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Girl awakes 'unscathed' after ice fall drama

National: 22 Jan 12
A six-year-old girl who was rescued by her mother after becoming trapped under ice in a creek in southern Sweden last week has awoken after her extended ordeal apparently unhurt. READ »

Swedish 'sex school founder' admits faking it

Society: 13 Dec 11
A Swedish artist recently named as head of “the world’s first international sex school” in Austria has admitted the project was an elaborate hoax. READ »

Swedish artist teaches sex to Austrians

Society: 30 Nov 11
Controversial Swedish artist and former presenter of erotic TV, Ylva-Maria Thompson, is to teach Austrian couples about sexual relations, according to a report. READ »

Sweden proposes ban on sex with animals

National: 28 Nov 11
After years of debate on the issue, a new proposed law on animal welfare suggests the outlawing of sexual encounters with animals in Sweden, a practice previously decriminalized in 1944. READ »

Snapping pics of sleeping woman's breasts 'not a crime': Swedish court

Society: 21 Oct 11
Two young men who bared and took pictures of the breasts of a passed-out 18-year-old woman are not guilty of sexual molestation because the girl wasn't aware that she was being molested at the time, a Swedish court has ruled. READ »

Swedish mum shoots five elk in four hours

Society: 14 Oct 11
A 37-year-old mother of two from northern Sweden had an unprecedented hunting outing on Thursday when she managed to fell five elk in four hours, propelling her to nationwide fame. READ »

Stockholm air dirtier than Los Angeles: WHO

Science & Technology: 27 Sep 11
The air quality in Stockholm is worse than in Los Angeles, according to a recent study from the World Health Organization (WHO). READ »

New treatment discovered for severe form of skin cancer

Science & Technology: 25 Sep 11
A capsule can shrink tumors formed by advanced basal cell carcinoma. The breakthrough discovery was presented at the European Cancer Conference held in Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Swedish parents livid over girls' sex book

Education: 14 Sep 11
Parents of children at a Swedish primary school are in uproar after discovering that a book aimed at children and explaining the female sexual organs is available in the school library. READ »

Wrong to sack cop for lewd blog posts: court

Society: 7 Sep 11
A Swedish police officer who blogged about how he and a colleague secretly dabbed the tips of their sex organs against parts of a car driven by female cops should not have been fired, a Swedish court ruled on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish docs under fire for newlywed 'hymen tip'

Society: 24 Aug 11
Swedish doctors have come under fire for advice to women born into so-called honour cultures to pierce their genitals with a needle in order to draw blood on their wedding nights to satisfy tradition and the expectations of their families. READ »

'Pregnant man' to open Stockholm Pride

National: 1 Aug 11
American Thomas Beatie, better known as the "pregnant man" after he gave birth to three children, is set to hold the opening speech of this year’s Stockholm Pride festival on Monday. READ »

'Pay funeral costs in return for organs': study

National: 14 Apr 11
Swedish county health authorities should be allowed to pay for funerals in return for the relatives allowing the donation of the deceased's organs, Swedish researchers have argued in a new study. READ »

Thirty Swedes bought kidneys abroad: study

National: 25 Mar 11
Around 30 Swedish kidney patients have travelled abroad since the 1980s to have transplants using organs bought from impoverished people in foreign countries, according to an unpublished study from Karolinska University Hospital. READ »

Sadistic sex crimes on animals rise in Sweden

Society: 22 Mar 11
The number of sadistic sex crimes against animals in Sweden has doubled over the past four years, according to Swedish Veterinary Association figures. READ »

'Deadly' parasite found in Sweden

Science & Technology: 14 Feb 11
A tapeworm that can be fatal to humans has been discovered in a Swedish fox, marking the first time the parasite has been found in Sweden. READ »

High earners jump surgery queue: study

Science & Technology: 3 Feb 11
Wait times for general surgery are 34 percent shorter for people with high incomes compared to those with lower salaries, according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Agency to wise up on religious minorities

National: 22 Dec 10
Following recent criticism of the Sweden's decision to deport Christian Iraqis to Iraq, the government is set to demand that the Migration Board expand its knowledge of the conditions faced by religious minorities. 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 »

