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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe. READ »

'Tattoo' star Rooney Mara laughs off 'bush' wig

Society: 16 Dec 11
Rooney Mara, who portrays hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood remake of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has made light of the measures taken to ensure the star's hirsute nether regions were also in character for the film. READ »

Can Hollywood's 'Tattoo' capture Sweden's dark side?

Lifestyle: 16 Dec 11
As the world awaits the impending release of the Hollywood version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at whether the capital of the US film industry can accurately portray Sweden's dark underbelly. READ »

'Millennium' publisher launches Salander app

Science & Technology: 13 Dec 11
Swedish publishing house Norstedts, publisher of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, released an English-language “Chasing Salander” iPhone app on Tuesday, just days ahead of the world première of the Hollywood version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". READ »

Stockholm International School celebrates its 60th anniversary

Education: 22 Nov 11
Stockholm International School has seen thousands of students pass through its doors since it was founded in 1951. To mark its fiftieth birthday, Maggie Dankiewicz, Valerie Evers, Caroline Engström-Roberts and the students of Grade 5 tell of its fascinating history. READ »

Millennium film wins Emmy award

Society: 22 Nov 11
Swedish crime drama Millennium, based on the novels by Stieg Larsson, has won the prize for best TV movie at the International Emmy Awards in New York. READ »

Stockholm makes Lonely Planet 'top ten' cities list

Society: 8 Nov 11
Stockholm has placed among the ten best cities to visit in 2012 in a recent ranking published by the Lonely Planet travel guides, which referred to the Swedish capital as “cozy yet cosmopolitan”. READ »

H&M launches 'Dragon Tattoo' fashion line

Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is planning a line of clothing inspired by the hacker heroine made famous in the first of the best-selling Millennium crime thrillers, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". READ »

Stieg Larsson among top earning dead celebs

Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the world acclaimed Millennium trilogy, has cracked Forbes magazine's list of top ten stars who are still earning big in the afterlife. READ »

Stieg Larsson books to become comics

National: 12 Oct 11
Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium thrillers are to be turned into graphic novels, US comic-book powerhouse DC Entertainment said Tuesday after announcing that it had secured "worldwide rights" to adapt the trilogy. READ »

Stieg Larsson journo school rejection letter to be auctioned off

Society: 11 Oct 11
A letter to late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejecting his application to journalism school due to doubts about his writing skills is set to go on the auction block. READ »

Swedes remain hot property in hi-tech boom

Business & Money: 23 Sep 11
The $8.5 billion sale of Skype to Microsoft in May not only proved that the age of big money IT acquisitions has a while to run, but also that Scandinavians and more particularly, Swedes, remain hot hi-tech property. READ »

Director alters ending in Millennium movie

Society: 2 Sep 11
David Fincher, the director of the forthcoming Hollywood version of the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) has changed the ending of the story READ »

Stieg Larsson sequel '70 percent finished': Baksi

National: 23 Aug 11
Kurdo Baksi, confidant and author of an expose book on deceased Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson, has claimed that the manuscript believed to be the fourth book in the Millennium series is almost complete. READ »

Resilience: Stockholm centre helps the world grow sustainably

Science & Technology: 30 May 11
The Stockholm Resilience Centre is leading the charge to put global development on a sustainable footing - a task that is engaging leading scientists and politicians worldwide. READ »

King denies calling Stieg Larsson books 'horrible'

Society: 6 May 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has denied labeling Stieg Larsson's wildly successful Millennium crime novels "horrible" in an interview with a Polish newspaper. READ »

Millennium films rain cash on Stockholm

National: 16 Apr 11
The Swedish millennium films have brought a windfall to the Stockholm region in terms of marketing, jobs, trade, and tourism, according to a new report. READ »

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. READ »

Larsson friend reveals Millennium sequel plot

Society: 28 Mar 11
The sister of hacker-heroine Lisbeth Salander is said to feature prominently in a disputed manuscript believed to be the fourth book in the Millennium crime series, a longtime friend of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson has revealed. READ »

Police probe secret Swedish 'sex-chamber'

National: 28 Mar 11
An underground sex-chamber, complete with elaborate restraining devices and an assortment of sex toys, continues to baffle Swedish police weeks after it was discovered beneath an abandoned farmhouse in western Sweden. READ »

