Royal

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March in Sweden: Slush, bears and skiing royals

Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
The Year in Sweden - March: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

University massacre threat suspect released

National: 17 Mar 10
The 33-year-old student held on suspicion of the massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has been released. READ »

Republicans call for elk to dethrone cash king

Society: 16 Mar 10
The Swedish Republican Association has called on the central bank to ditch the royals on the country's coins and bank notes in favour of majestic beasts and giants of science and literature. READ »

Student expresses regret over massacre threat

National: 16 Mar 10
A 33-year-old man arrested in connection with a massacre threat at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm on Monday has expressed "deep regret" over his actions, as a wave of copycat threats spread across the country. READ »

Man held over university massacre threat

National: 15 Mar 10
A man has been arrested for threatening a student massacre at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm. READ »

Swedish Eurovision fever cools

Society: 12 Mar 10
Is Sweden falling out of love with Eurovision? On the verge of this year's national final, new figures show that while the event still tops the ratings, media interest, viewing figures and public voting are all in decline. READ »

Mounting costs for royal wedding

National: 7 Mar 10
Royal events can be expensive. A case in point is the wedding this summer of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling. So far, costs of 80 million kronor ($11.4 million) have been made known. READ »

Swedes back pensioner king to carry on

Society: 1 Mar 10
A majority of Swedes are in favour of King Carl XVI Gustaf remaining on the throne despite reaching the pension age in 2011. READ »

SVT 'cheering on the monarchy'

Society: 24 Feb 10
The Swedish Republican Association has accused public service broadcaster SVT of ditching its principles of objectivity ahead of the impending wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. READ »

Grenades found at Royal Palace in Stockholm

National: 22 Feb 10
A routine inspection of the Royal Palace of Stockholm in early February uncovered two decorative grenades. The explosive devices could have been lying gathering dust for over four decades, according to a military report. READ »

Westling learns how to become Prince Daniel

National: 21 Feb 10
Daniel Westling, fiancé of the Swedish Crown Princess, is participating in a comprehensive program to deepen his understanding about being a prince. He is marrying Crown Princess Victoria in June. READ »

Unions slam fees for foreign students

Education: 19 Feb 10
Student groups have roundly criticised the Swedish government's move to charge fees to non-EU/EEA college and universty students from the autumn term 2011. READ »

Why deny a princess her fairytale? Republicans and the royal weddings

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Feb 10
With Sweden's royal wedding year now upon us, writer and commoner Allan Burnett hoists the flag for an influential group catering for the anti-monarchy needs of a large and flabbergasted minority. READ »

'Sexual harassment rife in Swedish theatre'

Society: 15 Feb 10
Every third woman working within Swedish film and theatre has been subjected to sexual harassment, often by those in a supervisory capacity, a new survey published on Monday shows. READ »

'Backward' rental market must be fixed: expert

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, according to a new report published this week. The Local has found that behind the heated dialogue there lie few easy solutions. READ »

Citizen protests block hotel expansion in heritage town

National: 7 Feb 10
An exclusive hotel in ancient Sigtuna is denied permission to expand after vigorous citizen protests. The town is regarded as a national heritage. READ »

Royal court decries report on Westling 'illness'

National: 6 Feb 10
The Royal Court has decried a media report that Daniel Westling, fiancé of the Swedish Crown Princess, was seriously ill a few days ago and in the care of a doctor. READ »

Fewer student swindlers suspended for cheating

Education: 29 Jan 10
A tighter control of plagiarism across the Swedish education system is thought to be working after the number of students suspended on grounds of cheating at colleges and universities fell by 15 percent last year. READ »

What's On in Sweden - January 22nd to 28th

Lifestyle: 20 Jan 10
What’s on in Sweden: Hair raising opera in Stockholm, blowing bubbles in Gothenburg and a postcard from Scotland in Malmö. READ »

Swede slams English use for royal wedding bash

Society: 18 Jan 10
A slogan chosen by the city of Stockholm to promote events related to the June 2010 wedding of Crown Princess Victoria has been reported to the Ombudsmen of Justice for violating Sweden’s language laws. READ »

