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Probation officer caught in gangster love affair

Society: 22 May 12
A female probation officer from central Sweden is in danger of losing her job after it was revealed her live-in boyfriend was a one of the area's most feared criminals. READ »

Ikea bosses sacked over France spying scandal

Business & Money: 18 May 12
Ikea is sacking four managers at its French subsidiary following allegations that they spied on employees and customers using an illegal police database, the Swedish home furnishing retailer announced on Friday. READ »

Problem of profiting ex-politicos not simply money, money, money

Analysis & Opinion: 18 May 12
Abba's famous refrain fails to capture the true cause for concern when Swedish politicians leave government to fatten their wallets in the private sector, argues commentator and historian David Linden. READ »

Patient blackmails doc after affair turns sour

Business & Money: 15 May 12
A doctor in southern Sweden has reported a woman to the police after she blackmailed him for over one million kronor ($149,059) following their love affair. READ »

PEAB founder freed in arena bribery scandal

Business & Money: 11 May 12
A former city manager in Solna was convicted at taking bribes in connection with the building of new national sporting arena near Stockholm while the founder of Swedish construction firm PEAB was acquitted. READ »

Swedish 'Deep Throat' comes clean over leak

Science & Technology: 25 Apr 12
A former Swedish police chief has broken years of silence over his his role in unleashing one of India's biggest corruption scandals that some speculate has a connection to Olof Palme's assassination. READ »

Trust in Swedish royals at all-time low: report

Society: 25 Apr 12
New figures show that Swedes have less confidence in the royal family than ever before, despite the recent wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel and the birth of Princess Estelle. READ »

Elite Swedish school rocked by hazing scandal

Education: 24 Apr 12
Five students from the same prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf have been arrested on suspicions of violently beating a fellow student in a long-running hazing campaign. READ »

TeliaSonera 'profits by helping dictators spy'

Science & Technology: 18 Apr 12
TeliaSonera, the successor to Sweden's state telecom monopoly, has given state security services access to systems it operates in the former Soviet Union in order to secure lucrative contracts there, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Sweden unveils new defence minister

Politics: 18 Apr 12
Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt presented Moderate Party MP Karin Enström as Sweden's new minister for defence on Thursday following the resignation last month of Sten Tolgfors amid an ongoing Saudi arms deal scandal. READ »

Couple sues Ikea to expose spying 'cover-up'

National: 12 Apr 12
A Swedish couple who believes Ikea spied on them and is outraged by the company's perceived stonewalling is suing the Swedish furniture giant in an effort to expose the truth. READ »

Volvo execs convicted for Saddam-era bribes

Business & Money: 4 Apr 12
Two former Swedish executives with Volvo's construction equipment subsidiary were convicted on Tuesday for paying bribes to the regime of Saddam Hussein to bypass restrictions related to the United Nations’ Oil-for-Food Programme. READ »

Ilmar Reepalu: 'the Swedish Ken Livingstone'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Apr 12
Embattled Malmö mayor Ilmar Reepalu's most recent "anti-Semitic" row is reminiscent of the troubles that plagued London's outspoken ex-mayor Ken Livingstone, argues historian and former Malmö resident David Linden. READ »

Saudi Arabia a 'family business': Bildt

Politics: 4 Apr 12
Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that, although he was not consulted on Sweden's weapons deals with Saudi Arabia, he sees no problems with exporting arms to the country. READ »

Scandal made Tolgfors's position 'untenable'

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 12
While it's too early to say exactly why Swedish defence minister Sten Tolgfors resigned on Thursday, experts say there is little doubt his departure amid mounting revelations about Sweden's secret arms' deal with Saudi Arabia has delivered a serious blow to the government. READ »

Reepalu's future 'hangs in the balance'

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Mar 12
Social Democrats in Malmö say Ilmar Reepalu is an "embarrassment" and that his future as mayor may be in jeopardy after recent comments labelled as "anti-Semitic" by Sweden's Jewish community, The Local's Patrick Reilly discovers. READ »

