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'The future of freedom on the internet is at stake'

Analysis & Opinion: 21 May 13
Internet policy experts gather in Stockholm this week to grapple with online data protection and surveillance issues that everyone who surfs the web should care about, reports technologist Stefan Geens. READ »

Nord Stream plans new gas pipelines

Business & Money: 19 May 13
Gas pipeline firm Nord Stream will hold an information meeting on the Baltic island of Gotland on Monday to introduce a proposal to extend its controversial gas pipeline project. READ »

Live Blog: Eurovision Song Contest final

Lifestyle: 18 May 13
The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest Final is live in Malmö, southern Sweden. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Europe's biggest pop music spectacle. READ »

Fierce hockey rivals go head to head

Sport: 18 May 13
Ice hockey World Championships co-hosts Sweden and Finland continue their long-standing rivalry on Saturday with a place in the gold medal match at stake. READ »

Sweden ousts Canada in dramatic hockey win

Sport: 17 May 13
Sweden edged Olympic champions Canada 3-2 in a penalty shootout on Thursday night to set up semi-final clash against arch rivals Finland at the ice hockey World Championships. READ »

Lesbian kiss fails to shock Eurovision fans

National: 17 May 13
A woman-on-woman kiss during the semi-finals failed to raise eyebrows among Eurovision Song Contest fans, but AFP's Sören Billing finds out why the "Gays World Cup" may not please socially conservative eastern European authorities. READ »

Malmö Eurovision hype from Abba to Zlatan

Lifestyle: 16 May 13
From Bonnie Tyler and a Ukrainian giant, to a song by Avicii and Abba legends and a rumoured appearance by Malmö-native Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest packs a glitzy punch without the hefty price tag. READ »

Bildt welcomes China's new Arctic Council status

Politics: 15 May 13
Carl Bildt hailed a decision taken by the Arctic Council in Kiruna on Wednesday to grant India, China and five other nations permanent observer status at a summit boycotted by Greenland over what it felt was a snub by Sweden. READ »

Russia 'lacks capacity' to attack Sweden: Reinfeldt

Politics: 14 May 13
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Monday downplayed concerns of a growing Russian military threat against Sweden, claiming Russia had neither the "will nor the capacity" to attack Swedish territory. READ »

Swedish comic slams 'secret' Eurovision script

Society: 13 May 13
Swedish comedian Magnus Betnér has leaked what he claims to be a confidential script for a Eurovision sketch that he refused to be part of, stating that he hopes the "unfunny" piece is never aired. READ »

Swedish woman dies in game of Russian roulette

National: 3 May 13
A Swedish woman has died after playing what appeared to be a game of Russian roulette in western Sweden. The 23-year-old man who provided the weapon was charged for manslaughter on Thursday. READ »

India seals Ikea's emerging-market push

Business & Money: 3 May 13
Ikea, Sweden's budget furniture giant, cleared a key hurdle on Thursday when the Indian cabinet said yes to its planned $2-billion push into the vast emerging market. READ »

Most Swedes doubt Sweden can defend itself

Politics: 30 Apr 13
A new opinion poll showed that 83 percent of survey respondents doubted whether Sweden could defend itself. Ten percent said they did not know, leaving a slim sliver of six percent who trusted Sweden's defence. READ »

Swedes ditch downloads for illegal streaming

Business & Money: 29 Apr 13
Swedes are turning away from file-sharing sites like The Pirate Bay in favour of "safer" illegal streaming sites for new movies and TV shows, with experts claiming that Swedes would pay for content if a better solution was available. READ »

Swedish military leaks concern defence minister

Politics: 26 Apr 13
Sweden's Defence Minister has lashed out at sources leaking classified military documents about the country's readiness capacity, after two close Russian fly-bys were revealed in recent days. READ »

Electrolux profits drop after slow Europe sales

Business & Money: 25 Apr 13
Electrolux's net profits suffered a 28-percent drop in the first quarter, the Swedish home appliance giant reported on Thursday, citing sluggish demand in Europe and a strong krona. READ »

