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Matisse stolen in Stockholm found in UK

Business & Money: 8 Jan 13
A work by Henri Matisse stolen from a Stockholm museum 25 years ago has turned up in the UK after a Polish client who bought the painting "in good faith" asked an art dealer to sell it. READ »

Swedes enlist Canadian's novel in sex slavery fight

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Oct 12
Gripped by his novel about sex slavery, Swedish campaigners have enlisted a Gothenburg-based Canadian to help fight human trafficking, writes Sanne Schim van der Loeff. READ »

Picasso and Duchamp face-off in Stockholm art exhhibit

Lifestyle: 31 Aug 12
Modern art giants Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp have been pitted directly against one another for the first time in a new exhibit which opened this week at the Stockholm's Moderna Museet, the AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert explains. READ »

Somali woman 'forced to pour milk on herself'

National: 29 Aug 12
New details have emerged about the types of harassment suffered by members of the Somali community in Forserum in south central Sweden, with integration minister Erik Ullenhag upbraiding local politicians for trying to belittle the problem. READ »

Robyn slams minister over 'racist' cake cutting

Society: 8 Jun 12
Swedish pop star Robyn has criticised the culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth for her part in the 'racist' cake controversy, arguing that "we are a multicultural country now, it is time to start acting like one". READ »

Mute and mutilated: black women and the cutting of the 'racist' cake

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Apr 12
The criticism surrounding the 'racist' cake controversy has so far failed to adequately explore the impact of the installation on the attitudes and predicament of black women, argue three researchers working in Sweden on issues of gender and race. READ »

Minstrels and ministers make bad bedfellows

Analysis & Opinion: 19 Apr 12
Art installation or not, politicians have no business taking part in minstrel shows, argues Carmen Price, an American freelance writer based in Stockholm, in reaction to the 'racist' cake controversy involving Swedish minister of culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth. READ »

'Racist' cake sparks new Brussels rebuke

Society: 19 Apr 12
A Brussels-based anti-racism group has condemned Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth for cutting a "racist" cake at a Stockholm art museum, demanding the government issue a formal public apology. READ »

Museum evacuated after 'racist' bomb threat

Society: 18 Apr 12
A Stockholm museum was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after receiving a “racially motivated” bomb threat, just days after a controversial piece of artwork had been revealed. READ »

Minister in 'racist circumcision outrage'

Society: 17 Apr 12
A Swedish minister's cutting of a cake depicting a naked black woman as part of an art installation about female circumcision has been labelled a "racist spectacle" and prompted calls for her dismissal. READ »

Surf's up! Where to make your own office in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 22 Sep 11
In the first of a new series to help The Local's readers discover more of what Stockholm has to offer, contributor Gwen Ramsey offers some tips on where people who lack a traditional office can open up their laptops and get something done. READ »

Japanese band launches charity concert series in Stockholm

Society: 18 Mar 11
A Japanese rock group in Sweden when their homeland was struck by disaster has organised a series of charity concerts across Europe to raise money for earthquake and tsunami relief. READ »

Artists' take on Sweden at the Moderna Museet

Lifestyle: 15 Oct 10
Every four years, Stockholm’s Moderna Museet presents a sampling of what's new in Swedish contemporary art. Contributor Jennifer Lindblad takes a look at this year's exhibit, which opened October 2nd. READ »

Pupil defaces artwork during school field trip

Society: 14 Oct 10
A Stockholm art museum is analysing the damage on a valuable artwork following a visit from a Södertälje school class last week which left the painting with a new look. READ »

Warhol Brillo boxes confirmed as fakes

Society: 4 Sep 10
It has been confirmed that the Brillo boxes exhibited at Stockholm's Moderna Museet were nothing but cheap copies of Andy Warhol's celebrated work, according to a final report into the art world scandal. READ »

How to find the Key to Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Sep 10
Have you ever wondered whether you're missing something in Swedish business meetings? Questioned why your Swedish colleagues behave in unexpected ways? A conference this month could give you valuable insight. READ »

Moderna Museet: Malmö art scene's new dawn

Lifestyle: 5 Jul 10
Moderna Museet Malmö has been open since the end of 2009 and Robert La Bua has found that it is exactly what the city needs to boost its art scene with an institution of international standing serving the community. READ »

Stockholm museum chief heads for Hong Kong

Society: 23 Jun 10
Lars Nittve, the outgoing head of Stockholm's Moderna Museet and former artistic director of London's Tate Modern, is set to move to Hong Kong to lead a new museum and culture project due to open in 2015. READ »

