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Ikea founder rated fifth richest in the world
Business & Money: 17 May 13
Ingrad Kamprad, the founder of Swedish furniture giant Ikea, finished fifth on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index published on Friday, with an estimated fortune of $55.6 billion.
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India in no rush to open first Ikea store
Business & Money: 16 May 13
The first Ikea store to open in India may not be ready for years, with the India head of the Swedish furniture giant prepared to wait until the the perfect location is found for the first of the 25 planned stores.
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'H&M task is to balance low costs with safety'
Analysis & Opinion: 13 May 13
With the world's attention on Bangladesh, Swedish sustainability expert Alexandra Frenander says fashion giants such as Sweden's H&M must find a way to guarantee safety, while they still demand low costs.
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Why I can't shake the Abba bug: a confession
Lifestyle: 6 May 13
A Philippine doctor's tale of how watching Abba on a small black and white TV 30 years ago turned his life upside down, leaving him no choice but to cross the planet for the opening of the Abba museum in Stockholm.
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India seals Ikea's emerging-market push
Business & Money: 3 May 13
Ikea, Sweden's budget furniture giant, cleared a key hurdle on Thursday when the Indian cabinet said yes to its planned $2-billion push into the vast emerging market.
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Sweden's H&M to open 50 new stores in India
Business & Money: 29 Apr 13
Swedish clothing chain H&M plans to open 50 stores in India in the hopes of tapping into the country's growing middle-class market.
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US men date 60 Swedish women in new TV show
Lifestyle: 16 Apr 13
Love-hungry American men will date a bevy of Swedish women in a new programme to hit Sweden's TV screens on Tuesday night. The Local finds out more about their search for love across the Atlantic.
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Ikea looks to sell horse- tainted meatballs
Business & Money: 16 Apr 13
Furniture retailer Ikea hopes it can sell or give away horsemeat-tainted meatballs in Sweden, but may ultimately be forced to use them as biogas, a spokeswoman explained on Tuesday.
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Swedish beef fillet turns out to be horsemeat
Business & Money: 9 Apr 13
Food safety regulators in Sweden have reported a company to prosecutors after tests revealed an unusually large piece of meat labelled as Swedish beef tenderloin was actually 100 percent horsemeat.
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Pork found in Ikea's elk lasagne
Business & Money: 6 Apr 13
Swedish furniture giant Ikea halted sales of elkmeat lasagnes across all its European stores after a batch tested positive for pork in a Belgian lab.
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Swedish café owner defends his kid ban
Business & Money: 5 Apr 13
A Swedish café owner who told parents to keep their kids away from his shop stands by his decision, despite losing a fair chunk of his "latte parent" customers and complaints about discrimination.
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Now on sale at Ikea: horse-free meatballs
National: 21 Mar 13
Swedish meatballs are once again being sold at Ikea, with the Swedish furniture giant promising customers its version of the classic Swedish dish is now free of horsemeat.
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Ikea not guilty in ball-pit discrimination suit
Business & Money: 19 Mar 13
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is not guilty of discrimination for refusing to allow a disabled 5-year-old girl play in a ball pit at one of their stores, a Swedish court ruled on Monday.
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US and Sweden: innovative, entrepreneurial, and audacious
Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 13
On the 375th anniversary of Swedes' first arriving in what is now the United States, ambassadors from both countries hail the pioneering spirit that informs cooperative efforts to address critical challenges facing the world today.
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Google 'ideal employer' for Swedish students
Business & Money: 14 Mar 13
A majority of Swedish business, IT, and science engineering students would like to land a job with Google, according to the 2013 Ideal Employer Rankings.
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Fouled food found at Ikeas in France, Russia
National: 7 Mar 13
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has halted the sale of sausages in Russia and chocolate cakes in France and more than 20 other countries after finding the products contained horsemeat and faecal bacteria respectively.
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Faecal bacteria found in Ikea chocolate cakes
National: 5 Mar 13
Health authorities in China have confiscated nearly two tonnes of chocolate cakes imported from Sweden by Ikea after finding high levels of bacteria commonly found in the human intestinal tract.
