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50,000 Swedish households without water

National: 21 Mar 10
More than 50,000 households in the Karlstad region in western Sweden were without water on Saturday due a serious water leak. Although service has been restored, residents are advised to boil drinking water for the next several days. READ »

Annika Östberg moved to rehabilitation centre

National: 20 Mar 10
Sweden’s convicted double murderer Annika Östberg Deasy, who is due to be released in May 2011, has been moved from a female prison to a rehabilitation centre where she will work at a day nursery for dogs. READ »

'Millennium' film opens to rousing US reviews

Society: 19 Mar 10
The first of the Stieg Larsson Millenium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, has opened to resounding reviews from US critics and audiences not known for cherishing obscure subtitled films from Scandinavia. READ »

House price bubble 'a myth'

National: 18 Mar 10
House price inflation is not a problem for monetary policy, the deputy-governor of Sweden's Riksbank Lars E O Svensson said on Thursday, calling the notion of a house price bubble "a myth". READ »

Swedish MPs take Disneyland 'study' tour

Politics: 18 Mar 10
Swedish parliament rules providing for expenses paid educational trips up to a value of 50,000 kronor ($7,000) per annum have prompted three Social Democrat MPs to use the system to 'study tourism' at California's Disneyland. READ »

Ikea and Google top student career wish list

Business & Money: 18 Mar 10
Swedish students have named Google, Ikea and the foreign ministry as their dream places of work, according to a new survey. READ »

What's On in Sweden: March 19th - 25th

Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: Ship shape tour in Stockholm, Cameroonian Jazz in Gothenburg and a spin on Cinderella in Malmö. Plus English comedy in Linköping. READ »

Swedish house prices top two million barrier

Business & Money: 17 Mar 10
The price of the average Swedish house has passed the two million kronor ($300,000) mark for the first time, new statistics show. READ »

Sweden offers refuge to exiled Iranian activist

National: 16 Mar 10
Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Parvin Ardalan has accepted Sweden's offer of refuge after she was sentenced to several jail terms in her native country. READ »

Melodifestivalen draws 3.9 million viewers

Society: 15 Mar 10
A bumper week for public broadcaster SVT saw ratings explode for the finals on consecutive evenings of song competition Melodifestivalen and ever-popular game show På Spåret. READ »

Ambassador 'concerned' over sudden Roma influx

National: 11 Mar 10
Sweden's ambassador in Belgrade has expressed concern over the number of Serbian citizens seeking asylum in Sweden in the wake of a recent relaxation of visa restrictions. READ »

What's On in Sweden: March 12th - 18th

Lifestyle: 11 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: Fly Fishing in Stockholm, Josh Rouse (pictured) in Gothenburg and the scouts hold a jumble sale in Malmö. READ »

Inflation rate doubles in February

Business & Money: 11 Mar 10
The inflation rate doubled in February to 1.2 percent on January's figure as household mortgage interest payments no longer had a dampening effect, a new report from Statistics Sweden shows. READ »

'Jihad Jane' visited Sweden to plan attack

National: 10 Mar 10
The American woman known as "Jihad Jane", charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks, is reported to have paid a visit to Sweden in August. READ »

House burns down after fire fighter exit

National: 10 Mar 10
A house in Hällefors in eastern Sweden burned to the ground on Sunday after fire fighters, satisfied that they had successfully extinguished a fire, left the still intact building. READ »

Borg: No cash for euro currency fund

Business & Money: 9 Mar 10
Sweden's Finance Minister Anders Borg has lent his support to a German initiative to create a European currency fund to support euro countries with budget problems, but said that Sweden would not be contributing finance. READ »

Contractors at fault as roofs collapse

National: 8 Mar 10
Environment Minster Andreas Carlgren is calling for tighter checks on building contractors in the wake of a Swedish winter pockmarked with more than 110 collapsed roofs. READ »

Government calls for action on khat use

Society: 8 Mar 10
The Swedish government has announced a tougher approach to the threat posed by the use of the mildly intoxicating drug khat on the state of public health. READ »

Mounting costs for royal wedding

National: 7 Mar 10
Royal events can be expensive. A case in point is the wedding this summer of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling. So far, costs of 80 million kronor ($11.4 million) have been made known. READ »

