February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Sami":
Lifestyle: 6 Feb 12
As Sweden's indigenous Sami celebrate their National Day on February 6th, The Local offers up a few video clips highlighting their unique vocal traditions.
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Business & Money: 30 Jan 12
As many as five companies have expressed a strong interest in purchasing bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab, a bankruptcy administrator said on Sunday.
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Sport: 23 Jan 12
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a pair of goals to give AC Milan a convincing 3-0 victory on Sunday and move him to the top of the Serie A goalscoring table.
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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.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Jan 12
The grieving father of a murdered 15-year-old, attempting to climb down into his dead son's grave, was a sombre reminder of the consequences of the escalating violence in southern Sweden, reports contributor Patrick Reilly.
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National: 11 Jan 12
Hundreds of Malmö residents turned out on Wednesday to follow the casket of 15-year-old Ardiwan Samir, who died after being shot on New Year's Eve, in a march arranged by the boy's family as a protest against violence.
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National: 28 Dec 11
The three men accused of planning to murder controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks in a foiled attack in Gothenburg on September were released on Wednesday shortly after the conclusion of their trial.
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Lifestyle: 21 Dec 11
Some face time with Sweden's mighty elk led best selling children’s book author Jan Brett to choose the 'King of the Forest' rather than sleigh-pulling reindeer to star alongside a family of trolls in her latest Christmas-themed book, The Local's Joel Linde discovers.
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National: 9 Dec 11
A woman from Sweden claims to have lost her rental property after the contract was already signed and keys had been exchanged, following pressure from the other tenants to not let a member of the Roma people live in the building.
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National: 6 Dec 11
Charges were filed in Gothenburg on Tuesday against three men suspected of plotting to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks who once depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog.
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Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
Christmas markets are a feature of Yuletide in Sweden and The Local has put together a pick of the best, all featuring warm spiced "glögg" for the adults, and plenty of fun activites for the children.
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Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter.
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Science & Technology: 9 Nov 11
According to meteorologists, the month of November has so far seen the least snow in over a hundred years in Sweden, in stark contrast to last year's late autumn blizzards.
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National: 28 Oct 11
Three women wearing head scarves completely shielding their faces were denied entry to a Gothenburg courtroom on Friday during the remand hearing of one of the suspects in the Röda Sten murder plot case.
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Travel: 22 Sep 11
From lakeside castles to elk safaris in the north, a holiday in Sweden has lots to offer. Here are some ideas of what to do.
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National: 21 Sep 11
Controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks was the target of a foiled attack at the Röda Sten art gallery in Gothenburg on September 11th, according to a media report.
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National: 14 Sep 11
Three of the four men with reported ties to the Somali Islamist movement al-Shabaab who were arrested at the weekend on terror suspicions were remanded in custody on Wednesday, while a fourth suspect was released.
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National: 13 Sep 11
Four men arrested in Gothenburg at the weekend on suspicion of planning terror crimes will face a remand hearing on Wednesday, but for planning to commit murder, rather than terror acts.
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National: 27 Aug 11
A record breaking sausage was the star of the show at the start of the annual autumn fair in Jokkmokk, northern Sweden, on Friday.
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Travel: 9 Jun 11
As the warm summer weather beckons, contributor Alec Forss offers up a list of some of Sweden's best hiking trails.
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Science & Technology: 22 May 11
A single bear in northern Sweden has killed more than 30 reindeer calves, leading researchers to conclude that the bear is more of a reindeer predator than previously thought.
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National: 27 Apr 11
Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled that Sami reindeer herders in northern Sweden can continue to let their animals graze in forests despite the objections of landowners, ending a 20 year dispute.
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Society: 1 Apr 11
An isolated community of “Vikings” has been found in one of the most remote parts of Europe, living on the fringes of civilisation near Sweden's Sarek national park and established in response to ‘feminist dogma’.
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Travel: 25 Feb 11
For a winter adventure of epic proportions, The Local’s Karen Holst steps off the ski slopes and into Sweden’s lone Arctic wilderness – Sarek National Park.
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National: 31 Jan 11
A 22-year-old man from southern Sweden claims he was arrested and tortured by Egyptian police before escaping from jail when it caught fire. Two Swedish journalists were also detained in Cairo on Sunday.
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National: 17 Dec 10
Sweden's intelligence agency said Friday it was looking at the Facebook account of the man behind the suicide bomb attack in Stockholm on Saturday in order to identify possible accomplices in the act.
