Norrköping

The following articles have been tagged with "Norrköping":

'Every wasted krona amounts to theft'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 10
Recognizing frustration among a heavily taxed electorate, the Swedish Taxpayers Association has joined hands with the free-market think tank Timbro to appoint a special ombudsman to which citizens can report wasteful government spending. READ »

Deadly snow storm heading for Sweden

National: 1 Mar 10
Storm Xynthia, which has claimed several lives in Portugal, Spain and France, will hit southern areas of Sweden on Monday - although significantly weaker in force. READ »

Swedish army called in to clear rail tracks

National: 23 Feb 10
The Swedish Rail Administration has requested emergency assistance from the army as snow continues to cause havoc on the tracks. READ »

Icicle gunned down in eastern Sweden

National: 13 Feb 10
When a pest control company was asked to help remove a dangerously long icicle hanging from a building in Norrköping in eastern Sweden, the team took the unusual step of shooting it down with a rifle. READ »

Dental service probed as girl dies after toothache

Society: 9 Feb 10
The Swedish Welfare Board is set to investigate the Swedish Public Dental Service after a nine-year-old girl died following repeated visits to the dentist complaining of toothache and an abscess. READ »

Snow removal worker killed by train

National: 1 Feb 10
A person employed to clear snow off the tracks was killed on Monday morning after being hit by an X2000 high speed train in central Sweden. READ »

Ponies replace yachts in wintertime Västervik

Travel: 14 Jan 10
There's only one way to see the picturesque town of Västervik during the winter months - and that's from the back of an Icelandic pony. READ »

Sweden starts 2010 in typically messy fashion

National: 1 Jan 10
The early hours of 2010 were marked by fights, drunkenness, and fires in many parts of Sweden, as a well as traffic accidents and stray rockets. READ »

Young woman with swine flu dies in Sweden

Science & Technology: 18 Nov 09
A 20-year-old woman from Norrköping in eastern Sweden has died after contracting the swine flu virus. Hospital records show that the woman was also suffering from pneumonia. READ »

500 refugee children in urgent need of housing

National: 16 Nov 09
As housing shortages for refugee children reach crisis levels, Swedish migration authorities have decided to more than double the number of municipalities assigned to receive young asylum seekers. READ »

Outrage as civic 'angel' sent to prison

National: 5 Nov 09
Per-Anders Pettersson intervened to save a 66-year-old woman from assault. But instead of being lauded for exercising his civic duty he is now about to start a prison sentence in a case that has sparked outrage in Sweden. READ »

Prison closures needed to keep authority afloat

National: 25 Oct 09
An overhaul of Swedish prisons will see 14 institutions affected by closures and cutbacks as the appointed authority is forced to juggle figures in line with its budget for 2010. READ »

Stockholmers 'fund the rest of Sweden': report

Politics: 21 Oct 09
Stockholm-area taxpayers help fund the rest of Sweden to the tune of 14 billion kronor ($2 billion) a year to put the country’s municipalities on an equal financial footing. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 2 - 8

Lifestyle: 1 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: International poetry festival & American football in Stockholm; International art biennial & World music festival in Gothenburg; Kings of Convenience (NO) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Swedish naval vessel jumps Göta Canal banks

Society: 22 Aug 09
A Swedish military boat took an unexpected turn up onto shore on Saturday, startling attendees of a festival held along the shores of the Göta Canal. READ »

Swine flu infection threatens Swede's life

Science & Technology: 20 Jul 09
Doctors at at Vrinnevi hospital in Norrköping in eastern Sweden fear for the life of the 22-year-old Swede being treated for a swine flu infection after he failed to respond to treatment. READ »

Swine flu infection puts Swede on respirator

Science & Technology: 16 Jul 09
A 22-year-old man suffering from the swine flu has been placed on a respirator at a hospital in Norrköping in eastern Sweden. READ »

Swedish metal heads get ready to rock for Jesus

Society: 12 Jun 09
God-fearing heavy metal fans in Sweden now have a place to go to bang their heads and worship Jesus at the same time. READ »

Chilliest start to a summer in decades

National: 12 Jun 09
Sweden has witnessed one of the coldest starts to a summer in fifty years, said meteorological agency SMHI on Friday, confirming the strong suspicions of an entire nation. READ »

Swedish animal park welcomes newborn gorllia

Society: 22 May 09
Enzo, the 3-year-old gorilla at Sweden’s Kolmården animal park, has a new sibling, officials announced on Thursday. READ »

Swedish group opens 'world's largest' UFO archive

Science & Technology: 11 May 09
The world's largest UFO archive, with over 18,000 Swedish reports, pictures and foreign reports over mysterious happenings was opened to the general public in Norrköping in eastern Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Politicians call for Rosengård curfew

