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How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe. READ »

Swedish cannibal finds vampire love behind bars

Society: 30 Jan 12
After meeting at a high security ward “the Skara Cannibal” and the “Vampire Woman”, two infamous Swedish murderers, have found love and are hoping to get married. READ »

Max von Sydow snags Oscar nomination

Society: 24 Jan 12
Swedish silver screen stalwart Max von Sydow, 82, became one of the oldest Academy Award nominees ever on Tuesday, while "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" star Rooney Mara was nominated in the best actress category. READ »

'Tattoo' marketing angers Larsson's partner

Society: 21 Dec 11
Stieg Larsson's former partner has slammed the commercialization of the late Swedish writer's best-selling novel, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, in connection with the release of Hollywood's adaption of the book. READ »

'Tattoo' star Rooney Mara laughs off 'bush' wig

Society: 16 Dec 11
Rooney Mara, who portrays hacker heroine Lisbeth Salander in the Hollywood remake of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” has made light of the measures taken to ensure the star's hirsute nether regions were also in character for the film. READ »

Can Hollywood's 'Tattoo' capture Sweden's dark side?

Lifestyle: 16 Dec 11
As the world awaits the impending release of the Hollywood version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at whether the capital of the US film industry can accurately portray Sweden's dark underbelly. READ »

'Millennium' publisher launches Salander app

Science & Technology: 13 Dec 11
Swedish publishing house Norstedts, publisher of Stieg Larsson's 'Millennium' trilogy, released an English-language “Chasing Salander” iPhone app on Tuesday, just days ahead of the world première of the Hollywood version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". READ »

How do Swedes survive?: director David Fincher

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Dec 11
After spending last winter in rural Sweden recording the Hollywood version of "The girl with the dragon tattoo", director David Fincher was left baffled as to how Swedes survive the cold, dark months. The Local has found out how. READ »

Swedes and the US: a love-hate relationship?

Analysis & Opinion: 30 Nov 11
The US divides opinion in Sweden. To some it is the over-powerful, gluttonous antithesis of Sweden's liberal, distributive society - to others it is, well, pretty cool. Feel free to have your say. READ »

Millennium film wins Emmy award

Society: 22 Nov 11
Swedish crime drama Millennium, based on the novels by Stieg Larsson, has won the prize for best TV movie at the International Emmy Awards in New York. READ »

H&M launches 'Dragon Tattoo' fashion line

Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish fashion retailer H&M is planning a line of clothing inspired by the hacker heroine made famous in the first of the best-selling Millennium crime thrillers, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". READ »

Stieg Larsson among top earning dead celebs

Society: 26 Oct 11
Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, author of the world acclaimed Millennium trilogy, has cracked Forbes magazine's list of top ten stars who are still earning big in the afterlife. READ »

Never Mind the Genitals, Here's Lilla Lovis

Lifestyle: 13 Oct 11
With the finals of Swedish Idol in full swing, contributor Katherine Dunn catches up with Lilla Lovis, a candy-haired Swedish singer whose lyrics detailing oral sex and female rape make her an entirely different flavour of pop star. READ »

Stieg Larsson books to become comics

National: 12 Oct 11
Stieg Larsson's best-selling Millennium thrillers are to be turned into graphic novels, US comic-book powerhouse DC Entertainment said Tuesday after announcing that it had secured "worldwide rights" to adapt the trilogy. READ »

Director alters ending in Millennium movie

Society: 2 Sep 11
David Fincher, the director of the forthcoming Hollywood version of the Stieg Larsson novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor) has changed the ending of the story READ »

Fast food freebie features swastika tattoo

Society: 11 Aug 11
When 8-year-old Eddie and his family recently ate at a fast food outlet in Umeå in northern Sweden, they were surprised to find that the gift inside the box featured a swastika tattoo. READ »

Swedish tourist group targets US gays

National: 27 Jul 11
Travel and tourism group VisitSweden has launched a promotional drive focused on the US to attract more LGBT travellers to Sweden in a campaign entitled "Stockholm in full glory". READ »

