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Swedish man charged for Central African slaughter

National: 15 May 12
The Swedish head of a safari company in the Central African Republic and ten of his staff have been charged with murder after 13 miners were found murdered in the northeast of the country. READ »

City slammed for 'special treatment' of Muslim kids

Education: 11 May 12
A Swedish school district has sparked outrage for striking a deal with local Muslim groups ensuring Muslim students can skip out on overnight class trips and Muslim girls don't have to be naked when showering at school. READ »

Swedish safari guide held by police in Africa

National: 26 Apr 12
The Swedish head of a safari company in the Central African Republic and ten of his staff have been arrested after 13 miners were found murdered in the northeast of the country, local police said Wednesday. READ »

Gay Swedish footballer bares all for charity

National: 26 Apr 12
The bare buttocks of Anton Hysén, who last year came out as the first openly gay Swedish male footballer, have been put up for auction to raise money for a gay rights group in Russia. 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 »

'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 »

Minister apologizes over 'racist' cake cutting

National: 19 Apr 12
A public apology by Sweden's minister for culture on Wednesday didn't stop calls for her resignation after she carved up a cake depicting a naked black woman, sparking an onslaught of criticism. 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 »

Swede, 76, jailed for child sex crimes in Philippines

National: 29 Mar 12
A 76-year-old man has been convicted in Sweden for molesting three young girls in the Philippines when he was teaching English to poor children there. READ »

Phone theft victim gets nude Facebook pic shock

Society: 27 Mar 12
A woman from northern Sweden who had her mobile phone stolen at the weekend was later horrified to find naked pictures of herself posted on her own Facebook page. READ »

Swedish cop sacked and fined for flashing staff

National: 22 Mar 12
A police chief in western Sweden found guilty of sexually molesting several women, after he allegedly exposed himself to them and touched their breasts, has lost his job and will be forced to pay a hefty fine. READ »

Cop fined for filming female colleagues naked

Society: 13 Mar 12
A Swedish police commissioner has been convicted for secretly filming female officers in the nude by hiding a video camera inside a locker in the station's changing room. READ »

Nude TV contestant charged for violence

Society: 28 Feb 12
A Swedish TV show contestant was charged on Monday with resisting arrest after a violent outburst in which he stripped down naked in a hotel room and demanded colleagues whip him with a leather belt. READ »

Missing teen girl found naked in 42-year-old's flat

National: 20 Feb 12
A Swedish teenage girl, reported missing by her foster parents last week, was found by police officers at the flat of a 42-year-old man in Jönköping, in central Sweden, on Saturday. READ »

Swedish supermodel sheds clothes for naked luge race

Sport: 19 Feb 12
Swedish supermodel Marcus Schenkenberg, a former Calvin Klein underwear model, was among 30 naked sledders who spent Saturday scooting down a snowy German mountainside with little to protect their bare skin from the elements. READ »

Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind

Lifestyle: 9 Feb 12
From classic Scandinavian functionality to naked men and lambs, Stockholm Design Week has something for everyone. Here's The Local's pick of the weirdest and best designs on display this year. READ »

Artist avoids jail for 'negro slave taunt'

National: 27 Jan 12
Malmö street artist Dan Park was handed a fine and a suspended sentence after being convicted on Thursday of defamation and racial agitation in connection with posters he made after students staged a "slave auction" at Lund University. READ »

Man gets prison after naked train sex attack

National: 7 Jan 12
A 30-year-old man from western Sweden has been sentenced to prison after he stripped down naked and assaulted passengers on a train in November, while under the influence of drugs. READ »

Strip club owner reports politician for libel

National: 4 Jan 12
Strip club owner Dragan Bratic, due to open up a club near ski resort Åre in the north of Sweden, has reported the local politician who said his new club would “attract criminal elements” to the police for defamation. READ »

Swedish cop filmed naked female colleagues

National: 29 Dec 11
A Swedish police commissioner has been suspended after it was revealed that he had secretly filmed female officers in the nude with a video camera hidden inside a locker in the station's changing room. READ »

Teacher fined for 'naked shower' texts to student

Education: 22 Dec 11
A newly licenced teacher who sent sexually suggestive text messages to a 15-year-old Swedish girl during his traineeship has been barred from teaching after being convicted of sexual molestation. READ »

