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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 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A bid by Turkish private equity firm Brightwell Holdings to buy bankrupt Swedish carmaker Saab has been withdrawn over frustration with former Saab owner GM.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 »

'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 »

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 »

'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 »

Indian dance troupe in rare Sweden show

Lifestyle: 27 Oct 11
While "Slumdog Millionaire" brought Bollywood music to the movie-going masses, the Indian embassy is aiming to broaden Swedes' appreciation of the culture of the sub-continent with a programme of classical dance. READ »

Swedish motorists caught out by icy roads

Science & Technology: 10 Oct 11
With the balmy days of the recent "Indian summer" consigned to memory, the first freeze of the season has rendered roads icy and treacherous in northern areas of Sweden. READ »

Swedes among the ‘gloomiest’ on Twitter

Science & Technology: 30 Sep 11
Swedes are among the most melancholy tweeters on the planet, according to scientists from a prestigious American university. READ »

Swedes' perceived rudeness 'isn't racially motivated'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Aug 11
UK native Suhail Din sparked a heated debate among The Local's readers with his reflections on why Swedes refused to talk to him and his family during a visit to Stockholm. Contributor Ruben Brunsveld examines why. READ »

Making the most of the 2011 Malmö Festival

Lifestyle: 18 Aug 11
As Sweden's southern metropolis of Malmö gears up for this year's Malmö Festivalen, contributor Caroline Bursell previews some of the event's main attractions. READ »

'We never had a single conversation with a Swede'

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Aug 11
UK native Suhail Din reflects on why Swedes refused to talk to him and his family during their recent visit to Stockholm on holiday. READ »

Volvo cuts safety features on India market

Business & Money: 12 Aug 11
In a bid to increase its automobile market share in India, Volvo has announced that it will make more low specification versions of its range available, with fewer safety features and smaller engines. READ »

Sweden hit by Microsoft phone hacking scam

Science & Technology: 29 Jul 11
Fake, English-speaking tech support specialists claiming to be from US software giant Microsoft are targeting Swedes in a creative scam designed to hack into people's computers. READ »

Ethnic restaurants in Stockholm: a sampler

Lifestyle: 15 Jul 11
Looking for some exotic tastes during your trip to the Swedish capital? Contributor Emy Gelb serves up a selection of ethnic restaurants in Stockholm that will be sure to tickle your taste buds. READ »

Two Swedes die in India train crash

National: 11 Jul 11
Two Swedish men have been named by Indian officials among the dead after a train crash in northern India on Sunday, with a further Swede sustaining injuries. READ »

Exploring Sweden's linguistic history in the United States

Lifestyle: 13 Jun 11
A century after the great Swedish migration to North America, dialect researchers from Gothenburg are heading across the Atlantic in hopes of learning more about the evolution of the Swedish language, The Local’s Karen Holst explains. READ »

Fika Bar: helping Londoners satisfy their Swedish cravings

Lifestyle: 24 May 11
Stuck in London, but looking for a taste of Sweden? Contributor Keith Moore suggests a cozy Brick Lane eatery serving up a host of very-Swedish treats that has much of the British capital dreaming of reindeer and lingonberries. READ »

Martin Olsson nets vital Blackburn winner

Sport: 1 May 11
Swedish midfielder Martin Olsson scored the only goal as Blackburn beat Bolton on Saturday to take a potentially crucial step away from the Premier League drop zone. READ »

India rejects Saab Gripen fighter bid

Science & Technology: 28 Apr 11
The Swedish-made Saab Gripen fighter jet was not among the finalists picked by India for its efforts to modernise the country's armed forces, the company said Wednesday. READ »

Sweden slams on-court skirt demand

Sport: 21 Apr 11
A demand that female badminton players don skirts when taking to the court in international competition has rubbed the sport's Swedish supporters the wrong way. READ »

ABB Sweden lands $900 million India power order

Business & Money: 23 Mar 11
Swedish-Swiss engineering firm ABB has signed a $900 million contract to supply a 1,728-kilometre long ultra high voltage power line in India, the firm announced on Wednesday. READ »

India leads arms imports: Swedish think tank

Business & Money: 14 Mar 11
India has been the world's biggest importer of weapons over the past five years, with Asian countries making up four of the top five, according to a new report from Swedish think tank SIPRI. READ »

Unsolved Palme murder still hurts after 25 years

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Feb 11
Twenty-five years after Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was gunned down in central Stockholm, many Swedes still consider the murder an open wound, the AFP's Nina Larsson discovers. READ »

Water shortages to force Middle East cooperation

Politics: 11 Feb 11
A report jointly funded by the Swedish and Swiss governments warned on Thursday of acute water shortages in the Middle East that would force feuding neighbours in the region to cooperate to address them. READ »