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Ikea and Marriott launch budget hotel chain
Business & Money: 5 Mar 13
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has roped in US hotel chain Marriott for its long-discussed launch of a new branch of budget traveller hotels across Europe.
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Fourteen Swedes make Forbes billionaire list
Business & Money: 5 Mar 13
H&M owner Stefan Persson was the highest placed Swede on the Forbes billionaire list published on Tuesday, with 13 other Swedes possessing a fortune large enough to join him in the elite club.
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Swedish supplier finds source of Ikea horsemeat
National: 4 Mar 13
Ikea's main Swedish meatball supplier announced on Monday that it had traced horse-tainted meat to another Sweden-based supplier with links to slaughterhouses in Poland.
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Sundsvall: 'It's like living in a wok pan'
Lifestyle: 1 Mar 13
Bird-watcher and nature enthusiast Leelene Karlsson presents Sundsvall for this week's My Sweden, explaining that a gigantic ice lolly, a cross-dressing singer, and life in a wok pan make Sundsvall the ideal Swedish town.
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Russia mocks Sweden's lack of military might
Politics: 1 Mar 13
Russians have seized on statements by the top Swedish military commander about Sweden's limited capacity to defend itself, responding with an Abba-inspired satirical jab broadcast on national television.
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'You can't butcher a family member'
Lifestyle: 28 Feb 13
Hot on the hooves of the Ikea meatball horsemeat hullabaloo, The Local's pick for Swede of the Week is Esprit, a four-legged 22-year-old with a disdain for donkeys who won't be appearing on a dinner plate any time soon.
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Ikea beefs up meat ban over horsemeat fears
National: 27 Feb 13
Horsemeat contamination fears have prompted Swedish furniture giant Ikea to halt the sale of additional meat products after new tests by a Sweden-based meatball supplier confirmed horsemeat content.
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Sweden confirms horse in Ikea-supplier meatballs
Business & Money: 27 Feb 13
Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier confirmed on Wednesday that it had found horsemeat in meatballs destines for sale in outlets of the Swedish furniture retailing giant.
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Ikea supplier claims its meatballs are 'horse-free'
Business & Money: 26 Feb 13
Ikea's Sweden-based meatball supplier on Tuesday claimed its own tests failed to reveal any horsemeat in its Swedish meatballs as Ikea widened its meatball ban to 24 countries following reports the iconic food contained horsemeat.
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Ikea official: I'd still eat our Swedish meatballs
Business & Money: 25 Feb 13
While the discovery of horsemeat in Ikea's Swedish meatballs may put consumers off the iconic staple of everyman Swedish cuisine, it's unlikely to do any long term damage to Ikea's or Sweden's brand.
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Ikea stops meatball sales after horsemeat report
Business & Money: 25 Feb 13
Ikea has stopped sales of its Swedish meatballs in at least 15 countries after reports that Czech inspectors found horsemeat in the iconic in-store restaurant fare, which would mark the first time the scandal has reached food produced in Sweden.
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'Sweden will continue to punch above its weight'
Analysis & Opinion: 20 Feb 13
Sweden’s ability to pack a foreign policy punch equal to the jab of the big EU three - Germany, France, and the UK - is neither remarkable nor a passing fad, writes international relations Ph.D. candidate Annelie Gregor.
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Effective leadership: The art of getting decisions made in Sweden
Education: 19 Feb 13
The decision-making dilemma is no joke but something of a riddle for managers new to corporate culture in Sweden. The course Effective Leadership in Sweden gets straight to the point and assists managers in getting their team to do the same.
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Ikea assembles wedding for flatpack lovers
National: 15 Feb 13
An Australian couple tied the knot on Valentine's Day at Sydney's Ikea store, citing their love for the Swedish flatpack furniture giant that had "made them closer".
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Ikea bananas sprout in Swede's living room
Society: 31 Jan 13
A 61-year-old man from southern Sweden doesn't head to the supermarket for a banana - he simply pops into his living room where his Ikea banana plant has just bloomed for the first time in years.