Woman 'lived for months' with rotting corpse

National: 20 Dec 11
A 52-year-old Swedish woman is believed to have lived with a dead body on her sofa for months, after police found the body of a dead man, reported missing in September, decomposing in her living room. 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 »

Club's 'naked bottoms' divide Swedish village

Society: 15 Dec 11
A small village near the ski resort Åre, in northern Sweden, is in two camps over plans to convert a traditional country inn, located between the church and the cemetery, into a strip club. READ »

Terror raid based on 'vague' information

National: 15 Dec 11
The terror allegations which caused police to break into the homes of two families in Gothenburg last autumn were based on “vague and confused” statements, according to a report. READ »

Sports presenter: 'time for women's naked relay'

Sport: 12 Dec 11
A Swedish family was shocked when tuning in to watch a recent biathlon competition in Hilzenhoch, Austria, after a Swedish broadcaster welcomed them to quite a different sporting event than the one they had planned to watch. READ »

Cop charged for getting naked in front of cleaners

Society: 9 Dec 11
A police officer in western Sweden has been charged for sexually molesting several women after he allegedly exposed himself to them and touched their breasts on several occasions at a police station in Malmö. READ »

Police foil Hells Angels kidnap plot

National: 26 Nov 11
In a mysterious incident in Gothenburg, a kidnapped man in his 50s was freed by police after they found him bound and gagged in the boot of a car. READ »

Marking the death of Sweden's 'TV oak'

Society: 25 Nov 11
An old oak tree standing in a boulevard outside the Sveriges Television (SVT) building in Stockholm was cut down on Thursday morning, following weeks of protests over the fate of what quickly became Sweden’s most famous piece of vegetation READ »

Naked man in 'pot-fuelled' train sex attack

Society: 23 Nov 11
A 30-year-old man from western Sweden has been detained after he allegedly smoked marijuana before stripping down naked on a train and demanding passengers have sex with him. READ »

Family torn apart after false sex abuse claims

National: 2 Nov 11
One call to social services was enough to land a Swedish couple behind bars and have their kids taken away for more than two months after an innocent situation was misinterpreted as sexual abuse. READ »

Swedish stage braces for naked Englishmen

Lifestyle: 5 Oct 11
English-speakers in Stockholm and Uppsala looking for a slice of home language culture should leave a day or two free in October for some skillful, crazy fun - and some nudity - when two celebrated performance groups take to the stage. READ »

Wrong of guards to stop inmate's sex act

Society: 4 Oct 11
Staff at a Swedish prison had no right to interrupt an inmate and his girlfriend while they were having sex simply because the couple's infant daughter was also in the visiting room, Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has ruled. READ »

Sweden struggles to come to grips with high school hazing

Education: 19 Sep 11
Reports of young Swedish teens being subjected to humiliating, sometimes sex-themed games, have once again put the subject of high school hazing back into the spotlight in Sweden, The Local's Joel Linde explains. READ »

Doc accused of snapping pics of naked patients

Society: 9 Sep 11
A Swedish woman who had just had a rectal examination was surprised when her doctor whipped out his mobile phone and showed her pictures he had taken of other patients in various states of undress. READ »

Man stabbed in Stockholm gang brawl

National: 7 Sep 11
A man was left nursing stab wounds to the neck after a mass brawl involving some 20 men belonging to rival biker gangs in central Stockholm on Tuesday. READ »

'Sex chamber' rapist gets five years in prison

National: 15 Aug 11
The 47-year-old charged with kidnapping a woman and keeping her prisoner in an underground sex chamber in western Sweden was sentenced to 5 years in prison on Monday. READ »

'Ass attack' downs Swedish model's blog

Society: 1 Aug 11
Hackers used a graphic photograph of a man's naked buttocks to attack a popular website about Stockholm's nightlife, singling out some of the site's popular female bloggers in the cyberattack. READ »

Swedish man's thong use prompts police probe

Society: 22 Jul 11
A Swedish man, practicing yoga in the sun on a beach in northern Sweden was surprised to be approached by uniformed police on Thursday, wanting to question him about his choice of swimwear. READ »

Swedish museum takes aim at Facebook censor

Society: 27 Jun 11
Fotografiska, a contemporary photography museum in Stockholm, has elected to censor its own promotional material for an upcoming exhibition featuring Robert Mapplethorpe to draw attention to Facebook's strict nudity ban. READ »

