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19-year-old woman raped in stadium toilet

National: 10 Apr 12
A 19-year-old woman reported being raped by an unknown man in a public toilet at a Stockholm football stadium during the middle of a match on Monday evening. READ »

Pot growers plead not guilty for 'organic' weed

Society: 30 Mar 12
Cannabis growers claiming they're innocent as their product is "organic", men biting through prison beds, and nazi t-shirts - here are some amusing tidbits from the past week in Sweden. READ »

Prosecutor to probe case of 10-year-old left outside

National: 9 Jan 12
The case with the 10-year-old boy left out in the cold by his father after ”failing to perform” in a sports event has been referred to the prosecutor's office for further investigation, Uppsala police announced on Monday. READ »

Dad leaves son in the cold for 'playing like crap'

National: 8 Jan 12
A 10-year-old boy was left outside in the cold wearing only a shorts and t-shirt in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Saturday evening after his father felt the boy didn't deserve a ride home to Stockholm because he "played like crap" in a floorball tournament. READ »

Swedish seniors stay active through exercise

Lifestyle: 14 Dec 11
Swedish senior citizens, some well into their 90s, are staying fit and active by taking up regular exercise even long after reaching retirement age, the AFP's Pia Ohlin reports. READ »

'She passed away after the last injection'

National: 15 Sep 11
The trial against a Swedish doctor accused of infant euthanasia entered its second day on Thursday with the mother of the baby describing the care received as "beneath contempt". READ »

Young Social Democrats honour Norway victims

Politics: 3 Aug 11
The youth wing of the Swedish Social Democrats opened their congress on Tuesday with heartfelt tributes to the victims of the attack on their sister organisation in Norway last month. READ »

Condom firm seeks Swedes for ‘hard but satisfying job’

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. READ »

Cybersex Swedes claim they did 'nothing wrong'

National: 13 May 11
The two Swedish IT-experts jailed for life in the Philippines for running a cybersex den say they are living a nightmare among hardened criminals and maintain that they have done nothing wrong. READ »

Boy survives Swedish campground 'hanging'

National: 24 Apr 11
An 11-year-old Norwegian boy was forced to stand on his tippy toes for 10 minutes to get air after he was hung in a tree at a campground in western Sweden. READ »

Swedish wolf activists threaten to sabotage hunt

Science & Technology: 14 Jan 11
After threats from activists who posed for bloody images imitating dead hunters, Swedish police have been called in to protect hunters participating in the country's controversial wolf hunt, which begins this weekend. READ »

Porn-themed shirt lands Swedish pastor in hot water

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. READ »

Police baffled by man with 'no identity'

National: 21 Nov 10
Police in Gothenburg have been unable to identify an injured and confused man found wandering around the city’s harbour on Sunday morning. READ »

Swedish man dies in live 'cyber suicide' broadcast

Science & Technology: 12 Oct 10
A Swedish man hanged himself during a live broadcast on the internet on Monday morning, a phenomenon that police described as rare in Sweden. READ »

Stockholm takes a stand for racial tolerance

Politics: 21 Sep 10
A crowd of around 10,000 people gathered in central Stockholm on Monday evening to demonstrate for tolerance and against racism after the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats were voted into Sweden's parliament. READ »

Swedish women equate jogging with sex: survey

Society: 13 Jul 10
Jogging is more important than a slew of other social activities, and is as important as sex and time with the family, according to a new survey of Swedish women. READ »

Malmö: A decade with the Öresund bridge

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Jun 10
The Öresund bridge celebrates its 10th birthday this week. The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson takes a look at how the link has changed Sweden's third city and its relations to its neighbours. READ »

The Royal Wedding: Live Blog

National: 19 Jun 10
Today's the day that Crown Princess Victoria will get her man of the people. We'll be following the whole thing live - with reporters around Stockholm providing the latest news, reactions and (hopefully) informed speculation from the Royal Wedding. READ »

