February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Skiing":
Analysis & Opinion: 9 Feb 12
Having just returned from a ‘horror ski trip’, The Local’s resident Aussie and first-time skier Oliver Gee wonders why Swedes find such pleasure in hurling themselves down snowy hills.
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Science & Technology: 3 Feb 12
The extreme weather of the last few days is continuing to cause trouble all across Sweden with traffic accidents, heavy snowfall and the coldest temperatures of the year measured countrywide.
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National: 29 Jan 12
A Swedish man in his twenties died late Saturday night from the injuries he sustained in a snowboarding accident in Dalarna skiing resort Hundfjället, in central Sweden.
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Sport: 17 Dec 11
A skiing trip turned bad has led to a Swedish woman being charged in Austria for seriously injuring another woman who claims the Swede pushed her off a lift.
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Analysis & Opinion: 8 Dec 11
Mild temperatures and a lack of snow have delayed the start of winter in many parts of Sweden, prompting some to rejoice and others to grumble. The Local invites you to have your say about the (lack of?) winter weather.
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Society: 28 Nov 11
The trial against the hunter who fired a single shot that passed through an elk before hitting and killing a cross-country skier, opens on Monday in Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 24 Nov 11
The unseasonably high temperatures across much of Sweden have left much of the country free of snow and has put autumn 2011 on track to be one of the warmest ever recorded in Sweden.
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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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Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter.
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National: 20 Nov 11
As Sweden's first real snowfall for the season is set to hit the northern-most regions over the weekend, the winter tourism industry isn't overly concerned at the late start.
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Travel: 19 Sep 11
With an eight months ski season, incredible facilities and spectacular shows, Sölden – a popular skiing resort in eastern Austria – has something for everyone, as travel writer and ski-beginner Malin Nyberg discovers.
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Lifestyle: 26 Aug 11
With the autumn term in full-swing and students primed to take a break from the books, The Local's Karen Holst takes a look at how 'nations' shape Sweden's college social scene.
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Society: 17 Aug 11
The news of Crown Princess Victoria's pregnancy couldn't come at a better time for a Swedish Royal Family looking to turn the page on a tumultuous year, according to one royal expert.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 May 11
Following King Carl XVI Gustaf's denials that he visited strip clubs or had contacts with the criminal underworld, The Local takes a look at some of the events that marked the Swedish monarch's tumultuous last twelve months.
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Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Do you work in the software industry? Ever fancied working in one of the world’s online gaming hubs, with a great quality of life and a stimulating working environment? Now’s your chance.
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National: 24 Apr 11
A 33-year-old Swedish skier died Saturday after he was carried away by a snow slide in Breidalen in western Norway.
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Society: 30 Mar 11
On Tuesday the abandoned cubs of the female bear that attacked and injured a 12-year-old skier last week were put down, despite the boy's pleading for their lives from his sickbed.
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Society: 28 Mar 11
The female bear which attacked and injured a 12-year-old skier in Funäsdalen in northern Sweden on Friday fled into the woods, leaving her cubs to fend for themselves and who are now at risk of starvation.
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Society: 26 Mar 11
A 12-year-old boy was bitten in both legs by a brown bear on Friday after he disturbed the hibernating animal while out skiing in Funäsdalsberget in northern Sweden.
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Sport: 6 Mar 11
Sweden's Jörgen Brink emerged from a pack of more than 14,000 skiers to win the 87th annual Vasaloppet cross-country ski race on Sunday.
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Sport: 2 Mar 11
Ida Ingemarsdotter and Charlotte Kalla gave Sweden the gold on Wednesday in the women's team sprint at the world Nordic ski championships.
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Sport: 21 Feb 11
Swedes topped the podium twice over the weekend with Nordic World Cup wins in Norway. A Swedish alpine skier also won silver in the slalom at the World Ski Championships in Germany.
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Sport: 19 Feb 11
Sweden's Maria Pietilä Holmner won the bronze medal at the world skiing championships in Germany on Saturday, coming in behind Austria's Marlies Schild and Kathrin Zettel.
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Travel: 18 Feb 11
The mountainous north isn't the only place in Sweden where ski bums can carve their way down the hill. Even the flatlands of Skåne have a few slopes that can provide for some wintertime fun, The Local's Karen Holst explains.
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Travel: 11 Feb 11
With Sweden digging out from another wave of winter weather, The Local's Geoff Mortimore provides a run down of Swedish ski areas, where new snow brings fists raised in glee, rather than anger.
