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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report

Science & Technology: 9 Feb 12
An increasing number of young Swedes are starving themselves by day to be able to binge on calorie-rich alcoholic drinks by night, as a well known phenomenon in the US is becoming more common in Sweden. READ »

Swede admits to FARC guns-for-drugs deal

Business & Money: 20 Jan 12
A former Swedish night club owner held in the United States on suspicion of supplying weapons to Colombian guerrillas in exchange for cocaine, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a US court. READ »

Hot dogs hike cancer risk: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 12
Munching regularly on hot dogs and and other processed meats have been shown to increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Rat poison found in erectile dysfunction pills

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 12
Buying cures for erectile dysfunction from unknown websites can prove useless, if not actually dangerous, according to Swedish medical authorities, as one recently confiscated aphrodisiac was shown to contain the rat poison strychnine. READ »

'Opinion Taliban', 'tree murder' make 2011 new Swedish word list

Education: 29 Dec 11
Words inspired by flip-flopping politicians and mobile phone apps, as well as creative terms for opinionated people are among the newest and topical Swedish words, according to the Swedish Language Council's annual list. READ »

Swedish women warned over French fake boobs

Science & Technology: 23 Dec 11
Thousands of Swedish women have substandard breast implants from France-based company PIP. These women have now been urged to surgically remove their implants by French authorities. READ »

Man in hiding after wife's 'antifreeze cocktail'

National: 13 Dec 11
A Swedish man has gone into hiding in Norway after claiming that his wife tried to kill him by serving him antifreeze in a glass of Coke. READ »

Charges filed after mass food poisoning

Society: 12 Dec 11
A café owner from central Sweden is facing criminal charges after 86 people were taken ill with food poisoning after eaten food prepared on her premises just a few days after inspectors had told her to close her shop. READ »

Thirsty fireman guzzled ammonia by mistake

Society: 3 Dec 11
A firefighter from Gothenburg in western Sweden was rushed to hospital after drinking from a water bottle that turned out to be filled with ammonia following a routine smoke diving exercise. READ »

Pregnant woman dies from taking painkillers

Science & Technology: 9 Nov 11
A doctor who failed to inquire if a woman was pregnant has been rapped by Swedish health authorities for prescribing painkillers by phone leading to the death of the woman and her nearly full-term foetus. READ »

Mild autumn weather leaves Swedish retailers sweating

Business & Money: 2 Nov 11
While several parts of Sweden are enjoying the warmest autumn in 130 years, the country's retailers are sweating buckets over the dwindling sales of outerwear. READ »

'Tuna poisoning' reports on the rise in Stockholm

Science & Technology: 21 Oct 11
Sweden's communicable diseases agency has seen a recent spike in reported food poisonings in Stockholm thought to be caused by tuna. 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 »

'She passed away after the last injection'

National: 15 Sep 11
The trial against a Swedish doctor accused of infant euthanasia entered its second day on Thursday with the mother of the baby describing the care received as "beneath contempt". READ »

Foraging for Sweden's autumn delights

Lifestyle: 13 Sep 11
As the chill of autumn starts to sweep across Sweden, food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson offers some tips about how to find some of the culinary treasures hidden in Sweden's forests. READ »

Illness forces Söderling to drop US Open bid

Sport: 31 Aug 11
Swedish tennis ace Robin Söderling was forced to withdraw from the US Open due to illness on Wednesday. READ »

Sweden in sprouts recall after new EHEC scare

Science & Technology: 29 Jun 11
Swedish grocers stepped up a nationwide recall of raw sprouts after new reports that a Swedish man had been infected with the same deadly E. coli bacteria strain that has claimed dozens of lives across Europe. READ »

Mystery shrouds Swedish farmer's death

National: 27 Jun 11
A 53-year-old man was found dead on a farm in southern Sweden on Friday, only two years after his brother and sister-in-law died nearby in mysterious circumstances. READ »

Sweden fails to warn users of 'tainted' cocaine

Science & Technology: 22 Jun 11
Swedish health officials have neglected to issue warnings about contaminated cocaine circulating in the country, despite evidence that cocaine in Sweden may contain an antibacterial agent primarily used to rid animals of parasites. READ »

