The following articles have been tagged with "Midsummer":
National: 18 Jun 13
A public transport strike appears likely to kick off on Wednesday night after unions and state-transport heads failed to agree on workers' pay and conditions after three days of discussions.
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National: 16 Jun 13
As unions threaten to pull bus, train and underground staff, commuters may experience severe disruptions ahead of the Midsummer weekend.
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National: 14 Jun 13
Stockholm University exchange students have been told to leave their accommodation immediately after a community of travellers set up an illegal camp nearby, raising concerns for the students' safety.
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Society: 3 Jun 13
Swedish National Day celebrations play an increasingly important role for integrating immigrants, experts have claimed, with many freshly minted Swedish citizens attending locally organized citizenship ceremonies on June 6th.
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Business & Money: 31 May 13
Despite the long, cold winter, strawberry growers in Sweden have announced that this year's harvest has survived and will be ready to be gobbled down in line with Swede's dessert-table traditions at Midsummer.
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Travel: 8 May 13
From Eurovision to the Abba museum to Bruce Springsteen, May is shaping up to be a very musical month in Sweden. And with temperatures rising and summer holidays fast approaching, the timing seems right for a rundown of Sweden's hottest summer music festivals for 2013.
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Science & Technology: 28 Dec 12
Brawling politicians caught on tape, Zlatan’s goal spree against England, and the dying seconds of the US presidential race all caught Swedes attention online during 2012, telecom statistics about surfing behaviour reveal.
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Lifestyle: 14 Dec 12
Counting down the days to Swedish Christmas or can't wait to leave the country? With help from readers of The Local, Christine Demsteader ponders celebrations and tribulations for foreigners during the festive season.
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Society: 5 Dec 12
The famed Christmas market in the British city of Lincoln will get a taste of Sweden on Thursday as a Swedish entrepreneur and a team of helpers set up red cottages and “turn Lincoln into a mini Stockholm”.
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National: 31 Oct 12
A 42-year-old Swedish mother of five charged with the murder of her boyfriend in June this year, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for stabbing her spouse to death and then photographing his injuries.
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Society: 4 Oct 12
While some countries marked World Animal Day on October 4th, Swedes were out in force to celebrate something completely different: National Cinnamon Bun Day.
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National: 31 Aug 12
Swedish artist Lars Vilks has defened his decision to speak at an anti-Islamic conference in New York on September 11th, claiming he would also accept an invitation from the Ku Klux Klan.
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Society: 28 Aug 12
An 80-year-old man was left lying in bed for a week with a broken neck at a care home in western Sweden after his care assistants failed to notice that anything was amiss.
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National: 27 Aug 12
A Swedish woman who has admitted to stabbing her boyfriend to death in June and then photographing his dead body claims to have acted in self-defence.
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Lifestyle: 1 Aug 12
Despite elk having become the stereotypical wildlife symbol of Sweden, spotting such iconic creatures can often be an imposing challenge for city-dwelling tourists. The Local's Joe Lynskey has a look at where to find them.
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National: 19 Jul 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has released a new addition to its global product range - light and dark own-brand beer - though shoppers in Sweden will have to wait before they can have a taste due to the country's liquor laws.
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Lifestyle: 13 Jul 12
As another Friday the 13th is upon us, The Local takes a look at the top nine superstitions that Swedes swear by.
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Lifestyle: 2 Jul 12
With Midsummer now a distant memory, Swedes will be looking to grab every opportunity to get out in the summer while it lasts. The Local's Joe Lynskey takes a look at the stand-out festivals that are sure to draw the crowds this month.
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Science & Technology: 25 Jun 12
Despite two deaths on Swedish roads over the long weekend, this year’s Midsummer holiday resulted in fewer fatal accidents than usual, with the bad weather a possible explanation for the quieter roads.
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National: 23 Jun 12
Police forces across Sweden had a busy evening on Friday with widespread drunkenness, fighting, a mugging, and a stabbing reported as the country celebrated Midsummer.
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Business & Money: 21 Jun 12
Foreign strawberries are being repackaged and passed off as Swedish, causing outrage among growers and authorities to send samples to Germany for analysis.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jun 12
The Local's Susann Eberlein catches up with Gunnar Herrmann, a Stockholm-based correspondent from Germany, to learn about stereotypes and Germans' undying fascination with Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 19 Jun 12
While most Swedes are bursting with excitement ahead of their traditional Midsummer celebrations, contributor Anderson Harris explains why he thinks this über-Swedish tradition leaves something to be desired.
