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Spring floods cause Uppsala rail havoc

National: 19 Apr 13
Rail services from Stockholm to Uppsala have suffered serious disruption on Friday after the melting snow caused extensive flooding in the university town and surrounding areas. READ »

Nordic 'folklore zombie' to hit Swedish cinemas

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 13
Three Swedish indie filmmakers, who unearthed an old Nordic folklore creature to spin an Evil Dead-inspired tale of gore and desperation, have secured Swedish distribution after successes in the US. The Local's Ann Törnkvist meets Tommy Wiklund and Sonny Laguna. READ »

Comedian Soran Ismail: 'Someone's gotta laugh'

Lifestyle: 22 Nov 12
In the first of a new series profiling Swedish newsmakers, The Local gets the lowdown on Kurdish-Swedish comedian Soran Ismail, who has been in the news recently for his starring role in the Sweden Democrat racist video scandal. READ »

Habo voted Sweden's 'best place to live'

National: 31 May 12
Habo, a small municipality in southern Sweden, is the best place in Sweden to live, according to a new ranking published on Thursday. Malmö, meanwhile, was ranked nearly dead last. READ »

Agencies list Sweden's safest places

Society: 21 Dec 11
The safest municipality in Sweden is Habo, north of Jönköping in central Sweden, where the risk of having an accident or being subjected to a crime is the smallest in the country, according to a new report. READ »

Parental leave equality '30 years away': study

Society: 15 Apr 11
Recent figures show that it will take more than three decades until parents in Sweden share their parental leave benefits equally. READ »

Sweden Democrat in racist email controversy

Politics: 2 Feb 11
A local Sweden Democratic politician from eastern Sweden is under fire after sending a racist email to Swedish newspapers in connection with a series of articles on slumlords who mismanage rental properties. READ »

Government keeps new Stockholm- Arlanda rail link on track

Society: 26 Nov 09
It will soon be possible to take a Stockholm commuter train directly to Arlanda airport, after the government on Thursday gave the go ahead to Uppsala and Stockholm to cooperate on a commuter rail route connecting the two counties. READ »

Destination of the week: Sigtuna

Travel: 4 Dec 08
Just a short journey from the capital, the pretty medieval town of Sigtuna is one of Sweden's historic gems, writes Jennifer Heape. READ »

Eight charged over remote-control bank heist

National: 7 May 08
Eight men have been charged for their attempt to remotely transfer millions of kronor from a Swedbank branch was thwarted by an alert staff member. READ »

63-year-old held over remote-control bank heist

National: 1 Feb 08
A 63-year-old man has been remanded in custody in connection with a hi-tech heist worth "several hundred million kronor". READ »

Police thwart remote-control bank heist

National: 30 Jan 08
Robbers tried to steal millions of kronor from a Swedish bank by hijacking one of its computers, only to be foiled by an alert employee, police say. READ »

Swedish astronaut back in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 25 Jan 07
Christer Fuglesang, Sweden's first astronaut, is given a hero's welcome as he arrives in Stockholm for his first visit since his trip to the International Space Station in December. READ »

Swedes' earnings break the trillion barrier

Society: 23 Jan 07
Swedes earned more than one trillion kronor for the first time in 2005, with people in the Stockholm area earning most. People in northern areas had the lowest incomes. READ »

It's snowtime!

National: 18 Nov 04
Sweden experiences a good covering of snow for the first time in years. Or so you'd think, judging from the reports of unprepared roads, unprepared drivers and ensuing traffic chaos. READ »

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13 June 22:03

This weeks results..week 24/25 »

"A weekend full of surprises and LFC football. Results look like this: Div 5 Men won 4-2, K1 lost 5-0, K2 won 2-1, Vets lost 3-2, R1 lost 4-1. Korpen Ladies play Monday night and on the 26th the Div5 Men close the first half season with the last match before the summer kicks in. /LFC " READ »

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