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Ikea founder 'in the dark' over expansion plans
Society: 24 Jan 13
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad said on Thursday that he was surprised at the company's expansion plans, claiming he hadn't even heard of plans to build a store in southern Stockholm.
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Ikea set for spending spree as profits boom
Business & Money: 23 Jan 13
Ikea posted an 8-percent increase in full-year profits on Wednesday, with the Swedish furniture retailer set to open two dozen stores and add thousands of jobs in 2013.
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Two questioned over Ikea France spy scandal
Business & Money: 23 Jan 13
Two former Ikea employees in France were questioned on Tuesday about their suspected role in a spying scandal involving the use of an illegal police database that rocked the Swedish furniture giant last year.
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Stockholm enlists Ikea to ease housing crunch
National: 22 Jan 13
A hotly debated, semi-industrial neighbourhood just south of central Stockholm is set for a major overhaul, with city hall enlisting the help of Swedish furniture giant Ikea.
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Ikea clears major hurdle in India expansion bid
Business & Money: 22 Jan 13
Ikea has won approval from a foreign investment panel in India for a $2 billion plan to open several branches of the Swedish flat-pack furniture giant across the country.
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Ikea funds local schools to boost hiring efforts
Education: 17 Jan 13
Ikea is donating 16 million kronor ($2.46 million) to help improve schools near its headquarters in southern Sweden to make it easier for the furniture giant to recruit workers to the area.
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Swedish design firm makes big noise in Vegas
Business & Money: 12 Jan 13
Swedish product design company Teenage Engineering made a splash at the CES fair in Las Vegas this week after presenting its latest innovation - the world's first 'cloud speaker'.
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Uppsala: 'It will make you fall in love with Sweden'
Lifestyle: 4 Jan 13
In the The Local’s new series My Sweden, where we profile readers' favourite hangouts, sights, and eateries in their own corners of Sweden, we talk to Harold Martinez, a Venezuelan master’s student in Uppsala, eastern Sweden.
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Ikea bid set for green light in India: minister
Business & Money: 27 Dec 12
India's commerce minister has taken "a favourable view" of plans to open Sweden's retail giant Ikea in India, despite the string of proposed retail changes put forward last month.
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Nude demo in Stockholm against Egyptian leader
Politics: 20 Dec 12
Egyptian activist Aliaa al-Mahdy braved sub-zero temperatures in Stockholm to demonstrate outside the Egyptian embassy on Thursday to protest the country's new constitution championed by President Mohamed Morsi.
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Swedish Christmas: how do you celebrate yours?
Lifestyle: 14 Dec 12
Counting down the days to Swedish Christmas or can't wait to leave the country? With help from readers of The Local, Christine Demsteader ponders celebrations and tribulations for foreigners during the festive season.
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List of Swedish billionaires gets longer
Society: 13 Dec 12
An annual list of Swedish billionaires released on Thursday has eleven more names than it did ast year, with Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad finishing streets ahead of the other 118 Swedes who made the cut.
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Ikea cranks up speed on hotel development
Business & Money: 11 Dec 12
The investment arm of Ikea, which in August unveiled plans for a budget hotel chain, has more than doubled its investment pace, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
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'Mini Stockholm' invades English Christmas city
Society: 5 Dec 12
The famed Christmas market in the British city of Lincoln will get a taste of Sweden on Thursday as a Swedish entrepreneur and a team of helpers set up red cottages and “turn Lincoln into a mini Stockholm”.
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Staying private key to Ikea's success: Kamprad
Business & Money: 4 Dec 12
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad on Monday reiterated his intention to keep the Swedish furniture retailer private as he inaugurated a fellowship in honour of his late wife.
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Irish ambassador: We're learning from the Swedes
Analysis & Opinion: 3 Dec 12
James Joseph Carroll, Ireland's ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about Ericsson, the West Bank, and how Swedish brainpower is helping turn around the Irish economy.
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Ikea's Kamprad still Switzerland's richest
Business & Money: 30 Nov 12
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad maintained his number one ranking among Switzerland's wealthiest residents, with a Swiss magazine estimating his net worth to be 39 billion Swiss francs ($42 billion).