Russian spy plane spotted in Swedish strait

Politics: 25 Apr 13
A Russian spy plane reportedly flew through the international strip of airspace in between Sweden's main Baltic islands of Öland and Gotland on Saturday. READ »

'Military mouthpiece' sets off WikiLeaks backlash

Politics: 23 Apr 13
Twitter users in Sweden have leapt to an entertaining defence of their country after @WikiLeaks accused the @Sweden curator of being a military mouthpiece - after he labelled them "mad tinfoil hatters" . READ »

Sweden won't demand Russia fly-by explanation

Politics: 22 Apr 13
The revelation that Nato stepped in instead of the Swedish military during a recent Russian fly-by has Swedish political commentators seething, while the defence minister has admitted a shift in Russia's military behaviour. READ »

Russian jets practised attacks on Sweden

Politics: 22 Apr 13
Russian fighter planes carried out training missions just outside the Swedish border over Easter; Sweden's military, however, was too slow to react and had to rely on help from Nato, according to a media report on Monday. READ »

TeliaSonera sales slump as market shifts to data

Business & Money: 19 Apr 13
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera on Friday reported a first quarter decline in sales and profit amid strong competition and a drop in revenue from texting and traditional voice traffic in relation to data services. READ »

H&M set to dress Sweden's Olympians

Sport: 17 Apr 13
Swedish clothing giant H&M announced on Wednesday that it would be dressing Sweden's athletes for the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and Sochi. READ »

Swedish zoo cheers rare Siberian tiger cubs

Society: 16 Apr 13
Three Siberian tigers have been born at a wildlife park in western Sweden, the zoo announced on Tuesday, with the striped bundles of fur estimated to be up and running within a few weeks. READ »

Global military spending falls: Swedish think tank

Business & Money: 15 Apr 13
Spending on weapons and military services dropped in 2012 compared to the year before, the first annual drop since 1998, according to the findings of a Swedish think tank. READ »

Sweden chides Baltic states over environment record

Science & Technology: 6 Apr 13
Swedish Environmental Minister Lena Ek has said that the Baltic Sea nations' failure to protect the region's environment is "worrying". READ »

Swedbank to pull out of Russia and Ukraine

Business & Money: 2 Apr 13
Swedish bank Swedbank has announced plans to shutter operations in Russia and Ukraine as part of a strategy to focus on markets closer to home. READ »

Tele2 Russia sale prompts bidding war

Business & Money: 29 Mar 13
The sale by Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 of its Russian subsidiary to state bank VTB, annnounced on Thursday, has piqued the attention of competitors who have said they could make a better offer. READ »

Swede to lead Syria chemical weapons probe

Politics: 27 Mar 13
The UN has appointed a Swedish disarmament expert who led arms investigations in Iraq to look into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. READ »

Ericsson frets over lack of foreign students

Science & Technology: 22 Mar 13
The shrinking number of foreign university students in Sweden has left tech companies like telecom giant Ericsson worried about a shortage of potential employees. READ »

Snow and a strong krona dampen H&M profits

Business & Money: 21 Mar 13
Sweden's budget fashion giant H&M has cited disappointing sales and exchange-rate woes as factors behind a drop in net profit, and said the lingering winter will take a swipe at its spring collections. READ »

Borg: Cyprus has a week to avoid collapse

Business & Money: 20 Mar 13
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg has said that Cyprus has around a week to find a negotiated settlement to its financial travails or face the prospect of meltdown. READ »

China's arms exports soar: Swedish think tank

Business & Money: 18 Mar 13
A Swedish think tank ranked China on Monday as the world's fifth largest arms exporter, overtaking Britain and jumping to its highest position since the Cold War. READ »

Learning Swedish from Russia with love

Education: 14 Mar 13
With more students worldwide choosing to learn Swedish, The Local catches up with Marina Astashevskaya - a Swedish teacher in Russia - whose classes help bridge the gap between love-refugees and their families in Russia. READ »

