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German ambassador: 'Sweden feels like home'

Analysis & Opinion: 23 May 12
Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi. READ »

Mosques' advice: 'don't report abusive husbands'

Society: 16 May 12
Six out of ten mosques in Sweden gave women advice about how to deal with spousal abuse and polygamy that contradicted Swedish law, a new investigation has revealed. READ »

One in ten Swedish teen girls 'forced' into sex

Society: 11 May 12
One in ten female high school students in Sweden has been coerced to take part in some sort of sexual act, according to a new study from Linköping University. READ »

Professor reported for grading son's exam twice

Education: 3 May 12
A professor at Lund University has been reported to the Disciplinary Board after she graded her son’s exam paper and gave him a pass, one month after she was caught doing it the first time. READ »

Study: apathetic refugee kids are not faking it

National: 29 Apr 12
A Swedish study has found that apathetic refugee children suffer from dramatic changes in hormone levels connected to chronic stress, concluding that the condition is thus genuine. READ »

'We are Sweden's true royal family'

Lifestyle: 19 Apr 12
With Sweden still basking in the royal glow of the birth of Princess Estelle, The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson talks to a US academic who claims that his family, and not the “immigrant” Bernadottes, should be on Swedish throne. READ »

Sweden Democrats 'unchanged' in wake of Breivik terror: expert

Politics: 17 Apr 12
While the far-right Sweden Democrats initially distanced themselves from the deadly attacks by Anders Behring Breivik, currently on trial in Norway, the party hasn't undergone a major transformation, the AFP's Nina Larsson discovers. READ »

Social Democrats reach new poll heights

Politics: 15 Apr 12
The Social Democrats' recent dramatic rise in opinion polls has continued with the party climbing a further 3.1 percentage points to 36.8 percent according to the latest voter preference survey. READ »

'Sweden has betrayed the Arab struggle for democracy'

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Apr 12
Sweden's plans to help build a weapons plant in Saudi Arabia are a betrayal of the Arab spring and amount to a support for a Saudi-backed Arab counter-revolution, argue a group of Arab and Swedish pro-democracy activists. READ »

Big baby girls become fat mums: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 21 Mar 12
A study in Uppsala has concluded that overweight baby girls are more likely to become obese women, who in turn are more likely to give birth to obese babies. READ »

Swedish cops bash at-work breakfast ban

Society: 15 Mar 12
Plans to put a stop to the cherished tradition of eating casual breakfasts at the police station in Västmanland County, central Sweden, has hungry officers up in arms at the prospect of having munch their morning meals on their own time. READ »

Three in four Rosengård children 'live in poverty'

National: 12 Mar 12
In the Malmö district of Rosengård over 70 percent of children are living in relative poverty, according to fresh figures from Statistics Sweden, which measures the growing economic divides across the country. READ »

Social Democrats return to top of Swedish politics

Politics: 12 Mar 12
The Social Democrats have regained their position as Sweden's largest political party, according to a new poll, helping Sweden's three centre-left opposition parties amass more combined support than the centre-right Alliance government. READ »

‘Swedish is the world’s richest language’: Swede

Lifestyle: 9 Mar 12
After meeting a Swede who claimed that Swedish was the richest of all the world’s languages, The Local’s Oliver Gee searched a little deeper into how Swedish rates on the world stage. READ »

Swedish men sleep more and stress less: study

Science & Technology: 9 Mar 12
Swedish women sleep worse than men and often wake up several times nightly, a new study shows, and professors claim that stress may be at the root of the problem. READ »

Why Sweden has had a good crisis

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 12
Stockholm University professor Lars Calmfors explains why Sweden has so far escaped relatively unscathed from the financial crisis - and how the latest bout of uncertainty might affect the economy. READ »

Swedish inmates 'awash in drugs, guns and porn'

National: 27 Feb 12
Many of Sweden's most dangerous convicts have access to illicit drugs, guns, and child pornography from inside the walls of psychiatric clinics where they are serving their sentences, newly released documents show. READ »

'He said he was living in the woods': shopkeeper

National: 21 Feb 12
A Swedish man who claimed he survived for two months in his snow-covered car without any food had reportedly been living in his car since mid-2011. READ »

Dramatic rise in dementia numbers in Sweden

Society: 13 Feb 12
Every second Swede is at risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Umeå University, which concentrated on the 85+ population in northern Sweden. READ »