Getting inked: Sweden's tattoo trend laid bare

Lifestyle: 21 Jul 11
As more and more Swedes roll up their sleeves and trouser legs to get tattoos, contributor Emy Gelb takes a look at what inspires them to let their bodies become walking works of art. READ »

More Swedes getting homemade tattoos

Society: 15 Jul 11
An increasing number of Swedes reject the professional studio for a friend’s kitchen table when wanting a tattoo, according to a Swedish media report. READ »

Peace, love and 'the delirium of existence'

Lifestyle: 5 Jul 11
Ever wondered what a small Swedish town looks like when 50,000 music lovers invade its streets? Contributor Caroline Bursell finds out as she joins the throngs of festival-goers at Sweden's Borlänge Peace & Love festival 2011. READ »

Swedish teen denied spot in school due to piercing

Education: 22 Jun 11
A 13-year-old girl with a pierced nose has been told she's not welcome at a Swedish school, prompting her mother to file a complaint with the country's education authorities. READ »

Swedish 'Snabba cash' actor finds more Hollywood success

Society: 14 Jun 11
Swedish heartthrob Joel Kinnaman has snagged yet another lead in an American feature film, according to Hollywood reports. READ »

New sex rules headache for donation centres

Science & Technology: 4 Jun 11
Rules for blood donors have been tightened. Since this Wednesday, potential donors are banned from donation centres for an entire year if they've had sex with someone who has recently acquired a piercing or a tattoo. READ »

Finnish hockey legend reveals Swedish tattoo secret

Sport: 20 Apr 11
Teemu Selänne aka "The Finnish Flash" has confirmed rumours that despite being one his country's most faithful servants on the ice, he has been bearing a terrible tattooed secret since a drunken stag night over a decade ago. READ »

School board defends tattooed teacher deemed 'too cool' for school

Education: 13 Apr 11
The schools board in Skövde in western Sweden has backed a local teacher after he was criticised by a local politician, who argued that his surfeit of tattoos and spiky hair set a bad example to students. READ »

Larsson friend reveals Millennium sequel plot

Society: 28 Mar 11
The sister of hacker-heroine Lisbeth Salander is said to feature prominently in a disputed manuscript believed to be the fourth book in the Millennium crime series, a longtime friend of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson has revealed. READ »

Police probe secret Swedish 'sex-chamber'

National: 28 Mar 11
An underground sex-chamber, complete with elaborate restraining devices and an assortment of sex toys, continues to baffle Swedish police weeks after it was discovered beneath an abandoned farmhouse in western Sweden. READ »

Gabrielsson blames Millennium feud on men who hate women

Lifestyle: 31 Jan 11
As the dispute over the estate of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson heats up, his longtime partner, Eva Gabrielsson, is starting to feel like Millennium-trilogy heroine Lisbeth Salander, the AFP's Robert MacPherson discovers. READ »

Stieg Larsson's brother: we're not greedy

Society: 22 Jan 11
In a rare public interview, the younger brother of late Swedish author Stieg Larsson rejected claims that he and his father have jealously guarded the author’s inheritance from his longtime partner Eva Gabrielsson. READ »

Larsson partner: 'I can finish Millennium series'

Society: 13 Jan 11
Eva Gabrielsson, the longtime partner of Swedish author Stieg Larsson, as said she could complete the unfinished fourth volume of the wildly-successful Millennium crime trilogy if she could secure the rights. READ »

Sweden gets closer to Golden Globe glory

Society: 15 Dec 10
While Swedish actress Noomi Rapace was overlooked, a Swedish-Danish co-production starring Swedish hunk Mikael Persbrandt, has been nominated for a Golden Globe award. READ »

Extreme politics and Gus Van Sant in focus at Stockholm Film Festival

Lifestyle: 17 Nov 10
As the 21st edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival opens this week, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson looks at some of the juiciest cinematic morsels on offer. READ »