Another avalanche hits Åre ski resort

Science & Technology: 10 Mar 13
A snowslide broke out in Åre just a day after a powerful avalanche claimed a young man's life, leading police to appeal to skiers to avoid off-piste areas. READ »

Sweden on top in gay friendly travel rating

Travel: 8 Mar 13
Sweden came first in a rating of the gay-friendliest countries in the world, published on Thursday by the Spartacus International Gay Guide. READ »

'The northern lights are simply spectacular'

Travel: 8 Mar 13
In our weekly profile of people's lives in different parts of Sweden, The Local catches up with a Spanish couple who traded the sunny climes of Galicia for the snow, reindeer, and northern lights of Skellefteå. READ »

Fouled food found at Ikeas in France, Russia

National: 7 Mar 13
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has halted the sale of sausages in Russia and chocolate cakes in France and more than 20 other countries after finding the products contained horsemeat and faecal bacteria respectively. READ »

Sweden snags six medals in Gothenburg

Sport: 4 Mar 13
Sweden took home an unexpected tally of six medals at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Gothenburg at the weekend, including a spectacular gold by runner Abeba Aregawi. READ »

Russia mocks Sweden's lack of military might

Politics: 1 Mar 13
Russians have seized on statements by the top Swedish military commander about Sweden's limited capacity to defend itself, responding with an Abba-inspired satirical jab broadcast on national television. READ »

Ikea beefs up meat ban over horsemeat fears

National: 27 Feb 13
Horsemeat contamination fears have prompted Swedish furniture giant Ikea to halt the sale of additional meat products after new tests by a Sweden-based meatball supplier confirmed horsemeat content. READ »

Double silver medal joy for Sweden

Sport: 24 Feb 13
Charlotte Kalla and Ida Ingemarsdotter claimed the World Championship cross country silver medal for Sweden in the women's team sprint in Val di Fiemme, Italy on Sunday, while Marcus Hellner and Emil Jönsson finished second in the men's event. READ »

Belarus jails guard over Swedes' teddy bear drop

National: 19 Feb 13
A border guard on duty when a Swedish plane flew over Belarus last summer to drop hundreds of pro-democracy teddy bears has been jailed for failing to stop the stuffed-animal assault. READ »

Volvo sale helps Renault post a profit

Business & Money: 14 Feb 13
Half of French automaker Renault's $2.4 billion net profit from last year came from selling a stake in Swedish group AB Volvo. READ »

Regional focus welcomed in Bildt's speech

National: 13 Feb 13
Sweden’s foreign minister chose to begin his annual foreign policy speech with a focus on Nordic and Baltic cooperation, calling for a new “Hanseatic age of prosperity” and underlining joint military tasks. READ »

Court ruling ends Sweden's wolf hunt

Science & Technology: 13 Feb 13
Sweden's licensed wolf hunt is effectively over for the season after a court decision on Tuesday left in place a lower court's ruling stopping the hunt. READ »

Use Patriot missiles to defend Sweden: minister

Politics: 11 Feb 13
Sweden should consider placing US-made Patriot missiles on the island of Gotland to help deter a resurgent Russia, Sweden's deputy prime minister has argued in a call for greater military spending. READ »

'I dream that my son has been butchered'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 13
As the Swedish media examines the climate of hatred towards women in the public eye, editor and author Åsa Linderborg recounts what happened when her newspaper Aftonbladet decided to blow the lid on Sweden’s far-right websites. (WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE). READ »

Russia beats Sweden to win gold in bandy final

Sport: 4 Feb 13
The Sweden national bandy team went down 3-4 to Russia in the 2013 Bandy World Championships in western Sweden on Sunday. READ »

Swedish wolf hunt claims first prey

Science & Technology: 2 Feb 13
The first of sixteen wolves permitted in the ongoing hunt was killed on Saturday morning close to Örebrö in central Sweden. READ »