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Ikea can't get the meatball rolling in India
Business & Money: 23 Nov 12
Ikea's India expansion plans hit a potential snag this week after the Swedish furniture giant learned it may not be able to sell its famed meatballs in new stores after authorities rejected a number of planned product lines.
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Sweden world's fifth most 'powerful' country
Politics: 20 Nov 12
Sweden placed fifth in a new ranking of global "soft power", which measures countries' influence outside economic and military strength, as somewhat dated stereotypes stemming from Abba and Ikea linger.
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Ikea admits using East German prison labour
National: 16 Nov 12
Ikea apologized on Friday after a report confirmed that East German political prisoners were used in the Swedish furniture giant's factories in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Women stage topless demo at Ikea in Germany
Society: 25 Oct 12
A group of topless women staged a protest on Wednesday at a German outlet of Swedish furniture giant Ikea in reaction to the company's decision to remove women from the version of its catalogue distributed in Saudi Arabia.
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Top ten words you didn’t know came from Sweden
Lifestyle: 23 Oct 12
The Vikings didn't only bring tools, trade and violence to Britain over 1,000 years ago - they also brought language and The Local has collected the ten most common English words with "Swedish" roots.
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Stockholm – where the past and the future combine
Education: 22 Oct 12
With three institutions in the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities and as home to the likes of Ericsson, Ikea, Electrolux, Spotify, Volvo and many more global corporations, Sweden is already an attractive proposition for the next generation of academics, researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs.
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Ikea files final paperwork for India entry
Business & Money: 8 Oct 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is one step closer to setting up retail operations in India, spokespeople for the company said on Monday, after the company has filed the final paperwork with Indian authorities.
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'I am too busy to die': Ingvar Kamprad
Society: 7 Oct 12
The 86-year-old founder of Swedish furniture giant Ikea says he has no plans to retire and rejects any idea of the company going public.
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Ikea 'lacks credibility' on Saudi catalogue uproar
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Oct 12
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea made a mistake related to removing women from the version of its catalogue printed in Saudi Arabia, but not the mistake most people think, argues contributor Ruben Brunsveld.
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Ikea 'sorry' for erasing women in Saudi book
National: 1 Oct 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has apologized for removing all the women from their Saudi Arabian catalogue, following public outrage in Sweden including the EU minister slamming the action as “medieval”.
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Ikea 'erases' women from Saudi catalogue
Business & Money: 1 Oct 12
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has removed out all the women from the version of the company's famed catalogue to be distributed in Saudi Arabia, prompting a stern reaction from Sweden's trade minister.
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Ikea pulls Pussy Riot protest pic
Society: 24 Sep 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea removed a picture from its Russian website of four youths wearing balaclavas, in an apparent reference to the punk band Pussy Riot, members of which were jailed in Russia in August in a much-criticized ruling.
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Ikea aims to double in size by 2020
Business & Money: 18 Sep 12
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea is flush with cash despite the current economic crisis and plans to more than double the rate of new store openings in the next decade, according to company officials.
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Ikea denies reports of founder's retirement
Business & Money: 17 Sep 12
Ikea on Monday denied media reports that Ingvar Kamprad, the 86-year-old founder of the Swedish furniture giant, had passed responsibility for running the company to his three sons. But the company did announce another management change.
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Ikea founder passes torch to three sons
Society: 17 Sep 12
Ingvar Kamprad, the 86-year-old founder of Ikea, has confirmed that the Swedish furniture giant has been handed over to his three sons, with each taking over a third of the company.
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Ikea slammed over anti-union bullying in Turkey
Business & Money: 7 Sep 12
Swedish unions have blasted furniture giant Ikea following reports that workers at Ikea stores in Turkey have been threatened and harassed over union membership.
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Ikea to build 'district' in northern Germany
Business & Money: 22 Aug 12
Swedish flat-back furniture chain Ikea has announced plans to build a whole district in the northern German town of Hamburg, complete with shops, flats, and offices.
