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Prison for dad who made girl fake mental illness

National: 15 Dec 11
A 46-year-old Swedish father who forced his young daughter to pretend she had a mental illness so he could cash in on assistance benefits was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday. READ »

Dewani's life 'at risk' if extradited: lawyer

Society: 14 Dec 11
A lawyer for British businessman Shrien Dewani, accused of killing his Swedish wife during their honeymoon in Cape Town, told a UK court on Tuesday her client's life could be at risk if he is extradited to South Africa. READ »

Charges filed after mass food poisoning

Society: 12 Dec 11
A café owner from central Sweden is facing criminal charges after 86 people were taken ill with food poisoning after eaten food prepared on her premises just a few days after inspectors had told her to close her shop. READ »

Swedish town retreats from radiation-free zone

Science & Technology: 28 Nov 11
Mora municipality in central Sweden has decided not to accede to the wishes of an "electro-oversensitive" local resident and introduce a "radiation-free" zone in order to maintain mobile phone coverage. READ »

'Electro-oversensitive' man in mobile phone blackout threat

Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
A Swedish man who wears a "silver suit" to protect himself from mobile phone radiation had demanded that local officials protect his health by creating a “radiation-free zone” that may leave thousands without mobile phone coverage. READ »

Immigrant in Sweden: a lifelong label?

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Nov 11
Despite being born in Sweden or having lived most of their lives in Sweden, the children of immigrant parents sometimes contend that they will never be viewed as “Swedes”, but will instead always be thought of as immigrants. What do you think? READ »

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. READ »

Ex-Sweden Democrat MP involuntarily committed

Politics: 24 Oct 11
Independent Swedish MP William Petzäll, who left the Sweden Democrats amidst a battle with substance abuse, has been involuntarily committed to treatment after a recent hospitalization. READ »

Global activists receive 'Alternative Nobel' prize

Society: 29 Sep 11
A Chadian lawyer, an international agricultural rights group, a US safe childbirth advocate and a Chinese engineer will share the 2011 Right Livelihood Award, often dubbed the "Alternative Nobel," organisers said Thursday. READ »

Mother admits to killing sons, 4 and 8

National: 22 Sep 11
The 30-year-old mother who is suspected of having murdered her two young sons, whose bodies were recovered from a lake in Sigtuna north of Stockholm on Monday, confessed to their killing on Thursday afternoon. READ »

Cops drop Örebro prof suspect suicide probe

National: 14 Jul 11
An investigation into the suicide of the man suspected of murdering and dismembering a Örebro professor in March has been dropped with staff cleared of any suspicion of breach of duty. READ »

Migration Board 'violates human rights': report

National: 23 May 11
Sweden's top watchdog has slammed the country's Migration Board for human rights violations stemming from the agency's detention practices for people awaiting deportation. READ »

Slain Swede's husband wanted 'a way out'

National: 4 May 11
A British man charged with ordering the murder of his Swedish bride during the couple's South Africa honeymoon "needed a way out", according to testimony presented at his extradition hearing in London on Tuesday. READ »

Slain Swede's husband in drug overdose

National: 16 Mar 11
A UK businessman accused of killing his Swedish bride while on honeymoon in South Africa is to be admitted to hospital after overdosing on prescription drugs. READ »

Sweden Democrat criticises 'race mixing'

Politics: 13 Feb 11
A replacement municipal councillor for the Sweden Democrats in eastern Sweden may be expelled from the party after writing in an online forum that he is against "race mixing" and that Europeans have children with "niggers, Asians, etc." READ »

Palme prize awarded to Palestinian psychiatrist

Society: 4 Jan 11
A Palestinian psychiatrist has been awarded the 2010 Olof Palme Prize for his efforts to foster “common sense, reconciliation, and peace" in the Middle East the award’s Swedish jurors announced on Tuesday. READ »

Schoolboy compensated for racial bullying

Society: 18 Nov 10
A boy in western Sweden is to be compensated after enduring years of racially-motivated bullying, Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman has ruled. READ »

Acne linked to suicide risk: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 12 Nov 10
Severe acne can increase the risk of suicide, Swedish researchers have found, but a drug used to treat the condition may not be the main culprit. READ »

Poor grades pose higher suicide risk: study

Society: 26 Oct 10
High school graduates who earn the lowest average grades in their final year are three times more likely to commit suicide than those who graduate with the highest grades, a new Swedish study has found. READ »

Mass murderer seeks release date again

National: 30 Jun 10
Swedish mass murderer Mattias Flink, who shot and killed seven people in Falun in central Sweden in June 1994, claimed on Wednesday that he reflects on his crimes "every day" as proceedings began to consider limiting his life sentence. READ »

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. READ »

