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Stockholm 'upper-class safari' under fire

Society: 30 Jan 12
The so called “upper class safari” recently running in Stockholm has come under extreme criticism from residents of the elite suburb, and has even evoked several protest attacks. READ »

'Upper-class safari' angers Stockholmers

Business & Money: 16 Jan 12
Plans for a sightseeing trip to Saltsjöbaden to “see how the other half lives,” have been reported to police after coming under fire from residents of the well-to-do Stockholm suburb. READ »

Shopping for Christmas food in Stockholm

Lifestyle: 1 Dec 11
As the Christmas season approaches in Stockholm, it is very likely that festive food is uppermost in your mind. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for filling your holiday hamper. READ »

Stockholm suburb claims top spot in business-friendliness ranking

Business & Money: 3 May 11
The north Stockholm suburb of Solna has been named the most business-friendly municipality in Sweden, according to a new ranking. READ »

Wind storm wipes out Stockholm train service

National: 7 Apr 11
Gusty winds brought train traffic to a standstill in Stockholm on Thursday afternoon, and also left thousands of Swedes without power in the south of the country. READ »

Saab production halted 'until further notice'

Business & Money: 6 Apr 11
Cash-strapped Swedish carmaker Saab announced on Wednesday that it was cutting all production at its Trollhättan plant until it has found a solution to persistent delivery problems. READ »

Saab seeks to allay financial health fears

Business & Money: 4 Apr 11
Swedish carmaker Saab and its Dutch owner Spyker took steps on Monday to reassure investors that the future is based on solid financial ground, while reports indicate that Spyker head Victor Muller doubled his salary in 2010. READ »

Swedish comedian dead after collapsing on stage

National: 4 Mar 11
Well-known Swedish comedian and actor Lasse Eriksson is dead after collapsing on stage during a performance in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Thursday night. READ »

'God's House' being built in suburban Stockholm

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 11
As religious tensions continue to cause friction in Sweden and elsewhere, Lutherans, Catholics, and Muslims near Stockholm have come together to present a new model for religious tolerance, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Sweden's population nears 9.5 million

Society: 18 Feb 11
Sweden's population continued to grow at the end of 2010, despite a drop in immigration for the first time since 2004. READ »

Manhunt for intruder at Mona Sahlin's home

National: 10 Feb 11
Reports of an attempted break-in at the home of Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin on Thursday morning prompted a massive response as police hunted for the intruder. READ »

Swedish whisky maker eyes stock market listing

Business & Money: 31 Jan 11
Sweden's Mackmyra Svensk Whisky has announced its plans to list on the stock market later this year, adding that it is now looking for a CFO to help accomplish the task. READ »

Man fined after demanding sex refund from teen's dad

Society: 21 Dec 10
A 57-year-old man has been fined by a Swedish court for grooming a 13-year-old girl for sex after he approached the girl's father for a cash refund when she declined to show up as agreed. READ »

Snow blower snatchers take Stockholm by storm

Science & Technology: 19 Dec 10
With more heavy snowfall expected in eastern Sweden on Sunday, police in Stockholm find themselves chasing a new class of thieves who may simply be looking for a way to give their weary backs a rest. 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 »

What's On in Sweden: October 1st - 7th

Lifestyle: 30 Sep 10
What’s on in Sweden: Madchester and Action Impro in Stockholm, Open Culture in Gothenburg and The Red Sparowes fly into to Malmö. READ »

Public peeing OK if no one is offended: Swedish court

Society: 27 Sep 10
A Swedish man has been acquitted of public urination charges, opening the door for thousands of others to avoid fines for heeding the call of nature in public. READ »

Paw-print signature puzzles public officials

Society: 24 Sep 10
Officials from Värmdö municipality near Stockholm were forced to think twice recently after receiving a funding request signed with a paw print. READ »

Swedes' party loyalty very much in play: poll

Politics: 11 Sep 10
More than one million Swedish voters may yet change their allegiance on election day, according to a new poll, signaling that the battle for control of the Riksdag is far from over. READ »

Stockholm acts to block drunken bus drivers

National: 8 Sep 10
Stockholm public transport operator SL will install ignition locks on all of its buses within the next two years, ensuring drivers who have been drinking can't start their vehicles. READ »

Swedes and their quirky habits laid bare

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. READ »

Stockholm suburb tops school rankings: report

National: 7 May 10
The Stockholm suburb of Danderyd comes out top in a new report ranking Sweden's schools with 93 percent of its pupils graduating after their nine-year education. READ »

Delays as Arlanda Express train derails

National: 4 Feb 10
The wintry weather continued to cause extensive problems in the Stockholm region on Thursday as an Arlanda Express airport train derailed north of the city. READ »

