Söderhamn
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Politician got benefits for son working abroad
Business & Money: 4 Feb 13
The Swedish police are looking into whether a Swedish municipal politician committed benefit fraud by paying his sons to be his personal assistants when one of them was studying abroad.
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'Immigrant areas have fewer social problems'
National: 3 Feb 13
Some areas of Sweden with low levels of immigration have more pronounced social problems than towns with higher numbers of immigrants, according to the conclusions of a new report based on the UN Human Development Index.
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Young Swedes struggle with woeful job market
Society: 19 Nov 12
With Sweden's youth unemployment statistics consistently high and more young Swedes forced to seek greener pastures in Norway, AFP's Soren Billing looks into the Swedish model and how it's leaving young Swedes jobless.
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Jobless Swedes paid to move to Norway
Business & Money: 31 Oct 12
A town in eastern Sweden has launched a creative approach to battling youth unemployment in the area by paying jobless young people to move to Norway.
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Swedish hunter baffled by naked sculpture find
Society: 23 Oct 12
A hunter made a macabre find in the forest on an island off the east coast of Sweden at the weekend, stumbling across several life-sized wooden sculptures depicting tied-up naked women.
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Bus driver leaves 10-year-old on forest road
Society: 17 Oct 12
The parents of a 10-year-old schoolgirl in central Sweden were outraged after their daughter was kicked off the bus on a forest road some 20 kilometres from her home with an “invalid” bus pass.
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Bulgarian berry pickers evacuated to Stockholm
Business & Money: 25 Jul 12
Some 100 hundred Bulgarian berry pickers left stranded in the forests near Svabensverk in northern Sweden are on their way to the Bulgarian embassy in Stockholm to the dismay of the ambassador.
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Pickers 'dumped' in forest after poor harvest
Business & Money: 24 Jul 12
Many foreign berry pickers want to return home after the scant berry harvest has caused employers to simply dump them in the woods.
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More berry pickers could be exploited: expert
Business & Money: 23 Jul 12
New guidelines issued last year to make it harder for companies to take advantage of foreign labour don't apply to EU citizens, making these more attractive for employers, according to an expert.
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'Fake' grandkids held for conning 150 seniors
Business & Money: 31 May 12
Two men have been held in northern Sweden on suspicion of repeatedly swindling elderly people by pretending to be their grandchildren.
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Swedes' anti-gay flyers not free speech: court
Society: 9 Feb 12
Sweden’s Supreme Court was right to convict four men of hate crimes for distributing "offensive" homophobic flyers at a school, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.
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Ice and snow cause motorway mayhem
National: 4 Feb 12
The E4 motorway was closed between Gävle and Söderhamn in northern Sweden on Friday afternoon after over 50 accidents were recorded in the icy conditions.
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Police return stolen bike after 15 years
Society: 23 Aug 11
A woman in Gävle, in eastern Sweden, was surprised to receive a call from the police saying that the bike she reported stolen 15 years ago had been found.
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Swedish police duped by 'hijacked bus' stunt
Society: 5 Mar 11
More than 15 squad cars set loose in a high-speed chase in Hälsingland in eastern Sweden on Friday evening after receiving information that two armed men had hijacked a bus.
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Flooding and ice wreak havoc across Sweden
National: 16 Jan 11
Freezing conditions in northern Sweden and flooding in the south caused traffic chaos across the country on Sunday.
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'Tattoo' filming on hold as star injured: report
Society: 23 Sep 10
Rooney Mara, the actress cast to play the role of Lisbeth Salander in the US remake of Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has been injured in Stockholm, forcing a delay in filming.
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Sweden preps for filming of Hollywood's 'Tattoo'
Society: 15 Sep 10
Several locations in Sweden are bracing for a Hollywood invasion this autumn, with filming of the English-language version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" set to start within weeks.
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Immigrant employment rates vary by region
Business & Money: 11 Jun 10
Employment rates between local- and foreign-born workers differ by more than 30 percentage points in some areas of Sweden, according to a report from Statistics Sweden.
