Sex

The following articles have been tagged with "Sex":

Teacher charged with sex crimes against pupils

National: 20 Nov 09
A male high school teacher in Skövde, western Sweden, has been arrested and charged with a string of sexual offences including child rape. READ »

Swedish man charged for blackmailing sex buyer

National: 18 Nov 09
A businessman from southern Sweden who attempted to pay for sex from two 18-year-old women instead found himself caught up in a blackmail scheme. READ »

Malmström Sweden's new EU commissioner

Politics: 17 Nov 09
Cecilia Malmström, currently Sweden's EU affairs minister, has been nominated as the successor to the country's outgoing EU commissioner, Margot Wallström. READ »

Young trio sold sex with mentally disabled girl

National: 16 Nov 09
Three young people have been indicted in Malmö on pimping charges for repeatedly selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old girl with a mild mental disability. READ »

Few convictions for paying for sex in Sweden

Society: 16 Nov 09
Although it has been illegal to pay for sex in Sweden for ten years, only two people have been sentenced to prison for violating Swedish laws criminalizing the purchasing of sexual services. READ »

15-year-old 'babyface' arrested for serial rape

National: 14 Nov 09
Police in Gothenburg arrested a 15-year-old boy on Friday on suspicion of being the mystery rapist that has haunted the city in recent months. READ »

Wallström in running for top UN job

Politics: 14 Nov 09
Outgoing Swedish EU commissioner Margot Wallström has been nominated by the government to fill a top job at the United Nations headquarters in New York when her term of office ends early next year. READ »

Swedish comic to exact TV revenge on Vatican

Society: 13 Nov 09
Gay Swedish comic and author Jonas Gardell has announced plans to use his religious TV programme to respond to a snub from the Vatican to bar him from Rome's churches claiming that Jesus would not have shut him out. READ »

Dating site singles out Swedes as world's most beautiful men

Society: 12 Nov 09
Swedish men have been judged as the world’s best looking by a dating website especially for beautiful people, while blokes from Britain have landed near the bottom of the list. READ »

Sweden lagging behind in equality for women professionals

Analysis & Opinion: 10 Nov 09
Sweden's much-vaunted gender equality statistics do not stretch as far as the boardrooms of private companies, an area in which the country has fallen way off the international pace, argues Nima Sanandaji. READ »

Politician caught in teen sex scandal to step down

National: 10 Nov 09
A high-ranking Stockholm-area politician has been fined for attempting to purchase sex from an underage girl involved in a high-profile teen sex ring. READ »

Online sperm donor sows seeds of debate

Society: 9 Nov 09
A 26-year-old man from Gothenburg, "used but in good condition", has had his advert removed from an auction site after offering his sexual services to lesbian women wishing to become pregnant. READ »

'It's not the fart that kills...'

Lifestyle: 9 Nov 09
As a bilingual video has the internet public in stitches, The Local's Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius catches up with the men behind the merging of comedy and the Swedish language. READ »

Gothenburg haunted by mystery rapist

National: 9 Nov 09
Police in Gothenburg are on the hunt for a perpetrator suspected in a number of rapes and as many as thirty attempted sexual assaults in recent weeks. READ »

Sweden slammed for UN rights failures

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. READ »

Sweden's first lesbian bishop consecrated in Uppsala

Society: 9 Nov 09
The Church of Sweden on Sunday ordained a female pastor as the country's first openly homosexual bishop, just weeks after approving gay marriages. READ »

One in five priests refuse to wed same-sex couples

National: 7 Nov 09
A week has passed since homosexual couples were given the right to tie the knot in church. Yet, 18 percent of priests in the Gothenburg region say they refuse to preside over gay weddings. READ »

Rape acquittals because girl 'not helpless enough'

National: 6 Nov 09
Four men charged with gang-raping a 17-year-old girl have been acquitted by a Swedish court because prosecutors were unable to prove that the girl was in a helpless state at the time of the incident. READ »

Anglicans snub Swedish lesbian bishop

Society: 4 Nov 09
Anglican bishops from England and Northern Ireland have rebuffed invitations to attend the ordination of the openly gay Eva Brunne to be the next Bishop of Stockholm. READ »