'Bad airplane food' sends 17 Swedish tourists to hospital

Society: 10 Jun 11
A group of tourists from northern Sweden had an unpleasant start to their holiday in Turkey after a suspected case of food poisoning sent 17 to the hospital. READ »

EHEC search 'detective work': Swedish specialist

Science & Technology: 3 Jun 11
Swedish scientists are concerned that it may be some time before the properties of the bacteria causing the current EHEC infection in Europe are fully understood. READ »

Söderling powers into French Open 4th round

Sport: 29 May 11
Sweden's Robin Söderling, a beaten finalist at the last two French Open championships, cruised into the fourth round in Paris on Saturday with a win in straight sets over Argentine qualifier Leonardo Mayer. READ »

Warm weather poses snakes and wasps risk

Science & Technology: 14 May 11
The warm weather being enjoyed by most of Sweden at the moment also brings with it the combined danger of more wasps and snakes across the country. READ »

Missing Malmö snake an 'expensive hoax': report

National: 10 May 11
The deadly snake reportedly on the loose in a Malmö apartment block, prompting panic among residents and leaving a six figure bill for the ensuing hunt, was probably a hoax, according to the building's caretaker. READ »

Fire destroys buildings at Stockholm's KTH

National: 4 May 11
A fire broke out in the auditorium of the School of Architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Wednesday, destroying a number of buildings. READ »

'Medical mistakes kill 3,000 Swedes a year'

Science & Technology: 18 Apr 11
Around 3,000 people die every year in Sweden because of deficient patient safety, according to two leading doctors, who argue that Sweden needs to do more to address the problem. READ »

'Missing snake' note rattles Malmö residents

Society: 4 Apr 11
A report that one of the world's deadliest snakes has escaped from its owner in an apartment building in Malmö in southern Sweden has left residents living in fear. READ »

Säpo warns Swedish imam over internet threat

Society: 15 Mar 11
Swedish security service Säpo have expressed concerns about the safety of a Swedish imam who was recently hired by the Church of Sweden to work with teenagers at a Stockholm youth centre. READ »

US envoy lights up Stockholm park with 'green' public art project

Lifestyle: 15 Feb 11
For the next several weeks, art and nature lovers who walk by the Stockholm residence of the US ambassador will be treated to a unique art installation designed to spark new thoughts on sustainability, explains contributor Anita Badejo. READ »

Woman held captive with poisonous snakes

National: 14 Feb 11
A mother and her baby were trapped in an apartment in a Stockholm suburb on Sunday under threat from a man with nine poisonous snakes. READ »

Baby food can contain arsenic: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 27 Jan 11
Certain types of baby food may contain elevated levels of manganese, arsenic, and cadmium, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Swedish 'indoor grill party' goes wrong

Society: 16 Jan 11
Ten people were rushed to hospital on Saturday night suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning after holding an indoor barbeque in the Stockholm suburbs. READ »

Sweden could be a 'catalyst of understanding' after attack

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Dec 10
While Sweden is left asking why after experiencing its first suicide bombing, Fulbright scholar and US Muslim Dr. Abdul-Majeed Azad calls on the country to deploy its history of neutrality to build bridges across Europe to defeat the radicalisation of Muslim youth. READ »

Stockholm runners spark rat poison panic

Society: 16 Dec 10
A mysterious pink powder thought to be rat poison deployed by a "drinking club with a running problem" inadvertently caused panic among dog walkers in Stockholm's Södermalm district this week. READ »

‘Terrorism is a battle of minds, not of bombs’

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 10
As Sweden struggles to come to grips with the suicide bomb attack that shook central Stockholm on Saturday, Sweden-based Bangladeshi journalist Tasneem Khalil argues that the defence of freedom involves raising questions rather than throwing bombs in retaliation. 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 »

Thai students poisoned after mushroom meal

Society: 17 Sep 10
Ten language students from Thailand have been admitted to Uppsala University Hospital with suspected mushroom poisoning after making a stew from the death cap mushroom. READ »

Malmö's rats face death by fourteen skewers

National: 6 Aug 10
The rats of Malmö face an uncertain future, thanks to the introduction of new spike traps in the city’s sewers. READ »

Elk hunts and 'paparazzi' threaten berry pickers

National: 5 Aug 10
A firm in northern Sweden has claimed in a letter to the Work Environment Authority that its berry pickers face a slew of dangers including poisonous mushrooms, elk hunters, monotony, and "paparazzi-style" journalists. READ »