Swedish defence minister Tolgfors resigns

National: 29 Mar 12
Sweden's minister of defence, Sten Tolgfors, announced on Thursday he was resigning his post, citing the ongoing revelations about Sweden's secret deal to build a weapons plant in Saudia Arabia as "the final straw". READ »

'Neutrality to blame in Saudi arms scandal'

Analysis & Opinion: 16 Mar 12
Sweden's neutrality policy and its inability choose between decency and Soviet oppression lies at the heart of the current Saudi arms deal scandal, argues libertarian Swedish commentator and author Fredrik Segerfeldt. READ »

First conviction in Gothenburg bribery trial

National: 12 Mar 12
The fourth case in the ongoing Gothenburg bribery trial has led to a conviction, as a housing company official was sentenced to a probationary sentence and a fine equalling 80 days’ pay on Monday. READ »

Loreen takes home Melodifestivalen win

Society: 10 Mar 12
Sweden’s contribution to the Eurovision Song Contest this year has been decided. The winner of 2012 year’s Swedish music fest Melodifestivalen is Loreen, with the song “Euphoria”. READ »

Undertakers 'sickened' by hospital’s corpse storage

Science & Technology: 7 Mar 12
A Swedish hospital has come under fire after it was reported that staff members were storing corpses “head-to-toe”, leaving the undertakers who made the discovery shocked and sickened. READ »

Live Blog: Sweden celebrates new princess

Lifestyle: 24 Feb 12
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a daughter in the early hours of Thursday morning. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Sweden's first royal birth in more than three decades. READ »

Sweden to cut dropout rate by shortening school

Education: 10 Feb 12
The government is hoping to reduce the number of Swedish high school dropouts by offering a shorter course of study for students who "lack the prerequisites" to finish high school, angering opposition politicians. READ »

Löfven won’t block profits in care sector

Politics: 3 Feb 12
New Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven has ruled out the possibility of forbidding companies from making profits in the care sector. READ »

Justice minister calls for tighter bribery laws

Business & Money: 26 Jan 12
In the wake of several high profile cases at home and abroad, Swedish justice minister Beatrice Ask has called for stricter laws governing bribery and corruption. READ »

Social Democrats still 'deeply divided': expert

Analysis & Opinion: 23 Jan 12
The turbulence within the Social Democrats, which climaxed at the weekend with the resignation of party head Håkan Juholt, is just the latest symptom of a party suffering from deep internal division, according to political scientist Nicholas Aylott. READ »

'God only knows' what could have been: Juholt

National: 23 Jan 12
Recently departed Social Democrat head Håkan Juholt said his inability to quickly put together a solid staff was one of his three biggest regrets from his ten-month tenure as head of the party. READ »

Swedish consumers 'less happy' in 2011

Business & Money: 23 Jan 12
Swedish consumers were less satisfied in their relation to companies, organizations, and government agencies in 2011 than in 2010, according to a new report. READ »

Social Democrats continue to fall in polls

Politics: 1 Jan 12
The support for Sweden's Social Democrats continue to plummet and in the first survey of the year they only received 25.3 percent of votes, a decline by 1.2 percentage points since the last survey. READ »

Sweden's five biggest news stories of 2011

Analysis & Opinion: 29 Dec 11
As 2011 draws to a close, The Local looks back at some of the stories that dominated headlines in Sweden in the past year. READ »

Sex scandal conviction for porn-surfing politico

National: 29 Dec 11
A formerly high-ranking local politician from western Sweden was among seven people convicted on Thursday in connection with the unmasking of a major prostitution ring in Halmstad. READ »

Princess Victoria: 2011 a 'very rough year'

Society: 29 Dec 11
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Queen Silvia have finally broken their silence about the past year's royal scandals in an open-hearted interview set for broadcast on Thursday. READ »

Swedish tennis talent hit by corruption scandal

Sport: 24 Dec 11
Swedish teenager Lucas Renard, a rising young tennis talent, has been sanctioned by international tennis's anti-corruption unit for allegedly trying to buy his way back into a tournament. READ »

Ashton Kutcher in 'secret' Stockholm visit

Society: 22 Dec 11
Hollywood star Ashton Kutcher swept into Stockholm on Wednesday, spending time at the headquarters of Swedish music streaming service Spotify before heading out for a night on the town. READ »

Can Hollywood's 'Tattoo' capture Sweden's dark side?

