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Disabled at risk after assistance centre theft

Society: 26 Dec 11
A home assistance centre in Kronoberg, central Sweden, was left reeling after a burglary on Christmas day, where thieves took off with both cars and computers after demolishing the centre's offices. READ »

Busy Christmas weekend for the Swedish police

National: 25 Dec 11
Murders, break-ins and accidents made it a busy Christmas holiday weekend for the police and emergency services across Sweden this year. READ »

Cautious optimism for the Swedish economy

Business & Money: 24 Dec 11
The Stockholm stock exchange closed up slightly on the Friday before Christmas amid reports of an increase in the number of new companies registered in Sweden in 2011. READ »

Texas, 4, strangled by 10-year-old boy: police

National: 14 Dec 11
A 10-year-old child was behind the death of 4-year-old Texas in Ljungby in south central Sweden, according to police who on Wednesday announced that that the crime has been solved. READ »

Officer sacked for email threat to 'hunt' Reinfeldt

Politics: 14 Dec 11
A 47-year-old Swedish military officer has been dismissed after sending a threatening email to prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt suggesting it was time to hunt down politicians. READ »

Police recover red car in child murder probe

National: 22 Oct 11
Police investigating the killing of a 4-year-old boy in Ljungby in central Sweden have recovered the red car, spotted in the area, after its owner contacted the police. READ »

Police seek 'red car' as murder probe continues

National: 21 Oct 11
Police investigating the killing on Sunday of a 4-year-old boy in Ljungby in central Sweden have said they are interested in learning more about a red car that was seen in the area. READ »

Children questioned over 4-year-old's death

National: 20 Oct 11
Police suspect another child may be the culprit in the killing of a 4-year-old boy in south central Sweden as national criminal investigators and profiling experts have been called in to assist the investigation. READ »

Town reeling as police search continues

National: 18 Oct 11
As police continue their search of the area where the 4-year-old boy was found dead on Sunday evening, the local community is trying to get to grips with what has happened. READ »

Missing 4-year-old was murdered: police

National: 17 Oct 11
The autopsy of a 4-year-old boy who was found dead Sunday night in a wooded area near his home in south central Sweden has led police to conclude he was murdered, prompting a formal criminal investigation. READ »

Murder probe into death of missing 4-year-old

National: 17 Oct 11
A 4-year-old boy was found dead in a wooded area near his home in south central Sweden on Sunday night, prompting a criminal investigation. He had been reported missing after disappearing from a nearby playground. READ »

Swedes' confidence in Juholt plummets

Politics: 9 Oct 11
Swedes' confidence in Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt has plummeted following reports of his faulty rental payments, showed a recent poll, with 52 percent reporting "very little or little confidence" in him. READ »

Swedish reporters plan prison protest

National: 1 Oct 11
Two Swedish journalists are planning to go to jail of their own accord in a bid to draw attention to the plight of other writers in captivity. READ »

Halland police harshest on public peeing

Society: 16 Aug 11
New figures show that police in the county of Halland have been the most fastidious in fining those that feel the need to take a leak in public. READ »

Swedes arrest three men over Spain murder

National: 8 Aug 11
Swedish police said on Monday they had arrested three Romanians suspected of murdering an elderly woman during a robbery in Spain. READ »

Thieves steal Saab, 70-year-old woman

Society: 28 Jul 11
When thieves decided to steal a Saab 9-5 from a highway rest stop in southern Sweden, a 70-year-old woman in the backseat found herself taken along for the ride. READ »

Centre Party should leave alliance: members

Politics: 6 Jul 11
Several leading Centre Party members want to break free of the centre-right government alliance before the next election, in a bid to regain the party's own identity, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Gangster gave orders from inside jail: report

National: 13 Jun 11
A 30-year-old suspected gang leader suspected of ordering the killing of a Swedish footballer and his brother used notes and binoculars to continue giving orders to his gang from within inside a Swedish jail. READ »

Fewer Swedish teen girls getting abortions

Science & Technology: 8 Jun 11
Young women and girls in Sweden are getting fewer abortions, according to new figures, which also reveal a slight increase in controversial later-term abortions. READ »

