Jönköping

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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 »

Icy roads warning across Sweden

National: 2 Mar 10
Drivers have been warned to exert extra caution on Tuesday after icy roads caused a spate of accidents across Sweden. READ »

Record student intake at Swedish universities

Education: 1 Mar 10
Almost 300,000 students signed up for courses at Swedish universities in 2009 - the highest number ever, according to new statistics published on Monday. READ »

Warmer winds carry falling ice warning

National: 26 Feb 10
A sudden change in the weather in Sweden has led to a heightened risk of icy roads, while pedestrians are urged to watch out for falling ice and snow from buildings. READ »

Spring floods to threaten Sweden

National: 24 Feb 10
The Swedish meteorological service warns of the possibility of severe flooding with a spring thaw. At greatest risk are the areas of Götaland in southern Sweden and the mid-Sweden province of Södermanland. READ »

Ambulances getting stuck in deep snow

National: 22 Feb 10
Sweden's ambulances have not escaped the problems brought by heavy snow, and the switch from four-wheel-drive Volvos to rear-wheel-drive Mercedes vehicles is now under review. READ »

Transport hit as snowstorms ravage Sweden

National: 21 Feb 10
Sweden came to a near standstill over the weekend as wind-packed snowstorms blanketed a nation still recovering from earlier snowfalls. Citizens were advised to remain at home, until railway tracks and highways were cleared. READ »

Homeless need more help: Health minister

National: 30 Jan 10
Sweden's Public Health Minister Maria Larsson has called for new measures to help those living on the streets and a review of legislation to stop children being evicted from their homes. READ »

Sweden starts 2010 in typically messy fashion

National: 1 Jan 10
The early hours of 2010 were marked by fights, drunkenness, and fires in many parts of Sweden, as a well as traffic accidents and stray rockets. READ »

Afghan teens left in the cold by train operator

National: 29 Dec 09
The five Afghan teens found wandering in the cold near Sävsjö in southern Sweden had not been left in the forest by smugglers, it emerged on Monday, but had instead been kicked off a Swedish passenger train. 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 »

Preschool teacher held for alleged sexual abuse

National: 2 Dec 09
A preschool teacher at an independent Christian school in Jönköping in south central Sweden is in custody on suspicions of having sexually abused several children. READ »

Swedish Meats chair quits over pig scandal

National: 29 Nov 09
Lars Hultström has resigned as chair of Swedish Meats and all other leadership positions within the pig farming industry. Hultström owns one of the pig farms at the heart of an animal rights scandal. READ »

Residence permits for sale on black market

National: 26 Nov 09
Swedish residence permits can be purchased on the black market for €2,000 ($3,020) apiece, allowing buyers to travel freely throughout Europe. READ »

Swedish television primed for weekend of live e-sports

Science & Technology: 25 Nov 09
In an unprecedented move, Swedish public television will provide viewers with live, web-based broadcasts from the Dreamhack computer gaming convention, which kicks off this Thursday in Jönköping in southern Sweden. READ »

One in five kids in Malmö live in poverty: report

Society: 23 Nov 09
The southern Swedish city of Malmö has more children living in families with a low standard of living than in any other municipality in Sweden, new statistics show. READ »

Six airports to be sold in turbulent times

Business & Money: 20 Nov 09
Swedish Airports and Air Navigation Services (LFV) is to sell off six of its airports to municipalities or other local parties in connection with a reorganisation of the company in 2010. READ »

Porn and gaming sites common destinations for city workers: study

Society: 19 Nov 09
Surfing for porn, illegal file sharing, and online gambling are common activities for users of municipality-owned computers in Jönköping in central Sweden, a recent analysis shows. READ »

Swedish woman arrested over drug-stuffed hairbrushes

National: 23 Sep 09
A 22-year-old woman from Jönköping in central Sweden was arrested in Brazil at the weekend with more than two kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in several hairbrushes. READ »

School offers reward for student recruits

Education: 14 Aug 09
The perilous financial position for many independent schools in Jönköping in southern Sweden has led to one offering unusual monetary incentives to persuade friends to sign up. READ »

Suspected murder in central Jönköping

National: 11 Jul 09
Police suspect foul play after a man was taken to the hospital and declared dead in central Jönköping on Friday night. READ »

