May 28, 2012
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National: 18 May 12
The editor-in-chief of Swedish tabloid Expressen and two other journalists with the paper have been convicted of weapons crimes related to a report about how easy it is to buy guns in Malmö in southern Sweden.
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Society: 30 Mar 12
A new Swedish toy catalogue has reversed the traditional gender roles by showing Spiderman pushing a pram, and a young girl riding a toy racecar.
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Society: 22 Mar 12
A Swedish woman serving as the curator of Sweden's official Twitter account has posted pictures of herself breastfeeding and whipped up an online storm just days after her takeover of the account.
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National: 24 Jan 12
A Swedish family is risking eviction from their rental house in Stockholm after the new landlord claims that they oppose planned renovations, that their yard is like a ”gypsy-camp” and that the two have a problem with their personal ”exterior”.
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Society: 12 Jan 12
A woman who was breastfeeding her weeks-old infant while behind the wheel is under criminal suspicion after crashing into a truck on a motorway in western Sweden.
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Business & Money: 9 Jan 12
Cash-strapped carmaker Saab’s four unions are unhappy with the appointed bankruptcy receivers but said on Monday that having them changed "would not help the situation".
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Society: 6 Jan 12
Cheaper Swedish alcohol, as well as an increase in beer brought illegally across the border, is giving Norwegian vendors a headache, as manufacturers continue to see a drop in sales.
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Politics: 26 Nov 11
The Sweden Democrat congress opened on Saturday with a debate on a new policy program which includes a proposal to amend the party ideology to "social conservative", a move away from the current “democratic nationalist” line.
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Society: 27 Oct 11
A man in western Sweden was greeted by an unusual sight on Wednesday morning when he saw three elk engaged in what appeared to be group sex in his backyard.
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Society: 26 Oct 11
Three out of four young Swedes today think that breastfeeding mothers ought to keep their tops on in restaurants, bars and on public transport, according to a new survey.
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Lifestyle: 28 Sep 11
Have you considered skipping a holiday in fear of what may become of your sourdough? Never fear, you could always check it in to Stockholm's sourdough hotel while you’re away, Lina Sennevall reports.
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Analysis & Opinion: 9 Sep 11
On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks, The Local reaches out to a few Swedes and Americans for their thoughts about the attacks and their impact.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 11
Vänersborg district court in western Sweden has rejected beleaguered carmaker Saab Automobile's applications for business restructuring. Chairperson and CEO Victor Muller responded by declaring the firm's intention to appeal.
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Lifestyle: 24 Aug 11
A Swedish ice-breaker heads to the chilly waters off Greenland last week, equipped with maps, charts - and a container full of clay, courtesy of a Stockholm-based ceramics artist, contributor Katherine Dunn reports.
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National: 18 Aug 11
Two Swedish reporters who have been jailed in Ethiopia will remain in custody for another 28 days pending further police investigation, the Swedish foreign ministry confirmed on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 10 Aug 11
A Swedish tenant has been fined over 30,000 kronor ($4,660) for carrying out shoddy and unfinished painting work and for choosing the wrong shade of green for his bedroom.
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National: 6 Aug 11
Employees at beleaguered car maker Saab are cautiously optimistic after receiving their salaries for July this week and the news that further talks with Chinese Pang Da could take place over the weekend.
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National: 20 Jul 11
An Ethiopian court ruled on Wednesday to keep the two Swedish journalists in custody.
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National: 9 Jul 11
The Swedish ambassador to Ethiopia was allowed to see the two jailed Swedish journalists in Addis Ababa on Friday in what is seen as a positive step by observers.
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National: 7 Jul 11
The two Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia are headed for the capital Addis Abeba, according to recent reports from Sweden's Foreign Ministry.
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Society: 21 Jun 11
The Swedish branch of a major condom producer recently announced open positions for 1,000 happy Swedes of both sexes to act as condom testers.
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National: 10 Jun 11
Disabled people are being lured to Sweden by false promises of generous benefits in a sophisticated fraud scheme that officials liken to human trafficking, according to Swedish media reports.
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Travel: 9 Jun 11
As the warm summer weather beckons, contributor Alec Forss offers up a list of some of Sweden's best hiking trails.
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National: 8 Apr 11
The so-called ‘dusk and dawn’ pyromaniac, thought to be responsible for a string of deliberately-set fires in southern Sweden in recent years, was sentenced to eight years in prison on Friday after being of convicted of aggravated arson.
