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Swedish town gives 'Negro Village' new name

Society: 13 Feb 12
A suburb of Mjällby, southern Sweden, known by locals as ‘Negro Village’ for forty years, will be changing its name after a storm of recent attention. READ »

Sweden's 'warmest December in 250 years'

Science & Technology: 28 Dec 11
Sweden is experiencing one of its warmest Decembers on record, according to meteorologists, as record high temperatures have spawned signs of spring in the middle of winter. READ »

Sweden's best Christmas markets

Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
Christmas markets are a feature of Yuletide in Sweden and The Local has put together a pick of the best, all featuring warm spiced "glögg" for the adults, and plenty of fun activites for the children. READ »

Swedish medal hopes scarce at athletics worlds

Sport: 26 Aug 11
Chances look slim for Sweden’s 16 athletes at the IAAF World Championships 2011 which open in the South Korean city of Daegu this weekend. READ »

Ingrid, 65, finds 3 metre boa on her balcony

Society: 16 Aug 11
An elderly Swedish woman was given quite a scare on Monday morning when she discovered a 3-metre-long boa constrictor lying on her second-floor balcony. READ »

CIA rendition deportee: 'Sweden is responsible'

National: 15 Aug 11
Ahmed Agiza, who was flown out of Sweden to Egypt by the CIA in 2001 where he was imprisoned until last week, has claimed that Sweden needs to take responsibility for what happened to him. READ »

CIA terror deportee released from Cairo jail

National: 11 Aug 11
Ahmed Agiza, one of the two Egyptians whose 2001 deportation from Sweden to Egypt caused a political scandal and who has been jailed since then, has now been released from a Cairo prison, according to media reports. READ »

Bride-to-be collapses, dies at hen party

Society: 31 Jul 11
Sunday was to be the day she exchanged vows with her beloved. Instead, relatives in central Sweden are planning a bride-to-be’s funeral after she collapsed during her hen party on Saturday. READ »

Norway killer bought bomb parts in Sweden

Politics: 26 Jul 11
A core ingredient for the bomb which ripped through the government buildings in Oslo, Norway last Friday was bought in Sweden, while the government has proposed a review of the sale of fertilizer, another ingredient in the bomb. READ »

Sweden's top sights named for tourism prize

Society: 13 Jul 11
Astrid Lindgren's World, Junibacken, Fotografiska, Stockholm Adventures and Skansen are among those nominated for this year's TRIP Global Award for the "best experience in Sweden". READ »

Council targets rowdy revellers with lollipops

Society: 1 Jul 11
Free candy is to be handed out to encourage calm summer nights in the Swedish city of Karlstad, with 10,000 lollipops distributed to revellers in the early hours of Saturday and Sunday. READ »

Iceland ash could impact Swedish flights: agency

National: 24 May 11
Swedish air traffic could be affected when volcanic ash from Icelandic Grimsvötn reaches western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to the country's Civil Aviation Administration. READ »

Greens: 'ban military arms exports'

Politics: 22 May 11
The Green Party's Congress has decided to push for a ban on the sales of arms for military purposes and will continue its position that Sweden cease all non-UN-led missions, amongst other decisions. READ »

Romson and Fridolin to lead Sweden's Greens

Politics: 21 May 11
Sweden's Green Party on Saturday voted to appoint Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson as their new spokespeople at their party conference in Karlstad. READ »

Färjestad reclaim Swedish ice hockey gold

Sport: 15 Apr 11
Färjestad BK were crowned champions of Sweden's top professional ice hockey league for the ninth time on Thursday night following a convincing 4-1 victory over Skellefteå. READ »

Pensioner revolt over bank's 'cashless' bid

Business & Money: 14 Apr 11
A pensioners' rights group in central Sweden has accused a Swedish bank of discrimination over plans to end cash handling services at local branch offices. READ »

Swedes turn off the lights for the environment

Society: 27 Mar 11
Sweden was one of a record 131 countries which turned off the lights for an hour on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour in a manifestation for the global environment. READ »

Top marks for Stockholm School of Economics

Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges. READ »