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Science & Technology: 7 Dec 10
Reindeer in Sweden suffer unduly on their way to slaughter, an animal rights organisation has claimed. Swedish reindeer herders deny the allegations.
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Analysis & Opinion: 22 Oct 10
As Malmö police warn the immigrant residents to exercise caution after a spate of apparently random shootings, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson talks to local leaders about fear, caution and how residents are reacting to the situation.
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Education: 11 Oct 10
Sweden's education minister Jan Björklund on Monday presented a new school curriculum promising clearer goals for teachers and pupils, with the introduction of grades from year six.
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Travel: 1 Sep 10
Looking for a thrill? The Local's Emily Gelb offers up a several options showcasing Sweden’s great outdoors.
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National: 11 Jul 10
A Tunisian court sentenced a Swedish refugee and seven other Tunisians to up to 12 years in jail on charges of belonging to a militant group and inciting terrorism, a lawyer reported on Saturday.
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Society: 13 Jun 10
A colossal wind power project under construction in the far north of Sweden is expected on completion to generate energy equivalent to the output of two nuclear reactors.
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Society: 31 May 10
A major project is underway at Uppsala University to try and return the remains of Sami people used for racial biology research.
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Lifestyle: 28 Apr 10
Winter in a picturesque snowbound town can instil in the visitor a true appreciation for life in the far north of Sweden. But a dearth of jobs and a surplus of solitude help explain the region's growing demographic crisis, writes Alec Forss.
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National: 22 Apr 10
The Sami district of Östra Kikkejaure in the far north of Sweden has rejected an offer of compensation for wind turbines planned in the area, arguing that they disturb their reindeer.
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Lifestyle: 21 Apr 10
Macho men, monotony, mosquitoes: Englishman Alec Forss heard all the clichés trotted out as he made known his plans to move to northern Sweden. But nothing could deter him from plunging headlong into the vast wilderness beyond the Arctic circle.
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Education: 15 Apr 10
A school in northern Sweden has been criticised by education authorites for holding prayer and psalm readings during classes after children from a conservative Lutheran offshoot joined the school.
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Sport: 24 Feb 10
A second half equaliser from Swedish star Zlatan Ibrahimovic was enough to hold off the challenge of a valiant Stuttgart and give Barcelona the edge in the second leg at Camp Nou.
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Society: 23 Jan 10
Church leaders in Storuman, northern Sweden, are facing a barrage of protests from local worshippers after deciding a sexual connotation linked to the name Kåtakyrkan was no longer fitting and should be changed after 30 years.
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Society: 18 Jan 10
Sweden's minorities have more health problems than the population as a whole, according to a new study examining the respective health situations of the country's Jews, Romanies, Sweden Finns, Sami and Tornedalians.
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Science & Technology: 15 Nov 09
The return of 22 skulls taken from the Hawaiian community in the late 19th century was completed at a ceremony at the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm on Saturday.
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National: 13 Nov 09
More than 400 reindeer have drowned in a river in Jokkmokk in northern Sweden after thin surface ice cracked while the herd were moving to their winter pastures.
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National: 9 Nov 09
Sweden has come in for harsh criticism from the country's United Nations association and 15 other organizations for failing to abide by a number of UN conventions.
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National: 15 Oct 09
A man in southern Sweden who has called on the public to help him rediscover his identity probably has either Dutch or Flemish as his native language, a prominent forensic linguist tells The Local.
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Society: 14 Oct 09
A man who woke up in a Malmö hospital bed four weeks ago without any recollection of who he is or how he got there has turned to the Swedish public for help in determining his identity.
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Politics: 16 Sep 09
Sweden’s indigenous Sami population should be granted more freedom to pursue activities other than reindeer herding, according to findings presented on Wednesday by a government appointed working group.
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Society: 9 Sep 09
To the jubilation of Umeå residents, it was announced on Tuesday that the northern Swedish city will be the European Capital of Culture for 2014.
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National: 27 Jul 09
Sweden called on Venezuela on Monday to explain how Swedish-made weapons sold to the country ended up in the hands of Colombian FARC guerillas.
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Society: 22 Jul 09
Stockholm's city council has been reported to the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO) for its widespread use of the English language.
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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.
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Society: 1 Jul 09
Swedish is now officially considered the main language in Sweden, according to a new language law which, along with more than two dozen other laws, took effect on Wednesday.
