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Teacher held after having sex with teen students

National: 12 Feb 12
A 24-year-old teacher has been remanded into custody on suspicion of child rape after admitting that he had sexual relations with a number of teenage pupils. READ »

Girl to friend: 'I think I've got a knife in my throat'

National: 7 Feb 12
Police continue to hunt for the man suspected in the stabbing a 10-year-old girl outside of her school in Gothenburg on Monday. As the girl recovers in hospital, local residents remain on edge following the attack. READ »

Principal stopped kids from getting marks that were 'too low'

Education: 27 Jan 12
The principal of a school in western Sweden is under investigation for unilaterally scrapping the marks given to a class of eighth graders because they were too low in comparison to other schools in the area. READ »

Online sale of free school permit sparks outrage

Education: 16 Jan 12
A permit to run a publicly-funded, privately-managed free school is being sold on a popular Swedish buy-sell site, exploiting a legal loophole and angering politicians. READ »

The Swedish 'julbord': a beginner's guide

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 11
No Swedish-style Christmas is complete without a julbord buffet. Food blogger Maia Brindley Nilsson takes a look at what goes into making the perfect Swedish Christmas meal. READ »

Sweden's 'youngest' file sharer, 16, found guilty

Science & Technology: 21 Dec 11
A now 16-year-old boy who had been turned in by his school for downloading films was convicted of violating Sweden's copyright laws by an appeals court on Wednesday, overturning a lower court's acquittal. READ »

Swedish school rocked by daytime stabbing

Education: 13 Dec 11
Two people were arrested Monday afternoon following the stabbing of a 19-year-old man in connection with a fight at a high school in southern Sweden. READ »

Parents reeling after attempted kidnapping

National: 9 Dec 11
Parents in Falun, in central Sweden, are keeping closer tabs on their children after a man tried to drag a 13-year-old boy into a car on Thursday. READ »

Schools agency: kids taught 'to take a beating'

Education: 29 Nov 11
After reviewing the prestigious boarding school Lundsberg, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate has given the foundation until the end of February to prove that they can rid the school of bullying. READ »

Swedish boarding schools put under review

Education: 24 Nov 11
All of Sweden's national boarding schools will be investigated by the Schools Inspectorate after reports of systematic bullying and violence among students. READ »

Police probe boarding school 'nipple burning'

Education: 24 Nov 11
Prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Prince Carl Philip and many other high society members, has been reported to the police after a bullying scandal which involved the burning of a pupil's nipples. READ »

School head on rape claim: 'boys will be boys'

Education: 14 Nov 11
A high school in Täby in northern Stockholm has been reported to the Equality Ombudsman over allegations that the principal played down rape allegations as "stuff that boys do". READ »

Student's nipples burned with electric fly swatter

National: 10 Nov 11
A bullying scandal has rocked prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and many others among the upper echelons of Swedish society. READ »

Stockholm set for first ever Halloween parade

Lifestyle: 31 Oct 11
It's close to winter, and something evil's lurking in the dark, after a call to all monsters, ghosts, and resurrected rock stars to haunt the streets of Stockholm as Sweden hosts its inaugural Halloween parade, The Local's Joel Linde explains. READ »

Swedish lunch lady in pole dance protest

Society: 28 Oct 11
Students and staff at a Swedish school were shocked to see one of the school cafeteria staff unzip her pants and commence in an erotic pole dance in response to complaints about poorly prepared Swedish pancakes. READ »

Town reeling as police search continues

National: 18 Oct 11
As police continue their search of the area where the 4-year-old boy was found dead on Sunday evening, the local community is trying to get to grips with what has happened. READ »

Murder probe into death of missing 4-year-old

National: 17 Oct 11
A 4-year-old boy was found dead in a wooded area near his home in south central Sweden on Sunday night, prompting a criminal investigation. He had been reported missing after disappearing from a nearby playground. READ »

Loophole may make speeding legal in Sweden

Society: 13 Oct 11
Lead-footed motorists are escaping fines despite breaking the speed limits on Swedish roads due to a recently discovered bureaucratic oversight. READ »

Juholt backed 'temporary citizenship': report

National: 12 Oct 11
Aides to Håkan Juholt initially indicated the Social Democrat leader supported a controversial proposal from Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu calling for “temporary citizenship”, according to one of the party's MPs. READ »