National: 1 May 09
Politicians from the Moderate and Sweden Democrat parties in Malmö are calling for a nighttime curfew for youth in the Rosengård neighbourhood. They claim the situation in the area has become untenable. READ »

A tattoo too far

Lifestyle: 30 Apr 09
Ben Kersley admires some naked bodies (artistically) and gets a permanent souvenir of Sweden at the Swedish Tattoo Fair in Norrköping. READ »

Avalanche risk in the north, grass fires in the south

National: 12 Apr 09
Sweden is a country divided by extremes of weather over the Easter weekend. There is a large risk for avalanches in the north at the same time as grass fires threaten in a dry south. READ »

Shopkeeper stabbed to death

National: 3 Apr 09
Police in Norrköping in eastern Sweden are searching for two people, a man and a woman, suspected of stabbing and killing a 55-year-old store owner at his place of work on Thursday evening. READ »

Concert review: The Baboon Show

Lifestyle: 20 Mar 09
Punk band The Baboon Show played a concert in Stockholm this week launching their fourth album, Best of The Baboon Show. The Local's Keith Moore was there. 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 »

Trio complete Eurovision final line up

Society: 8 Mar 09
Sarah Dawn Finer, Carolina af Ugglas and Sofie Berntsson completed the line up for Sweden's Melodifestivalen by claimed the remaining places at the "Second Chance" heat in Norrköping on Saturday. READ »

Ryanair to start bus route in Sweden: source

Travel: 6 Mar 09
Ryanair has plans to compete for routes on the ground in Sweden, according to the head of the Flygbussarna coach service. READ »

Record thickness for Sweden's ozone layer

Science & Technology: 3 Mar 09
The layer of ozone above Sweden in February reached a thickness not seen in decades, according to the Swedish meteorological institute SMHI. READ »

Agnes and Malena win Eurovision heat

Society: 1 Mar 09
The fourth and final Melodifestivalen heat in Malmö in southern Sweden on Saturday was won by one hot favourite, soul queen Agnes, and one surprise, opera queen Malena Ernman. READ »

E.M.D and Molly Sandén win Eurovision heat

Society: 22 Feb 09
The third Melodifestivalen heat in Leksand in central Sweden left the hot favourites dreaming of glory in the Globen final. Pop trio E.M.D and teen sensation Molly Sandén claimed the final places. READ »

Zelmerlöw and H.E.A.T. win Eurovision heat

Society: 15 Feb 09
Idol favourite Måns Zelmerlöw and rockers H.E.A.T. won the second Melodifestivalen heat on Saturday evening. READ »

Police hunt attacker after brutal car jacking

National: 29 Dec 08
Police on Monday were busy looking for an attacker who assaulted a man with a wrench before making off with his car outside of Norrköping in eastern Sweden. READ »

Swede detained by US forces in Iraq

National: 29 Dec 08
Swedish authorities have confirmed that a 40-year-old man from Norrköping is being held prisoner at a US detainment camp in Iraq. READ »

Five charged for heroin smuggling

National: 28 Nov 08
Five men were charged in Malmö on Friday for transporting 19 kilogrammes of heroin, half of which was confiscated in Serbia. READ »

Winter storm blows over Sweden

National: 24 Nov 08
Traffic problems, flight delays and power outages were left in the wake of Sweden’s first major winter storm, which headed out to the Baltic Sea early on Monday morning boasting hurricane force winds. READ »

What's on in Sweden: November 21 - 27

Lifestyle: 20 Nov 08
What’s on: International Film Festival & Mali Bluesman in Stockholm; the search for Lucia & Lambchop in Gothenburg; Jose Carrerras in Malmö. READ »

Kalmar claim historic Swedish title

Sport: 10 Nov 08
Kalmar FF are the new kings of Swedish football after a draw away to Halmstad on the final day of the season was enough to secure the first league victory in the club's history. READ »

Popular Arab singer arrested in Stockholm on drug charges

Society: 3 Nov 08
Police in Stockholm arrested Syrian-Lebanese singing star George Wassouf at his hotel on Saturday on charges of drug possession shortly before he was due to perform a concert. READ »

US election watch: The case for McCain

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Oct 08
As Americans everywhere prepare to go to the polls, Swedish politician Mathias Sundin - who spent a month this summer working as a volunteer for John McCain - explains why he’s rooting for the Republican candidate. READ »

Cop: speeding Swedish models 'drive like real men'

Society: 27 Oct 08
Two buxom Swedish models have sparked a debate about the country’s traffic policing policies after they managed to escape fines despite admitting to driving twice the legal speed limit. READ »