Police probe Malmö man bitten by deadly snake

National: 24 Jul 10
A 40-year-old man in Malmö is the subject of a police investigation after being bitten in his home by a poisonous snake, a creature for which he lacked a licence. READ »

Baltic algal blooms linked to nerve disease

Science & Technology: 12 Jul 10
The seasonal outbreaks of blue-green algae in the Baltic Sea emit a nerve poison which can have a link to Alzheimer's, Parkínson's and Lou Gehrig's disease, Swedish researchers have claimed. READ »

Dead eels baffle local authority

Science & Technology: 9 Jul 10
Nyköping county administrative board has been left baffled after over 100 dead eels were found in a pile on beach near the town of Nyköping, south of Stockholm on Wednesday evening - the eel is a protected species in Sweden. READ »

Officials threatened over wolf hunt

National: 30 Apr 10
Almost half of the public officials working with wild animal control in the five counties that permit wolf hunting have received death threats or other forms of harassment, according to reports. READ »

Swedes embroiled in Irish animal welfare row

National: 11 Apr 10
Two Swedish students find themselves at the centre of an animal welfare controversy in Ireland after releasing a film of a hare dying in agony at a coursing event. READ »

Married couple found dead in cellar

National: 29 Jan 10
A married couple in their sixties have been found dead in the cellar of their home near Sollefteå in northern Sweden. Police believe they may have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. READ »

Green Swedish fashion takes Berlin

Lifestyle: 20 Jan 10
Four Swedish eco designers are taking part in the Berlin Fashion Week to take a stand against the overuse of nature’s resources, writes Anna Maria Bernitz of the Swedish Institute. READ »

The day the milk stood still

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 09
It's not really the government that runs Sweden. Nor is it the police, the Royal Family or the largely interchangeable bearded dudes from Abba. It is the people who print the little best-before dates on all food and drink items, writes Paddy Kelly. READ »

Laptop battery likely cause of fatal house fire

National: 3 Dec 09
An overheated laptop battery was the likely cause of a house fire which killed a mother and her four young children in Staffanstorp in southern Sweden in early September. READ »

Swedish concern over Cocaine energy drink

Society: 23 Nov 09
The Swedish Consumer Agency has wasted no time in condemning the planned launch of a new energy drink marketed by a company from Helsingborg and trading under the name Cocaine. READ »

Sweden hopes gas talks don't turn poisonous at EU-Russia summit

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Nov 09
EU and Russian leaders will open summit talks in Sweden on Wednesday in an atmosphere clouded by uneasy relations between Moscow and Stockholm over human rights and last's year's war in Georgia. READ »

Pesticides found in organic tea

National: 5 Nov 09
Green herb teas are habitually marketed as offering additional health benefits. But eight of ten popular brands contain chemicals that can be hazardous to health, according to a new analysis. READ »

Two die of legal drug overdose

National: 14 Oct 09
Two young men in Linköping in south-east Sweden have died after overdosing on the psychoactive drug methedrone, a substance that is not yet illegal in Sweden and can be bought on the internet. READ »

Rancid Swedish Cold War meat sold to Poland

National: 25 Sep 09
Meat from Swedish stockpiles dating back to the Cold War has been sold to Poland to be served in restaurants. READ »

Young men at greater risk for alcohol dependence

National: 7 Sep 09
The number of young men who risk becoming dependent on alcohol has almost doubled in four years, according to a forthcoming report from the National Institute of Public Health. READ »

Badly burned 1-year-old denied ambulance

National: 9 Aug 09
Swedish emergency services are to launch an internal investigation after a one-year-old boy who received second degree burns was denied an ambulance. READ »

Rats run riot in student kitchen

Society: 3 Aug 09
After a dozen dead rats were found in their kitchen, two students living in an apartment building owned by Swedish student housing foundation SSSB have asked for compensation equal to a month's rent, but SSSB is refusing. READ »

Taliban commander: 'Swedes will be killed'

National: 29 Jul 09
A regional Taliban commander has warned that Swedes serving in Afghanistan will be the target of reprisals following the killing of three of the guerrilla group’s fighters by Swedish troops last week. READ »

Nine years for Zyklon B poisoning attempt

National: 24 Jul 09
The 32-year-old Swedish man who tried four times to kill his girlfriend using Zyklon B pesticide was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for attempted murder. READ »