Concern over Swedish horse sex attacks

Society: 25 Oct 10
Sweden is experiencing a spate of attacks targeting the sex organs of female horses. READ »

No rule change despite organ donor decline

National: 30 Aug 10
The number of organ donors in Sweden has declined for the second consecutive year, and is now at an eight year low, new statistics show. Despite the situation the welfare board has no plans to review guidelines for respirator care. READ »

Bildt: No US-Sweden talks over WikiLeaks

Politics: 6 Aug 10
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has denied that the US government has approached Sweden in connection with the website WikiLeaks amid reports that many of the Afghan War Diary documents pass through a Swedish web-host. READ »

Health experts warn against obesity drugs

Science & Technology: 14 Jul 10
Experts attending the 11th International Congress on Obesity in Stockholm this week warned that over-the-counter slimming supplements were a waste of money and could in fact be detrimental to health. READ »

Unions take up fight for lewd cop blogger

National: 6 Jul 10
The Swedish Police Union has objected to the sacking of a Skåne police officer who in his blog revealed that he and a colleague secretly dabbed the tips of their sex organs against parts of a car driven by female co-workers. READ »

Police probe cop blogger over furtive glans

National: 9 Mar 10
Police in southern Sweden are investigating claims by an anonymous officer that he and a colleague secretly dabbed the tips of their sex organs against parts of a car driven by female co-workers. READ »

'Vaginal corona' makes 2009 word list

National: 31 Dec 09
The Swedish Language Council has added slidkrans (vaginal corona) to its list of official Swedish words following successful lobbying by a sexual rights group. In total, the council added 30 new words to its linguistic roster. READ »

Israeli military admits to organ harvesting

National: 21 Dec 09
Following tensions over an article published in Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, Israel has admitted that its forensic pathologists removed organs from dead bodies without consent from their families. READ »

Swedish group renames hymen 'vaginal corona'

Society: 8 Dec 09
A Swedish sexual rights group unilaterally proclaimed a new English term for what it considers one of the most misunderstood parts of the female anatomy. READ »

Israel accuses Sweden of 'diplomatic coup'

National: 14 Nov 09
Israel has accused Sweden of trying to change the EU’s stance on Jerusalem and refer to the city as the official capital of Israel and Palestine while at the helm of the rotating EU presidency. READ »

Swedish reporter meets hostile Israeli crowd

Society: 2 Nov 09
Swedish journalist Donald Boström told an angry audience in Israel on Monday that he stood by his call for an investigation into claims that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, despite confessing he had no proof. READ »

Israelis protest arrival of 'organ theft' journalist

National: 2 Nov 09
Dozens of Israeli protesters on Sunday expressed their anger at the arrival of controversial Swedish journalist Donald Boström, who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians. READ »

Organ theft article 'a perversion of journalistic standards'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Oct 09
Amid an ongoing uproar over accusations that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, media watcher Andrea Levin issues a fresh plea to Aftonbladet to correct "the factual errors that litter the article". READ »

Bildt's inaction breeds suspicion in Israel

Politics: 26 Oct 09
Israel’s government remains surprised that Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has yet to reschedule a previously cancelled trip to Israel. READ »

Sweden and the US pit their wits for homeland security

Science & Technology: 1 Oct 09
The Swedish and US agencies of homeland security are meeting in Stockholm this week to discuss "preparedness and resiliency against a broad spectrum of threats." READ »

Reinfeldt rejects congressmen's plea to scold Aftonbladet

National: 22 Sep 09
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has rebuffed demands by two members of the US Congress that he publicly condemn the Aftonbladet newspaper over a story alleging Israeli soldiers harvested the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Swedish tabloid cleared over Israel organ claims

National: 20 Sep 09
A Swedish tabloid newspaper has been cleared of racism charges by the country's senior legal official over a story alleging that Israeli soldiers stole and sold body parts of dead Palestinians. READ »

Israel organ harvesting scandal 'medically impossible'

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Aug 09
Aftonbladet's organ harvesting allegations are ludicrous from a medical perspective, writes Johns Hopkins medical school lecturer Andrea Meyerhoff, who also argues that Sweden has missed an opportunity to "reject anti-Semitism and reaffirm principles of good journalism." READ »

