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Fresh clashes as more cars burn in Husby

National: 21 May 13
Cars were engulfed in flames on Monday night and youths clashed with police in the north-western Stockholm district of Husby for a second night in a row. READ »

Riot police 'resorted to racial slurs' in Husby

National: 20 May 13
Police officers on hand during the Husby riot in northern Stockholm stand accused of using racist language towards people on the ground, with one youth worker in the area claiming it is "not the last time" such scenes will occur. READ »

'Husby is usually a very peaceful place'

Analysis & Opinion: 20 May 13
In the wake of Sunday's night's unrest in the north Stockholm district of Husby, The Local catches up with the editor of a local newspaper to find out more about what caused residents to take to the streets and how police responded. READ »

Youths burn 100 cars in north Stockholm riots

National: 20 May 13
Youths rioted in northern Stockholm on Sunday night, setting fire to cars and throwing rocks at police, in what is believed to be a protest against the fatal police shooting of a machete-wielding man in the suburb last week. READ »

Eurovision: The final word from Malmö

Lifestyle: 20 May 13
With two weeks of Euromania done and dusted and with southern Sweden nursing a Eurovision-sized hangover, The Local's Patrick Reilly takes one last look at the highlights, the lowlights, and Malmö's time in the limelight. READ »

Sweden win ice hockey world champs at home

Sport: 20 May 13
Sweden's ice hockey team won the gold-medal match in the ice hockey World Championships against Switzerland on Sunday night, trouncing the visitors 5-1. READ »

Man held over armed jewellery store robbery

National: 19 May 13
A man was detained Sunday morning on suspicion of involvement in a violent jewellery store heist which left three people with gunshot wounds. READ »

Sweden beat Finland in hunt for hockey gold

Sport: 18 May 13
Sweden will be playing for gold in the ice hockey World Championships after dispatching longstanding rivals and co-hosts Finland with a 3-0 win on Saturday. READ »

Three shot in jewellery heist on busy street

National: 18 May 13
Three people were wounded during an armed robbery on a jewellery store in Ängelholm, southern Sweden on Saturday, with the robbers escaping on a yellow moped. READ »

Man wounded in schoolyard shooting

Society: 18 May 13
Panic broke out at a Gothenburg school on Friday evening as one man was wounded in a shooting which could be linked to a violent robbery that took place in the area on the same day. READ »

Get set... get ready.... get betting: Five Eurovision songs to watch

Lifestyle: 17 May 13
The winner takes it all and it takes all to predict a winner. Or does it? The Brits have placed their bets on the nostalgia vote, while the Dutch have sent a Lana del Rey'ish tune into battle, but it's Sweden's southern neighbour Denmark who is tipped to win. READ »

Sweden ousts Canada in dramatic hockey win

Sport: 17 May 13
Sweden edged Olympic champions Canada 3-2 in a penalty shootout on Thursday night to set up semi-final clash against arch rivals Finland at the ice hockey World Championships. READ »

Naked Swede dresses down American Apparel

Society: 16 May 13
The man who founded a Swedish online fashion retailer has posed half-naked to help market the firm's clothes after Swedes criticized US retailer American Apparel for using "sexist" images of nearly-naked women to sell its wares. READ »

Swedish lobbying boom prompts regulation calls

Politics: 16 May 13
Sweden's top EU politician Cecilia Malmström wants to register lobbyists, stating that Sweden's small size means political networks and friendships often overlapped. READ »

Swedish bride murder suspect's health worsens

National: 16 May 13
A British man wanted in South Africa in connection with the murder of his Swedish wife, who was killed while the couple were on their honeymoon, has suffered a relapse in mental health problems, a court heard on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish photographer cleared of manipulation

Society: 15 May 13
Swedish photographer Paul Hansen, under fire for potentially doctoring his award-winning image from the Gaza funeral of two children, has been cleared by the World Press Photo organization that handed him its prestigious annual prize. READ »