Summer Rail Destinations: Stockholm

Travel: 11 Jun 10
Sponsored article: The antiquity of Gamla Stan, the forests of Djurgården, the cliffs of Södermalm and of course the surrounding blue sea: all these elements combine to help make Stockholm one of the world’s most beautiful cities. READ »

Swedish security police eye terror T-shirts

National: 11 Mar 10
Swedish security service Säpo has said it is monitoring Danish clothing firm Fighters + Lovers, which relocated to Sweden last year after six of its members were convicted of supporting terrorism. READ »

How to shine at your Swedish job interview

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Feb 10
Sponsored article: Even getting a job interview can be an achievement, particularly if you're a foreigner in Sweden. In the first of a series of features on the Swedish job market, Nic Townsend looks at how you can make the most of your big chance. READ »

Christmas shopping guide: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 22 Dec 09
Waited till the last minute to pick up a gift for the design aficionado in your life? Here's help. We've dusted off The Local’s quintessential guide to the best of Swedish design online with some old, some new and some just plain odd. READ »

'Feminists have better sex': Swedish party

Politics: 17 Dec 09
Sweden's feminist political party is hoping logo items featuring a bold claim about their supporters’ supposed prowess in the bedroom will raise awareness about the party during the holiday shopping season. READ »

Swedish reporter meets hostile Israeli crowd

Society: 2 Nov 09
Swedish journalist Donald Boström told an angry audience in Israel on Monday that he stood by his call for an investigation into claims that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, despite confessing he had no proof. READ »

Masturbating trucker charged with reckless driving

National: 9 Oct 09
A German truck driver who was busy playing with his joystick when he flipped his rig in western Sweden in September, has been charged with reckless driving and assault. READ »

Wife held for murder of Swedish 'oil millionaire'

National: 9 Sep 09
Four people - including the wife of the victim - have been arrested for their involvement in the murder of a 45-year-old business man outside his home in Fagersta in central Sweden in April. READ »

Västerås: A walk back in time

Travel: 2 Jul 09
As classic cars assemble for the annual Power Big Meet, Robert La Bua takes in the medieval charm of host town Västerås. READ »

Ex-member arrested in Riksdag chamber

Politics: 17 Jun 09
Green Party politician Ewa Larsson, a former member of parliament who currently sits on the board of the Stockholm County police department, was arrested in the Riksdag on Tuesday. READ »

Mareike Neumann offers Swedish style counsel

Lifestyle: 25 May 09
Having a strong sense of style requires more than wearing any old t-shirt or listening to mainstream music, says 25-year-old blogger Mareike Neumann. And style is something the Swedes have mastered. READ »

Overweight inmate seeks damages for svelte fatigues

Society: 25 May 09
An inmate at Karlskrona prison in southern Sweden has applied for damages after the prisons service was unable to provide adequate attire to cover his considerable frame. READ »

Stockholm hotel offers free haven for creative souls

Lifestyle: 15 May 09
Anyone planning a trip to the Swedish capital might be a bit aghast at the cost of a place to lay their head at night, but Creators Inn by Elvine might just sport the most shocking price tag of all. Charlotte West reports on the world's first hotel-in-hotel. READ »

Swedish supermarket ends sales of 'sexy' child bra

Society: 14 Feb 09
Swedish supermarket chain Ica has announced that it is to stop selling bras for 7-year-olds in its Ica Maxi stores in response to customer protests. READ »

Swedish town debates ban on 'racist' clothing

Society: 13 Feb 09
A youth recreation centre in Bromölla in southern Sweden has decided to ban anyone wearing clothing that could be considered racist from entering the facility. READ »

Christmas shopping: Swedish design online

Lifestyle: 12 Dec 08
Some of it is sleek, and some of it is just plain weird. Some of it’s pretty, and some of it is just plain ugly…by design. Here’s The Local’s guide to the best of Swedish design online. READ »

