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Body parts found in missing woman search
National: 21 May 13
Human remains were found in a military building in northern Sweden on Monday night during the search for a 20-year-old woman who has been missing for two weeks.
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Man serves Swedish nurses drug-laced buns
Science & Technology: 26 Apr 13
A man in northern Sweden is suspected of drugging nursing staff by spiking their coffee and cakes with narcotics when they visited him on a house call.
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'Northern Swedes are the real Swedes'
Analysis & Opinion: 26 Feb 13
After a trip to far northern Sweden, youth centre worker and columnist Milad Mohammadi reflects on whether the local residents up north are the "real Swedes" and what the rest of the country could learn from them.
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Don't forget about the 'good' internet hatred
Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 13
As Sweden continues to discuss internet hatred, Paulina Neuding, editor of centre-right Swedish magazine Neo, argues that the left openly subjects opinion-makers who disagree with them to similarly hateful comments.
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Sweden's average home price at 'record high'
Business & Money: 7 Feb 13
New housing figures reveal that would-be homeowners will be set back back 1 million kronor ($157,634) on average when buying a house anywhere in Sweden.
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Christmas buffet gives 75 Swedes food poisoning
Society: 20 Dec 12
Christmas dinner was spoiled at a restaurant in Sweden's far north after suspected food poisoning left over 70 diners doubled over with illness.
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One dead as double-decker bus crushes car
National: 11 Dec 12
One person has died, at least two are seriously injured and as many as eight received lesser injuries when a car and a double-decker bus collided, with the bus pinning the car down as they both skidded off the road.
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Season's 'first' snowfall hits northern Sweden
Science & Technology: 28 Sep 12
Residents in some areas of northern Sweden woke up to white lawns this morning, as the first snow of the season outside the mountain areas started falling over Sweden on Thursday evening.
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Suspect re-arrested in axe victim murder trial
National: 20 Sep 12
The 23-year-old man acquitted by a Luleå court last week of the murder of a 51-year-old Haparanda man in April, has been re-arrested by police.
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Cat 'arrested' after home break-in attempt
Society: 17 Sep 12
A “fat and aggressive” cat named Oscar was arrested by police at the weekend for trespassing into a home in northern Swedish home and stealing food.
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Swedish rail to stop selling tickets onboard
Society: 4 Sep 12
Train conductors will no longer be selling tickets onboard after mid-November, announced Swedish national rail operator SJ on Tuesday, claiming the current system is “too complicated and time consuming”.
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Flooding in Sweden after heavy weekend rainfall
Science & Technology: 27 Aug 12
Heavy rainfall on Sunday night led to severe flooding in parts of Sweden, with experts predicting that after a brief warm spell on Monday, the wet weather will continue into the week.
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Murder trial delayed after bomb threat
National: 23 Aug 12
The court case against the man suspected of shooting dead 51-year-old axe-attack victim Esa Rano was interrupted on Thursday by a bomb threat.
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23-year-old charged for shooting axe victim
National: 10 Aug 12
A 23-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 51-year-old Esa Rano, known in Sweden for surviving a vicious axe attack in a village feud in 2008.
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Swedes lock up drunk Norwegian 'superhero'
Society: 10 Aug 12
Police in northern Sweden on Wednesday detained a highly inebriated man wearing a superman costume, who had been spotted prowling the streets of Luleå.
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Nuns ask council for help finding new convent
Society: 8 Aug 12
Three catholic nuns have asked local authorities in Gällivare for help in finding a suitable convent in northern Sweden after allegedly being called by God for this very purpose.
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Police shoot dog dead after vicious attacks
National: 8 Jul 12
An unleashed dog went on the offensive in a residential area in northern Sweden, biting and hospitalizing three people, leaving the police with no other option than to shoot the dog dead.
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Nordic police close in on rare egg thieves
National: 9 Jun 12
A seizure by Finnish customs of some 10,000 rare bird eggs could reveal the truth behind a trail of thefts stretching across Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland.
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Swedish teen shot while sunbathing in Turkey
Society: 27 May 12
A 17-year-old Swede was lazing by the pool during a family holiday in Turkey last Tuesday when he was shot in the back.
