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Swedes' anti-gay flyers not free speech: court

Society: 9 Feb 12
Sweden’s Supreme Court was right to convict four men of hate crimes for distributing "offensive" homophobic flyers at a school, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. READ »

Britain's 'rudest' comic confronts PC Sweden

Society: 8 Dec 11
Roy 'Chubby' Brown, dubbed “the most sexist, racist comedian in the UK” is coming to Sweden, leaving many - including Brown - wondering how somewhat more politically correct Swedes will react, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Convicted killer seeks to adopt teen girl

National: 14 Nov 11
A Swedish man serving a life prison sentence for murdering a man because he was homosexual has filed a petition to adopt an 18-year-old girl as his daughter. READ »

Man gets 15 years for 'bearded lady' slaying

National: 8 Nov 11
A 27-year-old man from Umeå in northern Sweden has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally stabbing a 55-year-old woman, who he allegedly thought was a man due to her extensive facial hair. READ »

Rape threat OK for military drill, gay slur not

Society: 8 Nov 11
The Swedish military has condemned that a participant in a recent hostage survival exercise was accused of being a homosexual, but ruled there was nothing wrong with officers threatening to rape his girlfriend. READ »

No punishment for Swedish cop who called gays a 'cancer on society'

Society: 27 Oct 11
The police officer from southern Sweden who called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague, will not face any disciplinary measures. READ »

Advert slammed for portraying women as 'pure sex objects'

Business & Money: 18 Oct 11
The Jack & Jones clothing retailer has been rapped by Sweden's advertising watchdog for a “sexist” ad campaign which utilised scantily clad women to market a line of men's clothing. READ »

Stockholm Pride unable to pay its bills

Business & Money: 6 Sep 11
The organisers of the annual Stockholm Pride festival is facing an economic crisis due to cost overruns and a new business model. READ »

Swedish cop: gays a 'cancer on society'

Society: 2 Sep 11
A police officer in Malmö in southern Sweden is under investigation after having called homosexuals a “cancer on society” in reference to a lesbian colleague who also serves as the department's hate crimes educator. READ »

Swedish lesbians more keen to wed: study

Society: 2 Aug 11
More Swedish lesbians than gay men have taken advantage of rules allowing same-sex couple's to get married, new statistics show. READ »

Sweden supports churches with anti-gay views: report

Society: 1 Aug 11
A number of Sweden's faith communities that refuse to accept homosexuals as members continue to receive state support despite regulations requiring them to uphold the country's “social values”. READ »

Murder-for-hire hockey star headed to Sweden: report

Sport: 29 Jul 11
Former National Hockey League (NHL) star Mike Danton, who was jailed for conspiring to murder his agent, used Twitter to announce he'd signed on with a new team in Sweden. READ »

Sex and the human form - Robert Mapplethorpe raises eyebrows

Lifestyle: 12 Jul 11
US photographer Robert Mapplethorpe is the subject of a major new exhibition at Stockholm’s Fotografiska museum which recently fell foul of the social media censor, contributor Katherine Dunn paid a visit to see what all the fuss is about. READ »

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. READ »

'Being gay is a sin': Swedish Salvation Army

Society: 9 May 11
Leading members of the Salvation Army in Sweden told an undercover journalist that “homosexual sex is a sin” and offered to ask God to help "free" the reporter from the condition. READ »

Swedish school slammed after 'homo sin' claim

Education: 4 May 11
A independently-run Christian school in Stockholm has been criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate after being reported for presenting homosexuality as a sin in its teaching. READ »

Slain Swede's husband wanted 'a way out'

National: 4 May 11
A British man charged with ordering the murder of his Swedish bride during the couple's South Africa honeymoon "needed a way out", according to testimony presented at his extradition hearing in London on Tuesday. READ »

Top Italian official blasts Ikea over gay advert

Society: 24 Apr 11
The Italian Secretary of State for family policy said on Saturday that an Ikea advertisement showing two gay men holding hands was “in bad taste”. Opposition parties and rights groups were angered. READ »

Principal spied on pupils with hidden camera

Education: 4 Apr 11
A principal at a middle school in south central Sweden has admitted to secretly installing a surveillance camera after it was discovered by a group of students. READ »