Lifestyle: 16 Dec 11
As the world awaits the impending release of the Hollywood version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at whether the capital of the US film industry can accurately portray Sweden's dark underbelly. READ »

Sweden earmarks billions for elderly care boost

Business & Money: 15 Dec 11
In the wake of a series of nursing home scandals in Sweden over the last few months, the government on Thursday pledged to invest 4.3 billion kronor ($617 million) into elderly care over the next few years. READ »

King's friend: 'I lied to gangsters out of fear'

Society: 8 Dec 11
Anders Lettström, the beleaguered friend of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, on Thursday rejected claims that he had acted on behalf of the King, admitting that he sometimes told his criminal contacts untruths out of fear. READ »

Riksdag approves tighter checks on Royal Court finances

Politics: 8 Dec 11
The Riksdag voted to increase control of the Royal Court’s finances on Wednesday, against the wishes of the government parties. READ »

Swedes lose faith in the King: poll

Society: 7 Dec 11
Over a third of Swedes have lost faith in King Carl XVI Gustaf, while 32 percent would like to see Crown Princess Victoria take over, a new poll published on Wednesday shows. READ »

Social Democrats tighten stance on care profits

Politics: 4 Dec 11
The Social Democrats promise to tighten their stance on profit making in the welfare system, with leader Håkan Juholt wanting to tear up the party's decision on the issue from 2009. READ »

King knew of gangster meetups: Lettström

National: 3 Dec 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf was aware of friend Anders Lettström's attempts to silence the scandals described in a tell-all book published last year, Lettström claimed in tape recordings released on Saturday. READ »

Juholt 'must step down’: former minister

Politics: 2 Dec 11
Former Social Democrat minister Björn Rosengren has been caught on tape saying that party leader Håkan Juholt must step down, according to a report. READ »

Ex-staff speak out about bullying claims

Education: 27 Nov 11
The two former staff members at Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, currently investigated after revelations of bullying and violence, have come forward explaining what made them report the school to the Schools Inspectorate. READ »

Trotting - Sweden's 'third way' on a racetrack

Lifestyle: 24 Nov 11
The popular Swedish equestrian sport of trotting reaches a hoof-thundering climax this weekend with the V75 meet at Jägersro near Malmö, Geoff Mortimore explores the sport where "lagom" really is best. READ »

Ikea boss sacked for 'pro-Nazi' Facebook posts

Business & Money: 24 Nov 11
The manager of an Ikea store in Germany, who had Facebook friends belonging to a neo-Nazi political party, has been dismissed for posting offensive opinions on the social networking site. READ »

Police probe boarding school 'nipple burning'

Education: 24 Nov 11
Prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Prince Carl Philip and many other high society members, has been reported to the police after a bullying scandal which involved the burning of a pupil's nipples. READ »

Politician surfed for porn on office computer

Society: 22 Nov 11
A high-ranking local politician from western Sweden, currently facing charges for buying sex, was found to have made thousands of visits to numerous pornographic websites from his office computer. READ »

Top young Moderates sacked over Nazi salute

Politics: 22 Nov 11
Two young members of the youth wing of the Moderate Party have been asked to leave the organization after posting a picture of themselves making the Nazi salute on a personal blog. One of them has also been charged with hate speech. READ »

'Systembolaget behind wine club police report'

Business & Money: 21 Nov 11
Sweden’s state-run alcohol monopoly Systembolaget has been accused of having had a hand in a police report filed by the IOGT-NTO temperance society against a group of wine clubs offering home delivery. READ »

117 skin cancer cases misdiagnosed

Science & Technology: 18 Nov 11
Several more missed skin cancer cases have been detected in the retesting of diagnoses after the Sahlgrenska University hospital cancer scandal became public earlier this year. So far more than 100 misdiagnoses have been revealed. READ »

