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Condemn the Swedish model, not Kamprad

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 11
Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company’s fortunes abroad, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren. READ »

Prince Carl Philip claims first racing win

National: 3 Aug 10
Two years after realizing a boyhood dream and take the wheel for his racing debut, Sweden's Prince Carl Philip has claimed the first win of his career at the Kinnekulle track in western Sweden. READ »

German court convicts high-speed Swede

National: 2 Jul 09
The 52-year-old head of one of Sweden most infamous gangs was sentenced in Germany on Tuesday to three years and three months in prison. READ »

High speed Swede in court in Germany

National: 15 Apr 09
A man described as one of Sweden’s most notorious criminals appeared in a German court on Wednesday after being arrested following a wild car chase involving a stolen Porsche and up to 24 police cars. READ »

Untangling the role of Swedish banks in Latvia's financial woes

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Mar 09
As economies in the Baltic states falter, The Local’s Juris Kaza looks at why so many observers have placed much of the blame for Latvia’s financial woes on Swedish banks. READ »

Profits and orders plummet at Scania

Business & Money: 3 Feb 09
Swedish truckmaker Scania reported a 44 percent drop in fourth quarter net profits and sharp drop in new orders on Tuesday. READ »

Porsche bids on remaining Scania shares

Business & Money: 19 Jan 09
German luxury automaker Porsche announced on Monday it was offering €2.8 billion ($3.7 billion) to buy up the rest of Swedish truckmaker Scania. READ »

Porsche obliged to bid for Scania

National: 6 Jan 09
German sports car maker Porsche is obliged to place a bid for Swedish truck firm Scania after acquiring more that fifty percent of the voting stock in Volkswagen. READ »

'Farmer' Prince moves south for studies

Society: 22 Dec 08
Sweden's Prince Carl Philip is to move south next month to begin a two-year course at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, it has been revealed. READ »

'Swedish car makers should come home'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 08
With Ford and GM, the respective owners of Volvo and Saab's car divisions, struggling for their survival, Sweden needs to regain the initiative and nationalize its auto industry, argues Rolf Wolff, dean of the School of Business, Economics and Law at Gothenburg University. READ »

Prince claims his first points in Carrerra Cup

Sport: 1 Jun 08
Prince Carl Phillip has secured his first points in the Porsche Carrerra Cup. The prince came 11th and gained five points after a race in Karlskoga. READ »

Prince escapes unhurt from racing accident

National: 19 Apr 08
Prince Carl-Philip lost control of his Porsche during testing at Knutstorp racetrack in southern Sweden on Saturday morning. The prince was unhurt in the accident. READ »

Prince realizes boyhood racing dream

Sport: 13 Apr 08
Prince Carl Phillip test drove his Porsche at the Gelleråsen racetrack on Saturday in preparation for the upcoming Porsche Carrerra Cup. READ »

Porsche swallows Volkswagen as VW grabs Scania

Business & Money: 3 Mar 08
Only hours after buying a controlling stake in Swedish truck manufacturer Scania, Volkswagen was in turn swallowed by the holding company of luxury carmaker Porsche. READ »

Prince Carl Philip to launch motor racing career

National: 5 Feb 08
The only son of Sweden's king and queen has decided to try his hand at motor racing. READ »

Reinfeldt presents new trade minister

Politics: 12 Sep 07
She owns a pink Porsche, was caught speeding during the summer and has dumped illegal quantities of soil outside her new house. Fredrik Reinfeldt presents... Sweden's new trade minister, Ewa Björling. READ »

'Top-secret' cars in Sweden fire

Science & Technology: 22 Jan 07
A transporter carrying top-secret cars from Germany caught fire on its way to a testing centre in northern Sweden. The owners of the cars "are not happy," say police. READ »

Desirable Stockholm flat sold for 5,383 kronor

National: 13 Dec 06
Björn Andersson has just bought a flat in the wealthy Östermalm district of Stockholm for 5,383 kronor. The self-employed marketing consultant was lucky enough to make the lowest unique bid on auction site Bidster. READ »

Swedish waitress tipped a Porsche

National: 18 Aug 05
A recently retired gent is so impressed with a 19 year old waitress in Sundsvall that he hands over the keys to his Porsche 924. "I didn't get the feeling he was hitting on me or anything," she says. READ »

Birth dash halted by car theft

National: 18 Jun 04
The last thing you need when your water breaks is a gun at your husband's head and your car stolen. And a jewish girl is knifed by six Hitler-saluting Nazis. Wakey-wakey, Sweden. READ »


Highlights from Follow Sweden

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
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Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
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Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
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A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
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Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
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Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.



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