Swedish great Hysén's footballing son: I'm gay

Society: 10 Mar 11
Anton Hysén, the son of former Liverpool and Fiorentina legend Glenn Hysén, became the first Swedish male footballer to openly declare his homosexuality on Wednesday, courting support but also derision from some quarters. READ »

Sweden deports Iraqi refugees amid protests

National: 20 Jan 11
Despite widespread protests, Sweden deported 20 people back to Iraq on Wednesday after they had been denied asylum, police said. READ »

New Swedish film puts sex back on the map

Lifestyle: 14 Jan 11
Sweden’s last official sex education film became a hit in XXX-cinemas around the world. Four decades later, it's time for the sequel, but the new film probably won't enhance Sweden's reputation for sin, The Local's Ben Kersley reports. READ »

Politician axed over anti-gay rhetoric

Politics: 31 Jul 10
A Moderate Party politician in Stockholm has been stripped of his duties after making offensive comments on a rival politician’s blog about homosexuals and their right to adopt. READ »

Church calls for swear ban after gay sex rant

Society: 29 Jul 10
The Church of Sweden is being asked to introduce football-style penalties for swearing, after a priest used foul language at last year’s meeting of the church’s governing body. READ »

Transgender need more protection in law

Society: 28 Jul 10
Transgender people need more protection, the Liberal Party has announced, adding it proposes that the hate crime law be clarified so that it is clear that it also applies to this group, Sveriges Radio's news bulletin Ekot reported on Wednesday. READ »

Christian paper rejects LGBT youth camp ad

Society: 11 Jun 10
Christian newspaper Dagen has rejected an ad for a camp for gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Christian youth. READ »

Jehovah's Witness claims she was fired for beliefs

Society: 12 May 10
A care assistant from northern Sweden has reported her employers after they allegedly fired her for her religious beliefs. 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 »

Hate cleric will not participate in Swedish conference

National: 3 Apr 10
A US-born Muslim preacher who has described Jews as "filthy" and advocates the execution of homosexuals will not be participating in a Swedish young muslim conference he was scheduled to speak at over Easter weekend. READ »

Gay-hate imam to speak at Swedish conference

Society: 24 Mar 10
An organisation for young Muslims in Sweden has outraged the country's largest gay rights group by inviting an imam in favour of executing homosexuals to speak at its April conference. READ »

Driver reported for kicking gay man off bus

Society: 2 Mar 10
The discrimination ombudsman (DO) has asked Stockholm local transport authority, SL, to adequately compensate a gay man after a bus driver ordered him to leave the bus. READ »

Swedish papers say no to 'lesbian love' advert

Society: 20 Jan 10
An advertisement featuring three half-naked women was deemed inappropriate for publication by two newspapers in southern Sweden, shocking officials at the sexual health organization who created the ad. READ »

Young Swedish women more likely to have sex with each other: study

Society: 23 Dec 09
Young Swedes have ever more fluid definitions of sex and sexuality, according to a new study from Malmö University in southern Sweden. Women in particular are more likely to pursue sexual activities with others of the same gender. READ »

Gay men may donate blood: health board

Society: 1 Dec 09
Gay men in Sweden are to be permitted to donate blood provided they have not had sex with another man for at least a year, according to a new health board ruling. READ »

Members flee Church of Sweden in droves

Society: 1 Dec 09
The Church of Sweden is bleeding members at an increasingly rapid pace, at the same time as membership rolls in Islamic, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox Christian assemblies are on the rise. READ »

Swedish comic to exact TV revenge on Vatican

Society: 13 Nov 09
Gay Swedish comic and author Jonas Gardell has announced plans to use his religious TV programme to respond to a snub from the Vatican to bar him from Rome's churches claiming that Jesus would not have shut him out. READ »

Online sperm donor sows seeds of debate

Society: 9 Nov 09
A 26-year-old man from Gothenburg, "used but in good condition", has had his advert removed from an auction site after offering his sexual services to lesbian women wishing to become pregnant. READ »

Sweden's first lesbian bishop consecrated in Uppsala

Society: 9 Nov 09
The Church of Sweden on Sunday ordained a female pastor as the country's first openly homosexual bishop, just weeks after approving gay marriages. READ »

One in five priests refuse to wed same-sex couples

National: 7 Nov 09
A week has passed since homosexual couples were given the right to tie the knot in church. Yet, 18 percent of priests in the Gothenburg region say they refuse to preside over gay weddings. READ »

