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Sweden's drug testing industry plummets

Science & Technology: 17 May 13
Sweden's once flourishing pharmaceutical testing industry has been decimated in recent years, suffering an 85-percent drop according to new figures that industry experts describe as "deeply troubling". READ »

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. READ »

Bildt welcomes China's new Arctic Council status

Politics: 15 May 13
Carl Bildt hailed a decision taken by the Arctic Council in Kiruna on Wednesday to grant India, China and five other nations permanent observer status at a summit boycotted by Greenland over what it felt was a snub by Sweden. READ »

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. READ »

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. READ »

'Let's tell the truth about women's progress'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Apr 13
Political leaders in Sweden and elsewhere could do themselves and women a favour by sticking to the facts when beating the drum for gender equality, argues liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji. READ »

What India can teach Sweden about healthcare

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Apr 13
As debate rages in Sweden about the role of private firms in the country's publicly-financed healthcare system, liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji suggests Swedes may find a solution inspired by an innovative heart surgeon from India. READ »

'Net dating makes me wonder if I'd date myself'

Lifestyle: 12 Apr 13
A lost wallet, a shaved-bare 24-year-old, and multiple page visits by a steroid addict leaves Emilia Millicent thinking she's had the worse run of luck at internet dating ever... until she asked her friends about theirs. READ »

Swede wows Katy Perry with jungle jingle

Lifestyle: 11 Apr 13
A hot new Swedish singer got a big boost this week from US pop star Katy Perry, whose social media shout-out helped Ellinor Olovsdotter, better known as Elliphant, reach millions of new fans, making her our pick for Swede of the Week. READ »

'Green Sweden and giant India need each other'

National: 9 Apr 13
India's ambassador to Sweden, Banashri Bose Harrison, sees a green future ahead for the two countries' business relationships, spurred on by Swedish companies' need for emerging markets and India's thirst for environmentally friendly solutions. READ »

Gandhi 'helped Swedes' in India fighter jet bid

Business & Money: 8 Apr 13
A Swedish weapons group reportedly hired the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to secure a fighter jet deal to India in the 1970s, reveal diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. READ »

Swedish food: More than just a good Plopp

Lifestyle: 5 Apr 13
When it comes to international cuisine, it's easy to name a dish from France, India, or Japan. But what about Sweden? What has Sweden offered the culinary world? We talked to Stockholmers to find out the opinion from the home front. READ »

Swedish archaeologists find Thor's Hammer

Science & Technology: 1 Apr 13
Archaeologists called to the depths of the Citybanan tunnel project in Stockholm were stunned to find what they believe to be Mjölnir, the hammer of Norse lightning god Thor. READ »

'Keeping surrogacy in the family risks being messy'

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Mar 13
In the wake of a medical ethics council recommendation to allow surrogacy in Sweden, new father through surrogacy Christoffer Lindén argues that rubber-stamping a practice already in use but fraught with legal hazards is not enough. READ »

Mirimax seeks deal with Ericsson after lawsuit

Business & Money: 26 Mar 13
India's Mirimax announced on Tuesday that it was working on a patent deal with Ericsson after the Swedish telecom giant sued Mirimax for an alleged patent infringement. READ »

Ericsson frets over lack of foreign students

Science & Technology: 22 Mar 13
The shrinking number of foreign university students in Sweden has left tech companies like telecom giant Ericsson worried about a shortage of potential employees. READ »

'Why taking a lover won't give you love'

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Mar 13
In the second of a five-part column series on love, single girl Emilia Millicent tells us how a trip to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm reminded her that boys are not toys. READ »

600 Swedish jobs to go as ST-Ericsson splits

Business & Money: 18 Mar 13
Up to 600 Swedish jobs may disappear when mobile technology joint venture ST-Ericsson splits its operations, the company said on Monday. READ »

'Swedish politicians have a lot to learn about discussing race'

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Mar 13
Justice Minister Beatrice Ask's clumsy statements in response to criticism of police efforts to deport illegal immigrants have left historian and commentator David Lindén feeling like a criminal for looking "non-Swedish". READ »

Stray Swedish weapons show up in Syria

National: 7 Mar 13
Syrian rebels appear to be using Swedish weapons, visible in a new video that has emerged from the civil war in which an anti-regime fighter cradles a well-known Swedish model of anti-tank rifle. READ »