Stockholm swells with millionaire men

Business & Money: 21 Jan 10
Stockholm-area men dominate the ranks of the roughly 40,000 Swedes who earn more than one million kronor ($139,000) per year, fresh statistics show. READ »

Snow wreaks havoc on Sweden's roadways

Science & Technology: 17 Dec 09
Heavy snowfall and high winds continued to disrupt traffic in many parts of Sweden into Thursday afternoon. READ »

Theatre group woos kids with classic witchcraft

Lifestyle: 19 Nov 09
The Stockholm Players theatre group is aiming to keep kids spellbound over the coming weekends with a new performance of Roald Dahl’s ‘The Witches’. READ »

New arrest in helicopter heist probe

National: 27 Oct 09
Police in Sweden have arrested another suspect in the helicopter-aided robbery of a cash depot in the Stockhlm suburb of Västberga last month. READ »

Mats Sundin: 'I'm retiring from pro hockey'

Sport: 30 Sep 09
Swedish hockey great Mats Sundin announced his retirement from professional ice hockey at a hastily announced press conference in Stockholm on Wednesday. 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 »

Suspected double murder near Stockholm

National: 6 Sep 09
Police in Stockholm have arrested a man suspected of killing two people on the archipelago island of Ingarö just east of Stockholm. READ »

Ralph's going to take you to another dimension

Lifestyle: 25 Aug 09
In a galaxy quite nearby lives Ralph Lundsten, a palace-dwelling septuagenarian and a true pioneer in the field of electronic music. READ »

Man shot dead in Stockholm suburb

National: 20 Aug 09
A man in his forties was shot on Wednesday evening in a house in the leafy Stockholm suburb of Tyresö. READ »

Child benefits must be raised: Sahlin

Politics: 16 Aug 09
Mona Sahlin, leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, has said child maintenance support benefit levels will be raised if there is a change of government next year. READ »

15-year-old girl stabbed in Stockholm

National: 9 Aug 09
A 15-year-old girl in Tyresö south of Stockholm was stabbed in the chest and stomach on Saturday night by an unknown man. She is being treated at Karolinska Hospital, where her condition remains serious but stable. READ »

Swedish doc could be charged for 'fatal' UK op

National: 14 Jul 09
A Swedish plastic surgeon may face a criminal investigation in the UK after the wife of a famous footballer died last week from complications attributed to a bungled 2002 liposuction treatment. READ »

Test sites named for Swedish language-learning bonus

Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes. READ »

Guilty verdicts in ICA meat cheat scandal

Business & Money: 10 Jun 09
Two employees from an ICA Maxi grocery store in Nacka outside of Stockholm have been convicted for repackaging out-of-date meat and putting it back on store shelves. READ »

'A political sensation': Pirate Party leader

Politics: 8 Jun 09
With more than seven percent of the vote Sweden's Pirate Party became the latest party to rock the political establishment in an EU Parliament election. READ »

Långholmen advance to cup quarter finals

Sport: 5 Apr 09
Atletico Nacka 2-5 Långholmen FC READ »

Lawsuit looms for garbage strikers

National: 9 Feb 09
Garbage workers currently on a wildcat strike in Stockholm have been threatened with a lawsuit by their employers. READ »

Teenager in brutal mugging

National: 3 Jan 09
A 15-year-old boy was mugged in the plush Stockholm suburb of Nacka early Saturday. Three masked men held an axe at his throat, a pistol to his head and sprayed him with pepper spray before stealing his mobile phone. READ »

Criminal charges for ICA meat labelling scandal

National: 7 Oct 08
Public prosecutor Solveig Sörlien will file formal charges against an ICA grocery store in the Stockholm suburb of Nacka for relabeling outdated packages of mince meat and putting them back on store shelves. READ »

Stockholm awash with beer and whisky

Lifestyle: 26 Sep 08
The Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival has hit town again and, as Jennifer Heape discovered, it’s a far cry from beer bellies and a packet of pork scratchings. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 26 - October 2

Lifestyle: 25 Sep 08
What’s on: Vintage clothes fair, New Model Army & Aussie comedy in Stockholm; International book fair & Swedish-French dance in Gothenburg; The Lemonheads and funky swamp rock in Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 19 - 25

Lifestyle: 18 Sep 08
What’s on: Stevie Wonder, Beer & Whisky festival and American Football in Stockholm; Japanese tattoo art and Masters golf in Gothenburg; Prince and Tibet tributes in Malmö; Puppet theatre in Lund. READ »

Man dies in boat accident

National: 11 Aug 08
A man died in a boating accident near the island of Ingarö, east of Stockholm on Monday morning. READ »