Convicted serial killer sees charges dropped

National: 28 May 10
A prosecutor has dropped the charges of murder against convicted serial killer Thomas Quick for the 1988 slaying of an Israeli tourist. Quick has recently retracted earlier statements in which he claimed to have killed more than twenty people. READ »

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. 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 »

Boy found guilty of murdering sister

National: 9 Nov 09
A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty by Ystad district court of murdering his 19-year-old sister on a farm outside Sjöbo in southern Sweden. READ »

Outrage over teens' two-month detention without charges

National: 9 Jun 09
Two months after five teenagers were placed in a remand centre in Umeå in northern Sweden, the attorney for one of the youths is speaking out about the prolonged detention. READ »

Convict kills wife while on temporary release

National: 22 May 09
A man in his seventies who was on temporary release court ordered psychiatric care has been arrested after confessing to killing his wife in a suburb north of Stockholm. READ »

Confessed serial killer requests retrial

National: 20 Apr 09
Convicted serial killer Thomas Quick, who recently retracted confessions for eight murders, formally petitioned the Svea Court of Appeal for a retrial on Monday. READ »

Sweden invests in parental support

Business & Money: 31 Mar 09
Sweden is to invest 70 million kronor ($8.4 million) in 2009 to offer increased support for struggling parents, public health minister Maria Larsson announced on Tuesday. READ »

Young Swedes' mental health deteriorating: report

Society: 25 Mar 09
Swedish health authorities are growing increasingly concerned about the mental health of the country’s young people, according to a new report. READ »

Family members appeal axe attack verdicts

National: 8 Jan 09
Members of the family convicted for their roles in a shocking axe attack in a village outside of Haparanda in northern Sweden earlier this year have decided to appeal the judgments. READ »

Appeals court reverses Rödeby judgement

National: 20 Nov 08
A Swedish court of appeal has found a 51-year-old father from Rödeby in southern Sweden guilty of manslaughter and serious assault related to the shooting of two teenage boys in October 2007. READ »

Sami youth shine light on suicide problems

Society: 6 Oct 08
Young people from Sweden’s indigenous Sami community are demanding that more be done to reduce the number of suicides within the community, READ »

'No new trial' in Arboga murder case

National: 29 Aug 08
A court in western Sweden has decided not to hold a new trial in the case of the murder of two toddlers in Arboga, despite claims that several lay judges were biased against the main suspect. READ »

German woman requests new trial

National: 28 Aug 08
Christine Schürrer, the German woman expected to be found guilty of murdering two toddlers in Arboga in March, is requesting a new trial because of statements in the media made by lay judges. READ »

Sex ed group: 'Fetishism is not a disease'

Society: 27 Aug 08
The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) is demanding the removal of fetishism and sadomasochism from the National Board of Health and Welfare's (Socialstyrelsen) registry of diseases. READ »

Internet prevalent as youth bullying rises

Society: 4 Aug 08
Children and young people in Sweden are being subjected to threats and abuse from their peers, according to fresh statistics, often using the internet to perpetuate the intimidation. READ »

GM boss: 'Saab is a critical part of our European portfolio'

Business & Money: 26 Jul 08
General Motors will begin building Saab vehicles in the United States rather than put its Swedish subsidiary up for sale, GM chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner said on Friday. READ »

Child killer should not go to jail - lawyer

National: 9 Jul 08
A recommendation that child murderer Anders Eklund should serve a jail sentence should be overturned, his lawyer has said. READ »

Mentally ill offenders 'will not be punished'

Society: 9 Jul 08
Courts in Sweden will in future not have the option to sentence criminals to serve time in secure psychiatric units, ministers have said. READ »

Double murder suspect 'not mentally ill'

National: 1 Jul 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has admitting to the killing of 10-year-old Engla Juncosa Höglund, is likely to face a lengthy jail term after forensic psychiatrists ruled he was not in need of psychiatric care. READ »

Khat: Sweden's forgotten immigrant drug

Analysis & Opinion: 28 May 08
Use of the illegal drug khat is widespread in Sweden's immigrant suburbs but the police have chosen to turn a blind eye, Faisal Enayat Khan reports. READ »

Prison time for mentally ill

National: 18 Feb 08
The government has said it wants to allow prison sentences for offenders with psychological problems. READ »

Baby height linked to suicide

Science & Technology: 24 Jan 08
Male babies born shorter than average run over twice the risk of suicide later in life, a new study suggests. READ »

Police guard teen murder trial

National: 9 Jan 08
Police assembled in Karlskrona on Wednesday to guard the trial of a 50-year-old man charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy. READ »

Reinfeldt reveals secret meetings

Politics: 24 Dec 07
Sweden's Prime Minister speaks out about his secret meetings with vulnerable citizens. READ »