Opera mood marred by sexual harassment case

Society: 11 Jan 10
Tensions are running high at the Royal Swedish Opera as ballet director Marc Ribaud is issued with an official warning after sexually harassing a female member of staff. READ »

Ex-royal bodyguard charged with rape

National: 5 Jan 10
An agent with Swedish security service Säpo who once served as a bodyguard for King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria has been charged with raping a woman near Uppsala in eastern Sweden. READ »

Swedish companies shun foreign ownership

Business & Money: 31 Dec 09
At a time when Sweden's largest automakers – both owned by American companies – are up for grabs, Swedish companies remain sceptical about foreign ownership, a new poll shows. READ »

Prince-to-be named Sweden's hottest country bumpkin

Society: 28 Dec 09
Daniel Westling, who is set to become Prince and Duke of Västergötaland when he marries Crown Princess Victoria next June, can now also add “hottest hick” of the year to his list of titles. READ »

King and queen to launch new youth forum

Society: 26 Dec 09
In traditional Christmas speeches on December 25, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Sylvia announced the launch of a new forum for children and youth in honour of the 20th anniversary of the United Nation's Convention of the Right's of the Child. 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 »

Müller slams Russia at Nobel awards ceremony

Society: 11 Dec 09
While the glittering Nobel Prize ceremony opened to a trumpet fanfare, Herta Müller, winner of the Nobel Literature Prize, criticized a number of countries, including Russia, for their lack of commitment to human rights. READ »

Pomp aplenty as winners gather for Nobel gala

Society: 10 Dec 09
Nobel season reaches its pinnacle on Thursday evening as the 2009 laureates receive their awards from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and dignitaries gather for the banquet of the year at City Hall in Stockholm. READ »

Nobel Week kicks off with feast and fancy

Society: 6 Dec 09
Nobel Week is once again in full swing, with the 12 Nobel laureates and their respective entourages arriving in the Swedish capital over the weekend. The week’s festivities will culminate with the Nobel Ceremony and Banquet on Thursday. READ »

The Lowdown on von Koenigsegg

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 09
It sounded like a plot from a Bond film: a completely bald aristocratic inventor, sitting in his lair in a converted aircraft hangar, plotting the takeover of the iconic Saab car brand. READ »

Ikea profits since 2000: 200 billion kronor

Business & Money: 23 Nov 09
Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has raked in more than 200 billion kronor ($29 billion) in profits since the turn of the century, according to a new report. READ »

Reinfeldt reclaims top spot in Sweden power rankings

National: 6 Nov 09
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt can once again lay claim to the title of Sweden’s most power person, having nudged his own finance minister Anders Borg from the top spot in a new ranking released on Thursday. READ »

Michelin-starred Swedish restaurant to close

Business & Money: 5 Nov 09
Edsbacka Krog, one of only two Swedish restaurants currently in possession of two Michelin stars, is to close, the luxury Stockholm eatery said in a statement on Thursday. READ »

Royals must wait in line for flu vaccine

National: 31 Oct 09
Daniel Westling, fiancé of Crown Princess Victoria, has received the swine flu vaccine after being placed in a high-risk group following a kidney transplant earlier this year. The rest of the Swedish Royal Family, however, has to wait patiently for the jab. READ »

Royal wedding brings military to attention

National: 17 Oct 09
The Swedish Armed Forces are beginning preparations for next year's royal nuptials and anticipate sending 3,000 soldiers to stand guard when Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria marries Daniel Westling in June. READ »

Sweden's Princess Madeleine in underwear 'bomb' scare

Society: 15 Oct 09
A mysterious package addressed to Sweden’s Princess Madeleine at the World Childhood Foundation in New York prompted a response from the police’s bomb squad on Tuesday. READ »

Placido Domingo accepts Swedish opera prize

National: 14 Oct 09
The first Birgit Nilsson prize was awarded on Tuesday to Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, who claimed the award amounted to the "Nobel prize of music." READ »

Americans claim Nobel economics prize

Business & Money: 12 Oct 09
Two Americans have been awarded the 2009 Nobel economics prize for their research on economic governance, including the first woman to ever receive the prize. READ »