'We wanted to do good, have fun, make money'

Society: 5 Mar 13
In our series profiling foreigners who've moved to Sweden, The Local speaks with Ronia Virginia about the transition from being a full-time homemaker to helping Swedish firms trying to enter the Indian market. READ »

Saudis second largest Swedish arms buyers

Business & Money: 22 Feb 13
India and Saudi Arabia were the Swedish weapons industry's top clients in 2012, a year which nevertheless saw Sweden's arms exports drop 30 percent from the year before. READ »

Dewani's suspected murderer taken ill

National: 14 Feb 13
A British man wanted in South Africa over his Swedish bride's horrific murder during their honeymoon has been hospitalized after his health "seriously deteriorated", his family said on Wednesday. READ »

Ericsson snags massive contract in India

Science & Technology: 11 Feb 13
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has landed a $1-billion, eight-year contract with one of India's largest mobile phone firms. READ »

Indians help Sweden beat tourism slump

Business & Money: 6 Feb 13
Tourists from the US, China and, increasingly, India helped Swedish tourism grow incrementally despite a slump in visits from crisis-tainted European countries. READ »

Missing French exchange student found dead

National: 24 Jan 13
The 23-year-old French exchange student who had been missing for two weeks in southern Sweden was found dead on Wednesday night, with police stating that they no longer suspected any foul play. READ »

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. READ »

Sweden ramps up industrial espionage fight

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 13
Industrial espionage directed against Swedish companies and research institutions is on the rise, according to intelligence officials, prompting new inter-agency intelligence coordination to protect national security. READ »

'Swedish prayer call debate treats Islam like a static religion'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jan 13
Ignorant politicians have let a vocal minority of Swedish Muslims who don’t want to adapt to life in a secular and democratic state to dominate the debate about calls to prayer at Sweden's mosques, argues contributor Nima Gholam Ali Pour. READ »

Brooklyn to run new Swedish 'Beer El Dorado'

Business & Money: 4 Jan 13
US-based Brooklyn Brewery will help set up a microbrewery in an upscale Stockholm neighbourhood, in a business drive with Swedish brewers Carlsberg and Carnegie. READ »

Sweden sets immigration record in 2012

National: 3 Jan 13
Sweden issued a record number of residence permits in 2012, with the total tally ending up at 110,000, a 19-percent hike from 2011 with refugees accounting for the bulk of the increase, new statistics show. READ »

Volvo ponders luxury factory in India

Business & Money: 28 Dec 12
Swedish car giant Volvo said on Thursday it was looking into the possibility of opening car manufacturers in India in an effort to double their global sales. READ »

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. READ »

'Our baguettes are from Finland': French envoy

Lifestyle: 21 Dec 12
The Local catches up with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, France's ambassador to Sweden, to talk Gerard Depardieu, Vikings, the EU, and where to get the best baguettes. READ »

India probes Swedish arms in Burma

Business & Money: 17 Dec 12
Officials in India are investigating how the Swedish anti-tank rifles bought by the Indian army ended up in the possession of Burmese rebels. READ »

Swedish arms in Burma 'arrived via India'

Politics: 13 Dec 12
The Swedish anti-tank rifles that ended up in the hands of Burmese soldiers in breach of European Union sanctions were originally exported to India, Sweden's trade minister said on Thursday. READ »

Swedish missionary dies after Pakistan shooting

National: 13 Dec 12
The 71-year-old Swedish charity worker who was shot in the chest in Pakistan last week died in a Stockholm hospital on Wednesday night. READ »

Swede shot in Pakistan still in 'critical' condition

National: 10 Dec 12
A Swedish charity worker who remains unconscious after being shot by unknown gunmen in Pakistan last week was flown home to Sweden on Monday for better medical treatment. READ »

'More Swedish kids should learn Chinese'

Education: 4 Dec 12
The Swedish government on Monday took steps to boost Mandarin studies in Swedish schools, but it will likely be more than a decade before China's biggest language is widely taught in Sweden. READ »

Slain Swede's family decries new trial delay

National: 4 Dec 12
The family of Anni Dewani, a Swedish woman killed while on honeymoon in South Africa, expressed frustration on Monday over continued delays in the extradition hearing of Shrien Dewani, who is suspected of having his wife killed. READ »

