Sex

The following articles have been tagged with "Sex":

'Malmö should be called Mothvirgin in English'

Society: 8 Feb 10
Residents of Malmö have received food for thought from a concerned countryman who has proposed translating the city's name to Mothvirgin, thus making it more accessible in the English-speaking world. READ »

February in Sweden: No sex please, we're cold

Lifestyle: 4 Feb 10
The Year in Sweden - February: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Introducing... Anna Anka

Lifestyle: 2 Feb 10
Introducing... is The Local's guide to the Swedish celebrity. In this week's instalment Malin Nyberg profiles Anna Anka, the conservative trophy wife Sweden loves to hate. READ »

Margot Wallström lands top UN job

Politics: 1 Feb 10
Sweden's Margot Wallström is set to become the UN special representative tasked with combating sexual violence against women and children in conflicts, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced on Sunday READ »

'No sex ring links to ex-police chief'

National: 31 Jan 10
Media reports linking a high profile sex ring to a former police chief suspected of rape and plotting to rape minors are untrue, according to the police officer leading the investigation. READ »

Politician caught with child pornography stash

Politics: 30 Jan 10
A Moderate Party politician in Stockholm has been arrested and charged with possessing child pornography material including a collection of films and photographs. READ »

Taxi driver charged with raping customers

National: 29 Jan 10
A 34-year-old illegal taxi operator has been charged in Malmö on eight counts of rape and attempted rape. READ »

Government closes voter gap: poll

Politics: 29 Jan 10
Sweden's ruling centre-right alliance has increased its pulling power among voters to take a 45.7 percent share according to a new poll. But the left-green opposition still maintains its lead with 48.6 percent. READ »

Ex-police chief remanded in sex ring probe

National: 28 Jan 10
A former police chief suspected of rape in an expanding sex ring investigation was remanded in custody on Thursday, despite his claims of innocence. A number of other well-known men are also said to be under investigation. READ »

Ex-police chief arrested for rape

National: 27 Jan 10
A former high-ranking police official has been arrested in central Sweden on suspicion of raping a woman and attempting to rape several children. READ »

'Auschwitz wasn't on another planet'

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 10
On the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Stockholm-based Israeli journalist David Stavrou reflects on the importance of memory and self-examination, in Sweden and beyond, if we are to avoid recurrences of a catastrophe that was entirely man-made. READ »

Elin visits Tiger in effort to 'keep family together'

Society: 27 Jan 10
In hopes of sparing her children from seeing their parents divorce, Elin Nordegren last week paid a visit to a sex addiction clinic where husband Tiger Woods is seeking treatment, according to celebrity website reports. READ »

Prison guard pregnant after affair with rapist

National: 25 Jan 10
A convicted rapist is set to become a father following a secret romance with a female prison guard, one of several inmate-guard love affairs reported to have taken place at the prison. READ »

Moderates add feminist touch to policy platform

Politics: 25 Jan 10
The Moderate Party is making an election year play to increase its appeal to feminist voters, promising to take on gender-based pay disparities and ranking schools according to gender equity, among other proposals. READ »

Online sex 'grooming' law lacks teeth

Society: 24 Jan 10
Despite surveys indicating half of Swedish girls under 15 have received online sexual advances, Sweden's 'anti-grooming' law has not led to any convictions since entering into force six months ago. READ »

Baptism of fire for 'horny' church's new name

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. READ »

Pornstar cap 'no attire for nursery worker'

National: 23 Jan 10
Headgear emblazoned with the label 'Pornstar' has cost a nursery worker his job after parents caught sight of the man wearing it on a Facebook photo. READ »

Guilty verdict for child rape teacher

National: 22 Jan 10
A male high school teacher in Skövde, south west Sweden, has been found guilty of a string of sex crimes with a pupil and sentenced to two and a half years in prison. READ »

Swedish papers say no to 'lesbian love' advert

Society: 20 Jan 10
An advertisement featuring three half-naked women was deemed inappropriate for publication by two newspapers in southern Sweden, shocking officials at the sexual health organization who created the ad. READ »

