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Viagra helps Swedish gangs get profits up

National: 21 May 12
Viagra and other impotency drugs appear to have replaced cocaine as the drug of choice for Swedish motorcycle gangs looking to profit from the illegal drugs trade. READ »

Biking 'more dangerous' than driving in Sweden

Science & Technology: 4 May 12
Almost half of the serious injuries caused in Sweden’s traffic accidents involve cyclists, a new study reveals, raising questions about the need for a new bicycle safety strategy. READ »

5-year-old ‘sold’ drugs in major Swedish drug bust

National: 25 Apr 12
Dozens of people in northern Sweden have been charged after police busted a drug ring in which a 5-year-old girl had allegedly handed out hashish and taken payment. READ »

Swedish gang member in garden gnome drug bust

Society: 13 Apr 12
A 26-year-old Hells Angels member from central Sweden was jailed on Wednesday for selling large quantities of illegal drugs ordered from China using his mother-in-law's iPad and hidden inside garden gnomes. READ »

Eight charged in 'biggest ever' Swedish drug bust

National: 26 Mar 12
Eight people have been charged for their part in the “biggest ever” cocaine ring in Sweden, in which several tons of cocaine at a value of 4.5 billion kronor ($665 million) had been imported from Colombia. READ »

Teacher shot dead at Swedish school in Yemen

National: 19 Mar 12
A teacher at a Swedish school in Yemen was gunned down by an unknown perpetrator on Sunday in an attack claimed to be a response by al-Qaeda to what is perceived as Christian proselytising. READ »

Gang leader fails to turn up for trial, found dead

National: 15 Mar 12
A 49-year-old leader for Swedish motorcycle gang Outlaws in southern Sweden never turned up for his own trial on Tuesday. Six hours later he was found murdered. READ »

Poorer children in more traffic accidents: report

National: 11 Mar 12
Traffic safety is a class issue in Sweden, as working class children are far more likely to be injured in traffic than their middle class friends, according to a study from Stockholm's Karolinska Institute. READ »

Witness intimidation on the rise at Swedish trials

National: 29 Jan 12
Threats and attempts to scare off both crime victims as well as young witnesses have become more common in Sweden, with threats in connection with court cases up more than 70 percent in the last decade, according to a new report. READ »

Swede 'burned to death' in Bali hotel: report

National: 24 Dec 11
A young Swedish man is being hunted by police in connection with a fire at a hotel room that claimed the life of a fellow Swede. READ »

Ten Swedish brands everyone should know

Lifestyle: 8 Nov 11
While Ikea, H&M, and Ericsson are all well known Swedish brands, here's a list of ten more products and brands from the land of the midnight sun that any self-proclaimed Swedophile should also know. READ »

'Ban Swedish biker gang vests': Social Democrats

National: 17 Oct 11
Local authorities should be able to ban vests bearing symbols associated with known motorcycle gangs in order to fight organised crime despite constitutional protections, a leading Social Democrat has suggested. READ »

Swedish teen dies in motocross crash

Sport: 29 Aug 11
A 15-year-old boy was killed in during a motocross competition in Sweden on Sunday afternoon in Västerås in central Sweden, marking the fourth motor sports fatality in Sweden in the last year. READ »

Masses greet Stockholm Pride march

National: 6 Aug 11
Thousands of people lined the streets of Stockholm on Saturday to take part in what organisers claim to be the single largest event in Scandinavia, The Stockholm Pride Parade. READ »

Man dies after high-speed police chase

National: 21 Jul 11
A 22-year-old man died when he crashed his motorcycle in Stockholm late Wednesday following a police chase at speeds of up to 250 kilometres/hour. READ »

July Sweden's deadliest month in traffic: report

National: 2 Jul 11
If you're a man driving on a Saturday afternoon in July, take it easy on the road. All these criteria are high risk factors, according to a recent report charting 2010's traffic-related deaths, published by the Traffic Analysis Agency. READ »

Three injured in 'gang-related' shootout

National: 29 Jun 11
Three people were seriously injured in what police suspect may have been a gang-related shooting in Norrköping in eastern Sweden on Tuesday night. READ »

Relatively calm midsummer celebrations in Sweden

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. READ »

