The following articles have been tagged with "Sigtuna":
Society: 20 Mar 13
Organizers of the Hultsfred music festival announced on Wednesday that this year's three-day show would be shifted to Sigtuna in Stockholm County, just north of the capital city.
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National: 22 Feb 13
A Swedish court on Friday convicted five young men for assaulting a younger student in a high-profile hazing case that took place at the same prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
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Education: 5 Feb 13
A student told a court on Monday of being beaten by five other students facing charges in a hazing scandal that has rocked the same prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf.
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National: 10 Jan 13
Police have launched an arson investigation following a violent Wednesday night fire that left a popular hotel and conference centre in Sigtuna, north of Stockholm, in ruins.
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Society: 31 Dec 12
Several incidents of youths firing rockets in public places were reported in Stockholm ahead of New Year's after experts warned of firework risks.
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Education: 24 Nov 12
New incidents of hazing have been reported at the prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf, including a case of a young girl forced to perform oral sex on a snowman.
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Education: 12 Oct 12
The Swedish Schools Inspectorate has told the prestigious boarding school Lundsberg that it will impose a 500,000 kronor ($75,000) fine if it doesn't act to stamp out the practice of bullying and violence among pupils.
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National: 4 Aug 12
As the 100 year anniversary of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg’s birth is commemorated in Sweden and globally, democracy minister Birgitta Ohlsson suggests making August 4th Wallenberg’s own annual day in the Swedish calendar.
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Lifestyle: 27 Jul 12
The Local's Salomon Rogberg talks to Shahzeb Choudry of the Swedish Cricket Federation to review the state of the wicket in the Swedish cricketing world.
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Business & Money: 29 May 12
A 20-year-old student at prestigious boarding school Sigtuna has sued his school for a million kronor ($139,500) after he has been barred from graduation due to suspicions of bullying.
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National: 26 Apr 12
A Swedish woman who was pulled over for driving too fast but managed to walk away without a ticket, was shocked to find this was not the last she would hear from the amorous “policeman” that night.
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Education: 24 Apr 12
Five students from the same prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf have been arrested on suspicions of violently beating a fellow student in a long-running hazing campaign.
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National: 19 Mar 12
The 31-year-old mother who pushed her two young sons into a lake in central Sweden and watched them drown was convicted of murder on Monday and sentenced to closed psychiatric care and deportation.
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National: 18 Jan 12
The trial against the 31-year-old mother charged with murdering her two sons by pushing them in the water and watching them drown opened in Sweden on Wednesday.
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National: 30 Dec 11
A 30-year-old mother who admitted to killing her young sons in September in Sigtuna, north of Stockholm, has been found mentally ill after undergoing a forensic psychiatric evaluation.
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Lifestyle: 9 Dec 11
For many Swedes, Christmas celebrations just aren't complete without a tasty glass of Christmas beer. Beer blogger Darren Packman offers some tips on some of the best Christmas beers available in Sweden this season.
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Education: 2 Dec 11
The rules regarding the funding of Sweden’s three national boarding schools could be changed, after an application by a fourth school brought attention to their favoured status.
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Education: 29 Nov 11
After reviewing the prestigious boarding school Lundsberg, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate has given the foundation until the end of February to prove that they can rid the school of bullying.
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Education: 27 Nov 11
The two former staff members at Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, currently investigated after revelations of bullying and violence, have come forward explaining what made them report the school to the Schools Inspectorate.
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Education: 24 Nov 11
All of Sweden's national boarding schools will be investigated by the Schools Inspectorate after reports of systematic bullying and violence among students.
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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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National: 25 Sep 11
After the memorial held on Saturday for the two murdered boys in Sigtuna near Stockholm, pastor Ann-Marie Johansson called for society to listen.
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National: 22 Sep 11
The 30-year-old mother who is suspected of having murdered her two young sons, whose bodies were recovered from a lake in Sigtuna north of Stockholm on Monday, confessed to their killing on Thursday afternoon.
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National: 22 Sep 11
Officials in Sigtuna are looking into why it took 13 days without contact from the mother before schools contacted social services about the absence of two boys, aged 4 and 8, who were found dead in a lake on Monday.
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National: 20 Sep 11
A mother held on suspicion of killing her two young sons, whose lifeless bodies were recovered from a lake in Sigtuna north of Stockholm on Monday, has denied committing the crime.
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National: 19 Sep 11
The mother of two boys, aged four and eight-years-old, who were found dead on Monday in a lake near Sigtuna north of Stockholm after going missing on Sunday night, is being held by police on suspicion of murder.
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Lifestyle: 31 Aug 11
Beer blogger Darren Packman offers his thoughts on a slew of new beers set to hit the shelves in Systembolaget stores in September, as Sweden's state-run liquor monopoly stays true to the old saying - all good things come in threes.
