February 13, 2012
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Sport: 12 Feb 12
Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala claimed the Rally of Sweden title near Hagfors in western Sweden on Sunday, the sixth win of his career.
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Society: 1 Feb 12
A 31-year-old woman who is serving a life sentence for murder in a Swedish prison has demanded that she be allowed to take a holiday.
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Sport: 4 Jan 12
The Swedish ice-hockey juniors reached the World Cup final after a gut wrenching turn against sister nation Finland during the night to Wednesday.
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National: 29 Dec 11
Four men were charged on Thursday in connection with Sweden's “biggest-ever” cocaine bust that netted drugs worth an estimated 145 million kronor ($21 million).
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National: 12 Dec 11
A 55-year-old Swede was found murdered in his home in the country's far north on Saturday, days after having posted on Facebook that he was ill and had lost mobility in his legs.
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Business & Money: 12 Dec 11
More than 100 Swedbank cash machines in Latvia were emptied at the weekend following a wave of rumours on Twitter hinting that the Swedish bank was in danger of running out of money.
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Sport: 2 Dec 11
Sweden has been drawn in the same group as England, France and Ukraine at next summer’s European Football Championship.
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Business & Money: 25 Nov 11
Sweden on Friday announced plans to beef up the capital adequacy requirements for the country's four largest banks to help protect the Swedish banking system amid the ongoing eurozone debt crisis.
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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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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.
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Business & Money: 23 Nov 11
The Financial Times (FT) has elected Swedish finance minister Anders Borg as the best minister for finance in Europe for 2011, news met with scepticism by Borg's Social Democratic opponent, who claimed he would also have won the top spot if he had been finance minister.
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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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Society: 18 Nov 11
Shoplifters caught stealing from the DollarStore in Sundsvall in northern Sweden can avoid being reported to police if they agree to wear of full-body sign outing them as a thief.
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Sport: 16 Nov 11
England's footballers finally ended their 43-year hoodoo against Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday, with a 1-0 friendly win.
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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.
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Politics: 5 Nov 11
Although the Greek PM Giorgos Papandreou won a narrow vote-of-confidence late Friday, Sweden's European Union Affairs Minister Birgitta Ohlsson warned that a default by Greece would directly threaten Sweden's economy.
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Lifestyle: 4 Nov 11
As the daylight in Stockholm dwindles, finding a place to catch up with friends is all the more important for beating back the winter blues. Luckily, contributor Gwen Ramsey has put together a list of great options for your next fika.
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Business & Money: 3 Nov 11
Following the news that the European Central Bank unexpectedly cut its prime interest rate, Swedish experts are questioning the strategy, saying it could prove "risky".
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Politics: 27 Oct 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has warned that the settlement among eurozone leaders over the writing down of the Greek debt, has not removed the risks facing the single currency.
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Business & Money: 19 Oct 11
From mining and tunneling to ports and airports, global engineering group Cavotec is improving productivity for customers worldwide. Now it is listing on the NASDAQ OMX in Stockholm.
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Society: 18 Oct 11
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt brought a new dimension to Swedish foreign policy recently when he sent a stray teddy bear back to its young owner in Belgium.
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Sport: 12 Oct 11
Sweden overcame the Netherlands 3-2 in Stockholm on Tuesday night to book their spot at the Euro 2012 football championships in Poland and Ukraine.
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Sport: 8 Oct 11
Friday's narrow 2-1 win against Finland ensured Sweden a playoff spot in the Euro 2012 football championship.
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Business & Money: 28 Sep 11
At the close of trading on Tuesday, the Stockholm stock exchange OMXS index had risen by 5.7 percent on the back of positive news from Greece.
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Business & Money: 14 Sep 11
The last three months show a distinct slowdown on the Swedish housing market, according to Sweden’s real estate statistics website Mäklarstatistik.
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Business & Money: 7 Sep 11
Sweden's Riksbank announced on Wednesday that they have decided to hold the country's main interest rate unchanged at 2 percent and to postpone future increases.
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Sport: 7 Sep 11
Sweden's men claimed a crucial victory over footballing minnows San Marino on Tuesday night, finally breaking the deadlock in the second half to prompt a flurry of goals and win the Euro 2012 qualifier 5-0.
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Business & Money: 25 Aug 11
Sweden's powerful Wallenberg family has been left out of pocket following the premature collapse of Italian sport and pornography television channel Dahlia TV.