Swedes slam American Apparel over 'sexist' ads

Society: 15 May 13
The use of half-naked women by American Apparel to sell "unisex" shirts has sparked sexism complaints in Sweden, resulting in the US fashion retailer being reported to the country's advertising watchdog. READ »

Stockholm man shot dead by police

National: 14 May 13
Police fatally shot a 69-year-old man in an apartment in north Stockholm on Monday evening after responding to calls that a man armed with a machete was menacing the neighbourhood. READ »

Police to probe strip-club shooting in Stockholm

National: 10 May 13
Swedish police are investigating attempted murder after a shooting at a central Stockholm strip club on Thursday night. READ »

Swedish woman dies in game of Russian roulette

National: 3 May 13
A Swedish woman has died after playing what appeared to be a game of Russian roulette in western Sweden. The 23-year-old man who provided the weapon was charged for manslaughter on Thursday. READ »

'Any Swedish job pays more than in Romania'

Lifestyle: 3 May 13
With Romania's Eurovision entry considered something of an underdog this year, The Local's Patrick Reilly discovers why many of the thousands of Romanians in Sweden can relate to that uphill slog. READ »

Swedish cops bask in Gangnam Style viral glow

Lifestyle: 2 May 13
A Gangnam Style-inspired announcement about traffic safety that went viral on Facebook has thrust a humble group of Swedish police officers into the spotlight, making them our pick for Swede(s) of the Week. READ »

Cop under fire over trigger-happy stag party

Society: 30 Apr 13
A Swedish police officer risks disciplinary action after letting a soon-to-be groom fire 30 shots with his service weapon at a bachelor party held at the indoor shooting range of a police station in western Sweden. READ »

Swedes ditch downloads for illegal streaming

Business & Money: 29 Apr 13
Swedes are turning away from file-sharing sites like The Pirate Bay in favour of "safer" illegal streaming sites for new movies and TV shows, with experts claiming that Swedes would pay for content if a better solution was available. READ »

Gothenburg shootings surge in two years

National: 29 Apr 13
After a man was shot dead through his kitchen window in Gothenburg this weekend, local police said easier access to weapons has lead to one shooting a week in the western Sweden city. READ »

Swedish police shoot drunk gun-toting man

National: 27 Apr 13
A drunk man was shot in the foot by police in Umeå in northern Sweden on Friday night after he pointed a pistol at them in an attempt to evade arrest. READ »

Sweden's 'racist sniper' felled for further crimes

National: 25 Apr 13
Convicted murderer Peter Mangs had his attempt to overturn his life sentence quashed on Thursday by a local appeals court, which also found him guilty of an additional three attempted murders. READ »

Kids find loaded gun in the snow and fire round

Society: 14 Apr 13
A group of children playing in a snow drift in Umeå in northern Sweden on Saturday came across what they thought was a toy gun only to find out that it was a real weapon when one of them pulled the trigger. READ »

'The booze won't be free even if Greece wins'

Lifestyle: 11 Apr 13
In the latest in a series profiling different communities in Malmö as the city prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest, The Local's Patrick Reilly talks to Greeks in Malmö to find out where their loyalties lie. READ »

Teens girls to be charged in Instagram riot case

National: 10 Apr 13
Prosecutors in Gothenburg have decided to file criminal charges against two teen girls believed to be behind a "slut-shaming" account on Instagram that caused local teenagers to riot last year. READ »

Swedish study confirms foreign name CV bias

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Apr 13
Researchers have found that job applicants with Swedish sounding names are 50 percent more likely to be called back for an interview than people with Arabic names, based on a randomly generated experiment with CV and cover letters. READ »

Rogue hunter kills Swedish family's pet cat

Society: 5 Apr 13
A family in southern Sweden is in mourning after their beloved pet cat, Sam, was shot dead by a vigilante hunter who was killing stray cats in the area. READ »