Twelve dead in holiday traffic

National: 6 Jun 11
At least twelve people have died in traffic over the past five days as the Ascension and national day holiday weekend draws to a close. READ »

Man stabbed to death at bikers' meet up

National: 5 Jun 11
A man in his forties was stabbed to death on Saturday night, following a fight at a large bikers' meet up in the south of Sweden. READ »

Agency rejects Swede's FCKU2 licence plate bid

Society: 27 May 11
Having FCKU2 on your licence plate is not acceptable, according to the Swedish Transport Agency, who recently turned down a 31-year-old man from western Sweden. READ »

Swedish green-burial firm to turn frozen corpses in compost

Lifestyle: 13 Apr 11
A posthumous bath in liquid nitrogen pioneered by an eco-minded Swedish entrepreneur may help bring the deceased closer to life after death, the Local’s Karen Holst discovers. 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 »

Arrest sparked wave of Gothenburg car fires

National: 7 Apr 11
Police in Gothenburg revealed on Wednesday that the torching of several cars in the suburb of Backa over the past few nights was in touched off due to a police action. READ »

Cops probed for beating handicapped driver

National: 4 Apr 11
A Swedish prosecutor has opened an investigation of police officers alleged to have dragged a partially handicapped man from his car, called him an "idiot" and a "druggie", and then erased his phone of the evidence. READ »

Swedish ice racer dies after high-speed crash

Sport: 31 Mar 11
A Swedish ice racing rider has died in hospital after an accident during Wednesday's tournament in the ABB Arena in Västerås in central Sweden. READ »

Sweden Democrat quits after assault conviction

Politics: 22 Feb 11
A Sweden Democrat serving on Burlöv municipal council in southern Sweden has resigned his post after being convicted of assaulting a woman in the face with a motorcycle helmet. READ »

Two Swedes killed in Thailand in past week

Society: 23 Jan 11
A Swedish man in his 30s was killed on Sunday in the resort town of Patong in Thailand, media outlets reported on Sunday. READ »

Elderly Swede dies while ice sailing

National: 31 Dec 10
A 71-year-old man died last night in western Sweden after becoming lost while ice sailing. READ »

Swede deported from Colombia

National: 28 Dec 10
A Swedish citizen has been deported from Colombia to Sweden, suspected of serious drugs offences and of being the leader of a cocaine smuggling ring. READ »

Swedish biker gangs in expansion fast lane

National: 8 Oct 10
The Bandidos, Hells Angels and other criminal motorcycle gangs have ramped up their expansion in Sweden, while at the same time gaining a foothold in Europe. READ »

Drunk Swede rode 130 km/h above speed limit

National: 16 Aug 10
A Swedish motorcycle rider stopped by Finnish police doing 233 kilometres/hour on the motorway has been held on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol and driving without a licence or registration. READ »

Ambulance speedster recovers licence

National: 29 Jun 10
Jonny Forsberg from Årjäng in central Sweden, who lost his driving licence when he sped up to allow an ambulance to pass, has now regained the right to drive for the time being after he retracted his confession. READ »

What's On in Sweden: May 21st - 27th

Lifestyle: 20 May 10
What’s on in Sweden: Flight Of The Conchords in Stockholm, a half marathon in Gothenburg and The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club play Malmö. READ »

Police target Hells Angels in Gothenburg

National: 20 May 10
Police in Västra Götaland in western Sweden raided a Hells Angels club in Gothenburg on Wednesday evening as part of national drive to tackle organized crime. The city has meanwhile voted to ban biker logos in licensed premises. READ »

Moonshine makers jailed in southern Sweden

National: 20 Apr 10
Eleven people have been convicted in southern Sweden for their involvement in the illicit distillation and sale of thousand of litres of bootleg booze. READ »

Court rejects pub ban on biker gang logos

National: 16 Mar 10
A Swedish court has rejected as unconstitutional a ban on the wearing of biker gang emblems in bars and pubs. READ »

'Streetracer' arrested for trying to mow down cop

National: 13 Sep 09
A 42-year-old man was arrested in Umeå in northern Sweden early on Sunday in connection with an illegal car race, a so-called 'streetrace'. The man tried to mow down a motorcycle police officer at high speed. READ »

