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May 28, 2012
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Swedish triple jumper Olsson quits ahead of London Olympics
Sport: 14 May 12
Swedish Olympic gold medalist triple jumper Christian Olsson is abandoning his bid to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the one-time world record holder said as he announced on Monday he was retiring from the sport.
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Scientologists push anti-drug classes in schools
Education: 11 May 12
An group with ties to the Church of Scientology has been selling lectures about drug abuse to Swedish schools that contain significant factual errors, according to an investigation carried out by a Swedish newspaper.
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Swedes thrash Danes for third world hockey win
Sport: 8 May 12
Sweden had little trouble dispatching Denmark 6-4 in Stockholm Monday to remain undefeated after three matches at the 2012 world ice hockey championships.
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Co-hosts Sweden hope to snag ice hockey gold
Sport: 4 May 12
Sweden's national ice hockey team, Tre Kronor, is hoping to avenge last year's upset loss to Norway – as well as reverse a recent string of defeats – in the quest for gold at 2012 ice hockey world championships.
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Obama honours Raoul Wallenberg's legacy
Society: 20 Apr 12
US president Barack Obama praised the "selfless acts" of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in a special video message released Thursday to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Swedish skier Anja Pärson calls it quits
Sport: 12 Mar 12
Swedish alpine skier Anja Pärson, who amassed six Olympic medals in her 14 year career, announced on Monday that she would retire from competitive skiing this week.
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Mats Sundin in massive kid's health research gift
Business & Money: 10 Feb 12
Mats Sundin, the ex-Swedish hockey great, has made a donation supporting research into children's health at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and the University of Toronto.
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Sweden's hockey juniors beat Finland in semi-final
Sport: 4 Jan 12
The Swedish ice-hockey juniors reached the World Cup final after a gut wrenching turn against sister nation Finland during the night to Wednesday.
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Swedish seniors stay active through exercise
Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Swedish senior citizens, some well into their 90s, are staying fit and active by taking up regular exercise even long after reaching retirement age, the AFP's Pia Ohlin reports.
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Laureates accept Nobel prizes in Stockholm
Society: 10 Dec 11
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf handed out the Nobel prizes in medicine, literature, economics, physics and chemistry the 2011 laureates at a gala ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.
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Women arm wrestlers bring home the gold
Sport: 4 Dec 11
When the dust had settled after the last match of the world championship in arm wrestling in Kazakhstan on Saturday, ten Swedish women held no fewer than twelve medals in different classes - four gold, seven silver, and one bronze.
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Man stabbed at indoor football tournament
National: 27 Nov 11
The World Deaf Futsal Championship was marred by a stabbing incident at the closing ceremony of the indoor football tournament in Örebro on Saturday.
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Zlatan nets record sixth 'Golden Ball'
Sport: 8 Nov 11
AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic brought home a record sixth, and fifth consecutive, Golden Ball at Sweden's football gala on Monday evening, underlining his status as Sweden's leading player.
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King slammed over award to Saudi monarch
Politics: 4 Oct 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has kicked up a storm of controversy after giving a medal to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah during a recent visit to the country.
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Sweden mourns sports legend Sven Tumba
Sport: 2 Oct 11
Sven Tumba, one of Sweden's most famous ever sports stars, died in hospital in Stockholm on Saturday at the age of 80, following a long illness.
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Handicapped Swede sets Alcatraz swim record
Sport: 5 Sep 11
Swedish handicapped swimmer Anders Olsson shocked a field of experienced open-water swimmers by winning a race from prison island Alcatraz to the California mainland in record time on Sunday.
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Swedish medal hopes scarce at athletics worlds
Sport: 26 Aug 11
Chances look slim for Sweden’s 16 athletes at the IAAF World Championships 2011 which open in the South Korean city of Daegu this weekend.
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Swedish MMA star Alexander Gustafsson mauls his way to the top
Lifestyle: 5 Aug 11
Alexander Gustafsson, a hulking Swede known as “The Mauler” has risen to be one of the toughest fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA), explains contributor Ryan O’Leary.
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Sweden's Alshammar swims home new gold
Sport: 31 Jul 11
Sweden's superstar swimmer Therese Alshammar finally snagged her gold after winning the women's 50m freestyle title at the world championships on Sunday.
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New generation of Arctic scientists flourish at Stockholm University
Education: 20 Jul 11
The wild and mysterious polar regions - planet Earth's last relatively unexplored areas - have long struck a cord with the adventurous side within many of us. Extreme, yet delicate, this polar environment is also an area of great interest for science.