Court upholds sentence for au pair murder

National: 7 Nov 07
The Court of Appeal has upheld a District Court decision to sentence a 25-year-old man to 11 years in prison for the murder of a Croatian au pair in Gothenburg in April this year. READ »

Young Swedish women kill themselves more often

Society: 4 Oct 07
The suicide rate among young women in Sweden is at its highest level since the late 1970s. Researchers say the figures are a sign that young people's mental health is not taken seriously enough. READ »

Scientists: pesticides cause asthma

Science & Technology: 17 Sep 07
Farmers' use of certain pesticides can cause asthma, a breakthrough study presented in Stockholm at an international conference on respiratory diseases showed. READ »

'He raised his weapon and shot at me'

National: 23 Aug 07
The trial continued on Thursday of a 55-year-old man suspected of killing a police officer in June. One officer who survived the attack told the court of his part in the ordeal. READ »

Trial begins of police killer suspect

National: 22 Aug 07
Wednesday sees the beginning of court proceedings for the man suspected of killing police officer Fredrik Widén in Nyköping in June. READ »

Suspected police killer charged with murder

National: 17 Aug 07
A 55-year-old man has been charged with the suspected murder of a police officer in Nyköping in June. The act was described by a prosecutor as a 'premeditated execution'. READ »

Police killer suspect 'right to refuse psychiatric tests'

National: 25 Jul 07
The 55-year-old man who is suspected of killing a policeman in Nyköping in June has had his refusal to undergo a psychiatric assessment backed by the Court of Appeal. READ »

Eleven years for au pair murder

National: 25 Jul 07
A 25-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of the murder of a Croatian au pair in Gothenburg in April. READ »

Police shooting suspect has murder conviction

National: 21 Jun 07
A man arrested for killing a police officer in Nyköping on Wednesday has a previous conviction for murder and suffers from a psychiatric illness, police say. READ »

Couple find dead bat in breakfast cereal

National: 19 May 07
A couple in the west Sweden town of Tanum got a most unwelcome free gift in their breakfast cereal on Friday: a 4 centimetre long, dried-up English bat. "We couldn't believe our eyes," they said. READ »

Mental health problems worse in cities

Science & Technology: 26 Feb 07
Swedes living in the countryside have fewer psychological problems than their counterparts in the cities, according to the results of a new survey. READ »

Sweden tops blood pressure happiness league

Society: 22 Feb 07
Sweden is the happiest country in western Europe, according to a new study that links blood pressure to levels of contentment. Finland is among the least happy countries. READ »

Local officials investigate neglect of porcelain dog

National: 8 Jan 07
Officials in western Sweden were sent out to investigate the welfare of an animal suspected of suffering neglect at the hands of its owner. The dog seemed so passive, just sitting there... READ »

Unwelcome bacteria on Christmas menu

National: 22 Dec 06
Intestinal bacteria in the rice pudding, spore-forming bacteria in the jam and staphylococcus in the spring rolls: the uninvited microscopic guests in Stockholm's Christmas menus. READ »

Blockaded salad bar 'lacks licence'

National: 12 Dec 06
The blockade of a Gothenburg salad bar continues. Today it emerged that the owner does not have a valid licence to sell food. Owner "no longer has any desire to run a company in this country". READ »

Nine get food poisoning from Swedish foods agency buffet

National: 9 Dec 06
At least nine people are thought to have suffered food poisoning from a buffet at a staff training day - at Sweden's National Food Administration in Uppsala. READ »

Man jailed for stocking theft spree

National: 6 Nov 06
A man who attacked disabled women and stole their stockings has been sentenced to one and a half years in prison. The court judged that he was in good mental health and should therefore not go to a mental institution. READ »

Fewer teens to be called into army

National: 3 Oct 06
All young Swedish men should in principle serve in the armed forces, but less than half of 17-year olds will be called up for military service next year. Now, most won't even have to attend a formal evaluation. READ »

Persson 'threatened' in letter

Politics: 31 Aug 06
A woman threatened Göran Persson's life in a letter sent to Social Democratic offices in Kalmar, the day before he was due to speak there. The woman had psychological problems, say police. READ »

Cakes not good enough for bureaucrats

Society: 29 Aug 06
Environmental health inspectors in a Swedish town have decided to clamp down on a clear and present danger to inhabitants: home-baked cakes. Not our fault, says EU Commissioner Margot Wallström. READ »

Shock rise in electric treatment

Science & Technology: 21 Aug 06
The use of electric shocks in psychiatric treatment has more than doubled in the last five years in Sweden. READ »

Lindh killer charged with assault

National: 3 Aug 06
The man who murdered Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh in 2003 has been charged with assaulting a patient at a psychiatric asylum. READ »

Prosecutor delivers Haga Man indictment

National: 12 Jun 06
The prosecutor's case against the 33 year old man who is suspected of a series of brutal sex attacks in Umeå over the last seven years was delivered to the city's court on Monday morning. READ »