Italy: EU should condemn Aftonbladet article

Politics: 31 Aug 09
Italy’s foreign minister, Franco Frattini, says he has met with his Swedish counterpart Carl Bildt to iron out a strategy for resolving the crisis which flared after the publication of a controversial article in the Aftonbladet newspaper. But Bildt denies the crisis was discussed. READ »

'Cyncism prevails for vote-hungry officials in Sweden and Israel'

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Aug 09
As the Aftonbladet organ harvesting scandal rumbles to the end of its second week, Stockholm-based Israeli writer David Stavrou calls on policy makers in Sweden and Israel to shed light on the situation rather than turning up the heat. READ »

Sweden's free speech tradition draws Israeli ire

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Aug 09
Sweden's fervent defence of free speech has sparked a diplomatic storm with Israel over the government's refusal to condemn an article accusing Israeli soldiers of smuggling dead Palestinians' organs, write AFP's Igor Gedilaghine. READ »

Swedish tabloid sued in New York

National: 27 Aug 09
An Israeli lawyer in New York has sued Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet following the publication of an article forwarding allegations that the Israeli army harvested the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

'Aftonbladet must be held accountable for false allegations'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Aug 09
In an open letter to the people of Sweden, Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, calls on government officials to demand editorial responsibility over the publication of an article accusing Israeli defence forces of harvesting the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Swedish tabloid reported for racial agitation

National: 25 Aug 09
Swedish tabloid newspaper Aftonbladet has been reported to the Chancellor of Justice after publishing an article forwarding claims about the alleged organ harvesting of dead Palestinians by Israeli defence forces. READ »

Aid minister calls for debate over corruption

Politics: 24 Aug 09
Sweden's development aid minister Gunilla Carlsson, has called for an open debate over the role of aid money in the wake of a corruption scandal involving Swedish funds in Zambia. READ »

Israel presses Sweden for 'condemnation'

Politics: 23 Aug 09
Israel on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on Sweden to condemn a Swedish newspaper report about alleged organ harvesting that has heightened tensions between the two countries. READ »

Israel awaits stronger reaction from Bildt

Politics: 22 Aug 09
Israel doesn’t plan on canceling a scheduled visit by Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt, despite his refusal to apologize for a controversial newspaper article alleging that Israeli soldiers harvested organs from dead Palestinians. READ »

Sweden summons Israeli ambassador

Politics: 21 Aug 09
Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan, has been summoned by Sweden's foreign office to discuss the diplomatic discord following an article in a national newspaper claiming Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Bildt rejects Israeli call for official condemnation

Politics: 21 Aug 09
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has rejected calls from Israel for the government to distance itself from an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Israel blasts Sweden over organ harvesting report

National: 21 Aug 09
Israel has announced that it intends to lodge an official protest to Sweden over its refusal to condemn an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Israeli ambassador 'upset and furious'

Politics: 19 Aug 09
Israel's Ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan, has expressed fury at a Swedish newspaper article accusing Israel of trading in the internal organs of dead Palestinians. READ »

Sweden slams paper over Israel allegations

National: 19 Aug 09
Sweden's embassy in Tel Aviv has sharply condemned Sweden's largest circulation newspaper Aftonbladet for publishing an article accusing the Israeli Defence Forces of harvesting the organs of Palestinians. READ »

Västerås: A walk back in time

Travel: 2 Jul 09
As classic cars assemble for the annual Power Big Meet, Robert La Bua takes in the medieval charm of host town Västerås. READ »

Boyfriend blames ADHD for genital tattoo abuse

National: 5 May 09
A Swedish man has claimed that his attention deficit disorder (ADHD) is to blame for the aggravated assault of his girlfriend which extended to tattooing his name and ID number on her sexual organs. READ »

Sweden prepares for swine flu pandemic

Science & Technology: 30 Apr 09
Sweden is preparing for the onset of a swine flu pandemic after the WHO raised the warning level to phase five. Although no cases have yet been confirmed in Sweden the government has moved to secure vaccines. READ »