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Extreme water levels in Sweden's far north
National: 20 May 12
Water levels are rising rapidly in the Sangis river in northern Sweden, and forecasters have now issued their highest warning, Class 3, for the Norrbotten area.
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Woman held after two women found dead
National: 26 Mar 12
One woman is being held by police in northern Sweden after two women were found dead early Saturday morning in a flat in Piteå.
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Missing skiers found in northern Sweden
National: 18 Mar 12
Four young men reported missing after venturing out on a skiing trek in the vicinity of Gällivare in the mountains of northern Sweden have been found, police confirmed on Sunday afternoon.
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Search continues for Hercules crash victims
National: 18 Mar 12
The search continued on Sunday for the bodies of those killed after a Norwegian Hercules military transport plane crashed into Sweden's highest peak Kebnekaise on Thursday.
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Family shocked by visit to 'murdered' man's flat
National: 27 Feb 12
A 24-year-old man was found dead in his Kiruna apartment by visiting relatives on Sunday, in what local police have labelled as suspected murder.
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Military drops grenades in northern Sweden
Society: 19 Jan 12
Six grenades that fell from a military transport truck in northern Sweden on Wednesday have yet to be recovered despite a wide ranging search to recover the missing munitions.
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Small village shaken by suspected murder
National: 3 Jan 12
Police in the small village of Voljakkala, north of Haparanda in northern Sweden, are investigating the suspected murder of a 55-year-old woman, found dead in her flat on Monday evening.
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Rowdy start to the new year in Sweden
National: 1 Jan 12
Police were kept busy during the last evening of 2011 with celebrations all over Sweden getting out of hand and resulting in brawling and firework accidents.
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Dutch crooner named Santa of the Year
Society: 21 Nov 11
A velvet-voiced Dutchman who could also hold his own on a mechanical bull didn't let a lack of snow diminish his joy at being crowned winner of the 2011 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Climbers rescued from Sweden's tallest peak
National: 18 Nov 11
Two Swedish men were rescued on Thursday after being stuck for five days on the top of Mount Kebnekajse, Sweden's highest peak, as poor weather had previously made a rescue operation impossible.
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Police hunt snowblower, find moonshine
Society: 7 Nov 11
When police in northern Sweden were busy searching for a stolen snowblower they accidentally stumbled upon 130 litres of illegally distilled alcohol hidden in the same garage.
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Violence and drink rules All Saints weekend
Society: 6 Nov 11
The All Saints holiday weekend brought trouble throughout Sweden, with a notable spike in drunkenness, fights and other assaults in the north of the country.
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17-year-old arrested after 'Halloween spoof'
National: 5 Nov 11
A teenager was apprehended Friday evening in northern Sweden on suspicion of attempted murder after a shot was fired into a house. The alleged targets thought it was a Halloween spoof.
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Masked shooter arrested in northern Sweden
National: 4 Nov 11
Swedish police have arrested the masked man, armed with a rifle, who went berserk in the early hours of Friday morning when he failed to gain entry into an elderly couple's home.
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Facebook named as Luleå server hall backer
Business & Money: 26 Oct 11
US social media giant Facebook has been named as the backer of a server hall project in Sweden's far north, which is set to begin operations in 2012.
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Doc tried to trade drugs for sex with addicts
Society: 21 Oct 11
A doctor from the north of Sweden was recently found to have offered drugs for sexual favours to women with a history of drug addiction.
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Improved conditions on northern roads
Science & Technology: 24 Sep 11
Conditions are improving on the roads in northern Sweden, recently struck by flooding following heavy rains hitting the country over the last few days.
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One dead as bridge collapses in Sweden
National: 18 Sep 11
A man was reported missing after a bridge collapsed Saturday afternoon in northern Sweden. Later, an unidentified man was found dead under the bridge.
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Many missed shots in this year's bear hunt
National: 11 Sep 11
Hunters taking part in this season's bear hunt in Sweden have failed to bring the targeted animal down at least 34 times. Some bears have remained unharmed, but blood trails show that others have been maimed.
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Bear hunting season opens in Sweden
Science & Technology: 21 Aug 11
Bears in Sweden unwittingly live on the edge as the year’s autumn bear hunting season opens Sunday in both central and northern parts of the country.