Wolf hunt quota angers environmentalists

Science & Technology: 1 Feb 13
Sweden is to resume its wolf hunt in what authorities have described as a bid to limit inbreeding, while environmentalists argued on Thursday that it violates EU law. READ »

TeliaSonera cuts Sweden staff despite profits

Business & Money: 31 Jan 13
Swedish-Finnish telecom operator TeliaSonera reported an 8 percent rise in 2012 net profits on Thursday, but still plans to reduce the size of its workforce in Sweden. READ »

Scania reports net profit loss after demand drop

Business & Money: 30 Jan 13
Swedish truck manufacturers Scania on Wednesday reported a 30-percent drop in net profits, claiming that low demand in Europe and the Middle East has hit the company hard in 2012. READ »

Sweden braces for 'deep freeze' in February

Science & Technology: 23 Jan 13
Meteorologists are warning that next month in Sweden will be even colder than January, with temperatures set to plummet across the entire Nordic region. READ »

Ikea set for spending spree as profits boom

Business & Money: 23 Jan 13
Ikea posted an 8-percent increase in full-year profits on Wednesday, with the Swedish furniture retailer set to open two dozen stores and add thousands of jobs in 2013. READ »

Ikea clears major hurdle in India expansion bid

Business & Money: 22 Jan 13
Ikea has won approval from a foreign investment panel in India for a $2 billion plan to open several branches of the Swedish flat-pack furniture giant across the country. READ »

Sweden rules out taking Syria's Assad to the ICC

Politics: 16 Jan 13
Sweden was the lone EU member state to opt out of a petition the UN Security Council to take Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the International Criminal Court (ICC), disappointing human rights observers who claim the move is "un-Swedish". READ »

Sweden ramps up industrial espionage fight

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 13
Industrial espionage directed against Swedish companies and research institutions is on the rise, according to intelligence officials, prompting new inter-agency intelligence coordination to protect national security. READ »

Porn mars Swedish news show's live broadcast

Society: 7 Jan 13
A pornographic film was shown live during a Swedish television news broadcast on Monday adding an unexpected erotic twist to an otherwise sober report about embattled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. READ »

The US steals Sweden's hockey gold dreams

Sport: 6 Jan 13
Sweden failed to defend their World Junior Ice Hockey Championships gold on Saturday as the United States clinched a 3-1 win in the final in Ufa, Russia. READ »

Ikea bid set for green light in India: minister

Business & Money: 27 Dec 12
India's commerce minister has taken "a favourable view" of plans to open Sweden's retail giant Ikea in India, despite the string of proposed retail changes put forward last month. READ »

Swedes unfazed by looming 'apocalypse'

Society: 20 Dec 12
The Local's Eric Johansson spent what may be his last day on earth looking into why so few Swedes see any reason to worry about Friday, December 21st, which according to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar will be the end of the world. READ »

CEO: 'very difficult' for Volvo Cars to avoid loss

Business & Money: 19 Dec 12
The head of Volvo Cars warned in an interview on Tuesday that it would be "very difficult" for the company to avoid losing money this year and next. READ »

Soviet submarine wreck found off Sweden

Science & Technology: 17 Dec 12
The Swedish military announced on Monday it had discovered the remains of a Russian submarine on the Baltic Sea bed near the island of Öland. READ »

Sweden beat Norway to curling gold

Sport: 16 Dec 12
Sweden took home gold at this weekend's European Curling Championships in Karlstad, beating Norway 8-5. READ »

Renault sheds shares in Sweden's Volvo Trucks

Business & Money: 13 Dec 12
French carmaker Renault said Wednesday it had begun to sell off its remaining shares in Swedish truck manufacturer AB Volvo to reduce the company's debt and raise funds for investment. READ »

Spies in Sweden mostly from China, Russia, Iran

Politics: 8 Dec 12
Spies from more than 15 foreign powers are operating in Sweden today, with Russia, China and Iran being the most active in espionage within Sweden's borders. READ »