Rise in polls 'Löfven-effect': political expert

Politics: 13 Feb 12
Since the new Social Democrat party leader Stefan Löfven took up the post, the party is gaining strength in the polls, causing political experts to speak of a ”Löfven-effect”. READ »

One in five Swedes 'believes in ghosts'

Society: 13 Feb 12
One in five Swedes believes that people rise from the grave after they've died, a new survey has shown. READ »

Reinfeldt 'hopeful' of Ethiopia pardon

Politics: 10 Feb 12
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt harbours hope that the two Swedish reporters jailed for terror crimes in Ethiopia will be pardoned by the regime. READ »

Air pollution worse than smoking mother: study

Science & Technology: 5 Feb 12
Exhaust fumes and ground-level ozone increase the risk for premature birth, according to a study by a team of researchers at Umeå University in northern Sweden. READ »

Swedish agency to probe peace prize selection

National: 1 Feb 12
Stockholm officials have begun investigating claims that Alfred Nobel's last wishes are routinely sidelined by a Norwegian Nobel Committee blinded by pro-NATO sentiments when selecting its annual peace laureate. READ »

Iranian opposition to attend Swedish meeting

Politics: 31 Jan 12
Exiled Iranians will gather in Stockholm over the coming weekend to discuss how to help implement democracy in Iran, the organisers of the conference announced on Tuesday. READ »

ABB irked by link to Norwegian killer

Business & Money: 31 Jan 12
Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has admitted it considered contacting newspaper editors to ask them to stop using the firm’s name as shorthand for confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. 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 »

'In a networked world, Sweden may be more powerful than the US'

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Jan 12
While Sweden's military power may be dwarfed by that of the United States, in a networked world, Sweden may nevertheless find itself better equipped than the US to exert influence on the global stage, argues contributor Stefan Geens. READ »

Surgery worsens patient memory: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 30 Dec 11
Many routine surgical procedures can result in patients suffering from memory loss and a lack of concentration, a Swedish-American study has shown. READ »

Swedish prof 'insinuates' Israel tie to Breivik attack

National: 14 Dec 11
A Swedish academic has come under fire in Norway after writing an article suggesting that Israel played a part in the July 22nd massacre carried out by Anders Behring Breivik that claimed 77 lives. READ »

'Women to blame if they suffer abuse': study

National: 12 Dec 11
A third of the staff working in Sweden's largest hospital emergency room believe it's the woman's fault if she is physically abused, according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Tranströmer the focus of Nobel festivities

National: 11 Dec 11
Swedish Nobel laureate in literature, Tomas Tranströmer, continued to be the focus of attention during the Nobel banquet on Saturday night. READ »

Plot thickens in Swedish king's grave mystery

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 11
Scientists who exhumed bodies from a tomb believed to contain Magnus Ladulås, who reigned as Swedish king from 1275 until 1290, were surprised to learn that the bodies are at least 200 years too young to be those of the fabled king and his family. READ »

A truly international education at the heart of Berlin

Education: 7 Dec 11
If you want to study, but dread the bureaucracy and red tape of a traditional academic institution, and fancy a spell in one of Europe’s most dynamic cities at the same time, the ECLA in Berlin could be just the place for you. READ »

'Queen Silvia shouldn't be blamed for her father's Nazi past'

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Dec 11
The Swedish media's obsession with investigating the ties Queen Silvia's father had to the Nazis during the Third Reich is misplaced, argues former Royal Court information secretary Juan Navas. READ »

Life sentence the 'only option': prosecutor

National: 2 Dec 11
Prosecutors are demanding life for the 28-year-old who killed a female guard at Flemingsberg remand facility south of Stockholm. The accused has admitted to his crimes, but wants a fixed sentence. READ »

Poverty on the rise among immigrants: study

National: 2 Dec 11
Two thirds of the people in Sweden relying long term on social benefits have a foreign background, while child poverty in the same group is becoming more and more serious, according to new reports. READ »

Swedish town retreats from radiation-free zone

Science & Technology: 28 Nov 11
Mora municipality in central Sweden has decided not to accede to the wishes of an "electro-oversensitive" local resident and introduce a "radiation-free" zone in order to maintain mobile phone coverage. READ »

'Electro-oversensitive' man in mobile phone blackout threat

Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
A Swedish man who wears a "silver suit" to protect himself from mobile phone radiation had demanded that local officials protect his health by creating a “radiation-free zone” that may leave thousands without mobile phone coverage. READ »