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Science & Technology: 17 Jun 12
Heavy thunderstorms moving north through the country kept emergency services in Jönköping busy on Saturday night, while Stockholm can the expect Class 1-warning extreme rains for most of Sunday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Jun 12
As Eurovision 'Euphoria' gives way to Euro 2012 football fever, US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt reflects on how embracing Melodifestivalen is like walking through Sweden's secret cultural door.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 May 12
Abba's famous refrain fails to capture the true cause for concern when Swedish politicians leave government to fatten their wallets in the private sector, argues commentator and historian David Linden.
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Politics: 2 May 12
Last-minute tax filers in Sweden were given a short reprieve on Wednesday after the country's tax authorities extended the 2012 filing deadline due to a technical glitch.
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Study in Sweden: 22 Feb 12
A unique collaboration involving Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) will offer students the chance to take part in the first ever Stockholm Summer School this June.
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Science & Technology: 5 Dec 11
Blockbuster sales of the Swedish-developed computer war game Battlefield 3 have helped solidify Sweden's reputation as a hotbed for game developers, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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National: 19 Sep 11
A man has been detained on suspicion of murdering his wife, after she was found dead in a ditch in northern Stockholm on Sunday morning.
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Society: 1 Aug 11
Sweden's long summer days pose problems for Muslims fasting for Ramadan, which starts on Monday, with rules over the hours of the fast under discussion across Europe.
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Lifestyle: 11 Jul 11
While Sweden is not exactly known around the world as a destination of culinary excellence, there are some juicy Nordic morsels that are sure to leave would-be exiles pining for a taste of home, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson discovers.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jun 11
As many Swedes start to head off on their annual holidays this week weather forecasters are predicting a heat wave across much of the country.
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National: 27 Jun 11
A 53-year-old man was found dead on a farm in southern Sweden on Friday, only two years after his brother and sister-in-law died nearby in mysterious circumstances.
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Business & Money: 27 Jun 11
Saab CEO Victor Muller is the only member left on the board of directors of the troubled Swedish automaker after the departure of several board members in recent days.
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Business & Money: 25 Jun 11
Talks will continue over the weekend between Saab automobile and real estate company Hemfosa in the latest bid to save the ailing car maker.
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Society: 25 Jun 11
Midsummer came and went amid the usual flurry of accidents and drunkenness, but with few serious incidents for police to deal with around the country.
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Science & Technology: 23 Jun 11
Cloudy, showery but with some chances of sunshine - Swedish Midsummer weather seems to follow tradition, according to meteorologists, who were still unsure of how the weather would develop with the holiday less than a day away.
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National: 23 Jun 11
The future of disaster-riddled carmaker Saab doesn’t look bright, according to several analysts, who say that holding back salaries is a company’s very last way out.
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Business & Money: 23 Jun 11
Cash-strapped carmaker Saab won't be able to pay this months wages to its employees, according to a statement from the company.
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Lifestyle: 22 Jun 11
While most Swedes look forward to dancing around a traditional maypole this Midsummer, one group of gender-conscious revellers is pushing Swedes to celebrate the holiday by gathering around a vagina instead, contributor Lina Sennevall discovers.
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Lifestyle: 22 Jun 11
Midsummer is approaching - but what are we celebrating and why do Swedes celebrate the way they do? The Local explains.
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Travel: 20 Jun 11
With Midsummer rapidly approaching, The Local's Clara Guibourg explores the wonders of the Stockholm archipelago and discovers a couple of gems off the beaten track.
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Science & Technology: 18 Jun 11
Bring both rain boots and summer sandals to next Friday's Midsummer's Eve party, says weather experts. Current weather forecasts show that most revelers in Sweden can count on both sunshine and showers making an appearance.
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Business & Money: 8 Jun 11
More than 20 billion kronor ($3.25 billion) in tax refunds are set to rain down on close to 3 million Swedes ahead of the Midsummer holiday, marking a new record due in large part to the popularity of filing tax forms electronically.
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Lifestyle: 5 Jun 11
June 6th is Sweden's National Day - but what is being celebrated, and how? The Local explains the essentials.
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Politics: 8 May 11
Social Democrat party secretary Carin Jämtin has backtracked on the idea of giving Swedes a day off work to celebrate a Muslim holiday after her controversial proposal provoked a storm of criticism.
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Science & Technology: 7 May 11
Efforts to trace the source of a tapeworm first discovered in Sweden in February were stepped up after a fox with the parasite was recently shot in Södermanland in central Sweden.
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Society: 2 May 11
Sweden's Social Democrats argued on Monday for a review of Sweden's public holidays, arguing that as a multicultural country, the Muslim community should also be recognised.
