Luleå

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Swedish Armed Forces cuts troops and bases

National: 6 Mar 10
The Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) has proposed to scale down the country's domestic defences, closing at least one air force base, eliminating one troop regiment and halving training resources for home defences. READ »

Price freeze to follow 2009 property bonanza

Business & Money: 14 Jan 10
Analysts expect a slowdown in the Swedish residential property market in 2010 following a year in which apartment prices rose by 20 percent amid record low interest rates. READ »

Give young transsexuals special ID cards: doc

Society: 7 Jan 10
Young Swedes who suspect they are transsexuals ought to be issued special ID cards allowing them to hide their undesired gender during their trial phase as the opposite sex, a leading child psychiatrist argues. READ »

Man sentenced for 'executing' ex-girlfriend

National: 4 Jan 10
A 37-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for murdering his ex-girlfriend with a bolt pistol normally used for anaesthetizing livestock. READ »

Thin ice spells double trouble for persistent Swedish motorist

Society: 4 Jan 10
Things didn’t go as planned for a 42-year-old man when he tried to retrieve his car after it crashed through the ice on a lake near Lidköping in central Sweden. READ »

Top ten Swedish songs of the decade

Lifestyle: 18 Dec 09
Songs of the decade: The Local's editor Paul O'Mahony dips into the vaults and pulls out his ten favourite Swedish tracks of the last ten years. READ »

Swedish Rail Destinations: the surreal attractions of Piteå

Travel: 17 Dec 09
From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities. READ »

Swedish soldiers 'unstable' after Afghanistan explosion

National: 12 Nov 09
The conditions of two of the soldiers injured in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday are reported to have deteriorated overnight. READ »

Fury over three-year-old's retouched school photo

Society: 6 Nov 09
The father of a three-year-old girl from northern Sweden is outraged that school photographers have retouched his daughter’s school picture for the second year in a row. READ »

Swedish cross-dresser wins final battle to be named Madeleine

Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine. READ »

Swedish integration policies 'a failure'

Politics: 23 Sep 09
Immigrants to Sweden continue to flock to a few, high-immigrant concentration areas, new statistics show, prompting one politician to conclude the country's integration politics have failed. READ »

Stranded Thai berry pickers on their way home

National: 28 Aug 09
Some 200 Thai berry pickers left stranded in Sweden after staking their life savings to travel have had their return trips arranged for them through donations. The first of the berry pickers returned to Thailand yesterday. READ »

Coop to cut 500 jobs

Business & Money: 25 Aug 09
Fresh cutbacks at supermarket giant Coop Sverige are set to lead to the losses of 500 jobs, the chain's owner, the Swedish Cooperative Union, announced on Tuesday. READ »

Nine years for Zyklon B poisoning attempt

National: 24 Jul 09
The 32-year-old Swedish man who tried four times to kill his girlfriend using Zyklon B pesticide was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for attempted murder. READ »

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. READ »

Nazi poison used in ex-lover's murder bid

National: 10 Jul 09
A 32-year-old man from northern Sweden charged with trying to kill his ex-girlfriend four times had enough Zyklon B pesticide, once used in Nazi gas chambers, to kill 42,000 people. READ »

Man killed during Midsummer knife fight

National: 20 Jun 09
A man was stabbed to death on Friday during a fight on the island of Öland. But in many parts of the country, poor weather put a damper on the Midsummer festivities. READ »

Headmaster fired after Facebook pic scandal

Society: 18 Jun 09
A high school principal who used Facebook to air his zest for sex has been forced to resign from his post. 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 »

Activists arrested during NATO exercise

National: 10 Jun 09
Five people were arrested on Wednesday morning after entering a bombing range in northern Sweden being used as a part of a major NATO training exercise. READ »

Police fear disruption at NATO military exercise

National: 8 Jun 09
Swedish police have asked the military for assistance as peace activists from across Europe head to Swedish Lapland to demonstrate against a NATO aerial exercise. READ »

Police officer drunk in charge of firearms unit

National: 21 May 09
The commanding officer of a police firearms unit in Luleå in northern Sweden was drunk when his colleagues opened fire with an automatic weapon hitting cars and houses last year, it has emerged. READ »