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Science & Technology: 17 Feb 11
A midwife at a Stockholm-area hospital used the same needle to treat a new mother as she had for another HIV positive patient.
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Politics: 15 Feb 11
Sweden's prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has courted criticism from some quarters for suggesting that Stockholm's rental housing market is not performing as smoothly as it could.
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Society: 25 Jan 11
The Swedish Union of Tenants has come up with a "blacklist" of Sweden's worst landlords in its member magazine after asking its lawyers for nominations from each of the country's regions.
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Society: 24 Jan 11
The Swedish government wants to make it illegal to take pictures of people in "private places" without their knowledge, but journalists fear the proposal puts them on legally shaky ground.
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Society: 13 Jan 11
A plan by a landlord in northern Sweden to pay tenants to report neighbours who violate a building's no-smoking policy and then evict offenders has been slammed by a tenants rights group.
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Society: 14 Dec 10
A Stockholm-area pastor has been reported for misconduct after posting pictures of himself on Facebook wearing a t-shirt referencing a famed Swedish porn film while he was supervising a group of Swedish teens.
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Politics: 6 Dec 10
A Swedish prosecutor investigating the rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied speculation from one of his lawyers Sunday that the case is politically motivated.
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National: 9 Nov 10
The 38-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in connection with the shootings in Malmö was formally remanded into custody by the city's district court on Tuesday.
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Business & Money: 8 Nov 10
An increasing number of tenant-owner occupiers are being evicted from their properties, with a 107 cases reported in 2010 to date.
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National: 25 Oct 10
Ex-members of criminal gangs in Malmö in southern Sweden have taken up the hunt for an unknown gunman thought to be responsible for nearly 20 shootings targeting people with immigrant backgrounds.
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Analysis & Opinion: 4 Oct 10
The legacy of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, who made a fortune off the destructive power of dynamite, has become synonymous with peace, in large part due to a small twist of fate, writes the AFP's Marc Preel.
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Lifestyle: 30 Sep 10
What’s on in Sweden: Madchester and Action Impro in Stockholm, Open Culture in Gothenburg and The Red Sparowes fly into to Malmö.
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National: 21 Sep 10
Annica Holmquist, the 55-year-old whose battle with the Swedish Social Insurance Agency caused an election campaign stir after her plight was described on her daughter's blog, will lose her benefits, despite assurances of a "solution".
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Politics: 20 Sep 10
Sweden's ruling Alliance coalition won the most votes, but fell short of a majority in Sunday's general election as the Sweden Democrats entered parliament for the first time.
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National: 20 Sep 10
Social Democratic leader Mona Sahlin admitted her party had a dismal election, spoiling her bid to become Sweden’s first female prime minister, but vowed to fight the far-right, which entered parliament for the first time.
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Society: 6 Sep 10
Left Party leader Lars Ohly has been slammed by breastfeeding experts and Red-Green coalition colleagues for advising nursing mothers to pump milk out of their breasts so that they can go back to work earlier.
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Society: 6 Aug 10
A book by the late best-selling Swedish novelist Stieg Larsson is set to be published in English for the first time.
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Lifestyle: 13 Jul 10
A Stockholm music festival in an old royal pleasure palace gives new bands an audience and Stockholm music lovers an alternative venue with beer infused sunsets, writes Emy Gelb.
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National: 10 Jun 10
Five men have been held after two shootings in central Malmö on Wednesday leaving three people injured, one seriously.
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Lifestyle: 4 Jun 10
Swedish model Lucky Mångårda Amori went to Bollywood to act, but first she directed a real-life Indian crime drama. Paul O’Mahony meets the former reality TV show contestant who trained a camera on the police and captured corruption on an epic scale.
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Society: 25 May 10
The Swedish Tourist Association is hoping that a design competition will encourage people to rediscover the traditional folk costume and provide a sartorially acceptable wedding gift for Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling.
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Society: 17 May 10
Eccentric Icelandic singer Björk has been awarded the 2010 Polar Music Prize, along with Italian composer Ennio Morricone.
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Travel: 2 May 10
Sponsored Article: Once in the shadow of its larger, more glamorous neighbour Copenhagen, the construction of the Öresund Bridge means Malmö today forms the proud gateway to Sweden.
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National: 29 Apr 10
Doctors in western Sweden are refusing to carry out the circumcision of boys, despite clearance by elected officials to carry out the procedure for non-medical reasons.