Swedish missionary shot in Pakistan

National: 3 Dec 12
A female Christian charity worker from Sweden was in hospital on Monday after being shot by unknown assailants in Lahore in eastern Pakistan, according to police. READ »

Swedish author Knut Ahnlund dies

Society: 1 Dec 12
Swedish author Knut Ahnlund, a member of the Swedish Academy that awards the Nobel Literature Prize and who was known for boycotting proceedings after Iran's fatwa against Salman Rushdie, has died aged 89. READ »

Swedish retirement made easier for Indians

Business & Money: 23 Nov 12
The Swedish government is set to simplify the pension system for the country's 8,000-strong Indian workforce, as the social security minister jets off to New Delhi in the latest bid to strengthen ties with the key Asian market. READ »

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. READ »

South African court finds Dewani hitman guilty

National: 19 Nov 12
A South African court on Monday found Xolile Mngeni guilty of the 2010 murder of Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani in Cape Town. READ »

Reinfeldt brands EU budget 'unrealistic'

Politics: 30 Oct 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Tuesday slammed the 2012-2020 EU budget, proposed by current president Cyprus, branding the draft "unrealistic". READ »

Swedish backpacker found dead in India

National: 15 Oct 12
A 24-year-old Swedish woman has died in India after she reportedly became ill following a meal with friends while on holiday in Goa. READ »

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. READ »

Oldest living Swede celebrates 110 years

Society: 24 Sep 12
Ruth Engström, Sweden's oldest citizen, celebrated her 110th birthday on Sunday, with cake, champagne, and a flurry of press photographer flashes. READ »

Sweden's first ever 'tiny' mouse deer born in zoo

Society: 17 Aug 12
A mouse deer, one of the world's smallest in the deer species, has been born at a Swedish wildlife park, after having been specially bred for conservation purposes. READ »

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. READ »

Cricket in Sweden: Q&A with Shahzeb Choudhry

Lifestyle: 27 Jul 12
The Local's Salomon Rogberg talks to Shahzeb Choudry of the Swedish Cricket Federation to review the state of the wicket in the Swedish cricketing world. READ »

Somali pirates kidnap aid workers: Swedish NGO

National: 13 Jul 12
Sweden's International Aid Services (IAS) confirmed on Friday that three of its local staff members who were kidnapped in Somalia this week are in the hands of pirates. READ »

Swedish zoo in awe over 'adorable' baby pandas

Society: 10 Jul 12
Two red panda cubs have been born at a Swedish wildlife park, having been specially bred for reintroduction into the Indian wilderness, zoologists confirmed Tuesday. READ »

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. READ »

Scholarships help students realise Swedish university dreams

Study in Sweden: 3 Jul 12
If you want to study at a Swedish university as an international student, a scholarship could help you secure funding to cover the cost. Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg offers a range of scholarships sponsored by foundations, the Swedish state and business. READ »

Sweden asylum seeker figures jump 30 percent

National: 3 Jul 12
The number of people seeking asylum in Sweden increased by 30 percent during the first half of 2012 compared with the same period last year, new statistics show. READ »

Sweden joins call for UN arms trade treaty

Business & Money: 2 Jul 12
Sweden, together with France, Germany and Britain, called for an arms trade treaty from the United Nations on Monday, aiming to fight the worldwide suffering caused by the "poorly regulated arms trade". READ »

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. READ »

Saab bought by electric car consortium

Business & Money: 13 Jun 12
Bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab has been bought by National Electric Vehicle Sweden (Nevs) as administrators and the company reached an agreement on Wednesday. READ »

Saab Automobile deal 'complete': report

Business & Money: 7 Jun 12
The sale of assets of bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab is complete, according to Swedish media reports, with a Swedish electric car consortium rumoured to be the main buyer. READ »

Global arms spending flat in 2011: Swedish think tank sees

Business & Money: 4 Jun 12
World military spending remained the same last year for the first time in 14 years, yet the Swedish think tank SIPRI claims that the global nuclear threat stays strong. READ »

Sweden ranked 'most competitive' EU country

Business & Money: 1 Jun 12
Sweden has been ranked as the most competitive country in the European Union (EU) and the fifth most competitive in the world, according to a new ranking from the Swiss business school IMD. READ »

