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May 28, 2012
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One in ten Swedish teen girls 'forced' into sex
Society: 11 May 12
One in ten female high school students in Sweden has been coerced to take part in some sort of sexual act, according to a new study from Linköping University.
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Mute and mutilated: black women and the cutting of the 'racist' cake
Analysis & Opinion: 20 Apr 12
The criticism surrounding the 'racist' cake controversy has so far failed to adequately explore the impact of the installation on the attitudes and predicament of black women, argue three researchers working in Sweden on issues of gender and race.
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Swedes bake up success with online pizza site
Business & Money: 2 Apr 12
Three Swedes have struck online (and pepperoni covered) gold after the online pizza service they created was bought by a German company
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Swedish prof 'insinuates' Israel tie to Breivik attack
National: 14 Dec 11
A Swedish academic has come under fire in Norway after writing an article suggesting that Israel played a part in the July 22nd massacre carried out by Anders Behring Breivik that claimed 77 lives.
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Researchers probe track and field sex abuse
Sport: 23 Nov 11
Researchers at Linköping University have been tasked with establishing how common sexual harassment is within Sweden athletics, in the wake of revelations by Olympian Patrik Sjöberg that he was abused by his coach.
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Immigrant kids 'doing just fine': study
Society: 14 Nov 11
Children born in Sweden of immigrants parents, enjoy as good mental health as children with Swedish-born parents, a new study shows.
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Swedish sperm donors 'well-adjusted': study
Science & Technology: 11 Nov 11
Swedish sperm donors are more stable, mature and have better social skills than the average Swedish man, according to a new study.
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Sweden fails to close cardiac care gender gap
Science & Technology: 29 Aug 11
Female heart attack patients in Sweden still receive inferior treatment than men, according to a new study.
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New fees prompt fears of cuts at Swedish universities
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 11
Despite scholarships designed to attract foreign students following the introduction of tuition fees, some Swedish universities may be forced to cut course offerings in the face of declining foreign student enrollment, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers.
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Researchers nearing Norovirus treatment in Sweden
Science & Technology: 16 Jul 11
Swedish researchers have uncovered the mysterious reasons for why we vomit when infected with the Norovirus. A medicine, already in circulation, can be used in future to help both sick Swedes and third world children risking death from stomach flu.
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Swedes tan and burn the most: study
Science & Technology: 6 Jul 11
Swedes use least sun protection and suffer most sun damage, and every year 2,800 people in Sweden are diagnosed with malignant melanoma, now one of the most common forms of cancer in Sweden, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Three injured in 'gang-related' shootout
National: 29 Jun 11
Three people were seriously injured in what police suspect may have been a gang-related shooting in Norrköping in eastern Sweden on Tuesday night.
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Gothenburg cancer scandal grows
National: 8 Jun 11
At least 24 more cases of missed cancer diagnoses from a doctor employed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden have been discovered.
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New Swedish doc probed for missed cancer cases
Science & Technology: 19 May 11
Linköping University Hospital in central Sweden announced plans to review diagnoses by a doctor previously reported seven times for misdiagnosing cancer following revelations of similar errors at a Gothenburg hospital.
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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.
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Sweden treats first case of deadly Lassa fever
Science & Technology: 8 Mar 11
A woman in her thirties has been admitted to a Swedish hospital with the deadly disease Lassa fever, the first case of the disease ever to be treated in Sweden.
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High earners jump surgery queue: study
Science & Technology: 3 Feb 11
Wait times for general surgery are 34 percent shorter for people with high incomes compared to those with lower salaries, according to a new Swedish study.
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Condemn the Swedish model, not Kamprad
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 11
Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company’s fortunes abroad, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren.
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More cheaters booted from Swedish colleges
Education: 17 Jan 11
The number of students expelled from Sweden's colleges and universities for cheating went up by nearly 50 percent in 2010 compared to the year before, new statistics show.
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Lakes emit greenhouse gases: Swedish scientist
Science & Technology: 7 Jan 11
Greenhouse gas emissions from inland waters are greater than previously thought, a Swedish-led study has found.