Warhol work 'missing' from Stockholm museum

National: 27 May 10
Stockholm's Moderna Museet has been roundly criticised by the Swedish National Audit Office for inadequate control of its collections, after it emerged that a work by US pop artist Andy Warhol has disappeared. READ »

Stockholm gallery opens 'Wag the Dog' exhibition

Lifestyle: 9 Mar 10
A multimedia exhibition by Armenian artist Azat Sargsyan on the perception of reality presented by the mass media, marks the start of the spring season at Stockholm art gallery wip:sthlm. READ »

What's On in Sweden: January 15th - 21st

Lifestyle: 14 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Bankers dancing in Stockholm, The 69 Eyes in Gothenburg and musical legend Andy Votel comes to Malmö. READ »

Christmas shopping guide: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 09
Waited till the last minute to pick up a gift for the design aficionado in your life? Here's help. We've dusted off The Local’s quintessential guide to the best of Swedish design online with some old, some new and some just plain odd. READ »

What's On in Sweden: December 4th - 10th

Lifestyle: 3 Dec 09
What’s on in Sweden: Backstreet Boys are back in Stockholm, The Gothia Barber Girls harmonise in Gothenburg and Pete Doherty serenades Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 25 - October 1

Lifestyle: 24 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: Alela Diane (US) and football derby in Stockholm; International Book Fair & French acrobats in Gothenburg; Ane Brun (NO) in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 18 - 24

Lifestyle: 16 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: Beer festival & Tom Jones (UK) in Stockholm; International Book Fair in Gothenburg; Hello Saferide in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 11 - 17

Lifestyle: 9 Sep 09
What's on in Sweden: World Cup baseball & Cirque du Soleil in Stockholm; Coco Chanel & All Time Low (US) in Gothenburg; Macy Gray (US) in Malmö. READ »

Stockholm museum settles feud over art looted by Nazis

Society: 9 Sep 09
Stockholm’s Moderna Museet has settled a long-running dispute with the heirs of a Jewish businessman over a painting the man’s family claimed was looted by the Nazis during World War II. READ »

Paintings removed for EU foreign minister meeting

National: 8 Sep 09
Two paintings by Swedish artist Dick Bengtsson (1936-1989) featuring swastikas were removed at the weekend when EU foreign ministers attended a meeting at the Moderna Museet contemporary art museum in Stockholm. READ »

What's on in Sweden: August 14 - 20

Lifestyle: 13 Aug 09
What's on in Sweden: Culture and youth festivals in Stockholm; International music festival and continental market in Gothenburg; Music & arts festival in Malmö. READ »

Auction house accused of selling fake Warhols

Society: 11 Jul 09
Malmö gallery owner Per-Olov Börjeson has filed a police report claiming that auction house Lauritz.com has sold millions of kronor worth of fake Warhols. READ »

Clay Ketter exhibition at Moderna Museet

Lifestyle: 6 Jul 09
Paint, wood, photos and plastic might not seem like a list of artistic mediums to be used collectively, but creative mastermind Clay Ketter uses these and more in executing his artistic visions. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 19 - 25

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. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 29 - June 4

Lifestyle: 28 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Bruce Springsteen and Dylan Moran in Stockholm; Speedway Grand Prix in Gothenburg; The Eagles in Malmö/Lund. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 22 - 28

Lifestyle: 20 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Ingmar Bergman theatre festival in Stockholm; International performance art in Gothenburg; Ghostface Killah and Funda Arar in Malmö/Lund. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 24 - 30

Lifestyle: 24 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: International dance day & Salif Keita in Stockholm; English speaking theatre in Gothenburg; Depeche Mode tribute in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 17 - 23

Lifestyle: 15 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: Tina Turner & football derby in Stockholm; Zulu 9.30 & Emilie Autumn (US) in Gothenburg; The Only Ones (UK) in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 10 - 16

Lifestyle: 9 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: Easter at Moderna in Stockholm; Space adventures in Gothenburg; Grandmaster Flash in Malmö. READ »

Art exhibitions you mustn't miss

Lifestyle: 20 Mar 09
From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Danish surrealists, art critic Katarina Wadstein MacLeod samples the season's most eye-catching exhibitions in Sweden and Denmark. READ »

What's on in Sweden: March 13 - 19

Lifestyle: 12 Mar 09
What's on in Sweden: St.Patrick's Day parade and Tabaimo in Stockholm; James Hill in Gothenburg; Flamenco Fusion and lonely hearts club in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: February 20 - 26

Lifestyle: 19 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: Bounce streetdance and Gypsy Queens in Stockholm; International horse show in Gothenburg; Morrissey tribute in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: February 13 - 19