Krantz named as higher education minister

Politics: 17 Jun 09
Liberal Party Riksdag member Tobias Krantz will take over as Sweden’s Minister for Higher Education and Research, the Swedish government announced on Wednesday. READ »

Test sites named for Swedish language-learning bonus

Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes. READ »

Unpaid stonemason reclaims gravestone

Society: 31 May 09
When a stonemason did not receive payment for his work he took the law into his own hands and repossessed the grave stone from a churchyard in Gnosjö in southern Sweden. READ »

Man convicted in teen suicide rape case

National: 18 May 09
A 42-year-old man charged with sex offences against a 15-year-old girl who committed suicide prior to the trial was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Jönköping court on Monday. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazi to set up shop in Berlin

National: 14 May 09
A prominent Swedish right-wing extremist with ties to German neo-Nazis is relocating to Berlin, the Continent Europe Foundation announced on Thursday. READ »

Credit card fraudsters target Ikea

Society: 21 Apr 09
Police have launched a credit card fraud investigation after employees at an Ikea in central Sweden discovered a suspicious device attached to one of the store’s card payment machines. READ »

Foreigners buying up more Swedish holiday homes

Society: 17 Apr 09
An increasing share Sweden’s holiday homes are owned by foreigners, according to new statistics. READ »

Prosecutor abandons teen suicide rape case

National: 14 Apr 09
The prosecutor in a high-profile rape case in Jönköping where a 15-year-old victim committed suicide before the trial, has withdrawn from the case. READ »

EU forces Sweden to relax gas safety rules

National: 11 Apr 09
The EU is forcing Sweden to lower safety requirements governing the use of gas canisters in house caravans and trailers. The fact that other EU member countries do not apply similar inspection and approval standards is seen as a barrier to trade. READ »

Man freed as teenage rape victim commits suicide

National: 10 Apr 09
Just hours before a 15-year-old girl was set to give evidence against a 42-year-old man suspected of raping her, she committed suicide. The man will no longer stand trial for the rape. READ »

Färjestad claim Swedish ice hockey gold

Sport: 9 Apr 09
Champagne flowed through the night in Karlstad in western Sweden on Wednesday as local heroes Färjestads BK secured the Swedish ice hockey title with victory over Jönköping team HV71. READ »

Businessman held in Swedish teen sex ring

Society: 25 Mar 09
A 60-year-old businessman has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 16-year-old-girl as part of a sex ring probe that has so far led to four criminal indictments. READ »

Sweden's big freeze set to stay

National: 24 Mar 09
Motorists are being advised to exercise caution as meteorological agency SMHI forecasts that the weather in Sweden will remain bitterly cold for the rest of the working week. READ »

The best live music in Sweden: April -June

Lifestyle: 23 Mar 09
It’s not only warmer weather on the way to Sweden. A host of internationally renowned music acts play live throughout the country in the coming months. Here's the pick of the concerts from April to June, writes Keith Moore. READ »

Vomiting bug hits hundreds of pizza fans

Society: 23 Mar 09
A visit to a pizzeria in Jönköping in southern Sweden has left almost 600 customers clutching their stomachs. READ »

Charges filed over Swedish teen sex ring

National: 23 Mar 09
A Stockholm-area businessman has been charged for using the internet to pimp Swedish school girls for violent group sex. READ »

Swedish hairdresser bitten by disgruntled client

Society: 12 Mar 09
A hairdresser in Jönköping in central Sweden was admitted to hospital with bite wounds on Wednesday after incurring the wrath of a client. READ »

Swedish man found dead after a year

National: 10 Mar 09
A Swedish man has been found dead in his apartment in Forserum in Småland in southern Sweden. Police believe that the man may have been dead for up to a year. READ »

Sweden's got talent: life beyond Eurovision

Lifestyle: 1 Mar 09
Sweden has a thriving music scene with acts achieving international acclaim and a number of exciting new artists hoping to follow in their footsteps, writes Keith Moore. READ »

Two Swedes die in New Zealand car crash

National: 1 Mar 09
Two Swedish women have died in a car crash while on holiday in New Zealand. The women, both in their early twenties, were from Jönköping in southern Sweden. READ »

Zelmerlöw and H.E.A.T. win Eurovision heat

Society: 15 Feb 09
Idol favourite Måns Zelmerlöw and rockers H.E.A.T. won the second Melodifestivalen heat on Saturday evening. READ »