Stockholm hit by wave of cash transport heists

National: 24 Jul 08
Stockholm was hit by multiple cash transport robberies on Thursday. Armed moped robbers hit transports in the suburban neighbourhoods of Nacka and Älvsjö. READ »

Deranged man tried to enter Sahlin’s home

Politics: 21 Jul 08
A man carrying a bag with a hammer and a knife was detained by police as he tried to enter the yard of Social Democratic Party leader Mona Sahlin on Sunday. READ »

Opening a window on the Queer world

Lifestyle: 2 Jul 08
A new exhibition of 'queer' art provides a perfect prelude to this year's Europride festival, writes David Bartal. READ »

Stockholm bus strike looms

National: 30 Jun 08
Buses in Stockholm County will come to a standstill at midnight on Monday as bus drivers plan to follow through on their threat to go on strike. READ »

Sweden's politicians take to the pitch

Politics: 11 Jun 08
The Red-Green team is favoured in this year’s annual football match between the opposition and the government. READ »

Swedish pop, photo art and Marilyn Monroe: What's on in Sweden

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 08
Something for the weekend: Marilyn exhibition in Gothenburg, Lykke Li in Stockholm, Erwin Wurm in Malmö. READ »

ICA merchants could face multi-million kronor fines

Business & Money: 14 Feb 08
Prosecutors are calling for ICA supermarket owners to be fined following a food hygiene scandal late last year. READ »

Major weekend fire destroys Nacka shipyard

National: 13 Jan 08
Fifty boats, a boathouse, and two main buildings were burned to the ground. READ »

Woman and grandchild killed in accident

National: 9 Dec 07
A 3-year-old girl and her 72-year-old grandmother were run over and killed in a road accident near Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

ICA beats meat retreat

National: 7 Dec 07
ICA has begun taking steps to undo some of the damage caused by a recent repackaging scandal. READ »

Criminal investigation over ICA meat cheats

National: 6 Dec 07
Prosecutors have started a criminal investigation following revelations that supermarkets repackaged out-of-date meat and put it back on the shelves. READ »

Councils report ICA meat cheats

National: 6 Dec 07
Four local councils have announced plans to report supermarket chain ICA to the police. READ »

Body believed to be missing woman

National: 29 Oct 07
A dead body found in woodland in the Stockholm archipelago is believed to be that of a 27-year-old mother of three who disappeared from her home on 1st October. READ »

Teen dies crossing train tracks

National: 27 Oct 07
An 18-year-old boy died on Friday night after being hit by a train on the Saltsjöbanan line east of Stockholm. He was the second teenager to be hit by a train in 24 hours. READ »

Dead body found in Stockholm harbour

National: 26 Jun 07
A dead body has been found floating in the water at Finnboda harbour in the Stockholm suburb Nacka. Police believe the death is connected to an accident in May in which two of the man's companions perished. READ »

Two found dead in car in water

National: 8 May 07
Two people have been found dead in a car in the water near Stockholm. Police were alerted after somebody in the area said they thought they heard a splash in the water. READ »

SL learns its ABCs

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 07
Stockholm Transport (SL) has changed its ticketing system again. Whether you're a perplexed resident or just in the city on a visit, Charlotte West can tell you how it all works. READ »

Stockholm gets digital TV makeover

National: 12 Mar 07
On Monday the Swedish capital became the latest location to make the switch from analogue to digital television. READ »

Taxi driver runs over man in 'rape' confusion

National: 4 Mar 07
A taxi driver who thought he was witnessing an attempted rape ran over the supposed rapist, only to find that the man he had knocked off his feet was the woman's boyfriend. READ »

Swedes' earnings break the trillion barrier

Society: 23 Jan 07
Swedes earned more than one trillion kronor for the first time in 2005, with people in the Stockholm area earning most. People in northern areas had the lowest incomes. READ »

Neighbours in court for hammer attack

National: 16 Jan 07
A 49-year-old man was hit on the head with a hammer 22 times in a fight with his neighbour in Stockholm. The defendant claims he was acting in self-defence. READ »

Children admit starting fire

National: 22 Nov 06
Police say a fire at an apartment block in Stockholm earlier this month was started by children. One boy has already admitted involvement. READ »

Free bus travel after new attack on driver

National: 7 Oct 06
The Kommunal union has once again begun industrial action in protest over violence against bus drivers in Stockholm, following a brutal attack on Friday night. READ »

'Media jukebox' to lure youngsters to libraries

Society: 4 Sep 06
Forget books. In an attempt to lure today's youth into Swedish libraries, librarians are turning to a new 'media jukebox' packed with music, audio books and movies. READ »

Police hunt taxi rapist

National: 22 Aug 06
An 18 year old woman was taken to Söder hospital's centre for abused women overnight after being raped in Bagarmossen, in the south of Stockholm. READ »