Gabriel, 13, died after Stockholm tunnel tour

National: 5 Mar 10
The teenage boy found dead at the bottom of a ventilation shaft by Slussen in central Stockholm on Thursday paid 200 kronor ($28) for a clandestine "tunnel tour" and it is now suspected that he was abandoned by his guide. READ »

Riksbank chief calls for new financial framework

Business & Money: 4 Mar 10
Stefan Ingves, the head of the Swedish Riksbank, has called on parliament to look over the existing financial regulatory framework - and do so expediently. He indicated also that base rate rises will come in the autumn. READ »

Opera chief wins appeal over concert floor collapse

Society: 4 Mar 10
The chief executive of the Norrland Opera House, Magnus Aspegren, has been cleared by the appeals court of any responsibility in connection with the floor collapse at a rock concert at the Umeå opera house in 2007. READ »

Swedes back housekeeping tax relief

Politics: 3 Mar 10
A new poll shows Swedes are in favour of the system of household services tax relief that the left-green opposition has declared it will abolish - despite its popularity among top Social Democrats - if it wins the autumn election, READ »

Opposition to end housekeeping tax relief

Politics: 2 Mar 10
The left-green opposition has confirmed that it plans to abolish the system of tax relief for household services that the government claims has generated 7,000 jobs. READ »

Sweden's GDP growth at post-war low

Business & Money: 1 Mar 10
Sweden's GDP declined by 1.5 percent in the fourth quarter, making 2009 the worst year for growth since World War Two, according to a new report from Statistics Sweden (SCB). READ »

Housekeeping tax relief divides opposition

National: 28 Feb 10
Sweden's Moderate Party is launching a campaign today to make housekeeping a major issue in the country's upcoming elections thereby exploiting divisions between opposition parties. READ »

Stockholm gives go-ahead for new mosque

National: 27 Feb 10
Local politicians are in agreement that a mosque should be built in Rinkeby, a suburb in western Stockholm. Representatives of six Swedish political parties have expressed support for the new house of worship. READ »

Economists reject 'housing bubble' report

Business & Money: 26 Feb 10
Economists from state-owned mortgage lender SBAB have rejected as unfounded warnings from the National Housing Credit Guarantee Board that Sweden stands on the precipice of a house price crash. READ »

'Don't force mothers to stay at home'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Feb 10
The European Commission's proposed new directive on maternity leave is well-meaning but fatally flawed, argues Minister for EU Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson. READ »

Nightclub ordered to pay for ethnic discrimination

Society: 23 Feb 10
The Court of Appeal has ordered Elite Hotels to pay compensation to six men after finding that they were denied entry to a Stockholm nightclub due to their ethnicity. READ »

State warns of housing boom and bust

National: 23 Feb 10
The National Housing Credit Guarantee Board has warned that Sweden stands on the precipice of a house price crash. When the bust arrives prices can be expected to fall by 20 percent, according to a new report. READ »

Swedes beat Finland to reach hockey last eight

National: 22 Feb 10
Sweden clinched a place in the last eight of the Vancouver Winter Olympic hockey tournament with a 3-0 win over Finland on Sunday evening. READ »

Swedish pilot wrests gun from hijacker

National: 15 Feb 10
A Swedish pilot was the hero of an attempted hijacking of a plane in Portugal on Friday. A hijacker pointed a gun at his head but was overpowered by the gutsy airman. READ »

'Sexual harassment rife in Swedish theatre'

Society: 15 Feb 10
Every third woman working within Swedish film and theatre has been subjected to sexual harassment, often by those in a supervisory capacity, a new survey published on Monday shows. READ »

Swedes lead the world in tech usage: report

Science & Technology: 12 Feb 10
Swedes are the world's foremost users of information technology - such as mobile telephones, computers and networks - a new report shows. READ »

'Backward' rental market must be fixed: expert

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, according to a new report published this week. The Local has found that behind the heated dialogue there lie few easy solutions. READ »

Two year wait for Stockholm flat: report

National: 8 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, rising to as much as 20 years for attractive areas. In many comparable EU cities apartments can be found immediately, a new survey shows. READ »

Six injured in Stockholm fire

National: 8 Feb 10
Six people suffered smoke injuries, with one also sustaining burns, in a fire which ravaged an apartment block in Östermalm in central Stockholm on Sunday. READ »