Extradition part of 'smear campaign': Assange

National: 17 Dec 10
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called attempts to extradite him to Sweden part of a "smear campaign" after he was granted bail in London. READ »

Slain Swedish bride's husband's bail on appeal

National: 9 Dec 10
A British businessman wanted in South Africa on suspicion of arranging the murder of his newlywed Swedish bride will be held in jail in London after an appeal was lodged on Wednesday against him being granted bail. READ »

Nobel lit prize winner: writing 'alerts us to oppression'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 10
Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa spoke of the power of writing and the need to defend liberal democracy during his Nobel lecture on Tuesday at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, writes contributor Charlotte West. READ »

Sweden's Karlberg wins golf's Indian Open

Sport: 6 Dec 10
Sweden's Rikard Karlberg reigned as King of Delhi after his triumph in the $1.25 million (8.53 million kronor) Hero Honda Indian Open with a grandstand finish on Sunday. READ »

Swedish chef wins UK curry prize

Society: 30 Nov 10
Mohammed Razaul Karim, the head chef and owner of the prize-winning Indian Garden in Stockholm, has gained international recognition for the quality of his curries. READ »

'Eat, Pray, Love' thinking a 'feminist challenge'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Nov 10
While there are certainly benefits to positive thinking, Swedish feminist Jenny Sonesson argues that women might not have the right to vote today if suffragettes had been satisfied writing gratitude diaries. READ »

Labour migration law 'costs Sweden IT jobs'

Business & Money: 16 Nov 10
Top Swedish IT companies are facilitating the disappearance of Swedish jobs by abusing work permits which allow them to bring skilled foreign workers into the country, a Swedish union has complained. READ »

Söderling ousts Roddick to claim Paris semi spot

Sport: 13 Nov 10
Swedish tennis star Robin Söderling beat American eighth seed Andy Roddick to lead the way into the ATP Paris Masters semi-finals on Friday. READ »

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

Lifestyle: 11 Nov 10
What’s On in Sweden: Monster Jam in Stockholm, Goths gather in Gothenburg and Zappa plays Zappa in Malmö. READ »

Minister's labour law comments irk unions

Business & Money: 9 Nov 10
Sweden's unions are furious at how the country's migration minister has reacted to revelations about abuses related to a new law on labour migration. READ »

Swedish aid agency tops Afghanistan funding

Society: 6 Nov 10
A Swedish aid agency will invest 90 million kronor ($13.65 million) in a project to support Afghanistan's efforts to reduce poverty by establishing self-governing village councils. READ »

A November guide to live music in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 29 Oct 10
Contributor David Stavrou checks out some of the highlights awaiting Stockholm music lovers in October. READ »

TeliaSonera helps launch 3G on Mount Everest

Science & Technology: 29 Oct 10
A subsidiary of Swedish phone giant TeliaSonera has enabled Mount Everest climbers to surf the web from their mobile phones and make video calls back home from the top of the world’s tallest peak. READ »

An October guide to the Stockholm music scene

Lifestyle: 1 Oct 10
Contributor David Stavrou lays out some of the highlights awaiting Stockholm music lovers in October. READ »

Ikea to expand in Asia as sales keep growing

Business & Money: 20 Sep 10
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is looking to expand further in Asia in the coming years, according to CEO Mikael Ohlsson, who added that the company’s sales continue to climb. READ »

Swedes missing after Indian floods

National: 9 Aug 10
Three Swedes visiting the flood hit region of Ladakh in northern India are reported to be missing by relatives with the Swedish foreign ministry unable to confirm their whereabouts. READ »

Indian Volvo workers strike over pay

Business & Money: 3 Aug 10
About 600 employees of a Volvo bus plant near Bangalore in India are striking for better pay and the return to work of four colleagues suspended following a dispute. READ »

Quack doctor sentenced to prison

Society: 7 Jun 10
A man pretending to be a naturopath has been sentenced to prison for three and a half years by Borås District Court. READ »

Interview: How a Swedish model exposed Goa's drug dealing cops

Lifestyle: 4 Jun 10
Swedish model Lucky Mångårda Amori went to Bollywood to act, but first she directed a real-life Indian crime drama. Paul O’Mahony meets the former reality TV show contestant who trained a camera on the police and captured corruption on an epic scale. READ »

Lagerbäck: Nigeria can beat anyone

Sport: 3 Jun 10
Lars Lagerbäck, the Swedish coach leading Nigeria at the World Cup, has said that his adopted nation can beat anyone as the team arrived in South Africa. READ »

Eriksson seeks to shrug off ghosts of tournaments past

Sport: 22 May 10
Sven-Göran Eriksson is hoping to lead the Ivory Coast out of a World Cup group populated by Brazil and Portugal, two sides that dumped England out of three major tournaments with the Swede at the helm. READ »