Three new stars confirmed in 'Tattoo' film

Society: 9 Oct 10
Three more actors have joined the cast of the Hollywood version of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," which began shooting in Sweden this month. READ »

Complaint filed over 'Tattoo' traffic snarl

Society: 7 Oct 10
With actor Daniel Craig in Sweden for the filming of the Hollywood remake of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", a Stockholm resident has lodged a complaint due to restricted access on her street. READ »

Christopher Plummer nabs 'Dragon Tattoo' role

Society: 3 Oct 10
Veteran Canadian actor Christopher Plummer is the latest star to be cast in the Hollywood remake of Stieg Larsson's "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", the first of his Millennium thriller trilogy. READ »

'Tattoo' filming on hold as star injured: report

Society: 23 Sep 10
Rooney Mara, the actress cast to play the role of Lisbeth Salander in the US remake of Stieg Larsson's Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, has been injured in Stockholm, forcing a delay in filming. READ »

Sweden preps for filming of Hollywood's 'Tattoo'

Society: 15 Sep 10
Several locations in Sweden are bracing for a Hollywood invasion this autumn, with filming of the English-language version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" set to start within weeks. READ »

'Tattoo' star Rapace snags Hollywood role

Society: 13 Sep 10
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace has landed the lead female role in a major Hollywood feature following her much acclaimed screen portrayal of Lisbeth Salander from Stieg Larsson’s “Millenium” crime novels. READ »

What's On in Sweden: August 27 - September 2

Lifestyle: 26 Aug 10
What’s on in Sweden: Open air Othello in Stockholm, 100 years of flight in Gothenburg, and a huge Beatles concert in Malmö. READ »

Hälsingland prepares for Hollywood welcome

Society: 24 Aug 10
The region of Hälsingland looks set to host the cast of the Hollywood remake of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - the first of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy, with at least some of the location shots likely to take place in the area. READ »

Girl with dragon tattoo rides for historic win

Sport: 20 Aug 10
Sweden's Inez Karlsson will attempt to become the first female jockey to win the prestigious 28th annual Arlington Million northwest of Chicago on Saturday with her horse Rahystrada. READ »

Hollywood unknown cast as Lisbeth Salander

Society: 17 Aug 10
Rooney Mara, a relatively unknown American actress, has been cast to star as Lisbeth Salander in the US remake of the first of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sony Pictures has confirmed. READ »

Skarsgård offered Millennium film role

Society: 5 Aug 10
Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård has been offered a role in the US remake of the first of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which is due for release in 2011. READ »

Stieg Larsson first to sell one million Kindle books

Business & Money: 28 Jul 10
Sweden's Stieg Larsson has become the first author to sell more than one million books in Amazon's Kindle electronic bookstore, the company announced on Tuesday. READ »

Daniel Craig lands Millennium lead role

Society: 27 Jul 10
Daniel Craig has officially signed on with Sony Picture to star in the lead role as journalist Mikael Blomkvist in the upcoming Hollywood film remake of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. READ »

Stockholm's five best bathing spots

Lifestyle: 20 Jul 10
There is no need to leave the the big smoke to beat the heat -the city is teeming with hot places to take a cool dip. Emy Gelb has been checking them out. READ »

Millennium novel named among 2010's best books

Society: 9 Jul 10
Online retail giant Amazon has named the final installment of the Millennium trilogy, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," in its list of "Best Books of the Year... So Far" as the film of the second instalment opens in US cinemas. READ »

Eva Gabrielsson refuses Larsson family offer

Society: 17 Jun 10
Stieg Larsson's partner Eva Gabrielsson has said she has "flatly refused" an offer of 20 million kronor ($2.57 million) and a board seat in the company that manages the Millennium books. READ »

Stieg Larsson heirs remain in dispute

Society: 16 Jun 10
The family of late Swedish crime writer Stieg Larsson have been unable to reach an agreement on the division of his estate, made lucrative by the huge success of the Millennium trilogy. READ »