Sweden's population nears 9.5 million

Society: 18 Feb 11
Sweden's population continued to grow at the end of 2010, despite a drop in immigration for the first time since 2004. READ »

Swede Andersson leads Swedish rally in Karlstad

Sport: 11 Feb 11
Swedish driver Per-Gunnar "PG" Andersson, behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta, clocked the best time in the opening super-stage of the season opener world championship event Rally of Sweden in Karlstad in western part of the country. READ »

Rally champ Loeb set for icy Swedish opener

Sport: 9 Feb 11
The World Rally Championship 2011 season starts in Karlstad in central Sweden on Thursday and defending champion Frenchman Sebastien Loeb is taking nothing for granted in the wintry conditions. READ »

Swedish employers want good-looking staff: study

Business & Money: 7 Feb 11
Swedish employers look for staff who are good-looking and not overweight, according to a new survey. READ »

Swedish whisky maker eyes stock market listing

Business & Money: 31 Jan 11
Sweden's Mackmyra Svensk Whisky has announced its plans to list on the stock market later this year, adding that it is now looking for a CFO to help accomplish the task. READ »

Pricey power threatens Swedish industry: CEO

Business & Money: 10 Dec 10
The head of a Swedish pulp manufacturer forced to shut down production has slammed the country's high energy prices, citing Sweden's lack of energy policy as a threat to the industry. READ »

Swedish group The Ark disbands after 20 years

Society: 8 Dec 10
Swedish glam rockers The Ark shocked their fans by announcing that they will disband after 20 years together at the end of their summer tour next year. READ »

Swedish parents jailed for 'spanking' kids

National: 27 Nov 10
A Swedish court has jailed the parents of three children who were regularly beaten since the age of three in what they claimed was a method of discipline prescribed in the Bible. READ »

Swedish man dies after police intervention

National: 25 Nov 10
A 21-year-old man died in hospital in central Sweden on Tuesday as a result of injuries sustained in a police intervention on Saturday evening. READ »

4,000 travellers hit after cancelled trains

National: 16 Oct 10
Swedish national rail operator SJ cancelled around 20 trains on Friday after cracks were found in a couple of wheels, affecting 4,000 passengers, with more interruptions expected over the weekend. READ »

Swedish boxer wins women's world title

Sport: 25 Sep 10
Swedish boxer Mikaela "Destiny" Laurén won the World Professional Boxing Federation title in the welterweight class in Karlstad in western Sweden on Friday. READ »

Ballot irregularities keep Sweden on edge

National: 23 Sep 10
Sweden’s political landscape remained unsettled on Thursday following reports of ballot irregularities in several parts of the country. READ »

Klüft to compete at Euros despite falling short

Sport: 16 Jul 10
Swedish athlete Carolina Klüft will compete at the European Championships after being given a wild card despite falling short of the minimum qualification distance for the long jump competition at a meet in Karlstad on Thursday. READ »

Klüft in battle for Euros qualification

Sport: 15 Jul 10
With just days remaining before deadline for qualification for the 2010 European Championships, Swedish athlete and Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Klüft is battling to achieve a long jump distance to ensure participation. READ »

Municipality takes fight to defecating gulls

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 10
Karlstad municipality in central Sweden has built a dedicated lavatory jetty to tempt the gulls to perform their avian excretions away from the marina, and the exasperated local yachting set. READ »

Police busy on alcohol-soaked Walpurgis Night

National: 1 May 10
Police across Sweden were kept fully occupied on Friday as cells filed up amid traditional Walpurgis Night excesses. READ »

Westerly winds bringing more ash to Sweden

National: 22 Apr 10
Malmö Sturup Airport reopened on Thursday morning, only to close again in the afternoon as volcanic ash continues to hinder air traffic in Sweden. READ »

Malmö airspace opens as Stockholm stays closed

National: 21 Apr 10
Sweden's airspace south of a line between Stockholm-Arlanda Ariport and Strömstad remained closed on Wednesday morning with the exception of Malmö. Airspace north of Stockholm remained open. READ »