Parents force school to ditch 'costly' fruit break

Education: 11 Oct 11
Disgruntled parents have prompted a school in eastern Sweden to abandon in-class fruit breaks after complaining about the legality of requiring families to buy fruit for kids to bring to school. READ »

International school opens children’s eyes

Education: 30 Sep 11
Studying at Stockholm's oldest international school gives children not only a rigorous academic education, but also a unique understanding of other cultures. READ »

CIA-backed IT firm offers view into the future

Science & Technology: 27 Sep 11
A CIA-backed Swedish-American company claims that it's new technology can predict disease, terrorist threats, economic swings and resource shortages. The Local’s Karen Holst explores. 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 »

Daycare 'punch clocks' catch on in Sweden

Education: 14 Sep 11
Preschoolers at a daycare in northern Sweden now have their attendance tracked through an electronic punch clock system in order to help streamline the assessment of fees. 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 »

'We were all Americans, at least for a while'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact. READ »

Swedish teen charged for pocket change extortion

Society: 3 Sep 11
A 15-year-old boy who threatened to beat up a 13-year-old school mate if the latter didn't hand over 20 kronor ($3) is set to appear in court in Gothenburg to face extortion charges. READ »

Outrage over 'World of Warcraft' high school

Education: 3 Sep 11
A Stockholm-area high school has come in for stinging criticism after a spot inspection revealed students playing World of Warcraft for hours uninterrupted and using an X-Box gaming console as a substitute for gym class. READ »

15-year-old Swede beats filesharing charges

Society: 30 Aug 11
A 15-year-old boy who had been reported to police by his school for violating Sweden's copyright laws was acquitted by a court in Gothenburg on Tuesday in what a prosecutor called an “absurd” ruling. READ »

'Set Dawit Isaak free'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jul 11
As Swedish citizen Dawit Isaak endures his tenth year in Eritrean captivity, publicist Arne Ruth and historian Susanne Berger explain why the Swedish government should give its full backing to a new legal initiative aimed at securing his release. READ »

Wrong to sack principal over 'lewd' Facebook pics: Swedish court

Education: 23 Jun 11
A Swedish court has ruled that a school was unjustified in sacking its principal after he joined a number of sexually themed groups on Facebook and published half-naked pictures of himself on the popular social networking site. READ »

Swedish teen denied spot in school due to piercing

Education: 22 Jun 11
A 13-year-old girl with a pierced nose has been told she's not welcome at a Swedish school, prompting her mother to file a complaint with the country's education authorities. READ »

Teen boy faces sex crime suspicions for grabbing principal's butt

Society: 20 Jun 11
The female principal of a middle school in Stockholm has reported a 15-year-old boy to the police for sexual molestation after he grabbed her behind. READ »

Swedish free school head convicted for tax fraud

Education: 17 Jun 11
The principal of a Stockholm-area free school who "used the school as her personal bank account" has been convicted for falsifying invoices to avoid paying taxes. READ »

Teacher faces assault charges

National: 4 Jun 11
When a 15 year-old student picked up a waste basket and pretended to throw it at a classmate, the teacher's aide saw red - and hit him over the back with a pointer, according to local newspaper reports. READ »

Swedish school in million kronor bullying lawsuit

Education: 1 Jun 11
A school in western Sweden has been sued for almost a million kronor ($160,000) by four families who claim that not enough has been done to help bullied children. READ »

Sweden's free school profits debate heats up

Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 11
While applications to start privately-run, publicly-funded free schools are on the rise in Sweden, there is nevertheless gathering unease about the suitability of schools being run by private companies, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains. READ »

Immigrant students get 'Negro' Swedish lesson

Education: 20 May 11
A class of immigrant students in southern Sweden was given a Swedish grammar lesson using the Swedish word for Negro. READ »

Suspended student stripper reports school for discrimination

Society: 19 May 11
A Swedish student who was trying to boost her finances by stripping and selling sexual favours has reported her school for discrimination after being suspended for her "sick" behaviour. READ »

Assange right to slam Swedish courts: lawyers

National: 5 May 11
Nearly one third of Swedish lawyers, including best-selling author and lawyer Jens Lapidus, believe WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange is warranted in criticising the Swedish legal system, a new survey shows. READ »