Interview: How a Swedish model exposed Goa's drug dealing cops

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. READ »

Swedish film stirs Hollywood imagination

Lifestyle: 28 May 10
It’s notoriously difficult for European filmmakers to make it big in the US, particularly with non-English language films. But now Sweden’s filmmakers are echoing the successes of its authors and actors in winning over American audiences, writes Lee Martin. READ »

Hysteria as 'Hornet's Nest' hits US shelves

Society: 24 May 10
The US is in the grip of Stieg Larsson fever as the third instalment of the Swedish author's Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, prepares to go on wide release in book stores across the nation on Tuesday. READ »

Thousands descend on Stockholm for annual Jesus fest

Society: 23 May 10
Christian bikers were among the crowds pouring into Stockholm on Saturday for the third annual “Jesus Manifestation”, as some 25,000 people took part in a religious service in the city centre. READ »

Stockholm in the picture for 'Millennium' movie

Society: 5 May 10
The producer behind the Millennium trilogy films, Søren Stærmose, has said that he remains hopeful that the Hollywood version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will be filmed in Stockholm, but that reports of a final decision are premature. READ »

Brad Pitt to star in Millennium film: reports

Society: 28 Apr 10
US actor Brad Pitt is set to star in the Hollywood remake of the first of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, according to media reports. READ »

'Millennium' film opens to rousing US reviews

Society: 19 Mar 10
The first of the Stieg Larsson Millenium trilogy films, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, has opened to resounding reviews from US critics and audiences not known for cherishing obscure subtitled films from Scandinavia. READ »

Runaway cat returns home after nine years on the road

National: 12 Feb 10
Stockholm resident Vera Dettmann was left brimming with emotions of joy and disbelief on Thursday when she was unexpectedly reunited with pet cat Lakrits nine years after he disappeared seemingly without trace. READ »

Best Picture honours for first 'Millennium' thriller

Society: 26 Jan 10
A movie based on the first book of Stieg Larsson’s best-selling “Millennium” trilogy took home top honours at the Swedish film awards on Monday night, scooping up three awards, including best picture and best actress. READ »

Pornstar cap 'no attire for nursery worker'

National: 23 Jan 10
Headgear emblazoned with the label 'Pornstar' has cost a nursery worker his job after parents caught sight of the man wearing it on a Facebook photo. READ »

'Millennium' trilogy heading to Hollywood

Society: 16 Dec 09
A major Hollywood studio is close to finalizing a deal to produce an English-language film adaptation of Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s wildly successful “Millennium” trilogy of crime novels. READ »

Gangster cites sleepy judge in forced tattoo case appeal

Society: 16 Oct 09
A lay judge slept his way through a court case which resulted in the convictions of two gangsters for forcing an 18-year-old boy to cover an offending tattoo, one of the men has claimed in his appeal to the Supreme Court. READ »

Passed out vodka lover comes to sporting lewd tattoo

Society: 5 Oct 09
A 27-year-old man from northern Sweden has certain regrets about drinking a full bottle of vodka after waking up the morning after with a six inch penis tattooed on his leg. READ »

Swedes snap up tickets as second 'Millennium' film opens

Society: 18 Sep 09
The film adaptation of the second installment of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy opened on Friday in theatres across Scandinavia. READ »

Woman barred from getting coat of arms tattoo

Society: 9 Sep 09
A 19-year-old woman from Sölvesborg in southern Sweden has had her request for permission to get a tattoo of the national coat of arms turned down by a chief heraldist at the National Archives. READ »

Women banned from nightclub for 'distasteful' tattoos

National: 30 Aug 09
Two women were turned away from a Malmö night club in Malmö because of their visible tattoos. Club management defended the policy, saying that tattoos were "distasteful". READ »