Saab CEO 'spied upon' during Swiss Gripen talks

Business & Money: 25 May 12
The CEO of Swedish defence contractor Saab claimed on Friday his phone had been bugged during talks with Switzerland about Saab's sale of 22 Gripen fighter jets. READ »

Swedish school reported over 'holy' yoga lessons

Education: 25 May 12
The "om" chant featured in yoga lessons at a Stockholm school has prompted a complaint calling for them to be banned because of the term's ties to the Hindu religion. READ »

Non-EU students drop Swedish unis as fees bite

Education: 23 May 12
Enrollment of non-European students in Swedish universities declined drastically following the introduction of tuition fees last year, with engineering students from Asia being among those most affected by the change, a new report has found. READ »

'Chinese Saabs' soon to hit showrooms: report

Business & Money: 8 May 12
The Chinese version of the old Swedish Saab 9-5 has come far enough in development that manufacturers are saying it will make the cardealerships' floors at the end of the year. READ »

Saab fans buy last car off the production line

Business & Money: 5 May 12
Saab enthusiasts have confirmed that they have collected the funds required to purchase the last Saab 9-3 manufactured in the now defunct Saab factory in Trollhättan in western Sweden. READ »

Swedish 'Deep Throat' comes clean over leak

Science & Technology: 25 Apr 12
A former Swedish police chief has broken years of silence over his his role in unleashing one of India's biggest corruption scandals that some speculate has a connection to Olof Palme's assassination. READ »

Ericsson profits double on sale of Sony stake

Business & Money: 25 Apr 12
Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson posted a first quarter net profit that was more than twice as high as those reported at the same time last year, thanks to the one-off sale of its stake in a joint venture with Sony. READ »

Global weapons spending levels out: Swedish think tank

Science & Technology: 18 Apr 12
Global spending on arms totalled $1.740 trillion last year, a figure which is largely the same as in 2010 in real terms, new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) show. READ »

Sweden pledges $10bn to IMF bailout fund

Business & Money: 18 Apr 12
Sweden pledged $10 billion to the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) crisis funding, taking the global total to $286 billion with additional pledges from Norway and Denmark, the Fund's managing director announced on Tuesday. READ »

Swedish sailor saved 80 days after sea storm

Science & Technology: 18 Apr 12
A Swedish man has survived an 80 day ordeal on his sail boat in the Indian Ocean after a storm broke his mast and left him drifting at sea. READ »

China's Youngman bids anew for Saab: report

Business & Money: 17 Apr 12
Chinese automaker Youngman has offered to buy bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab for 3.2 billion kronor ($470 million) and invest more money to restart production in Sweden, according a Swedish media report READ »

Indian grad student found dead

National: 14 Apr 12
A 25-year-old Indian graduate student at the Blekinge Institute of Technology who was reported missing in late January, has been found dead in Ronneby harbour. READ »

Swedish tourists weather Thai tsunami scare

National: 11 Apr 12
The tsunami scare that followed an earth quake in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday, measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale, had tourists fleeing the beaches of Thailand and Indonesia for higher grounds. READ »

Saab trustees declare multi-billion kronor debt

Business & Money: 10 Apr 12
Saab has a staggering 13 billion kronor ($1.92 billion) in outstanding debts, trustees declared on Monday, as the assets of the bankrupt Swedish automaker go under the hammer on Tuesday. READ »

Brazil close to jet fighter decision: minister

Business & Money: 1 Apr 12
Brazil is in the "final chapters" of making a decision to award a lucrative jet fighter deal, the defence minister Celso Amorim said on Saturday, with Sweden's Saab among those still in the running for the tender. READ »

Sweden's 'immigrants' find Big Apple success

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Mar 12
Frustration with being shut out of the Swedish job market has prompted several Swedes with immigrant backgrounds to seek – and find – success in the melting pot that is New York City, contributor Rafaela Stålbalk discovers. READ »

Swedish arms exports keep booming

Business & Money: 19 Mar 12
Global arms exports are on the rise and Swedish exports of military equipment are growing at a faster clip than the global average, new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) show. READ »

Sweden mulls legalizing surrogate motherhood

Politics: 13 Mar 12
Sweden took a step toward a possible lifting of its ban on surrogate motherhood on Tuesday, despite impassioned opposition from political parties on both the left and right. READ »