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Business & Money: 22 Aug 11
Several Swedish dealerships have decided to pull Saab cars from their showrooms as debt collectors continue to investigate the troubled Swedish automaker and employees face continued uncertainty about their next paycheck.
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Business & Money: 19 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock market continued to fall on Friday, with the OMXS-index dropping nearly 4 percent within 30 minutes of opening and finishing the week down nearly 11 percent - and the lowest level since autumn 2009.
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Business & Money: 18 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange was down 6.2 percent on Thursday afternoon when trading closed, making the drop the steepest since November 2008. A broad fall among other European stock markets means fears of a recession are mounting.
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Lifestyle: 17 Aug 11
As fashionistas in the Swedish capital settle down after a frenetic Stockholm Fashion Week, The Local's Caroline Bursell takes a look back at some of the event's highlights.
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National: 12 Aug 11
The continuing financial uncertainty looks set to have a bearing on what is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year for real estate agents in Sweden.
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Business & Money: 8 Aug 11
As expected the Stockholm stock exchange opened sharply down on Monday although after an hour's trading had rebounded into positive territory as the market battled to digest the weekend's global finance developments.
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Business & Money: 5 Aug 11
The Stockholm stock exchange dropped by 4 percent at the opening of trading on Friday morning, but had recouped the losses by the afternoon amid mounting fears about the the global economy.
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Science & Technology: 30 Jul 11
A new archaeological examination of Ales stenar, a massive stone relic perched atop a cliff in southern Sweden, has sparked a heated crossfire between scientists about the origins of the famed stone ship.
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Sport: 19 Jul 11
Götaplatsen in Gothenburg in western Sweden was teeming with exulted football fans on Monday evening, gathered to give the bronze-medal winning women's World Cup team a jubilant welcome back from Germany.
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Business & Money: 16 Jul 11
Ten banks in Sweden, Norway and Finland passed European Union stress tests, their financial regulators announced on Friday.
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Business & Money: 11 Jul 11
Sweden has one of the most overvalued housing markets in the world, according to a new report, while new figures indicate that the long climb in prices may be grinding to a halt and that a majority of Swedes expect price falls.
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Science & Technology: 9 Jul 11
A technical hitch at a communications network shut down many of the critical alarm systems, including fire stations and banks, in the south of Sweden yesterday.
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Sport: 1 Jul 11
Swedish football player Sebastian Larsson linked up with manager Steve Bruce for the second time in his career after joining English Premier League side Sunderland on a free transfer on Friday.
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Lifestyle: 1 Jul 11
With the summer sun in the ascendancy, it’s time to lather on the sunscreen, pack a picnic, and head out to explore some of the 50,000 playgrounds on offer across Sweden. The Local’s Karen Holst tips some of the country’s best.
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Society: 30 Jun 11
A series of flasher incidents have been reported in Lund in southern Sweden over the past two months, with police entertaining the theory that there are a number of different perpetrators are behind the early summer wave.
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Politics: 21 Jun 11
The Swedish government spent 119 million kronor ($18.6 million) to public relations consultants between 2007 and 2010, with significant sums going to help simplify language about financial policies.
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National: 13 Jun 11
The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' opened in southern Sweden on Monday with the parents of the man previously convicted for brutally stabbing, beating, and scalding the 20-year-old victim to death now also under suspicion.
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National: 13 Jun 11
Investigators in Germany are exploring possible connections between a blast at an Ikea store in Dresden and explosions at other outlets of the Swedish furniture chain elsewhere in Europe.
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Sport: 8 Jun 11
Swedish captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench to score three goals as the national side cruised to a 5-0 victory in their Euro 2012 qualifier against visiting Finland on Tuesday night.
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Society: 2 Jun 11
Stockholm and the Sweden's west coast are the two most popular destinations for Swedish tourists this summer, according to a new survey.
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Business & Money: 20 May 11
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera signed cooperation agreements on mining, forestry and “green technologies” on Thursday.
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Society: 2 May 11
Annika Östberg Deasy, convicted of a double murder in the US in 1983, was released on Monday after 30 years in custody.
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Business & Money: 27 Apr 11
Swedish bank Handelsbanken, the country's second largest by capitalisation, has posted a slight increase in profits on the back of a sharp fall in bad loan losses.
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Lifestyle: 13 Apr 11
A posthumous bath in liquid nitrogen pioneered by an eco-minded Swedish entrepreneur may help bring the deceased closer to life after death, the Local’s Karen Holst discovers.
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Business & Money: 5 Apr 11
Sweden's central bank does not believe the country is in the midst of a housing bubble, saying in a report published Tuesday that rapidly rising housing prices are due to natural developments in the market.
