February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Sundqvist":
Business & Money: 14 May 10
The Swedish National Debt Office's (Riksgälden) controversial takeover of investment bank Carnegie in 2008 has been given the green light by the European Commission.
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Analysis & Opinion: 31 Jul 09
As Stockholm gears up for the weekend’s Pride Parade, The Local’s Gabriel Stein takes a look at the difficulties facing two Stockholm-area football clubs as they attempt to show their solidarity with the city’s gay community.
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Science & Technology: 27 Apr 09
The university town of Lund in southern Sweden is set to become the site of a new particle accelerator, Max IV, Lund University announced on Monday.
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Business & Money: 17 Mar 09
Swedish financier Maths O Sundqvist has reached an agreement with his main creditor, investment bank Carnegie, which will now assume control of his business empire.
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Society: 20 Jan 09
Strained church finances mean the deceased in Borgsjö/Haverö in northern Sweden are making the journey to their final resting place on a cargo trailer rather than in a conventional hearse.
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Business & Money: 8 Jan 09
The stock deals by finance and real estate tycoon Maths O. Sundqvist which brought down the Carnegie investment bank may also end up costing Handelsbanken close to one billion kronor ($127 million).
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Society: 8 Dec 08
A Swedish university has been reunited with a first edition copy of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica some forty years after the book was stolen from from its collection.
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Business & Money: 11 Nov 08
The new chair of recently nationalized Carnegie said on Tuesday he hopes the beleaguered Swedish investment bank can be sold in one piece, but that other alternatives are also under consideration.
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Business & Money: 10 Nov 08
Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority announced on Monday afternoon that it was revoking the licence of the embattled Carnegie investment bank and that the bank was to be taken over by the National Debt Office.
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National: 21 Jan 07
As another wave of harsh weather conditions sweeps over Sweden on Sunday, around 30,000 customers of the country's three biggest suppliers were without electricity.
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National: 10 Oct 06
The waiting is over - the songs set to compete to be next year's Swedish entry to the Eurovision Song Contest have been unveiled at a ceremony in Stockholm. And there are some familiar names on the list.
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National: 4 Oct 06
A man and a woman have been found shot dead in an apartment in Stockholm. Police say they think the man may have shot the woman before turning the gun on himself.
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National: 24 Apr 06
Recruitment companies with links to criminal biker gangs have defrauded building workers of up to 100,000 kronor in unpaid wages.
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National: 8 Jun 05
A researcher at Uppsala University who said in a documentary that there were satanist baby-killing networks in Sweden is to face an academic investigation. Eva Lundgren says her views have been misrepresented.
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National: 1 Feb 05
A policeman in Söderhamn robs a bank while on duty and later that day is put on the case to catch the villain. Who says Swedes don't have a sense of humour?
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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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