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Swedish World Cup stars given heroes' welcome
Sport: 19 Jul 11
Götaplatsen in Gothenburg in western Sweden was teeming with exulted football fans on Monday evening, gathered to give the bronze-medal winning women's World Cup team a jubilant welcome back from Germany.
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Sweden secures World Cup bronze
Sport: 17 Jul 11
Sweden finished third at the women's World Cup after beating France 2-1 in Saturday's play-off despite finishing the game with 10 players.
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Swedes gunning for France in bronze game
Sport: 15 Jul 11
Having lost in the women's World Cup semi-finals, Sweden take on France on Saturday in the third-place play-off with both sides insisting they are going for bronze.
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Sweden Democrats suffer drop in support
Politics: 10 Jul 11
The Sweden Democrats have lost one in three voters over the past month according to the latest opinion survey.
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Juholt promises 21 concrete points of reform
Politics: 8 Jul 11
Social Democratic leader Håkan Juholt is promising that his speech in Almedalen on Friday evening will unveil no fewer than 21 concrete points on labour and employment reforms.
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Make Sweden a 'settler country': minister
Politics: 7 Jul 11
Resigning Centre Party head and minister for enterprise and energy, Maud Olofsson, found it hard to contain her tears when she revealed the topic of her last speech in Almedalen - the challenges the party faces in the future.
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Fuglesang survives homeopathic pill overdose
Science & Technology: 7 Jul 11
A group from a Swedish science organisation, with astronaut Christer Fuglesang in the lead, took an overdose of sleeping pills in Almedalen, at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, in order to disprove the effects of homeopathy.
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Swedish government approves Saab deal
Business & Money: 7 Jul 11
The Swedish government has approved Saab’s property sale, according to a statement issued from the ministry for enterprise and energy on Thursday.
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Liberals in favour of more immigration
Politics: 6 Jul 11
If you have a Master's degree you should be welcome to Sweden to apply for work, without already having secured employment, suggest the Liberals in a bid to attract "hard-working and well-educated" people to Sweden.
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The Archipelago Festival - a celebration of the archipelago
Travel: 6 Jul 11
The Archipelago Festival - one of the East Coast's largest and longest summer events - is a unique experience where visitors travel back in time to experience how it was in the Västervik archipelago in the early 1900's.
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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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Almedalen political week kicks off in Sweden
Lifestyle: 4 Jul 11
Sweden’s annual political week, the “Almedalen Week” (Almedalsveckan), started on Sunday and will go on for eight days on the Baltic Island of Gotland. Contributor Oliver Gee talks to representatives from the two largest political parties; the Social Democrats and the Moderates, to find out more.
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Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson in Almedalen
Politics: 4 Jul 11
The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson arrived on the Baltic island of Gotland on Sunday, to take part in the annual “political” week in the Almedalen park, in Visby.
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Swedish reporters held in custody in Ethiopia
National: 4 Jul 11
Two Swedish journalists have been taken into custody by the Ethiopian army while reporting from an area pronounced off limits for journalists, an Ethiopian government official confirmed Sunday.
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Green Party hopes to lure Swedish youth back to school
Education: 3 Jul 11
One in four Swedes leave their teenage years behind without completing high school, costing society six billion kronor ($957 million) per annum, according to the Green Party, who want to facilitate a return to the school desk.
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Almedalsveckan costs authorities millions
Politics: 3 Jul 11
Swedish politicians, journalists and lobbyists have gathered on Gotland to partake in Almedalsveckan, an annual political event that is set to cost Swedish authorities 5.2 million kronor ($829,000) according to a Swedish newspaper.
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Swedes against church dabbling in politics
National: 23 Jun 11
Most Swedes think that the church should look out for the vulnerable in society and join in the societal debate but not get involved politically, according to a new Swedish study.
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Carl Bildt voted 'funniest' Swedish politician
Politics: 22 Jun 11
Swedes find foreign minister Carl Bildt to be the funniest politician and minister for enterprise and energy Maud Olofsson to be the most boring, according to a survey carried out by TV channel Comedy Central.
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Sweden fall at Finnish hockey hurdle
Sport: 16 May 11
Sweden were given a hockey lesson in their World Championship final clash with Finland on Sunday, with their Nordic neighbours coming back from a goal down to walk away with the title 6-1.
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Twisting tongues: Sweden's sexiest dialect
Lifestyle: 10 May 11
If you’re looking to boost your Swedish sex appeal, The Local's Karen Holst explains why enrolling in a Swedish language course in Gothenburg may be the ticket to wooing that potential Swedish sweetheart.