Boy charged for Gothenburg sex attacks

National: 20 Jan 10
A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with more than a dozen sexual attacks in Gothenburg last autumn which left area residents fearful of the so-called ‘babyface’ rapist. READ »

'Necrophiliacs' behind Haiti Facebook hoax

Society: 20 Jan 10
More than 200,000 Swedes joined a Facebook group claiming to be collecting donations to help earthquake victims in Haiti before it was revealed as a hoax by the “Swedish Necrophilia Association”. READ »

Swedish paedophile jailed in Cambodia

National: 19 Jan 10
A 62-year-old Swedish man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison by a Phnom Penh court for having sex with three boys. READ »

Paedophile site reported for privacy violations

Society: 18 Jan 10
A website featuring personal information about Swedes convicted of sex crimes involving children has been reported to the police by Sweden's Data Inspection Board. READ »

Sweden probes webcam paedophile suspect

National: 17 Jan 10
A man from southern Sweden is suspected of committing numerous sexual crimes on the internet with underage girls, perhaps hundreds. READ »

Facebook groups prone to new sabotage trend

National: 15 Jan 10
Facebook users in Sweden are being plagued by a new trend sweeping the popular social networking site where names of groups are being changed to titles with vulgar sexual connotations. READ »

Foster kids demand apology for 'dark chapter'

National: 14 Jan 10
Sweden plans to launch an inquiry to examine how victims of abuse in state-run foster homes and orphanages can receive some form of restitution following the partial findings of a government investigation into past mistreatment. READ »

Three convicted for sex trafficking of Slovak teen

National: 14 Jan 10
Three men were sentenced to prison on Thursday for their role in a sex trafficking scheme in which a 17-year-old girl was forced to sell sex to several men in Skåne in southern Sweden. READ »

Crime figure sues police over sex club entrapment

National: 12 Jan 10
A 48-year-old man identified as a leading figure in Stockholm's criminal underworld is suing an ex-policeman for 50 million kronor ($7 million), claiming he was set up as part of a major sex club scandal. READ »

Opera mood marred by sexual harassment case

Society: 11 Jan 10
Tensions are running high at the Royal Swedish Opera as ballet director Marc Ribaud is issued with an official warning after sexually harassing a female member of staff. READ »

Give young transsexuals special ID cards: doc

Society: 7 Jan 10
Young Swedes who suspect they are transsexuals ought to be issued special ID cards allowing them to hide their undesired gender during their trial phase as the opposite sex, a leading child psychiatrist argues. READ »

Man charged for sex with door-to-door saleswomen

National: 7 Jan 10
A 36-year-old Gothenburg businessman has been charged with paying for sex after three young women knocked on his hotel room door and offered him their bodies in return for cash. READ »

US film giants appeal in file-sharing case

National: 6 Jan 10
In a corporate David and Goliath-style case, a Stockholm-based internet operator is fighting a file-sharing lawsuit against a collective of large US film companies. READ »

Conviction for Sweden's 'youngest female pimp'

National: 4 Jan 10
A 17-year-old girl from Malmö in southern Sweden has been convicted for selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old mentally disabled girl. The 20-year-old man suspected of masterminding the pimping operation was acquitted. READ »

'Vaginal corona' makes 2009 word list

National: 31 Dec 09
The Swedish Language Council has added slidkrans (vaginal corona) to its list of official Swedish words following successful lobbying by a sexual rights group. In total, the council added 30 new words to its linguistic roster. READ »

Taking naked pictures of sleeping teen not a crime: court

National: 31 Dec 09
A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl's genitals while she was sleeping. READ »

Donald scores landslide victory in Christmas 'duck' battle

Society: 29 Dec 09
Perennial TV ratings champion 'Kalle Anka och vänner' ('Donald Duck and Friends) squashed the outspoken wife of crooner Paul Anka in what was billed as Sweden's Christmas Eve battle of the ducks. READ »