Zlatan soars in PSG draw against Barcelona

Sport: 3 Apr 13
Zlatan Ibrahimovic played a pivotal, if not controversial, role in helping Paris Saint Germain manage a 2-2 draw against Barcelona on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League quarter final series. READ »

'I came to Malmö in 1974 and I still haven't left'

Society: 2 Apr 13
As Malmö prepares to host the Eurovision Song Contest, The Local's Patrick Reilly discovers how the city's Polish community feels about not being able to cheer on their compatriots. READ »

Reinfeldt slams Cameron over immigration stance

Politics: 27 Mar 13
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has criticized David Cameron over the British prime minister's plans to restrict migrants' access to social benefits. READ »

Google shot itself in the foot: Swedish Academy

National: 26 Mar 13
Language heavyweight the Swedish Academy, known globally for awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature, has warned Google that it has the clout to fight back if the US search engine objects to the word "ungoogleable". READ »

Sweden in goalless draw against Ireland

Sport: 23 Mar 13
Sweden's prospects of making it to Brazil in 2014 are looking bleak after Friday's goalless World Cup qualifier against Ireland at Stockholm's Friends Arena. READ »

Skåne: Former cop pursues pig-barn 'dream'

Travel: 22 Mar 13
For this week’s My Sweden, The Local heads south and talks to former US Marine Ron Tibbs, who lives on a secluded farm near Kristianstad where he's converting a 100-year-old pig house into a traditional Swedish café. READ »

Gothenburg toll cameras hit in 'paintball' attack

National: 19 Mar 13
In an apparent protest against Gothenburg's new congestion charges, local residents have sabotaged eleven of the city's toll-booth cameras in what is suspected to be a paintball attack. READ »

Four schools closed in Malmö after firearm find

National: 15 Mar 13
Four schools were shut down in Malmö on Friday after a rifle, a shotgun, and ammunition were discovered by construction workers on the roof of one of the schools. READ »

Call Girl edited after Palme family complaints

Politics: 14 Mar 13
The makers the film Call Girl have agreed to cut a scene portraying a character similar to slain Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme having sex with an underage prostitute after his son reported the film for slander. READ »

New album from Abba legend Agnetha Fältskog

National: 11 Mar 13
Abba vocalist Agnetha Fältskog released a new single on Monday ahead of the scheduled May release of her first studio album in nearly a decade. READ »

Centre Party forgives prof's Muhammad email

Politics: 9 Mar 13
A local politician and university lecturer who sent a racist email to a student has been readmitted to the Centre Party in Rättvik, central Sweden. READ »

New witness in 'Malmö sniper' trial to testify

National: 8 Mar 13
Prosecutors are set to introduce a new witness to a Malmö shooting in the retrial of Peter Mangs, hoping to secure an additional attempted murder conviction in the high-profile case. READ »

Dressing like Hitler not a crime: Swedish court

National: 7 Mar 13
A 24-year-old man who attended a party dressed as Nazi leader Adolf Hitler has been acquitted of hate crime charges by a Swedish court. READ »

Instagram riot probe nears completion

National: 6 Mar 13
The Swedish police are close to wrapping up their investigation into the "slut-shaming" account on Instagram that caused Gothenburg teenagers to riot last year. READ »

Lars Vilks on Al-Qaeda 'wanted dead or alive' list

National: 3 Mar 13
Controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks is reported to be one of eleven people on a list of targets for extremists published by an Al-Qaeda linked group. READ »

Two men arrested after pre-school gate shooting

National: 2 Mar 13
Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a man outside a pre-school in Norrköping in central Sweden on Friday. READ »

Woman dies after being shot in the face

National: 1 Mar 13
A 45-year-old woman in Gothenburg has died in hospital after she was shot in the face on Friday morning when she was out for a walk. READ »

Hungry eagle chomps Swede's pet chihuahua

Society: 28 Feb 13
A Swedish woman mourning the untimely death of her pet chihuahua has been comforted with cash after local officials determined her canine companion was devoured by a golden eagle. READ »