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National: 6 Feb 11
The Swedish foreign ministry has confirmed the death of a Swedish man in a skiing accident in St. Anton, Austria.
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Science & Technology: 29 Dec 10
Two avalanches were triggered in two consecutive days at the Swedish ski resort of Åre this week, prompting warnings about increased avalanche risk in the Swedish mountains.
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Sport: 20 Nov 10
Sweden’s Marcus Hellner opened the Nordic skiing World Cup season with a first place finish on Saturday, while fellow Swede Charlotte Kalla settled for second in the women’s opening race.
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Travel: 11 Nov 10
Home to one of Sweden's most popular ski resorts, the province of Jämtland will not disappoint travellers looking for a classic Swedish winter experience.
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Lifestyle: 18 Oct 10
English funnyman Paul Foot arrives in Sweden on Wednesday for his first-ever tour of Sweden. He chats with The Local's Vivian Tse about his impressions of Sweden and the Swedes and recounts his long, strange trip towards a career of making people laugh.
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National: 31 May 10
Sorsele, a town in the far north of Sweden, is hoping to attract highly-qualified Russian immigrants in a move aimed at arresting depopulation and ensure the municipality's future.
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Lifestyle: 28 Apr 10
Winter in a picturesque snowbound town can instil in the visitor a true appreciation for life in the far north of Sweden. But a dearth of jobs and a surplus of solitude help explain the region's growing demographic crisis, writes Alec Forss.
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National: 24 Apr 10
Sweden's Princess Madeleine has broken up with her fiancé Jonas Bergström, Stockholm's royal court has announced.
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Society: 24 Mar 10
Three bear cubs have been put down outside of Rättvik in central Sweden after their mother was mortally injured by hunters. Two men have been arrested on suspicion of poaching.
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Travel: 19 Mar 10
If watching the Olympics gave you an itch to hit the slopes, consider Romme Alpin, a bus ride from Stockholm, says Davrell Roberts Tien.
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Society: 18 Mar 10
A cross-country skier crashed into an elk on Tuesday evening while out exercising by torchlight near Skövde in western Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
The Year in Sweden - March: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966.
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Sport: 17 Mar 10
Håkan Axelsson, the only athlete at the Vancouver Paralympics with both a visual impairment and an amputation, is gunning for gold on Wednesday in the 12.5 km biathlon.
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National: 7 Mar 10
The worst winter in years lingers on, with the nation dealing with an avalanche warning in mountain ski areas, train delays, stranded ferries in the icy Baltic, and deer dying from a lack of available food.
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Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson battled through the pain barrier to claim an heroic bronze medal in the women's super-combined at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Thursday.
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Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson crashed out of the women's downhill in Whistler on Wednesday leaving American Lindsey Vonn to claim the gold.
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Sport: 16 Feb 10
Sweden's coaching team was left fuming on Wednesday as 10km pursuit medal hopeful Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek was held up at the starting line.
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Sport: 16 Feb 10
Swedish biathlete Björn Ferry shot himself into the Olympic history books on Tuesday with a sensational win in the 12.5 kilometre pursuit event in Vancouver.
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National: 15 Feb 10
Olympic debutante Charlotte Kalla won the women's 10km freestyle in Vancouver on Monday to claim Sweden's first gold medal at the 2010 games.
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Sport: 12 Feb 10
The Vancouver 2010 Olympics gets underway on Friday at 7pm Swedish time. The opening events include ski jumping, the men's downhill and Sweden's women's hockey team in action against the Swiss.
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Sport: 9 Feb 10
A quick primer on cross-country skiing events that see athletes in tight-fitting costumes ski around Vancouver looking desperate to find their way home.
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Sport: 6 Feb 10
Charlotte Kalla has triumphed. In a freestyle Nordic skiing race she outclassed the overall World Cup champion in an impressive victory.
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Sport: 5 Feb 10
Sweden has declared a target of ten medals at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, despite a record haul of 14 in Turin four years ago.
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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.
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Sport: 18 Jan 10
Sweden picked up an unexpected pair of victories in the men’s and women’s Nordic skiing World Cup competition in Estonia on Sunday.
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Society: 22 Oct 09
The draw of Swedish crime novel protagonist Kurt Wallander has helped the coastal town of Ystad in southern Sweden develop an award winning tourism industry.
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Travel: 11 Jun 09
Sponsored article: Surrounded by hills and forest on three sides and a spectacular fjord to the south, Oslo is like no other capital city in Europe. During the summer, arrive the romantic way by taking the night train from Stockholm or Malmö.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Apr 09
In a time of severe economic crisis, the European Union is fortunate to have Sweden taking up the presidential reins this summer, British Ambassador to Sweden Andrew Mitchell tells The Local's James Savage.
