May 28, 2012
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Education: 25 May 12
The "om" chant featured in yoga lessons at a Stockholm school has prompted a complaint calling for them to be banned because of the term's ties to the Hindu religion.
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Education: 24 May 12
Teachers should be able to tolerate violence inflicted on them by students, but at the same time have scope for using force against unruly pupils, according to two recent Swedish court rulings.
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National: 23 May 12
Former students of prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg have shared tales of "Lord of the Flies" bullying including forced oral sex and eating manure amid a battle over the school's refusal to acknowledge certain claims.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 May 12
Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi.
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Education: 23 May 12
Enrollment of non-European students in Swedish universities declined drastically following the introduction of tuition fees last year, with engineering students from Asia being among those most affected by the change, a new report has found.
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National: 22 May 12
The 28-year-old man charged with the stabbing attack against a young girl at a Gothenburg school ground in February was convicted on Tuesday by the district court to psychiatric care.
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Society: 21 May 12
The Swedish-founded World's Children's Prize has been awarded to Anna Mollel of Tanzania for her efforts in helping disabled Maasai children, and will be presented in Stockholm on Wednesday by Queen Silvia.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 May 12
Sweden needs to change rules that strip foreign doctoral candidates of the same rights as other tax-paying migrant workers, argue a group of doctoral candidates from the Royal Institute for Technology (KTH).
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Education: 11 May 12
A Swedish school district has sparked outrage for striking a deal with local Muslim groups ensuring Muslim students can skip out on overnight class trips and Muslim girls don't have to be naked when showering at school.
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Society: 11 May 12
One in ten female high school students in Sweden has been coerced to take part in some sort of sexual act, according to a new study from Linköping University.
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Lifestyle: 10 May 12
The opening of the Nordic Gaelic football championships takes place this weekend in Stockholm, and with more Irish people coming to Sweden to escape their homeland's economic gloom, the event promises to be the biggest yet.
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Education: 8 May 12
The Swedish government has revealed a new directive aimed at improving immigrant students’ education and integration into Sweden, revolving around longer compulsory schooling and a shift in lesson priorities.
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Science & Technology: 8 May 12
A 15-year-old student was allowed to slice into woman's belly without her knowledge during a caesarian section operation at a hospital in Malmö in southern Sweden.
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Education: 2 May 12
The doctoral programme in the Swedish Armed Forces has come under fire after the 220 million kronor ($32.7 million) project has only resulted in two working graduates since the programme’s inception in 1992.
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Society: 30 Apr 12
Everyone knows that summer is just around the corner when the revelry of Valborgsmässoafton - Walpurgis Night – kicks off around Sweden. The Local's Oliver Gee finds out more, and takes a look at how the event is celebrated by Uppsala students.
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Education: 27 Apr 12
A Swedish schoolteacher has been suspended after making a wager with his students about passing an exam. If they passed, he would pay them 100 kronor each, and if they failed, they would have to cough up 200 kronor.
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Lifestyle: 25 Apr 12
The Singalong Sound of Music has returned to Stockholm - and there really is no kitscher way to enjoy a trip to the cinema, discovers The Local's James Savage.
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Education: 24 Apr 12
When Han Zhang came from China to study a Masters at Stockholm University in 2009, it put her on the path to a career at a top Swedish law firm. She is one of many overseas students for whom studies in Stockholm have led to careers in Sweden.
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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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Society: 19 Apr 12
A Brussels-based anti-racism group has condemned Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth for cutting a "racist" cake at a Stockholm art museum, demanding the government issue a formal public apology.
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Education: 16 Apr 12
Earning college credit online is becoming increasingly popular in Sweden, where one in four university students now enrolls in a programme conducted over the internet.
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Education: 12 Apr 12
An Uppsala University official has promised to bolster efforts to give foreign students accurate information to help avoid misunderstandings like the one that has left one graduate student without her degree.
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Education: 10 Apr 12
A woman who recently completed a master's programme at Uppsala University may lose her "dream job" after erroneous information about eligible courses has left her without a diploma.
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Business & Money: 3 Apr 12
120 youth volunteers due to arrive in Stockholm this month have had their services refused by several Swedish companies, which are simply "uninterested" in help, according to the organization's programme coordinator.