Faith healer back working after jail for child rape

National: 23 Mar 10
British faith healer Mervyn Johnson, recently released from jail, participated last week in a healing session in Västerås in central Sweden just three years after he was convicted of sexually abusing several women and children. READ »

50,000 Swedish households without water

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

Ikea offers repose in Paris metro marketing campaign

Business & Money: 17 Mar 10
Swedish furniture chain Ikea has adopted an unorthodox method to get its products into the mind's eye of discerning Parisians - by lining metro station platforms with living room furniture. READ »

Snow strains buildings to breaking point

National: 20 Feb 10
Heavy snowfall in southern and central parts of Sweden has caused several roofs to cave in, while rail authorities have called a halt to a number of train services amid continuing extreme weather conditions. READ »

Plane crashes en route to Sweden

National: 15 Feb 10
A plane on its way to Sweden crashed on Sunday evening in Germany, south-east of Dresden. According to police there were at least two pilots onboard. READ »

Sweden plays host to World Rally Champs

Sport: 11 Feb 10
The World Rally Championships returns to Sweden on Friday after a two-year long hiatus. Defending champion Sebastien Loeb says he is looking forward to racing in the snow. 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 »

Swedish hockey fans set to break European record

Sport: 28 Dec 09
More than 31,000 spectators are expected to brave Sweden’s chilly winter temperatures to attend a hockey match in Gothenburg on Monday night, setting a new European record in the process. READ »

Hide-and-seek flash mob invades Swedish Ikea branch

National: 21 Dec 09
Some 150 kids infiltrated Ikea in Karlstad in western Sweden on Friday to play hide-and-seek following a call to arms on Facebook. READ »

Suspected looting of pension fund investment

Business & Money: 16 Dec 09
One of Sweden’s public pension funds has been shaken by a scandal involving the suspected plundering of a company in the fund’s portfolio. The company’s CEO was also in a relationship with the head of the fund. READ »

Dozens arrested in Swedish doping raid

National: 9 Dec 09
Swedish police have arrested 40 people in a nationwide doping raid, according to a statement. READ »

Erotica buffs swarm to Swedish vintage porn auction

Society: 6 Dec 09
A collection of more than 4,000 vintage porn magazines will be sold at an auction in Karlstad in western Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Fewer obese children in Sweden: report

Science & Technology: 5 Dec 09
The number of obese and overweight ten-year-olds is higher in Bollnäs, Västerås and Ystad than in Karlstad and Umeå. These were the findings in a comparison between municipal councils that the National Public Health Institute has carried out. 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 »

High price put on Facebook head

National: 14 Nov 09
A person from Värmland, western Sweden, contacted police after realising a 20,000 kronor ($2920) reward had been offered in return for their life on the social networking site Facebook. READ »

Johan, 24, suffocated to death by police

National: 6 Oct 09
A 24-year-old man died in Gothenburg died last April as a direct result of injuries sustained at the hands of police officers. But none of the officers involved have been held accountable as prosecutors failed to follow up on the case. READ »

Swedish town ditches 'negro' neighbourhood

National: 24 Sep 09
The city of Karlstad in western Sweden should no longer have a neighbourhood called Negern (‘the negro’), the town council decided on Wednesday. READ »

Train hits 'bloody doll' in unscheduled stop

Society: 18 Jun 09
When the driver of a train traveling through central Sweden saw what he thought might be a bloodied body lying across the tracks, he slammed on the emergency brakes. But it was too late. 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 »

Outrage over Swedish 'negro' neighbourhood

Society: 5 Jun 09
An association working for Africans' rights has reacted with fury to a decision by a state agency to preserve the name of a neighboorhood called Negern ('the negro') in the western Swedish town of Karlstad. READ »

Immigrants key to new housing law's success

National: 19 May 09
Recent legislative changes intended to allow full apartment ownership in Sweden have not had as popular a response as anticipated, but immigrants could be the answer, said Agneta Ericsson of the National Land Survey of Sweden (Lantmäteriet) on Tuesday. READ »

From midnight sun to electric eels: The Swedish Golf Experience

Lifestyle: 5 May 09
Author and golf enthusiast Gene Oberto bisects the fairways of the nation in this above par guide to the golf courses of Sweden. READ »