Sweden-bound booty found in Polish river

Science & Technology: 25 Nov 11
Polish scientists have discovered what appears to be a 17th century ship loaded with looted treasure bound for Sweden, at the bottom of the Vistula river. READ »

Wordfeud: Swedes' latest smartphone addiction

Science & Technology: 23 Nov 11
Swedes just can't seem to get enough of Wordfeud, a Scrabble-like smartphone app that has sucked up countless hours of free time, and may have even sparked a new trend in online dating, contributor Aila Stefansdotter-Franck discovers. READ »

Researchers probe track and field sex abuse

Sport: 23 Nov 11
Researchers at Linköping University have been tasked with establishing how common sexual harassment is within Sweden athletics, in the wake of revelations by Olympian Patrik Sjöberg that he was abused by his coach. READ »

Female students have more sex partners: study

National: 17 Nov 11
Female university students in Sweden have twice as many sex partners than they did ten years ago, according to a new survey by the student health service at Uppsala University, while condom use is on the decline. READ »

Support for Social Democrats rising: poll

Politics: 13 Nov 11
The latest voters' poll shows support for the Social Democrats has risen by 1.9 percentage points while the Moderates dropped 2 percent. READ »

Eleven 'eleventh-hour' nuptials on 11-11-11

National: 11 Nov 11
Eleven Swedish couples are set to be married in a church in Gothenburg in western Sweden at 11.11am on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 2011. READ »

Pressure mounts to open Sweden's Stasi archive

Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files. READ »

Stressed mothers have obese kids: study

Science & Technology: 7 Nov 11
Stressed out mothers increase the risk of obesity among their children, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Young Swedish workers abandon unions

Business & Money: 4 Nov 11
Only one in three young Swedes are union members, compared to 80 percent in the same age group only 15 years ago, according to a new report. READ »

Assange's mother slams Swedish legal system

National: 2 Nov 11
The mother of Julian Assange lashed out at the Swedish judicial system on Wednesday, claiming her son's "human rights" would be at risk after he is extradited to Sweden. READ »

Accusers 'relieved' over Assange ruling: lawyer

Society: 2 Nov 11
The two Swedish women who allege they were raped and sexually assaulted by Julian Assange are "relieved" by a UK court ruling ordering the WikiLeaks founder be extradited to Sweden, their lawyer said on Wednesday. READ »

'Suspects can claim they were drunk and go free'

Society: 1 Nov 11
The recent acquittal by Sweden's Supreme Court of a man charged with attempted murder because he claimed he was “too intoxicated” to remember the incident, has been slammed by legal experts. READ »

New tick-borne disease discovered in Sweden

Science & Technology: 25 Oct 11
Swedish researchers have discovered a new tick-borne illness that can cause blood clots in the legs and lungs, with three cases having been reported in Sweden. READ »

Sweden sees spike in sudden infant deaths

Science & Technology: 24 Oct 11
The incidence of cot death, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has begun to increase again in Sweden with 27 children dying in 2010. READ »

Quality wins over Stockholm's foreign students

Education: 20 Oct 11
Since Sweden introduced university tuition fees for people from non-EU countries, students' expectations have increased. But those studying at Stockholm University say they are getting good value for money. READ »

'Sweden should ask for US help to free journalists jailed in Ethiopia'

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Oct 11
Just as Sweden helped win the release of two American journalists captured in North Korea in 2009, the US can hopefully find a way to return the favour in Ethiopia before Sweden considers supporting US anti-terror efforts in the region, argues historian Susanne Berger. READ »

Rights groups criticize upcoming Ethiopia trial

Politics: 16 Oct 11
The two Swedish reporters Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, charged with terrorism in Ethiopia, will face trial on Tuesday, with human rights organisations already criticizing the process. READ »

Probe dropped, Juholt to remain party leader

Politics: 14 Oct 11
Prosecutors said Friday they were dropping an investigation into improper reimbursements claimed by Håkan Juholt as the Social Democrats' executive committee announced it still had confidence in the embattled party leader. READ »

Virgin Atlantic tests Swedish 'green' fuel

National: 12 Oct 11
Virgin Atlantic airlines has initiated a cooperation with technology company Swedish Biofuels to start using more environmentally friendly aviation fuel. READ »

Juholt position 'difficult' after fraud probe: expert

Politics: 10 Oct 11
The fraud investigation against Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt will restrict his freedom of movement politically - and a prosecution will force his departure, political scientist Ulf Bjereld tells The Local. READ »

Two Americans share economics Nobel

National: 10 Oct 11
The 2011 Nobel prize in economics has been awarded to US-based economists Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims for “their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy”. READ »