'Swedish is the world’s richest language': Swede

Lifestyle: 9 Mar 12
After meeting a Swede who claimed that Swedish was the richest of all the world’s languages, The Local’s Oliver Gee searched a little deeper into how Swedish rates on the world stage. READ »

Indian automaker places bid for Saab: report

Business & Money: 6 Mar 12
Indian carmaker Tata Motors have placed a bid for bankrupt Swedish Saab Automobile, according to a financial paper report citing unamed sources close to the deal. READ »

Turkish firm pulls Saab bid over GM 'rebuff'

Business & Money: 28 Feb 12
A bid by Turkish private equity firm Brightwell Holdings to buy bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab has been withdrawn over frustration with former Saab owner GM. READ »

Swedish weapons sold to dictatorships: agency

Business & Money: 22 Feb 12
Fresh figures show that a large percentage of Swedish arms exports go to undemocratic countries and dictatorships, despite a decision from the Riksdag last year to tighten regulation on arms exports. READ »

Saab to cut Swiss Gripen fighter price: report

Business & Money: 8 Feb 12
Swedish defence group Saab have announced that it will cut the price on its Gripen fighter jet to secure its Swiss order after a threat by French planemaker Dassault to undercut them. READ »

'Multi-billion-kronor' bid for bankrupt Saab: report

National: 2 Feb 12
Chinese automaker Youngman has made an offer to buy bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Indian grad student missing in Blekinge

National: 1 Feb 12
Police in southern Sweden are looking into the disappearance of a 25-year-old Indian graduate student from the Blekinge Institute of Technology who was last seen leaving his apartment on Thursday night last week. READ »

Five buyers 'seriously interested' in Saab

Business & Money: 30 Jan 12
As many as five companies have expressed a strong interest in purchasing bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab, a bankruptcy administrator said on Sunday. READ »

Ikea puts India expansion plans on ice

Society: 23 Jan 12
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has put off plans to open stores in India due to local sourcing requirements despite a recent loosening of rules about foreign ownership of single brand retailers. READ »

'Slave-like conditions' on Swedish army base

National: 7 Jan 12
Kitchen staff at the Swedish military base in Afghanistan have been working under "slave-like conditions", being forced to pay for employment, according to a new report. READ »

Tuition fees change Sweden's student population

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jan 12
With tuition fees for non-EEA students in effect, the makeup of Sweden’s non-European student population is shifting and the pressure is on for universities to deliver services worth selling, argues contributor Sven Hultberg Carlsson. READ »

Swedish woman arrested in India with live bullet

National: 3 Jan 12
Police in India have apprehended a Swedish army employee when she allegedly attempted to board a plane carrying a live bullet in her baggage. READ »

Spicy invention protects dogs from wolf attacks

National: 2 Jan 12
Body armour filled with flaming Indian spices mixed with anti-freeze is the latest invention to protect dogs from wolf attacks when hunting in the Swedish woods. READ »

'Lundin may have led Bildt to the heart of darkness'

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 11
Swedish investigative journalist Leo Lagercrantz takes a closer look at the Lundin Group and Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt's involvement with it after two Swedish journalists were found guilty of terror crimes in Ethiopia while reportedly investigating the company. READ »

Sweden welcomes climate 'compromise'

Politics: 11 Dec 11
Swedish minister for the environment, Lena Ek, welcomed the deal to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, reached on Sunday following intense negotiations during the UN Climate Change Conference in South Africa. READ »

Shopping for Christmas food in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper. READ »

Stockholm International School celebrates its 60th anniversary

Education: 22 Nov 11
Stockholm International School has seen thousands of students pass through its doors since it was founded in 1951. To mark its fiftieth birthday, Maggie Dankiewicz, Valerie Evers, Caroline Engström-Roberts and the students of Grade 5 tell of its fascinating history. READ »

Stockholm makes Lonely Planet 'top ten' cities list

Society: 8 Nov 11
Stockholm has placed among the ten best cities to visit in 2012 in a recent ranking published by the Lonely Planet travel guides, which referred to the Swedish capital as “cozy yet cosmopolitan”. READ »

'The deal was crucial for Saab': expert

National: 28 Oct 11
In the wake of the news that Saab will be bought by Chinese firms Pang Da and Youngman, The Local spoke to business expert Mikael Wickelgren of the University of Gothenburg to get some perspective on what this means for the cash-strapped carmaker. READ »

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