Japan crisis complicates Sweden's nuclear waste storage plans

Science & Technology: 16 Mar 11
An application filed on Wednesday to store nuclear waste near the Forsmark power plant in eastern Sweden has come under fire in light of the current Japanese nuclear crisis. READ »

'Turkey and the EU need each other': Bildt

Politics: 16 Feb 11
Granting membership to Turkey would strengthen the European Union, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt argued in his annual foreign policy statement to the Riksdag. READ »

No crime suspected over Swedish actor death

Society: 1 Feb 11
Swedish police have closed an investigation into the fire that claimed the lives of Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson and the actress Kia Östling, concluding that no crime had been committed. READ »

Gabrielsson blames Millennium feud on men who hate women

Lifestyle: 31 Jan 11
As the dispute over the estate of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson heats up, his longtime partner, Eva Gabrielsson, is starting to feel like Millennium-trilogy heroine Lisbeth Salander, the AFP's Robert MacPherson discovers. READ »

Stieg Larsson's last letter to his brother

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 11
Read the last correspondence Swedish author Stieg Larsson with his brother Joakim, sent by email just three weeks before the Millennium trilogy author died in 2004. READ »

Stieg Larsson brother publishes 'last letter'

Society: 27 Jan 11
Joakim Larsson, the younger brother of Millennium author Stieg Larsson, has published the full text of the last correspondence received from his sibling in an attempt to counter allegations that they had little contact. READ »

Stieg Larsson's brother hits back at book claims

Society: 26 Jan 11
The younger brother of Stieg Larsson has hit back at allegations made by the Millennium author's long-time partner by launching a website addressing a number of claims she makes in her new book. READ »

Swedish films evenly split Guldbaggen awards

Society: 25 Jan 11
The winners of Sweden's 2010 national film awards on Monday night were evenly spread out among the nominees, with three films walking away with at least two awards. READ »

Stieg Larsson's brother: we're not greedy

Society: 22 Jan 11
In a rare public interview, the younger brother of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejected claims that he and his father have jealously guarded the author’s inheritance from his longtime partner Eva Gabrielsson. READ »

Larsson partner: 'I can finish Millennium series'

Society: 13 Jan 11
Eva Gabrielsson, the longtime partner of Swedish author Stieg Larsson, as said she could complete the unfinished fourth volume of the wildly-successful Millennium crime trilogy if she could secure the rights. READ »

Swedish actor confirmed dead in house fire

Society: 5 Jan 11
The remains found in Swedish Millennium trilogy actor Per Oscarsson's burned home have now been identified. It is now clear that it was the actor and his wife who died in a fire on New Year's Eve. READ »

Millennium's Rapace tops Guldbagge nominations

Society: 4 Jan 11
Sweden's Millennium Trilogy actress Noomi Rapace and the son of Swedish star Stellan Skarsgård topped the list of nominees for Sweden's 2010 national film awards, which will be announced later this month. READ »

Remains found at site of Swedish actor's home

Society: 3 Jan 11
Fears mounted that actor Per Oscarsson, who appeared in the Swedish film adaptations of the "Millennium" trilogy, had died along with his wife after human remains were discovered among the ashes of their burned home. READ »

A US-born Swedish singer looks to spread the spirit of Christmas

Lifestyle: 17 Dec 10
American-born Swedish opera singer Barbara Hendricks is set to spread the spirit of her “favourite time of year” in a novel Christmas concert simulcast across the country, contributor San Malmström explains. READ »

Extreme politics and Gus Van Sant in focus at Stockholm Film Festival

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 10
As the 21st edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival opens this week, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson looks at some of the juiciest cinematic morsels on offer. READ »

Three new stars confirmed in 'Tattoo' film

Society: 9 Oct 10
Three more actors have joined the cast of the Hollywood version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," which began shooting in Sweden this month. READ »

Christopher Plummer nabs 'Dragon Tattoo' role

Society: 3 Oct 10
Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer is the latest star to be cast in the Hollywood remake of Stieg Larsson's "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the first of his Millennium thriller trilogy. READ »

'Millennium' star set to rival Tom Cruise in MI:4

Society: 24 Sep 10
Sweden's Michael Nyqvist, who portrays journalist sleuth Michael Blomqvist in the 'Millennium' trilogy films, is set to star opposite Hollywood hunk Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible: 4", according to media reports. READ »