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Two injured in fall on Sweden's highest peak
National: 14 Aug 11
Two men in their twenties were seriously injured in a climbing accident on Sweden's highest peak, Kebnekaise, early Sunday morning.
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Swedish soldier injured in Afghanistan
National: 13 Aug 11
A Swedish soldier was shot in the leg during a routine mission neary Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday morning.
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Diamond fever hits Sweden's far north
Business & Money: 2 Aug 11
The mineral rich regions of Sweden's far north have long been mined for their natural resources, one firm is now hoping that diamonds can be added to the list.
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Girl loses finger in water slide mishap
National: 11 Jul 11
A three year-old girl lost her finger in a water slide at at a camp site in Boden in in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Centre Party should leave alliance: members
Politics: 6 Jul 11
Several leading Centre Party members want to break free of the centre-right government alliance before the next election, in a bid to regain the party's own identity, according to a report in Swedish media.
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Swedish police arrest knifeman after shoot out
National: 28 Jun 11
A man was arrested in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Tuesday morning after attacking a police officer with a knife and barricading himself in a house in the town, after the police opened fire in return.
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Minivan rollover kills two in northern Sweden
National: 19 Jun 11
Two people were killed and eight people injured when a minivan ran off the road and flipped Saturday night in northern Sweden. The severity of injuries sustained by the eight is unclear.
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Tornadoes leave northern Sweden reeling
Science & Technology: 5 Jun 11
Tornadoes and rough winds wreaked havoc yesterday in the north of Sweden on Saturday, tearing down a large number of trees, blocking roads and cutting off thousands of households' power.
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Activists held in 'Frankenfood' spuds raid
Science & Technology: 24 May 11
Police officers in northern Sweden took action on Tuesday against a group of Greenpeace activists occupying a barn while protesting against the planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) potatoes in the area.
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New cruel bear trap found in Swedish woods
National: 17 May 11
Another attempt to starve bears to death slowly by fooling them into eating a blood-soaked mattress has been uncovered in the north of Sweden.
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Hunters bait bears with bloodied bedding for constipation death
Society: 9 May 11
Police in Norrbotten in northern Sweden are investigating an attempt to kill bears by fooling them into eating a blood-soaked mattress, causing a slow death by starvation due to constipation.
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Lemming hordes perish in Swedish roadside 'massacre'
Society: 27 Apr 11
Hordes of lemmings are making their way down from the Swedish mountains, falling victim to traffic in what has been described as a real "massacre".
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Quake-hit Japan eyes Swedish homes
Business & Money: 15 Mar 11
Västerbotten county in northern Sweden has received a request from Tokyo to examine the possibilities for the supply of simple Swedish wooden homes and shelters to earthquake and tsunami hit areas of Japan.
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Swedish couple killed in head-on collision
National: 27 Feb 11
A man and his wife lost their lives on Saturday after their car collided head-on with another vehicle in the northern Sweden.
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Swedes drink less alcohol: study
Society: 19 Feb 11
Swedish average alcohol consumption declined in 2009, in comparison with 2008, but remains high in a historical perspective, a new report published on Friday showed.
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Sleepy pastor leaves congregation in the lurch
Society: 27 Dec 10
Parishioners at a packed Luleå Cathedral were treated to something of an improvised Christmas Day church service when the pastor overslept and only made it in time for the coffee.
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Swedish officer badly hurt in Afghanistan
National: 19 Nov 10
A Swedish officer and two Finnish soldiers were seriously injured when their vehicle was shot with a rocket launcher in Afghanistan on Friday.
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Chlamydia 'refuseniks' face police round up
Science & Technology: 17 Nov 10
Eight people in northern Sweden who have refused to submit to a test for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia could face forcible collection by police after a court ruling.
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Live Blog: post-election developments
National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes.
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'Sleepwalking' rapist gets two years
National: 2 Sep 10
A 35-year-old man has been convicted of the rape of a sleeping woman at a party in Haparanda in northern Sweden in April, despite claims that he was also fast asleep at the time.