Swedish women battle mounting debts

Business & Money: 30 May 11
Women are experiencing increasing problems servicing SMS loans and for the first time are defaulting at the same levels as men, according to a new survey from the Swedish Enforcement Authority. READ »

Principal spied on pupils with hidden camera

Education: 4 Apr 11
A principal at a middle school in south central Sweden has admitted to secretly installing a surveillance camera after it was discovered by a group of students. READ »

Power cut as storms batter southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 8 Feb 11
Over 35,000 people were left without power on Monday night as storm winds swept across southern Sweden, leaving widespread traffic problems due to fallen trees and debris. READ »

Swedish hunter shoots elk, mistakenly kills skier

National: 6 Dec 10
A single shot fired by a Swedish hunter that first hit an elk continued to travel, hitting a 71-year-old skier and killing him on Saturday, police have concluded in their initial investigation. READ »

Sweden braces for new winter storm

Science & Technology: 22 Nov 10
Another blast of winter weather is set to sweep across much of Sweden in the coming days, bringing heavy snowfall and bone-chilling winds to many parts of the country. READ »

Political parties mull future leadership plans

Politics: 8 Nov 10
Speculation is rife that a majority of the parties in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, may be mulling changes at the top following the general election in September as they contemplate their futures. READ »

Farms, homes evacuated after dam bursts

National: 7 Nov 10
A dam burst in Hästberga in southern Sweden on Sunday caused floods and forced residents to evacuate. READ »

Left Party members seek Red-Green split

Politics: 2 Nov 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has insisted that the Red-Green coalition should continue its cooperation, although a majority of the party districts across the country want the party to break away on its own. READ »

Agency pockets millions for refugee housing

National: 25 Oct 10
A care company providing transitional housing for refugee children has pocketed nearly 3 million kronor ($456,330) in profit from the city of Malmö since April. READ »

Swedish speedster stopped after 'testing engine' at nearly 200 km/h

Society: 22 Oct 10
A 26-year-old Swedish man was let off with a fine despite being clocked driving nearly 200 kilometres an hour. He told police he simply wanted to test his newly tuned engine. READ »

Police arrest 20 women in child porn raids

National: 20 Oct 10
Swedish police on Wednesday raided a series of locations across the country, arresting 23 people on suspicion of serious child pornography offences. Twenty of the suspects were women, described by the police as 'very unusual'. READ »

Man imprisoned after setting himself alight

National: 20 Oct 10
A 28-year-old man who set himself alight last year after having his application for asylum rejected, sustaining serious injuries, has been sentenced to prison after being convicted of arson. READ »

Greens still in hot seat ahead of final tally

Politics: 21 Sep 10
While party leaders entertain a possible tie-up between the Green Party and the centre-right Alliance, Green Party voters have rejected the idea, according to a new poll. READ »

Cheryl Jones Fur - An American voice in Swedish politics

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Sep 10
Parliamentary candidate, Cheryl Jones Fur, talks to Peter Vinthagen Simpson about her climate commitment; why as an American she likes the diversity of Swedish politics; and how to tackle the integration debate head on. READ »

Drunk driver claims group sex made her flee

Society: 10 Sep 10
A woman who is facing charges of aggravated drink driving has claimed that she felt forced to flee a summer get-together with friends when the host announced that group sex would be following the coffee. READ »

Young woman found murdered, man arrested

National: 20 Aug 10
A woman was found murdered near a small town in Kronoberg in southern Sweden on Thursday evening after a police search. A 35-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the killing. READ »

Swedish house prices keep rising

Business & Money: 15 Jul 10
House prices in Sweden rose by two percent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden. READ »

Four men wanted over failed cash depot heist

National: 26 Jun 10
Police have issued a nationwide alert after four men attempted to blast their way in to a secure cash depot in Växjö in southern Sweden on Friday evening. READ »

Adopted daughter left behind in The Gambia

National: 15 Jun 10
A 13-year-old adopted girl has been left behind in her homeland of The Gambia by her adoptive parents. She had lived in Sweden since March 2007. READ »