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Sport: 30 Mar 11
Sweden gained three points with a lackluster 2-1 home victory over Moldavia in Euro 2012 qualifying play on Tuesday night.
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Lifestyle: 24 Mar 11
In this month's column on what some enthusiasts like to call the amber nectar, blogger Darren Packman reminds us that brews come in all colours and that staying loyal to one is like having a cheeseburger for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Business & Money: 21 Mar 11
Swedish bank SEB advised an 87-year-old customer to invest her savings 'long term' with a return not expected until her 95th birthday, and has now been found to be at fault by the consumer complaints board.
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Politics: 16 Mar 11
The Swedish Alliance coalition government has lost the right to sell off stakes in a slew of state-owned companies after a parliament decision on Wednesday afternoon, suffering its most high profile setback since regaining power.
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Sport: 13 Mar 11
Swedish striker Johan Elmander's first goal since January 8th helped Bolton to overcome Birmingham and qualify for the semi-final in the FA Cup on Saturday.
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Lifestyle: 8 Mar 11
Swedes do bake exceedingly good semlas. But what goes into a semla? Who makes the best semlas? And why is the bun looked upon with suspicion by royal historians?
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Business & Money: 8 Mar 11
Malin Frenning, the head of Swedish-Finnish telecom firm TeliaSonera's broadband services unit, has been named Sweden’s most powerful businesswoman by a leading business magazine.
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Business & Money: 2 Mar 11
Sweden’s Finance Minister Anders Borg wants to put the squeeze on Swedish banks, where profits have swelled, shareholder dividends ballooned, and interest margins on mortgages doubled.
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Politics: 1 Mar 11
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi may be receiving weapons shipments from Belarus according to an official at a Swedish think tank which monitors global arms trafficking.
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Sport: 22 Feb 11
Sweden's Supreme Court is to consider whether wielding a baseball bat in a public place is against the law.
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Business & Money: 17 Feb 11
Sweden's inflation rate rose at a higher clip in January than the previous month, partly due to rising housing costs. But underlying inflation rose less than expected.
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Sport: 11 Feb 11
Swedish driver Per-Gunnar "PG" Andersson, behind the wheel of a Ford Fiesta, clocked the best time in the opening super-stage of the season opener world championship event Rally of Sweden in Karlstad in western part of the country.
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Sport: 9 Feb 11
The World Rally Championship 2011 season starts in Karlstad in central Sweden on Thursday and defending champion Frenchman Sebastien Loeb is taking nothing for granted in the wintry conditions.
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Business & Money: 4 Feb 11
Sweden's third-largest bank, SEB, reported bumper profits on Friday thanks to a sharp reduction in credit losses in the Baltic countries.
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Science & Technology: 28 Jan 11
Hundreds of objects from US space agency NASA went on display at a Stockholm museum on Friday, in the largest assembly of NASA material outside of the United States.
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Business & Money: 28 Jan 11
Home lending in Sweden has cooled following the introduction of a new mortgage cap, a majority of real estate agents believe, but has also resulted in the virtual disappearance of first-time home buyers.
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National: 26 Jan 11
An explosion reportedly caused by a hand grenade thrown through a window ripped through an apartment in Malmö in southern Sweden early Wednesday morning in what police have classified as an attempted murder.
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Society: 25 Jan 11
The winners of Sweden's 2010 national film awards on Monday night were evenly spread out among the nominees, with three films walking away with at least two awards.
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Business & Money: 19 Jan 11
The number of Swedes playing the stock market dropped in 2010, according to new statistics, while telecom firms Ericsson and TeliaSonera topped the list of Swedish firms with the most shareholders.
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Analysis & Opinion: 19 Jan 11
The Swedish economy hasn't yet been dragged down by eurozone debt problems, and while growth is strong and exports are up, Sweden might still face a few economic bumps on the road ahead, the AFPs Marc Preel reports.
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Society: 13 Jan 11
A Swedish high-stakes poker player has made his identity public after successfully playing under online moniker for over a year, and may now risk a hefty Swedish tax bill.
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Business & Money: 12 Jan 11
The proportion of Swedish households that believe that housing prices will continue to rise has decreased, according to Swedish bank SEB's latest housing price indicators.
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Lifestyle: 7 Jan 11
Friday night marks the season premiere of one of Sweden's most popular television shows, with viewers chomping at the bit for the chance to watch an odd mix of celebrities strut their stuff on Let's Dance.