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Analysis & Opinion: 10 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, according to a new report published this week. The Local has found that behind the heated dialogue there lie few easy solutions.
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National: 8 Feb 10
The wait for a rental apartment in Stockholm averages 104 weeks, rising to as much as 20 years for attractive areas. In many comparable EU cities apartments can be found immediately, a new survey shows.
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Society: 30 Dec 09
Seven of 10 young Swedes aged 20 to 25 want to live on their own, but instead remain with their parents due to a lack of available affordable accommodation or poor personal finances, according to a new poll.
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Travel: 17 Dec 09
Sponsored article: From sunbathing at midnight in summer to long walks over frozen ice in winter, Piteå is never short on fun and surreal activities.
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Society: 1 Dec 09
Ragnar Bengtsson, 26, has failed in his high profile bid to pump forth milk from his breasts.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Nov 09
Grab a ticket, wait your turn, then pounce. Paddy Kelly examines the vicissitudes and intricacies of queuing in Sweden.
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Society: 25 Nov 09
A former prison on the outskirts of downtown Stockholm has been honoured as the 2009 hostel of the year by the Swedish Tourist Association.
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Business & Money: 13 Nov 09
The government has concluded that housing companies should continue to negotiate rental fees with tenants based on a utility based system, rather than fees being market-oriented, according to a memorandum presented on Friday.
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National: 5 Nov 09
Green herb teas are habitually marketed as offering additional health benefits. But eight of ten popular brands contain chemicals that can be hazardous to health, according to a new analysis.
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Society: 16 Sep 09
A Stockholm-area investment executive received a package of live cockroaches in protest of his firm’s perceived negligence in upgrading run-down apartment buildings in Malmö’s Rosengård neighbourhood.
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Society: 2 Sep 09
Swedish father Ragnar Bengtsson has entered into an experiment that he hopes will help him breastfeed his future children.
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Society: 31 Aug 09
Art student Anna Odell has been fined by Stockholm District Court after acting out a faked suicide attempt as part of an art project.
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National: 24 Aug 09
The trial has begun of Swedish art student Anna Odell, who was charged with false alarm, violent resistance and fraudulent practice after a faked psychosis she acted out as a part of a final year art project.
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Business & Money: 15 Jun 09
As they start to leave the nest, children of the nineties will face an ever-increasing housing shortage, according to a new study by the Swedish Union Of Tenants.
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Lifestyle: 20 May 09
What's on in Sweden: Ingmar Bergman theatre festival in Stockholm; International performance art in Gothenburg; Ghostface Killah and Funda Arar in Malmö/Lund.
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Society: 19 May 09
The Swedish Tourist Association (STF) has launched the search for a suitable person to fill "Sweden's most Swedish job". Among the unlikely applicants is an Englishman who by his own admission "butchers the Swedish language".
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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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Society: 13 May 09
Swedish art student Anna Odell has been charged by prosecutors in Stockholm for a faked suicide attempt psychotic break she acted out as a part of a final art project.
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Lifestyle: 6 May 09
What's on in Sweden: English speaking theatre and American Vaudeville in Stockholm; Uncle Vanya and LGBT Festival in Gothenburg; Jean Michel Jarre in Malmö.
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Society: 5 May 09
Police have closed an investigation against a former student at Sweden's largest art college accused of vandalizing a metro train carriage. Stockholm transport authority SL is still demanding compensation from the man.
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National: 1 May 09
Beefed up security efforts on Walpurgis Night paid off this year. Police and parents on patrol, piles of confiscated liquor and teenagers escorted home resulted in a Valborg without major incident.
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Society: 20 Apr 09
Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design has decided to have lawyers review projects prepared by final-year students for this year’s spring exhibition.
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Travel: 19 Mar 09
Every week we quiz our regular panelists about a particular aspect of life in Sweden. This week: the country's top travel destinations.
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Society: 16 Mar 09
A Stockholm-based art student is suspected of four criminal offences after feigning mental illness in order to gain admission to a psychiatric hospital.
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Society: 5 Mar 09
A Social Democratic politician and former Swedish reality TV star has sparked a backlash over plans to charge what many characterized as exorbitant fees for the rental of two separate properties.
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Society: 3 Mar 09
Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design plans to introduce new ethics guidelines in the wake of two controversial student art projects.