Discover Ystad: Just follow the trail of blood

Travel: 3 Nov 08
TV viewers around the world are soon to get their first glimpse of the seaside town of Ystad with the screening of three new BBC movies starring Kenneth Branagh as Inspector Kurt Wallander. David Wiles takes us on a blood-soaked tour of Scandinavia’s murder capital. READ »

T-shirts in Sweden contain toxic chemical

Science & Technology: 18 Sep 08
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) was revealed that t-shirts sold in Sweden contain nonylphenol ethoxylates, a chemical substance which can cause birth defects and cancer. READ »

Students design outfits for Swedish women prisoners

Society: 16 Sep 08
Stockholm design school students have created a radical new clothing line for female prisoners. The range was unveiled on Tuesday at Färingsö prison, located just outside the city. READ »

Toxic chemicals found in Björn Borg underwear

Business & Money: 19 Aug 08
Björn Borg men's briefs have been found to contain shockingly high levels of a toxic chemical banned in the EU. READ »

Arboga murder weapon: witnesses testify

National: 13 Aug 08
The trial of the German murder suspect accused of killing two toddlers in Arboga, central Sweden continued on Wednesday, with witnesses testifying about a hammer that is the suspected murder weapon. READ »

Kids' books become ideological battleground in Sweden

Lifestyle: 4 Aug 08
Boys in pink sandals and girls breaking wind with their armpits - two new Swedish publishers of children's literature are causing a stir with books deliberately designed to propagate the country's social values, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

What’s on in Sweden: July 18 – 24

Lifestyle: 17 Jul 08
What’s on: Ice Cube and international athletics in Stockholm, Mamma Mia! in Gothenburg, Solomon Burke and international dance & street festival in Malmö. READ »

Stockholm club and concert guide: July 3 - 5

Lifestyle: 3 Jul 08
Stockholm club and concert tips from Kalendarium. READ »

Pollutant found in imported t-shirts

Science & Technology: 23 Apr 08
Traces of an environmental contaminant that can pollute Sweden’s water supplies have been found in nearly every t-shirt tested, a new study shows. READ »

Engla's killer remanded into custody

National: 19 Apr 08
Anders Eklund, the man who has confessed to the murders of 10-year-old Engla Juncosa and 31-year-old Pernilla Hellgren was remanded into custody on Friday. READ »

China, Reinfeldt, and the Olympics: a real mouthful

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Apr 08
Social democratic newspaper editor Eric Sundström hopes Fredrik Reinfeldt at least says something about human rights and the Olympics during the Prime Minister’s visit to China. READ »

Please can I return this husband?

Dating: 13 Nov 07
Buy a sweater at H&M and you don't expect it to last forever, but it will look good on you for the time being. With the country's high divorce rate, Swedes have a pretty similar attitude to spouses, says Sarah Tarnowski. READ »

School shooting suspect remanded in custody

National: 13 Nov 07
One of the teenage boys arrested on Friday for allegedly planning to kill a headmaster of a Stockholm has been remanded in custody. READ »

Viking clash: Danes and Swedes battle to be biggest

Lifestyle: 18 Oct 07
When Stockholm's Mayor donned a t-shirt proclaiming the city 'Capital of Scandinavia', the reaction from the neighbours was predictably indignant. Daniel Boman looks at how Stockholm and Copenhagen are battling to prove who's biggest and best. READ »

A quickie with...Lotta Ahlvar

Lifestyle: 18 Aug 07
Lotta Ahlvar, CEO of the Swedish Fashion Council, gives Charlotte West a round-up of the Swedish fashion scene after Stockholm Fashion Week, where designer Swedish labels strut their stuff READ »

The lowdown on... Crown Princess Victoria

Lifestyle: 13 Jul 07
It's July 14th on Saturday. While the date may strike fear into the hearts of French royalists, for Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria the occasion is altogether more satisfying. Josefin Mårtensson takes a look at the popular princess on the eve her 30th birthday. READ »