What's on in Sweden: February 13 - 19

Lifestyle: 12 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: Valentine's burlesque and Zoom Kaboom in Stockholm; Anna Ternheim in Gothenburg; new-traditional Slovak dance in Malmö. READ »

Acid attack sends eleven to hospital

National: 11 Feb 09
Fumes from what police believe to be acid thrown into an apartment near Jönköping in central Sweden have sent 11 people to hospital. READ »

Sales force told to use 'Swedish' names

Society: 30 Jan 09
Employees with foreign backgrounds working for a telemarketing company in Jönköping in central Sweden claim management encouraged them to change their names in order to increase sales. READ »

Swedish singles shun New Year revelry

Dating: 29 Dec 08
Swedish singles prefer a quiet night in on New Year's Eve and have a more reticent attitude to pleasurable pursuits in general, a new survey of European attitudes has shown. READ »

Baby Jesus stolen once again from Jönköping manger

Society: 27 Dec 08
After returning in time for Christmas following an initial disappearance, the life-sized baby Jesus is gone again from a manger scene near a hotel in Jönköping in southern Sweden. READ »

Baby Jesus in hotel crib second coming

National: 24 Dec 08
The life-size baby Jesus stolen from a manger outside the Stora Hotel in Jönköping in southern Sweden was back in his crib on Tuesday evening. READ »

Baby Jesus stolen from bible belt crib

National: 22 Dec 08
A life-size baby Jesus has been the main attraction at the nativity scene at a hotel in Jönköping in southern Sweden. But the seventh commandment notwithstanding, a thief made off with the child saviour on Saturday. READ »

Boys blocked from bearing 'girls-only' Lucia crown

National: 12 Dec 08
While generally supportive of equality between the sexes, Swedes still resist tampering with the Lucia holiday tradition which stipulates only girls should bear a candle-lit crown on December 13th. READ »

Parents in Sweden face fines for 'nameless' children

Society: 1 Dec 08
Swedish authorities are cracking down on parents who take too long to name their newborn children. READ »

Video: Winterjam at Stockholm's Olympic Stadium

Lifestyle: 25 Nov 08
For the third year running, Stockholm's Olympic Stadium hosted the LG Winterjam on Saturday. READ »

Success for Henrik Larsson in floorball debut

Sport: 24 Nov 08
Henrik Larsson showed that his athleticism is not limited to the football pitch when the star footballer came off the bench to help his team to victory on Sunday during his first match in Sweden’s top floorball league. READ »

Sweden taking in record numbers of immigrants

National: 18 Nov 08
As the flow of immigrants into Sweden reaches record levels, growing numbers are choosing to live in communities featuring universities rather than in cities traditionally known for their large immigrant populations. READ »

Six injured in bus accident

National: 18 Nov 08
Six people have been taken to hospital after a bus on its way from Stockholm to Copenhagen collided with a road maintenance truck early on Tuesday morning. READ »

Huge doping ring uncovered in Sweden

National: 21 Oct 08
Swedish police rounded up 40 people on Tuesday in series of pre-dawn raids across the country in an effort to crack a massive doping scam. READ »

Swedes' virtual church to bring online gamers to Jesus

Society: 16 Oct 08
Two enterprising young Swedes are convinced they can lead the online gaming world to Jesus by preaching the gospel through their recently launched Gamer Church. READ »

School reports 10-year-old to police after fight

National: 3 Oct 08
A 10-year-old boy was reported to police for getting into a fight with an 8-year-old during recess at a school in Jönköping in central Sweden. READ »

Misconduct reported in captive woman case

National: 8 Sep 08
The police chief in Jönköping on Monday reported his colleagues for official misconduct in their handling of the case of a woman kept locked up for years in a cabin near Eksjö in south central Sweden. READ »

Swedish woman held captive for nine years

National: 5 Sep 08
A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis is believed to have been held by a man for several years in a small cabin in south-central Sweden. READ »

Skyways closing Arlanda-based operations

Travel: 28 Aug 08
Swedish budget airline Skyways is planning to shutter its base of operations at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. READ »

Fewer used car sales in Sweden

Business & Money: 6 Aug 08
The Swedish market for used cars appears to be weakening, according to new statistics READ »

Freak fodder slide kills farmer

National: 3 Aug 08
A farmer in his 50s was killed after six tons of fodder buried him in a freak accident on Saturday. READ »