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Man arrested for murdering wife
National: 9 Aug 10
A man in Malmberget in northern Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his common-law wife in their home.
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Heavy rains forecast for eastern Sweden
Science & Technology: 4 Aug 10
Heavy rains have been forecast for the east coast of Sweden as the Meteorological Institute issued a warning for areas around the Gulf of Bothnia. Southern Sweden can however expect more sunny warm weather.
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Protestors arrested in anti-US demo
Politics: 29 Jul 10
Five anti-military protesters have been arrested after breaking into a Swedish Air Force base to demonstrate against joint exercises planned with the US Air Force.
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Two killed in glacier accident on Kebnekaise
National: 27 Jul 10
Two Finnish citizens, a 28-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, died on Tuesday in an accident on Storglaciären in Kebnekaise, Sweden's highest mountain in the north, according to police.
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Three dead in football team bus crash
National: 25 Jul 10
Three people died and 17 people sustained injuries on Sunday afternoon when a bus collided head-on with a car outside Piteå in northern Sweden.
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40% of Swedes report improved finances: poll
National: 19 Jul 10
Four out of ten Swedes believe that their wallets have fattened over the last four years, a TV4/Novus poll reveals.
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Swedish house prices keep rising
Business & Money: 15 Jul 10
House prices in Sweden rose by two percent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden.
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Spring floods threaten northern Sweden
National: 21 May 10
Sweden's meteorological agency SMHI has issued flood warnings in several areas across northern parts of Sweden as water levels rise with the spring floods.
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Police busy on alcohol-soaked Walpurgis Night
National: 1 May 10
Police across Sweden were kept fully occupied on Friday as cells filed up amid traditional Walpurgis Night excesses.
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A new life in northern Sweden - Part Two
Lifestyle: 28 Apr 10
Winter in a picturesque snowbound town can instil in the visitor a true appreciation for life in the far north of Sweden. But a dearth of jobs and a surplus of solitude help explain the region's growing demographic crisis, writes Alec Forss.
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Swedish artist connected to Belgian child killer
Society: 6 Apr 10
A Swedish singer and artist has grabbed the news headlines in Belgium over the weekend after reports linking her as an "admirer" of the convicted triple murderer Kim De Gelder.
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Calm weather expected for Christmas Day
Science & Technology: 25 Dec 09
A yuletide calm has settled over Sweden for Christmas, both on the roads and in the skies.
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Sweden risks facing severe labour shortages
Analysis & Opinion: 22 Dec 09
Over the next ten years, the number of native-born Swedes of working age will decline by 100,000. Without more immigrants, we will be unable to sustain our welfare standards, writes Olle Wästberg, head of the Swedish Institute.
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Swedish Rail Destinations: Piteå
Travel: 17 Dec 09
Sponsored article: From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities.
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Workers pick Sweden's shrubs and data hubs
Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago.
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Swedish town crowns Hong Kong man Santa of the Year
Society: 30 Nov 09
A Hong Kong man’s porridge eating skills helped him claim victory at the 2009 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Swedish archaeologists celebrate ancient find
Science & Technology: 29 Nov 09
People lived in the Torne River Valley on the border with Sweden and Finland some 11,000 years ago, a 'sensational' new archaeological find has shown.
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Fury over three-year-old's retouched school photo
Society: 6 Nov 09
The father of a three-year-old girl from northern Sweden is outraged that school photographers have retouched his daughter’s school picture for the second year in a row.
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School in swine flu jab drive after young girl dies
National: 5 Nov 09
Medical authorities in Haparanda in northern Sweden have begun vaccinating all pupils at a school in the town following the swine flu-related death of an 8-year-old Finnish girl.
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Snow storms strike in northern Sweden
National: 7 Oct 09
Heavy overnight snowfalls have been playing havoc with traffic conditions in inland areas of northern Norrland on Wednesday morning.
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Swedish nurse suffers burns after hand gel rub
National: 24 Sep 09
A nurse at an eldercare home in Norrbotten in northern Sweden was left with burns to her left hand as residual traces of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant set alight while pushing a trolley.
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Smoking during pregnancy raises babies' asthma risk: study
Science & Technology: 15 Sep 09
Babies born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are up to six times more likely to develop asthma, according to a Swedish study.