Swedish fights rearguard action against English behemoth

Lifestyle: 18 Apr 07
The World in Sweden Series:While some worry that immigrant dialects are polluting the Swedish language, what really concerns the guardians of the national tounge is the rise and rise of English, as Christine Demsteader finds out. READ »

Stockholm bamboo lemur may rival Berlin polar bear

Society: 9 Apr 07
A rare bamboo lemur has come through the early stages of life in captivity at Skansen in Stockholm. But Bilbo has a long way to go before achieving the same level of popularity as Knut the polar bear. READ »

KappAhl defies Hells Angels

National: 4 Apr 07
Just days after two Hells Angels threatened a shop assistant with assault, clothing retailer KappAhl has restocked its shelves with the t-shirts that the motorcycle club found objectionable. READ »

KappAhl threatened by Hells Angels

National: 1 Apr 07
Members of the Hells Angels in southern Sweden threatened to assault a shop assistant at KappAhl if the company did not remove certain items of clothing from its stock. KappAhl went along with their wishes. READ »

Breast revelation "no big deal", says teacher

National: 8 Dec 06
The teacher who revealed her breasts to a surprised student wishes she had shown more restraint but does not think it is worth getting too upset about. "Fifty per cent of the population look like this," she said. READ »

Campaigning Alliance breaks with tradition

Politics: 17 Sep 06
The four leaders of the opposition Alliance party went against tradition on Sunday as they took to the streets of Stockholm to hand out flowers to voters. Fredrik Reinfeldt says he's taking nothing for granted. READ »

"There is disgruntlement in the air"

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Sep 06
It is dawning on the world's media that Sweden, the only country in the world to have a whole economic model named after it, could lurch to the right in Sunday's election. Louis Roper looks at what the papers outside Sweden are saying. READ »

Court told of Haga Man's crimes

National: 16 Jun 06
The trial of Niklas Lindgren, who has admitted raping a string of women in Umeå, started on Friday. He looked at his papers and shuffled in his chair as the prosecutor described the attacks. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: A clean sweep

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Nov 05
Clearing out junk from the apartment block cellar on a group cleaning day, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent is surprised to rediscover the best of the Swedish spirit. READ »

Escaped man "threat to Victoria"

Smörgåsbord: 26 Jul 05
A man who has sent threatening letters to Crown Princess Victoria escapes from a secure hospital in Denmark. Security has been tightened around the royal family, according to reports. READ »

Swedish teenagers in wet t-shirt row

Society: 6 May 05
Teenage girls got up on stage at a bar in Stockholm in g-strings and t-shirts, as organisers proceeded to drench them in water. Offensive, says one girl who was there. All in good fun – and alcohol-free – say the bar owners. READ »

Queen strike the perfect balance

Lifestyle: 2 May 05
Queen without Freddie Mercury? Who'd have thought it? By not trying to impersonate the band's extravagant showman, new vocalist Paul Rodgers delivers an impressive performance, while Brian May and Roger Taylor remind fans that Queen were never a one man band. READ »

Greek stabbing: "Give Swede a light sentence"

National: 8 Apr 05
The trial of Calle Jonsson, accused of stabbing a Greek man on the island of Kos in 2001, could go either way. However, despite a call for leniency the prosecutor still wants the Swede to be convicted of attempted murder. READ »

Asian earthquake: "2,000 Swedes missing"

National: 27 Dec 04
At least ten Swedes are confirmed dead, 80 are injured and many more are still missing after tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake rip through tourist resorts popular among Scandinavians. READ »

Hysteria & Mayhem greets Lagerfeld line

Business & Money: 15 Nov 04
So now we know what gets Swedes really fired up, what brings them onto the streets in their thousands, fighting with unrestrained ferocity, man against man, woman against woman, child against parent. Fashion - cheap fashion. READ »

Where to grab a fab kebab

Smörgåsbord: 8 Sep 04
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