Anglicans snub Swedish lesbian bishop

Society: 4 Nov 09
Anglican bishops from England and Northern Ireland have rebuffed invitations to attend the ordination of the openly gay Eva Brunne to be the next Bishop of Stockholm. READ »

Women awarded damages for nightclub make-out session

Society: 4 Nov 09
Two women who were told to stop kissing by a guard at a popular Stockholm night club have had their damage award for discrimination upheld by the Supreme Court. READ »

Church of Sweden says yes to gay marriage

National: 22 Oct 09
The Synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden has come down in favour of church weddings for homosexuals in a vote held on Thursday morning. READ »

Sweden cautions Czechs over Lisbon 'opt outs'

Politics: 9 Oct 09
The Swedish EU presidency has cautioned the Czechs that their demands for an extra "footnote" on the Lisbon treaty sends out "the wrong message at the wrong time". READ »

Chinese media tempted by fantasy of women-only Swedish town

National: 5 Oct 09
A mythical Swedish town where men are barred from entering and women turn to homosexuality has piqued the interest of several Chinese media outlets. READ »

Transgender belly dancer helps launch Arab gay initiative

Lifestyle: 21 Aug 09
As a human rights group publishes details of a bloody campaign of hate being waged against gays in Iraq, Rami Abdelrahman speaks to members of a recently founded initiative for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Arabs in Sweden. READ »

Sweden refuses asylum to gay Iraqis

National: 18 Aug 09
A Swedish gay rights organisation has called on the government not to deport any homosexual Iraqi asylum seekers in the light of a shocking new report categorising an extermination campaign against gay men in the Middle Eastern country. READ »

Football clubs take a stand for gay pride

Society: 2 Aug 09
Representatives for local football clubs, AIK, Hammarby and Djurgården, were among a slew of celebrities showing their support for gay pride by joining the traditional parade through Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Pride march a 'game changer' for Stockholm football clubs

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jul 09
As Stockholm gears up for the weekend’s Pride Parade, The Local’s Gabriel Stein takes a look at the difficulties facing two Stockholm-area football clubs as they attempt to show their solidarity with the city’s gay community. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 31 - August 6

Lifestyle: 29 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & International rugby in Stockholm; U2 in Gothenburg; African beach party & Lucy Love (DK) music in Malmö. READ »

Lesbian couples cause run on Swedish sperm banks

Science & Technology: 23 Jul 09
A shortage of healthy sperm and a spike in demand from lesbian couples has caused a backlog of artificial insemination applications at Swedish fertility clinics. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 24 - 30

Lifestyle: 23 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & Opera al fresco in Stockholm; eccentric variety show in Gothenburg; Möllevången music, theatre & arts festival in Malmö. READ »

Swedish lesbians more likely to wed than gay men

Society: 21 Jul 09
More female than male same-sex couples have chosen to marry since Swedish homosexuals were granted the legal right to marry on May 1st of this year. READ »

'Sahlin more hetero than Obama': Stockholm Pride

Society: 19 Jul 09
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin is more heterosexual than US President Barack Obama, at least if a new survey by Stockholm Pride is to be believed. READ »

Anglo-Swedish rift over church gay marriage

Society: 16 Jul 09
The Church of England has condemned a proposal by the Church of Sweden to grant same-sex couples the right to religious wedding ceremonies. READ »

Sweden moves closer to nursing homes for gays

Society: 7 Jul 09
Elderly homosexuals in Stockholm are hopeful that their long-held hopes of having a nursing home of their own may soon become a reality. READ »

Migration agency used anti-Muslim lawyer

National: 24 Jun 09
A lawyer contracted by the Swedish Migration Board to represent asylum seekers has a personal blog in which he refers to Islam as a “psychosocial disease”. READ »

Church nuptials closer for gays in Sweden

National: 13 Jun 09
The board of the Church of Sweden has proposed that same sex-couples be granted the right to religious wedding ceremonies. A final decision is expected in October. READ »

'God probably doesn't exist': Swedish humanists

Society: 10 Jun 09
The role of religion in public life in Sweden has been brought into sharp relief by a provocative ad campaign questioning the existence of God. READ »

