May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Herring":
Society: 6 Apr 12
As soon as they get laid, they get eaten: eggs are the ovoid delights on everybody’s lips in Sweden this Easter.
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Business & Money: 27 Feb 12
Sales of Swedish foods in the UK have shot up by 30 percent in the last five years with Brits' fascination with meatballs, herring, and crisp bread showing no signs of letting up.
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Society: 24 Jan 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea said on Tuesday it has no plans to reverse a decision to stop selling a number of well-known Swedish food brands in its stores despite a barrage of complaints from angry customers.
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Lifestyle: 22 Dec 11
No Swedish-style Christmas is complete without a julbord buffet. Food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson takes a look at what goes into making the perfect Swedish Christmas meal.
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Lifestyle: 9 Dec 11
For many Swedes, Christmas celebrations just aren't complete without a tasty glass of Christmas beer. Beer blogger Darren Packman offers some tips on some of the best Christmas beers available in Sweden this season.
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Lifestyle: 25 Nov 11
As the darkness and chill of Sweden's winter gathers pace, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson offers up a list of ten Swedish comfort foods to keep your belly full and nourish your sun-starved soul.
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Society: 11 Nov 11
A new reality television show offering Swedish-Americans the chance to meet their long-lost Swedish relatives has some critics crying foul, but has been described by participants as the chance of a lifetime, The Local's Joel Linde explains.
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Business & Money: 14 Oct 11
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea plans to stop selling a number of well-known Swedish-branded foodstuffs in its stores around the world in a move toward stocking exclusively Ikea-branded food.
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Lifestyle: 15 Jul 11
Looking for some exotic tastes during your trip to the Swedish capital? Contributor Emy Gelb serves up a selection of ethnic restaurants in Stockholm that will be sure to tickle your taste buds.
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Travel: 6 Jul 11
The Archipelago Festival - one of the East Coast's largest and longest summer events - is a unique experience where visitors travel back in time to experience how it was in the Västervik archipelago in the early 1900's.
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Science & Technology: 23 Jun 11
Cloudy, showery but with some chances of sunshine - Swedish Midsummer weather seems to follow tradition, according to meteorologists, who were still unsure of how the weather would develop with the holiday less than a day away.
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Lifestyle: 22 Jun 11
Midsummer is approaching - but what are we celebrating and why do Swedes celebrate the way they do? The Local explains.
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Lifestyle: 17 Jun 11
With Sweden's summer musical festival season hitting high gear, The Local's Geoff Mortimore highlights some of the hottest events taking place around the country this summer.
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National: 6 Jun 11
An editorial article attacking the far-right and calling on Swedes to celebrate "diversity not stupidity" on national day, has provoked a heated debate in the Swedish media on Monday.
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Lifestyle: 24 May 11
Stuck in London, but looking for a taste of Sweden? Contributor Keith Moore suggests a cozy Brick Lane eatery serving up a host of very-Swedish treats that has much of the British capital dreaming of reindeer and lingonberries.
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Society: 8 Apr 11
Sweden’s most malodorous delicacy will continue to stink up households across Sweden if the government gets its way in the EU.
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Lifestyle: 23 Dec 10
Jellied pigs’ feet, Donald Duck and a goat-riding gnome may not be your typical global Christmas symbols, but for Swedes they’re all part of the fun, writes Jennifer Heape.
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Lifestyle: 20 Dec 10
Does anybody actually eat pig's feet? Why do Swedes think of porridge as a delicious holiday treat? Contributor Clara Guibourg reveals the essential components of a seasonal Swedish smorgasbord.
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Science & Technology: 5 Nov 10
A dietary supplement derived from freezedried fermented herring poses health risks for children as was as for young and pregnant women, Sweden’s National Food Administration has warned.
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National: 27 Oct 10
Sweden will decrease its herring and salmon catch quotas in the Baltic Sea next year, a departure from years of wrangling over cod fishing.
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Business & Money: 30 Aug 10
Swedish hardware chain Clas Ohlson is planning to launch an aggressive expansion campaign across the UK of up to 200 stores.