Gothenburg club and concert tips: August 1 - 3

Lifestyle: 31 Jul 08
Looking to go out in Gothenburg this weekend? Monthly Magazine has the answers. READ »

Father denies murdering two-year-old son

National: 23 Jul 08
A man is in custody on suspicions of murdering his two-year-old son in Huskvarna in western Sweden on Saturday night. The man denies all charges. READ »

Forest fires spread in eastern Sweden

National: 10 Jun 08
Gusting winds are fueling forest fires raging near Lämmetorp outside of Finspång in east central Sweden. READ »

Swedish cowboy lassoes loose llama

National: 5 Jun 08
A llama on the loose was disrupting traffic in Jönköping in south central Sweden on Wednesday. READ »

Church fire was swarm of gnats

National: 27 May 08
Residents of Jönköping in southern Sweden could breathe a collective sigh of relief on Monday when worrying reports of a church fire turned out to be greatly exaggerated. READ »

Dog fatally attacked on board high speed train

National: 21 May 08
A woman was forced to carry the body of her lap dog wrapped in a blanket after the animal was killed by a pit bull while riding on a high speed train. READ »

Cheese thief caught on spike strips

National: 18 May 08
A thief stole a truck laden with 10 tonnes of cheese on Sunday morning. Spike strips laid over the road in Jönköping eventually put an end to the cheese chase. READ »

Hospitals offer care to illegal immigrants

National: 17 May 08
Half of Swedish healthcare authorities give the same care to illegal immigrants as they do to other patients. READ »

Swedish music's European tour

Lifestyle: 4 May 08
The summer is fast approaching, and with it Europe’s festival season. What better way to spend a couple of lazy months than checking out some of Sweden’s hottest acts as they wow audiences across the continent. David Bartram is your festival guide. READ »

Health workers union steps up strike pressure

Business & Money: 16 Apr 08
The Swedish Association of Health Professionals (Vårdförbundet) approved an additional round of industrial action on Wednesday. READ »

Police seize pornographic advertising

National: 22 Mar 08
Police have seized pornographic pictures distributed by a car-care company at a motor show in Jönköping. READ »

Man killed in balcony fall

National: 15 Mar 08
A man has died after falling from a balcony in Tranås on Saturday morning. Police suspect murder. READ »

Ten years for student murder

National: 12 Mar 08
A 22-year-old man charged with stabbing a 20-year-old women to death in Jönköping last year has been sentenced to ten years in jail. READ »

Thief returns stolen knife at victim’s request

National: 29 Feb 08
A robbery victim was reunited with her rare knife after confronting the man who stole it in a grocery store. READ »

'Gay sermon' preacher causes temperance society crisis

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

Girl dies after falling from apartment in Eksjö

National: 27 Jan 08
Officials in the Småland town are unsure exactly how the 17-year old girl fell. READ »

74-year-old jailed for child rape

Society: 18 Jan 08
A 74-year-old man has been jailed by a court in southern Sweden for raping an eight-year-old girl. READ »

Swedish prisons hope to profit from 'Made in Jail'

National: 2 Jan 08
Officials hope that Swedish prison factories can benefit by aligning with the popular clothing brand. READ »

Boy fights for life after firework blast

National: 1 Jan 08
Sweden ushered in the New Year overnight with a wave of fires, firework injuries and stabbings. READ »

Man prosecuted over student murder

National: 6 Nov 07
A man is to be prosecuted for murdering a 20-year-old woman at a student residence in Jönköping in September. READ »

Life in jail for necrophile killer

National: 26 Oct 07
A 30-year-old man who murdered a woman and then had sex with her corpse has had his life sentence upheld by the Göta Court of Appeal in Jönköping. READ »

Robbers foiled by shoddy planning

National: 22 Oct 07
Two armed robbers who raided a bank in south eastern Sweden on Monday could have saved themselves a lot of hassle by carrying out some basic reconnaissance work. READ »

Hostage released after police raid

National: 21 Oct 07
Police in southern Sweden have raided an apartment where a man had allegedly taken a woman hostage. READ »

Man who raped daughter convicted again

Society: 14 Sep 07
A Swedish man has been convicted of raping and sexually abusing his daughter over a twelve year period, starting when she was just three years old. He had previously been convicted of the offences, but the Supreme Court ordered a retrial. READ »