Women awarded damages for nightclub make-out session

Society: 4 Nov 09
Two women who were told to stop kissing by a guard at a popular Stockholm night club have had their damage award for discrimination upheld by the Supreme Court. READ »

Carnal knowledge: A sex scandal made in Sweden

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Nov 09
Classroom warfare has erupted in Sweden as conservative commentators are appalled by what they view as a "try everything" approach to sex education in the nation's schools, writes The Local's Christine Demsteader. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 30 - November 5

Lifestyle: 29 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Alaska & William Fitzimmons (US) in Stockholm; Cirque du Soleil (CAN) in Gothenburg; Jay Reatard (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Three dead in Stockholm apartment fire

National: 28 Oct 09
Three people were found dead on Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in an apartment in Farsta in south Stockholm. Police do not suspect foul play. READ »

Quack doctor indicted over cabbage cure for cancer

National: 27 Oct 09
A man in his fifties in western Sweden has been indicted on twelve charges of fraud and sex offences after allegedly treating cancer patients with herbs and vegetables and sexually abusing a woman with Parkinson's disease. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 23 - 29

Lifestyle: 22 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: African film festival & lullabies for the environment in Stockholm; Hammarkullen carnival fun & exile film festival in Gothenburg; Steve Earle (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Church of Sweden says yes to gay marriage

National: 22 Oct 09
The Synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden has come down in favour of church weddings for homosexuals in a vote held on Thursday morning. READ »

More Swedish women surfing the web for sex: study

Society: 21 Oct 09
Surfing the web in search of sexual content is one of the ten fastest growing internet activities in Sweden – especially among women, a new study shows. READ »

Acquittal for boy who sent naked pics of his ex

National: 21 Oct 09
A Swedish teenage boy who sent naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend to his friends has had his conviction overturned upon appeal. READ »

'Poop in boots' scandal has Cats cast hissing

Society: 20 Oct 09
Accusations of sexual harassment and a feces-filled counterattack have rocked the Stockholm production of the musical Cats, despite rave reviews and sellout crowds. READ »

Islam 'Sweden's biggest threat': far-right leader

Politics: 19 Oct 09
An article by the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats claiming that Islam is the biggest threat to Sweden since World War II is tantamount to hate speech, according to legal experts. READ »

Beltran demands retrial in rape case

National: 18 Oct 09
Swedish-Chilean opera singer and convicted rapist Tito Beltran has submitted a petition for a retrial in the Supreme Court. Beltran claims that former justice minister Thomas Bodström's involvement in the case amounted to a breach of the constitution. READ »

One in two foster kids sexually abused

National: 17 Oct 09
A government report reveals that half the number of children who grew up in Swedish foster homes or institutions over the last seventy years were exposed to sexual abuse. READ »

Teacher who paid for sex with minor 'can't be fired'

National: 15 Oct 09
Being found guilty of paying for group sex with a minor is not sufficient grounds for education officials in Stockholm to fire a teacher who has refused to quit following his conviction. READ »

Two Swedes convicted for selling illegal porn

National: 15 Oct 09
Two porn peddlers from northwestern Sweden have been convicted for selling pornographic films with exceedingly violent content. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 16 - 22

Lifestyle: 15 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Championship rugby & Massive Attack (UK) in Stockholm/Uppsala; Chocolate festival & avant garde dance in Gothenburg; Rahael Saadiq (US) in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Gender trouble - time to bury the feminist hatchet?