Swedish press: file sharing still ahead of the law

National: 18 Apr 09
The Swedish press weighs in on prosecutorial victory yesterday in the Pirate Bay case. Although the guilty verdict was not surprising, they write, the harsh sentencing was. 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 »

Homeless commit crimes to avoid sleeping rough

Society: 15 Mar 09
Many of Sweden's homeless commit crimes during the winter months to avoid sleeping rough, according to media reports. READ »

Man fined over clothing store masturbation

National: 24 Feb 09
A man from Grums in western Sweden has been fined by the authorities for soiling a jacket after masturbating in a Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) store. READ »

'Anti-Semitism on the rise in Sweden'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 09
An ugly wave of anti-Semitism is on the rise in Sweden, and politicians who compare Israel with Nazi Germany or apartheid-era South Africa cannot claim to be free of responsibility, writes David Stavrou, a freelance Israeli journalist based in Sweden. READ »

Lewd crank calls lead to arrest of Karlstad man

National: 8 Feb 09
A 59-year-old man in Karlstad in western Sweden has been arrested for making more than 300 lewd crank calls to the SOS Alarm emergency calls service. READ »

Psychiatric restraint methods called into question

Science & Technology: 2 Feb 09
Personnel in Sweden’s psychiatric hospitals have been using dangerous methods to restrain unruly patients. READ »

Boys trapped under ice in souped down Volvo

National: 7 Jan 09
Two boys from western Sweden escaped without injury after their Volvo "tractor" sank to the bottom of an ice-covered lake near Karlstad. READ »

Child feared dead in house fire

National: 1 Jan 09
Police fear that a two-year-old boy has died in a fire raging at a house north of Sunne in Värmland. A teenager has been rushed to hospital with burns. READ »

Police hire container to detain drunk skiers

National: 30 Dec 08
Police in Värmland in western Sweden have announced plans to hire a custom-made freight container to house drunk skiers and rowdy youths while they sober up. 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 »

Disenchanted 29-year-old firebombs police station

Society: 20 Oct 08
A 29-year-old man waited for the police to come and arrest him on Monday morning after he expressed his disillusionment with society by throwing a firebomb at Karlstad police station in western Sweden. READ »

Karlstad woman admits to patricide

National: 21 Sep 08
The daughter to a 65-year-old man found dead in a house in Karlstad on Saturday has admitted that she suffocated her father to death. The woman's motive remained unclear on Sunday morning. READ »

Man arrested following Karlstad killing

National: 18 Sep 08
Police arrested a 34-year-old man on Wednesday night in connection with the murder of a man in shopping centre parking lot in Karlstad in central Sweden earlier in the evening. 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 »

Fisherman reels in unsuspecting swimmer

Society: 30 Jul 08
A fisherman made an unlikely catch in Kroppkär Lake near the central Swedish town of Karlstad on Sunday. READ »

Study: good looks doesn't equal higher profits

Society: 17 Jul 08
Having attractive employees doesn’t necessarily add to a company’s bottom line, according to a new study from Karlstad University in central Sweden. READ »

Family outrage at hospital's cadaver confusion

National: 15 Jul 08
A mix-up at a hospital in Karlstad in western Sweden led to relatives holding a burial service for the wrong man. READ »

Outrage over plans for spiritualist summit

Society: 1 Jul 08
Emotions are running high in central Sweden over plans by an organization with ties to a convicted child rapist to hold a key meeting next year near the scene of its member's crimes. READ »

Swedish rally driver admits to driving drunk

Sport: 23 Jun 08
Swedish rally driver Daniel Carlsson, who runs a well-known campaign against drunk driving, is suspected of having driven under the influence. READ »

Man killed in Värmland shooting

National: 9 Jun 08
A man was shot and killed and another wounded by gunfire following a fight in central Grums in Värmland in west central Sweden late on Sunday night. READ »

Swedish Elks travel to Oz

Lifestyle: 26 May 08
Most Swedes will be bemused to learn they have a national Australian Football team. Nic Townsend meets the Swedish Elks before they travel to Melbourne for the International Cup. READ »

