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Wallenberg becomes first honorary Australian

National: 6 May 13
Australian officials declared Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of Jews during World War II, as the country's first honorary citizen at a ceremony in Canberra on Monday. READ »

Raoul Wallenberg made honorary Australian

National: 15 Apr 13
Australia on Monday paid homage to Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Jews during World War II, by making him the country's first honorary citizen. READ »

Swedes to get Raoul Wallenberg memorial day

Politics: 4 Jan 13
Top Swedish politicians have introduced an official memorial day for the "great Swede" Raoul Wallenberg, who saved 100,000 people from the Holocaust in Budapest during World War II. READ »

Pressuring Russia on Wallenberg's fate 'a matter of principle'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Oct 12
With the opening of a conference in Stockholm examining historical research on Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that more must be done to force Russia to open up records that could shed light on the still-disputed fate of the Swedish diplomat. READ »

Hundreds attend anti-Semitism demo

Society: 8 Oct 12
Hundreds of people gathered in Stockholm on Sunday to show solidarity with the Jews of Malmö, where a Jewish community building was attacked last month. READ »

'Other Swedes in the Gulag complicate Wallenberg search'

Analysis & Opinion: 22 Aug 12
Contributor Susanne Berger explains how the confusion about other Swedish prisoners in the Gulag complicates the search into Wallenberg’ fate. READ »

'Give Wallenberg an annual day': minister

National: 4 Aug 12
As the 100 year anniversary of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg’s birth is commemorated in Sweden and globally, democracy minister Birgitta Ohlsson suggests making August 4th Wallenberg’s own annual day in the Swedish calendar. READ »

The Raoul Wallenberg Calendar: Q&A with Brian Palmer

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 12
With the centenary of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg's birth on Saturday, The Local catches up with Brian Palmer, a researcher at Uppsala University who has created a calendar to commemorate individuals of exceptional civic courage. READ »

'One individual can save the lives of thousands'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Aug 12
As Sweden celebrated the centennial of diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in August, the national coordinator for the Wallenberg year, Olle Wästberg, ponders the importance of individual responsibility. READ »

Wallenberg death still 'shrouded in mystery'

Lifestyle: 3 Aug 12
As Sweden celebrates the centennial of the birth of one of its most loved heroes, Raoul Wallenberg, AFP's Stuart Williams reports how mystery and anger still shrouds the disappearance of the Swedish diplomat in 1945. READ »

Israeli group calls for Interpol probe into Raoul Wallenberg case

Society: 1 Aug 12
An Israel-based group has asked the Swedish government to request for Interpol assistance to try to track possible witnesses to the fate of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg. READ »

'Re-open probe into Raoul Wallenberg’s fate'

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jul 12
Official claims from Russia about when Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg died appear ever more doubtful as new evidence emerges, argues historian Susanne Berger, who has called for the investigation in Wallenberg's fate to be re-opened. READ »

CIA made Sweden act for Wallenberg: report

Politics: 22 May 12
The American intelligence service CIA prompted an investigation by Sweden into the Wallenberg case in the 1970s, using false witness statements, according to a new Swedish book. READ »

Gold treasure behind Wallenberg arrest: report

National: 18 May 12
Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg had at least 15 kilogrammes of gold and jewellery in his car when the Red Army arrested him in 1945, according to a new book by a Swedish author. READ »

Obama honours Raoul Wallenberg's legacy

Society: 20 Apr 12
US president Barack Obama praised the "selfless acts" of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg in a special video message released Thursday to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day. READ »

Unknown Swedish prisoner may provide clues to Wallenberg mystery

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Mar 12
A so far unidentified Swedish prisoner in Soviet captivity in the 1950s may provide historians with more clues as to the fate of missing WWII diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, argues historian Susanne Berger. READ »

Sweden launches new Wallenberg investigation

National: 18 Jan 12
The Swedish foreign ministry announced on Wednesday that a new probe into the fate of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who vanished after being taken into custody by Soviet Union soldiers 67 years ago. READ »