Wrong to sack principal over 'lewd' Facebook pics: Swedish court

Education: 23 Jun 11
A Swedish court has ruled that a school was unjustified in sacking its principal after he joined a number of sexually themed groups on Facebook and published half-naked pictures of himself on the popular social networking site. READ »

Naked baby grad sign reported for child porn

Society: 14 Jun 11
A sign featuring a naked baby picture of a graduating student in southern Sweden so offended a bystander that it was reported to authorities for violating Sweden's laws prohibiting child pornography. READ »

'Sex chamber' trial opens behind closed doors

National: 13 Jun 11
The trial began on Monday of a 47-year-old man suspected of having held a woman prisoner in an underground sex-chamber in western Sweden. READ »

Stockholm braces for drop-in wedding deluge

Lifestyle: 10 Jun 11
Las Vegas it isn’t, and chances are Elvis won't be anywhere in sight, but this weekend's mass 'drop-in' wedding at Stockholm's Skansen wildlife park is expected to draw hundreds ready to say "I do", The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Charges filed against sex chamber suspect

National: 1 Jun 11
The 47-year-old man suspected of holding a woman prisoner in an underground sex-chamber in western Sweden was charged on Wednesday of kidnapping and aggravated rape. READ »

Sex offender assigned new church position

Society: 25 May 11
A 23-year-old man who had relationships with several confirmation candidates and has been convicted of a sex offence has been assigned a new job within the Church of Sweden. READ »

EU network: Sweden passive on 'slave auction'

National: 17 May 11
The pan-European network of NGOs and research institutes has called on the Swedish government to use the opportunity of a "slave auction" held in Lund in April to "address the specific needs of victims of racism and racial hatred". READ »

Cybersex Swedes claim they did 'nothing wrong'

National: 13 May 11
The two Swedish IT-experts jailed for life in the Philippines for running a cybersex den say they are living a nightmare among hardened criminals and maintain that they have done nothing wrong. READ »

Swedes jailed for running Philippine cybersex den

National: 11 May 11
Two Swedish men have been sentenced to life in prison in the Philippines for running a cybersex brothel in which naked girls performed acts for clients watching over the internet. READ »

Abuse reports rise after Olympian's bombshell

Sport: 8 May 11
The number of reports of child sex abuse more than doubled in Sweden in the days following revelations by former Olympic high jumper Patrik Sjöberg that he was molested by his late coach and stepfather, a children's rights group has said. READ »

Lund responds to 'slave auction' with new course

National: 7 May 11
In response to the recent ‘slave auction’ at a party at Lund University, top administration announced a new programme that will be initiated this fall to educate both students and staff about the university’s core values. READ »

Jesse Jackson: Lund party 'a racist spectacle'

National: 4 May 11
The American civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has reacted strongly against the ‘slave auction’ recently held at a Lund student party and the racial slurs against the person who reported the incident. READ »

Lund slave auction response: 'stop being defensive and listen'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Apr 11
In the aftermath of the recent 'slave auction' stunt carried out by several students at Lund University, there has been too much protesting, and not enough listening, argues US graduate student Cate Bridenstine. READ »

Swedish bathers in naked shower outcry

Society: 28 Apr 11
Regular visitors to a Stockholm-area public swimming pool have expressed their outrage over the refusal of fellow bathers to get naked. READ »

Swedish Olympian in coach sex abuse tell-all

Sport: 28 Apr 11
Revelations that Swedish Olympic high jumper Patrik Sjöberg faced years of sexual abuse by his late coach and stepfather have left the Swedish athletics establishment reeling. READ »

Brussels outrage over Lund 'slave auction'

National: 22 Apr 11
What began as a tasteless student joke in Lund has seized the attention of the European Network Against Racism, who is outraged over the incident and demands prosecution. READ »

Racism whistleblower faces 'negro slave' taunt

National: 21 Apr 11
The man who reported two Lund University student groups over a party featuring guests dressed as "slaves" to be sold at auction has since been subjected to racial slurs at his workplace. READ »

Male lust/female vice? Swedish museum touts sex through the ages

Lifestyle: 15 Apr 11
While the National Museum's new "Lust & Vice" exhibition has titillated the viewing public, it has incurred the scorn of an art world used to seeing sex exploited for financial gain, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson writes. READ »