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Lifestyle: 25 Aug 10
It has been banned by airlines as an offensive weapon, its smells like a gas leak and it is Swedish schoolchildren's favourite way to cause classroom chaos. Yet thousands of Swedes regard it as a culinary delicacy. Emy Gelb reaches for a clothespin and takes a look at the famous Swedish "rotten herring" - surströmming.
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Lifestyle: 24 Aug 10
Sponsored article: Foreigners living in Sweden can't get enough of smoked salmon, cinnamon buns, crayfish and meatballs. However, they have a harder time warming up to blood pudding, fried herring, Kalles kaviar and pasta with ketchup, The Local's readers revealed in a survey.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jul 10
Plucking out little cultural differences and critiquing them to death is the part-time hobby of almost any expat anywhere in the world and US exile Doug Lansky shows that he is no different.
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Politics: 23 Jun 10
Sweden's agriculture minister Eskil Erlandsson pleaded with the EU's health and consumer policy commissioner on Tuesday to save one of the country's most loved - and loathed - delicacies: stinky fermented herring.
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Science & Technology: 21 Jun 10
The summer solstice, the point in time at which the sun is at its highest point in the sky, will occur at 1.28pm Swedish time today before the long slide into winter darkness on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 11 May 10
Kurt Ove Eriksson, a 73-year-old fisherman living in Bohuslän in western Sweden, made an unexpected discovery when he went down to his hut by the harbour - a 3.50 metre Giant Oarfish, last seen in Swedish waters 131 years ago.
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Lifestyle: 29 Apr 10
Swedes might have traditionally viewed food as mere fuel, but over the past few years the country has experienced a culinary awakening, converting Jamie Oliver in the process, reports Vivian Tse.
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Analysis & Opinion: 17 Feb 10
Keen to keep his daughter occupied, Joel Sherwood finds sanctuary in Sweden's many church play areas. Which beg the question: Are the country's legions of latte mamas soon to be overtaken by a new generation of chapel papas?
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Lifestyle: 8 Dec 09
It’s that time of year when people are starting to flippantly use the C-word. Or Jul as it is known in Sweden. But what are the secret ingredients to the perfect Swedish Christmas? Ben Kersley investigates.
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Analysis & Opinion: 3 Dec 09
Does the herring lead us into Jansson's temptation or is it the other way around? Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius has the lowdown on how to prevent your office julbord from ending in yuletide tears.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 09
The Year in Sweden - December: 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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Travel: 14 Sep 09
Having lived for some time in a city so dominated by waterways and islands, Alannah Eames decides it's high time to take the plunge and join the boat set.
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Science & Technology: 4 Sep 09
It sounded too good to be true that surströmming - the slimy, smelly, fermented Baltic herring consumed by some Swedish enthusiasts - could actually be good for you. The Swedish food administration has now rejected the claims.
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Lifestyle: 3 Sep 09
The Year in Sweden - September: 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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Science & Technology: 2 Sep 09
‘Surströmming’ – the slimy, smelly, fermented Baltic herring, that is sold in cans and is a popular favourite for many Swedes and converts – is to be turned into a health food supplement.
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Lifestyle: 3 Aug 09
The Year in Sweden - August: 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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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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Analysis & Opinion: 18 May 09
While pondering the remembrance of things past, Jeanne Rudbeck decides she'd much rather sip a latte in the city than flee Stockholm for Nature with the rest of the population.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 May 09
"If you tried to market the EU as an aphrodisiac, it would rate up there with a nice pair of socks," writes Sweden's EU Commissioner Margot Wallström. But, she adds, May 9th is Europe Day and there's much to celebrate.
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Lifestyle: 23 Apr 09
Sponsored article: With the sun shining and beach holidays on the way, Keith Moore looks at the Swedish foods to embrace and avoid to help look svelte in your swimming costume this summer, in association with Planet Fitness.
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Travel: 19 Mar 09
Every week we quiz our regular panelists about a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: the country's top travel destinations.
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Dating: 11 Feb 09
Every week, we ask a regular panel of readers to discuss a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: moving to Sweden for love.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Jan 09
How many years does it take before Sweden's quirky Christmas traditions start to get irksome? Eight, says Mark Majzner.
