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Wallenberg becomes first honorary Australian
National: 6 May 13
Australian officials declared Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during World War II, as the country's first honorary citizen at a ceremony in Canberra on Monday.
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Raoul Wallenberg made honorary Australian
National: 15 Apr 13
Australia on Monday paid homage to Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during World War II, by making him the country's first honorary citizen.
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Swedish artist cleared over Holocaust ash art
National: 11 Apr 13
Prosecutors in Poland have abandoned their investigation into a Swedish artist's claims that he used ashes of Holocaust victims in a work exhibited in December in southern Sweden.
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Jews hit Malmö streets to counter anti-Semitism
Society: 5 Mar 13
As Malmö continues to struggle with anti-Semitism that has plagued the southern Swedish city for years, contributor Patrick Reilly learns how the city's Jewish community is fighting back.
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'The royal court is embarrassing itself'
Society: 22 Feb 13
Swedish artist Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin has said the royals are making a spectacle of themselves by not letting go of their critique of a satirical montage that portrayed Queen Silvia kneeling by a swastika.
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Queen appeals swastika montage publication
Society: 20 Feb 13
Sweden's Queen Silvia has resubmitted a press ethics complaint concerning the newspapers that chose to reproduce artwork that she found "insulting and hurtful" because it portrayed her scrubbing a Nazi swastika off the floor.
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Poland probes Swede's Holocaust ash art claims
National: 9 Jan 13
Prosecutors in Poland have opened an investigation into claims by a Swedish artist that he used ashes of Holocaust victims in his artwork.
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Swedes to get Raoul Wallenberg memorial day
Politics: 4 Jan 13
Top Swedish politicians have introduced an official memorial day for the "great Swede" Raoul Wallenberg, who saved 100,000 people from the Holocaust in Budapest during World War II.
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God and Vikings: Ricky Gervais hits Stockholm
Lifestyle: 17 Dec 12
After British comedian Ricky Gervais performed in Stockholm on Sunday night, The Local’s Oliver Gee reflects on why a liberal Swedish crowd took such delight in the mostly dark and, many would argue, offensive humour.
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Gallery pulls Swede's Holocaust ash paintings
Society: 11 Dec 12
An art exhibit featuring works by a Swedish artist claiming he used paint mixed from the ashes of Holocaust victims has been closed following a storm of criticism.
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Ferry campaign touts 'fun' 1940s Germany
National: 9 Dec 12
In an ad campaign for trips to Germany and Poland, ferry liner company Stena Line describes the forties - a period closely associated with war and Nazi persecution - as a "delightful decade when lots of fun things happened".
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Police probe Swede's Holocaust ash art work
National: 7 Dec 12
Swedish police on Friday said they had launched an investigation into an artist who says he used paint mixed from the ashes of Holocaust victims in work of art on display in Lund.
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Holocaust ash painter reported to the police
Society: 6 Dec 12
A Swedish artist has sparked outrage by claiming he used ashes gathered from a Nazi concentration camp crematorium in paintings currently on display at an art gallery in southern Sweden.
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August Prize-winning author Göran Rosenberg
Lifestyle: 29 Nov 12
In a new series profiling Swedish newsmakers, The Local gets the lowdown on author and journalist Göran Rosenberg, who won Sweden’s most prestigious prize for literature on Monday.
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What can other far-right parties tell us about the Sweden Democrats?
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Nov 12
With the Sweden Democrats reeling from a racist video scandal, two political scientists look at whether other far-right parties in Europe can tell us if the party's much-touted makeover is more cosmetic than ideological.
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The Raoul Wallenberg Calendar: Q&A with Brian Palmer
Lifestyle: 4 Aug 12
With the centenary of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg's birth on Saturday, The Local catches up with Brian Palmer, a researcher at Uppsala University who has created a calendar to commemorate individuals of exceptional civic courage.
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Obama honours Raoul Wallenberg's legacy
Society: 20 Apr 12
US president Barack Obama praised the "selfless acts" of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in a special video message released Thursday to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Sweden knew Wallenberg probe 'blocked' by KGB
National: 17 Jan 12
Sweden was aware that Soviet secret police were obstructing an investigation into the fate of Swedish Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, researchers claim, citing a newly discovered document.
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'Queen Silvia shouldn't be blamed for her father's Nazi past'
Analysis & Opinion: 5 Dec 11
The Swedish media's obsession with investigating the ties Queen Silvia's father had to the Nazis during the Third Reich is misplaced, argues former Royal Court information secretary Juan Navas.