Kalla shows Olympic form in Nordic skiing win

Sport: 6 Feb 10
Charlotte Kalla has triumphed. In a freestyle Nordic skiing race she outclassed the overall World Cup champion in an impressive victory. READ »

February in Sweden: No sex please, we're cold

Lifestyle: 4 Feb 10
The Year in Sweden - February: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

What's On in Sweden: February 4th - 11th

Lifestyle: 3 Feb 10
What’s on in Sweden: Bodypoppers in Stockholm, launch of The Boat Show in Gothenburg and Bob Marley is celebrated in Malmö. READ »

Peak prices for Swedish mountain holiday homes

Business & Money: 2 Feb 10
Mountain lodges in a prime Swedish ski resort have grown in value by a whopping 153 percent since 1991, new figures show. READ »

Introducing... Anna Anka

Lifestyle: 2 Feb 10
Introducing... is The Local's guide to the Swedish celebrity. In this week's instalment Malin Nyberg profiles Anna Anka, the conservative trophy wife Sweden loves to hate. READ »

Jilted hubby exacts mousy revenge

Society: 1 Feb 10
A 59-year-old man has been arrested for using his ex-wife's musophobia to wreak a cruel revenge for their break up after he pushed 19 mice through her letter box on Sunday morning. READ »

Stockholm mum charged over Polish 'slaves'

National: 1 Feb 10
A mother of four has been charged with trafficking and other offences after keeping her Polish nannies and cleaner under "slave-like" conditions in her Solna home. READ »

Taxes and jobs dominate party leader debate

Politics: 1 Feb 10
Sunday's televised debate between the five leaders of Sweden's major political parties was dominated by taxes and labour market policy, while exposing divisions within the opposing blocs. READ »

Married couple found dead in cellar

National: 29 Jan 10
A married couple in their sixties have been found dead in the cellar of their home near Sollefteå in northern Sweden. Police believe they may have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. READ »

What's On in Sweden: Jan. 29th - Feb. 4th

Lifestyle: 27 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Antiques and Reggae in Stockholm, The International Film Festival in Gothenburg, and Ian Brown swaggers into Malmö. READ »

Hospital morgue wrestles with rotting corpses

Society: 26 Jan 10
Corpses at the morgue of the Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, have started to rot due to a breakdown in procedures related to renovation of the facility. READ »

Prison guard pregnant after affair with rapist

National: 25 Jan 10
A convicted rapist is set to become a father following a secret romance with a female prison guard, one of several inmate-guard love affairs reported to have taken place at the prison. READ »

Double murder victim 'shot through the eye'

National: 24 Jan 10
At least one of the two victims of a brutal double murder in southern Sweden earlier this month was shot through the eye in a gangland-style execution. READ »

What's On in Sweden - January 22nd to 28th

Lifestyle: 20 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Hair raising opera in Stockholm, blowing bubbles in Gothenburg and a postcard from Scotland in Malmö. READ »

Green Swedish fashion takes Berlin

Lifestyle: 20 Jan 10
Four Swedish eco designers are taking part in the Berlin Fashion Week to take a stand against the overuse of nature’s resources, writes Anna Maria Bernitz of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Police hunt for double murder suspect

National: 19 Jan 10
Police in southern Sweden have put out a warrant for the arrest of a 35-year old man for the murder of two men found in the trunk of a burning car near Halmstad on Sweden's west coast earlier this month. READ »

SBAB attacked over commission hand-outs to estate agencies

National: 16 Jan 10
State-owned mortgage lender SBAB is reportedly using a loophole in the law to encourage estate agencies to recommend their services to new house-owners. READ »

Ponies replace yachts in wintertime Västervik

Travel: 14 Jan 10
There's only one way to see the picturesque town of Västervik during the winter months - and that's from the back of an Icelandic pony. READ »

Price freeze to follow 2009 property bonanza

Business & Money: 14 Jan 10
Analysts expect a slowdown in the Swedish residential property market in 2010 following a year in which apartment prices rose by 20 percent amid record low interest rates. READ »

Introducing... Basshunter

Lifestyle: 14 Jan 10
Introducing... is The Local's guide to the ins and outs of Swedish celebrity. This week Malin Nyberg sits too close to the telly and gets sucked into the wacky world of commercial dance artist Jonas Altberg, aka Basshunter. READ »