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Major Swedish airports reopen
National: 19 Apr 10
Arlanda, Landvetter and Bromma airports have reopened for air traffic on Monday morning, the Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed.
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Arlanda airport to remain closed until Saturday
National: 16 Apr 10
Swedish authorities have begun reopening airspace in the north of the country although widespread disruption persists with Stockholm's main Arlanda airport unlikely to open until Saturday morning at the earliest.
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Man found dead in Söderhamn flat
National: 12 Oct 09
A 27-year-old man was found dead in his apartment in Söderhamn in eastern Sweden on Sunday afternoon.
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European court halts childrens' deportation
National: 6 Aug 09
The European Court of Human Rights has temporarily prevented the deportation of four Serbian children from Sweden after their mother was sentenced to eight years in prison.
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Man charged with copyright violation for Web TV hockey links
National: 23 Jun 09
A 31-year-old resident of Söderhamn in eastern Sweden has been charged with copyright infringement after publishing online streaming links to televised ice hockey matches on his personal homepage.
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Svartenbrandt remanded into custody for robbery
National: 12 Apr 09
Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, a 63-year-old with a long criminal history, was remanded into custody on Sunday on suspicion of the armed robbery of a Swedbank branch in Säter in central Sweden.
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Notorious criminal arrested for robbery
National: 9 Apr 09
Lars-Inge Svartenbrandt, a 63-year-old with a long criminal history, is one of two individuals arrested for the armed robbery of a Swedbank branch in Säter in central Sweden, according to the police in western Sweden.
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Swedbank operating profit pleases analysts
Business & Money: 24 Oct 07
Swedbank AB said its nine-month operating profit rose 11 percent to 11.476 billion kronor ($1.74), as growth in total revenues outpaced growth in costs, boosted by strong net interest income.
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Murdered woman's husband killed eight years ago
National: 24 Jul 07
A 51-year-old woman who is thought to have been murdered in Söderhamn last Friday was shot in a previous attack eight years ago - when the father of her youngest son was killed.
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Accidents and drunkenness following Midsummer parties
National: 23 Jun 07
A large number of drunk drivers were caught by police on Friday night, many of them driving back from Midsummer parties. Two fatal boat accidents marred what police said was otherwise a relatively peaceful night.
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Chinese firms invest in Sweden
National: 21 Feb 07
Foreign companies pumped much more money into Sweden in 2006 than in previous years. China and India accounted for much of the increase, with China alone pumping 20 billion dollars into Sweden.
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Two dead in winter traffic smash
National: 21 Jan 07
Two cars were involved in a head-on collision on highway 83 in the Söderhamn area on Sunday afternoon. Rescue workers say that two people died in the accident.
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Rival gangs of 10-year-olds trade death threats
National: 12 Jan 07
Gangs of indigenous Swedes and immigrants in the eastern town of Söderhamn have threatened to annihilate each other. And police have seen enough to fear the worst.
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Compensation for girl 'who didn't exist'
Society: 9 Sep 06
A four year old girl in Söderhamn has been given compensation by the Swedish state after her parents discovered that she didn't get a personal number when she was born.
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Far-right group convicted for gay hate pamphlets
Society: 6 Jul 06
Four right-wing extremists have been convicted in the Supreme Court after distributing anti-gay leaflets outside a school in Söderhamn. The men had previously been cleared in a lower court.
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Gay hate group set free
National: 14 Dec 05
Four men who distributed far-right homophobic propaganda outside a school in Sundsvall have been found not guilty of hate crimes by an appeal court, which drew parallels with the Åke Green case.
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Court allows Scottish whisky as Swedish girl's name
National: 30 Sep 05
There are strict rules about what you can name your child in Sweden. But a court decides that one lucky girl can now be called 'Edradour', after a whisky brand.
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Bank robber cop hunts himself
National: 1 Feb 05
A policeman in Söderhamn robs a bank while on duty and later that day is put on the case to catch the villain. Who says Swedes don't have a sense of humour?
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