Lecturer suspended over racist Muhammad email

National: 22 Feb 13
A local politician who also lectures at a university in central Sweden has been forced to leave his post after sending a new student a racist email lampooning him as being "Muhammad from Mecca". READ »

Out-of-hours police turn away murder suspect

National: 19 Feb 13
A 45-year-old man wanted in connection with the 2011 killing of a gang leader in Malmö tried to turn himself in on Monday, only to be told that the local police station was closed. READ »

Belarus jails guard over Swedes' teddy bear drop

National: 19 Feb 13
A border guard on duty when a Swedish plane flew over Belarus last summer to drop hundreds of pro-democracy teddy bears has been jailed for failing to stop the stuffed-animal assault. READ »

Swedish golfer tees out spider venom

Sport: 14 Feb 13
A Swedish golfer who was bitten by one of Australia's deadliest spiders used a golf tee to help her extract the venom and finish the course during a qualifying tournament in Canberra. READ »

Don't forget about the 'good' internet hatred

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 13
As Sweden continues to discuss internet hatred, Paulina Neuding, editor of centre-right Swedish magazine Neo, argues that the left openly subjects opinion-makers who disagree with them to similarly hateful comments. READ »

Zlatan red card mars PSG Champions League win

Sport: 13 Feb 13
Zlatan Ibrahimovic picked up a controversial red card in Paris Saint-Germain's 2-1 Champions League win over Valencia on Tuesday night, but the Swedish striker remains optimistic about his side's chances of advancing. READ »

Inside the Pirates' den: filmmaker Simon Klose

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 13
With a much-anticipated documentary about Swedish filesharing site The Pirate Bay set to debut at the Berlin International Film festival on Friday, The Local catches up with director Simon Klose, our pick for Swede of the Week. READ »

Sweden's average home price at 'record high'

Business & Money: 7 Feb 13
New housing figures reveal that would-be homeowners will be set back back 1 million kronor ($157,634) on average when buying a house anywhere in Sweden. READ »

Europe needs local news in the global language

Analysis & Opinion: 5 Feb 13
As The Local throws open the doors to its new office in Paris, founder Paul Rapacioli argues - purely coincidentally - that a daily diet of local news could change Europe’s destiny. READ »

Police on the hunt after suspected murder

National: 4 Feb 13
Police have launched a murder investigation after one man was found dead and a woman found in a critical condition in southern Sweden on Sunday night. READ »

Swedish wolf hunt claims first prey

Science & Technology: 2 Feb 13
The first of sixteen wolves permitted in the ongoing hunt was killed on Saturday morning close to Örebrö in central Sweden. READ »

Zlatan scores as PSG rout 10-man Toulouse

Sport: 2 Feb 13
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was on the score sheet again as Ligue 1 leaders PSG thrashed Toulouse 4-0 on Friday. READ »

Sweden braces for Melodifestivalen kick-off

Society: 1 Feb 13
Swedes nationwide are preparing for the first heat in 2013's Melodifestival - the competition where viewers pick which singer will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. READ »

Sweden hailed as EU foreign policy bigshot

Politics: 31 Jan 13
Sweden is the one of the most influential countries in the European Union when it comes to European foreign policy, according to a new ranking, exerting clout nearly on par with heavyweights Germany, France, and the UK. READ »

Stockholm cop fined over 'cowboy' shootout

National: 30 Jan 13
A policeman who fired ten rounds at escaping jewel thieves in Stockholm was fined 26,000 kronor ($4,087) on Wednesday for recklessly endangering the lives of others. READ »

Malmö sniper appeals murder convictions

National: 28 Jan 13
Malmö's "serial sniper" Peter Mangs appeared in the local Court of Appeals on Monday as he battled to overturn two murder convictions, while prosecutors are looking to have him convicted for additional crimes. READ »