Politicians' text messages 'public documents': Swedish court

Science & Technology: 6 May 09
Text messages sent to or from politicians can be considered public documents, a Swedish has ruled. READ »

Porn scandal shakes Swedish airport agency

National: 6 May 09
Sweden’s airport authority is reeling after an investigation into computer network problems revealed that several employees were surfing pornographic websites while on the job. READ »

Gang leader studies fraud law in prison

Society: 1 Apr 09
While imprisoned for serious drugs offences, Andreas Olsson, the leader of the Bandidos organized crime gang in Stockholm, has been studying courses in financial criminal law at the taxpayer's expense. READ »

Burger King sets its sights on northern Sweden

Business & Money: 26 Mar 09
A burger war is brewing in northern Sweden, pitting the country’s own Max hamburger restaurants against American fast food giants McDonald’s and Burger King. READ »

Pigs boiled alive at Swedish meat plants

National: 17 Mar 09
Living pigs have been scalded to death at four large Swedish meat processing plants, according to the National Food Administration. READ »

Layoffs hit Sweden's schools

Education: 11 Mar 09
Teachers are in danger of losing their jobs in roughly one third of Sweden’s 290 municipalities. READ »

Swedish woman receives own death certificate in the post

Society: 17 Feb 09
A woman suffering from cancer has received some shocking news from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency - a letter informing her that she had been declared dead. READ »

Man planned to poison ex-girlfriend

National: 6 Feb 09
A 32-year-old man has been remanded in custody in Luleå in northern Sweden on charges of plotting to poison and murder his former partner. READ »

Military offers proposal on defence cuts

Politics: 30 Jan 09
Sweden’s top military commander on Friday handed over to the government a lengthy report detailing a range of proposed reductions to the country’s armed forces. READ »

Woman stabs boyfriend during reconciliation dinner

National: 25 Jan 09
A 47-year-old woman from a small town in northern Sweden has been arrested after stabbing her partner during a romantic get-together designed to repair their rocky relationship. READ »

Swedish schools to offer 'elite' courses

Education: 15 Jan 09
Sweden’s National Agency for Education on Thursday named 10 high schools to participate in a new initiative designed to give top performing students a chance to take university-level courses. READ »

Lush scents incur allergy group wrath

Society: 30 Dec 08
The Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association has argued that the scents emanating from the Luleå branch of the international chain Lush are a health hazard and the store should be ordered to close its doors. READ »

Five family members jailed for axe attack

National: 12 Dec 08
Five members of the same family were found guilty on Friday of involvement in a vicious axe attack against a 47-year-old man last spring near Haparanda in northern Sweden. READ »

Steelmaker SSAB to cut 1,300 jobs

Business & Money: 8 Dec 08
Swedish steelmaker SSAB announced plans on Monday to reduce staff by 1,300 employees as part of a billion kronor ($122 million) savings programme. READ »

Teenage girl kidnapped in northern Sweden

National: 30 Nov 08
Police in Sweden and Finland are looking for a 16-year-old girl feared kidnapped in Haparanda in northern Sweden on Saturday morning. READ »

Sahlin sets Christmas cooperation deadline

Politics: 19 Nov 08
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has said a decision will be reached by Christmas as to whether the main parties of the opposition will run for election in 2010 on a joint electoral platform. READ »

Family charged for brutal axe attack against neighbour

National: 13 Nov 08
A father and his five children were charged on Thursday for their involvement in a vicious axe attack against a 47-year-old man last spring near Haparanda in northern Sweden. READ »

Swedish nurses oppose breast feeding alcohol guidelines

Science & Technology: 10 Nov 08
Most Swedish midwives and nurses continue to advise new mothers to abstain from alcohol when breast feeding, despite new guidelines saying that consuming alcohol in small quantities has no adverse effects. READ »

Northern Sweden to test new 'smart' roadway

Science & Technology: 19 Sep 08
Just in time for winter, a stretch of motorway in the far north of Sweden has been outfitted with high-tech equipment to help warn drivers about perilous driving conditions. READ »