Fetishism goes pop culture: Sweden’s latest social trend

Dating: 27 Apr 09
Even in Sweden, a country with traditionally liberal views about sexuality, fetishism has long been considered a taboo subject. But as The Local’s Rami Abdelrahman discovered recently, it appears that fetishism is finding a mainstream foothold in Swedish society. READ »

Swedish pastor accused in sex chat scandal

Society: 21 Apr 09
A Swedish pastor has been reported to church authorities for harassing a young man on a internet chat and dating site. The pastor is alleged to have sent graphic pictures of his sexual organ. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 17 - 23

Lifestyle: 15 Apr 09
What's on in Sweden: Tina Turner & football derby in Stockholm; Zulu 9.30 & Emilie Autumn (US) in Gothenburg; The Only Ones (UK) in Malmö. READ »

Sweden braces for Melodifestivalen 2009

Society: 6 Feb 09
As Swedes struggle to make it through the final throes of a dark and dreary winter, millions are hoping to forget their troubles at the weekend with the start of this year’s installment of the Melodifestivalen, that shining spectacle of musical magic which inexplicably lifts the country’s forlorn spirits. READ »

Erectile aid found to enhance spruce tree roots

Science & Technology: 20 Dec 08
Swedish researchers have found that a common erectile dysfunction aid also has an enhancing effect on the common spruce tree. READ »

Teenager dies of 'net drug' overdose

National: 15 Dec 08
An 18-year-old girl has died in Stockholm after overdosing on mephedrone, a drug that until now has been freely available for purchase on the internet. READ »

Stockholm club and concert tips: Saturday, Dec 13

Lifestyle: 10 Dec 08
The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. READ »

Poisoned go-kart driver in shower collapse

National: 3 Dec 08
Three people were taken to hospital in Uppsala on Friday after inhaling toxic fumes at a local go-kart arena. Doctors said the kart drivers came close to suffering organ failure. READ »

Swedish lesbian couple sues over fertility treatment rules

Society: 2 Sep 08
The ombudsman against discrimination due to sexual orientation (HomO) is taking the case of a lesbian couple from northern Sweden who claim they don’t have equal access to artificial insemination procedures. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: August 22 - 28

Lifestyle: 21 Aug 08
What’s on: Peace concert and vaudeville theatre in Stockholm; theatre, dance & midnight running in Gothenburg and festival time in Malmö. READ »

Toxic chemicals found in Björn Borg underwear

Business & Money: 19 Aug 08
Björn Borg men's briefs have been found to contain shockingly high levels of a toxic chemical banned in the EU. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: July 11 – 17

Lifestyle: 10 Jul 08
What’s on: Mary J Blige at the Jazz Festival in Stockholm, Gothia Cup football festival in Gothenburg, El Perro del Mar, Norman Jay and Bollywood in Malmö. READ »

A thin man in fat city

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Apr 08
Travelling back to his home town of Los Angeles, David Bartal finds that Sweden still has a long way to go when it comes to unhealthy food at bargain prices. READ »

Bodies Without Organs win Eurovision heat

National: 24 Feb 08
Hotly-tipped Bodies Without Organs (back) won the third heat of the Melodifestivalen in Linköping on Saturday. They will be joined by outsider Frida (front) in the final in Globen. READ »

Review roundup: 'I'm Not There' tops the rankings

Lifestyle: 12 Feb 08
Review roundup offers a quick glance at whether the Swedish papers have panned or praised the latest movie releases. READ »

Rocket launch to test seasick fish

Science & Technology: 8 Feb 08
Live fish are to be strapped into a rocket in northern Sweden next week before being blasted into outer space. READ »

Artsy synth-princess Sweden’s best-dressed woman

Lifestyle: 3 Feb 08
Sweden's newly crowned best-dressed woman, BWO keyboard player Marina Schiptjenko, has a wardrobe that stretches from punk to princess, writes David Bartal. READ »

Man jailed for murdering and mutilating wife

National: 7 Jan 08
A man who killed his wife and removed her internal organs has been jailed for eleven years by a court in Borås. READ »

Sweden vulnerable to online attacks

Society: 30 Nov 07
Sweden is "worryingly" vulnerable to internet attacks, according to a government agency. READ »

Man 'killed wife and mutilated her body'