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Business & Money: 2 Apr 12
Three Swedes have struck online (and pepperoni covered) gold after the online pizza service they created was bought by a German company
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Society: 31 Mar 12
The Swedish employment service has been accused of sexism after literature used in its business start up course claimed that the female brain had a "nag, complain and feel sorry for myself" centre and that men think only of sex.
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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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National: 29 Mar 12
A 56–year-old man working at a school in western Sweden has been reported by several teenage students for repeatedly harassing them with lewd comments on school grounds.
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Education: 27 Mar 12
Stockholm is an increasingly popular destination for expatriate workers, and a major effort is underway to accommodate international arrivals. The new International School of the Stockholm Region (ISSR) aims to give foreign children the support they need to thrive in the Swedish capital.
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Business & Money: 26 Mar 12
Prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg has been sued for 178,400 kronor ($26,523) in damages by a boy who was allegedly continuously bullied and tortured by other students.
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Education: 26 Mar 12
A new Swedish study shows that young male high school science students downplay their schoolwork in order to culture the social aspect of their future career through making friends and networking.
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National: 25 Mar 12
The man who attacked and injured a woman with a machete last week, flew into a rage once more on Saturday and went after the staff of the psychiatric clinic where he's currently being treated, according to local media.
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National: 22 Mar 12
A teaching assistant who allegedly sexually molested students 15 times at a school for children with learning difficulties in Sweden was charged on Wednesday.
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Education: 22 Mar 12
A class of 13-year-olds at a Gothenburg school were given the word “negro” and “negroes” to translate as part of their English language education, which some of the students have found inappropriate.
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National: 22 Mar 12
Armed men were spotted on a roof in central Sweden on Wednesday afternoon, prompting five police cars to rush to the scene only to discover the supposed sniper was part a group of eager media students shooting a film.
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Education: 19 Mar 12
University students in Sweden are cheating to the same level as last year according to a new study, prompting the government to enter talks of how to clamp down on academic cheating.
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National: 19 Mar 12
A teacher at a Swedish school in Yemen was gunned down by an unknown perpetrator on Sunday in an attack claimed to be a response by al-Qaeda to what is perceived as Christian proselytising.
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National: 16 Mar 12
A machete-wielding man went on a wild rampage in northern Sweden on Thursday, slashing a woman in the face before hijacking a minivan filled with students. He also reportedly sliced a dog, left in the stolen van.
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Business & Money: 14 Mar 12
Swedish students have their eye on home-grown companies when it comes to joining the work force after graduation, according to a recent survey.
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National: 11 Mar 12
Some 500 nursing students in northern Sweden are demanding higher entry wages, encouraging all nurses to turn down any job with a monthly salary of less than 24,000 kronor ($3,500).
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Politics: 11 Mar 12
When education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund spoke at the party's congress in Västerås, he brought up youth unemployment as well as the hotly debated Saudi arms factory deal.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Mar 12
While Malmö's Rosengård neighbourhood is often the subject of negative headlines, the multi-ethnic district is slowly becoming a model for positive change in Sweden's third largest city, contributor Patrick Reilly discovers.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Feb 12
As schools in Sweden look for new ways to tackle the problem of unruly students, one school has found success using methods normally employed on the football pitch, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers.
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Education: 21 Feb 12
When figuring out how to manage an international team it's easy to fall back on tired stereotypes. But a better strategy is for managers to start closer to home, a new course at Företagsuniversitetet in Stockholm teaches.
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National: 21 Feb 12
2011 marked the largest exodus from Sweden in history as more than 50,000 people left the country, with China proving to be an ever more popular destination for Swedes who move abroad.
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Society: 21 Feb 12
A pastor from central Sweden who uploaded “pornographic” pictures of himself and his girlfriend to an office computer will not be sacked over the incident.
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Science & Technology: 16 Feb 12
Swedish entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström, founder of Skype, and Andreas Ehn, founder of Spotify, spoke recently in Stockholm about the secrets to their success and why Sweden "punches above its weight" when it comes to producing tech start-ups.
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Education: 15 Feb 12
Stockholm beat out Helsinki and Copenhagen, as well as several other university towns in northern Europe in a ranking of the “Best Student Cities in the World” published this week.