Concern over 'sex games' at Swedish high school

Society: 12 Sep 08
Chocolate covered torsos and co-ed banana eating are just a couple of things troubling officials about new student initiation rituals at a basketball oriented high school in northern Sweden. READ »

Pranksters turn public park into sprawling pot farm

Society: 1 Aug 08
No one noticed the marijuana plants towering above the flowers in a public park in the northern Swedish town of Luleå until a local newspaper received an anonymous tip - and some help from a vacationing Jamaican. READ »

Solar eclipse best seen from the north

Science & Technology: 31 Jul 08
Stargazers and scientists from across the world are gearing up for a total solar eclipse on Friday. In Sweden, the eclipse can be seen from late morning across the country. READ »

Moped in close encounter with wall

National: 13 Jul 08
A Swedish man was injured Saturday when he crashed his moped into a wall. READ »

Swedish traders warm to euro

Society: 10 Jul 08
Acceptance of euro notes and coins is becoming more and more widespread in Swedish businesses, according to a new survey. READ »

Where have all the Sami gone?

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Jun 08
You can live in Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö your whole life and still know almost nothing about the Sami, the indigenous people of Sweden, writes David Bartal. READ »

Dating Swedish women: logging in and going out

Dating: 14 Jun 08
Dating in Sweden: As winter drew in and he struggled to adjust to life in Sweden, Michael Lynch from Ireland revved up his computer and began dabbling in the world of online dating. READ »

Son suspected of killing mother

National: 17 May 08
A woman was found dead in an apartment in Luleå on Friday. Police suspect the woman's son of being responsible for her death. READ »

A northern adventure: Europe’s last wilderness

Travel: 14 May 08
From hikes across mountains with Sami reindeer herders to tours of Europe's only civilian space centre, northern Sweden offers new experiences for adventurous travellers. READ »

Sweden's military plans further cuts

National: 23 Apr 08
Eksjö, Luleå, Karlsborg and Uppsala will soon be without any military activity, announced Armed Forces Director General Marie Hafström on Wednesday. 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 »

Swedish police forced to release murderer

National: 19 Mar 08
Swedish police have been forced to release a convicted murderer after French police failed to arrive in time to collect him. READ »

Running amok in Jokkmokk

Travel: 13 Feb 08
Alec Forss heads to the Arctic Circle to take in Sami culture and reindeer games at the world’s coldest winter market in Jokkmokk. READ »

Join the Club: Rugby, American sports, Racquet sports

Lifestyle: 25 Jan 08
If you can tell your hookers from your shuttlecocks, you may find something to interest you in this week's guide to joining a sports club. READ »

Swedish Mafia: fighting a losing battle

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 07
To an outsider, Sweden would seem an unlikely place to find rising gang crime. But the problem has snowballed since the nineties, leaving police clamouring for better tools to deal with the problem. Daniel Boman reports. READ »

Northern Sweden gets the best of summer sun

National: 10 Aug 07
Anyone who headed south to find the Swedish summer sun this year was heading in the wrong direction. The sunniest places in Sweden in June and July were all in the north of the country. READ »

Baby born feet first in hospital dash

Society: 6 Aug 07
Annica Sandström from Piteå in northern Sweden was forced to give birth at the side of the road after her husband was informed that there were no ambulances available. READ »

Legionnaires fear on cruise ship

National: 29 Jul 07
Six cruise ship passengers, at least five of them British, have been hospitalised in Stockholm showing symptoms of Legionnaires disease, a medical source and the ship operator said Saturday. READ »

Teacher faces jail over sex with student

Society: 19 Jul 07
A 59-year-old teacher has appeared in court in Luleå accused of having sexually abused a 15-year-old girl. The man faces two years in prison for abusing his authority over the girl, who was one of his students. READ »

Teenagers torture 12-year-old girl

National: 29 Jun 07
A 12-year-old girl has been subjected to a brutal assault by three teenagers in Luleå town centre. Over the course of two hours, the girl's assailants beat her, spat at her and inflicted her with cigarette burns. READ »

Google buys Swedish IT company

Business & Money: 20 Apr 07
Google has acquired northern Swedish IT company Marratech. The American giant is thought to have paid over 100 million kronor for the Luleå-based company. READ »