Society: 13 Nov 07
A man is facing prosecution after he allegedly killed his 76-year-old partner and then mutilating her body. The man, 63, is believed to have lived with her corpse for two weeks before it was discovered by police. READ »

Chinese president welcomed by Swedish royals

National: 9 Jun 07
Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Saturday morning, kicking off the first ever Chinese state visit to Sweden. But despite the pleasantries, the president can expect protests on his trip. READ »

Commission resumes tsunami investigation

Politics: 1 Feb 07
All of Sweden's main parties have pledged their support for a renewal of investigations surrounding the previous government's handling of the tsunami crisis. READ »

Organ donation increases in Sweden

Society: 23 Dec 06
The number of organs being donated by Swedes for transplant has increased, reaching a fifteen-year high in 2006. READ »

Swedes hopeful for malaria treatment

Science & Technology: 29 Sep 06
A new treatment against the most severe form of malaria has proven successful on rats and monkeys, whose "mechanisms are similar" to humans', say Swedish researchers. READ »

Bare-chested forecaster restarts Tone row

Society: 6 Jul 06
TV4 meteorologist Anders Nylund presented the weather in his swimming shorts. Hypocrisy, scream supporters of fellow forecaster Tone Bekkestad, suspended after appearing scantily-clad in a men's magazine. READ »

New child abuse commission after Bobby death

National: 5 May 06
The Swedish government is to set up a new commission to investigate when children die after being abused. The minister in charge has named it 'Bobby's Law' after a ten-year old boy from Småland. READ »

Carola wins song final

National: 18 Mar 06
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Carola sweeps all ahead of her at the final of Melodifestivalen, winning the Swedish public's votes to take her to the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens. "I'm very grateful," she says. READ »

Voice worries plague Carola

Smörgåsbord: 18 Mar 06
A voice problem could threaten Carola's chances in Saturday's Melodifestivalen final. The favourite has been told to rest her voice after a shaky performance at Friday's dress rehearsal. READ »

Ears were once for breathing - Swedish study

National: 20 Jan 06
A Swedish study of 370-million-year-old fossil fish has shown that ears probably first developed as respiratory organs, says one of the researchers on the project. READ »

Swedish terror suspect: allegations are political

National: 15 Dec 05
The Swede being held in the Czech Republic on suspicion of planning terrorism has accused the domestic US intelligence agency of "manufacturing" a case against him, adding that it was "politically directed against Islam". READ »

Sweden to create stem cell bank

Science & Technology: 15 Dec 05
Sweden's health minister reveals plans to create a national blood bank containing stem cells from umbilical cords, used to treat deadly diseases like leukemia more effectively. READ »

Editorial: One last swig?

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 05
Systembolaget is in its death throes, with the EU, corruption and a heavy dose of hypocrisy draining Sweden’s alcohol policies of credibility. READ »

Most Swedes willing to donate organs

Science & Technology: 14 Oct 05
The vast majority of Swedes say they are positive towards the idea of donating their organs when they die. Unfortunately most of them haven't actually told anyone. READ »

Swedish church says yes to gay blessings

Society: 6 Oct 05
Gay church weddings come one step closer, as an influential church organ says that same-sex couples can have their partnerships blessed in churches. A step in the right direction, say gay campaigners. READ »

More children diagnosed with TB

Science & Technology: 30 Aug 05
A further 21 pre-school children who attend a daycare centre in Stockholm have tested positive for tuberculosis. More children are now to be tested. READ »

Tuberculosis strikes Stockholm daycare centre

Science & Technology: 24 Aug 05
More than 50 kids, staff and parents are being tested after a worker at a children's nursery was diagnosed as having the potentially deadly TB virus. READ »

Persson: let gay men give blood

Science & Technology: 21 Jul 05
Homosexuals in Sweden, as in many other countries, are not allowed to give blood. But PM Göran Persson says the rules should be changed to allow gay men to donate blood and organs. READ »

Melodifestivalen: Clamp eases into final

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 05
Qualifying, heats, finals, drugs. You might have thought the Olympics had come round again. But no, the gun has just gone for Sweden's annual songfest. It proved to be a straightforward passage to the Stockholm finale for one of the favourites, Shirley Clamp. READ »

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