Swedish doc could be charged for 'fatal' UK op

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

Nazi poison used in ex-lover's murder bid

National: 10 Jul 09
A 32-year-old man from northern Sweden charged with trying to kill his ex-girlfriend four times had enough Zyklon B pesticide, once used in Nazi gas chambers, to kill 42,000 people. READ »

Hillevi Larsson: an egalitarian voice from the south

Analysis & Opinion: 28 May 09
It was a high school’s broken ventilation system that started Hillevi Larsson’s career in politics – something she now calls a fortunate series of events, which drastically affected her life. READ »

Norwegian in a coma after drinking wine bought in Sweden

Society: 26 May 09
A 59-year-old man from Arendal in Norway is lying in a coma, probably poisoned by wine that was bought in Sweden. State monopoly retailer Systembolaget removed the wine from its assortment on Tuesday. READ »

Mystery grows over dead Swedish couple

National: 19 May 09
The mystery surrounding the couple in their late fifties found dead at their home near Helsingborg in southern Sweden on Sunday continues to grow. Police have not ruled murder. READ »

Baltic Sea on slow path to recovery: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 12 May 09
The Baltic Sea is slowly recovering and the negative environmental trend has been broken, according to new Swedish research. READ »

Forest fires 'out of control' in western Sweden

National: 26 Apr 09
Forest fires raging north of Gothenburg in western Sweden remained out of control on Sunday morning. The fires are expected to spread as the sun warms and winds pick up. READ »

Swedish terror suspect worked for Al-Qaeda: prosecutors

National: 22 Apr 09
As the trial of a Swedish citizen facing terror charges began in New York on Tuesday, prosecutors argued that the man planned to set up an Al-Qaeda terrorist training camp in the United States. READ »

Father confesses to gassing children

National: 16 Apr 09
A father of three from Dalarna in central Sweden has been charged with attempted murder for trying to poison his children with the exhaust from a running car. READ »

Police monitor Easter spruce wars

Society: 10 Apr 09
As the Easter weekend begins the residents of the northern Gothenburg archipelago are busy collecting wood. The biggest bonfire wins in these parts and neighbourhood conflict is common. READ »

What's on in Sweden: March 27 - April 2

Lifestyle: 26 Mar 09
What's on in Sweden: English pop quiz and Soha in Stockholm; Jazz festival in Gothenburg; Bob Dylan & Jenny Wilson in Malmö. READ »

Vomiting bug hits hundreds of pizza fans

Society: 23 Mar 09
A visit to a pizzeria in Jönköping in southern Sweden has left almost 600 customers clutching their stomachs. READ »

Swimwear designer rejects sexism charges

Society: 20 Mar 09
Swedish swimwear firm Panos Emporio has come out strongly in defence of its marketing material following allegations of sexism from a leading advertising watchdog. READ »

Metallica lead singer hospitalized in Stockholm

Society: 9 Mar 09
The lead singer of Metallica was taken to hospital in Stockholm on Sunday with a suspected case of food poisoning, forcing the popular heavy metal to cancel the evening’s concert READ »

Cyanide found in drinking water near Sandvik plant

Science & Technology: 24 Feb 09
Elevated levels of cyanide in the water near Sandviken in eastern Sweden caused toolmaker Sandvik to warn its employees not to drink the water on Monday. READ »

Man planned to poison ex-girlfriend

National: 6 Feb 09
A 32-year-old man has been remanded in custody in Luleå in northern Sweden on charges of plotting to poison and murder his former partner. READ »

Poisonings hit Gothenburg health office

National: 23 Jan 09
A series of mysterious poisonings which sent several people to hospital continues to baffle both police and the employees of a home healthcare office in Hisingen near Gothenburg. READ »

Tainted Irish meat delivered to Swedish schools

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 08
Less than a day after authorities warned Swedish consumers about dioxin contaminated pork products from Ireland, it has emerged that Swedish school children may have already eaten some of the tainted meat. 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 »

Winter city guides for parents and kids: Gothenburg

Lifestyle: 18 Nov 08
Sweden's second city has plenty of options for families with children this winter, as Jennifer Heape finds out. READ »