Swedish corruption rise 'a myth': expert

Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
A leading expert has refuted claims that corruption is becoming more widespread in Sweden, arguing there is no evidence to back up the claims. READ »

Nobel: one of the laureates died last week

National: 3 Oct 11
Ralph M. Steinman, one of the three researchers jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the immune system, died last week at the age of 68. READ »

Inmate beats female prison guard to death

National: 3 Oct 11
A female guard at a jail south of Stockholm was killed on Monday after being beaten by an inmate, police have confirmed. READ »

Christian Democrat leadership race heats up

Politics: 3 Oct 11
A former minister as well a celebrity author and television personality Marcus Birro both announced on Sunday their plans to challenge embattled Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund for the party's top spot. However Birro renounced his candidacy on Monday morning. READ »

Ex-dean: 'blow up unused Swedish churches'

National: 2 Oct 11
As the number of churchgoers in Sweden dwindles ever further, a former dean in the Church of Sweden has suggested the best thing to do with the almost unused buildings is demolish them. READ »

The Sweden Democrats - a year in the Riksdag spotlight

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Sep 11
A year has passed since the Sweden Democrats became Sweden’s newest parliamentary party and The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson has a look at what has been achieved, what has not and what has changed. READ »

Painkillers might hold back cancer: study

Science & Technology: 27 Sep 11
Ordinary painkillers might be able to hold back the growth of cancer tumours, according to a new Swedish study from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. READ »

Cops wait an hour to respond to fatal shooting

National: 27 Sep 11
Stockholm police have been criticised for taking over an hour to respond to a report of a shooting last week which left a man dead. READ »

Sweden's Stasi spies detailed in new book

National: 15 Sep 11
The activities of more than 50 Swedes who spied on their fellow citizens for the East German intelligence service during the Cold War have been described in a new book. READ »

Finnish emissions 'cause Swedish birth defects'

Science & Technology: 14 Sep 11
Emissions from steel giant Outokumpu, in the Finnish city of Tornio, are believed to be the cause of several infants in Haparanda in northern Sweden being born with serious birth defects this year. READ »

Baby 'euthanasia' trial opens in Stockholm

National: 13 Sep 11
The trial against a Swedish doctor accused of infant euthanasia came underway on Tuesday, a case causing concern among the country's medical profession. READ »

Stockholm University: making an enemy of cancer

Education: 12 Sep 11
The work of Stockholm University's Professor Thomas Helleday has been described as 'potentially the biggest breakthrough in cancer research for decades'. The Swedish way of working has been key to his success, he says. READ »

Sweden terror suspects tied to Islamists: report

National: 12 Sep 11
The four terrorist suspects held in Gothenburg on Sunday have ties to the Somali Islamist movement al-Shabaab, according to a Swedish media report, with speculation that artist Lars Vilks could have been a target. READ »

Swedes jailed in Ethiopia could get life: expert

Politics: 9 Sep 11
The two Swedish reporters jailed in Ethiopia and recently charged with terrorism crimes will face a lengthy prison sentence if they are convicted, according to a legal expert. READ »

Two-time lotto winner takes home millions

Society: 30 Aug 11
A Swede who managed to buy two winning Triss scratch-off lottery tickets in three days won over two million kronor ($317,000) on live television on Tuesday morning. READ »

Sweden wrestles with legality of underage sex

Society: 29 Aug 11
Young Swedish teens who engage in consensual sex may find themselves dragged into court due to lingering uncertainties about how to interpret Sweden's child sex laws. READ »

Sweden = United States: Google Translate

Science & Technology: 24 Aug 11
Despite constant improvements, Google Translate continues to lose its way – often in laughable ways – when it comes to translating certain place names from Swedish to English. READ »

Communities crucial for tsunami response

Science & Technology: 23 Aug 11
Experts who have studied the March 11th disaster in Japan told the World Water Week conference in Stockholm on Monday of the importance of local communities in responding to devastating tsunamis. READ »

New battle erupts over 'Sweden's Stonehenge'

Science & Technology: 30 Jul 11
A new archaeological examination of Ales stenar, a massive stone relic perched atop a cliff in southern Sweden, has sparked a heated crossfire between scientists about the origins of the famed stone ship. READ »

School grades are linked to diet: study

Science & Technology: 27 Jul 11
Young people whose diet is high in folate (the natural alternative to folic acid) are more successful in school, according to a recently published Swedish study. READ »