Hillevi Larsson: an egalitarian voice from the south

Analysis & Opinion: 28 May 09
It was a high school’s broken ventilation system that started Hillevi Larsson’s career in politics – something she now calls a fortunate series of events, which drastically affected her life. READ »

Swedish gays made to wait for church wedding

National: 3 May 09
Despite being given the same legal marriage status as heterosexuals in a new law which came into force on May 1st, Swedish same-sex couples will have to wait for a church "I do". READ »

May Day nuptials for same-sex couples

National: 2 May 09
The first same-sex couple to be granted the same legal status as their heterosexual counterparts married in Stockholm on May Day. READ »

Swedish press: file sharing still ahead of the law

National: 18 Apr 09
The Swedish press weighs in on prosecutorial victory yesterday in the Pirate Bay case. Although the guilty verdict was not surprising, they write, the harsh sentencing was. READ »

Sweden passes new gay marriage law

Society: 2 Apr 09
Sweden's parliament passed new legislation by a wide majority on Wednesday that will allow homosexuals to marry in church and civil weddings. READ »

Nude Swedish cops back in action

National: 24 Feb 09
A group of nine newly trained riot police who posed naked with service weapons in their hands at a graduation party have been allowed to return to active police service. READ »

Probe to follow naked Swedish police party

National: 9 Feb 09
The presence of a male stripper and pictures of naked police officers brandishing their service weapons have prompted an investigation of a party thrown for members of the Gothenburg police force. READ »

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. READ »

Sweden to allow gay marriage in May

Society: 21 Jan 09
Three of the parties in the four-party governing coalition have tabled a motion that is expected to pave the way for gay marriage in Sweden from May 1st this year. READ »

High court rejects gay priest marriage case

Society: 16 Dec 08
A homosexual couple have lost their case in the Supreme Administrative Court against the Swedish tax authority for registering their marriage in Canada as a partnership. READ »

Gay rights group riled by tampon makers' sex ed books

Education: 15 Dec 08
The youth arm of Sweden's largest gay rights group has expressed fury at educational material distributed by two major tampon manufacturers. READ »

Transvestism 'no longer a disease' in Sweden

Science & Technology: 17 Nov 08
Transvestism, along with six other sexual behaviours, will be struck from Sweden’s official list of medical diagnoses starting on January 1st, 2009. READ »

Left Party: 'force pastors to perform gay weddings'

Politics: 11 Nov 08
As Sweden moves closer to a same-sex marriage law, Left Party leader Lars Ohly wants to include a provision to force pastors to wed gay couples. READ »

Sweden sets date for gay church weddings

Dating: 6 Nov 08
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has said Sweden may allow homosexuals to marry in the Church of Sweden from May 2009 pending the adoption of a new law. READ »

Swedish lesbians in historic Taj Mahal wedding

Dating: 3 Nov 08
Two young women from Sweden tied the knot at the weekend in the first known lesbian "marriage" near India's famed Taj Mahal, newspapers said on Monday. READ »

Swinging: A very Swedish pastime or the last taboo?

Dating: 28 Oct 08
Judging by the number of column inches devoted to the subject in recent months, one would be forgiven for thinking that partner-swapping had become the noughties equivalent of the Tupperware party, writes Jennifer Heape. But is swinging really Sweden’s new favourite hobby? READ »

Government rules out gay marriage compromise

Politics: 25 Oct 08
The Moderates, Liberal party (Folkpartiet) and Centre party have rejected calls from the Christian Democrats for a compromise over gay marriage in the face of a threatened revolt by government MPs. READ »

Hate-crime murderer appeals life sentence

National: 11 Aug 08
A 35-year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 43-year-old homosexual man and the attempted murder of another homosexual man has appealed against his sentence. READ »

Kids' books become ideological battleground in Sweden

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 08
Boys in pink sandals and girls breaking wind with their armpits - two new Swedish publishers of children's literature are causing a stir with books deliberately designed to propagate the country's social values, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

Gays attacked by three boys

National: 3 Aug 08
Three youths arrested for the assault of two homosexuals in Stockholm last Monday, were held in custody on Saturday, and charged with robbery and grievous bodily harm. READ »

Crowds throng Stockholm for gay fest

Society: 3 Aug 08
Hundreds of thousands of people braved pouring rain in Stockholm Saturday to watch or participate in this year's colourful EuroPride parade to protest discrimination against homosexuals. READ »