Three to split Nobel chemistry prize

National: 7 Oct 09
Three chemists are to share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work in revealing more about how cells go about using bits of DNA to form the blueprints for living organisms. READ »

Fibre optic pioneers to share Nobel physics prize

National: 6 Oct 09
Three researchers are to share the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for their breakthroughs in fibre optics and digital imaging, the Royal Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday. READ »

October in Sweden: forest royalty, bandy, prizes from the Academy

Lifestyle: 6 Oct 09
The Year in Sweden - October: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Record company lawsuits a 'threat to free culture'

Analysis & Opinion: 24 Sep 09
Are lawsuits and threats the music industry's new money-spinning idea, now that record sales have fallen, asks Madeleine Sjöstedt, Stockholm's Vice Mayor for Culture and Sports and member of the Liberal Party (Folkpartiet). READ »

Skype founder awarded top Swedish tech prize

Business & Money: 14 Sep 09
The Swedish founder of internet telephony software company Skype, Niklas Zennström, has been named the recipient of a prestigious prize awarded by the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. READ »

Baltic bliss: boating in the Stockholm archipelago

Travel: 14 Sep 09
Having lived for some time in a city so dominated by waterways and islands, Alannah Eames decides it's high time to take the plunge and join the boat set. READ »

Cyprus hit by Swedish royal wedding rumours

Society: 9 Sep 09
A Cypriot newspaper reported on Wednesday that the wedding of one of the daughters of the Swedish king is to take place on the Mediterranean island this Friday, a claim rejected by Princess Madeleine's secretary. READ »

Swedish study traces origins of man's best friend

Science & Technology: 3 Sep 09
A team of Swedish and Chinese researchers has discovered that the first ever dogs emerged in an area south of the Yangtze River in China some 16,000 years ago. READ »

Sweden's archbishop to perform Victoria's royal wedding

Society: 23 Aug 09
Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel Westling are to be wed by Sweden’s archbishop Anders Wejryd. READ »

Fuglesang heads for second space adventure

Science & Technology: 14 Aug 09
Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang has begun preparations in Houston for his second trip into space. READ »

'I fell for her beautiful blue eyes'

Society: 11 Aug 09
Princess Madeleine and fiancé Jonas Bergström revealed on Tuesday that their decision to wed came in June when the future duke went down on one knee during a holiday on the Italian island of Capri. READ »

Summer Rail Destinations: Stockholm

Travel: 11 Aug 09
The antiquity of Gamla Stan, the forests of Djurgården, the cliffs of Södermalm and of course the surrounding blue sea: all these elements combine to help make Stockholm one of the world’s most beautiful cities. READ »

Madeleine's engagement 'a surprise': royal watcher

Society: 11 Aug 09
The timing of Princess Madeleine's engagement to boyfriend Jonas Bergström has come as a surprise to most Swedes, a royal expert tells The Local. READ »

Princess Madeleine announces engagement

Society: 11 Aug 09
Princess Madeleine, Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf's youngest child, is to wed her long-time boyfriend Jonas Bergström, the Royal Court has announced. READ »

Nobel corruption probe dropped

National: 8 Aug 09
An investigation into the alleged corruption of several members of the Nobel prize science committee will be laid down, a Swedish prosecutor announced Friday. READ »

Bird-chasing guards rip palace painting with bamboo sticks

National: 6 Aug 09
Bamboo-wielding guards at the royal palace in Stockholm have damaged a portrait of the first Bernadotte king while in hot pursuit of a renegade jackdaw. READ »

German court ups Princess Madeleine's libel award

Society: 31 Jul 09
False German media reports that Sweden’s Princess Madeleine was pregnant and planning to marry have resulting in the princess being awarded €400,000 ($565,000) in damages by a German court. READ »

Kalmar: more than merely a Baltic gateway

Travel: 28 Jul 09
The historic town of Kalmar has plenty to offer travelers who dare to venture off the well-worn road which leads to the more-high profile Baltic island situated nearby, The Local’s Marge Thorell discovers. READ »