HQ scandal splits Swedish business duo

Business & Money: 16 Nov 11
Sven Hagströmer and long-term business partner Mats Qviberg have announced that their holding firm Öresund is to be divided in the wake of a scandal involving the now defunct HQ bank. READ »

Healthcare firm denies letting old man die alone

Business & Money: 15 Nov 11
Healthcare provider Carema, recently ditched by the City of Stockholm after a series of revelations of neglect, has denied reports that staff left a dementia patient to die alone in front of a television. READ »

Man with dementia left to die in front of TV

National: 13 Nov 11
A dying man's last hours were spent alone in front of the television. The storm surrounding the private care company Carema continues to grow, as geriatric homes Norshöjden and Korsnäsgården are accused of several severe flaws. READ »

Support for Social Democrats rising: poll

Politics: 13 Nov 11
The latest voters' poll shows support for the Social Democrats has risen by 1.9 percentage points while the Moderates dropped 2 percent. READ »

Juholt demands stricter controls of elderly care

Politics: 12 Nov 11
Following revelations about scandal-stricken care company Carema, both Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise demand more efficient controls of tax-financed geriatric care. READ »

Care home staff weigh diapers to save money

National: 11 Nov 11
Employees at the scandal-stricken care provider Carema's nursing homes in Sweden are instructed to weigh pensioners' diapers to assess if they are full or could be used longer, according to staff. READ »

Student's nipples burned with electric fly swatter

National: 10 Nov 11
A bullying scandal has rocked prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and many others among the upper echelons of Swedish society. READ »

Confidence in Juholt falls further: poll

Politics: 4 Nov 11
Only 12 percent of Swedes have confidence in Social Democrat head Håkan Juholt, according to a new poll showing that support for the party has reached record lows. READ »

Stockholm elderly care scandal widens

Society: 2 Nov 11
Employees from yet another elderly care facility in Stockholm have revealed how major cut backs have meant staff shortages and sometimes no toilet paper. In one case, a elderly man was made to sleep on the floor for months. READ »

Prosecutor: slave auction was 'costume party'

National: 28 Oct 11
A ”slave auction” held by a Lund student group in April was a ”costume party” meaning no charges will be filed against the organizers. However, charges have been filed against an artist who drew up demeaning posters of the person who reported the incident. READ »

Smuggling scandal rocks Swedish Air Force

National: 26 Oct 11
The Swedish military has been hit by a smuggling scandal stemming from the Air Force's just completed mission in Libya. READ »

Swedish password hacking scandal widens

Science & Technology: 26 Oct 11
A password hacking scandal which on Tuesday exposed login details of 90,000 Swedes, including several journalists and celebrities, has widened to include 180,000 users on nearly 60 websites. READ »

Voters flee Social Democrats in new poll

National: 23 Oct 11
The latest voter poll shows that support for the Social Democrats has dropped nearly 10 points over the past three weeks in the wake of party leader Håkan Juholt's accommodation subsidies scandal. READ »

Juholt support at record low: survey

Politics: 22 Oct 11
Voter confidence in Håkan Juholt is at an all-time low following the recent scandals and allegations over his personal finances. READ »

Barnevik hits back at ex-Investor chair Wallenberg

Business & Money: 14 Oct 11
Percy Barnevik, the former CEO of industrial giant ABB who was disgraced over a pension scandal in 2003, has answered charges from ex-Investor board chair Peter Wallenberg that Barnevik was a terrible business leader. READ »

Probe dropped, Juholt to remain party leader

Politics: 14 Oct 11
Prosecutors said Friday they were dropping an investigation into improper reimbursements claimed by Håkan Juholt as the Social Democrats' executive committee announced it still had confidence in the embattled party leader. READ »

Social Democrats meet to decide Juholt's fate

Politics: 14 Oct 11
The Social Democrats' powerful executive committee will meet at 9am on Friday, for what has been described as "judgement day" for embattled leader Håkan Juholt. READ »

How did the Social Democrats end up in such chaos?