Thousands descend on Stockholm for annual Jesus fest

Society: 23 May 10
Christian bikers were among the crowds pouring into Stockholm on Saturday for the third annual “Jesus Manifestation”, as some 25,000 people took part in a religious service in the city centre. READ »

Swedish abortions decline in 2009: report

Society: 19 May 10
The number of abortions performed in Sweden fell in 2009, for the first time in five years, new statistics from the National Board of Health and Welfare show. READ »

Woman arrested in Växjö double murder

National: 5 Apr 10
A 34-year-old woman in Växjö has been arrested in connection with the murder of two men in their respective apartments on Sunday. Her motive and connection to the victims remains unclear. READ »

Massive search launched for missing elderly woman

National: 4 Apr 10
A massive search with police and canine units has been launched to find an 80-year-old woman who is missing in a forest outside of Glimåkra in Skåne in southern Sweden. Relatives called police when she didn't return home yesterday evening. READ »

Foreigners buying more Swedish summer houses: report

Business & Money: 30 Mar 10
Foreigners own 33,168 summer houses in Sweden, an increase of four percent on 2008 and nine percent on 2007. Germans, Danes and Norwegians dominate the statistics, a new report shows. READ »

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 »

'51 years to shared parental leave': report

Business & Money: 3 Mar 10
At the current pace of change it will take 51 years before Swedish parents achieve parity with regards to the division of parental leave, a new report shows. READ »

Swedish transport mayhem continues

National: 23 Feb 10
Hard-hit commuters can expect more of the same on Tuesday with snow causing delays, cancellations and limited services across the country. READ »

Police raid uncovers Aladdin's cave of stolen goods

National: 25 Jan 10
A police raid in southern Sweden has led to the discovery of a dazzling array of stolen goods that includes everything from fittings for an entire kitchen to a spiral staircase. READ »

Berry pickers set to keep mystery stash of cash

Society: 12 Jan 10
A group of berry pickers who came across a sizeable sum of money last summer while working in a forest outside of Växjö in southern Sweden will most likely be allowed to hang on to the mysterious loot. READ »

Swedes reach new peak in mountains of debt

Business & Money: 29 Dec 09
Swedes are further in the red with the national debt collection agency than ever before, with accumulated debts currently totalling 64 billion kronor ($9 billion). READ »

Petrol station names and shames 'pump and run' thieves

National: 30 Oct 09
A petrol-station owner in Växjö in southern Sweden grew so tired of customers filling up and driving off without paying that he identified them with a photo at the entrance to his station. The man is now subject to a police investigation. READ »

Swedish pastor fined for fingering figs

Society: 16 Oct 09
A Church of Sweden pastor has been convicted of shoplifting and ordered to pay a 5,100 kronor ($734) for stealing, among other things, a jar of figs marinated in cognac. READ »

Anger as deportees held in solitary confinement

National: 13 Oct 09
Sweden continues to isolate asylum seekers awaiting deportation in remand centres, despite continued criticism from torture committees at the United Nations and the Council of Europe. READ »

Pregnant woman ill in suspected swine flu case

Science & Technology: 28 Aug 09
A pregnant young Swedish woman is critically ill with a life-threatening lung infection that is suspected to be swine flu. READ »

Man dies in motorbike crash with elk

National: 27 Jul 09
A 55-year-old man died on Sunday night after crashing his motorbike into an elk that had strayed onto the road near Tingsryd in southern Sweden. READ »

Teen murder suspect taken to mental clinic

National: 12 Jun 09
A 16-year-old girl suspected of plotting the murder of a teenage girl last weekend near a wooded area south of Stockholm has been moved to a psychiatric clinic after being confronted with evidence tying her to the killing. READ »

Detention hearing for teen murder suspects

National: 9 Jun 09
Prosecutors want a Stockholm-area court to have two 16-year-olds suspected in the weekend murder of a teenage girl in Stureby south of the city remanded in custody. READ »