Naked Scandinavians too much for Facebook

Business & Money: 30 Mar 11
An image of two naked men in an autumnal Scandinavian wood was erased from Swedish underwear giant Björn Borg's Facebook page after being deemed 'pornographic'. READ »

Swedish nude gets Facebook axe

Society: 23 Mar 11
A painting by Anders Zorn, one of Sweden's most prized painters, has fallen foul of Facebook's zero tolerance policy for its depiction of a naked woman in a loft. READ »

Swedish court: naked Muhammad pics legal

National: 16 Mar 11
A Swedish court has ruled that depicting the prophet Muhammad naked together with his nine-year-old wife naked is legal, freeing a local politician on charges of racial agitation. READ »

Teacher to get licence despite 'naked shower' SMS to Swedish teen

Education: 14 Mar 11
Charges stemming from sexually suggestive text messages sent to a 15-year-old Swedish girl by a teacher-in-training will not likely stop him from receiving his teaching licence. READ »

Politician on trial for nude Muhammad poster

National: 3 Mar 11
A Swedish politician facing charges for producing a poster depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad naked together with his nine-year-old wife was found not guilty by a jury in Malmö on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish CEO under fire for naked Xmas greeting

Society: 28 Jan 11
The CEO of a taxi firm in Örebro in central Sweden has been criticised for his lewd choice of Christmas greeting sent out to staff. READ »

Guiding your celestial way on the longest night

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 10
Looking for something to keep you busy on the longest night of the year? Contributor Tom Callen offers a guide to reading the stars above Sweden during the winter solstice. READ »

Swedish teen poisoned mum with mushrooms

Society: 2 Dec 10
A 19-year-old girl in Sundsvall in northern Sweden who is alleged to have poisoned her mother over a period of months with a combination of pills and mushrooms has been charged with assault. READ »

Stolen Swedish painting up for auction in London

Society: 26 Nov 10
A painting by Swedish artist Anders Zorn was set to go under the hammer at a London auction until police informed the auction house the work had been stolen. READ »

'Nothing wrong' with naked Swedish farm student video

Education: 22 Nov 10
An internet video featuring naked Swedish high school students frolicking with farm animals and riding tractors on school property is no big deal, according to the school’s principal. READ »

Swedish 'porn king' touts sex video hotels

Society: 9 Nov 10
Swedish porn mogul Berth Milton has come up with an unusual business proposition for his next project: five-star hotels where guests can stay for free in exchange for having their indiscretions filmed and broadcast over the internet. READ »

Police reported over Gothenburg terror threat

National: 4 Nov 10
The arrest of four people on suspicion of preparing a terrorist crime has been reported and will be reviewed by a prosecutor, while confusion remains over just how many suspects are involved in the investigation. READ »

Man charged over trainee naked dance request

Society: 19 Oct 10
A man employed as a supervisor at a restaurant in Borås in western Sweden has been charged with sexual molestation after a series of approaches directed towards a teenage trainee, including a proposal that she dance naked. READ »

Tensions high as Vilks finishes disputed lecture

Society: 7 Oct 10
Four people were refused entry to a lecture given by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks at Uppsala University on Thursday. Vilks was attacked when he first gave the lecture in May. 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 »

Left Party employs stripper at election party

Politics: 14 Sep 10
Left Party supporters were treated to a female stripper at an open meeting in Järna near Stockholm over the weekend, causing several members of the crowd to storm out in disgust. READ »

Pirate Party amends manifesto on child porn

Politics: 13 Aug 10
The Swedish Pirate Party has changed its election manifesto after criticism over its position on child pornography and to underline that it is against "the production, spread and possession of 'documented sexual abuse' of children". READ »

A musical August in store for Stockholm

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 10
If you're looking for music festivals in Sweden this month, you need look no further than the capital, writes David Stavrou. READ »

Three naked German women found in woods

National: 2 Aug 10
A search party was called off in southern Sweden on Sunday as three naked German women lost in the woods eventually managed to relocate their holiday home without the aid of a police helicopter or sniffer dogs. READ »

Swedish women vote to keep their tops on

Society: 22 Jul 10
Swedes, long famous round the world for their relaxed attitude to nudity, are now some of Europe’s biggest prudes, according to a new survey. READ »