Man critical after Malmö street shooting

National: 26 Jan 13
A 31-year-old man remains in critical condition after he was shot in broad daylight near Möllevångstorget in central Malmö on Friday afternoon. READ »

Police suspect murder after man shot in head

National: 14 Jan 13
A man is dead after he was shot in the head on Monday afternoon in eastern Sweden, with police launching a murder investigation. READ »

Eight-year wait for a home in Stockholm

Business & Money: 14 Jan 13
Would-be Stockholm residents now have longer to wait for an available apartment than ever before, with new statistics showing an average waiting time on the region's housing queue of eight years. READ »

Fifteen years for 'mistaken' Malmö killing

National: 11 Jan 13
A man was sentenced to 15 years prison on Friday for the murder of a 48-year-old man in Malmö last January who was apparently killed by mistake. READ »

No charges for cop who shot jewel raid suspect

National: 11 Jan 13
Prosecutors have dropped a manslaughter probe into the police officer who shot a suspected jewel thief in the head last week in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, ultimately causing his death. READ »

Two arrested after bank robbery shoot-out

Business & Money: 10 Jan 13
Two men have been arrested after opening fire on police with automatic weapons in a north Stockholm bank robbery on Wednesday, while police in southern Stockholm were kept busy with another raid on an armoured car. READ »

Jewel raid suspect dies after police shooting

National: 9 Jan 13
The 26-year-old man shot in the head by Swedish police in connection with a jewellery store robbery in Södertäjle last week died in hospital on Wednesday morning. READ »

Five remanded for jewellery store heist

National: 8 Jan 13
A 26-year-old man who was shot in the head by police during a jewellery store robbery on Friday was ordered held on remand on Tuesday, as were four of his accomplices. READ »

'No hope' for suspect shot by police: doctor

National: 7 Jan 13
Doctors have said there is "no hope" for the suspected jewel thief who was shot in the head during a robbery in Södertälje on Friday, according to relatives, as investigators continue to probe the dramatic heist. READ »

Gang of six held over violent jewellery heist

National: 6 Jan 13
The six people held over a violent jewellery store robbery in Södertälje were childhood friends who dreamed of a life of luxury, media report. READ »

Four arrested over jewellery store robbery

National: 5 Jan 13
Police shot one man and arrested four on Friday after an armed robbery on a jewellery store in a Södertälje shopping mall one hour south of Stockholm. READ »

Swedish police shoot jewel thief in the head

National: 4 Jan 13
A robber was shot in the head by police on Friday after he and three others exchanged fire with officers in Södertälje, one hour south of Stockholm, after trying to rob a jewellery store in a shopping mall. READ »

Reveller killed walking along motorway

National: 1 Jan 13
A young man was hit and killed by a car when he took a walk along the E6 motorway near Stenungsund on New Year's Eve, which also saw drunken spats and firework accidents across the country. READ »

Erik Almqvist quits parliament

Politics: 30 Dec 12
The shamed Sweden Democrat who resigned from his post as the party's economic policy spokesman in November is giving up his seat in parliament and his party membership. READ »

Sweden tops Swedish Wikipedia list

Society: 30 Dec 12
Sweden, Eurovision winner Loreen and notorious US bank robber John Dillinger were the three most popular topics on Wikipedia's Swedish edition in 2012. READ »

Aussie stand-in Santa saves Christmas

Lifestyle: 28 Dec 12
With the call for a last minute Santa unanswered, The Local's Oliver Gee filled some big boots and learned the thrills and perils of being a Swedish Santa - while experiencing a very different Christmas to those back in Australia. READ »

Swede loses her dog to wolf hunters

National: 27 Dec 12
A woman from Stockholm on vacation in Dalarna, central Sweden, lost her dog over the Christmas period when a man mistook it for a wolf and shot it dead. READ »

Gunman at large after Stockholm shooting

National: 23 Dec 12
Police are searching for the person who shot a 23-year-old man in the throat in central Stockholm on Sunday morning. READ »