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Lifestyle: 29 Apr 11
Summer's just around the corner. That's as good a cause for celebration in Sweden as any, and the revelry on Valborgsmässoafton - Walpurgis Night - on April 30th gets pretty hot.
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Politics: 20 Mar 11
The decision to make Håkan Juholt new leader of the Social Democrats has still to prove it is the boost in popularity hoped for.
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Society: 18 Feb 11
A Swedish district court has sentenced a 33-year-old man to 18 years in prison for the murder and mutilation of a 30-year-old acquaintance on Midsummer's Eve last year in southern Sweden.
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National: 14 Feb 11
Murder charges were filed on Monday against a 37-year-old man who claims he accidentally killed a 17-year-old girl from Blekinge in southern Sweden during a sex act "that went too far."
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National: 22 Dec 10
A 33-year-old man was charged on Tuesday for the brutal murder of a man with a meat cleaver, during which the suspect cut off the victim's penis and stuffed it down his throat, newspaper Kvällsposten reported on Wednesday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 18 Nov 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson exposes the orthodoxy and self-serving folksy truisms of far-right PC in a lexicon of populist platitudes.
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Lifestyle: 5 Nov 10
This weekend is All Saints, Allhelgonahelg, when every graveyard in Sweden bathes in the glow of hundreds of flickering candles lit by Swedes coming to remember their dead.
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Society: 10 Sep 10
A woman who is facing charges of aggravated drink driving has claimed that she felt forced to flee a summer get-together with friends when the host announced that group sex would be following the coffee.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jul 10
Plucking out little cultural differences and critiquing them to death is the part-time hobby of almost any expat anywhere in the world and US exile Doug Lansky shows that he is no different.
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Lifestyle: 28 Jun 10
With the Statue of Liberty providing the backdrop, modern-day exile Swedes gather to enliven the traditions of the mother country to celebrate Midsummer in lower Manhattan's Battery Park, writes Mischa Benoit-Lavelle.
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Society: 28 Jun 10
Five people died on Swedish roads over the Midsummer weekend, representing a significant decline on recent years.
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National: 26 Jun 10
A father and son were fortunate to escape with only minor injuries on Midsummer Eve when a speed boat sliced their small craft in two off the coast of Gothenburg.
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National: 26 Jun 10
Sweden is set for a welcome spell of hot weather as holiday season kicks in for many over the Midsummer weekend.
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National: 26 Jun 10
Police in many parts of Sweden were fully occupied on Midsummer Eve dealing with everything from drunken fights to half naked men driving a lawnmower on the motorway.
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National: 25 Jun 10
Many Stockholm residents started their Midsummer's Eve celebrations without electricity as up to 70,000 customers of energy utility Fortum suffered a power cut during Thursday night and Friday morning.
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National: 24 Jun 10
Sweden looks set to enjoy typical Midsummer weather on Friday - that is to say an unpredictable mix of sunshine, clouds and showers.
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Lifestyle: 24 Jun 10
What’s on in Sweden: Women's American Football in Stockholm, Mountain Man in Gothenburg and Japandroids come to Malmö.
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Science & Technology: 21 Jun 10
The summer solstice, the point in time at which the sun is at its highest point in the sky, will occur at 1.28pm Swedish time today before the long slide into winter darkness on Tuesday.
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Society: 21 Jun 10
The hunt for the Swedish strawberry could prove elusive this Midsummer holiday weekend with supplies a reported 14 days late due to the cool spring.
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National: 19 Jun 10
Saturday’s wedding festivities got off to an early start in Daniel Westling’s home town of Ockelbo where visitors were treated to a free breakfast.
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Society: 9 Jun 10
Annika Östberg, the Swede who spent 28 years in a US prison after being convicted of murder, was named as one of the hosts of the quintessentially Swedish talk radio show "Summer" by Sveriges Radio (SR) on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 31 May 10
After many months of waiting, 250 foreign journalists tested Saab Automobile's new flagship vehicle, the new second-generation Saab 9-5, in Trollhättan on Monday.
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Travel: 17 May 10
Whether you want to quack like a frog around a May Pole in June or collect seven enchanted flowers to find true love: Västervik is place to be.
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National: 30 Apr 10
The Swedish Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo, which opens on Saturday in Shanghai, aims to both increase Sweden's visibility in China and promote trade in the country.
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National: 22 Apr 10
Allegations directed at a former Swedish police chief suspected of rape continued to mount on Friday with a further woman accusing the retired officer of pimping.