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Lifestyle: 26 Feb 09
What's on in Sweden: J.Tillman & world class dance in Stockholm; Judas Priest & Timo Räisänen in Gothenburg; Frida Hyvönen in Malmö/Lund.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Feb 09
The Local’s David Landes attempts to shed some light on the Swedish media’s sometimes peculiar practice of omitting the names of criminal suspects.
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Society: 20 Feb 09
The Riksdag’s education committee said on Thursday it plans to call in the head of Sweden's University College of Arts, Craft and Design in the wake of a controversial art project.
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Society: 18 Feb 09
Stockholm's transit authority has filed a complaint with the police against a student who filmed the vandalizing of a subway carriage, amid revelations that the incident wasn’t the first time the student recorded vandalism for an art project.
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Business & Money: 16 Feb 09
Graffiti and vandalism cost Stockholm county transport authority SL 110 million kronor ($13 million) last year, new figures show.
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Society: 15 Feb 09
Stockholm county transport authority, SL, has demanded compensation from Sweden's largest arts college after one of its students vandalized a metro car in a comment on graffiti.
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Society: 3 Feb 09
Stockholm has long had a problem with housing shortages, and as a result a black market in rental contracts. But now the illegal market has gone mainstream and leases are being sold openly on the internet.
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Society: 30 Jan 09
The chief physician of the psychiatric ward at a Stockholm hospital has rebuked an art student after she pretended to be psychotic as part of an art project.
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National: 26 Jan 09
A neighbour has expressed outrage after police shot and killed a deranged man in a cabin in Trelleborg in southern Sweden early Monday morning.
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Lifestyle: 8 Jan 09
What's on in Sweden: January 9th - 15th. The Stranglers and Lindy Hop in Stockholm; Manfred Mann and Belgian electronica in Gothenburg; Future Cop! in Malmö.
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National: 19 Dec 08
Riot police from Stockholm and Gothenburg are being sent to provide back-up for their colleagues in Malmö as tensions in the southern city continue to flare.
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National: 19 Dec 08
Scores of young people rioted on Thursday night in Rosengård, the Malmö suburb in which tensions have been running high since the recent closure of an Islamic cultural centre.
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Society: 9 Dec 08
Six out of Sweden’s ten worst landlords, as listed in Hem & Hyra magazine’s annual ranking, come from the same highly criticized company.
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Lifestyle: 5 Dec 08
Join Charlotte West on a tour of the best Christmas markets for design products in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö and Cophenhagen.
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Lifestyle: 20 Nov 08
What’s on: International Film Festival & Mali Bluesman in Stockholm; the search for Lucia & Lambchop in Gothenburg; Jose Carrerras in Malmö.
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Lifestyle: 16 Oct 08
What’s on: Cullberg Ballet and Jay Brannan in Stockholm; Art Garfunkel and Wendy McNeill in Gothenburg; Simone Moreno and Cult of Luna in Malmö.
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Business & Money: 3 Oct 08
Private owners have taken over 16,000 municipal rental apartments since the 2006 elections.
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Business & Money: 8 Sep 08
The proposal put forward by a state inquiry into Sweden’s housing market would most affect people with low incomes, claims the head of the national tenant association.
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Business & Money: 8 Aug 08
A Stockholm court has ruled that rental contracts for housing can be sold by tenants, legally. What's more the payment is exempt from tax.
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Lifestyle: 7 Aug 08
Ask The Local: Every week we will be answering readers' questions about Sweden. This week, John from Skåne wants to know what he can do about an unwelcome rent increase.
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Society: 1 Aug 08
The journalists' union is accusing Sveriges Television (SVT) of spreading "uncritial propoganda" after broadcasting a documentary on Wednesday about preparations for the Olympic Games.
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Politics: 21 Jul 08
The Swedish union of journalists has accused the EU Commission of colluding with media firm Bonniers against the system of press subsidies, and Margot Wallström for tightening secrecy around the Commission's routines.
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National: 3 Jul 08
A known pyromaniac has been apprehended on suspicions of setting a series of fires in Simrishamn on Sweden's southern coast on Wednesday morning.
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Politics: 18 Jun 08
Protesters assembled outside the Swedish parliament on Wednesday morning to voice their dissatisfaction with a proposed new surveillance law, a revised version of which is expected to be completed later in the day.
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Lifestyle: 29 May 08
Stockholm art gallery and exhibition tips from Kalendarium.
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Lifestyle: 22 May 08
Stockholm art gallery tips for the week ahead from Kalendarium.
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