Massive fire leaves KTH student body reeling

Education: 5 May 11
The fire that raged though the School of Architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Wednesday have left the student body in the lurch with the loss of vital workshops. READ »

Swedish school slammed after 'homo sin' claim

Education: 4 May 11
A independently-run Christian school in Stockholm has been criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate after being reported for presenting homosexuality as a sin in its teaching. READ »

Many bullied students go without compensation

Education: 22 Apr 11
Five years after the law against abuse and discrimination in schools came into force, only 66 Swedish students received compensation. READ »

Woman suspected of killing former teacher

National: 7 Apr 11
A 20-year-old woman and a similarly-aged man suspected of killing their former high school teacher were remanded in custody by a court in eastern Sweden on Thursday. READ »

Principal spied on pupils with hidden camera

Education: 4 Apr 11
A principal at a middle school in south central Sweden has admitted to secretly installing a surveillance camera after it was discovered by a group of students. READ »

Swedish Gripen planes headed to Libya

National: 2 Apr 11
The first three JAS Gripen fighters to be used in the UN-backed no-fly zone over Libya took off from Blekinge on the southern coast of Sweden on Saturday. READ »

Three expelled in university scam

Education: 6 Feb 11
Gothenburg University has expelled three students after they were caught falsifying their exam entry grades. The students were taking courses in medicine, law and dentistry. READ »

Swedish schools run by convicted paedophile

Education: 1 Feb 11
A Swedish paedophile received permission to open three schools despite a previous conviction of having sex with a seven-year-old girl, according to a television news report on Monday. READ »

Swedish minister slams grading appeal proposal

Education: 12 Jan 11
Sweden's education minister has slammed a proposal that would allow Swedish students the right to contest the marks they receive in school. READ »

Teacher quits after airing of racist remarks

Education: 15 Dec 10
A teacher in Landskrona in southern Sweden who made racist comments to students two years ago has resigned. READ »

Swedish teacher keeps job after racist remarks

Education: 10 Dec 10
A teacher in Landskrona in southern Sweden continues to work for the municipality despite previous racist remarks that were condemned by local political leaders on Friday. READ »

'Integration a fiasco': Gothenburg official

National: 10 Dec 10
Gothenburg municipal officials described Sweden's integration policy as a "fiasco" to the US embassy, according to a document published by WikiLeaks. READ »

Swedish school criticised for prayer service

Education: 25 Nov 10
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate has criticised Borås municipality in western Sweden for breaching regulations banning religious services at end of term celebrations. READ »

Ex-police chief given lighter sentence

National: 24 Nov 10
The court of appeal has cut the penalty served to former Uppsala police chief Göran Lindberg to six years for a series of serious sex offences. 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 »

Official fired for talking on her mobile phone

Education: 20 Nov 10
A local education official from southern Sweden has been sacked after she disclosed sensitive information about colleagues in mobile phone conversations she had while riding a train. READ »

Student filmed bullied youth's suicide attempt

Education: 22 Oct 10
A school in Linköping in central Sweden has reported an incident to police that culminated in a student using his mobile phone to film the attempted suicide of another boy at the school. READ »

Pupil defaces artwork during school field trip

Society: 14 Oct 10
A Stockholm art museum is analysing the damage on a valuable artwork following a visit from a Södertälje school class last week which left the painting with a new look. READ »

Teen aimed gun at teacher during class

Education: 8 Oct 10
A French lesson at a Swedish middle school was disrupted recently when a teenage boy who wasn't a student at the school aimed an air rifle at the teacher's head. READ »

Teacher sacked for schoolgirl rape Tweet

Society: 6 Oct 10
A preschool teacher in Gothenburg in western Sweden has been fired after he Tweeted about wanting to rape little girls. READ »

Sweden tries to rein in religion at free schools

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Oct 10
While Sweden’s 'free schools' have inspired education authorities in other countries to explore similar approaches, the Swedish model is not without its problems, explains contributor Nils Adler. READ »

Live Blog: parliament opens

Politics: 5 Oct 10
Another eventful day in Swedish politics has come to a close with Fredrik Reinfeldt having presented his new government, the Sweden Democrats having added a little colour and outraged drama, and the king having calmly reminded the Riksdag of its role as a bastion of Swedish democracy. READ »

Sweden Democrats hold key to speaker vote

Politics: 1 Oct 10
The far-right Sweden Democrats stand to hold the balance of power on Monday in the election of a new Speaker of the Riksdag after the Social Democrats nominated a candidate. READ »

Sahlin and Reinfeldt enter final sprint for lasting political glory

Politics: 18 Sep 10
With polls set to open in 24 hours rivals Fredrik Reinfeldt and Mona Sahlin are both looking for an electoral victory to cement their leadership status after long political comebacks. READ »

Maid in Sweden: clean home, dirty money?