Stress makes your teeth fall out ? Swedish research

Science & Technology: 8 Apr 06
Anxiety, stress, and depression can cause periodontitis, a severe gum disease that leads to tooth loss, a study at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute has shown. READ »

Sweden second in world environment league

National: 24 Jan 06
Sweden has been ranked first in Europe and second overall for environmental performance, according to an index to be released at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. READ »

Opposition to give mental health 5bn kronor boost

National: 9 Jan 06
The conservative alliance want to invest five billion kronor in mental health care over ten years. In a ten point plan to shake up services, they also intend to extend the health guarantee to psychiatric patients and tighten laws on forcible admissions. READ »

Dead ducks in Eskilstuna

Smörgåsbord: 22 Oct 05
See also: Bird flu "could already be in Sweden"
A number of ducks have been found dead in a creek near Eskilstuna. The birds are now being tested for bird flu, but vets say they could be infected with an entirely different illness. READ »

Patient secrecy to be ignored for security police

Society: 19 Oct 05
Details about psychiatric patients are even kept from the prying eyes of Sweden's security police, Säpo. But not for long, perhaps - Säpo needs more power to combat the threat to ministers and royalty, says the government. READ »

Lindh killer attacks fellow patient

National: 21 Sep 05
Mijailo Mijailovic, who murdered Sweden's former foreign minister Anna Lindh in 2003, has brutally attacked another inmate at the secure psychiatric clinic in Sundsvall where he is being treated. READ »

Mijailovic transferred to asylum

National: 11 Sep 05
SEE ALSO: SIX PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR LINDH MURDER
Mijailo Mijailovic, who killed Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh exactly 2 years ago, has been moved to a psychiatric unit. A doctor decided he was unwell and needed help, the asylum says. READ »

Government lets apathetic boy stay

Politics: 7 Jul 05
In what could be a landmark decision, the government has taken into account the mental health of a so-called 'apathetic' child in reaching a decision about an family's asylum application READ »

Doctors slam government refugee kids policy

National: 25 May 05
Pediatricians accuse Swedish authorities of violating the rights of child asylum seekers by refusing them health care. READ »

Experts recommend care for Helén killer

National: 25 Mar 05
"If I'm guilty of what the prosecutor says I've done then I'm afraid of myself," says the man who killed 10 year old Helén Nilsson 16 years ago. Now, a second panel of experts says that he is psychologically ill and should be put in psychiatric care instead of prison. READ »

Psychiatric care: Milton slams government

Science & Technology: 14 Mar 05
In the last two years the number of people murdered by mental health patients has become an embarrassment to Sweden. Now, the man appointed by the government to overhaul the system tells The Local that the main obstacle to progress is the politicians themselves. READ »

Housing company's blacklist "illegal"

National: 17 Feb 05
Wrong colour? Dodgy nationality? Beaten by your boyfriend? If you live in Malmö in an MKB flat, the chances are your landlord has a dossier on you. "Illegal" says the Data Inspection Board, but MKB bosses could still escape prosecution. READ »

Swedish psychologist warns of amateur crisis groups

Science & Technology: 5 Jan 05
With four out of ten Swedes apparently knowing someone who was affected by the tsunami in Asia, a leading psychologist warns that support groups run by well-meaning but untrained volunteers are "a dangerous route". READ »

Film festival fever hits Stockholm

Lifestyle: 19 Nov 04
170 films from 40 countries - and the papers are packed with tips about what to see and how to survive the Stockholm Film Festival. READ »

Olympic gold medallist commits suicide

Sport: 18 Nov 04
What's wrong with Sweden's mental health system?
Wrestling champion Mikael Ljungberg, one of Sweden's most popular sportsmen, was found dead at Mölndal hospital on Wednesday. The country mourns, and once again the psychiatric care system is under fire. READ »

Mijailovic "could walk free"

National: 11 Nov 04
"Mijailo Mijailovic was psychologically ill when he killed Anna Lindh, therefore he can't be sentenced to prison. But now he's better, so he can't be given secure psychiatric treatment either." Hmmm. READ »

Open up mental health system to avert crisis

Science & Technology: 11 Nov 04
In the week that the Supreme Court reviews the sentence on Anna Lindh's killer, Lysanne Sizoo points out where the Swedish mental health system is breaking down - and offers a creative solution. READ »

Lindh killer mentally disturbed

National: 2 Jul 04
Doctors agree that Mijail Mijailovic is mentally disturbed - but the appeal court must decide if that means a secure hospital instead of prison. READ »

Environmental health flaws

Society: 4 Jun 04
Salmonella strikes 129 restaurants, the EU declares 18 Swedish beaches 'sub-standard' and the police forget to confiscate 2,247 illegal weapons. READ »

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