Sweden knew Wallenberg probe 'blocked' by KGB

National: 17 Jan 12
Sweden was aware that Soviet secret police were obstructing an investigation into the fate of Swedish Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, researchers claim, citing a newly discovered document. READ »

Raoul Wallenberg – Sweden's Not-So-Favourite Son

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jan 12
The Swedish government has announced that it will designate 2012 as the official "Raoul Wallenberg Year" and the honour is more than deserved, according to historian Susanne Berger. READ »

Far-right demo creates chaos in Stockholm

National: 10 Dec 11
Right-wing extremist groups clashed with counter protesters at in Gamla Stan, as an annual demonstration relocated from Salem to Stockholm. READ »

What would Dawit Isaak have done?

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Oct 11
While the frustration expressed recently by the children of imprisoned Swedish-Eritrian journalist Dawit Isaak is understandable, it's important to consider how Isaak would handle a case such as his, argues historian Susanne Berger. 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 »

Report: 'Russia lied in Wallenberg probe'

National: 2 Aug 11
A new book containing statements from a cellmate of missing Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg proves that Russian officials deliberately withheld information about the fate of the man credited with saving thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, researchers allege. 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 »

'Swedish shipments to Nazis may have been ransom for captured Swedes'

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Jun 11
Historical documents related to the capture of seven Swedes by the Gestapo in Poland in 1942 puts Sweden's subsequent ball bearing deliveries to Nazi Germany in a new light, argue historians Susanne Berger and Ingela Magner. READ »

'Wallenberg and Isaak are still worth fighting for'

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Jan 11
With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in prison in Eritrea and questions still swirling about the fate of Raoul Wallenberg, historian Susanne Berger argues that Sweden needs to do more to shorten its ignominious line of unsolved disappearances. READ »

Soviets lied over Wallenberg death: researchers

National: 3 Apr 10
Two researchers have said there is strong evidence to suggest that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was still alive after the date on which the Soviet Union claimed he had died of a heart attack. READ »

Wallenberg lived longer than claimed: report

National: 2 Apr 10
Russian archivists have said that Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg may have been alive after July 17, 1947. Wallenberg is credited with rescuing thousands of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. READ »

Wallenberg suicide secrets emerge after three decades

Society: 2 Mar 09
New documents have shown that the mother and stepfather of Raoul Wallenberg both committed suicide in 1979 having dedicated much of their lives in a despairing search for the missing Swedish diplomat. READ »

Russians in Sweden: taming a fear of the bear

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jan 09
In the first of a series highlighting different communities in Sweden, The Local’s David Landes takes a look at how the sprawling and complex history of Swedish-Russian relations affects life for Russians living in Sweden today. READ »

Sweden is in the eye of the beholder

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Oct 08
Sweden means many different things to many different people. Just ask the United States Secret Service, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. READ »

The third chair was for the spy

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Jul 08
A new Swedish snoop law has sparked the wildest political debate in many years. Cold War press veteran David Bartal wonders why people seem so surprised. READ »

What's on in Sweden: April 18 - 24

Lifestyle: 17 Apr 08
What's on this week in Sweden: Alcoholic drinks fair in Stockholm, Speedminton in Gothenburg, Angie Stone in Malmö. READ »

'Sweden needs a Stasi debate'

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Oct 07
Swedish security service Säpo should reveal the names of Swedes who collaborated with the East German Stasi, argues Moderate Party member of parliament Hans Wallmark. READ »

Wallenberg monument vandalized

National: 31 May 07
A monument to World War Two hero Raoul Wallenberg has been vandalized just a week after it was first unveiled. READ »

Sweden is virtually first in Second Life

Science & Technology: 30 May 07
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has cut a virtual ribbon to open a Swedish Embassy that only exists in cyberspace. But toasting the opening with virtual champagne could not beat real life diplomatic receptions, he opined. READ »

Introducing...the Wallenbergs

Lifestyle: 15 Jan 07
While the Social Democrats controlled the Swedish state for much of the past century, it was the Wallenbergs who controlled the country's business life. And now the family has let the TV cameras in. READ »

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