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Making fun of slavery belittles black people
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 11
The dropping of a hate speech case against students who staged a "slave auction" at Lund University clears the way for racists and contravenes Swedish human rights commitments, representatives from anti-racism groups argue.
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Brussels group slams 'slave auction' ruling
National: 31 Oct 11
A Brussels human rights group has "strongly condemned" a ruling by the Swedish prosecution authorities who deemed a "slave auction" held by a Lund student group in April to be a "costume party" meaning no charges will be filed.
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'Ikea founder was an active Nazi': report
Business & Money: 24 Aug 11
The Swedish security police tracked Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's membership in a Swedish Nazi movement in the 1940s, one of the revelations of the business leader's Nazi past revealed in a new book.
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Report: 'Russia lied in Wallenberg probe'
National: 2 Aug 11
A new book containing statements from a cellmate of missing Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg proves that Russian officials deliberately withheld information about the fate of the man credited with saving thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, researchers allege.
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Stephen Lynch - laughing in the face of the inferno
Lifestyle: 8 Jun 11
American funnyman Stephen Lynch, the self-professed "musician trapped in the body of a comedian", is all revved to bring his "Beefy Burrito" back to Sweden, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Swede jailed for Auschwitz sign theft
National: 30 Dec 10
A Polish court on Thursday sentenced a Swedish neo-Nazi leader who admitted to masterminding the theft of the Auschwitz death camp entrance sign, to 32 months behind bars in his homeland.
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Swede strikes plea deal for Auschwitz theft
National: 25 Nov 10
A Swedish neo-Nazi leader will serve prison time in his homeland after pleading guilty for his role in the theft of entrance sign of the Auschwitz death camp, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Olof Palme and Obamania: Swedes' love-hate relationship with the US
Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 10
On the eve of the US mid-term elections, libertarian Swedish commentator and author Fredrik Segerfeldt takes a look at the evolution of Swedes' attitudes toward the United States – with some help from one of Sweden’s most revered singer-songwriters.
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'Nazi-era' names cause climber consternation
Society: 12 Aug 10
A popular climbing spot in Järfälla in Stockholm has prompted controversy after the cliff's climbing stages were given names from Hitler's Germany such as "Kristallnacht" and "The Crematorium".
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Poland asks Sweden to probe Auschwitz theft
National: 8 Jul 10
Poland has asked Sweden to question three suspects about the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz, Polish prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Swede's remand for Auschwitz theft extended
National: 2 Jul 10
A Polish court has remanded in custody a Swedish suspect on Thursday for a further two months over the theft of the "Arbeit macht frei" sign from the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz.
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Politician: Jews behind 9/11 and Holocaust
Politics: 15 May 10
The Centre Party has promised to take action following revelations that one of its candidates for a parliamentary seat believes Jews lay behind the 9/11 terror attacks and the Holocaust.
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Swede remanded over Auschwitz theft
National: 17 Apr 10
Swedish former neo-Nazi leader Anders Högström has been remanded in custody in Poland in connection with the theft of the notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the Auschwitz death camp.
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Rogue British bishop fined for Holocaust denial
National: 16 Apr 10
A rebel British bishop was fined €10,000 ($13,534) by a German court on Friday for denying the Holocaust in an interview with a Swedish television channel.
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Soviets lied over Wallenberg death: researchers
National: 3 Apr 10
Two researchers have said there is strong evidence to suggest that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was still alive after the date on which the Soviet Union claimed he had died of a heart attack.
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Wallenberg lived longer than claimed: report
National: 2 Apr 10
Russian archivists have said that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg may have been alive after July 17, 1947. Wallenberg is credited with rescuing thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust.
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Holocaust survivor wins right to Jewish care
National: 15 Feb 10
An 86-year-old man, who survived the Nazi Holocaust in Poland and fled to Sweden in 1946, has won his court battle against a Swedish district council for the right to a place in a Jewish nursing home.
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'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'
Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made.
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Holocaust survivor can keep pension: court
National: 21 Jan 10
A Holocaust survivor living in Gothenburg will not have her Swedish pension cut because of compensation payments she receives from the German state, a Swedish court has decided, overturning a previous ruling against the woman.
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Jewish ghetto tale scoops 2009 August Prize
Society: 24 Nov 09
A novel detailing the heartache and hope of a World War II Jewish ghetto in the Polish city of Łódź has earned author Steve Sem-Sandberg Sweden’s most prestigious prize for literature.