'Tattoo' filming on hold as star injured: report

Society: 23 Sep 10
Rooney Mara, the actress cast to play the role of Lisbeth Salander in the US remake of Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has been injured in Stockholm, forcing a delay in filming. READ »

Sweden preps for filming of Hollywood's 'Tattoo'

Society: 15 Sep 10
Several locations in Sweden are bracing for a Hollywood invasion this autumn, with filming of the English-language version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" set to start within weeks. READ »

'Tattoo' star Rapace snags Hollywood role

Society: 13 Sep 10
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace has landed the lead female role in a major Hollywood feature following her much acclaimed screen portrayal of Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson’s “Millenium” crime novels. READ »

Hälsingland prepares for Hollywood welcome

Society: 24 Aug 10
The region of Hälsingland looks set to host the cast of the Hollywood remake of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - the first of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy, with at least some of the location shots likely to take place in the area. READ »

Girl with dragon tattoo rides for historic win

Sport: 20 Aug 10
Sweden's Inez Karlsson will attempt to become the first female jockey to win the prestigious 28th annual Arlington Million northwest of Chicago on Saturday with her horse Rahystrada. READ »

Hollywood unknown cast as Lisbeth Salander

Society: 17 Aug 10
Rooney Mara, a relatively unknown American actress, has been cast to star as Lisbeth Salander in the US remake of the first of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sony Pictures has confirmed. READ »

Stieg Larsson book could get English version

Society: 6 Aug 10
A book by the late best-selling Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson is set to be published in English for the first time. READ »

Skarsgård offered Millennium film role

Society: 5 Aug 10
Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård has been offered a role in the US remake of the first of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which is due for release in 2011. READ »

Stieg Larsson first to sell one million Kindle books

Business & Money: 28 Jul 10
Sweden's Stieg Larsson has become the first author to sell more than one million books in Amazon's Kindle electronic bookstore, the company announced on Tuesday. READ »

Daniel Craig lands Millennium lead role

Society: 27 Jul 10
Daniel Craig has officially signed on with Sony Picture to star in the lead role as journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the upcoming Hollywood film remake of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. READ »

Millennium novel named among 2010's best books

Society: 9 Jul 10
Online retail giant Amazon has named the final installment of the Millennium trilogy, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," in its list of "Best Books of the Year... So Far" as the film of the second instalment opens in US cinemas. READ »

Sweden's wilds top tourism wish list

National: 1 Jul 10
Kungsleden, Astrid Lindgren's World, Stockholm Adventure and Åre resort are among the candidates nominated for the title of "Best experience in Sweden" which will be decided Eurovision-style at a gala in the autumn. READ »

Malmö: A decade with the Öresund bridge

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 10
The Öresund bridge celebrates its 10th birthday this week. The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson takes a look at how the link has changed Sweden's third city and its relations to its neighbours. READ »

Eva Gabrielsson refuses Larsson family offer

Society: 17 Jun 10
Stieg Larsson's partner Eva Gabrielsson has said she has "flatly refused" an offer of 20 million kronor ($2.57 million) and a board seat in the company that manages the Millennium books. READ »

Stieg Larsson heirs remain in dispute

Society: 16 Jun 10
The family of late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson have been unable to reach an agreement on the division of his estate, made lucrative by the huge success of the Millennium trilogy. READ »

Sweden tops EU development aid list

National: 10 Jun 10
Sweden spends more per capita on development aid than all other EU countries, according to a new report which has slammed the failure of some member states for not doing enough to live up to spending goals. READ »

Swedish Radio honours US murderer

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. READ »

Early Stieg Larsson works found in library

Society: 8 Jun 10
A raft of unpublished manuscripts by the Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the popular Millennium trilogy books, have been unearthed at Sweden's National Library in Stockholm. READ »

Swedish film stirs Hollywood imagination

Lifestyle: 28 May 10
It’s notoriously difficult for European filmmakers to make it big in the US, particularly with non-English language films. But now Sweden’s filmmakers are echoing the successes of its authors and actors in winning over American audiences, writes Lee Martin. READ »

Hysteria as 'Hornet's Nest' hits US shelves

Society: 24 May 10
The US is in the grip of Stieg Larsson fever as the third instalment of the Swedish author's Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, prepares to go on wide release in book stores across the nation on Tuesday. READ »