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Travel: 30 Mar 09
Sponsored article: Lying 200 kilometres above the Arctic Circle, Riksgränsen is Sweden's most northerly resort and a nature lover's delight.
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Lifestyle: 17 Mar 09
The Local's Keith Moore examines the rigours of the supremely challenging Swedish Classic as part of a new series on keeping fit in Sweden, in association with Planet Fitness.
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Sport: 15 Feb 09
Swedish skier Anders Södergren claimed victory in the 15 kilometre Nordic skiing classical style race in Valdidentro in Italy on Saturday.
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Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Far from the idyllic image of lone herders skiing after their reindeer, indigenous Samis in Sweden's far north today use snowmobiles and other vehicles, giving rise to an animal welfare campaign as far away as Britain, writes AFP's Nina Larson.
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Society: 11 Feb 09
A Swedish man on a ski holiday in India caused hundreds of angry demonstrators to take to the streets demanding he be punished for putting a sticker with a verse from the Koran on his skis.
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Travel: 10 Feb 09
Sponsored article: With more than 300,000 visitors every year, Åre, Sweden's most popular ski destination, has enough to tempt even the most ardent Alpine resort fan.
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Sport: 1 Feb 09
Swedish skier Anja Pärson played second fiddle in the Super G on Sunday to US starlet Lindsey Vonn, who added to her slalom success in the World Cup event in Germany.
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Sport: 26 Jan 09
Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby raced to a surprise alpine skiing victory on Monday, taking first place in the women’s World Cup Super-G in Cortina, Italy.
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Travel: 22 Jan 09
With money troubles weighing heavier on Sweden than a fresh fall of snow, Jennifer Heape headed to the Åre ski resort to check out a more frugal alternative to the typical foreign alpine getaway.
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Sport: 20 Jan 09
Cross-country skiing sensation Charlotte Kalla was awarded the Jerring prize for the best sporting performance of 2008 at Sweden's sports gala on Monday evening.
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Sport: 17 Jan 09
Sweden's Anja Pärson had to make do with third place in the super combined World Cup race at Zauchensee on Saturday. Lindsey Vonn of the United States survived a near fall to win with Austrian Kathrin Zettel in second.
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Sport: 14 Dec 08
Swedish skier Anja Pärson recorded her best performance of the season in claiming fifth place in the World Cup event in La Molina in Spain.
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Sport: 7 Dec 08
Poland's Tomasz Sikora won the men's biathlon World Cup 12.5 kilometres pursuit race in Östersund in northern Sweden on Sunday.
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Lifestyle: 14 Nov 08
There's a notable chill in the air and it's only going to get nippier over the coming months. With snow due in much of Sweden on Saturday, it's time to start wrapping up, writes Jennifer Heape.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Nov 08
Every week a panel of readers will give their views on the state of play in Sweden. This week: woolly undies and trips to Spain are among the suggestions for getting through the winter.
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Travel: 3 Nov 08
Sponsored article: With single runs over 3,000 metres long and pristine off-piste powder set against one of the most awe-inspiring natural backdrops on earth, it’s no wonder Narvik has been described as home to the world´s most beautiful setting for skiing.
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Business & Money: 17 Oct 08
Ellen Cabrinetti from Norway is a relative newcomer to Sweden. But despite the natural sibling rivalry between the two countries, she’s settling in quite nicely.
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Travel: 18 Sep 08
Sponsored article: Located in the central heartland of Sweden, Sveg is the gateway to Vemdalen, Sweden's second-largest ski area, which boasts some of the most varied skiing facilities in the country.
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National: 1 Apr 08
Carbonated tap water, a sell-off at liquor store monopoly Systembolaget, and a massive zoo exhibit for earthworms are just a few of the April Fool’s Day highlights from today’s Swedish newspapers.
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Sport: 17 Feb 08
Swedish ski legend Ingemar Stenmark laments the relative loss of kudos of the slalom.
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National: 15 Feb 08
A 44-year-old Swedish woman has died after a violent collision with another skier at an Austrian resort.
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Sport: 21 Jan 08
Football: Ibrahimovic, Eriksson, Edman and Lagerbäck make the headlines. Alpine: Ferry seals maiden biathlon victory. Podium finishes for Byggmark and Pärson. Tennis: Arvidsson pulls of Australian Open shock.