Lidl issues scavenger poisoned food apology

National: 13 Nov 08
Discount German supermarket chain Lidl has issued an apology after workers at one of its Swedish stores deliberately poisoned discarded food in a bid to keep homeless people at bay. READ »

Top ten Swedish inventions

Lifestyle: 10 Nov 08
Nina Liljeqvist looks at ten Swedish inventions that have changed the world. READ »

Fruit and veg imports behind rise in food poisoning

National: 25 Oct 08
An increasing number of Swedes suffer food poisoning after eating imported fruit and vegetables. The National Food Administration reveals that waste water used to grow the produce is to blame. READ »

Arsenic leak at Swedish gold mine

National: 22 Oct 08
Large quantities of arsenic have leaked out into a fresh water repository near a gold mine operated by Dragon Mining in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. READ »

Kidney risk for adopted Chinese children

National: 21 Oct 08
Children from China adopted by Swedish parents may have a higher risk for kidney stones due to possible exposure to the poisoned infant formula that sickened thousands of Chinese toddlers. READ »

Poison pies sold in Sweden

National: 14 Oct 08
A batch of Chinese-made chocolate pies which likely contained the poisonous chemical melamin was delivered to a wholesaler in Stockholm. READ »

Sahlin condemns youth league over roses for poison attack offer

National: 27 Sep 08
The Swedish Social Democratic Youth League (SSU) has offered roses to those responsible for poisoning members of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Party leader Mona Sahlin described the offer as "terrible." READ »

Sabotage suspected in mass food poisoning

National: 26 Sep 08
Sweden’s security service Säpo is investigating possible sabotage following an incident which left 140 people at the headquarters of Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv) suffering from dysentery. READ »

Black widow spider now calls Sweden home

Science & Technology: 12 Sep 08
The feared black widow spider has established itself in Sweden, according to the country's National Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet). READ »

Woman dies from mushroom poisoning

Society: 31 Aug 08
A 50-year-old woman in the care of Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothenburg for mushroom poisoning died on Sunday morning. The woman is thought to have eaten a death cap mushroom which contains the poison amatoxin. READ »

Dramatic increase in women alcoholics

Society: 30 Aug 08
Alcoholism among women in Sweden increased by 50 percent to 100,000 between 2003 and 2007, a new report from the National Institute of Public Health has shown. READ »

Swedish magazine's recipe mistake poisons four

Society: 29 Aug 08
Four people were poisoned after following a faulty recipe from a Swedish food magazine, prompting the publication to recall ten thousand copies of the periodical. 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 »

Fatty Baltic fish threaten sperm production

Science & Technology: 9 Aug 08
Toxins found in fatty fish caught in the Baltic Sea can cause seriously deteriorated sperm production, according to new research. The genetic make up of 20% of men means that they are in the risk zone. READ »

Summer warmth brings algae threat

National: 24 Jul 08
Forecasters predict several more days of warm summer weather in Sweden, but warn that high temperatures may also cause widespread blooming of poisonous blue-green algae in coastal waters. READ »

Experience the beauty and eccentricity of Ven

Travel: 18 Jul 08
An island nestled between Sweden and Denmark, Ven offers visitors a unique combination of natural beauty and historical oddities. Matt O'Leary explains what makes the island so special. READ »

Controversy over green fuel ad campaign

Society: 22 May 08
A marketing campaign promoting a Swedish bus company’s use of biofuels has come under fire for depicting children drinking from petrol pumps. READ »

Walpurgis Night revelries run the usual gamut

Society: 1 May 08
Most parts of Sweden experienced a typically chaotic Walpurgis Night on Wednesday. READ »

Pollutant found in imported t-shirts

Science & Technology: 23 Apr 08
Traces of an environmental contaminant that can pollute Sweden’s water supplies have been found in nearly every t-shirt tested, a new study shows. READ »

Court rules in favour of man and his snakes

National: 26 Mar 08
An environmental court ruled there is nothing wrong with a man keeping 47 snakes--20 of which are poisonous--in his apartment. READ »

Movie review: Sweeney Todd

Lifestyle: 18 Feb 08
René Rice savours the meat pie-fueled drama of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which premiered in Sweden at the weekend. READ »

Princess recovers after food poisoning

National: 30 Jan 08
Princess Lilian, 92, was recovering in hospital on Wednesday morning after suffering a bout of food poisoning. READ »


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