Swedish man attacked by tattooed girl gang

National: 16 Jul 09
Police in central Sweden are on the hunt for a gang of tattooed women who sexually molested a 50-year-old man as he was riding by on his bicycle. READ »

Outrage over 14-year- old's nipple piercing

Society: 8 Jul 09
The mother of a Swedish teenager is fuming at the ease with which her daughter was able to get her nipple pierced, sparking calls for the introduction of age limits on piercing in Sweden. READ »

Gang members get two years for forced tattoo

Society: 26 Jun 09
Two men with connections to a Swedish criminal gang have each been sentenced to two years in jail for forcing an 18-year-old boy to cover over a tattoo resembling the gang's logo. READ »

Gangsters forced boy to replace 'trademark' tattoo

Society: 10 Jun 09
Two members of a criminal gang were indicted on criminal charges on Wednesday after forcing an 18-year-old boy to replace a tattoo they claimed had infringed their "trademark". READ »

Boyfriend blames ADHD for genital tattoo abuse

National: 5 May 09
A Swedish man has claimed that his attention deficit disorder (ADHD) is to blame for the aggravated assault of his girlfriend which extended to tattooing his name and ID number on her sexual organs. READ »

A tattoo too far

Lifestyle: 30 Apr 09
Ben Kersley admires some naked bodies (artistically) and gets a permanent souvenir of Sweden at the Swedish Tattoo Fair in Norrköping. READ »

Stieg Larsson thriller proves a hit at the box office

Society: 28 Feb 09
Swedish cinema goers rushed to snap up tickets for the long-awaited film adaptation of the first novel in Swedish author Stieg Larsson's cult "Millennium" crime trilogy, which premièred on Friday. READ »

Swedes brace for movie version of Stieg Larsson thriller

Lifestyle: 25 Feb 09
With the film based on the first book in Stieg Larsson’s crime novel trilogy due to hit Swedish cinema’s on Friday, the AFP’s Delphine Touitou takes a look at how the late authors work has been adapted for the big screen. READ »

Prime Minister rejects artist's tattoo proposal

Society: 19 Feb 09
Fredrik Reinfeldt has politely declined a suggestion from an unemployed Swedish artist that the Prime Minister tattoo his chest with an image designed by the artist himself. READ »

Man sentenced for 'torturing' wife and lover

National: 4 Feb 09
A 30-year-old Malmö resident who held his wife and lover in an apartment where he abused and raped them for years was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 years in prison. READ »

'Reinfeldt could score voter coup with chest-piece tattoo'

National: 16 Jan 09
An out of work artist from Gävle in eastern Sweden has a novel suggestion for Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt to help him overcome any perceived lack of support among the country’s young people. READ »

Nina Persson: conjugal bliss bears sexy single

Lifestyle: 16 Jan 09
On the eve of the release of her new single, Swedish pop darling Nina Persson talks to Jennifer Heape about New York, David Bowie and making music with her husband. READ »

What's on in Sweden: September 19 - 25

Lifestyle: 18 Sep 08
What’s on: Stevie Wonder, Beer & Whisky festival and American Football in Stockholm; Japanese tattoo art and Masters golf in Gothenburg; Prince and Tibet tributes in Malmö; Puppet theatre in Lund. READ »

'Outlaw tattoos for anyone under eighteen'

Society: 4 Sep 08
Tattoo artists in Sweden are calling for a law to prohibit minors from getting a tattoo. READ »

Nobel a likely no-no for Sweden's king of crime fiction

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Aug 08
The most popular work of crime fiction ever published in Sweden is never likely to win a Nobel Prize. But it should, argues Jeanne Rudbeck, who is left spellbound by Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. READ »

Tattoo thieves indicted for scissors attack

National: 20 Aug 08
Two men have been indicted for forcefully attempting to cut away a tattoo belonging to a 32-year-old man in Kalmar, south-east Sweden. READ »