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Society: 7 May 09
Sweden has been taken to task by the Council of Europe for a lack of progress in raising social awareness about and promoting educational programs in the country’s five national minority languages.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Mar 09
Malmö suburb Rosengård has come to symbolise Sweden's struggles with integration. AFP's Marc Preel examines a community grappling with its identity after a winter marred by rioting and clashes with the police.
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Travel: 27 Feb 09
Scattered across Sweden's vast landscape are the oldest and some of the finest national parks in Europe. Alec Forss charts their history and picks out five of the best.
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Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Far from the idyllic image of lone herders skiing after their reindeer, indigenous Samis in Sweden's far north today use snowmobiles and other vehicles, giving rise to an animal welfare campaign as far away as Britain, writes AFP's Nina Larson.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 09
As miners continue to chip away at the chunk of iron sitting directly beneath Kiruna in northern Sweden, the AFP’s Nina Larson examines the challenges that come with relocating an entire town.
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Politics: 29 Jan 09
The Swedish government has promised to do more to preserve and promote the country’s official minority languages.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jan 09
Learning Swedish is a noble pursuit. When in Rome and all that. But mastering the majority mother tongue is only the beginning, as many more languages loom large on the horizon, writes Alec Forss.
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Lifestyle: 27 Nov 08
What’s on: Frida Hyvönen & International Film Festival in Stockholm; Melissa Auf der Maur and Sami dance in Gothenburg; Manhattan Transfer and Ibsen in Malmö/Lund.
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National: 7 Nov 08
Swedish minorities face widespread discrimination including a lack of education in their mother tongues, Sweden's ombudsman against ethnic discrimination said on Friday.
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Society: 6 Oct 08
Young people from Sweden’s indigenous Sami community are demanding that more be done to reduce the number of suicides within the community,
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Lifestyle: 21 Aug 08
What’s on: Peace concert and vaudeville theatre in Stockholm; theatre, dance & midnight running in Gothenburg and festival time in Malmö.
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Sport: 20 Aug 08
Injured star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be risked in Sweden's friendly against France in Gothenburg, to allow the striker to recover fully from a knee injury.
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Society: 6 Jul 08
The Sami are routinely subjected to discrimination and their rights disregarded, a new report from the discrimination ombudsman shows.
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Society: 5 Jul 08
Sami reindeer herders in northern Sweden have complained at the growing trend of spreading the cremated remains of dead relatives in the mountains.
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Sport: 1 Jul 08
As Europe finally calms down after a month of football fever, the small town of Gällivare is gearing up to host a smaller, but far more international football competition, Ben Kersley reports.
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Analysis & Opinion: 25 Jun 08
You can live in Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö your whole life and still know almost nothing about the Sami, the indigenous people of Sweden, writes David Bartal.
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Sport: 27 May 08
Tobias Linderoth's first goal in more than seven years for Sweden saw the Euro 2008 finalists beat Slovenia 1-0 in a warm-up match for the finals.
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Travel: 14 May 08
From hikes across mountains with Sami reindeer herders to tours of Europe's only civilian space centre, northern Sweden offers new experiences for adventurous travellers.
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Politics: 3 May 08
The Sweden Democrats have called for an end to privileges enjoyed by Sami reindeer herders at their annual party congress which began in Karlstad on Friday.
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National: 19 Apr 08
Two Sami reindeer herders were narrowly missed by a falling space rocket launched from the Esrange space station in the beginning of April.
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Business & Money: 24 Mar 08
Two Sami villages in northern Sweden have been denied compensation for time spent on planning for the relocation of Kiruna.
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Travel: 13 Feb 08
Alec Forss heads to the Arctic Circle to take in Sami culture and reindeer games at the world’s coldest winter market in Jokkmokk.
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Society: 5 Feb 08
The Sami population of Lappland are busily getting ready for the party of the year, with clothes fit for the Milan catwalks being sewn. Meanwhile catastrophe looms for the reindeer.
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Lifestyle: 2 Dec 07
A buoyant economy has Swedes quaffing bubbly like never before, writes AFP's Delphine Touitou.
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Society: 23 Nov 07
Sami reindeer herders are calling on Sweden to take action against Norway.
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National: 19 Sep 07
Sami reindeer herders in northern Sweden can continue to let their animals graze in forests despite the objections of landowners, the Court of Appeal in Upper Norrland has ruled. The Sami have used the land "since time immemorial," the court said.