Indian police seek spycam Swedish model: report

National: 9 May 10
Police in India said they were continuing their hunt for Swedish photo model Lucky Mångårda after the 34-year-old whistleblower claimed to have further video evidence of links between Goa police and the region's drug mafia, New Delhi TeleVision (NDTV) reports. READ »

Ericsson predicts mobile broadband boom

Business & Money: 5 May 10
Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg has said the company has good long-term growth prospects, predicting that the company will work to grow at a faster pace than the market. READ »

Söderling to face Berdych in semi-final showdown

National: 2 Apr 10
After advancing in the the Sony Ericsson Open men's quarter-finals in Miami, Roland Garros runner-up Robin Söderling will face off with Tomas Berdych in Friday's semi-final showdown. READ »

Ericsson lands major Indian contract

Business & Money: 31 Mar 10
An already successful week for Swedish telecom giant Ericsson got better on Wednesday as it followed up two major China deals with a $1.3 billion contract to upgrade Bharti Airtel's mobile network in India. READ »

Roddick trumps Söderling in semi-finals

National: 21 Mar 10
American tennis star Andy Roddick beat sixth-seeded Swede Robin Söderling on Saturday in a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 on Saturday. Roddick will now face Ivan Ljubicic in Sunday's tennis final. READ »

Straight-sets win powers Söderling into Indian Wells semis

Sport: 20 Mar 10
Swedish tennis ace Robin Söderling defeated Britain's Andy Murray on Friday to claim a semi-final place against Andy Roddick in the Indian Wells Masters 1000. READ »

Straight-sets win powers Söderling into Indian Wells semis

Sport: 20 Mar 10
Swedish tennis ace Robin Söderling defeated Britain's Andy Murray on Friday to claim a semi-final place against Andy Roddick in the Indian Wells Masters 1000. READ »

Söderling claims comeback win

Sport: 9 Feb 10
Swedish tennis star Robin Söderling showed no signs of the elbow complaint which knocked him out of the Australian Open, firing 26 aces to earn a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Frenchman Florent Serra on Monday in the Rotterdam Open. READ »

Fifth of Swedish population foreign

National: 29 Jan 10
Latest figures from Statistics Sweden reveal that in the last 50 years the number of foreigners living in Sweden or people with two foreign-born parents has risen from four to nearly 20 percent. READ »

Four years in jail for Indian smuggling ring

National: 21 Jan 10
A 38-year-old man has been jailed for four years for his part in running a smuggling ring specialized in spiriting Indians through Sweden to other countries in Europe. READ »

Sub par Söderling in shock first round Indian exit

Sport: 5 Jan 10
Tournament top seed Robin Söderling was dumped out of the Chennai Open in the first round on Tuesday at the hands of 100th-ranked American Robby Ginepri. READ »

What's On in Sweden: January 1st - 7th

Lifestyle: 30 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Tango with Superheroes in Stockholm, tickle cockroaches in Gothenburg and Blame it on the Stones in Malmö. READ »

Nobel fashion quips land writer in hot water

Society: 22 Dec 09
While the neckline of Princess Madeleine's gown is often under scrutiny by the media during Nobel Week, fashion commentary by one Swedish freelance writer earned her a ban from the leadership of top Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter. READ »

Workers pick Sweden's shrubs and data hubs

Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago. READ »

Pomp aplenty as winners gather for Nobel gala

Society: 10 Dec 09
Nobel season reaches its pinnacle on Thursday evening as the 2009 laureates receive their awards from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and dignitaries gather for the banquet of the year at City Hall in Stockholm. READ »

Swedish 'tsunami' message mystifies Irish beachcomber

Society: 10 Dec 09
A mysterious bottle that washed up on the shores of Ireland with a cryptic Swedish message inside has a local woman wondering if the note may have been authored by a Swede whose children perished in the 2004 tsunami. READ »

Reinfeldt warns India of climate change dangers

Politics: 6 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Friday cautioned India about the impact of climate change if upcoming UN climate talks fail to produce a new agreement to reduce emissions. READ »

Americans claim Nobel economics prize

Business & Money: 12 Oct 09
Two Americans have been awarded the 2009 Nobel economics prize for their research on economic governance, including the first woman to ever receive the prize. READ »

Saab loses out in Brazil fighter plane bid

Business & Money: 8 Sep 09
Brazil has announced it will order 36 Rafale combat planes from France, beating out Sweden's bid to sell Saab's Gripen to the South American nation. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 21 - 27

Lifestyle: 20 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Cirkus Cirkör and "progg" poster exhibition in Stockholm; Midnight run and Stephen Lynch (US) in Gothenburg; Orquesta Faela and music festival in Malmö. READ »