Swedish court quashes Serb war crime verdict

National: 19 Dec 12
A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday formally overturned the conviction of a Serb previously jailed for life for war crimes, finding there was no proof he was involved in the 1999 massacre of 40 people in Kosovo. READ »

Sweden debates school safety after US massacre

Education: 16 Dec 12
In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, Swedes are discussing whether or not to introduce national security guidelines for Swedish schools. READ »

Swedish missionary dies after Pakistan shooting

National: 13 Dec 12
The 71-year-old Swedish charity worker who was shot in the chest in Pakistan last week died in a Stockholm hospital on Wednesday night. READ »

Jukkasjärvi erects Sweden's 23rd Ice Hotel

Travel: 13 Dec 12
A construction crew bundled up in heavy parkas is bustling around an Arctic building site on the banks of the Torne river in northern Sweden as the 23rd Jukkasjärvi Ice Hotel is erected one oversized ice cube at a time. READ »

One killed in southern Sweden shoot-out

National: 12 Dec 12
One person is dead and a second victim remains hospitalized following a shooting near Helsingborg in southern Sweden on Wednesday as police continue to hunt for suspects. READ »

Licensed joker: 'Danger is my middle name'

Science & Technology: 12 Dec 12
A man in western Sweden managed to dupe authorities into using his painted self-portrait for his driving licence picture, a stunt he believes blurs the line between reality and fantasy. READ »

New Zlatan hat-trick lifts PSG to victory

Sport: 12 Dec 12
Swedish star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored a hat-trick on Tuesday night, leading Paris Saint-Germain to a 4-0 win over Valenciennes and bringing his season goal tally to 17. READ »

Swede shot in Pakistan still in 'critical' condition

National: 10 Dec 12
A Swedish charity worker who remains unconscious after being shot by unknown gunmen in Pakistan last week was flown home to Sweden on Monday for better medical treatment. READ »

Woman hit by arrow at Stockholm circus

National: 9 Dec 12
A circus act went horribly wrong when a woman was hit in the stomach by a crossbow arrow in the middle of a Christmas show performance at Circus Scott in Stockholm. READ »

Dewani hitman sentenced to life in prison

National: 5 Dec 12
The man found guilty of killing Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani in South Africa two years ago was sentenced to life in prison by a South African court on Wednesday. READ »

Slain Swede's family decries new trial delay

National: 4 Dec 12
The family of Anni Dewani, a Swedish woman killed while on honeymoon in South Africa, expressed frustration on Monday over continued delays in the extradition hearing of Shrien Dewani, who is suspected of having his wife killed. READ »

Swedish missionary shot in Pakistan

National: 3 Dec 12
A female Christian charity worker from Sweden was in hospital on Monday after being shot by unknown assailants in Lahore in eastern Pakistan, according to police. READ »

Suspect remanded for shooting man in the face

National: 2 Dec 12
A 26-year-old man was remanded into custody on Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with an incident in central Stockholm on Tuesday when a man was shot in the face. READ »

Missing Swedish woman likely fell off ferry: police

Society: 29 Nov 12
A 22-year-old woman who disappeared from a Sweden-bound ferry in the early hours of Sunday morning is still missing, with security camera footage suggesting she fell overboard into the Baltic Sea. READ »

Found bag puts Sweden Democrat MP in doubt

Politics: 29 Nov 12
Soon after the Sweden Democrats rushed to the defence of MP Lars Isovaara, who reportedly snuffled and spat in contempt at a parliamentary security guard, the bag he said was lost in the robbery that upset him was found left behind in a restaurant. READ »

Zlatan booed off pitch as PSG gets the boot

Sport: 28 Nov 12
The best efforts of Swedish star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic came to nothing but scornful booing from the fans of St. Etienne on Tuesday night, as they booted his Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) squad out of the French League Cup quarter-finals. READ »

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