Top ten Swedish beaches

Travel: 12 May 08
With summer in the air and the holiday season approaching, Ulrika Österlund pulls on her sunglasses and takes a look at ten of Sweden's best beaches. READ »

Strong poll gains for Sweden Democrats

Politics: 9 May 08
The Swedish population's support for the far-right Sweden Democrats has gained the crucial mass necessary to enter parliament. READ »

Remand centre suicides show no sign of abating

Society: 8 May 08
A man was found hanged in his cell at a remand centre in Karlstad in western Sweden on Thursday morning. READ »

Sweden Democrats call for end to Sami privileges

Politics: 3 May 08
The Sweden Democrats have called for an end to privileges enjoyed by Sami reindeer herders at their annual party congress which began in Karlstad on Friday. READ »

Anti-racist anger at cancelled concert

National: 26 Apr 08
An anti-racist group in Karlstad has reacted angrily to a decision by the council to cancel a planned concert. A Sweden Democrats meeting planned for the same day is given as the reason. READ »

World's fastest internet connection 'used to dry laundry'

Society: 31 Mar 08
What would you do with a 40 gigabit per second internet connection? 75-year-old Sigbritt Löthberg used hers to dry her laundry. READ »

Clean up starts after storm

National: 23 Feb 08
Storms over the southern part of Sweden have left 50,000 households without electricity, 19,000 without telephone and 40 roads blocked. READ »

No debt too small for Swedish state collections agency

National: 14 Feb 08
A woman from Karlstad was surprised recently to receive a 4 kronor fine from the Swedish state collections agency. READ »

Strong profits for Ikea in Sweden

Business & Money: 3 Jan 08
Swedish subsidiary reported a profit of 2.4 billion kronor for the last fiscal year. READ »

Six arrested following samurai sword attack in Karlstad

National: 3 Jan 08
Three victims ended up in the hospital following a scuffle between two families. READ »

Man jailed for attacking snowball throwers

National: 23 Oct 07
A 44-year-old man from Karlstad has been sentenced to eight months in jail after being found guilty of assaulting three children who were throwing snowballs outside his apartment earlier this year. READ »

Three years' detention for Sunne killing

National: 19 Oct 07
An 18-year-old man has been sentenced to three years' secure youth detention for killing a 20-year-old who disappeared last spring in Sunne, 50km north of Karlstad. READ »

'Exploding tyre' kills mechanic

National: 19 Oct 07
A 52-year-old man died in an explosion in a garage in Kärne, north of Karlstad, on Friday morning. It appears that a tyre may have been the cause of his death. READ »

Company reports stolen coffee beans

National: 15 Aug 07
Coffee producer Löfbergs Lila came in for a big surprise when it opened the latest shipment from Uganda. READ »

Refrigerator leak claims second victim

National: 26 Jul 07
A 13-year-old boy who was being treated in hospital in Gothenburg after a gas leak two weeks ago has died. His older sister died two weeks ago. READ »

Sigbritt, 75, has world's fastest broadband

Science & Technology: 12 Jul 07
A 75 year old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden has been thrust into the IT history books - with the world's fastest internet connection. 1,500 simultaneous HDTV channels are now hers for the taking. READ »

Elderly man fends off elk with trekking poles

National: 18 Jun 07
An aggressive elk in western Sweden may have thought it had come upon easy prey when it spotted an elderly man out walking in the forest at the weekend. But the feisty 78-year-old had other ideas. READ »

Police investigate possible honour killing in Karlstad

National: 9 May 07
A 16-year-old girl who fell to her death from the fourth floor of an apartment block in Karlstad may have been the victim of an honour killing. READ »

Man arrested over knife death

National: 5 May 07
A 20-year-old man was found dead early on Saturday morning in an apartment outside Hagfors, 100 kilometres north of Karlstad. A man in his 50s has been arrested. READ »

Scandic backs down over Bible

Society: 3 May 07
Scandic Hotels has backed down after Christians protested at a decision to remove copies of the Bible from its rooms. But bishops might still boycott the chain for offering pornographic films. READ »

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