Analysis & Opinion: 14 Oct 09
Since when is the ubiquitous Anna Anka a feminist? And why are feminists apportioned blame for so many of the worlds ills? The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson enters the Hollywood housewife debate. READ »

Masturbating truck driver convicted of careless driving

Society: 14 Oct 09
A German truck driver charged for masturbating while behind the wheel of his truck when it crashed has been ordered to undergo psychiatric care. READ »

Sweden-based UK artist draws on Darwin for Stockholm exhibition

Lifestyle: 14 Oct 09
British artist Richard Sexton marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth with an exhibition inspired by the great naturalist at the Mornington Hotel in Stockholm. READ »

Anna Anka conjures bygone era of Bad Girls and Mad Men

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 09
An outspoken Hollywood housewife prompts The Local's Jeanne Rudbeck to weigh up her options: stay a wage slave to the grave or get back to bitchin' in the kitchen. READ »

Hip diaper bag a must for the discerning dad

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 09
Nothing says 'cool dad' like a dashing nappy bag, writes Joel Sherwood, who finds his street cred only slightly hampered by a hasty online purchase. READ »

Young sex offenders escape investigation

National: 11 Oct 09
Every fifth case of a reported sexual offence involving Swedish teenagers is not investigated by the social services, according to a new report. READ »

Masturbating trucker charged with reckless driving

National: 9 Oct 09
A German truck driver who was busy playing with his joystick when he flipped his rig in western Sweden in September, has been charged with reckless driving and assault. READ »

Sweden cautions Czechs over Lisbon 'opt outs'

Politics: 9 Oct 09
The Swedish EU presidency has cautioned the Czechs that their demands for an extra "footnote" on the Lisbon treaty sends out "the wrong message at the wrong time". READ »

Porn shop internship costs Swedish man his job

National: 8 Oct 09
A man from Skellefteå in northern Sweden who lost his job as a personal care assistant because of a part-time internship at a local porn shop has accused his former employer of discrimination. READ »

Seduction on the streets of Stockholm

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 09
Wooed into learning the art of seduction, The Local’s Christine Demsteader follows a group of men in pursuit of a pick-up artist’s secrets in Stockholm. READ »

Sweden to replace top legal official

National: 8 Oct 09
Sweden’s highest legal official, Chancellor of Justice Göran Lambertz, is stepping down from his post and will be replaced by supreme court justice Anna Skarhed, the government announced on Thursday. READ »

Sex crime suspect on trial following jail cell pass at female officer

National: 8 Oct 09
A 48-year-old man is on trial in Helsingborg in south-western Sweden for having sexually assaulted a police officer following an interrogation for other alleged sex crimes. READ »

What's on in Sweden: October 9 - 15

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Fashion market & Nouvelle Vague (Fr) in Stockholm; Culture night & Nostalgia fair in Gothenburg; The Handsome Family (US) & English comedy in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Chinese media tempted by fantasy of women-only Swedish town

National: 5 Oct 09
A mythical Swedish town where men are barred from entering and women turn to homosexuality has piqued the interest of several Chinese media outlets. READ »

Man thrown off bus in gender row

National: 3 Oct 09
A jobsworth bus driver in northern Sweden refused to allow a man to travel with his girlfriend on transport arranged for a ladies night out. READ »

Swedish pupils speak out on bully teachers

National: 2 Oct 09
An annual survey conducted by Sweden’s biggest children’s magazine posed the question: ’What do you think of your teacher?' - 16 percent of school children thought they were bullies. READ »

Swedish cross-dresser wins final battle to be named Madeleine

Society: 29 Sep 09
A male cross-dresser from Luleå in northern Sweden has won his legal struggle to go by the name Madeleine. READ »

Prison for head of Swedish teen sex ring

National: 28 Sep 09
The 40-year-old 'mastermind' behind a Swedish teen sex ring has been sentenced to four years in jail on charges of aggravated pimping offences. READ »

Malmö man sentenced for sex assault in Texas

National: 26 Sep 09
A 33-year old man from Malmö has been sentenced to ten years in prison by a US court for sexually abusing a 16-year-old he met online. READ »

Sweden's 'youngest female pimp' remanded in custody

National: 25 Sep 09
A 17-year-old girl and 19-year-old woman have been remanded in custody in Malmö on suspicion of selling a disabled teenager for sex. READ »

Trucker flips his rig after masturbating while driving

National: 24 Sep 09
A German truck driver who just couldn't get enough of himself admitted he was masturbating at the time his truck crashed on a road near Borås in western Sweden on Wednesday. READ »