Storm leaves Colombian Embassy in flames

National: 21 Aug 06
The Colombian Embassy in Stockholm was on fire on Monday evening after being struck by lightning. Heavy storms caused disruption across the capital. READ »

Fake policeman stops Stockholm driver

National: 4 Aug 06
A man claiming to be a policeman waved down a woman on a road near Stockholm on Friday. He probably wanted to know what it felt like to stop someone, say police. READ »

Man injured by boat propeller

National: 25 Jun 06
A man in his 30s was seriously injured after falling out of a motorized dinghy onto the propeller late on Saturday night. READ »

Students injured on party truck

National: 1 Jun 06
A number of celebrating students have been injured after falling off the truck they were traveling on in Nacka, near Stockholm. Police say they don't know how serious the injuries are. READ »

Men arrested for 1995 murder

National: 11 Apr 06
Two men have been arrested for the murder of a 16-year old boy at Fryshuset in Stockholm on New Year's Day 1995. The pair have links to a man arrested and released three weeks ago. READ »

Digitally digging for Stockholm graves

Lifestyle: 5 Apr 06
Wondering where your distant Swedish relatives are buried? Or perhaps where Ingrid Bergman was laid to rest? Well, now you can dig through over half a million graves in the Swedish capital - digitally. READ »

Man arrested for 1995 murder

National: 21 Mar 06
A 41 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 16 year old boy in Stockholm more than ten years ago. The boy was found dead in a warehouse with one of his hands missing. READ »

"Quiet start" for Stockholm congestion charge

Smörgåsbord: 3 Jan 06
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One stolen transponder, one banner protesting against Stockholm mayor Annika Billström and one attempted sabotage of a payment station - not a bad start to the congestion charge trial, say officials. READ »

Wolf seen in Stockholm

National: 13 Nov 05
A wolf has been seen in a number of places in the Stockholm area over the weekend. After sightings in the north-east of Stockholm on Saturday, the animal was spotted on Sunday in Saltsjöbaden, to the south of the capital. READ »

Murderer shot in Stockholm

National: 29 Oct 05
A convicted murderer on weekend release from jail has been shot dead in central Stockholm in front of his wife and 11-year old son. He had been jailed 4 years ago for strangling a young athlete. READ »

Swedish drama college rapped for school porn scandal

National: 24 Mar 05
An investigation into why 6 year old children were read explicit passages from a pornographic novel on a school trip to Dramatiska Institutet gives the college a good telling-off but concludes that "the reaction of the parents is the true risk of injury". READ »

"Persson to resign" as Social Democrats slump

Politics: 16 Mar 05
The political rumour mill is up and running with talk of the prime minister's resignation in the autumn. Maybe not surprising as the government plumbs new depths in the polls and the political setbacks mount. A book has even come out saying that the only thing that really matters to Persson is power. READ »

Horses killed by Swedish commuter train

Smörgåsbord: 24 Feb 05
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Ex-party leader to investigate school porn scandal

Society: 9 Feb 05
Dramatiska Institutet fails to calm things down by meeting the parents of children who were read explicit passages from a pornographic novel on a school trip, while the student author is forced into hiding. READ »

6 year olds exposed to pornography in school project

National: 3 Feb 05
Schoolchildren visiting Dramatiska Institutet are read explicit passages from a pornographic novel as part of a project called "Love and Sexuality". Everyone is shocked, but that doesn't stop the media reprinting great chunks of the material in question. READ »

Hope fades for missing Swedes

National: 12 Jan 05
The man leading the search for injured or shocked Swedes in Thailand says that there is nowhere else to look, while the police have gathered dental cards and DNA samples for 1,650 people thought to be missing - but they still won't publish the names. READ »

Union chiefs to evict "needy women" from holiday cottages

Society: 23 Nov 04
The housing charity scandal continues as a group of cottages which have been hired out to elderly and low-income women for generations are to be pulled down - to make way for luxury homes. READ »

Smörgåsbored of football

Business & Money: 2 Jul 04
The last mention of Sweden's footballing odyssey, drunken sailors in the archipelago, and interesting ways of dealing with the jobless and nursery education. All the scraps from the media's table. READ »

Military in deep water

National: 18 Jun 04
A boat collision just off the Swedish coast leaves two young recruits dead, and some of Sweden's cold war ghosts are laid to rest. READ »

Grubby Sweden

Society: 28 May 04
Stockholmers are troubled by litter, graffiti, and arsenic, while Gothenburg council thinks it's found the roof of all evil. READ »

Feminists crash May Day parties

Politics: 7 May 04
Police floored rioters, but will proposals for an all-female political party hit the established parties where it hurts? READ »

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

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Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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