Swedish Donald Duck wades into pirates' waters

Society: 27 Jul 09
The Swedish publishers of Kalle & Anka & Co, a comic featuring the Disney character Donald Duck, have expressed regret over an edition featuring the loveable children's character engaging in internet 'piracy'. READ »

Iranians barred from Swedish universities

Science & Technology: 21 Jul 09
Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s security service Säpo. 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 »

Princess Victoria brings birthday fever to Swedish island

Society: 14 Jul 09
Thousands of well-wishers are expected to flock to Borgholm on the Swedish island of Öland to join in Crown Princess Victoria's 32nd birthday celebrations on Tuesday. READ »

Ohly declares royal residence 'a scandal'

Society: 13 Jul 09
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has spoken out against the Swedish government's decision to turn Haga Palace in Stockholm into a royal residence following Crown Princess Victoria's wedding to Daniel Westling next year. READ »

Royal dish rags hit Swedish stores

Society: 12 Jul 09
A plethora of souvenirs commemorating the engagement between Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling has begun to flood the market. At Designforum, a shop in Gävle, a royal dish rag has become a best seller. READ »

Rights holders seek royalties for music in the workplace

Science & Technology: 7 Jul 09
Groups representing the interests of Sweden’s music publishers are demanding that nearly 3,000 companies and organizations pay up to 40,000 kronor ($5,000) per year for allowing employees to listen to music during the work day. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 26 - July 2

Lifestyle: 24 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Bunny Wailer (JAM) and The Pet Shop Boys (UK) in Stockholm; heavy metal festival & A Camp in Gothenburg; Atmosphere (US) in Malmö. READ »

Taking the night train to Oslo

Travel: 11 Jun 09
Surrounded by hills and forest on three sides and a spectacular fjord to the south, Oslo is like no other capital city in Europe. During the summer, arrive the romantic way by taking the night train from Stockholm or Malmö. READ »

What's on in Sweden: June 5 - 11

Lifestyle: 4 Jun 09
What's on in Sweden: Lewis Black and Early Music Festival in Stockholm; Beer festival & World Cup football in Gothenburg; Buju Banton & Mandela exhibition in Malmö. READ »

Swedish collector snags former queen's desk at auction

Society: 3 Jun 09
A recently discovered 300-year-old desk which once belonged to Sweden’s Queen Hedvig Eleonora has been sold at auction in Uppsala in central Sweden. READ »

Titiyo: Swedish music royalty

Lifestyle: 2 Jun 09
After a seven year break, Titiyo returns with a new sound and new enthusiasm. Keith Moore talks to the sister of Neneh and Eagle Eye Cherry about music, family, the past and the future. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 29 - June 4

Lifestyle: 28 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Bruce Springsteen and Dylan Moran in Stockholm; Speedway Grand Prix in Gothenburg; The Eagles in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Princess Victoria on climate change visit to Greenland

Science & Technology: 28 May 09
Crown Princess Victoria joined the two other heirs to Scandinavia's thrones on Wednesday for a visit to Greenland to raise awareness of how the Arctic region has been affected by climate change. READ »

Kidney transplant for Princess's fiancé

National: 27 May 09
Daniel Westling, the fiancé of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, has received a new kidney from his father, royal officials have announced. READ »

What's on in Sweden: May 22 - 28

Lifestyle: 20 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Ingmar Bergman theatre festival in Stockholm; International performance art in Gothenburg; Ghostface Killah and Funda Arar in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Modern-day Vikings pillage streets of Stockholm

Lifestyle: 19 May 09
With picturesque cobblestone streets, cozy cafes and an abundance of history, Gamla Stan is, with good reason, one of Stockholm’s main tourist attractions. Join Lydia Parafianowicz on a Viking pillage through the Old Town. READ »

Swedes stay at home with Eurovision fever

Society: 16 May 09
At least for a day, Eurovision Song Contest fever is making bigger headlines than swine flu. Almost a third of Swedes will be glued to their televisions today to watch opera singer Malena Ernman in her bid to bring the country its fifth Eurovision victory. READ »