Reporter fired over Hells Angels contacts

Society: 4 Jun 09
The Expressen newspaper has sacked its US correspondent following revelations that he had close contact with the former leader of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in Sweden, Thomas Möller. READ »

Porn king reports police over crime gang sting

National: 7 May 09
Swedish porn baron Berth Milton has filed a complaint accusing police of using him in a sting operation targeting one of Sweden’s most dangerous criminal gangs without his knowledge. READ »

McDonald's in Swedish strip club dispute

Society: 1 Apr 09
Hamburger chain McDonald's has reacted with ire to a new neon sign outside out a Swedish strip club. "Two upturned breasts with nipples" says the owner; "too similar to our logo" says the multinational giant. READ »

Cop fined for outing child sex offender

National: 26 Mar 09
A Swedish police officer who blew the whistle on a convicted paedophile’s plans to start a youth education centre has himself been fined for defamation. READ »

Hells Angels leader loses sickness benefits

National: 22 Mar 09
A prominent Swedish member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang will have to survive without the sickness benefits he has been receiving for the past 10 years as he was shown to have hidden income sources. READ »

What's your top Swedish tourist tip?

Travel: 19 Mar 09
Every week we quiz our regular panelists about a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: the country's top travel destinations. READ »

Criminal gangs show no signs of leaving Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 09
More than a year after a bomb ripped through the home of a prosecutor, Sweden carries on its struggle to curb the spread of criminal gangs, AFP’s Nina Larson reports. READ »

UK couple searches for clues about daredevil Swede

Lifestyle: 11 Mar 09
More than 45 years after losing contact, a British couple are hoping the Swedish public can help them learn the fate of a long-lost daredevil sweetheart. READ »

Danish gang war spills over into Malmö

National: 3 Mar 09
A Danish gangster from has been remanded into custody on suspicion of blackmail by a Malmö court as police fear that a Copenhagen gang war is spilling over onto the southern Swedish city's streets. READ »

New video reveals clues about motorcycle 'Ghostrider'

Society: 14 Jan 09
Swedish police hope a new video by the famed “Ghostrider” motorcycle driver, known for darting in and out of traffic at speeds nearing 300 kilometres per hour, may lead to his capture. READ »

Suspects claim kidnap victim wanted violent sex games

National: 15 Aug 08
A couple charged in Malmö with raping and torturing a woman over a period of several days claim their 'victim' was a willing participant in the sex games. READ »

Motorcycle hit by flying elk

National: 1 Aug 08
An unusual traffic accident occurred on the E18 highway between Årjäng and Töcksfors in western Sweden late Thursday night when a motorcycle collided with an airborne elk. READ »

Man arrested for running over police officer

National: 14 Jul 08
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a traffic police officer near Mariestad in central Sweden on Sunday. READ »

American car show opens in Västerås

Society: 4 Jul 08
The 'biggest American car show in the world' opened in Västerås on Thursday. More than 10,000 cars are expected for the Big Meet 2008 show. READ »

Gangster 'burned wrong man to death'

National: 2 Jul 08
A 29-year-old was indicted on Wednesday for a brutal Gothenburg murder in which investigators believe an innocent man was burned to death. READ »

Bus strike underway in Stockholm

National: 1 Jul 08
More than 6,000 Stockholm-area bus drivers went on strike at midnight, causing commuting headaches for thousands of area residents. READ »

Motorcycle gang suspected in daring bank scheme

National: 11 Jun 08
A number of people with ties to the Bandidos motorcycle gang are suspected of committing a fraud worth 6 million kronor ($1 million) against two banks in southern Sweden. READ »

Men with dynamite arrested at Malmö train station

National: 8 Jun 08
Two men with were arrested on Thursday as they were loading 70 kilograms of dynamite into a storage locker at Malmö’s central train station. READ »

Politician held in money laundering scandal

Business & Money: 21 May 08
A local politician from Stockholm has been taken into custody in Falun in central Sweden on suspicions of helping a motorcycle gang launder money. READ »

Shots fired at prosecutor's home

National: 14 Mar 08
Shots were fired early on Friday morning at the apartment of chief public prosecutor Mats Mattson. READ »