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Lifestyle: 4 Feb 10
The Year in Sweden - February: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Lifestyle: 1 Oct 09
Former Beverly Hills 90210 star Luke Perry bares all in the new Swedish romantic comedy “Äntligen Midsommar” (‘Finally Midsummer’). The Local recently caught up with the American actor to hear what he thought about getting naked with Swedish women.
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Lifestyle: 30 Sep 09
As Swedish cinemas prepare for Friday's opening of the romantic comedy “Äntligen Midsommar” ('Finally Midsummer'), The Local spoke with Ian McCrudden and Schif Musarra about how a pair of American filmmakers ended up making one very Swedish movie.
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National: 9 Jul 09
An iPod music player is at the centre of an investigation into a mysterious car fire which completely destroyed a Saab automobile in western Sweden over the Midsummer holiday weekend.
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Society: 26 Jun 09
What started as a pleasant Midsummer’s Eve stroll had an unpleasant and smelly end for a man and his dog in eastern Sweden.
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Business & Money: 22 Jun 09
The man suspected of defrauding the Swedish Red Cross of 2.7 million kronor ($336,000) to help fund a life of luxury reportedly built his career on falsified university transcripts.
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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.
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National: 20 Jun 09
On Friday morning, a father and his daughter discovered an unpleasant Midsummer surprise at the entry of a police station in Helsingborg when they found two pigs, apparently slumbering.
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National: 20 Jun 09
At least four people have been killed and several others have been severely injured in Midsummer traffic accidents around the country.
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Science & Technology: 18 Jun 09
Rain showers and traffic jams made for a slow and wet start to the holiday weekend on Thursday afternoon, with much of the country facing the prospect of a damp Midsummer holiday.
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Lifestyle: 18 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Morrissey & Midsummer fun in Stockholm; AC/DC & Euro 2009 U-21 football in Gothenburg; Yasmina Reza's ART in Malmö.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 09
An unofficial strike at a Swedish alcohol retail monopoly warehouse south of Stockholm is currently underway, possibly threatening the supply of Sweden's favourite holiday beverage.
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Politics: 11 Jun 09
Minister for Higher Education and Research Lars Leijonborg has resigned from the cabinet. "I feel like doing something different," the minister said in a statement.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jun 09
For the 55,000 residents of Trollhättan in southwestern Sweden, the idea of life without Saab is unthinkable, writes AFP's James Franey.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Lewis Black and Early Music Festival in Stockholm; Beer festival & World Cup football in Gothenburg; Buju Banton & Mandela exhibition in Malmö.
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Society: 8 Apr 09
Actor Mikael Nyqvist and comedian Petra Mede are the number one Easter drinking partners of choice, according to a survey polling 1,000 men and women about the Swedish celebrity with whom they would most like to sip snaps.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Nov 08
The unveiling each November of the Christmas Present of the Year has become a Swedish institution. Michael Aiossa looks at twenty years of gifts – from the gee whizz of the GPS to the aching disappointment of the bread machine.
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Travel: 3 Nov 08
TV viewers around the world are soon to get their first glimpse of the seaside town of Ystad with the screening of three new BBC movies starring Kenneth Branagh as Inspector Kurt Wallander. David Wiles takes us on a blood-soaked tour of Scandinavia’s murder capital.
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Analysis & Opinion: 24 Oct 08
In a country famed for its long winter days, the impending darkness is a source of widespread grumbling. However, for some inhabitants, the short daylight hours are a cause for serious concern, as Jennifer Heape investigates.
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Society: 15 Sep 08
Filming has started in Sweden on a new movie featuring American actor and former teenage heartthrob Luke Perry, best known for his portrayal of Dylan McKay on the hit television show Beverly Hills 90210.
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Society: 13 Jul 08
Child healthcare in Stockholm has declined to the levels of the 1950s, according to a leading paediatrician, who advises families with sick children to move out of the Swedish capital.
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Science & Technology: 22 Jun 08
The heirs to the thrones of Sweden, Denmark and Norway have embarked on an expedition to Svalbard in the Arctic.
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National: 21 Jun 08
Weather forecasts indicate changeable conditions over the Midsummer holiday weekend.
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National: 21 Jun 08
Midsummer celebrations were typified by drunken revelry, fighting, assault, drink driving, an alleged rape and three shootings. Calmer than usual, police report.
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National: 20 Jun 08
The dark side of Midsummer celebrations reared its ugly head during the early hours of Friday morning when a rape was reported on Öland, off the Swedish east coast.
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National: 18 Jun 08
Sweden's National Service Administration has dismissed a conscript suspected of raping his female colleague at a military base in Skövde, central Sweden.
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