Southern Skyline shines in country spotlight

Lifestyle: 22 Jul 10
Swedish musicians have made their mark in just about every popular musical genre around the world - except country. Stockholm's Southern Skyline hopes to change that, writes Emy Gelb. READ »

Police kept busy on Midsummer Eve

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. READ »

Shopping baskets flunk hygiene test

National: 31 May 10
In a test of shopping baskets from grocery stores in Bollnäs in central Sweden, none of them passed standards for safe food handling. READ »

Vilks invited to complete Uppsala lecture

National: 26 May 10
Uppsala University has invited artist Lars Vilks to speak again after his lecture on May 11th was interrupted when he was attacked. READ »

Film company seeks hairy Swedish nudists

Society: 24 May 10
A Swedish-Norwegian co-production is close to completing its recruitment drive for 70 naked, hairy extras to fill the backdrop of a new movie to film in Trollhättan in June. READ »

Sweden rules out ban on naked short-selling

Business & Money: 20 May 10
Sweden has ruled out following a German decision to ban so-called naked short-selling, a decision which has sent stock markets tumbling across Europe this week. READ »

Police criticised after teen forced to strip

National: 18 May 10
Police officers at a station in southern Sweden have been criticised by the Chancellor of Justice after they forced a 16-year-old girl to strip naked. READ »

Suspects in Vilks attack released

National: 12 May 10
Three suspects arrested for an attack on controversial artist Lars Vilks have been released, police have said. READ »

Swedish food gets Naked Chef's approval

Lifestyle: 29 Apr 10
Swedes might have traditionally viewed food as mere fuel, but over the past few years the country has experienced a culinary awakening, converting Jamie Oliver in the process, reports Vivian Tse. READ »

What's On in Sweden: March 26th - April 1st

Lifestyle: 25 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: Eek A Mouse in Stockholm, Swollen Members in Gothenburg and naked performance art in Malmö. READ »

University slams 'sexist' student party

Society: 23 Mar 10
The Umeå University student union has found itself fighting accusations of sexism after revelations that a party organised by business students featured lightly-clad girls, chocolate sauce and pole dancing. READ »

Transport hit as snowstorms ravage Sweden

National: 21 Feb 10
Sweden came to a near standstill over the weekend as wind-packed snowstorms blanketed a nation still recovering from earlier snowfalls. Citizens were advised to remain at home, until railway tracks and highways were cleared. READ »

Swedish papers say no to 'lesbian love' advert

Society: 20 Jan 10
An advertisement featuring three half-naked women was deemed inappropriate for publication by two newspapers in southern Sweden, shocking officials at the sexual health organization who created the ad. READ »

Minister dogged by more wolf hunt criticism

Society: 13 Jan 10
Sweden’s environment minister Andreas Carlgren continued to defend the country’s recent government-sanctioned wolf hunt despite a lack of evidence supporting part of the minister’s justification for the cull. READ »

Taking naked pictures of sleeping teen not a crime: court

National: 31 Dec 09
A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl's genitals while she was sleeping. READ »

Swedish swimmers shine while Phelps disappoints in Stockholm

Sport: 11 Nov 09
Swedish swimmer Stefan Nystrand set a new national record at the short-course World Cup in Stockholm on Tuesday, while American Olympic sensation Michael Phelps failed to live up to expectations. READ »

Agency pulls job ad seeking Swedes who like to get naked

Society: 3 Nov 09
A Swedish job advertisement seeking candidates who aren't afraid to get naked and are practiced in the art of making out in bars has been pulled due to concerns from the National Public Employment Agency. READ »

No penalty for man who filmed naked children

National: 3 Nov 09
A 29-year-old counselor caught secretly filming naked children at a Swedish summer camp won’t be punished for his crimes. READ »

Acquittal for boy who sent naked pics of his ex

National: 21 Oct 09
A Swedish teenage boy who sent naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend to his friends has had his conviction overturned upon appeal. READ »

Masturbating truck driver convicted of careless driving

Society: 14 Oct 09
A German truck driver charged for masturbating while behind the wheel of his truck when it crashed has been ordered to undergo psychiatric care. READ »

Masturbating trucker charged with reckless driving

National: 9 Oct 09
A German truck driver who was busy playing with his joystick when he flipped his rig in western Sweden in September, has been charged with reckless driving and assault. READ »


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