Eurovision finals in Malmö still a hot ticket

Society: 4 Dec 12
With tickets to the 2013 Eurovision finals in Malmö selling out in a flash last week, music fans across Europe have flooded resale sites at levels on par with the Euro 2012 football tournament. READ »

Swedish children need to study more: minister

Education: 27 Nov 12
Sweden failed to make an appearance in a list of the top 20 countries worldwide ranked by education quality, a review which coincided with the Finance Minister claiming that Swedish kids need to study more. READ »

Russians cruise to first place in tourist spending

Business & Money: 26 Nov 12
They might not be many, but Russian tourists are the ones to empty their pockets when visiting Sweden, a new report shows. READ »

Ikea can't get the meatball rolling in India

Business & Money: 23 Nov 12
Ikea's India expansion plans hit a potential snag this week after the Swedish furniture giant learned it may not be able to sell its famed meatballs in new stores after authorities rejected a number of planned product lines. READ »

Santa Winter Games draw Christmas lovers to the Arctic

Lifestyle: 18 Nov 12
Santas from around the world have gathered in Gällivare to compete in reindeer-riding, porridge-eating and Christmas carol karaoke, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert reports. READ »

Police raid Russian gang at refugee camp

National: 15 Nov 12
Police raided a refugee housing facility in western Sweden on Thursday, hauling in seven people suspected of having ties to a Russian criminal network. READ »

Mats Sundin inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame

Sport: 13 Nov 12
Swedish ice hockey star Mats Sundin was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday, making him only the second Swede to ever receive the honour. READ »

Czechs down Swedes in ice hockey opener

Sport: 8 Nov 12
Sweden’s ice hockey team began the four-nation Karjala Cup on Wednesday with a loss to the Czech Republic, the same team that knocked the Swedes out of the world championships in May. READ »

Power, Pussy Riot and Redford hit Stockholm

Lifestyle: 6 Nov 12
As the 23rd Stockholm International Film Festival draws back the curtain this week, Peter Vinthagen Simpson explores this year’s theme of “power” to find out what Robert Redford and Pussy Riot have in common. READ »

Military releases 'secret' foreign fighter jet pics

Science & Technology: 2 Nov 12
The Swedish Armed Forces on Friday published previously classified pictures of foreign aircraft taken close to Swedish airspace for the first time since the end of the Cold War. READ »

Sweden agrees to help monitor Nato airspace

Politics: 31 Oct 12
Non-aligned Sweden has agreed to help monitor Nato airspace over Iceland in 2014 in what is seen as being a sensitive step for the non-Nato member. READ »

Swedish roe to be served in Tokyo eateries

Society: 30 Oct 12
Vendace roe from the Bothnian Bay in the north of Sweden, the only Swedish product currently with an EU-protected designation of origin, is being launched as a delicacy in top notch restaurants in Japan. READ »

Ericsson shares slide as profits nosedive

Business & Money: 26 Oct 12
Profits at Ericsson dropped 42 percent in the third quarter, the Swedish telecom equipment maker reported on Friday, citing challenges in the European and Asian markets. READ »

Kinnevik invests billions in German online shop

National: 20 Oct 12
Swedish investment company Kinnevik has spent 2 billion kronor ($300 million) on expanding its stake in the Berlin-based online shoe and clothing shop Zalando. 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 »

Norway mum's killer will be extradited: police

National: 17 Oct 12
The 45-year-old man who abducted his son and murdered his Russian ex-girlfriend will be extradited to Norway, police reported on Wednesday. READ »

Swede admits to killing missing Norway woman

National: 15 Oct 12
A 26-year-old woman who had been reported missing together with her one-year-old son has been found dead in a wood near the home of her former Swedish partner, who was arrested earlier on Monday in southern Sweden. READ »

Russians arrest imam shooting suspect

National: 13 Oct 12
Russian security services have arrested a 35-year-old man suspected of the attempted murder of an imam in northern Sweden in February. READ »