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Abuse reports rise after Olympian's bombshell
Sport: 8 May 11
The number of reports of child sex abuse more than doubled in Sweden in the days following revelations by former Olympic high jumper Patrik Sjöberg that he was molested by his late coach and stepfather, a children's rights group has said.
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Beer in Sweden: a look at new springtime brews
Lifestyle: 4 May 11
Beer blogger Darren Packman offers his thoughts on seven new beers set to hit the shelves in select Systembolaget stores in May, as Sweden's state-run liquor monopoly does its part to mark the arrival of spring.
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Norway stun Sweden with historic hockey win
Sport: 1 May 11
Norway came from behind to claim a first ever ice hockey win over Sweden on Saturday as the teams opened their Group C campaigns at the world championships in Slovakia.
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Swedish Olympian in coach sex abuse tell-all
Sport: 28 Apr 11
Revelations that Swedish Olympic high jumper Patrik Sjöberg faced years of sexual abuse by his late coach and stepfather have left the Swedish athletics establishment reeling.
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Stieg Larsson: the man behind the books
Lifestyle: 8 Apr 11
While Stieg Larsson's Millennium crime trilogy turned him into a global phenomenon, the late Swedish author never dreamed of being famous, his Swedish biographer tells The Local's Geoff Mortimore.
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Prostitution sting nets hundreds of suspects
Society: 24 Mar 11
Police have identified more than 400 men suspected of paying for sex in Sweden’s biggest ever prostitution sting after a 40-year-old man was convicted of acting as a pimp for five women, including his wife.
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US city honours Swedish NHL star Lidström
Sport: 21 Mar 11
Swedish NHL star Nicklas Lidström has been honoured by his US hometown in recognition of his sporting achievements with the Detroit Red Wings.
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Sweden's Jönsson wins Stockholm palace sprint
Sport: 17 Mar 11
Emil Jönsson became the first Swede to claim victory in the Stockholm palace sprint on Wednesday, beating off the challenge of a slew of Norwegian skiers in the World Cup event.
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Finland wins diplomatic hockey tournament in Stockholm
Politics: 12 Mar 11
A squad featuring hockey playing diplomats from the Finnish embassy took home gold in the second annual Stockholm Diplomatic Cup hockey tournament on Friday.
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Swedish women nab Nordic skiing gold
Sport: 2 Mar 11
Ida Ingemarsdotter and Charlotte Kalla gave Sweden the gold on Wednesday in the women's team sprint at the world Nordic ski championships.
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Hellner captures world Nordic gold for Sweden
Sport: 25 Feb 11
Sweden's Marcus Hellner captured gold at the world Nordic ski championships on Thursday, beating out Norwegian Petter Northug in the men's sprint.
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Two Swedes notch wins at Nordic World Cup
Sport: 21 Feb 11
Swedes topped the podium twice over the weekend with Nordic World Cup wins in Norway. A Swedish alpine skier also won silver in the slalom at the World Ski Championships in Germany.
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Sweden's Pietilä Holmner claims world ski bronze
Sport: 19 Feb 11
Sweden's Maria Pietilä Holmner won the bronze medal at the world skiing championships in Germany on Saturday, coming in behind Austria's Marlies Schild and Kathrin Zettel.
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Swedes claim team bronze at ski worlds
Sport: 16 Feb 11
Sweden claimed the team bronze at the world ski championships in Germany on Wednesday after demolishing Italy 4-0 in the third-place play-off.
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Sweden's Peter Forsberg retires from ice hockey
Sport: 14 Feb 11
Swedish hockey legend Peter Forsberg has given up on his bid to make a comeback in the National Hockey League and is retiring from ice hockey.
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Sweden's Forsberg loses in NHL comeback
Sport: 12 Feb 11
Sweden's Peter Forsberg return to the NHL on Friday with his old team, the Colorado Avalanche, was not enough to lift them against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who skated away with a 3-1 victory.
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Anja Pärson claims world bronze
Sport: 11 Feb 11
Sweden's Anja Pärson claimed a dramatic 12th world championship medal on Friday after she claimed the bronze medal in the super combined in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Swedish Sedin twins face off in NHL all-star game
Sport: 29 Jan 11
Henrik and Daniel Sedin, the Swedish twins who play for the Vancouver Canucks, will line up on opposite sides for Sunday's NHL all-star game.
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Handball ref exposed himself to hotel maids
Society: 22 Jan 11
A handball referee who was arrested for exposing himself to cleaners in a Gothenburg hotel has been banned from the men’s handball World Championships currently being held in Sweden
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Swede Lidström named NHL all-star captain
Sport: 19 Jan 11
Swedish blueliner Nicklas Lidstrom was selected as an NHL all-star captain for the 2011 game, responsible for picking his team out of a pool of elite players.