Stockholm in the picture for 'Millennium' movie

Society: 5 May 10
The producer behind the Millennium trilogy films, Søren Stærmose, has said that he remains hopeful that the Hollywood version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will be filmed in Stockholm, but that reports of a final decision are premature. READ »

Brad Pitt to star in Millennium film: reports

Society: 28 Apr 10
US actor Brad Pitt is set to star in the Hollywood remake of the first of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, according to media reports. READ »

Stieg Larsson's partner reports 'racist' subsidy

National: 28 Apr 10
Eva Gabrielsson, the life partner of deceased Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson, has called on Sweden's highest legal official to examine the legality of a press subsidy awarded to a newspaper run by a racist political party. READ »

Sweden tenth most attractive nation — again

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Apr 10
Sweden retains its position as the tenth most attractive country in the world, but its outdated image needs a facelift, writes Liselott Bergman of the Swedish Institute. READ »

'Millennium' film opens to rousing US reviews

Society: 19 Mar 10
The first of the Stieg Larsson Millenium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, has opened to resounding reviews from US critics and audiences not known for cherishing obscure subtitled films from Scandinavia. READ »

Peak prices for Swedish mountain holiday homes

Business & Money: 2 Feb 10
Mountain lodges in a prime Swedish ski resort have grown in value by a whopping 153 percent since 1991, new figures show. READ »

Larsson's partner 'didn't just proofread' trilogy

Society: 26 Jan 10
Eva Gabrielsson, the long-time partner of author Stieg Larsson, has admitted having a greater role in the late Swedish author’s writing than previously believed. READ »

Best Picture honours for first 'Millennium' thriller

Society: 26 Jan 10
A movie based on the first book of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling “Millennium” trilogy took home top honours at the Swedish film awards on Monday night, scooping up three awards, including best picture and best actress. READ »

'Partner may have written Millennium books'

Society: 22 Jan 10
Stieg Larsson was practically incapable of putting a sentence together and could not feasibly have written the best-selling Millennium crime trilogy without major assistance, claims a former colleague of the deceased author. READ »

Stieg Larsson book 'pure slander': partner

Society: 19 Jan 10
Eva Gabrielsson, long-time partner of best-selling author Stieg Larsson, has slammed a new book claiming he was a mediocre journalist who lacked objectivity. READ »

'Millennium' trilogy heading to Hollywood

Society: 16 Dec 09
A major Hollywood studio is close to finalizing a deal to produce an English-language film adaptation of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s wildly successful “Millennium” trilogy of crime novels. READ »

Stieg Larsson's partner rejects family millions

Society: 11 Dec 09
The late Stieg Larsson's long-time partner Eva Gabrielsson has refused 20 million kronor ($2.8 million) that the writer’s brother and father offered her in a gesture to alleviate a long-running dispute over the author’s estate. READ »

Swede listed among world's most influential thinkers of 2009

Science & Technology: 1 Dec 09
Swedish international health and statistics expert Hans Rosling has been named as one of 2009’s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. READ »

Söderling upends Nadal in London ATP finals

Sport: 23 Nov 09
Swedish tennis star Robin Söderling claimed a two set victory over world number two Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Monday. READ »

Heirs bid to end Stieg Larsson inheritance row

Society: 2 Nov 09
Relatives of Stieg Larsson, the late Swedish author of the popular "Millennium" crime novels, have offered his former girlfriend 20 million kronor ($2.8 million) to settle a protracted inheritance dispute. READ »

Google admits mistake in blocking Pirate Bay

Science & Technology: 4 Oct 09
US search engine giant Google has admitted that an internal error was behind the blocking of Swedish file-sharing site The Pirate Bay on Friday. READ »

Swedes snap up tickets as second 'Millennium' film opens

Society: 18 Sep 09
The film adaptation of the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy opened on Friday in theatres across Scandinavia. READ »

Battle of the Swedish literary manifestos

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 09
Swedish writers have stepped away from the serious business of writing books to do battle over the future of the Swedish novel. But perhaps they should get off their high horses and stick to the task, suggests The Local's Charlotte Webb. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 3 - 9

Lifestyle: 1 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Millennium trilogy tour and roots festival in Stockholm; BB King in Gothenburg; Anthony Joseph & The Spasm Band (UK) in Malmö. READ »