Churches vandalized for Europride involvement

Society: 30 Jul 08
Three protestant Lutheran churches in Stockholm, including Högalid church (above), have been vandalized because of their participation in the gay and lesbian Europride festival. READ »

Hate crime mars Europride launch

National: 28 Jul 08
Two men were stabbed and robbed of their mobile telephones in the Tantolunden area of Södermalm in Stockholm on Sunday night in an attack police are classifying as a hate crime. READ »

'Serial murderer' gets life for gay killing

National: 22 Jul 08
A 35-year-old man was convicted on Tuesday of murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and theft. He was given a life sentence. READ »

Opening a window on the Queer world

Lifestyle: 2 Jul 08
A new exhibition of 'queer' art provides a perfect prelude to this year's Europride festival, writes David Bartal. READ »

'Serial murderer' charged in gay killing

National: 3 Jun 08
A 35-year-old man thought to be a serial murderer was indicted on Tuesday, suspected of murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, and theft. READ »

Swedish teen girls have more sex with one another

Society: 30 May 08
More Swedish teenage girls than boys have had sex with someone of the same gender, according to a new dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg. READ »

High court to rule on gay marriage dispute

National: 10 May 08
A homosexual couple has taken the Swedish tax authorities to the Supreme Administrative Court for registering their marriage in Canada as a partnership. READ »

Something for the Weekend: NaxXxos, Fröken, Montys Loco

Lifestyle: 28 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Five Stockholm club tips, Strindberg-inspired dance in Gothenburg, pop duo Montys Loco in Malmö. READ »

Something for the weekend: Footloose, electro and a Pulitzer nominated play

Lifestyle: 22 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Footloose runs in Stockholm, British electro band Client play Malmö and the Pulitzer-nominated play Blue Surge opens in Gothenburg. READ »

'Gay sermon' preacher causes temperance society crisis

Society: 17 Feb 08
The expulsion of controversial pentecostalist pastor Åke Green has caused a crisis at temperance society IOGT-NTO. READ »

Swedish pop, photo art and Marilyn Monroe: What's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Marilyn exhibition in Gothenburg, Lykke Li in Stockholm, Erwin Wurm in Malmö. READ »

Lesbian compensated for prevented puppy purchase

National: 11 Feb 08
Lesbians cannot be prevented from purchasing puppies in Sweden, a court has ruled. READ »

Euro music, African cinema, Swedish mentality: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 7 Feb 08
Something for the weekend:Feast of film at Stockholm CinemAfrica festival, Eurovision qualification in Gothenburg, and Fredrik Lindström dissects the Swedish mentality in Malmö READ »

Popcorn, Schlager and Reggae: what's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Discover the art of movie comedy at Stockholm's Popcorn festival, watch Lena Philipsson perform with Orup in Gothenburg, or dance to ska and reggae in Malmö. READ »

Teetotallers ban 'gay sermon' preacher

National: 30 Jan 08
A Swedish teetotaller group adds a twist to its sobriety by banning controversial preacher Åke Green. READ »

Sweden blocks EU divorce plans

Society: 26 Jan 08
Sweden has blocked European Union plans to stop divorcing couples from fighting over which EU court to legally settle their separation in. READ »

Swedes support gay marriage

National: 21 Jan 08
A large majority of Swedes are in favour of allowing gays to marry. READ »

Man charged with brutal gay hate attacks

Society: 11 Jan 08
A man in Stockholm has been charged with murdering a 45-year-old man, after being arrested on Monday for allegedly trying to murder a man he met on a gay contact site. READ »

Church of Sweden approves gay marriage law

Politics: 12 Dec 07
The Church of Sweden has said it approves of moves towards gay marriage, but wants to reserve the word 'marriage' for straight couples. READ »

School slammed for gay slur

National: 14 Nov 07
A school in Stockholm with a Christian profile has received a rap on the knuckles from school authorities for teaching children that homosexuality is sinful. READ »

Christian web editor cleared of hate speech

National: 7 Nov 07
The Supreme Court has overruled a decision to convict the editor of a Christian website on hate speech charges. He had previously been sentenced to one month in prison for acting as an accessory to incitement to hatred of homosexuals READ »


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