Left Party snubbed by Sahlin and Greens

Politics: 8 Oct 08
Social Democratic party leader Mona Sahlin confirmed on Wednesday that Sweden’s Left Party was not welcome at the table as her party and the Greens announced plans to deepen their cooperation. READ »

Billionaire offers big reward for missing Swedish dog

Society: 15 Aug 08
An anonymous billionaire has offered 100,000 kronor ($15,876) to aid the recovery of a stolen Swedish dog, according to reports. READ »

Sexist holiday schedule angers prison guards

National: 26 Jul 08
A male guard must always be in attendance when prisoners are exercising in the yard. This new rule has upset guards at Norrköping remand prison who have reported the case to the equal opportunities ombudsman. READ »

Power outage halts main Swedish rail line

National: 17 Jul 08
Trains operating on the main Stockholm-Malmö route were held up on Thursday due to damage to an overhead power line near Linköping. The disruption is set to continue until 8pm. READ »

Riding school teacher 'raped pupils'

National: 7 Jul 08
A teacher at a riding school in Stockholm is to stand trial accused of raping two underage female pupils. READ »

Left Party MP reveals stripper past

Politics: 13 Jun 08
Left Party Riksdag member and rising star Josefin Brink has bared all in an interview about how she used to work as a stripper in the 1990s. READ »

Left Party in favour of file sharing

Politics: 9 Jun 08
The Left Party has changed its tune about file sharing, having decided at its party congress that file sharing should be allowed for personal use. READ »

Ohly challenged for Left party leadership

Politics: 7 Jun 08
Lars Ohly has been challenged for the leadership of the Left party. Modernizer Staffan Norberg has nominated himself at the party's conference in Norrköping. READ »

Wasting time at the Migration Board

Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 08
Ronnie Gilchrist spends a trying afternoon at the offices of the Migration Board with an MBA student who urgently needs the agency to rectify a bureaucratic error. READ »

Nuclear sabotage suspects released

National: 22 May 08
Two men being held on suspicions of preparing acts of sabotage against the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant have been released. READ »

Prosecutors ask government for emergency funding

National: 19 May 08
Sweden’s Prosecutor-General has gone straight to the government with a request for 59 million kronor ($9.8 million) to help with the Prosecution Authority’s financial crisis. READ »

Ozzy the turtle returns after two year odyssey

National: 2 May 08
After disappearing without a trace in July of 2006, Ozzy the turtle unexpectedly turned up last Saturday, much to the delight of his disbelieving owners. READ »

Suspected pipe bomb detonated in Norrköping

National: 21 Apr 08
A police bomb squad has detonated a suspected pipe bomb discovered in central Norrköping. READ »

Left Party supports file sharing

Politics: 7 Apr 08
The Left Party’s governing board wants to allow the downloading of copyrighted films and music for personal use. READ »

Mentally disabled woman sold for sex

National: 2 Apr 08
A 30-year-old man from Norrköping in eastern Sweden has been jailed for eighteen months for selling the sexual services of his mentally disabled girlfriend. READ »

Sweden's papers show sense of humour on April 1st

National: 1 Apr 08
Carbonated tap water, a sell-off at liquor store monopoly Systembolaget, and a massive zoo exhibit for earthworms are just a few of the April Fool’s Day highlights from today’s Swedish newspapers. READ »

Football hooligans clash in Gothenburg

National: 2 Mar 08
Police detained four people after fighting broke out among rival football fans on Saturday afternoon. READ »

Girls of the ‘Swedish Mansion’ invade Los Angeles

National: 27 Feb 08
A bevy of busty blondes will soon take up residence in LA for a new reality-TV show. READ »

Babies share ward with 104-year-old woman

Society: 10 Jan 08
A hospital in Norrköping is home to one of the greatest generation gaps in living memory. READ »

Teens caught in porn site card scam

Society: 21 Dec 07
Two 16-year-old boys went on a 40,000 kronor shopping spree after setting up a fake porn site to steal people's credit card details. READ »

Prison guard struck by falling drugs

National: 14 Oct 07
An attempt to smuggle drugs into a Swedish jail failed miserably on Saturday when a lump of hashish landed on a prison guard's head. READ »

Airports threatened by subsidy cut

Business & Money: 3 Oct 07
Several Swedish airports could be under threat after a report suggested that they should not received state aid. READ »

Police station evacuated after bomb threat

National: 12 Sep 07
Police in Norrköping have closed the city's main police station after receiving a bomb threat on Wednesday morning. READ »

Biker club raided following death

National: 11 Sep 07
Police have launched a raid on a biker club near Norrköping, as part of an investigation into the bombing of another biker club at the weekend, after which the body of a man was found. READ »