Västervik: Building boats for half a millennium

Travel: 24 Apr 09
Sponsored article: The beautiful coastal town of Västervik once built warships for King Gustav I. These days luxury yachts are more in evidence, writes Jennifer Heape. READ »

Stieg Larsson thriller proves a hit at the box office

Society: 28 Feb 09
Swedish cinema goers rushed to snap up tickets for the long-awaited film adaptation of the first novel in Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy, which premièred on Friday. READ »

Swedes brace for movie version of Stieg Larsson thriller

Lifestyle: 25 Feb 09
With the film based on the first book in Stieg Larsson’s crime novel trilogy due to hit Swedish cinema’s on Friday, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou takes a look at how the late authors work has been adapted for the big screen. READ »

Le Clézio travels into 'the forest of paradoxes'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Dec 08
Nobel literature laureate Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio explores the paradoxes of his profession and argues that the eradication of hunger and illiteracy go hand-in-hand, writes Charlotte West. READ »

Nobel a likely no-no for Sweden's king of crime fiction

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: August 8 - 14

Lifestyle: 8 Aug 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Larsson trilogy inspires Stockholm's latest walking tour

Travel: 29 Jul 08
Join Delphine Touitou from AFP as she follows along on Stockholm's newest literary walking tour inspired by the books of the late Stieg Larsson. READ »

FRA 'stopped political murder'

National: 23 Jul 08
Sweden’s National Defence Radio Establishment (Försvarets radioanstalt – FRA) prevented a political murder and revealed that Soviet mock attacks were in fact “prank flights”. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: July 11 - 16

Lifestyle: 10 Jul 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Author's secret will: 'Give my money to Communists'

Society: 29 May 08
Journalist and author Stieg Larsson left behind a signed will after all. READ »

Majority of musicians file share illegally

Society: 30 Mar 08
A majority of Swedish musicians have engaged in illegal file sharing. 38 percent favour legalizing the practise, according to a new survey by Sydsvenskan. READ »

Father won't publish final Larsson book

Society: 20 Mar 08
A newly discovered volume by the late Stieg Larsson will not be published, his father said Wednesday. READ »

Ex-Skandia boss cleared

Business & Money: 19 Dec 07
Lars-Eric Petersson has been cleared of charges surrounding his handling of very high bonuses paid out by the company. READ »

Record departures for high-flying Swedes

Business & Money: 8 Oct 07
More people than ever before are packing their bags and taking flights from Swedish airports to foreign destinations. READ »

King calls for action on world poverty

Politics: 18 Sep 07
King Carl XVI Gustaf called for more help for the world's poor when he attended the ceremonial opening the Swedish parliament on Tuesday. READ »

Google snaps up Karolinska stats tool

Science & Technology: 18 Mar 07
It began as a teaching aid in a lecture at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute. Now internet giant Google has bought the Swedish statistics tool Trendalyzer. READ »

Champagne-swilling Swedes party like it's 2006

Business & Money: 2 Jan 07
If the wealth of a country can be measured in the amount of champagne consumed, then the country is enjoying an unprecedented boom. Sales for 2006 are likely to smash those of 1999. READ »

Skype Swedes behind broadband television service

Business & Money: 18 Dec 06
A couple of enterprising Swedes are heavily involved in a global broadband television service soon to hit computer screens worldwide. READ »

Ex-Skandia boss spared 300 million bill

Business & Money: 15 Dec 06
The former CEO of Swedish insurance company Skandia, Lars-Eric Petersson, has been told he does not have to pay 300 million kronor in damages to his old company. READ »

Recharge with a Swedish winter weekend

Travel: 15 Dec 06
Is the darkness of winter getting you down? Time to recharge those flickering energy reserves. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius has top tips for winter breaks near Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. READ »

Swedes to be tested for polonium

Science & Technology: 13 Dec 06
Three Swedes who stayed at the Millennium Hotel in London are to be tested for the radioactive poison polonium 210, the substance that killed former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. READ »

Power firms deny cartel

Business & Money: 1 Jun 06
Sweden's major power companies have denied operating as a cartel at the beginning of the millennium in response to accusations that they reduced nuclear output to maintain a higher price. READ »

Power companies accused of price fixing

Smörgåsbord: 1 Jun 06
Swedish power companies have been accused of secretly cooperating to fix electricity prices at an artificially high level. They lowered production to push prices upwards, it is claimed. READ »

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