Swede in coma after Philippines attack

National: 28 Dec 09
A Swedish citizen is fighting for his life after being assaulted by two security guards at a nightclub in Angeles City in the Philippines. READ »

Woods' womanizing no secret: Swedish golfer

Society: 24 Dec 09
Tiger Wood's extramarital activities were no secret to other golfers, Swedish LPGA star Helen Alfredsson said on Wednesday, claiming she first heard rumours about his infidelities during last summer's British Open. READ »

Young Swedish women more likely to have sex with each other: study

Society: 23 Dec 09
Young Swedes have ever more fluid definitions of sex and sexuality, according to a new study from Malmö University in southern Sweden. Women in particular are more likely to pursue sexual activities with others of the same gender. READ »

Christmas shopping guide: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 09
Waited till the last minute to pick up a gift for the design aficionado in your life? Here's help. We've dusted off The Local’s quintessential guide to the best of Swedish design online with some old, some new and some just plain odd. READ »

Swedish police tackle child sex abuse abroad

National: 20 Dec 09
Police are working on measures to make it easier to report Swedes who have sexually assaulted children abroad in a bid to encourage tourists to relay suspicions against compatriots leaving the country to pay for sex with children. READ »

No remand of accused Church of Sweden pastor

National: 19 Dec 09
On Friday, a court in western Sweden elected not to remand the 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor accused sexually abusing two minor boys during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation. READ »

MP makes indecent Christmas party proposal

Politics: 18 Dec 09
Social Democrat member of parliament Per Svedberg awoke shamefaced this week after making lewd advances in a state of undress to a female colleague at a Riksdag Christmas bash. READ »

'Feminists have better sex': Swedish party

Politics: 17 Dec 09
Sweden's feminist political party is hoping logo items featuring a bold claim about their supporters’ supposed prowess in the bedroom will raise awareness about the party during the holiday shopping season. READ »

Church of Sweden pastor accused of rape

National: 17 Dec 09
A 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor faces a remand hearing this Friday for the alleged sexual abuse of two children during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation. READ »

ABBA set to enter Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Society: 17 Dec 09
The groundbreaking Swedish pop group ABBA is set to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. READ »

Allow Afghan women to give massages: army adviser

Society: 14 Dec 09
A Swedish army gender adviser in Afghanistan has taken the Armed Forces to task for only employing local men to perform massages on troops stationed in Mazar-E-Sharif. READ »

Nordegren's purchase of Stockholm island retreat confirmed

Society: 13 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren closed on a deal to buy a sprawling island estate in the Stockholm archipelago in the early days of an infidelity scandal which continues to plague her star golfer husband Tiger Woods, the island’s residents' association said on Sunday. READ »

Gender-reassigned face health hurdles: study

Science & Technology: 12 Dec 09
This year 60 people have applied to change their sex in Sweden. Most gender-reassigned people achieve a better life through their surgery, but a new study shows that the risk of attempted suicide and psychological problems remains high. READ »

The Lowdown: Lucia

Lifestyle: 11 Dec 09
It's one of the most enduring Swedish winter traditions. The tradition of Lucia brings some much needed light into Sweden's winter darkness, James Savage writes. READ »

Bishop blasts pastor over anal sex outburst

Society: 9 Dec 09
Church of Sweden pastor and gay marriage opponent Dag Sandahl has drawn the ire of senior clergy after launching a foul-mouthed attack on gay sex at an October church summit. READ »

Swedish star: 'Tiger tried to recruit me as a lover'

Society: 9 Dec 09
One of Sweden’s top female celebrities is claiming she was approached by an agent on behalf of Tiger Woods about having a fling with the star golfer. READ »

Swedish group renames hymen 'vaginal corona'

Society: 8 Dec 09
A Swedish sexual rights group unilaterally proclaimed a new English term for what it considers one of the most misunderstood parts of the female anatomy. READ »