Larsson trilogy inspires Stockholm's latest walking tour

Travel: 29 Jul 08
Join Delphine Touitou from AFP as she follows along on Stockholm's newest literary walking tour inspired by the books of the late Stieg Larsson. READ »

Pair held for using scissors to remove man's tattoos

National: 29 Jul 08
Two men were arrested on Monday in Kalmar in southern Sweden on suspicions of assault for using a pair of scissors to cut away another man’s tattoos. READ »

Rock festivals - not like a trip to your grandma's house

Lifestyle: 18 Jun 08
Mayhem, music and masses of mud: With festival season truly upon us, David Bartal went to where the action was. READ »

Going underground at Tech Noir

Lifestyle: 4 Jun 08
David Bartal wanders into a subterranean night club and discovers a realm where Belgians rule the roost and latex is more rule than exception. READ »

Witnessing Eurovision nightmares in a Gothenburg downpour

Travel: 28 Apr 08
In his book Cycling Back to Happiness, English journalist Bernie Friend covers 6,000 kilometres of northern Europe on a bicycle in a bid to overcome his paranoia. In the last of our three excerpts, Bernie and his pal Rhys get unexpectedly Eurovisioned in Gothenburg. READ »

A thin man in fat city

Analysis & Opinion: 9 Apr 08
Travelling back to his home town of Los Angeles, David Bartal finds that Sweden still has a long way to go when it comes to unhealthy food at bargain prices. READ »

Father won't publish final Larsson book

Society: 20 Mar 08
A newly discovered volume by the late Stieg Larsson will not be published, his father said Wednesday. READ »

Sahlin pushes for more paternity leave

Politics: 11 Mar 08
Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has said she is ready to fight to ensure that dads spend more time with their kids. READ »

Tattoo artist fined for signing own name on woman’s body

National: 7 Mar 08
A tattoo artist has been been fined after writing his name on the stomach of a 19-year-old female customer. READ »

Tattoo artist signs own name on woman's body

National: 17 Dec 07
A tattoo artist from western Sweden is facing criminal charges after signing his own name on a woman's stomach. READ »

Santa pulls Christmas cracker

Society: 6 Dec 07
Last year a Swedish Santa Claus fell in love with a mother of two while delivering presents to her children. This year he will be kissing her under the mistletoe. READ »

Shake, rattle and roll in Västerås

Lifestyle: 4 Jul 07
Tail fins, greasy quiffs and the Confederate flag? This isn’t fifties America, but rural Sweden, where Rock and Roll never died and Raggare cruise the streets in lovingly preserved Classic American cars. Ben Kersley finds out more about the American timewarp in the middle of the Swedish countryside. READ »

Man gets sick benefits for heavy metal addiction

Society: 19 Jun 07
A job centre in southern Sweden has agreed to pay sickness benefits to a 42-year-old man with a heavy metal lifestyle. Roger Tullgren tells The Local of his ten-year struggle to have his heavy metal addiction classified as a disability. READ »

Extremists clash on National Day

National: 6 Jun 07
Tension was high on National Day in Stockholm as a march by right-wing extremists was met by counter-demonstrators from far-left groups. READ »

Missing cat turns up - after 15 years

National: 18 Aug 06
Eljena Georgsdotter's cat Tyson was just a distant memory, a missing moggy, presumed dead. But Eljena presumed wrong. READ »

Carola wins song final

National: 18 Mar 06
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Carola sweeps all ahead of her at the final of Melodifestivalen, winning the Swedish public's votes to take her to the Eurovision Song Contest in Athens. "I'm very grateful," she says. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: Teacher training

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Oct 05
There's shock for our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent's Swedish class this week as their popular teacher announces that he is moving on. READ »

18 year old tattoo artist used dirty needles on under-age clients

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All kicking off

Sport: 24 Jun 04
Where there's football there's fighting. While Sweden's boys in Portugal do the country proud, hooligans brawl in the posh part of Stockholm and two boys' teams act like they're in the Gaza Strip rather than the Under 16s St Eriks Cup. READ »

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