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Politics: 7 Sep 07
Sweden's prime minister met on Friday with ambassadors from 22 Muslim countries for talks surrounding the publication in a Swedish newspaper of a caricature of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
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National: 10 Jul 07
Police say that a 24-year-old woman claiming to have twice been assaulted since testifying at a murder trial may not be telling the truth.
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National: 10 Jul 07
Increasing numbers of foreign tourists are choosing to holiday in Sweden - and they are spending more money than ever, according to new figures from Visit Sweden.
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Travel: 4 Jul 07
Is there any truth to the rumour that Sweden’s northern wilderness is populated by thumb-sized mosquitoes and contact-seeking bears? Alec Forss separates the facts from the spin while trekking the peaks of the Polar region.
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National: 2 Jul 07
Police are no closer to finding the men suspected of the attempted murder of a protected witness on Friday. The attackers wrote the word 'död' (dead) on the woman's back before fleeing.
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National: 21 Jun 07
A Swedish Sami group involved in a protracted territorial dispute with Norway has indicated that it is staying put: 'If the Norwegian authorities bring in a helicopter to drive away our reindeer, we're going to make sure to get our own helicopter'.
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National: 22 May 07
A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for the murder of a man one year his senior in the early hours of New Year's Day.
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Lifestyle: 18 Apr 07
The World in Sweden Series:While some worry that immigrant dialects are polluting the Swedish language, what really concerns the guardians of the national tounge is the rise and rise of English, as Christine Demsteader finds out.
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Lifestyle: 27 Feb 07
Tärnaby - population 600 - has produced Sweden's two greatest skiers of all time. With one further star now burning brightly in the Polar sky, what is it that makes this tiny town so special?
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Society: 22 Feb 07
For over 40 years a dental college in Umeå in northern Sweden has displayed the jaw bones of bears, elk and rodents alongside those of Sami people.
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National: 18 Dec 06
Sweden's Ambassador to Turkey, Christer Asp, speaks to The Local about a Turkish documentary accusing Sweden of genocide.
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National: 14 Dec 06
A documentary shown by Turkey's state broadcaster, TRT, earlier this week depicts Sweden as a barbarian land responsible for the genocide of Sami and Roma peoples.
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National: 12 Dec 06
Unless moved to coastal areas within the next week, 50,000 reindeer risk starving to death due to the unseasonably mild weather. For some of the animals the exodus has already begun.
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Society: 5 Jun 06
Loneliness, lack of money and separation from the rest of society - these are some of the factors behind an increased likelihood that a young reindeer herder will take his own life.
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Lifestyle: 12 Mar 06
A Swedish museum finally returns a totem pole acquired from a Canadian tribe in the 1920.It feels good to be able to return it, says Ethnography museum boss Anders Björklund.
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Lifestyle: 21 Feb 06
The Sami language is under threat and local dialects are in danger of completely dying out. A government inquiry recommends increased tuition in the language and that it be granted official status in over 20 northern local councils.
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National: 16 Nov 05
Samis in Sweden, Finland and Norway could soon live under a common law with a convention to harmonize economic, cultural and linguistic rights for the indigenous population.
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National: 3 Nov 05
Swedish genealogists are in a frothing fury over a letter from the country's Board of Data Inspection warning that exchanging details about ancestors' ethnicity is illegal - even if they've been dead for hundreds of years.
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Business & Money: 6 Sep 05
With the appointments of Tom Sjökvist, Anders Jonsson and Samir Brikho to senior positions, Swedes are once again represented in the upper echelons of ABB. The engineering giant also announced new financial targets.
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National: 31 Aug 05
It looks like an end is in sight to the long-running dispute over winter grazing for reindeers. The minister responsible, Ann-Christin Nykvist, is confident that the landowners and Samis can reach an agreement.
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Science & Technology: 29 Aug 05
The mysteries of the famous Swedish oral tobacco are to be revealed thanks to new rules forcing manufacturers to declare ingredients, including the amounts of potentially cancer-causing compounds.
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National: 19 Apr 05
A herd of reindeer has been found dead at the foot of a cliff in northern Sweden after a single lynx apparently frightened them. "It's a massacre," say locals.
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Science & Technology: 18 Nov 04
As if the horrific breath and stained teeth aren’t argument enough to stop, researchers now believe that 'snussing' dramatically increases the risks of getting mouth and pancreatic cancer.
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As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »
Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »
"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »
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