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Lifestyle: 18 Dec 08
What's on in Sweden: December 19th - 25th. Magic Numbers and Clash tribute in Stockholm; Polar exhibition and Woody West's Christmas Bash in Gothenburg; magical organic market near Malmö
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Dec 08
As Sweden opens its borders to a new wave of labour migration, the country is becoming more diverse than ever before, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Nov 08
The unveiling each November of the Christmas Present of the Year has become a Swedish institution. Michael Aiossa looks at twenty years of gifts – from the gee whizz of the GPS to the aching disappointment of the bread machine.
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Lifestyle: 30 Oct 08
Cocoa fan Robert La Bua spills the beans on Chokladfabriken's Martin Isaksson, Sweden's master chocolatier.
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Society: 29 Aug 08
Forget firearms or terrorist plots. In Sweden, prison administrators have sounded the alarm about the security threat posed by a can of foul-smelling fermented herring.
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Lifestyle: 23 Aug 08
Every year on the third Thursday in August, Swedes gather with friends and family to celebrate the start of the season for fermented Baltic herring, or surströmming as it is called in Swedish. AFP's Pauline Conradsson was there to share in the fun.
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Lifestyle: 19 Aug 08
Sweden has a rich and varied culinary tradition, and a vast selection of dishes which have, quite rightly, earned their places as favourites with gourmands worldwide, writes Matt O’Leary.
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Society: 22 Jul 08
The Swedish government announced a new vision on Tuesday aiming to knock France off its pedestal and establish Sweden as haute cuisine leader of the world.
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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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Lifestyle: 19 Jun 08
Stockholm club and concert tips from Kalendarium.
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Lifestyle: 12 Jun 08
A keen wildlife watcher and hobby angler, René Rice falls hook, line and sinker for Sweden's watery charms.
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Travel: 21 May 08
A ferry trip to Åland provides visitors tourists with one of the best possible ways to take in the Stockholm archipelago, writes René Rice.
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Travel: 8 May 08
If you’re looking for an island paradise there’s no need to travel to the other side of the world. Just a few hours’ ferry ride from Stockholm, the island of Gotland has it all, writes René Rice.
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Lifestyle: 3 Mar 08
Matt O'Leary discovers there is plenty of fine dining to be had in a city not always associated with gourmet grub.
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National: 7 Feb 08
Something fishy happened in Motala last week. Police are on the case.
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Lifestyle: 26 Oct 07
Tipping Point: When even a full emergency makeover in one of Stockholm's largest department stores left Kathleen Harman looking like a cross between Posh Spice and Cruella DeVille, there was only one option left: chocolate.
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Lifestyle: 31 Aug 07
Tipping Point: Detecting a chill in the air, Kathleen Harman decides it's time to add a layer of blubber. Thankfully, traditional Swedish food is more than up to the job.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jul 07
The terrible summer might have people reaching for their skiing jackets, but Kathleen Harman prefers to warm up from the inside out, with Stockholm's best Indian curry.
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Travel: 29 Jun 07
Jeanne Rudbeck goes in search of an endangered Swedish species: the classic smörgåsbord. She finds it being well cared for by another great Swedish institution.
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Lifestyle: 26 Jun 07
Lots of people gathered in a big park, clutching songbooks and singing songs about flowers and waterways and general goodness. First televised in 1979, just a couple of years after punk broke, what exactly is Allsång på Skansen?
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Lifestyle: 21 Jun 07
Tipping Point: Kathleen Harman experienced her first Swedish Midsummer not by a Swedish lake, but in an English back garden. She has a recommendation for a more sobre way to spend the big day.
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Science & Technology: 4 Jun 07
Sweden and its neighbours need to reduce catches of herring by 40 percent, an international body has said. Herrings and whiting in the region are producing too few young.
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Lifestyle: 12 Apr 07
Jaws and Mini-Me seem like an unlikely combination, but add rotten herring and the Swedish Bikini Team to the pot and you’ve got a really strange brew. Charlotte West reports on Sweden's weirdest TV series.
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Society: 5 Apr 07
It's a good thing they are constantly getting laid because on Easter Saturday Swedish eggs will be scoffed at an astonishing rate, along with the traditional herring and salmon.
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Society: 4 Apr 07
Pan-fried herring was judged not to be good enough for the prime minister, when he visited a hospital in south-eastern Sweden. Now cooks say they are hurt that their food was passed over.
