08
Injured star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be risked in Sweden's friendly against France in Gothenburg, to allow the striker to recover fully from a knee injury.
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Society: 18 Aug 08
Several unmanned Swedish petrol stations opened the floodgates for vehicle owners to tank up totally free of charge over the weekend.
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National: 6 Aug 08
A 21-year-old singer tried to weasel his way out of Sweden’s hefty tax on imported alcohol by claiming that partying and free-flowing booze were occupational requirements for rock 'n roll stars.
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National: 5 Aug 08
Rail traffic has ground to a halt in parts of Sweden as a result of Monday night's storm.
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Sport: 5 Aug 08
Football: Kalmar came from behind on Monday night to defeat AIK and remain on top of Allsvenskan, the Swedish first division. Title rivals Elfsborg and Helsingborg also recorded victories.
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National: 5 Aug 08
Stormy conditions on Monday night led to power cuts in southern and central parts of Sweden.
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Sport: 31 Jul 08
The Stanley Cup, ice hockey's holy grail, was put to unorthodox use as it made its way across Sweden this July - as a baptismal font.
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National: 30 Jul 08
What started as a scuffle at a campground in southern Sweden Tuesday night ended with multiple car wrecks and six people sent to hospital.
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National: 30 Jun 08
A 78-year-old Swede who spent his ferry ticket money at a bar in Denmark was determined to make it home.
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Travel: 27 Jun 08
The curious tourist can find many fine attractions along Skåne’s coastline – the region is home to a varied collection of charming towns and cities, impressive nature reserves, beautiful and artistically-designed parks, and sites of historical interest, writes Matt O’Leary.
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Travel: 9 Jun 08
Located just a short train journey from Malmö, Alannah Eames strongly recommends a visit to Copenhagen.
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Sport: 6 Jun 08
Veteran striker Henrik Larsson has said Sweden can make the last eight of Euro 2008 .
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Sport: 5 Jun 08
Sweden's captain Freddie Ljungberg says it is good to have Henrik Larsson back as they prepare for their Euro 2008 campaign.
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National: 31 May 08
There is strong support among residents of Helsingborg for a tunnel to Helsingör in Denmark, a new poll shows.
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Lifestyle: 29 May 08
Where to go out in Gothenburg this weekend? Monthly has the answers (Click links for more information).
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Lifestyle: 26 May 08
Most Swedes will be bemused to learn they have a national Australian Football team. Nic Townsend meets the Swedish Elks before they travel to Melbourne for the International Cup.
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Society: 21 May 08
The ICA grocery chain may be running afoul of Sweden’s consumer protection laws after a manager in southern Sweden implemented a new policy regarding ICA’s bonus card programme.
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Sport: 14 May 08
To the surprise and delight of most Swedish football fans, veteran striker Henrik Larsson was among the names when manager Lars Lagerbäck announced his squad for Euro 2008.
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Lifestyle: 12 May 08
David Bartram looks at Swedish football in transition: Elfsborg's English import reveals that he would jump at the opportunity to play for Sweden, while Glenn Hysén worries about the influx of foreign players.
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Business & Money: 7 May 08
Condom pockets in men's underwear have proved a winning formula for a group of young businessmen from southern Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 24 Apr 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Top drag act Taylor Mac in Stockholm, Entombed in Gothenburg, Walpurgis celebrations in Malmö and much more besides.
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Society: 24 Apr 08
Sweden's ongoing nurses strike continued apace on Thursday morning as a further 900 nurses went off duty.
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National: 24 Apr 08
A 2-year-old boy has died after being run over by a train in southern Sweden.
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Sport: 17 Mar 08
Sweden's Louise Friberg fired a final round seven-under 65 as she rallied from a 10-shot deficit to capture the LPGA's MasterCard Classic in Mexico City on Sunday.
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National: 13 Mar 08
The government has tasked the Swedish Rail Administration with analyzing the conditions for high speed rail.
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"Sorry for the late Stockholm fashion week update but I am in the north of Sweden and internet is not working very well. Anyway, I think Minimarket presented as usual the most interesting collection at fashion week. I am obviously not the only one who loves the clean and comic-like style of Minimarket as the..." READ »
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