February 15, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Länsrätten":
National: 7 Jun 10
A Swedish court has ruled that a Cambodian man should be allowed to change his tax agency birth date records, thereby adding 12 years, arguing that "existing erroneous information is just as false as new erroneous information".
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Society: 12 May 10
A teenager diagnosed with autism has filed a demand for damages with Sweden's highest legal official after being taken into involuntary care, a decision which was rejected as lacking legal grounds after two years.
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Society: 28 Apr 10
Chinese superstar pop singer Wei Wei has appealed to Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to intervene to settle a dispute with the Swedish tax authorities, which she claims have recently begun seizing her assets.
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Society: 30 Mar 10
The Swedish tax agency has been instructed by the EU commission to revise its procedures for approving surnames after a Spanish-Swedish couple were refused the right to give their son both their names.
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Society: 23 Nov 09
One krona ($0.15) is apparently all it takes to get the ever-watchful Swedish tax authorities to set their lawyers in action, as the agency has opted to launch an appeal following a lower court ruling over a disputed payment.
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Society: 20 Oct 09
Swedish tax authorities have decided to continue their fight to bar a Stockholm-area mother from naming her child Token.
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Society: 30 Sep 09
Overturning two previous rulings by lower courts, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court has awarded two parents from central Sweden the right to name their son Q.
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Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine.
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Society: 19 Jul 09
A Malmö woman has been ordered to repay 18,000 kronor ($2,300) by the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Forsäkringskassan) for sickness benefits received while working on a phone sex chat line.
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National: 12 Jul 09
A 90-year-old Halmstad woman who was denied a car ride from the national transportation service to her son's house on Christmas Eve has had her day in court.
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Society: 10 Jul 09
Arguing that having sex is essential to a reasonable quality of life, a Swedish court has ordered local authorities to subsidize a 30-year-man’s prescription for the potency drug Viagra.
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Politics: 8 Jul 09
Controversy is mounting following the Swedish military’s recent decision to pass over a local supplier of armoured vehicles in favour of a Finnish company, a move resulting in major job losses for Swedish firm Hägglunds.
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Society: 30 Jun 09
Chinese pop music star and Stockholm resident Wei Wei has been targeted by Swedish tax authorities, who recently attempted to freeze 50 million kronor ($6.5 million) of the singer’s assets.
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Business & Money: 1 Jun 09
The Svea Court of Appeal has acquitted Ulf Spång, the former director of Swedish insurance firm Skandia, of charges of tax evasion.
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Society: 17 Feb 09
Berth Milton, head of the Private Media Group adult entertainment empire, has been hit with an 865 million kronor ($100 million) tax bill following a Swedish court judgment.
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Society: 22 Jan 09
Parents of a boy in Jämtland in northwestern Sweden have been told they cannot name their son Q, following a ruling by the administrative court of appeal.
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Society: 19 Jan 09
A Swedish court has ruled that a woman be allowed to seek treatment for her addiction to Coca Cola.
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Society: 1 Dec 08
Swedish authorities are cracking down on parents who take too long to name their newborn children.
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National: 17 Nov 08
A poker player from Sweden has won an important decision against the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket), freeing him from paying taxes on a portion of his online poker winnings.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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