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Education: 12 Feb 12
A 24-year-old teacher has been remanded into custody on suspicion of child rape after admitting that he had sexual relations with a number of teenage pupils.
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Education: 10 Feb 12
The government is hoping to reduce the number of Swedish high school dropouts by offering a shorter course of study for students who "lack the prerequisites" to finish high school, angering opposition politicians.
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Education: 10 Feb 12
An employee at a high school near Uppsala, in eastern Sweden, has been detained by police on suspicion of rape and sexual harassment of several students, much to the shock of his colleagues.
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Lifestyle: 9 Feb 12
From classic Scandinavian functionality to naked men and lambs, Stockholm Design Week has something for everyone. Here's The Local's pick of the weirdest and best designs on display this year.
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Society: 9 Feb 12
Sweden’s Supreme Court was right to convict four men of hate crimes for distributing "offensive" homophobic flyers at a school, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.
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Society: 8 Feb 12
Two aspiring officers at a military training centre in western Sweden have been reprimanded after building a ”horror dungeon” with bones, faeces and animal guts meant to frighten younger trainees.
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National: 8 Feb 12
A man died after he was hit by a train in Stenungsund in western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon at the same location where two Swedish teenagers were killed by a train in September 2010.
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National: 7 Feb 12
Police continue to hunt for the man suspected in the stabbing a 10-year-old girl outside of her school in Gothenburg on Monday. As the girl recovers in hospital, local residents remain on edge following the attack.
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Education: 6 Feb 12
A 15-year-old girl from southern Sweden took her own life after several years of bullying during which her school's idea of combatting the problem had been to make her go tell the other students that their taunts upset her.
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National: 6 Feb 12
A 10-year-old girl had her throat slashed with a knife outside a school in Gothenburg in western Sweden on Monday morning, according to police.
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Education: 1 Feb 12
The Stockholm suburb of Sollentuna plans to get rid its schools of text books entirely by next year in favour of tablet computers like the iPad, but Sweden’s education remained sceptical about the proposal.
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National: 27 Jan 12
Malmö street artist Dan Park was handed a fine and a suspended sentence after being convicted on Thursday of defamation and racial agitation in connection with posters he made after students staged a "slave auction" at Lund University.
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Education: 27 Jan 12
The principal of a school in western Sweden is under investigation for unilaterally scrapping the marks given to a class of eighth graders because they were too low in comparison to other schools in the area.
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Education: 24 Jan 12
As students in Lund get ready to compete for a chance to live in Sweden’s ‘coziest’ dwelling, the housing commission claim the bijoux cottages are simply ‘too small’.
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Education: 19 Jan 12
The number of foreign students applying to masters programmes at Swedish universities is on the rise, according to preliminary figures, following last year's precipitous drop in foreign applicants.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
If you're moving to Sweden to study, then you'll need to find somewhere to live. Here are a few tips on finding student accommodation in Sweden.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Not everyone can move to work in Sweden, but new labour migration laws have made it much easier to move to Sweden from outside the EU.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Thinking of applying for doctoral studies in Sweden? Here's how to get started.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Some 600 master’s degree programs at Swedish universities are taught entirely in English. Here's an easy guide for how to apply.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Applying to study in Sweden has never been easier, with a dedicated portal now set up for international applicants.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
Whether or not you need a visa or a residence permit depends on where you come from. This is what you need to know.
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Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
It is a big step to study abroad, and the options are almost limitless. So what makes Sweden stand out as a study destination?
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Education: 17 Jan 12
Sweden’s education minister Jan Björklund has slammed the quality of the country's higher education system as he unveiled plans to revamp the way university quality is monitored.
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Education: 16 Jan 12
A permit to run a publicly-funded, privately-managed free school is being sold on a popular Swedish buy-sell site, exploiting a legal loophole and angering politicians.
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National: 14 Jan 12
A number of attempted rapes against girls, some as young as ten, have spread fear in Lund, in southern Sweden, and police now believe a single perpetrator lies behind all of the attacks.
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Education: 11 Jan 12
Teachers in Swedish schools can, in certain situations, prohibit students from wearing Islamic veils that reveal only their eyes, the country's school's agency has ruled.