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Ikea to open 100 budget hotels across Europe
Business & Money: 15 Aug 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is planning to build 100 budget hotels around Europe in its most recent push to join the property market.
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Five things you didn’t know about Sweden’s diversity
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Aug 12
Contributor Lola Akinmade Åkerström finds that there are few topics that get Sweden boiling with debate more than immigration, integration and all that comes in between.
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Ikea brand sold for 75 billion kronor
Business & Money: 9 Aug 12
The Ikea brand has been sold for 75 billion kronor ($11.2 billion) to one of the Swedish furniture giant’s own daughter companies, with experts saying that the price tag is "reasonable".
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‘Bank robbers are hiding in the woods’: police
National: 9 Aug 12
The three armed men who robbed a bank on Monday morning are believed to be hiding in the woods near the Norwegian border, with police revealing that they escaped with 100,000 kronor ($14,945) - in coins.
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'Dangerous' bank robbers still on the run
Business & Money: 8 Aug 12
The search for the three masked men who robbed a bank in western Sweden on Tuesday morning continued through the night, with police warning the public that the men are armed and dangerous.
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Ikea closer to India market entry: report
Business & Money: 7 Aug 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea may soon be opening its doors to Indian customers, after the Swedish retailer and the Indian government have come close to reaching a compromise over local-sourcing rules.
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How chemicals are poisoning us: Stockholm professor raises the alarm
Education: 1 Aug 12
The spread of dangerous chemicals could lead to a global human catastrophe, Stockholm University Professor Åke Bergman believes. Bergman played a major role in the film Submission, which did for this issue what 'Supersize Me' did for the issue of fast foods.
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Ikea uncaps new beer: no assembly required
National: 19 Jul 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has released a new addition to its global product range - light and dark own-brand beer - though shoppers in Sweden will have to wait before they can have a taste due to the country's liquor laws.
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Failed Ikea bribe leaves man jailed in Moscow
Business & Money: 11 Jul 12
A Turkish man in Moscow has been sentenced to five years prison for bribery and extortion after helping a former Ikea executive from Sweden extort a bribe.
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Ikea's India plans hit snag over sourcing issue
Business & Money: 8 Jul 12
Ikea's plans to open 25 of the company's trademark blue-and-yellow home furnishing stores in India are being clouded by a disagreement over sourcing regulations.
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US collector returns historic atlas to Sweden
Science & Technology: 28 Jun 12
A 400-year-old manuscript, stolen from Sweden's National Library in the early 2000s has been returned to the country after it was recovered in the US last year, library officials announced on Wednesday,
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Kamprad gives millions to house Swiss retirees
Business & Money: 27 Jun 12
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad is using some of the fortune he made helping people furnish their homes to help a small town in Switzerland build housing for elderly people.
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Utopia meets reality - Sweden after Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jun 12
Sweden – a country of sexually liberated people, sensible cars and flat-pack furniture, or a modern society battling with violence, injustice and men who hate women? The Local's Rebecca Martin looks at how the success of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy has affected Sweden’s image abroad.
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Ikea to invest €1.5 billion in India stores
Business & Money: 22 Jun 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea plans to invest a total of €1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) in building a chain of 25 retail outlets in India, according to an Indian government statement.
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'Sweden is more complex than a Billy bookshelf'
Lifestyle: 20 Jun 12
The Local's Susann Eberlein catches up with Gunnar Herrmann, a Stockholm-based correspondent from Germany, to learn about stereotypes and Germans' undying fascination with Sweden.
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'Gypsies not allowed' in UK Ikea car park
Business & Money: 18 Jun 12
An Ikea store near London has come under fire for its policy of questioning drivers about whether or not they are “gypsies” before allowing them entry to the store's car park.
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Zlatan takes over Big Ben in pre-game tabloid war
Society: 15 Jun 12
Swedish tabloids have launched a host of cheeky attacks on the English ahead of Friday's Euro 2012 clash, including mocking headline mock-ups and a mammoth display of Sweden's Zlatan projected onto London's Big Ben.