Sex rumours land loose-lipped Swedish pastor in hot water

Society: 23 Sep 09
A pastor in Malmö in southern Sweden has been accused of leaking intimate details of a woman's sex life to other members of the congregation. READ »

Carolina Gynning: hectic days in the life of one non-blonde

Lifestyle: 21 Sep 09
Swedish celebrity Carolina Gynning takes time out from her career juggling to chat with The Local about taking control over her life and nascent plans to save the planet. READ »

Gains for gay marriage foes in church elections

Society: 21 Sep 09
Opponents of same-sex marriage made significant gains in Sweden’s church elections on Sunday, on a voter turnout of barely 12 percent. READ »

Swedish girls suffer widespread harassment: report

Society: 20 Sep 09
Every third young Swede has been subjected to repeated harassment, threats or violence over the past year. Six percent of young girls have been raped, a new report from Swedish researchers shows. READ »

HIV man strikes again: unprotected sex with 15-year-old

National: 19 Sep 09
A 20 year-old man with HIV from Linköping has been remanded in custody for having unprotected sex with a 15-year-old girl. The man has previously been imprisoned for having intercourse with seven woman who were not aware he was infected. READ »

Party distances itself from Hollywood wife

Society: 18 Sep 09
The leader of the Christian Democrats has distanced him party from Hollywood wife Anna Anka, who described Swedish men as "tragic" for their "nappy changing" and "equality nonsense". READ »

Boozy antics cost Swedish major his job

National: 18 Sep 09
A Swedish major serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo has lost his job following a bout of excessive drinking and sexual relations with a local woman. READ »

Green dildo promises earth-friendly orgasms

Business & Money: 18 Sep 09
"Earth Angel", the world's first 100% "green" dildo - made from recycled materials and battery-free - is now on sale in Sweden. READ »

Hollywood wife lays in to Swedish men

Society: 17 Sep 09
The Swedish-born wife of Las Vegas crooner Paul Anka has called Swedish men "tragic" for their "nappy changing" and "equality nonsense". LA housewife Anna Anka argues that she could be a role model for Swedish women to follow. READ »

Thousands of young Swedes sell sex: study

Society: 14 Sep 09
Around 20,000 young Swedes have sold sex, primarily over the internet, a new study shows. READ »

'Taxpayers should not have to fund feminist porn'

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Sep 09
The idea of feminist porn may be attractive to some but there is no reason for the state to cough up half a million kronor to fund its production, argues Beatrice Fredriksson, a member of the Moderate Party's youth organisation and author of the Anti-Feminist Initiative blog. READ »

Feminist porn 'challenges traditional gender roles'

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Sep 09
Film maker Mia Engberg explains the genesis of Dirty Diaries, a movie made up of 12 'feminist porn' shorts that has been generating heated debate across Sweden in the lead-up to its premiere this week. READ »

Publicly funded ‘feminist porn’ to premiere

Society: 1 Sep 09
'Feminist porn' movie Dirty Diaries, which received 500,000 kronor ($69,000) in public funding, is to premiere this Thursday in Stockholm. READ »

Norway requests extradition of suspected child molester

National: 30 Aug 09
Norwegian police have requested the extradition of a Swedish man suspected of sexually assaulting children in Norway, Sweden and Thailand. READ »

Serial rapist sentenced to prison

National: 29 Aug 09
An 18-year-old man was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for assaulting and raping two young women in northwestern Stockholm. The man is suspected of being behind a series of violent rapes both in Sweden and Belgium. READ »

Webcam paedophile sentenced to eight years

National: 27 Aug 09
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping a teenager and engaging in a series of webcam-related sex crimes involving 60 girls. READ »

Chlamydia helps young men feel more 'manly': Swedish study

Society: 22 Aug 09
Young men who contract sexually transmitted diseases often view their afflictions as an affirmation of their manhood, a new Swedish study shows. READ »

Transgender belly dancer helps launch Arab gay initiative

Lifestyle: 21 Aug 09
As a human rights group publishes details of a bloody campaign of hate being waged against gays in Iraq, Rami Abdelrahman speaks to members of a recently founded initiative for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Arabs in Sweden. READ »