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Sport: 15 Jan 08
Zlatan Ibrahimovic shares a joke with fiancée Helena Seger and show jumping star Malin Baryard at Monday night's Swedish Sports Awards.
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Sport: 17 Dec 07
Skiing: Pärson impresses in Switzerland. Golf: Two Swedish golds in Hungary. Football: Albin Ekdal goes to Juventus.
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Sport: 29 Oct 07
Football: IFK Göteborg edge out Djurgården and Kalmar to secure title. Golf: Chopra and Jacobson head the field in Florida. Skiing: Swedes sprint to podium in Düsseldorf.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jul 07
The terrible summer might have people reaching for their skiing jackets, but Kathleen Harman prefers to warm up from the inside out, with Stockholm's best Indian curry.
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Lifestyle: 15 Jun 07
Nicholas Chipperfield explains why 17,800 people from 34 countries are getting on their bikes by a lake in the middle of Sweden this weekend.
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Sport: 19 Mar 07
Wednesday sees the start of the semi finals of Elitserien. Zlatan bags a brace. Edsbyn's bandy team breaks Hammarby hearts. Golf still not tax deductible. Victory again for peerless Pärson.
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Sport: 5 Mar 07
New to The Local: A weekly sports digest following the fortunes of sporting Swedes. This week: Sweden claims athletics gold medals. Zlatan Ibrahimovic rejoins the national team. Dolph Lundgren watches ice hockey in Dallas. And more besides.
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Lifestyle: 26 Feb 07
The Local takes a long, lingering look at Victoria Silvstedt, the former child skiing star now known worldwide for her frequent lapses into semi-nudity.
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Sport: 18 Feb 07
Anja Pärson brought the curtain down on the world championships on Sunday by pulling level with Norwegian Lasse Kjus in a prestigious medals table seen as alpine skiing's rich list.
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Sport: 17 Feb 07
Swedish gold medal hope Jens Byggmark became one of the many casualties in the slalom at the World Skiing Championships in Åre on Saturday.
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National: 14 Feb 07
Two Swedes have died in an avalanche in Austria. The pair were snowboarding off-piste, local police have said.
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Sport: 11 Feb 07
Swedish ski sensation Anja Pärson made history on Sunday, becoming the first woman to take World Championship gold medals in all five alpine disciplines. It was her third gold medal at this year's World Championship.
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Sport: 10 Feb 07
As she goes for a third gold at the 2007 World Championships, Swedish ski ace Anja Pärson says she has a long way to go before being even mentioned alongside Scandinavian alpine legends Ingemar Stenmark or Kjetil Andre Aamodt.
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Sport: 5 Feb 07
Jens Byggmark is one of Sweden's big hopes in this week's World Skiing Championships, having made a scorching entry in his first World Cup season.
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Sport: 3 Feb 07
Heavy snowfall and strong winds forced the cancellation of the first race of the World Skiing Championships in Åre on Saturday.
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Sport: 2 Feb 07
With wind speeds of 50 to 70 km/hour forecast there is a risk that the weekend's super-G slalom race may be delayed.
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Lifestyle: 1 Feb 07
Åre has long been known as the second home for the hippest of Stockholm's party animals. But as the World Alpine Skiing Championships move into town this week, the resort is hoping to broaden its appeal, reports James Savage.
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National: 27 Jan 07
Avalanche warnings have been issued in ski resorts in the Scandinavian mountains. Experts are warning against off-piste skiing in many areas and lifts in Abisko have been closed.
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National: 5 Jan 07
A Swedish woman was injured on Friday when an avalanche struck in the Austrian Alps. The injuries were not serious. "I've been very lucky," she said.
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Business & Money: 4 Jan 07
Sweden's retailers are crediting the green Christmas with record high December sales. Ikea and Åhléns have done well, but sports chains have been disappointed by the lack of snow.
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National: 3 Jan 07
A businessman in western Sweden has taken the unusual step of paying for a gigantic newspaper advertisement in the hope of finding a wife.
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National: 30 Dec 06
December 2006 will go down in history as the warmest since records began in 1756, Swedish meteorologists have said.
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National: 28 Dec 06
People heading to the Swedish mountains could be in for disappointment over the next few days as low snowfalls leading to closed pistes. Operators hope that January will prove better.
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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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National: 13 Dec 06
Alpine enthusiasts typing Åre2007 into their address bars have been exposed to much more than ski lifts and giant slalom in the Swedish mountains, after a pornography site hijacked their name.
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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 »
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 »
"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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