Ikea files final paperwork for India entry

Business & Money: 8 Oct 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is one step closer to setting up retail operations in India, spokespeople for the company said on Monday, after the company has filed the final paperwork with Indian authorities. READ »

Swedes paid off Russian expert in secret intel deal

Business & Money: 4 Oct 12
Two Swedish military agencies at the centre of a scandal over plans to build a weapons factory in Saudi Arabia also secretly paid millions of kronor to a Russian arms expert for information relevant to the project, a new report has revealed. READ »

'Millennium Falcon' divers in old wine find

Science & Technology: 2 Oct 12
Swedish divers famous for finding an object on the Baltic Sea floor resembling a well-known spaceship from the Star Wars films are celebrating the recovery of drinkable wine from a nearly century-old Swedish shipwreck. READ »

Foreign degree validation benefits vary: study

Society: 26 Sep 12
While two thirds of those who've had foreign university degrees formally validated in Sweden still don't work in their fields of expertise, the process nevertheless helps jobseekers in other ways, a study has found. READ »

Top Telia boss in sex club bribery scandal

Business & Money: 25 Sep 12
A Stockholm-based manager from Swedish-Finnish telecom giant TeliaSonera is under investigation for corruption in a scandal that reportedly involves expensive mobile phones, ice hockey and sex club visits. READ »

Ikea pulls Pussy Riot protest pic

Society: 24 Sep 12
Swedish furniture giant Ikea removed a picture from its Russian website of four youths wearing balaclavas, in an apparent reference to the punk band Pussy Riot, members of which were jailed in Russia in August in a much-criticized ruling. READ »

Swedes like the US more than the EU: study

National: 17 Sep 12
Swedes have a more favourable opinion of the United States than they do of the European Union, according to a new study, which also found Sweden to have the lowest opinion of Israel of any EU country. READ »

Putin weighs in on Assange: 'it's political'

Politics: 6 Sep 12
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Julian Assange's extradition battle "political" on Thursday, accusing the UK of double standards in ordering the WikiLeaks founder extradited to Sweden on sex crime accusations. READ »

AIK boots Moscow giants in Europa League thriller

Sport: 31 Aug 12
Stockholm football club AIK achieved a stunning two goal away victory over CSKA Moscow to advance to the next round of the Europa League tournament. READ »

Swedish team launches UFO retrieval mission

Science & Technology: 30 Aug 12
A research team set off for northern Sweden on Thursday to get to the bottom a "Ghost Rocket" sighting from 1980 that has been labelled as “the biggest UFO mystery in the world” and which the Swedish military kept classified for years. READ »

World's rarest crocodiles hatched in Swedish zoo

Society: 24 Aug 12
A litter of 16 Cuban crocodiles has been hatched in a Swedish zoo to parents that were previously owned by Fidel Castro and smuggled via Moscow to Stockholm in a zoo keeper's hand luggage. 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 »

Assange thanks Ecuador, condemns the US

National: 19 Aug 12
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange thanked Ecuador for its support in a statement from Quito's embassy in London on Sunday and slammed the US, although made no mention of the sex offences allegations he faces in Sweden. READ »

Foreign diplomats owe huge parking fine debt

Business & Money: 17 Aug 12
Foreign diplomats to Sweden have amassed almost 600 unpaid parking tickets so far this year, with the total amount of unpaid fines for the year reaching over 400,000 kronor ($59,642). READ »

EU backs Sweden, ducks Belarus diplomatic crisis

Politics: 11 Aug 12
The European Union has said that a "very clear message" would be sent to Minsk in the coming days following the expulsion of Swedish diplomats, but stopped short of pulling out EU ambassadors in solidarity. READ »

Celtic hurdle remains for Swedish champs

Sport: 11 Aug 12
Swedish champions Helsingborg must overcome the Scottish champions Celtic in order to claim a place in the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2000. READ »

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