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Analysis & Opinion: 6 Jan 12
With tuition fees for non-EEA students in effect, the makeup of Sweden’s non-European student population is shifting and the pressure is on for universities to deliver services worth selling, argues contributor Sven Hultberg Carlsson.
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National: 3 Jan 12
Police on Tuesday arrested a couple in their twenties on suspicion of kidnapping a 25-year-old man who went missing from his home in Uppsala in December.
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Education: 29 Dec 11
Many of Sweden's municipalities fail to place newly arrived immigrants in Swedish language classes within the time frames stipulated by law, a new investigation has found.
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Education: 21 Dec 11
Ever thought of applying to Stockholm University, but didn't know where to start? Here's a step-by-step guide on how to turn the dream into reality.
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National: 15 Dec 11
A school teacher from southern Sweden was charged on Thursday after the investigation into a sex-themed text message he sent to a 13-year-old student revealed over 6 hours of child porn material on his computer.
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Education: 14 Dec 11
The new fees for non-European students at Swedish universities have created a workload disproportionate to the number of fee-paying students, according to a new report.
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Education: 13 Dec 11
Two people were arrested Monday afternoon following the stabbing of a 19-year-old man in connection with a fight at a high school in southern Sweden.
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Education: 7 Dec 11
If you want to study, but dread the bureaucracy and red tape of a traditional academic institution, and fancy a spell in one of Europe’s most dynamic cities at the same time, the ECLA in Berlin could be just the place for you.
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Politics: 2 Dec 11
Former Social Democrat minister Björn Rosengren has been caught on tape saying that party leader Håkan Juholt must step down, according to a report.
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National: 30 Nov 11
A hooded man attacked and seriously injured a student with a knife at a high school north of Stockholm on Wednesday morning. A man in his twenties was later arrested in connection with the incident.
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Society: 30 Nov 11
Controversial Swedish artist and former presenter of erotic TV, Ylva-Maria Thompson, is to teach Austrian couples about sexual relations, according to a report.
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Education: 29 Nov 11
Studying at Stockholm University gives you the chance to rub shoulders with Nobel laureates on the night they receive their prize - and you might even get the chance to attend the banquet itself.
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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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Society: 25 Nov 11
Immigrant women in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta are using language lessons and handicrafts to stitch together an alternative Christmas market experience for the entire Swedish capital, The Local's Clara Guibourg discovers.
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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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Education: 24 Nov 11
Prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Prince Carl Philip and many other high society members, has been reported to the police after a bullying scandal which involved the burning of a pupil's nipples.
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Education: 22 Nov 11
Stockholm International School has seen thousands of students pass through its doors since it was founded in 1951. To mark its fiftieth birthday, Maggie Dankiewicz, Valerie Evers, Caroline Engström-Roberts and the students of Grade 5 tell of its fascinating history.
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Society: 22 Nov 11
Twelve male Swedish docs-to-be from university town Uppsala, north of Stockholm, have shed their shirts for charity to produce a topless calendar for 2012.
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National: 17 Nov 11
Female university students in Sweden have twice as many sex partners than they did ten years ago, according to a new survey by the student health service at Uppsala University, while condom use is on the decline.
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Education: 14 Nov 11
A high school in Täby in northern Stockholm has been reported to the Equality Ombudsman over allegations that the principal played down rape allegations as "stuff that boys do".
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National: 10 Nov 11
A bullying scandal has rocked prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, alma mater of Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and many others among the upper echelons of Swedish society.
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Society: 8 Nov 11
The Swedish military has condemned that a participant in a recent hostage survival exercise was accused of being a homosexual, but ruled there was nothing wrong with officers threatening to rape his girlfriend.
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Education: 4 Nov 11
A school in southern Sweden that failed to help a student who suffered two years of physical and verbal abuse from fellow students, who posted some of the incidents on YouTube, has been sued by Sweden's child welfare watchdog.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 11
The dropping of a hate speech case against students who staged a "slave auction" at Lund University clears the way for racists and contravenes Swedish human rights commitments, representatives from anti-racism groups argue.
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National: 31 Oct 11
A Brussels human rights group has "strongly condemned" a ruling by the Swedish prosecution authorities who deemed a "slave auction" held by a Lund student group in April to be a "costume party" meaning no charges will be filed.
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