Sports digest: Henrik Larsson returns to base

Sport: 12 Mar 07
Larsson returns, Zlatan scores, the ice hockey season reaches a crucial stage, and Hammarby makes the final in bandy (whatever that is). READ »

Woman stabs boyfriend after disappointing sex

National: 21 Feb 07
A man from Luleå ended up requiring emergency surgery after an argument with his girlfriend about the poor quality of their sex life ended in a knife attack. The woman could face deportation. READ »

Police destroy Umeå 'bomb'

National: 28 Jan 07
An unidentified object spread fear in the Ersboda part of Umeå on Sunday - until police blew it up in a forest, suspecting that it was a bomb. READ »

Boyfriend killer gets rare life sentence

National: 20 Dec 06
A woman in northern Sweden charged with the brutal murder of her boyfriend has been sentenced to life imprisonment. She becomes the sixth ever woman to face life behind bars in Sweden. READ »

Climate top of Swedish king's agenda

National: 28 Nov 06
King Carl Gustaf sorts out his recyclables in his private kitchen, runs a pellet-fired boiler at Drottningholm palace and talks about climate change whenever he goes on state visits - but he doesn't drive a 'green' car. READ »

Drunken elk drowns after falling through ice

National: 23 Nov 06
An elk that became inebriated after binging on fermented apples in northern Sweden drowned when it fell through the ice on a frozen inlet in Luleå. READ »

Internet sites warn users of fraudsters

Business & Money: 20 Nov 06
Alleged con-men are on trial in Luleå accused of tricking 304 people out of 700,000 kronor through Internet buy-and-sell site Blocket. The site is warning users to take precautions when buying online. READ »

Suspected bomb at Luleå arena

National: 26 Oct 06
Police are examining a suspected bomb left in a rucksack outside an ice-hockey arena in Luleå, northern Sweden. The bag was left by a 24-year old man, who told a bus stewardess that it contained dynamite. READ »

Man drowns as car plummets into harbour

National: 3 Sep 06
A car was driven off the edge of the quay in Luleå's south harbour just after 9pm on Saturday. One man died. READ »

Luleå police seize gun man

National: 25 Aug 06
Police cordoned off part of Malmberget, in the municipality of Gällivare, on Friday afternoon after an armed man holed himself up in an apartment in the area. READ »

"Sweden's worst forest fire in modern times"

National: 16 Aug 06
Forest fires which started at the end of last week are continuing to rage in northern Sweden. And it could be several weeks before the blazes are fully out, say fire officials. READ »

'I just love Swedish blonds'

Lifestyle: 1 Aug 06
American soul diva LaGaylia tells The Local about moving from Florida to Sundsvall, singing in Robert Wells' Rhapsody in Rock and learning to speak Swedish. READ »

Four dead in weekend road accidents

National: 22 Jul 06
Four people have died in two car accidents near Skellefteå in northern Sweden. A car hit a truck killing three, while a young Norwegian died on his way to a festival after crashing into a tree. READ »

Moroccan jailed for 45 kilo hash trade

National: 21 Jul 06
A Swedish court on Friday jailed a Moroccan man for five years for selling 45 kilos of hash in the Netherlands for re-sale in Sweden. READ »

SAS to demand fingerprints from flyers

National: 27 Jun 06
The Scandinavian airline says all passengers will have to give their fingerprints when they check in on domestic routes, as part of heightened security measures. READ »

Iranian refugees accepted by Sweden

Society: 17 May 06
Over a hundred Iranian Kurd refugees who fled Iran during the Islamic Revolution, then left Iraq during the war, are now on their way to Sweden from their desert camp in Jordan. READ »

Tourist offices around Sweden

Travel: 3 May 06
A handy list of Sweden's tourist offices, along with their phone numbers, email addresses and web sites. READ »

Action needed to save Sami language

Lifestyle: 21 Feb 06
The Sami language is under threat and local dialects are in danger of completely dying out. A government inquiry recommends increased tuition in the language and that it be granted official status in over 20 northern local councils. READ »