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Stranded Thai berry pickers on their way home
National: 28 Aug 09
Some 200 Thai berry pickers left stranded in Sweden after staking their life savings to travel have had their return trips arranged for them through donations. The first of the berry pickers returned to Thailand yesterday.
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Freckles increase risk of cancer: study
Science & Technology: 6 Jul 09
People with freckles or birthmarks are at greater risk of developing skin cancer, according to a new study from Lund University.
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Man killed during Midsummer knife fight
National: 20 Jun 09
A man was stabbed to death on Friday during a fight on the island of Öland. But in many parts of the country, poor weather put a damper on the Midsummer festivities.
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Swedish politician sings Hitler's praises
Politics: 18 Jun 09
A local Christian Democratic politician in northern Sweden is in hot water after praising Adolf Hitler for his skill in solving economic crises.
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Activists arrested during NATO exercise
National: 10 Jun 09
Five people were arrested on Wednesday morning after entering a bombing range in northern Sweden being used as a part of a major NATO training exercise.
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Air force compensates farmer for hen massacre
Society: 8 Jun 09
The Swedish armed forces has agreed to compensate a poultry farmer in northern Sweden after an air force exercise frightened the life out of 31 of her chickens.
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'Missing' Swedish snowmobilers found in sauna
Society: 27 May 09
The search for three men reported missing while on a snowmobile trek in the mountains in northern Sweden was called off when a police helicopter discovered the men relaxing in a sauna.
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Police officer drunk in charge of firearms unit
National: 21 May 09
The commanding officer of a police firearms unit in Luleå in northern Sweden was drunk when his colleagues opened fire with an automatic weapon hitting cars and houses last year, it has emerged.
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Rare owl convalescing in southern Sweden
Science & Technology: 26 Apr 09
A Lapland Owl was found injured in a ditch in southern Sweden in March. The species is very rare in these parts and the bird is now convalescing after receiving hospital treatment.
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Transsexual granted right to change name to Immanuel
National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish administrative court of appeals has granted a 28-year-old Sandviken transsexual the right to be called Immanuel, overturning a decision by the Swedish Tax Agency that the male moniker was unsuitable for a woman.
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Sweden set to break wind farm record
Science & Technology: 6 Apr 09
Sweden looks likely to play host to Europe's largest wind farm after a northern county gave its seal of approval to a major new energy project.
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Snowmobilers' deaths remain a mystery
National: 30 Mar 09
Police in northern Sweden remain baffled over a couple found dead beside their snowmobile on Sunday on a lake outside of Kiruna.
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Swede held in Colombia sends video message
National: 1 Feb 09
Relatives of the 69-year-old Swedish man kidnapped in Colombia in 2007 have received a video message from him. Ingrid Betancourt has now been approached to help secure the man's release.
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Blocket ads worth more than Estonia
Business & Money: 14 Jan 09
Business is thriving on Swedish buy-and-sell site Blocket.se as the market for second hand goods soars in the wake of the economic crisis.
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Dogs save Swedish man from hostile elk
National: 28 Dec 08
A 75-year-old Swedish man escaped with minor injuries after a pack of dogs chased off an aggressive elk from an orchard in the center of Gällivare in northern Sweden on Saturday evening.
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Thousands still without electricity
National: 14 Dec 08
Thousands of households in areas of northern Sweden were still without electricity on Sunday morning. Heavy snow and thick layers of ice are hampering repair work.
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Thousands lack power after heavy snow
National: 13 Dec 08
After heavy snowfalls across Sweden on Friday thousands of people were left without electricity on Saturday morning. Icy road conditions were forecast for Saturday in Stockholm and northern areas.
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Warning for icy roads across Sweden
National: 4 Dec 08
Weather forecasters in Sweden are warning drivers for slippery roads throughout the country on Thursday, with snow to blame in the north and ice in the south.
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Cross-dressing Swedish man can be named Madeleine
Society: 10 Nov 08
Jan-Olov Ågren, a cross-dresser from Norrbotten in northern Sweden, has been handed a victory by the county administrative court in his bid to go by the name Madeleine.
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