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Ex-moderate Muslim to form 'anti-Zionist' party in Sweden
Politics: 3 Nov 09
A once moderate Muslim spokesperson who last year came out as an Islamist radical has announced plans to start a political party uniting all of Sweden’s anti-Zionists.
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'What do the Sweden Democrats want to do with us Muslims?'
Analysis & Opinion: 21 Oct 09
Anna Waara, chairperson of Swedish Muslims for Peace and Justice, calls for politicians and the media to reject the views expressed in an opinion piece by Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson, in which he refers to Muslims as the greatest threat to Sweden since World War II.
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Vatican 'knew of bishop's Holocaust denials'
National: 23 Sep 09
The Vatican was aware of statements by a rebel bishop in which he questioned the existence of the Nazi gas chambers before it decided to lift the bishop's excommunication, according to a Stockholm bishop.
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Paintings removed for EU foreign minister meeting
National: 8 Sep 09
Two paintings by Swedish artist Dick Bengtsson (1936-1989) featuring swastikas were removed at the weekend when EU foreign ministers attended a meeting at the Moderna Museet contemporary art museum in Stockholm.
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'Cyncism prevails for vote-hungry officials in Sweden and Israel'
Analysis & Opinion: 28 Aug 09
As the Aftonbladet organ harvesting scandal rumbles to the end of its second week, Stockholm-based Israeli writer David Stavrou calls on policy makers in Sweden and Israel to shed light on the situation rather than turning up the heat.
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Nine years for Zyklon B poisoning attempt
National: 24 Jul 09
The 32-year-old Swedish man who tried four times to kill his girlfriend using Zyklon B pesticide was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for attempted murder.
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Nazi poison used in ex-lover's murder bid
National: 10 Jul 09
A 32-year-old man from northern Sweden charged with trying to kill his ex-girlfriend four times had enough Zyklon B pesticide, once used in Nazi gas chambers, to kill 42,000 people.
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Fredrik Malm: Enlarge the European Union
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Jun 09
Fredrik Malm of the Liberal Party speaks to The Local's Lydia Parafianowicz about the case for EU enlargement and the role of the union in conflict resolution.
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Sweden joins UN racism conference walkout
Politics: 21 Apr 09
Swedish and EU delegates walked out of the UN conference on racism in Geneva in protest at remarks by Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who described Israel as "racist" in his speech.
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Sweden to boycott UN racism conference
National: 18 Apr 09
Sweden will not send any ministerial officials to the UN conference on racism in Geneva on Monday, said Swedish Integration Minister Nyamko Sabuni.
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Germany denied help in bishop probe
National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish Chancellor of Justice has rejected a request from German prosecutors to require an SVT journalist to testify against Catholic bishop Richard Williamson, who denied the Holocaust in a January television broadcast.
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Holocaust survivor denied Swedish pension
National: 10 Mar 09
Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court is to consider whether damages paid to a Holocaust survivor by the German state should be deducted from her Swedish pension.
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‘Opposing Israeli violence is not anti-Semitism’
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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'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'
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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SVT denies Vatican conspiracy rumours
Society: 4 Feb 09
The journalist for Sveriges Television (SVT) who conducted an interview with conservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson in which he denied the Holocaust, has denied allegations that SVT was involved in a plot to damage Pope Benedict XVI.
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Conservative group apologizes to Pope over Holocaust remarks
Society: 28 Jan 09
Remarks questioning the facts of the Holocaust made by a member of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) and broadcast on Swedish television have prompted the group to apologize to the Pope.
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TV interview sparks Holocaust denial probe
Society: 23 Jan 09
An interview broadcast on Swedish television this week has caused German prosecutors to launch an investigation against a controversial British bishop suspected of inciting racial hatred.
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Church furor over 'racist' religious group
Society: 22 Jan 09
The Church of Sweden on Thursday cited lax oversight as the reason why a conservative religious group aiming to convert Sweden to Catholicism and with leaders who deny the Holocaust was given permission to hold meetings in Swedish churches.
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Swedes block Danish neo-Nazi extradition
National: 15 Nov 08
Sweden's highest legal official Göran Lambertz has argued that a Danish neo-Nazi can not be extradited from Sweden to face charges in Germany as he has committed no crime under Swedish law.
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Swedish tax money benefits Scientology
National: 1 Oct 08
Swedish taxpayers have been indirectly supporting the Church of Scientology though local government contracts given to front organizations with ties to the group.