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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.
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Swedish team targets addict relapse molecule
Science & Technology: 17 Sep 10
People who have used cocaine are at a greater risk of becoming addicted even after long drug-free periods, researchers at Sweden's Linköping University have discovered.
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Synthetic corneas restore sight: Swedish study
Science & Technology: 30 Aug 10
A Swedish study has revealed that biosynthetic corneas can help regenerate and repair damaged eye tissue and improve vision in humans, the Science Translational Medicine reported last week.
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3 Swedish universities make top 100 list
Education: 18 Aug 10
Three Swedish universities, Karolinska Institute (KI) and Uppsala and Stockholm Universities, made the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled annually by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Obama meeting will be Svanberg's toughest test
National: 14 Jun 10
BP’s problems are proving to be the toughest test yet in the career of Swedish business’s golden boy Carl-Henric Svanberg, writes James Savage.
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Divorce kids in rude mental health: study
Society: 29 Apr 10
A new Swedish study has found no significant differences in the adult mental health of the children of divorced parents and those from unbroken homes.
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Student expresses regret over massacre threat
National: 16 Mar 10
A 33-year-old man arrested in connection with a massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has expressed "deep regret" over his actions, as a wave of copycat threats spread across the country.
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No one safe from vomiting bug: study
National: 24 Jan 10
A new study from Linköping University suggests the so-called winter vomiting bug is far more infectious than previously thought.
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Professor trashes Saab suitor Spyker
Business & Money: 11 Dec 09
Dutch luxury sports carmaker Spyker, which has expressed its interest in buying Saab Automobile, is an even less reliable potential suitor than Koenigsegg, claims a professor in industrial organization.
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Docs tell 83-year-old Swede she's 'too old' for treatment
Science & Technology: 24 Jul 09
An 83-year-old Swedish woman was forced to pay for back surgery out of her own pocket after doctors at her local public hospital told her she was too old for the treatment.
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Iranians barred from Swedish universities
Science & Technology: 21 Jul 09
Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s security service Säpo.
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Broken bones heal faster with medicine: study
Science & Technology: 20 Jul 09
A broken bone can heal faster if the patient is given medicine, a new study from Linköping University in central Sweden shows.
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Universities clamp down on internet piracy
Education: 15 May 09
Swedish universities have begun cutting off internet access for students suspected of illegal file sharing, prompting criticism from both student groups and file sharing advocates.
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Lund wins bid to host new particle accelerator
Science & Technology: 27 Apr 09
The university town of Lund in southern Sweden is set to become the site of a new particle accelerator, Max IV, Lund University announced on Monday.
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Two teenage girls raped in harrowing car ride
National: 7 Apr 09
Two 17-year-old girls were raped and assaulted during a harrowing 16 hour car journey in southern Sweden. A 30-year-old man has been charged with aggravated rape.
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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.
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Swedish study links stress to childhood obesity
Science & Technology: 13 Mar 09
A third of all Swedish eight-year-olds are unhappy with their bodies, according to new Swedish research linking family stress and obesity among children.
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Mother arrested for murder of infant son
National: 8 Mar 09
A woman in Linköping in southern Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of her two-year-old son. The boy was found lifeless in his home by his father.
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Sweden's colleges catching more cheats
Education: 18 Feb 09
The number of students expelled from Sweden’s colleges and universities for cheating increased by nearly 30 percent last year, according to a recent study.
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One in six Swedish children obese: study
Science & Technology: 10 Feb 09
One out of six five-year-olds in Sweden is overweight, primarily because of a lack of exercise, a new study has found.
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Failed party trick lands Swedish man in burn unit
Society: 27 Dec 08
A Swedish man’s attempt to impress his girlfriend on Friday night backfired, putting him in the hospital with serious burn injuries and facing allegations of endangering the public.
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Young arsonists set fire to hospital
National: 22 Dec 08
Police have questioned a number of boys suspected of setting at least two fires inside Linköping University Hospital in central Sweden on Sunday night.