Ikea dismantles plans for stores in India

Business & Money: 11 Jun 09
Swedish furniture retailer Ikea has scuttled plans to open stores in India due to regulations preventing foreigners from owning single brand retailers, the company announced on Thursday. READ »

Art thief seeks statue resale 'to cover expenses'

Society: 10 May 09
A rowing club in Malmö has opened negotiations with a thief that made off with their statue last autumn. The thief has realized that the statue is too well-known to be sold and is seeking compensation for his expenses. READ »

Stockholm Water Prize to Indian sanitation expert

Science & Technology: 25 Mar 09
Bindeshwar Pathak, a sanitation expert from India, won the Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday for his work developing inexpensive and environmentally friendly toilets. READ »

Art exhibitions you mustn't miss

Lifestyle: 20 Mar 09
From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Danish surrealists, art critic Katarina Wadstein MacLeod samples the season's most eye-catching exhibitions in Sweden and Denmark. READ »

Metallica lead singer hospitalized in Stockholm

Society: 9 Mar 09
The lead singer of Metallica was taken to hospital in Stockholm on Sunday with a suspected case of food poisoning, forcing the popular heavy metal to cancel the evening’s concert READ »

Swede’s Koran sticker shuts down popular Indian ski resort

Society: 11 Feb 09
A Swedish man on a ski holiday in India caused hundreds of angry demonstrators to take to the streets demanding he be punished for putting a sticker with a verse from the Koran on his skis. READ »

Saab joins forces with India's Tata for Gripen bid

Business & Money: 9 Feb 09
Swedish aerospace firm Saab announced an agreement on Monday with India’s Tata group to jointly develop a new version of its Gripen fighter plane in hopes of landing a $12 billion tender from India’s air force. READ »

'Tap the potential of immigrant entrepreneurs'

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Feb 09
Sweden could learn a lot from Canada and the UK when it comes to leveraging the power of entrepreneurship to help integrate immigrants, writes Nima Sanandaji of the Captus think tank. READ »

June date set for immigrant ID cards

National: 9 Jan 09
Immigrants to Sweden will likely have to wait at least another six months before being able to receive Swedish national identification cards from the Swedish Tax Agency. READ »

Swedish yacht wins second leg of Volvo yacht race

Sport: 30 Nov 08
Sweden's Ericsson 4 won the second leg of the around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday morning, cruising into India's Kochi port three days ahead of schedule. READ »

Swede among Mumbai hostages

National: 27 Nov 08
A Swedish woman is among those being held hostage in one of two luxury hotels under siege in Mumbai following a slew of terror attacks across the Indian city on Wednesday which claimed at least 100 lives. READ »

Twenty years of Christmas gift joy and tears

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Nov 08
The unveiling each November of the Christmas Present of the Year has become a Swedish institution. Michael Aiossa looks at twenty years of gifts – from the gee whizz of the GPS to the aching disappointment of the bread machine. READ »

Swedish boat sets 24-hour record in Volvo Ocean Race

Sport: 29 Oct 08
Sweden's Ericsson 4 has broken the world 24-hours distance record for a monohull yacht during the Volvo Ocean Race around the world which departed from Spain earlier this month, organizers said Wednesday. READ »

Sweden's Crown Princess booed on Indian airliner

Society: 27 Oct 08
Crown Princess Victoria’s recent visit to India ended on a sour note after she was booed by a plane full of frustrated passengers. READ »

Radioactive steel components discovered in Sweden

Science & Technology: 23 Oct 08
Swedish officials discovered small traces of radioactivity on steel items imported from India and the same substance was found on Indian-made elevator buttons in France, officials said Wednesday. READ »

'Alternative Nobel' to Indian, US, Somali and German activists

Society: 1 Oct 08
Four social activists from India, the United States, Somalia and Germany have been named as this year's winners of the annual Right Livelihood Prize by the Sweden-based foundation. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 26 - October 2

Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
What’s on: Vintage clothes fair, New Model Army & Aussie comedy in Stockholm; International book fair & Swedish-French dance in Gothenburg; The Lemonheads and funky swamp rock in Malmö. READ »

Going out in Gothenburg: September 26 - 27

Lifestyle: 23 Sep 08
The Local consults Djungeltrumman for tips on how best to spend this payday weekend. READ »

Social Forum: Financial turmoil highlights need for change

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Sep 08
As the world’s attention is taken up with how to address the current financial crisis, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou reports that activists gathered in Malmö for the Europe Social Forum see social change as key to avoiding future financial meltdowns. READ »

Mushroom war marked by cunning and subterfuge

Lifestyle: 14 Aug 08
With chanterelle season upon us, it's time again for the annual funghi wars that help keep country life interesting, writes migrant mushroom worshipper Rose Kemp. READ »

Meet Sanna, 9 years old

Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »

Strindberg, king of drama

August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »

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