Elin Nordegren's mother in surprise US trip: report

Society: 7 Dec 09
Barbro Holmberg, the mother of golfer Tiger Woods’ Swedish wife Elin Nordegren, has unexpectedly cleared her schedule for the week and traveled to the United States, according to Swedish media reports. READ »

Anna Anka faces split with Hollywood husband after latest row

Society: 7 Dec 09
Singer-songwriter Paul Anka has filed for divorce from his Swedish wife Anna following a violent spat at the couple’s Hollywood home last week. READ »

Seven arrests as police smash trafficking ring

National: 7 Dec 09
Police in Sweden arrested seven people on Monday morning for their suspected role in a human trafficking network. READ »

Arvika festival campaign reaches its climax

Society: 4 Dec 09
In the latest marketing blitz from the Arvika Festival organizers, a twenty-year-old girl masturbates in front of the camera for a promo video. "People have sex at our festival," explains the festival's spokesman. READ »

Two charged with rape of 16-year-old

National: 4 Dec 09
Two men, aged in their twenties, have been charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Höör, north of Malmö. The men are accused of forcing their way into a toilet and then taking turns to rape the girl. READ »

How to survive the Christmas buffet without looking like an idiot

Analysis & Opinion: 3 Dec 09
Does the herring lead us into Jansson's temptation or is it the other way around? Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius has the lowdown on how to prevent your office julbord from ending in yuletide tears. READ »

'Elin should use a driver next time': Parnevik

Sport: 3 Dec 09
Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik said he regretted introducing Tiger Woods to his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren after evidence emerged on Wednesday the golf superstar had an affair with a Las Vegas cocktail waitress. READ »

Preschool teacher held for alleged sexual abuse

National: 2 Dec 09
A preschool teacher at an independent Christian school in Jönköping in south central Sweden is in custody on suspicions of having sexually abused several children. READ »

H&M hands out free panties to promote new lingerie line

Society: 2 Dec 09
Swedish discount fashion retailer H&M gave away women's undies to guests attending the Paris launch of a new lingerie line designed by French designer Sonia Rykiel. READ »

Gay men may donate blood: health board

Society: 1 Dec 09
Gay men in Sweden are to be permitted to donate blood provided they have not had sex with another man for at least a year, according to a new health board ruling. READ »

Members flee Church of Sweden in droves

Society: 1 Dec 09
The Church of Sweden is bleeding members at an increasingly rapid pace, at the same time as membership rolls in Islamic, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox Christian assemblies are on the rise. READ »

Sexual attacks continue to plague Borås

National: 30 Nov 09
The wave of sex crimes in Borås in western Sweden continued over the weekend, despite the detention of a 12- and 13-year-old boy suspected of attempted rape. READ »

Pre-teen boy held for rape attempt

National: 27 Nov 09
A 12-year-old boy attacked and tried to rape a 19-year-old woman in Borås in southern Sweden on Thursday evening. Police were able to detain the boy after the intervention of a neighbour. READ »

Politician causes stir with sex play outburst

Society: 26 Nov 09
A Green Party politician from southern Sweden is defending the use of sex organ slang during a local council debate about Swedishness. READ »

Stockholm Pride asks: 'how hetero' is your Facebook?

Society: 26 Nov 09
Facebook users can now check to see "how hetero" the pictures they have posted on the popular social networking site are, thanks to a new web application launched this week. READ »

Wife's pregnancy blamed for prostitute visit

Society: 26 Nov 09
A high-ranking manager at a Swedish state-owned company has admitted he paid for sex with a prostitute because he hadn’t had sex with his pregnant wife for five months. READ »

The Lowdown on classic car maker Saab

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Nov 09
Saab is a company steeped in glorious history. But as sports car maker Koenigsegg reverses out of its takeover deal, the GM-owned company is increasingly being viewed by analysts as a firm without a future. READ »

Eviction plea denied for noisy sex neighbours

National: 21 Nov 09
A Stockholm couple have been told they can stay in their rental apartment after neighbours called for their eviction over the pair’s naughty and noisy night-time games. READ »

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 »