Moped gang goes to court

National: 15 Feb 08
Five youths have been indicted on trespassing charges in connection with the emotive Rödeby shooting in southern Sweden. READ »

Swedish film-lovers fall for Mexican talent

Lifestyle: 31 Jan 08
A warm Latin American breeze is warming Gothenburg film-lovers this winter, as the city's film festival adopts a Mexican accent, writes Matt O'Leary. READ »

Eight arrested in biker gang raid

National: 24 Jan 08
Police in Malmö made eight arrests in a raid on the Diablos motorcycle club, READ »

Three Bandidos gang members in custody

National: 16 Jan 08
Presumed Bandidos leader Mehdi Seyyed is among those being held following a police raid in Gothenburg. READ »

Sharp rise in Swedish road deaths

National: 1 Jan 08
Despite an ongoing zero tolerance campaign, the number of deaths on Sweden's roads rose significantly in 2007. READ »

'Lawnmower man' completes epic journey

Society: 15 Nov 07
Truck driver Kjell Fundin has done what no man has ever done before by travelling almost the entire length of Sweden on a lawnmower. READ »

Liberals call for 'Swedish FBI'

Politics: 13 Nov 07
The Liberal Party has joined the Police Service in calling for a form of 'Swedish FBI' to tackle organized crime. READ »

Roof raiders rob supermarket

National: 31 Oct 07
Thieves carried out a spectacular raid on Tuesday evening at a supermarket in a Stockholm suburb. READ »

'Lawnmower man' embarks on Swedish road trip

National: 2 Oct 07
It's a long, long way from Haparanda to Ystad, particularly for the man who is making the journey on his lawnmower. READ »

'Sweden needs its own FBI' - police chief

National: 22 Sep 07
Sweden's police chief has called for a new national authority for fighting organised crime. Speaking in an interview with newspaper Dagens Nyheter, Stefan Strömberg said that Sweden needed its own FBI. READ »

Mexican heartthrob to star in Moodysson movie

Society: 6 Sep 07
Lukas Moodysson has secured the services of Mexican hunk Gael Garcia Bernal, who has agreed to star in Mammoth, the Swedish director's first English-language feature film. READ »

Teenagers arrested for Gothenburg murder

National: 11 Jul 07
Police have arrested six people in connection with the stabbing to death of a shop worker in Gothenburg on Tuesday afternoon. READ »

Boys die in moped crash

National: 7 Jul 07
Two 17 year old boys died when their motorcycles collided in Friggesund, 40km west of Hudiksvall, early on Saturday morning. READ »

Five held after biker gang party

National: 22 Apr 07
Five people were taken into custody on Saturday evening when police raided a party in Gothenburg attended by members of the Bandidos biker gang. READ »

KappAhl defies Hells Angels

National: 4 Apr 07
Just days after two Hells Angels threatened a shop assistant with assault, clothing retailer KappAhl has restocked its shelves with the t-shirts that the motorcycle club found objectionable. READ »

KappAhl threatened by Hells Angels

National: 1 Apr 07
Members of the Hells Angels in southern Sweden threatened to assault a shop assistant at KappAhl if the company did not remove certain items of clothing from its stock. KappAhl went along with their wishes. READ »

Undercover cop buys sex club

National: 20 Dec 06
A leading Swedish criminal investigator has taken the step over to the other side. His involvement in a sex club run by one of the city's crime lords is nothing short of a catastrophe, say police sources. READ »

Police identify key names behind Swedish organised crime

National: 10 Sep 06
Swedish police have pinpointed 100 'particularly interesting' people in the fight against organised crime. READ »

Man parachutes off Turning Torso

National: 18 Aug 06
An Austrian adventurer this morning parachuted off Malmö's Turning Torso skyscraper, before speeding away on a motorcycle to a waiting boat. "They said it was impossible," he boasted. READ »

Pride parade smashes attendance records

Society: 6 Aug 06
With 35,000 participants and ten times as many lining the streets to cheer them on, Stockholm's annual Pride Parade was the party of the year. READ »