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Science & Technology: 1 Mar 07
There are many more seals in the Baltic now than there were thirty years ago, when colonies were decimated by environmental pollution. But today's grey seals are skinnier than their predecessors.
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Science & Technology: 25 Jan 07
A Swedish study has shown that eating lots of fatty foods is good for healthy four-year-olds.
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Lifestyle: 15 Jan 07
While the Social Democrats controlled the Swedish state for much of the past century, it was the Wallenbergs who controlled the country's business life. And now the family has let the TV cameras in.
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Lifestyle: 22 Nov 06
The decorations are going up, the stores are bracing themselves, and now Sweden's traditional Christmas markets are underway. We've gathered together the best the country has to offer. God Jul!
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Lifestyle: 30 Oct 06
He's Sweden's answer to Hugh Hefner, and is now turning his hand to the tiresome business of selling ladies' underwear. Being Bingo sure is a tough way to earn a living.
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Lifestyle: 22 Sep 06
It's one of the hardest Swedish culinary traditions for foreigners – and many Swedes – to understand: the annual fest of surströmming.
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Travel: 1 Sep 06
Only one restaurant in Sweden enjoys the accolade of two Michelin stars and that is Edsbacka Krog. Louis Roper reports on a true gastronomic experience - in the unlikely surroundings of Sollentuna.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jul 06
There is nothing more quintessentially Swedish than the nation's love of singing, and nothing symbolizes this love more perfectly than Allsång på Skansen, the summer song fest that has run since 1935. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius explains.
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National: 22 Jun 06
If you're planning to sit outside to eat your herrings and drink your Aquavit, you might be advised to prepare for the worst.
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Lifestyle: 21 Jun 06
Forget June 6th – Sweden's real national day is Midsummer's Eve, and you'd be hard pressed to find a Swede not dreaming of a red cottage, a lake (and a mildly suggestive Maypole).
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Science & Technology: 15 Jun 06
With those Midsummer parties coming up, you can feel free to let yourself loose on the herring section of the smörgåsbord. In fact, you should probably be eating it every day, a new study shows.
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National: 24 Mar 06
Sales of surströmming, or fermented herring, have been banned at Stockholm's Arlanda airport, as airlines fear that the strong smelling Swedish delicacy could pose a security risk.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Mar 06
Sweden's success in the Winter Olympics turns a diverse bunch of immigrants into yellow-and-blue-flag-waving vikings (sort of) - but does that make them any more Swedish?
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Lifestyle: 16 Feb 06
A humble bun stuffed with almond paste and whipped cream has become one of Sweden's most revered foods, with annual competitions, an academy - and even its own legislation.
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Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 06
Don't mention ambition in front of Swedes, especially if it's of the economic variety. But as our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent discovers, immigrants are just bursting with the stuff.
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National: 19 Jan 06
Some 140 Norwegian students have been thrown out of the Swedish ski resort of Åre after two nights of wild partying and threatening use of herring.
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Lifestyle: 21 Dec 05
Don't miss The Local's Tricky Christmas Quiz!
Swedes know how to make the most out of Christmas – not least by stretching it to the middle of January. Today, Jul is a jolly mix of pagan and Christian traditions combined with a good dose of commercialism.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Sep 05
It's easy for foreigners' views about a country to come out half-baked, so should we just put up and shut up? Or can a fresh pair of eyes sometimes add something new to the debate?
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: 21 Jul 05
I've lived in Sweden for five years, eat herring and sing along with Allsång på Skansen. I like sport, but I just can't bring myself to support Sweden in international competitions. Is this normal? When will I begin to 'heja Sverige'? Answers please.
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National: 13 May 05
One of the strangest Swedish delicacies could be a lot harder to find this year. “Rotten herring”, or surströmming, could be affected by a catastrophic decline in catches.
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National: 11 Oct 04
America's science department gets a pat on the back as this year's laureates are commended for discovering potential cancer treatments and a new natural force, explaining the sense of smell and getting to grips with business cycles. All this - plus farting herring - in our Nobel special.
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Society: 11 Jun 04
Rampaging neo-nazis, masked anti-fascists and singing royals marked Sweden's national day. Everyone else forgot.
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Politics: 28 May 04
Plans for a 'Göran Persson museum' send out the wrong message in another tricky week for the prime minister.
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