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Lifestyle: 1 Oct 08
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Sweden sees heart attack fatality drop by half
Science & Technology: 18 Sep 08
Deaths from heart attacks in Sweden have been cut in half in the last 13 years, according to a new report.
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German teenagers hurt in Linköping coach crash
National: 28 Jul 08
A tourist coach carrying 25 German passengers vaulted and crashed into a ditch near Linköping at lunchtime on Monday. Nine adolescents were taken to hospital.
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Swede cracks the secrets of intuition
Science & Technology: 23 Jul 08
A learning expert at Linköping University in central Sweden has come up with an explanation for why some people seem to have the ability to act without thinking.
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FBI investigates Swedish hacker
Science & Technology: 19 Nov 07
A 19-year-old man who hacked his way into "pretty much every college in Sweden", is being investigated by the FBI for hacking Cisco.
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Sweat could reveal suicide risk
Society: 7 Aug 07
Monitoring the sweat glands of people with depression could help prevent suicides, a Swedish researcher has said.
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Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiation
Lifestyle: 4 May 07
It is now two decades since the world's worst nuclear power accident at Chernobyl, but people in parts of northern and central Sweden are still dying from cancer caused by the radiation. And the worst could still be to come, reports Rami Abdelrahman.
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Swedish chickens challenge Darwin
Science & Technology: 16 Apr 07
Charles Darwin believed that behaviour could not be inherited genetically. Having monitored the behaviour of stressed chickens, however, a professor at Linköping University begs to differ.
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Two wounded and church destroyed in village blaze
National: 29 Mar 07
A fireman and a mechanic are being treated for burns after a fire destroyed a church and a workshop in a village near Motala in eastern Sweden.
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Karolinska in world's top 50
National: 19 Aug 06
Stockholm's Karolinska University is one of the fify best universities in the world, according to a new survey from a Chinese university. Eleven Swedish universities make the top 500.
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Power firms deny cartel
Business & Money: 1 Jun 06
Sweden's major power companies have denied operating as a cartel at the beginning of the millennium in response to accusations that they reduced nuclear output to maintain a higher price.
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Power companies accused of price fixing
Smörgåsbord: 1 Jun 06
Swedish power companies have been accused of secretly cooperating to fix electricity prices at an artificially high level. They lowered production to push prices upwards, it is claimed.
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'University of crime' opens in Linköping
Society: 3 Apr 06
A research centre dedicated to the fight against crime opens in Linköping on Tuesday. Sex crime, economic crime, child abuse and leadership are amongst the subjects to be studied.
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Strokes strike stressed Swedish women
Science & Technology: 11 Jan 06
The incidence of strokes among Swedish women rose by a third during the 90s, a new study has shown. Work-related stress could be the reason, as could women's tendency "to adopt men's lifestyle habits".
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Ethics student conned Swedish university
Society: 26 Oct 05
If ever a student were in need of a course, it's this one: just weeks into a course in Applied Ethics at Linköping University, a student is found to have lied on the application form and fraudulently received 75,000 kronor in funding.
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Retire early - die early
Science & Technology: 12 Oct 05
Forget golf, coffee mornings and cheap transport. A new Swedish study shows that people who retire early are twice as likely to die earlier than the rest of the population.
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Swedish women receive "second rate" cardiac care
Science & Technology: 16 May 05
Fears that female heart attack patients in Sweden are receiving worse medical care than men are confirmed by a study conducted at Linköping University hospital.
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Swedish man jailed for shooting burglar
Smörgåsbord: 2 Feb 05
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Smoked out
Science & Technology: 8 Apr 04
A bad week for smokers - you can't smoke inside, you can't smoke outside, and don't even think of turning to snus.
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Meet Sanna, 9 years old
Sanna is one of 2 million people in Sweden under the age of 18. Sweden is seen as a good place to grow up. The law makes sure children are well-protected and defends their rights and any organizations work with children's well-being. Read more »
Strindberg, king of drama
August Strindberg's plays shocked society, dazzled audiences and revolutionized drama. A century after his death, Strindberg, with his powerful, timeless themes, is celebrated around the world. Read more »
Prime Minister Reinfeldt chats with The Local »
"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »
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