An uncommonly calm Valborg

National: 1 May 09
Beefed up security efforts on Walpurgis Night paid off this year. Police and parents on patrol, piles of confiscated liquor and teenagers escorted home resulted in a Valborg without major incident. 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 »

Asylum seeker sets himself alight

National: 4 Apr 09
A man who had his application for asylum rejected has sustained serious injuries after setting himself alight in a Migration Board centre in Alvesta in central Sweden. READ »

Poodle owner mauled by police dog

National: 31 Mar 09
A 66-year-old woman is seeking damages after she was badly bitten by a police dog while out for a walk in Växjö in southern Sweden. 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 »

Wild boar car crashes cost more than elk wrecks: Swedish study

Business & Money: 26 Jan 09
A car collision with a wild boar is 27 percent costlier than running into an elk, a new Swedish study has revealed. READ »

Icy conditions cause chaos on Sweden's roads

National: 4 Jan 09
Snow and ice made driving treacherous on roads in southern Sweden on Saturday with a slew of accidents as a result. Passengers were left stranded at Stockholm Skavsta airport as a Ryanair flight was cancelled. READ »

Christmas by design: Unmissable markets in Sweden and Denmark

Lifestyle: 5 Dec 08
Join Charlotte West on a tour of the best Christmas markets for design products in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Cophenhagen. READ »

UK citizen wanted in record pot bust

National: 3 Dec 08
Swedish authorities plan to issue an arrest warrant for a 33-year-old British citizen wanted in connection with one of the largest marijuana busts in the country’s history. 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 »

Budgetary woes plague many Swedish counties

Society: 9 Oct 08
A new report shows that about half of Sweden’s county councils will post a loss this year, with widespread lay offs also expected. 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 »

Stockholm art gallery guide: May 30 - June 5

Lifestyle: 29 May 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Walpurgis Night revelries run the usual gamut

Society: 1 May 08
Most parts of Sweden experienced a typically chaotic Walpurgis Night on Wednesday. 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 »

Moving bag reveals stolen Chihuahua

National: 4 Apr 08
Police have warned people not to steal dogs after a woman was found with a stranger's Chihuahua in her handbag. READ »

Teenage girls in hit and run robbery

National: 29 Mar 08
Three teenage girls robbed a Lidl store in Älmhult on Saturday. They assaulted a cashier and escaped with a sum of money. READ »

Storm warnings issued in southern Sweden

National: 21 Mar 08
Large snow falls and hard winds are set to disrupt traffic in the southern parts of Sweden on Good Friday. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazis become more violent

National: 9 Feb 08
Sweden's three largest neo-Nazi groups were busy in 2007 conducting 1,142 activities. The Security Service warns that neo-Nazis are becoming more violent. READ »

Tension mounts over smoke-free jails

Society: 22 Oct 07
In just over two months all jails in Sweden will be smoke-free. The controversial decision was taken more than a year ago, but the imminent ban is starting to cause concern on both sides of the bars. READ »

Shots fired at Växjö restaurant

National: 18 Aug 07
A series of shots were fired at the entrance to a dance restaurant in Växjö just before midnight on Friday. Nobody was injured. READ »

Neo-Nazi given lists of Coast Guard names

National: 7 Aug 07
The Swedish Coast Guard is the latest organization found to have provided a list of its employees' names to a 33-year-old man reported to be the leader of a right wing extremist group. READ »

Swedes put boss before salary

Society: 10 Jul 07
Sweden's workers are happier than at any time in the last three years and farmers are happiest of all, says a new report. But when it comes to job satisfaction it's not the cash that counts, but your boss. READ »

Barbecue ban in Stockholm as hot weather hits

National: 7 Jun 07
Barbecues and outdoor fires have been banned by fire authorities in Stockholm due to dry conditions across the county. Other areas of the country are also at risk. READ »

Ex-minister funded secret boyfriend's business

Politics: 13 Mar 07
Former Infrastructure Minister Ulrica Messing has left her husband for successful businessman Torsten Jansson. As recently as September 2006, Jansson's profit-making company received a government grant that was approved by Messing. READ »