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 10
Few would argue with the merits of a clean house, yet Swedes don't seem ready to sweep the issue of hiring domestic help under the rug. And as Paul O'Mahony discovers, controversial tax breaks are only part of the story. READ »

Police had ex-police chief's DNA: report

National: 12 Sep 10
The police had a sample of former police chief and convicted sex offender Göran Lindberg's DNA, and other personal information as early as 2007 but did not follow up the information, according to a new report. READ »

Social Democrats call for market prices on public asset sales

Politics: 11 Sep 10
The Social Democrats have called for new legislation to prevent local governments from selling public assets at below-market prices. READ »

Student wearing niqab begins teacher training

Education: 6 Sep 10
A student wearing the niqab has begun attending a teacher training course in Stockholm, more than one and a half years after another woman reported a school that would not allow her to wear the headscarf in class. READ »

HQ banks a billion kronor in rights issue

Business & Money: 27 Aug 10
The board of crisis-hit Swedish financial concern HQ has announced a preferential rights issue to shore up the company's finances. The right issue carries a full guarantee from existing shareholders. READ »

Woods and Nordegren divorce

National: 24 Aug 10
Tiger Woods and Swedish model wife Elin Nordegren divorced Monday, their marriage "irretrievably broken" by a blistering sex scandal that has left the world number one golfer's life in disarray. READ »

Oriflame shut down in Iran after staff arrests

Business & Money: 23 Aug 10
Swedish cosmetics firm Oriflame's operations in Tehran have been closed by the Iranian authorities, with three members of staff and two sale consultants taken into custody. READ »

Ex-police chief appeals jail term for sex offences

National: 19 Aug 10
Göran Lindberg, the former Uppsala county police chief convicted in July for a string of sex crimes, has appealed his six and half year prison sentence. READ »

Let teachers ban face veils - Liberals

Politics: 4 Aug 10
Sweden’s schools and universities should be allowed to ban students and teachers from wearing face veils, education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has said. READ »

Top cop jailed for sex crimes

National: 30 Jul 10
Göran Lindberg, once one of Sweden's most senior police officers, has been jailed for six and a half years for a string of sex crimes. READ »

School refuses to enroll student with Arabic name

Education: 26 Jul 10
A 13-year-old female student has submitted a complaint to the Discrimination Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO), charging that a school refused to enroll her because of her Arabic-sounding name. READ »

Norrköping: Europe's new musical capital

Lifestyle: 22 Jun 10
Norrköping hopes to raise its profile and become recognized as a European music capital after its recent success hosting the Wilhelm Stenhammar International Music Competition (WSIMC), writes Angela Hur. READ »

New pilots' strike threatens major airlines

National: 15 Jun 10
Tens of thousands of Swedish airline passengers face being grounded on Wednesday after talks to avert a pilots’ strike broke down. READ »

HQ shares spike after approval of fund sale

Business & Money: 14 Jun 10
Swedish investment firm Öresund has been has been authorized by the Financial Supervisory Authority to buy its investment fund operation HQ Fonder, sparking a rally in the shares of the HQ bank. READ »

HQ rescue plan triggers new share collapse

Business & Money: 8 Jun 10
Financial services group HQ must immediately strengthen its finances and will temporarily sell its fund management company HQ Fonder to its principal owner Öresund for 850 million kronor ($105.07 million). READ »

Backlash over student loan crackdown

Education: 21 May 10
Students are being forced to pay back tens of thousands of kronor at short notice because universities and the student loan authority can't agree on how to define a full-time student. READ »