Three convicted for sex trafficking of Slovak teen

National: 14 Jan 10
Three men were sentenced to prison on Thursday for their role in a sex trafficking scheme in which a 17-year-old girl was forced to sell sex to several men in Skåne in southern Sweden. READ »

Shipworms pose risk for Baltic treasures

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 10
A number of maritime treasures off Sweden’s southern coast are under threat from the shipworm, which is gaining a foothold in the Baltic Sea due to climate change, according to researchers at the University of Gothenburg. READ »

Vellinge council in refugee children reversal

National: 13 Jan 10
The local council in Vellinge in southern Sweden has agreed to allow the municipality to house refugee children, reversing its long standing position on the issue. READ »

Spyker chief: we've shown GM the money

Business & Money: 13 Jan 10
Saab can still be sold, Dutch sportscar maker Spyker insisted once again on Tuesday, claiming it had the money needed to purchase the Swedish brand. READ »

Police rescue green-eyed lover caught up in tree house drama

National: 8 Jan 10
A jealous wife became stuck in her son’s tree house hideaway after running off with her husband’s mobile to secretly check his text messages. The phone came in handy when she was forced to call police to aid her escape. READ »

What's On in Sweden: January 8th - 14th

Lifestyle: 7 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Borderless clowns in Stockholm, pampered pooches in Gothenburg and the English National Symphony Orchestra does ABBA in Malmö. READ »

Ex-royal bodyguard charged with rape

National: 5 Jan 10
An agent with Swedish security service Säpo who once served as a bodyguard for King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria has been charged with raping a woman near Uppsala in eastern Sweden. READ »

School destroyed in suspected case of arson

National: 1 Jan 10
A fire that police have classified as arson has destroyed the the Culture School in Stenkullen, near Gothenburg, overnight. Efforts to extinguish the blaze were ongoing on New Year’s morning. READ »

Swedes want their adult children out of the house

Society: 30 Dec 09
Seven of 10 young Swedes aged 20 to 25 want to live on their own, but instead remain with their parents due to a lack of available affordable accommodation or poor personal finances, according to a new poll. READ »

Swedish home prices buck financial crisis

Society: 29 Dec 09
Swedish home values increased substantially in 2009, despite persistent fears the country would suffer from a major drop in housing prices. READ »

7,000 without power in western Sweden

National: 27 Dec 09
Heavy snowfall left many around the country without electricity on Boxing Day. Around 7,000 of Vattenfall's customers in western Sweden experienced power outages. READ »

Swedes rush to sell unwanted Christmas gifts

National: 26 Dec 09
As one of the busiest retail days of the year kicks off, one in every three Swedes will exchange their Christmas gifts this year, according to a survey. Many are also selling their unwanted presents online. READ »

Woman pays hefty fine for feline-induced property damage

Society: 24 Dec 09
The district court in Kalmar in southeastern Sweden has ordered a woman to pay 200,000 kronor ($28,000) in damages to her former landlord to cover damages caused by her 55 cats. READ »

Christmas shopping guide: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 09
Waited till the last minute to pick up a gift for the design aficionado in your life? Here's help. We've dusted off The Local’s quintessential guide to the best of Swedish design online with some old, some new and some just plain odd. READ »

Pensioners rally behind slap-happy 70-year-old

National: 17 Dec 09
Pensioners in south central Sweden are mobilizing in support of 70-year-old Ronald Fasth who was charged with assault for striking a 12-year-old boy in response to verbal insults from the youth. READ »

Swedish Rail Destinations: the surreal attractions of Piteå

Travel: 17 Dec 09
From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities. READ »

Riksbank leaves interest rates unchanged

Business & Money: 16 Dec 09
The Riksbank decided on Tuesday to leave the leave Sweden’s benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.25 percent, but indicated that rate hikes were likely later in 2010. READ »

The day the milk stood still

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 09
It's not really the government that runs Sweden. Nor is it the police, the Royal Family or the largely interchangeable bearded dudes from Abba. It is the people who print the little best-before dates on all food and drink items, writes Paddy Kelly. READ »

Nordegren's purchase of Stockholm island retreat confirmed

Society: 13 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren closed on a deal to buy a sprawling island estate in the Stockholm archipelago in the early days of an infidelity scandal which continues to plague her star golfer husband Tiger Woods, the island’s residents' association said on Sunday. READ »