New generation of Arctic scientists flourish at Stockholm University

Education: 20 Jul 11
The wild and mysterious polar regions - planet Earth's last relatively unexplored areas - have long struck a cord with the adventurous side within many of us. Extreme, yet delicate, this polar environment is also an area of great interest for science. READ »

Afghan war disinterest benefits military: expert

National: 18 Jul 11
The Swedish Armed Forces draw benefit from the relatively low political interest in the war in Afghanistan and their information campaigns are focused on keeping it that way, an intelligence analysis professor has claimed. READ »

Researchers nearing Norovirus treatment in Sweden

Science & Technology: 16 Jul 11
Swedish researchers have uncovered the mysterious reasons for why we vomit when infected with the Norovirus. A medicine, already in circulation, can be used in future to help both sick Swedes and third world children risking death from stomach flu. READ »

Ban pushy parents from games: survey

Society: 15 Jul 11
Nine in ten Swedish parents think that pushy “soccer parents” should be barred from their kids’ sporting events if they can’t behave themselves, according to a new study published on Friday. READ »

Cops drop Örebro prof suspect suicide probe

National: 14 Jul 11
An investigation into the suicide of the man suspected of murdering and dismembering a Örebro professor in March has been dropped with staff cleared of any suspicion of breach of duty. READ »

Ambassador meets detained journalists

National: 9 Jul 11
The Swedish ambassador to Ethiopia was allowed to see the two jailed Swedish journalists in Addis Ababa on Friday in what is seen as a positive step by observers. READ »

First synthetic windpipe transplanted in Sweden

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
An international team of surgeons have successfully carried out the world's first transplant of a synthetic windpipe, the Stockholm hospital where the groundbreaking operation took place announced on Thursday. READ »

Fuglesang survives homeopathic pill overdose

Science & Technology: 7 Jul 11
A group from a Swedish science organisation, with astronaut Christer Fuglesang in the lead, took an overdose of sleeping pills in Almedalen, at 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon, in order to disprove the effects of homeopathy. READ »

Swedes tan and burn the most: study

Science & Technology: 6 Jul 11
Swedes use least sun protection and suffer most sun damage, and every year 2,800 people in Sweden are diagnosed with malignant melanoma, now one of the most common forms of cancer in Sweden, according to a report in Swedish media. READ »

Ambassador met with jailed Swedes in Ethiopia

National: 5 Jul 11
On Monday evening the Swedish ambassador was permitted to visit the two Swedish journalists currently being held in custody in Ethiopia. READ »

Sommestad to be new face of Sweden's Social Democrat women

Politics: 4 Jul 11
Former Environment Minister Lena Sommestad is expected to succeed Nalin Pekgul as leader of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden association after a unanimous nomination by the election committee. READ »

Holding back wages 'last resort': experts

National: 23 Jun 11
The future of disaster-riddled carmaker Saab doesn’t look bright, according to several analysts, who say that holding back salaries is a company’s very last way out. 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 »

Facebook 'fair game' in benefits cheats battle

Science & Technology: 20 Jun 11
Sweden's social services have been given the green light to use information found on Facebook and other social media sites to verify whether or not Swedes are being truthful on their applications for welfare benefits. READ »

Swedish docs set for mother-daughter womb transplant

Science & Technology: 13 Jun 11
Doctors in Sweden are preparing to transplant the womb of a 56-year-old woman into her own daughter. READ »

Woman sentenced for spreading HIV

Science & Technology: 12 Jun 11
A woman in her 30s was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for infecting a man with HIV and could face expulsion from Sweden after the completion of her prison time. READ »

Swedes in mad dash to walk down the aisle

Society: 11 Jun 11
This weekend marks the busiest two days in the calendar for wedding officials as couples up and down Sweden tie the knot. READ »

Swedish women warned over Danish sperm

Society: 31 May 11
The head of a Danish sperm bank has warned that Swedish women are "most likely" to be among those inseminated with defective sperm donated by a man with a rare genetic disease. READ »

Swedish press reacts to royal denials

Analysis & Opinion: 31 May 11
The Swedish press has reacted critically to King Carl XVI Gustaf's denials of strip-club visits and had indirect contact with organised crime, arguing that he acted too late to quell the growing scandal. READ »

Swedish hospitals launch campaign touting early pregnancy

Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Health authorities in southern Sweden are launching a public awareness campaign to encourage couples to have children sooner to combat the trend of women having their first child at an increasingly older age. READ »


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