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Society: 4 Jan 11
Sweden's Millennium Trilogy actress Noomi Rapace and the son of Swedish star Stellan Skarsgård topped the list of nominees for Sweden's 2010 national film awards, which will be announced later this month.
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Business & Money: 29 Dec 10
Shares in Swedish construction giant Skanska jumped on Wednesday after the company announced it would earn a hefty profit from the sale of its share of a Chilean highway joint venture.
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Business & Money: 28 Dec 10
Growth in lending to Swedish households by banks and mortgage institutions continued to slow last month, Sweden's statistics agency revealed on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 27 Dec 10
A number of prominent Swedish business leaders have become more sceptical towards Sweden joining the euro in the near future, but stressed their belief in the currency's viability in the long term.
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Business & Money: 21 Dec 10
Sweden's GDP growth is currently at levels that have been outpaced only four other times since World War Two, according to a finance ministry agency on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 20 Dec 10
The net worth of Swedish households grew by 244 billion kronor ($35.58 billion) to 7.26 trillion kronor in the third quarter, the measure's highest nominal level ever, according to a new SEB study.
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Lifestyle: 9 Dec 10
What’s on in Sweden: British punks in Stockholm, American scratchers in Gothenburg and a study of entertainment in Malmö.
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Business & Money: 6 Dec 10
Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg came in fourth among a ranking of 19 European finance ministers published by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper on Monday.
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Lifestyle: 3 Dec 10
As Sweden’s holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, The Local offers a few tips for where gift seekers in Stockholm can combine getting a taste of the Christmas spirit with the hunt for the perfect gift.
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Lifestyle: 1 Dec 10
If the darkness of winter's already starting to get you down, the light and merriment –not to mention the calories and alcohol – of a Swedish Advent should help pick you up.
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Business & Money: 25 Nov 10
A research institute has revealed that while optimism among Swedes regarding the country's economy has increased, they are feeling less positive about their own household finances.
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Business & Money: 24 Nov 10
Cooperation between Swedish banks and police to stop the purchase of child pornography images over the internet has proved effective, the national banking association announced on Wednesday.
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Sport: 21 Nov 10
A spectacular strike by Sweden’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic was enough to give AC Milan a 1-0 win over Fiorentina on Saturday, moving them four points clear at the top of Serie A.
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Lifestyle: 18 Nov 10
What’s on in Sweden: Brown and Friendly comedy in Stockholm, A Bullet For My Valentine in Gothenburg and Lady Gaga comes to Malmö.
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Business & Money: 26 Oct 10
Around 20 well-to-do customers at Swedish bank SEB have been swindled out of more than 50 million kronor ($7.5 million) with at least one employee thought to be involved in the scam.
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Lifestyle: 20 Oct 10
As Sweden hunkers down to face the onset of winter, contributor Joshua Gregory explains how fans of America’s favourite pastime cope with having their remedy for the winter blues remain a world away.
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Business & Money: 20 Oct 10
Sweden’s Handelsbanken reported a 12 percent increase in net profits for the third quarter on Wednesday, as reduced losses on lending activities made up for falling net interest income.
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Lifestyle: 15 Oct 10
Every four years, Stockholm’s Moderna Museet presents a sampling of what's new in Swedish contemporary art. Contributor Jennifer Lindblad takes a look at this year's exhibit, which opened October 2nd.
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Business & Money: 12 Oct 10
The Swedish government has forecast higher economic growth in 2010, but projects growth to slow more than expected in 2011 according to the financial outlook included in the budget proposition made public on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 8 Oct 10
Two of Sweden’s largest banks are flirting with Swedbank about a possible merger, according to media reports. Swedbank denies any talks are underway, however.
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National: 30 Sep 10
A man who robbed a jewelry shop in western Sweden died after the gang's luxury getaway car smashed into a lamp post. Two of the man’s accomplices were also injured in the violent crash.
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Lifestyle: 16 Sep 10
What's on in Sweden: Old Skool Hip Hop in Stockholm, Killer Queen in Gothenburg and Dubstep steps into Malmö.
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National: 14 Sep 10
A man from Borås in western Sweden has been charged with fraud after taking advantage of a technical fault to withdraw 1.6 million kronor ($224,000) from a cash machine, despite having only a couple of thousand kronor in savings.
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Business & Money: 14 Sep 10
Sweden's most expensive flat is now for sale, brokered by celebrity real estate agent Fredrik Eklund for a listing price of 80 million kronor ($11.18 million).
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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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