Skåne floods cause chaos

National: 2 Aug 06
Parts of southern Sweden have been hit by flooding after torrential downpours overnight. Worst hit was Trelleborg, where a number of garages and cellars were flooded. READ »

Police hunt Gothenburg bank robbers

National: 20 Jul 06
An SEB bank branch office in Hisingen, near Gothenburg, was robbed on Thursday morning after thieves broke through the building's glass front door. READ »

Sixty year low in Swedish road deaths

Society: 13 Jul 06
Fewer people died in the first half of 2006 than in the first six months of any year since 1946, when there were only 250,000 cars on Sweden's roads, says the National Roads Administration. READ »

Police swoop on Swedish biker gang

Society: 30 Jun 06
A series of raids across Sweden has resulted in the arrests of 13 members of the Solidos biker gang. They are suspected of drug and gun crimes, among other things. READ »

Two dead in Midsummer traffic

National: 24 Jun 06
Two men, aged 23 and 27 years old, have so far died in Sweden's Midsummer traffic. But despite these and other accidents across the country, police say that the traffic has been unusually calm. READ »

Road officials warn of Midsummer madness

National: 23 Jun 06
It could be a crazy weekend on Sweden's roads. Last year, 11 people died in car accidents during the Midsummer holiday, and there were 32 crashes in the Stockholm area alone. READ »

Thousands line Stockholm streets to cheer king

National: 30 Apr 06
The crowds turned out in force on Sunday to wish King Carl Gustaf happy birthday. The music and cheers even drowned out the protest of the Republican Association, which described the day as a 'publicity stunt'. READ »

Plane raid suspects held in custody

National: 28 Apr 06
Four men were remanded in custody by Gothenburg district court on Friday on suspicion of the raid on an SAS plane at the city's Landvetter airport in March. READ »

Four arrested for Gothenburg airport heist

National: 25 Apr 06
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the audacious robbery at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport in March. At least one of them is linked to the notorious Bandidos gang. READ »

Self-harm increasing among young women

Science & Technology: 4 Apr 06
The number of people being treated following a suicide attempt or other self-destructive behaviour has increased. The rise is especially marked among girls and young women between the ages of 15 and 24. READ »

Swede dies in Thai bus crash

National: 12 Mar 06
A Swede has been reported dead after a bus crash in northern Thailand. The man was said to be traveling with his Thai wife, who was also killed in the accident. READ »

Gunmen rob security vehicle

National: 8 Feb 06
Once again, a cash transport vehicle has been raided by armed gunmen. This time it was in Uppsala and police say that shots were fired before the men made their getaway. READ »

Family dies on day of snowmobile tragedies

National: 23 Jan 06
Three people died and two are missing after several serious snowmobile accidents on Sunday. READ »

Stockholm's congestion charge trials: a guide

Lifestyle: 27 Dec 05
After years of technical red lights, legal bottlenecks and political gridlock, Stockholm's congestion charge trials are to begin on January 3rd. The trials will affect over half a million motorists a day. But how will they affect you? READ »

Shots fired at Uppsala apartments

National: 24 Nov 05
Police in Uppsala are searching for a man who used an automatic weapon to fire several shots at six apartments in a residential area in the city on Wednesday evening. READ »

Evacuation in Jönköping after new robbery

National: 11 Nov 05
Part of central Jönköping has been evacuated after an armed raid on a Securitas cash office in the town. A car left at the scene is thought to have been wired with explosives but the managing director of Securitas said the robbery was "a failure". READ »

Foreign drivers "escape Swedish speeding fines"

National: 14 Aug 05
The number of speeding cameras on Swedish roads is set to double in the next few years. Bad news for speedy Swedes, but foreigners appear to be able to speed with impunity. READ »

Swedes missing following Indonesian quake

National: 29 Mar 05
Two young Swedish holidaymakers are missing as the west coast of Indonesia suffers its second huge earthquake in three months. There was no tsunami this time, but many hundreds are still feared dead. It looks like the Swedish government have learned from their mistakes, however, as they give a textbook response. READ »

Nightclub shooting leaves man dead in "hellish" Malmö

National: 13 Aug 04
A man died following a shooting at a nightclub in Malmö - but that's just another statistic in a region where violent crime has increased by over 20% in the last six years. READ »

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