Lifestyle: 12 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: Valentine's burlesque and Zoom Kaboom in Stockholm; Anna Ternheim in Gothenburg; new-traditional Slovak dance in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: January 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 1 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: January 2nd - 8th. A Camp and Moderna for the kids in Stockholm; International floorball and Opera ball in Gothenburg; Jim Jones Revue in Malmö. READ »

Stockholm: a tour guide’s tips

Stockholm: 15 Dec 08
A weekend in Stockholm isn't complete without visiting the Vasa Museum, but what else should a tourist see? Tour guide Séverine Bouvier offers her tips. READ »

Christmas shopping: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 12 Dec 08
Some of it is sleek, and some of it is just plain weird. Some of it’s pretty, and some of it is just plain ugly…by design. Here’s The Local’s guide to the best of Swedish design online. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 24 - October 30

Lifestyle: 23 Oct 08
What’s on: Cyndi Lauper and modern dance film festival in Stockholm; Lloyd Cole in Gothenburg; Smurfs and chocolate festival in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 10 - October 16

Lifestyle: 9 Oct 08
What’s on: Primal Scream & Martha Wainwright in Stockholm; Culture Night & Leonard Cohen in Gothenburg; Soweto Gospel & provocative performance art in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 3 - October 9

Lifestyle: 2 Oct 08
What’s on: NHL hockey, Open tennis and Aussie comedy in Stockholm; Ane Brun in Gothenburg; Steve Wynn and naked Jesus shock in Malmö. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: August 29 - September 5

Lifestyle: 29 Aug 08
Stockholm art gallery guide from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: August 15 - 21

Lifestyle: 15 Aug 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: August 8 - 14

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

Stockholm art gallery guide: July 25 - 30

Lifestyle: 24 Jul 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: July 18 - 23

Lifestyle: 17 Jul 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: July 11 - 16

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

Stockholm art gallery guide: June 27 - July 3

Lifestyle: 26 Jun 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: June 6 - 12

Lifestyle: 5 Jun 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: May 30 - June 5

Lifestyle: 29 May 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: May 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 1 May 08
Weekend art exhibition tips from Kalendarium READ »

Stockholm art gallery guide: April 25 - May 1

Lifestyle: 24 Apr 08
This week’s art tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Stockholm museum in row over Nazi loot

National: 1 Feb 08
A Stockholm art gallery is being accused of holding on to a painting looted by the Nazis, despite demands from its original owners for it to be returned. READ »

The mystery of Stockholm's fake Warhols

National: 28 Dec 07
The revelation that Brillo Boxes believed to be by Andy Warhol were probably not by the artist has raised more questions than it has answered. READ »

Andy Warhol's Swedish Brillo Boxes 'were fake'

Society: 16 Nov 07
A leading Swedish museum has confirmed that 105 Brillo Boxes thought to have been commissioned by Andy Warhol were in fact fakes constructed after the artist's death. READ »

Showing off the gritty side of Sweden

Lifestyle: 14 Sep 07
Tipping Point: An exhibition of photos from winter in the industrial town of Borås might not sound like the best way to entertain visitors from abroad. But Kathleen Harman is strangely moved. READ »

Museum vows to return 'lost' painting

Society: 5 Jul 07
The heirs of a Jewish businessman who fled Germany in 1939 have called on Stockholm's Moderna Museet to return a painting by the eminent German expressionist Emil Nolde. READ »

Sweden: the world's most modern country?

Lifestyle: 13 Dec 06
Why are 40 percent of Swedish households inhabited by a single person? Is the habit of taking shoes off at the door a product of left-wing rebellion? And are Swedes as antisocial as their reputation would have it? Fredrik Lindström promises to provide the answers. READ »

Pontus Hultén donates 700 works to Moderna Museet

Lifestyle: 2 Nov 05
Pontus Hultén, one of the giants of the world's modern art scene, has announced that he is donate almost his entire personal collection of works to Stockholm's Moderna Museet. READ »

Major museums to scrap entrance fees

Lifestyle: 22 Sep 04
Flush with cash from last week's budget, many of Sweden's largest museums will be free next year. But most importantly they'll also have more toilets. READ »

Stolen cow beheaded

Lifestyle: 28 Aug 04
The slaughter of a fibreglass cow fails to clarify what 'real art' is - but raises the profile of everyone involved in the 'tragedy'. READ »

Cow rustled

Lifestyle: 20 Aug 04
Stockholm police are baffled as to the whereabouts of a stolen cow. READ »

Two million join singalong

Lifestyle: 2 Jul 04
The first of The Local's weekly cultural trawls nets the year's most popular songfest, a gallery short of a curator and a dearth of Swedish artists. READ »

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