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 11
The Social Democrats’ malaise goes far deeper than the expenses scandal engulfing Håkan Juholt, political scientist Nicholas Aylott writes, arguing that the party needs to decide its ideological path and to pick its leader accordingly. READ »

Catch up with the neighbours: The Local launches in Norway

Society: 12 Oct 11
The Local is taking another step out into the world, with the launch of thelocal.no, Norway’s news in English. There’s no better place to find out what’s going on in Sweden’s back yard, says editor Paul O’Mahony. READ »

Swedish corruption rise 'a myth': expert

Business & Money: 10 Oct 11
A leading expert has refuted claims that corruption is becoming more widespread in Sweden, arguing there is no evidence to back up the claims. READ »

Swedes' confidence in Juholt plummets

Politics: 9 Oct 11
Swedes' confidence in Social Democrat leader Håkan Juholt has plummeted following reports of his faulty rental payments, showed a recent poll, with 52 percent reporting "very little or little confidence" in him. READ »

Juholt probed over rental payment scandal

Politics: 8 Oct 11
Social democratic leader Håkan Juholt has spent years pocketing accommodation reimbursements he wasn't entitled to, amounting to a total of roughly 160,000 kronor ($23,500). READ »

Secluded Swedish castle reveals hidden Nazi past

Lifestyle: 6 Oct 11
A chance encounter with the granddaughter of a Swedish count gave contributor Roger Choate an inside peek at the mysteries of Rockelstad Castle, once a frequent destination for a notorious Nazi leader. READ »

Dawit Isaak case a 'huge failure for Swedish diplomacy'

Politics: 22 Sep 11
As the 10th anniversary of Dawit Isaak's arrest approaches, the Swedish-Eritrean journalist remains jailed without charge or trial, despite countless efforts to secure his release, the AFP's Rita Devlin Marier explains. READ »

Lending scandal rocks Handelsbanken

Business & Money: 12 Sep 11
A high-ranking manager at Swedish bank Handelsbanken has been arrested on suspicion of having lent out millions of kronor to several companies in violation of the bank's regulations. READ »

Swedish kid's TV host fined for cocaine use

Society: 12 Sep 11
Swedish children's television star and magazine editor Ola Lindholm was convicted and fined on Monday for cocaine use in a case which has left him out of job and in the media spotlight. READ »

Nature snapper admits to pasting in lynx

Science & Technology: 5 Sep 11
Photographer Terje Hellesö, recipient of a Swedish Nature Photographer of the Year award, has been reported to police after admitting that he manipulated a number of his pictures of predatory animals. READ »

'It's about time': royal expert

Society: 17 Aug 11
The news of Crown Princess Victoria's pregnancy couldn't come at a better time for a Swedish Royal Family looking to turn the page on a tumultuous year, according to one royal expert. READ »

Ex-minister pens his way to holiday travel fame

Society: 16 Aug 11
The name of Sweden's disgraced former labour minister, Sven-Otto Littorin, is back in the spotlight after Littorin won a travel agency's essay contest with his poetic description of a “dream holiday” to the Middle East. READ »

Fewer foreign berry pickers in Sweden

National: 13 Aug 11
This year has seen a significant drop in the number of berry pickers coming to Sweden from countries outside the EU, since requirements and regulations have been sharpened for companies employing foreign berry pickers. READ »

CIA terror deportee released from Cairo jail

National: 11 Aug 11
Ahmed Agiza, one of the two Egyptians whose 2001 deportation from Sweden to Egypt caused a political scandal and who has been jailed since then, has now been released from a Cairo prison, according to media reports. READ »

57 convicted in massive Swedish doping scandal

National: 4 Aug 11
Fifty-seven people were convicted on Thursday for being part of a massive doping ring in one of the largest criminal cases in Swedish legal history that accrued an estimated 58 million kronor ($9 million) in legal fees. READ »