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Mishap leaves Swedish teen gymnast paralysed
Sport: 5 Jan 11
A 17-year-old boy was left potentially paralysed following a training accident at a gymnastics camp in southwestern Sweden on Tuesday afternoon.
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Sweden's Alshammar settles for silver
Sport: 20 Dec 10
Swedish swimming star Therese Alshammar claimed a silver medal in the short course world championships in Dubai on Sunday and was obliged to surrender her medals record despite an earlier gold.
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Winners accept prizes in Nobel week climax
Society: 10 Dec 10
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf handed the 2010 Nobel laureates in literature, economics, physics and chemistry their prizes on Friday at a gala ceremony in Stockholm.
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Sweden's Jönsson wins cross-country World Cup
Sport: 5 Dec 10
Sweden's Emil Jönsson won his sixth title on the World Cup circuit on Saturday when he crossed the line first in the cross-country freestyle sprint final in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Nordic ski season opens with Swedish victory
Sport: 20 Nov 10
Sweden’s Marcus Hellner opened the Nordic skiing World Cup season with a first place finish on Saturday, while fellow Swede Charlotte Kalla settled for second in the women’s opening race.
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Allsvenskan 2010: the season in review
Lifestyle: 8 Nov 10
As Malmö continues to celebrate its Swedish championship gold medal, contributor Nic Townsend looks back at a season that ended quite differently than many observers of Swedens’ expected premier football league expected.
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Sweden's Alshammar takes World Cup crown
Sport: 8 Nov 10
Sweden's Therese Alshammar of Sweden netted $100,000 (659,150 kronor) for topping swimming's overall World Cup standings on Sunday.
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Federer and Söderling advance in Stockholm
Sport: 22 Oct 10
Roger Federer and home favourite Robin Söderling both qualified for the quarterfinals of the Stockholm Open with ease on Thursday, beating Taylor Dent and Benjamin Becker respectively.
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Dead soldier returns home to Sweden
National: 20 Oct 10
The body of Kenneth Wallin, the 22-year-old Swedish soldier killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, returned home to Sweden on Tuesday evening, as further Swedes came under fire in the war-torn country.
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Hockey wasn't always Sweden's pride on ice
Lifestyle: 7 Oct 10
Sweden’s passion for ice hockey will be on display this weekend when teams from the National Hockey League square off in Stockholm, but the fast-moving sport wasn’t always near and dear to Swedes’ hearts, The Local’s David Landes discovered.
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Introducing the Feminist Initiative
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Sep 10
Here's a look at the Feminist Initiative, bidding to enter parliament for the first time.
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Swedish canoes cause autobahn pile up
National: 23 Aug 10
The canoe which carried home the gold for Anders Gustafsson in the World Championships in Poland on Sunday was among those destroyed in an accident on the German autobahn on Monday morning, which left two people in hospital.
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Sjöström claims European gold medal
Sport: 14 Aug 10
Swedish swimmer Sarah Sjöström lived up to domestic expectations on Friday as she claimed the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly event at the European Championships in Budapest.
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Gay outsprints Bolt in Stockholm showdown
Sport: 7 Aug 10
American sprinter Tyson Gay left world record holder Usain Bolt trailing in his wake on Friday in the Diamond League men's 100 metres in Stockholm.
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Swedes host mouth-watering sprint clash
Sport: 5 Aug 10
Friday's Diamond League men's 100 metres in Stockholm is set to be extra special with Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay - the world's three fastest men - meeting for the first time since last year's world championships in Berlin.
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Green flies high to grab last gasp Swedish medal
Sport: 2 Aug 10
Swedish high-jumper Emma Green showed that there is life in Swedish athletics by beating her personal best to clinch a silver medal at the European Championships in Barcelona on Sunday.
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Ibrahimovic returns to Swedish national team
Sport: 16 Jul 10
Barcelona star Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to return as captain of the Swedish national team after a nine month absence, the Swedish Football Federation confirmed at lunchtime on Friday.
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Klüft in battle for Euros qualification
Sport: 15 Jul 10
With just days remaining before deadline for qualification for the 2010 European Championships, Swedish athlete and Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Klüft is battling to achieve a long jump distance to ensure participation.
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Support for new nuclear reactors grows: survey
Politics: 10 Jul 10
A decision in Sweden's parliament, the Riksdag, to allow old nuclear reactors to be replaced has broad support among Swedes, according to a survey presented by the Liberal Party.