Norrköping 'argument' leaves two dead

National: 30 Aug 07
The bodies of a man and a woman have been found in Norrköping after an argument spiralled out of control. Police admit to having only a very vague idea of what may have caused the deaths. READ »

Cocaine found in teacher's fridge

National: 15 Aug 07
A physical education teacher in Norrköping has been prosecuted after police found a large quantity of cocaine in his home. READ »

Gotland steps back in time

Lifestyle: 10 Aug 07
Fiona Basile dons her tunic and watches Gotland turn back the clock hundreds of years for Visby's Medieval Week. READ »

Afghan hunger strikers taken to hospital

National: 8 Aug 07
Nine Afghan citizens were taken to hospital on Tuesday evening on the fourth day of an ongoing hunger strike in central Stockholm. READ »

Sweat could reveal suicide risk

Society: 7 Aug 07
Monitoring the sweat glands of people with depression could help prevent suicides, a Swedish researcher has said. READ »

'Sweden has too many universities'

Society: 5 Aug 07
Less is more when it comes to universities. That at least is the opinion of a leading figure from the National Agency for Higher Education (Högskoleverket). READ »

If you go down to the woods today...

Lifestyle: 2 Aug 07
With wolves, bears and wild boar, Sweden has more scary creatures than many a European country. But the most dangerous of the lot is also one of the smallest, as Ben Kersley reports. READ »

Rain warning issued for southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 26 Jun 07
Swedish weather service SMHI has issued a severe weather warning for much of southern Sweden, as a belt of heavy rain that caused chaos in Britain sweeps in from the North Sea. READ »

Accidents and drunkenness following Midsummer parties

National: 23 Jun 07
A large number of drunk drivers were caught by police on Friday night, many of them driving back from Midsummer parties. Two fatal boat accidents marred what police said was otherwise a relatively peaceful night. READ »

Speedway rider dies after crash

Sport: 8 Jun 07
Swedish speedway rider Kenny Olsson has died from head injuries sustained on Thursday night in a crash in Norrköping. READ »

Social Democrat reported to police for attack on journalist

Politics: 1 Jun 07
An employee at Social Democrat headquarters in Stockholm has been reported to the police for a derogatory blog post about a well-known journalist. READ »

Credit card fraud suspect 'flees to South America'

National: 10 May 07
Suspicions that a Norrköping-based company may have been involved in an ongoing credit card scandal have been strengthened by the disappearance of its CEO. READ »

BBC 'beats Swedes' at forecasting Swedish weather

Science & Technology: 10 May 07
Weather forecasts for the town of Norrköping are more accurate on the BBC's website than online forecasts from Swedish forecaster SMHI, which itself is based in Norrköping, it has been reported. READ »

Police pounce on biker gang party

National: 29 Apr 07
Around 100 police officers were involved in a raid on a party being held by a biker gang near Norrköping on Saturday. A man was arrested for breaking the terms of his parole, and drugs and weapons were found. READ »

Job prospects undone by girlfriend's blog

National: 26 Apr 07
A man from Gothenburg was refused a job in Norrköping after his prospective employers found a blog entry written by his girlfriend. There she made it clear that she didn't fancy the move. READ »

Jilted Sweden Democrats move congress to Denmark

Politics: 17 Apr 07
When venues in Sweden refused to host the Sweden Democrats' annual meeting, leader Jimmie Åkesson was forced to look further afield. A venue in Copenhagen eventually answered the call. READ »

2-year-olds found walking on busy street

National: 3 Apr 07
A couple of enterprising young gents left their daycare centre on Monday to have a look at some cars. An astonished acquaintance took them out of the traffic. Daycare staff never noticed they were gone. READ »

Social Democrats look to new media

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Apr 07
The Social Democrats need to take a closer look at a media landscape that benefits the centre-right, argues Jonas Morian, chairman of the Social Democratic Press Association. READ »

Introducing... Malin Baryard

Lifestyle: 2 Apr 07
Introducing... is The Local's weekly glance at the big fish in the brimming pond of Swedish celebrity. This week we take a seat in the arena to watch show jumper Malin Baryard clear the fences and forget to wear her jodhpurs READ »

Teen reported for sex attack on dog

Society: 20 Mar 07
A teenager in western Sweden has been reported for having sex with his friend's dog in his bathroom. The dog owner reported the incident to the police. READ »

Sports digest: Sweden tops podium at European athletics championships

Sport: 5 Mar 07
New to The Local: A weekly sports digest following the fortunes of sporting Swedes. This week: Sweden claims athletics gold medals. Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejoins the national team. Dolph Lundgren watches ice hockey in Dallas. And more besides. READ »