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Swedish teachers fail Holocaust test
Society: 20 Aug 08
Swedish school teachers display glaring inadequacies in their knowledge of Holocaust history, according to a new study.
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Making history: the Gulag, the Holocaust, and Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 08
Who suffered more, victims of Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot, or victims of Hitler, Eichmann, and Himmler? And what role does the Swedish state have in answering the question? David Landes looks at what Sweden’s papers have to say about the issue.
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Academics slam state history agency
Society: 2 Apr 08
A group of irate Swedish academics have penned a stinging critique of Sweden's Living History Forum.
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Communism new focus for history agency
National: 10 Mar 08
Sweden's Living History Forum has launched a project to highlight crimes against humanity committed by communist regimes.
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Museum vows to return 'lost' painting
Society: 5 Jul 07
The heirs of a Jewish businessman who fled Germany in 1939 have called on Stockholm's Moderna Museet to return a painting by the eminent German expressionist Emil Nolde.
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Teacher bought out after Holocaust controversy
National: 26 Jan 07
The City of Stockholm has struck a deal with the controversial teacher who lectured at a recent Holocaust conference in Iran: he resigns while the City pays him an undisclosed sum of money.
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The Holocaust: Sweden's complex legacy
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 07
Bystander in the Second World War, yet refuge for victims of the Nazis. A leader in promoting tolerance, yet with a resurgent far-right. David Stavrou looks at the complex legacy of the Holocaust in Sweden.
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Sweden's 'dark legacy' draws crowds to museum
Society: 9 Jan 07
An exhibition on the legacy of Swedish racial studies has captured the imagination of local pupils in Dalarna.
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Principals backtrack on Sweden Democrat demonstration
National: 5 Jan 07
School principals in Karlskrona will not now be encouraging their pupils to demonstrate against the politics of the Sweden Democrats. "I can't imagine demonstrating against democratic decisions," said one principal.
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Karlskrona pupils to demonstrate against Sweden Democrats
Society: 4 Jan 07
School principals in Karlskrona want their pupils to take to the streets and protest against the growing influence of the Sweden Democrat party.
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Swedish teacher at Holocaust denial conference
Society: 14 Dec 06
A teacher at an adult education college in Stockholm has been suspended for participating in a Holocaust denial conference in Iran. Jan Bernhoff claims that only 300,000 Jews died in Hitler's extermination campaign.
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Swedish anti-Semitism revealed
Society: 14 Mar 06
Persson: Attitudes to Jews 'shameful'
Five percent of Swedes are anti-Semitic, according to a report published on Tuesday. One in four believe there is a 'Jewish influence' over the world's economy, while the same amount aren't keen on the idea of a Jewish prime minister.
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Sweden to reflect on eugenics past
Society: 21 Dec 05
Culture minister Leif Pagrotsky announces a study into why Sweden developed a "eugenics mentality" in the 19th and 20th centuries, which led to tens of thousands of forced sterilizations.
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Exhibition to confront Sweden's WWII role
Lifestyle: 10 Nov 05
A new exhibition in Sweden displays documentary evidence of war-time medical experiments, commerce with the Nazis and indifference to the plight of Jews in an attempt to reveal "the problematic nature of Sweden's role during the war ".
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"Wallström should go" after holocaust speech
Politics: 15 May 05
There have been calls in Sweden for EU Commissioner Margot Wallström to step down, after she implied that taking powers away from the European Commission could lead to another Holocaust.
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"Persson to resign" as Social Democrats slump
Politics: 16 Mar 05
The political rumour mill is up and running with talk of the prime minister's resignation in the autumn. Maybe not surprising as the government plumbs new depths in the polls and the political setbacks mount. A book has even come out saying that the only thing that really matters to Persson is power.
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Persson hints at Swedish role in peace process
Politics: 15 Mar 05
Prime minister Göran Persson suggests that Sweden could play a more active part in the Middle East peace process after a meeting in Jerusalem with his Israeli counterpart, Ariel Sharon.
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Minister proposes ethnic registration
Society: 28 Jan 05
In the fight against discrimination, Jens Orback says Sweden could begin recording people's ethnic origin and Stockholm council tells suppliers they could lose their contracts if they discriminate. But Göteborgs-Posten worries that teachers don't know how to deal with the Holocaust in lessons.
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New chairman for Ordfront
Lifestyle: 8 Sep 04
Ordfront, one of Sweden's largest cultural organisations, changes boss after internal battles and external attacks threatened its reputation.
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