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National: 22 Sep 10
A microbrewery near Stockholm has brewed Sweden's strongest beer ever, containing a whopping 18.5 percent alcohol content.
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Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
Darren Packman, one of Sweden’s leading beer experts, give his tips on what you should (and should not) be pouring into your beer glass.
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Lifestyle: 22 Feb 10
“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” is a track from Sigtuna Brygghus head brewer Mattias Hammenlind’s favourite hard rock band AC/DC. It also sums up nicely his approach to brewing beer, writes Darren Packman.
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National: 7 Feb 10
An exclusive hotel in ancient Sigtuna is denied permission to expand after vigorous citizen protests. The town is regarded as a national heritage.
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Lifestyle: 13 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Canadian improv theatre and Morrissey in Stockholm; Funk veterans and Basketball Festival in Gothenburg; Brandy in Malmö.
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Travel: 13 Mar 09
Weary world travellers will soon be able to wash down their Big Mac with a strong beer following a court decision to grant fast-food chain McDonald's an alcohol licence for its Stockholm Arlanda restaurant.
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National: 19 Dec 08
A new hotel at Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport plans to cover its exterior with permanent portraits of members of the Swedish Royal family.
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Travel: 4 Dec 08
Just a short journey from the capital, the pretty medieval town of Sigtuna is one of Sweden's historic gems, writes Jennifer Heape.
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Lifestyle: 26 Sep 08
The Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival has hit town again and, as Jennifer Heape discovered, it’s a far cry from beer bellies and a packet of pork scratchings.
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Lifestyle: 20 Dec 07
Provocative poses from ex-Big Brother star Carolina Gynning in Malmö, Christmas Blues and Soul in Stockholm and Christmas markets just about everywhere in The Local's weekend guide.
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National: 1 Sep 07
A major police operation has been launched after a security vehicle was robbed late on Friday night in Märsta, near Arlanda airport, north of Stockholm. The van was blown up and shots were fired in the incident.
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Sport: 27 Jul 07
He's an honorary director and official "protector" of top Stockholm football club AIK, but King Carl XVI Gustaf looks set to anger fans after he revealed that he has always secretly supported arch-rivals Djurgården.
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National: 17 Jul 07
A 23-year-old prisoner escaped on Tuesday while on a supervised visit to see his newborn child at a maternity ward in Södertälje.
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Society: 30 Jun 07
At least 23 Chinese children seeking asylum in Sweden have disappeared from temporary accommodation in Sigtuna in the last three weeks.
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National: 2 Jun 07
A Boeing 747 which has been parked at Stockholm's Arlanda airport since 2002 could be given a new lease of life - as a youth hostel.
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Lifestyle: 26 Apr 07
The World in Sweden Series: For inhabitants of countries from Pakistan to Australia, the thwack of leather against willow signifies the sound of the game of cricket. Immigration means that it's a sound being heard more and more in Sweden, as Nicholas Chipperfield finds out.
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Society: 9 Apr 07
Long before the days of Ikea, Chinese authorities flatpacked a temple and sent it to Chicago. Now the ready-to-assemble Golden Temple of Chengde has a new home – the medieval Swedish town of Sigtuna.
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National: 2 Jan 07
Despite spending just one month of his life in Sweden, Stefan Nystrom, convicted of 127 offences, has been deported back to the country of his birth. Swedish authorities are conspicuously absent.
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Travel: 15 Dec 06
Is the darkness of winter getting you down? Time to recharge those flickering energy reserves. Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius has top tips for winter breaks near Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 22 Nov 06
The decorations are going up, the stores are bracing themselves, and now Sweden's traditional Christmas markets are underway. We've gathered together the best the country has to offer. God Jul!
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Politics: 22 Nov 06
A series of attacks on a Left Party politician in Sigtuna, near Uppsala, has led her to quit the council. A man approached Ulla Blücher screaming that she was a "communist whore."
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National: 28 Aug 06
A Christian Democrat in Stockholm has been sidelined after reportedly trying to bribe a police officer with a bottle of red wine.
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National: 8 Jul 06
Two suburban trains crashed head-on at Märsta station, north of Stockholm, on Saturday night. Over 20 people were taken to hospital following the accident.
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Smörgåsbord: 21 Apr 06
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National: 24 Aug 05
Not in his "wildest fantasy" did Sten Tesch, an archaeologist examining some church ruins in Sigtuna, imagine that he would find Sweden's oldest stone church right underneath.
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National: 23 Nov 04
More snow, more chaos. Buses sliding off the road, flights cancelled, long queues at hospitals - and it's still only November.
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National: 28 May 04
Malmö police thwart an attack planned for the anniversary of the Columbine killings, while a girl is stabbed in a Sigtuna classroom.
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