Choosing sex of gynaecologist to be banned

Society: 27 Jan 07
Women in southern Sweden will no longer be given the option of choosing the sex of their gynaecologists. Allowing them to do so discriminates against men, it has been decided. READ »

Sweden's storm chaos continues

National: 15 Jan 07
Storms have claimed millions of acres of Swedish forests and left hundreds of thousands of people without telephones or electricity. Many people could be without services for days. READ »

Many still without power after storm

National: 15 Jan 07
Over 200,000 households are still without electricity as a result of the storm that swept over Sweden on Sunday. The storm claimed three lives. READ »

Storms batter Sweden - warnings of worse to come

National: 13 Jan 07
Over 24,000 households were suffering power cuts and roads and rail lines were blocked by trees after storms on Friday night. Weather forecasters warn that winds on Saturday night could reach hurricane force. READ »

Thousands without power as winds increase

National: 1 Jan 07
Strong winds swept in over southern Sweden on Monday afternoon, leaving thousands of households without electricity. READ »

'Ban porn from prisons' call

Society: 27 Nov 06
Pornographic magazines should be banned from Sweden's prisons and remand centres, the prison service says. The reason: it is insulting for female prison officers. READ »

Explosion during cash robbery

National: 9 Nov 06
A cash delivery van operated by Securitas was robbed on Wednesday morning at a bank in Rydaholm, southern Sweden. An explosion has been reported, but nobody is believed to be injured. READ »

Snow brings trains to a standstill

National: 1 Nov 06
Wintery conditions have paralysed the rail network in central Sweden, with 1,300 passengers left stranded overnight on trains. 45,000 households are without electricity. READ »

Stockholm prisoner in classic jailbreak

National: 27 Sep 06
A prisoner in a central Stockholm remand centre staged a textbook escape on Wednesday morning - using sheets tied together to lower himself down from his seventh-floor cell. READ »

'Greatest cinematographer' is dead

National: 20 Sep 06
The Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist, hailed by many in the film industry as the world's greatest cinematograper, died on Wednesday after a long illness. READ »

Storm warnings for southern Sweden

Society: 9 Aug 06
A class-2 storm warning has been issued for southern Sweden during Wednesday. Extensive and frequent thunder is predicted, which could cause power outages. READ »

Swedish restaurant industry explodes

Business & Money: 31 Jul 06
The number of people working in the Swedish restauarant trade has increased from 12,400 six years ago to 75,100 today, according to a new report. READ »

Summer house prices shoot up

Society: 5 Jul 06
Prices for Swedish summer houses have shot up in the past six months, reaching 1.1 million in Blekinge and 4.6 million on Lidingö, near Stockholm. READ »

Prison suicides increasing in Sweden

Society: 17 Apr 06
While the number of suicides in Sweden has long been declining, the trend is reversed in prisons. More people in Swedish jails are committing suicide now than 15 years ago - often through hanging themselves from toilet doors. READ »

Six ill after spa visit

Science & Technology: 23 Mar 06
Six people have been taken ill with Pontiac Fever, which is caused by the same bacteria that lead to Legionnaires Disease, after having bathed in a spa in the Kronoberg region. READ »

Snowstorms heading for Stockholm

National: 29 Dec 05
Powerful snowstorms caused traffic chaos in southern Sweden early on Thursday morning with winds reaching up to 17 metres per second. Now it's on its way north. READ »

20,000 households without electricity

National: 15 Nov 05
As the first storm of the winter drifts away, thousands of households across Sweden can expect a day without power. Two people are known to have died in the winds. READ »

Mass brawl destroys Värnamo dance restaurant

National: 2 Oct 05
Tables and chairs flying across the room, windows smashed and bouncers beaten up as hundreds of party guests go wild in a club. Just another Saturday night in the sleepy Swedish town of Värnamo. READ »

Paedophile "spread child porn from clinic"

National: 5 Sep 05
A man who has previously been found guilty of various serious sex offences, including rape and child abuse, is suspected of committing further crimes during his time as a patient at a Växjö psychiatric clinic. READ »

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