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Alliance retains lead as gap narrows: poll
Politics: 9 Jul 10
The gap between the centre-right and centre-left blocs in Swedish politics has narrowed, but the Alliance retains a lead of 4.9 percentage points as the Almedalen political week nears its end, a new poll shows.
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Feminist cash burning provokes backlash
Politics: 7 Jul 10
The Feminist Initiative's controversial burning of 100,000 kronor ($13,000) in Visby on Tuesday in a demonstration for equal pay between the sexes, has come in for criticism from allies and opponents alike.
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Tourism creates jobs, boosts export earnings
Business & Money: 6 Jul 10
Tourism helped to create new jobs and higher export earnings in 2009, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) reported on Tuesday.
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Feminists plan 100,000 kronor bonfire for 'fair pay'
Politics: 5 Jul 10
Gudrun Schyman has announced that Feminist Initiative is to hold a Tuesday morning bonfire, with plans to burn 100,000 kronor in 20 kronor notes as a demonstration for equal pay between the sexes.
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Bishop manhandled by Sweden Democrats
Politics: 5 Jul 10
Church of Sweden Bishop Lennart Koskinen was forcibly removed by Sweden Democrat security staff when the nationalist party held a meeting just metres from the church tent at Almedalen week on Gotland on Monday.
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Left Party changes name to 'Welfare Party'
Politics: 5 Jul 10
The Left Party has changed its name, albeit temporarily, in order to profile its core issues and arrest the long-term slide in voter support, hoping to deflect criticism of party leader Lars Ohly.
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Schyman complains of Fi media isolation
Politics: 5 Jul 10
The leader of the Feminist Initiative (Fi), Gudrun Schyman, has said that the Almedalen Week in Visby on Gotland is a perfect opportunity to promote the party's message, complaining of isolation by the media and polling institutes.
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No tax cuts next year: Moderates
National: 4 Jul 10
Sweden’s prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has ruled out further tax cuts in 2011 if his party is returned to power in September’s general election.
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Military service comes to an end in Sweden
National: 1 Jul 10
Compulsory military service officially came to end in Sweden on Thursday after 109 years, setting the non-aligned nation on the path to developing a fully professional army.
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The Royal Wedding: Live Blog
National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding.
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Olympic champions line up for King's medals
Society: 7 Jun 10
King Carl XVI Gustaf will award 40 His Majesty the King's medals (H.M. Konungens medalj) to a number of prominent Swedes on Tuesday afternoon.
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Federer wary of Swede Söderling
Sport: 31 May 10
Despite a 100 percent career record, world number one Roger Federer says it would be a fatal mistake to under-estimate Robin Soderling in their French Open quarter-final.
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Swedes settle for world hockey bronze
Sport: 24 May 10
Sweden rounded off their ice hockey world championships with a 3-1 win over hosts Germany to claim the bronze in the the third-place play-off in Cologne on Sunday.
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Shoot-out despair as Sweden lose to Czechs
National: 23 May 10
Sweden fell at the semi final stage in the world ice hockey championship as the "Three Crowns" were edged out 3-2 by the Czech Republic in a penalty shoot-out in Cologne on Saturday.
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Swedes in semis at hockey worlds
Sport: 21 May 10
Sweden's Tre Kronor will face the Czech Republic in the semi-finals of the World Hockey Championships.
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Swedes claim Paralympic curling bronze
Sport: 22 Mar 10
The Swedish curling team has claimed the bronze at the Paralympics overcoming the USA 7-5 in Vancouver on Saturday. The host nation, Canada won the gold after beating the Koreans 8-7.
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Swedish Paralympic curler fails drug test
Sport: 20 Mar 10
Glenn Ikonen, a member of Sweden's Paralympic curling team, has been issued with a two-year suspension for failing a drugs test as his teammates secure their place in the finals in Vancouver.
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Swedish curlers face Paralympic tie-break
National: 19 Mar 10
Sweden will face Italy in a tie-break in the Paralympic wheelchair curling in Vancouver on Friday as the teams finished the round robin on identical points.
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Sweden blitzed by ten-goal Canada
National: 15 Mar 10
Sweden's sledge hockey team received a thumping in Vancouver on Sunday as Canada posted a 10-1 win in the second group game at the Paralympic Games.
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Olsson claims new cross-country bronze
Sport: 1 Mar 10
Johan Olsson claimed Sweden's 11th medal of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games when fortune favoured him in the battle for the bronze in the men's 50 kilometre cross-country classic.
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Sweden grabs slalom bronze
Sport: 28 Feb 10
André Myhrer won Sweden's tenth Winter Olympics medal in Vancouver on Saturday finishing third place in the mens slalom following an impressive spurt in the final leg of the race.
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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 »
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