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Pressure mounts to open Sweden's Stasi archive

Politics: 9 Nov 11
Sweden's justice minister Beatrice Ask has indicated that she is prepared to discuss the opening the Stasi archive of Swedish security service Säpo in response to calls for more transparency over the classified files. READ »

Palme conspiracy theories refuse to die

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Feb 11
Like many other high-profile murders, the killing of Olof Palme has spawned more than it's fair share of conspiracy theories, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. READ »

Unsolved Palme murder still hurts after 25 years

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Feb 11
Twenty-five years after Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was gunned down in central Stockholm, many Swedes still consider the murder an open wound, the AFP's Nina Larsson discovers. READ »

Local imam condemns Stockholm bombings

Society: 12 Dec 10
A Stockholm-based imam on Sunday condemned the two explosions which targeted holiday shoppers in the Swedish capital, killing one person in a what has been called a terrorist crime. READ »

Sweden sheltering terrorist cleric: Uzbek TV

National: 29 May 10
A cleric based in Sweden has been accused by Uzbek state television of instigating a suicide attack on the US embassy in 2004, as well as directing a series of high-profile killings last year. READ »

Swedish diplomat was Russian source: Ex-spy

National: 31 Mar 10
A former Russian spy commander, Sergei Tretyakov, has accused a Swedish diplomat of having handed classified documents over to the Russian secret service following his recruitment at the end of the 1990s. READ »

Book details JFK affair with Pan Am Swede

Society: 3 Aug 09
Former US president John F. Kennedy had an affair with a Swedish flight attendant, according to a new book based on interviews with current and former Secret Service agents. READ »

Row breaks out over Rosengård report

National: 30 Jan 09
Three academics who demanded to see the source material behind a controversial new report on religious and political extremism in the Malmö suburb of Rosengård have been told that the material no longer exists. READ »

Pirate Bay backer caught in Liechtenstein tax probe

National: 23 Dec 08
Carl Lundström, one of four men awaiting trial for involvement with file sharing site The Pirate Bay, is among a dozen Swedes at the heart of a tax authorities investigation into funds stashed in a bank trust in Lilliput tax haven Liechtenstein. READ »

US agents helped unmask Swedish credit card swindler

National: 24 Oct 08
Assistance from the US Secret Service led to the indictment on Thursday of a Swedish man suspected of involvement in the ShadowCrew cybercrime network. READ »

Sweden is in the eye of the beholder

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Oct 08
Sweden means many different things to many different people. Just ask the United States Secret Service, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. READ »

Nobel a likely no-no for Sweden's king of crime fiction

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. READ »

Ericsson's Greek branch fined over wire-tapping scandal

National: 6 Sep 07
Greece's communication privacy watchdog on Wednesday fined the Greek branch of Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson 7.36 million euros in relation to a wire-tapping scandal in which even the Greek Prime Minister's cellphone was compromised. READ »

MI5 scoured naturist magazine for secret messages

Society: 4 Sep 07
Among documents released by MI5 this week was the story of a spy arrested in Sweden during the Second World War who was suspected of writing coded messages to the Germans on the pages of The Naturist magazine. READ »

Swedes spied for Stasi

National: 9 Aug 07
A network of Swedes delivered information to the Stasi, East Germany's secret police, during the Cold War, it has been revealed. READ »

A quickie with... Mark Shapiro

Lifestyle: 9 Jul 07
In 1968 Mark Shapiro - a deserter from the Vietnam War - was among a group of Americans who staged a sit-down protest at the US Embassy in Stockholm. He spoke to The Local about his experiences in the Swedish capital during a visit to the city to mark the anniversary of that protest. READ »

Swede changes name to James Bond

Society: 5 Apr 07
Forget Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Daniel Craig: Gunnar Schäfer is the new James Bond. And his interest stretches a lot further than the Bond museum he runs in Nybro. READ »

British Tories hope to learn from Reinfeldt

Politics: 13 Feb 07
British Conservative leader David Cameron has been in Stockholm to learn from Fredrik Reinfeldt how to eject a left-wing government after more than a decade in opposition. READ »

Activists disrupt tax demonstration

National: 22 Aug 06
Young activists disrupted a demonstration against property tax in Stockholm on Tuesday evening. Cries of "kill the rich" and "more tax, more healthcare" interrupted speeches. READ »

Swedish journalist arrested in Syria

National: 25 Jun 06
A 61-year old Palestinian-born Swedish journalist has been arrested in Syria reportedly for insulting the Syrian state, Sweden's foreign ministry said on Sunday. READ »

Eavesdropping restrictions could be lifted

National: 4 Jun 05
It could soon be easier for Swedish police and the security service to use electronic surveillance to spy on suspected terrorists. We have to sacrifice people's integrity to protect society and democracy, says justice minister Thomas Bodström. READ »

"Over 1,000 war criminals in Sweden"

National: 11 Mar 05
A police officer in Sweden's war crimes unit claims that there are ten times more war criminals in the country than the authorities admit. Meanwhile an investigation by Swedish Radio reveals that the Migration Board is consistently failing to report "probable war criminals" to the police. READ »

Persson: Lindh didn?t know about CIA

Politics: 23 Dec 04
Anna Lindh had no idea about plans for American authorities to deport two Egyptians from Sweden, says the prime minister. READ »

Saddam's cousin seeks Swedish asylum

Society: 20 Aug 04
Problems dealing with the Migration Board? At least you didn't have to admit that you were a cousin of an evil ex-dictator. READ »

Treason under the sun?

National: 23 Jul 04
The royal family's holiday on Öland was disturbed by intruders, said Expressen. No it wasn't, said the palace spokeswoman. Either way, the family has upped the security this year. READ »


Highlights from Follow Sweden

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

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 »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

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 »


Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"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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The Local helps shed some light on the tantalizing mystery known as the strong, silent Nordic type.
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The Local's Oliver Gee finds out why the star of Sweden's version of 'The Office' thinks Sweden is the most PC country in the world
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'Drunkorexia' on the rise in Sweden: report
Alexander Lervik and Johan Carper
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Seven Swedish designs that will blow your mind
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SOCIETY »
Star Wars in Swedish causes fan outrage
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LIFESTYLE »
What's On: The Local's guide to upcoming attractions and events in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
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OPINION »
The Swedish language needs a new pronoun free of preconceived notions about gender, a Swedish linguist and representatives from a publishing house argue
Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
SOCIETY »
Madonna set for July 4th concert in Sweden
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GALLERY »
An inside look at 'The Office' in Swedish
Georgios M.W (File)
SOCIETY »
Swedish mother gave 3-year-old cigs and beer
Photo: Fredrik Persson/Scanpix
SOCIETY »
A duvet cover designed to look like cardboard boxes, on sale at a luxury department store in Stockholm, has some arguing that the city's homeless are being exploited for profit.
Ann Catrin Brockman/Flickr (File)
LIFESTYLE »
Five Swedish songs that never made Eurovision
Q&A with Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley
LIFESTYLE »
Swenglish comedy star Ben Kersley explains how ‘three bespectacled English guys’ plan to make Swedes laugh
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SOCIETY »
Move over Bugs – a Swedish bunny is rapidly becoming the most popular rabbit in the world!
Photo: Sony Pictures
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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst
Photo: Helena Wahlman
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Braving the cold: Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden
Photo: ECLA
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A truly international education at the heart of Berlin
Highlights from Follow Sweden
Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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