Football hooliganism prompts 'strike' threat

Sport: 1 Aug 11
Malmö FF striker Dardan Rexhepi has called for the authorities to act decisively to tackle the growing problem of hooliganism in Swedish football, threatening to strike if nothing happens to curb the trend. READ »

Persbrandt leaves nature drugs firm after cocaine scandal

Business & Money: 27 Jul 11
In the wake of recent cocaine scandals, Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt has left the board of a Swedish natural remedies and supplements company. READ »

Swedish librarians find stolen atlas in New York

Society: 19 Jul 11
One of the books stolen from the Swedish National Library in the beginning of the 2000s has been discovered with a collector in New York. READ »

Swedish UK TV star warned over phone hacking

National: 15 Jul 11
Ulrika Jonsson, a Swedish UK TV personality, has claimed that she was warned by an executive of the now defunct British tabloid The News of the World to exert caution when leaving voicemail messages. READ »

Nurses suspended after maltreating elderly

National: 8 Jul 11
The two assistant nurses charged with maltreatment of their elderly patients have been asked to leave their jobs again following a new investigation into the scandal-struck nursing home. READ »

'We won't give up - we will return': Mankell

National: 8 Jul 11
Swedish bestselling crime author Henning Mankell slammed Greece for blocking the aid flotilla to Gaza as some of Sweden's pro-Palestinian activists returned home on Thursday. READ »

Nurse pressed vomit down patient's throat

National: 6 Jul 11
Two nurses at a nursing home in Norrköping, in central Sweden, harassed their patients both verbally and physically. The scandal was revealed in March, but the two nurses are already back at work, according to a local newspaper report. READ »

Summer staffing threatens patient safety

Science & Technology: 24 Jun 11
New statistics show that a serious shortage of healthcare substitutes during the summer months pose a significant threat to patient safety, according to Vårdförbundet, the Swedish Association of Health Professionals. READ »

From wedding bliss to royal crisis: the state of Sweden's monarchy

Analysis & Opinion: 17 Jun 11
One year after the royal wedding of Crown Princess Victoria, Sweden's royal family finds itself mired in crisis. The Local's Clara Guibourg examines why the wedding glow faded so fast and what it means for the monarchy's future. READ »

Disabled 'trafficked' to Sweden in benefits fraud

National: 10 Jun 11
Disabled people are being lured to Sweden by false promises of generous benefits in a sophisticated fraud scheme that officials liken to human trafficking, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Marcus Allbäck named in bribery probe

National: 9 Jun 11
Criminal suspicions have surfaced involving Marcus Allbäck, a former striker for Sweden's national team and current assistant trainer, in connection with the Gothenburg construction corruption scandal. READ »

Bribery scandal rocks Stockholm arena

National: 9 Jun 11
A local politician and a Swedish construction magnate are among six people charged with corruption in conjunction with the building of a new national sporting arena in the Stockholm suburb of Solna. READ »

Gothenburg cancer scandal grows

National: 8 Jun 11
At least 24 more cases of missed cancer diagnoses from a doctor employed at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg in western Sweden have been discovered. READ »

Swedish press reacts to royal denials

Analysis & Opinion: 31 May 11
The Swedish press has reacted critically to King Carl XVI Gustaf's denials of strip-club visits and had indirect contact with organised crime, arguing that he acted too late to quell the growing scandal. READ »

Scandal-hit King denies all allegations

Society: 30 May 11
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf on Monday denied all reports of alleged visits to strip clubs and contact with the criminal underworld. READ »

Scandal-hit king sees popularity plunge

Society: 28 May 11
Support for Sweden’s king has dropped rapidly in the wake of recent scandals, with a new poll indicating that less than half the population wants King Carl XVI Gustaf to remain on the throne. READ »

Swedish bosses open to bribes: study

Business & Money: 26 May 11
Every fifth business leader in Sweden could consider paying a bribe to win advantages in business and to retain clients, a new survey shows. READ »

Friend sought gangster's help to hush up King's affairs: report

Society: 19 May 11
A close friend of Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf has been caught on tape asking a reputed gangster to broker a deal to hush up reports of the King’s philandering in a recent tell-all book, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

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