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Ikea’s product names too 'sexy' for Thailand
Business & Money: 8 Jun 12
While perfectly normal to Scandinavian ears, Swedish furniture giant Ikea’s product names often make Thai customers blush, sounding just a little bit too close to “sexy” slang.
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Ikea bosses sacked over France spying scandal
Business & Money: 18 May 12
Ikea is sacking four managers at its French subsidiary following allegations that they spied on employees and customers using an illegal police database, the Swedish home furnishing retailer announced on Friday.
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Has Stockholm become too expensive?
Analysis & Opinion: 11 May 12
Tourist season is coming, and The Local took to the streets to quiz people in Stockholm about what 100 kronor ($14) can get you. It begged the further question: has this city become just too expensive?
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Bikini girls, penis-pumps and Ikea – Sweden in the eyes of Hollywood
Lifestyle: 7 May 12
Sex, Ikea, silly accents and some extra sex on the side are what's on offer when a Swedish film fanatic put together a collection of clips of Sweden-mentions from American film and TV.
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Ikea also used Cuban prison labour: report
Business & Money: 3 May 12
As Swedish furniture retailer Ikea probes revelations about the use of East German prisoners labour, new allegations emerged Thursday indicating the home furnishings giant also used Cuban prisoners to build furniture in the 1980s.
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Ikea rejects East German prison labour claims
National: 28 Apr 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has rejected claims in a new Swedish television documentary that there is evidence that East German political prisoners were used in its factories in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Singing your way to the campest, jolliest night around
Lifestyle: 25 Apr 12
The Singalong Sound of Music has returned to Stockholm - and there really is no kitscher way to enjoy a trip to the cinema, discovers The Local's James Savage.
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Swedish reps hail US Ikea store wedding
Society: 24 Apr 12
An American couple, whose first date was in an Ikea store, became so attached to the Swedish furniture supplier that they tied the knot at an outlet in Maryland, much to the delight of Ikea reps in Sweden.
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Ikea to enter home electronics market
Business & Money: 17 Apr 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is set to enter the cutthroat home electronics market, putting other electronics retailers on edge.
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Spotify CEO gives stock market the cold shoulder
Science & Technology: 13 Apr 12
Despite a predicted turnover of six billion kronor ($887 million) in 2012, Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has revealed that a stock exchange listing is not on the cards for the Swedish online music company.
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Couple sues Ikea to expose spying 'cover-up'
National: 12 Apr 12
A Swedish couple who believes Ikea spied on them and is outraged by the company's perceived stonewalling is suing the Swedish furniture giant in an effort to expose the truth.
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Swedes face toilet paper shortage in wake of strike threat
Business & Money: 10 Apr 12
The threat of a toilet paper shortage looming large over Sweden on Wednesday after a labour union warned it would block deliveries from several Swedish toilet paper factories in a show of solidarity with another union group.
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Ikea vows to stop spying on French workers
Business & Money: 7 Apr 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has admitted to ethical breaches after it was accused of illegally accessing secret police files in France as part of its efforts to screen potential employees.
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Ikea says no to hiring cronies of Italian politico
Business & Money: 28 Mar 12
Ikea has denied a request by a local politician in Italy urging that four of his friends be hired at a new branch of the Swedish furniture retailing giant, which has received 30,000 applications to fill 220 positions.
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An international school for a cosmopolitan city
Education: 27 Mar 12
Stockholm is an increasingly popular destination for expatriate workers, and a major effort is underway to accommodate international arrivals. The new International School of the Stockholm Region (ISSR) aims to give foreign children the support they need to thrive in the Swedish capital.
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Students opt for Swedish companies: survey
Business & Money: 14 Mar 12
Swedish students have their eye on home-grown companies when it comes to joining the work force after graduation, according to a recent survey.
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Ikea 'spied' on angry customers: report
Business & Money: 14 Mar 12
Shortly after allegations that it had been snooping on its staff, Ikea in France is in hot water again, now accused of spying on dissatisfied customers, prompting a police search at the company's French headquarters.
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