Outspoken prosecutor taken off rape cases

National: 20 Aug 09
Swedish district prosecutor Rolf Hillegren, who was reported to the justice ombudsman for referring to some cases of rape as mere regulatory offences, will no longer work on sex crime cases, it has been announced. READ »

Sweden refuses asylum to gay Iraqis

National: 18 Aug 09
A Swedish gay rights organisation has called on the government not to deport any homosexual Iraqi asylum seekers in the light of a shocking new report categorising an extermination campaign against gay men in the Middle Eastern country. READ »

Prosecutor reported over rape comments

National: 17 Aug 09
Swedish district prosecutor Rolf Hillegren has been reported to the justice ombudsman for published comments in which he classified some categories of rape as mere regulatory offences. READ »

'Self-harm common even among boys': study

Society: 17 Aug 09
Four out of ten Swedes aged 14-15 have reported deliberately injuring themselves, a new report shows. READ »

Sharp rise in cases of gonorrhea among women

Science & Technology: 13 Aug 09
The number of cases of gonorrhea among women in Sweden for the first six months of 2009 was up 31 percent on the same period last year, according to new figures from the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control. READ »

Swedes neglect their fruit and veg: report

Society: 13 Aug 09
Sweden trails behind its European neighbours in regard to consumption of fruit and vegetables, a new report has shown. READ »

Refugees died after HIV misdiagnosis

National: 8 Aug 09
Several female refugees from Africa have died of AIDS after Swedish doctors failed to test them for HIV, reports Dagens Nyheter newspaper. READ »

Woman, 32, found guilty of raping woman

Society: 7 Aug 09
A 32-year-old woman was found guilty on Friday of the rape of another woman by the Gothenburg District Court. READ »

Paedophile sees jail term cut to five years

Society: 5 Aug 09
A 62-year-old man found guilty of sex crimes perpetrated against eight girls over a period of several years had his sentence reduced on Wednesday from seven to five years. READ »

Handball body fires referee for blogging

Sport: 5 Aug 09
Two former referees are taking the Swedish Handball Federation to court after being fired. One of the referees claims he was dismissed because he was gay, although handball officials say it was due to his personal blog. READ »

Defrocked pastor sues Christian dating site

Society: 4 Aug 09
A Church of Sweden minister has demanded compensation from a Christian dating site after he was stripped of his clerical collar for insulting a number of the site's female users. READ »

Arrest in attempted child strangling

National: 4 Aug 09
An 18-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for the attempted murder of an 8-year-old girl near Trollhättan in western Sweden in mid-July. READ »

Football clubs take a stand for gay pride

Society: 2 Aug 09
Representatives for local football clubs, AIK, Hammarby and Djurgården, were among a slew of celebrities showing their support for gay pride by joining the traditional parade through Stockholm on Saturday. READ »

Pride march a 'game changer' for Stockholm football clubs

Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jul 09
As Stockholm gears up for the weekend’s Pride Parade, The Local’s Gabriel Stein takes a look at the difficulties facing two Stockholm-area football clubs as they attempt to show their solidarity with the city’s gay community. READ »

The best of Stockholm Pride

Lifestyle: 30 Jul 09
As northern Europe's biggest Pride festival nears its climax, The Local offers its tips for how to make the most of the weekend. READ »

Sex change ops under review in Sweden

National: 30 Jul 09
The Swedish health and welfare board has launched a review of the healthcare available to transsexuals seeking to change their gender in response to criticism by interest groups. READ »

What's on in Sweden: July 31 - August 6

Lifestyle: 29 Jul 09
What's on in Sweden: Stockholm Pride & International rugby in Stockholm; U2 in Gothenburg; African beach party & Lucy Love (DK) music in Malmö. READ »

Fashion is in the bag for Sweden's Sandqvist Accessories

Lifestyle: 29 Jul 09
Simple, functional, stylish and affordable: Sandqvist Accessories is one of Sweden’s fastest growing accessories companies, and behind the bags is a true success story, The Local's Lydia Parafianowicz discovered recently. READ »