Why Victoria's gown will be more than just a dress

Lifestyle: 14 May 10
Queen Silvia's wedding dress was created by Dior, but Crown Princess Victoria is widely expected to find her gown closer to home. And the choice of dress will be dripping in symbolism, writes The Local's royal correspondent Juan Navas. READ »

Parties hold firm on euro despite Greek crisis

Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 10
The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson and Vivian Tse review party policy as Sweden's backing of a eurozone bailout brings the issue of Sweden's membership of the euro back into focus. READ »

May in Sweden: A nation back in bloom

Lifestyle: 30 Apr 10
The Year in Sweden - May: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

SAS reports billion kronor loss

Business & Money: 22 Apr 10
Scandinavian airline SAS has reported a loss of 972 million kronor ($135 million) for the first quarter 2010, slightly lower than the 979 million kronor the troubled firm posted in the corresponding period of 2009. READ »

Dyslexic Irishman denied SFI assistance

Education: 21 Apr 10
When Irishman Alan Newsome moved to Stockholm five years ago he signed up for a Swedish for Immigrants language course, only to find that as a dyslexic he was denied support and was forced to quit. READ »

Sweden tenth most attractive nation — again

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Apr 10
Sweden retains its position as the tenth most attractive country in the world, but its outdated image needs a facelift, writes Liselott Bergman of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Threats rain down on Bjästa school

National: 10 Apr 10
Staff at Bjästa School in northern Sweden have received some 400 threats via email following television revelations about a 14-year-old girl who was bullied and left isolated after being raped at the school. READ »

Girl raped and rejected by Swedish community

National: 26 Mar 10
A storm of outrage has met revelations that a 14-year-old girl from a small Swedish community was raped at her school only to be rejected by her friends and adult society when she reported the attack. READ »

Criminals threatened to blow up police station

National: 25 Feb 10
Two seasoned criminals threatened to blow up themselves and the police station in Kristianstad in southern Sweden on Thursday morning. The drama ended when the men gave up shortly before 5am. READ »

Cannabis farm found at Swedish primary school

Society: 19 Feb 10
A water leak led on Thursday to the discovery of a small cannabis farm in a school in southern Sweden. READ »

Volvo optimistic as losses mount

Business & Money: 5 Feb 10
Swedish truck maker Volvo says it sees signs of recovery in the global economy as it reports a net loss of 14.7 billion kronor ($1.96 billion) in 2009. READ »

Sky darkens over Spyker-Saab funding

Business & Money: 2 Feb 10
Spyker CEO Victor Muller is missing a third of the funds required to complete the purchase of Saab from GM as questions mount over the secret financiers rumoured to be backing the deal. READ »

Cartwheels in underwear leave schoolgirl with frostbite

Society: 22 Jan 10
A schoolgirl in northern Sweden is recovering from frostbite injuries to her fingers and toes after turning cartwheels in the snow in her underwear as part of a day of events organized by her high school's student union. READ »

'Dyslexia and anorexia aren't real': educator

Society: 28 Oct 09
A school principal from southern Sweden has infuriated health workers and disabilities rights advocates after claiming in a newspaper article that dyslexia and anorexia are made-up diseases. READ »

Prison sentence for Trustor fraud upheld

National: 26 Oct 09
The Svea Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a prison sentence for Thomas Jisander, who was convicted in 2008 for embezzling 20 million kronor ($3 million) in the so-called Trustor affair. READ »

Most Swedes fail to prep for higher interest rates

Society: 19 Oct 09
Only one in ten mortgage holders in Sweden is taking special measures to prepare for any upcoming interest rate hike, a new study shows. READ »

Red Cross fraud hits donor confidence

Society: 18 Oct 09
Public faith in the Swedish Red Cross has taken a beating in the wake of the embezzlement scandal involving its former communications chief, Johan af Donner. READ »

Student skips school for a whole year

Education: 3 Sep 09
A seventh grade high school student was absent from school for a whole year, but neither the school nor the county council raised the alarm. READ »

Pregnant woman ill in suspected swine flu case

Science & Technology: 28 Aug 09
A pregnant young Swedish woman is critically ill with a life-threatening lung infection that is suspected to be swine flu. READ »

Swedish school bans handshakes amid swine flu fears

Society: 19 Aug 09
In a bid to curb the spread of swine flu a school in Borlänge in central Sweden has forbidden teachers from shaking hands with their pupils. READ »


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