February 14, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Teacher":
National: 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
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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National: 8 Feb 12
29-year-old twins Lin Backlund and Emilie Falk, adopted to separate Swedish families at birth, are lying low after reporters in Indonesia claimed to have found their birth mother and family.
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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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Society: 6 Feb 12
An instructor at a Swedish police academy has been accused of hate crimes for referring to a trainee officer with a foreign background as a "monkey".
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Education: 2 Feb 12
Innovative Swedish software Vocalex can help you expand your vocabulary rapidly, using words and images.
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Analysis & Opinion: 1 Feb 12
Recently installed US ambassador to Sweden Mark Brzezinski speaks to The Local's David Landes about US-Swedish relations and taking Swedish lessons from his two-and-half year old daughter.
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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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Education: 31 Jan 12
After the introduction of tuition fees to Swedish universities, the country has been experiencing an influx of fictitious schools requesting to establish themselves in Sweden.
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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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Lifestyle: 25 Jan 12
A mysterious Facebook message and a curious cab driver helped twin sisters separated just after birth in Indonesia find each other almost 30 years later in Sweden, living just 60 kilometres apart, The Local's Oliver Gee discovers.
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Analysis & Opinion: 24 Jan 12
While Swedes may have a reputation of being somewhat shy and reserved, that doesn't mean it's impossible to become friends with your Swedish neighbours, writes US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt.
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Lifestyle: 20 Jan 12
As Chinese people around the world prepare for the start of the 'Year of the Dragon', a Stockholm museum is doing its part to celebrate the Chinese new year in the Swedish capital.
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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
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: 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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Society: 10 Jan 12
A Swedish man sentenced to prison for abusing his wife through having her “exorcised” of evil spirits, has had his conviction thrown out on appeal.
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National: 30 Dec 11
A 32-year-old woman from Dalarna in central Sweden has been remanded on suspicions of child rape for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy.
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Education: 22 Dec 11
A newly licenced teacher who sent sexually suggestive text messages to a 15-year-old Swedish girl during his traineeship has been barred from teaching after being convicted of sexual molestation.
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Science & Technology: 21 Dec 11
By handing its official Twitter account over to regular citizens, including a priest, a teacher and a ”coffee-drinking bull-dyke", Sweden defends its reputation as one of the world's most democratic nations, The Local's Rebecca Martin discovers.
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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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Society: 14 Dec 11
A village in northern Sweden is in shock after all five members of a local family that had lived in the community for ten years were apprehended by police on Tuesday morning and deported to Armenia.
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Business & Money: 13 Dec 11
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad's wife Margaretha Kamprad-Stennert has died at the age of 71 after a period of prolonged illness.
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National: 9 Dec 11
The day before a massive right wing demonstration is set to take place in Sweden and shortly before the anniversary of the Stockholm suicide bombing, the government on Friday presented their new plan to combat extremism.
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Society: 6 Dec 11
A 40-year-old man in southern Sweden, known locally as the "Saviour" because he likes to bless people by laying his hands on them, has recently got into trouble due to his habit of striking those who resist.
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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
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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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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Society: 21 Nov 11
Swedish comic actor Lars Brandeby died on Sunday evening at a hospital in Gothenburg following a period of illness.
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Lifestyle: 18 Nov 11
While learning Swedish is a common hurdle for immigrants of all stripes, US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt reflects on how differing definitions of foul language can pose a special challenge for the ex-pat parents of small children.
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National: 15 Nov 11
Local authorities in northern Sweden are overjoyed at the continued interest in the area, having received over 900 applications from enthusiastic Russian families keen to move to the region.
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Society: 14 Nov 11
Children born in Sweden of immigrants parents, enjoy as good mental health as children with Swedish-born parents, a new study shows.
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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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Lifestyle: 7 Nov 11
As the 22nd edition of the Stockholm International Film Festival opens this week, The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson delves into the twin themes of love and director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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Lifestyle: 31 Oct 11
It's close to winter, and something evil's lurking in the dark, after a call to all monsters, ghosts, and resurrected rock stars to haunt the streets of Stockholm as Sweden hosts its inaugural Halloween parade, The Local's Joel Linde explains.
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Society: 25 Oct 11
When Irishman Morty McCarthy came to Sweden for love a decade ago, he had no idea he'd end up teaching English to folically flamboyant Swedish rock n'roller Magnus Uggla live on national radio, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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Education: 20 Oct 11
Since Sweden introduced university tuition fees for people from non-EU countries, students' expectations have increased. But those studying at Stockholm University say they are getting good value for money.
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Society: 19 Oct 11
A Swedish children's retailer has pulled a "sickly" skinny doll from store shelves following a storm of Facebook complaints from shocked parents concerned over the effect the doll might have on children.
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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.
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Education: 9 Oct 11
Students at elementary school Parkskolan in Älvsbyn, a small town in northern Sweden, chew gum in class, supported by studies that show gum chewing increases concentration and study results.
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Education: 30 Sep 11
Studying at Stockholm's oldest international school gives children not only a rigorous academic education, but also a unique understanding of other cultures.
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National: 22 Sep 11
Officials in Sigtuna are looking into why it took 13 days without contact from the mother before schools contacted social services about the absence of two boys, aged 4 and 8, who were found dead in a lake on Monday.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Sep 11
As Sweden's politicians return to business at the Riksdag after a period of party-leadership reshuffling, The Local's Rebecca Martin examines concerns that youth has begun to trump experience in Swedish politics.
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National: 15 Sep 11
The activities of more than 50 Swedes who spied on their fellow citizens for the East German intelligence service during the Cold War have been described in a new book.
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Education: 14 Sep 11
Parents of children at a Swedish primary school are in uproar after discovering that a book aimed at children and explaining the female sexual organs is available in the school library.
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Education: 6 Sep 11
After nearly a decade-long slide in Swedish students' maths skills, the government has decided to invest 2.6 billion kronor ($404.9 million) to raise results in Swedish schools.
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National: 4 Sep 11
A five year-old girl was picked up from her pre-school by police officers and underwent a medical exam without the knowledge of her parents, who have reported the matter to the ombudsman.
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Education: 3 Sep 11
A Stockholm-area high school has come in for stinging criticism after a spot inspection revealed students playing World of Warcraft for hours uninterrupted and using an X-Box gaming console as a substitute for gym class.
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Education: 31 Aug 11
With reports of cheating and plagiarism at Swedish universities on the rise, The Local's Geoff Mortimore looks at how big the problem really is and what's being done to address it.
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Education: 29 Aug 11
Education authorities want the government to spend billions on promoting 'collegial learning' to improve maths education in Sweden so students once again find themselves ranked among the top in Europe.
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Business & Money: 26 Aug 11
People looking for a profession that will help boost their sex appeal among Swedes of both sexes would be well served to bone up on biology and anatomy, a new survey has revealed.
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Lifestyle: 16 Aug 11
If you thought that Swedes' excellent English excused you from learning Swedish, think again. But learning Swedish needn't be daunting, with courses offering total immersion by staying in the teacher's home.
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National: 15 Aug 11
The man charged with beating a 54-year-old Swedish schoolteacher to death in April was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday, with his two accomplices receiving shorter prison terms.
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Society: 12 Aug 11
The Stockholm film festival on Friday honoured French actress Isabelle Huppert with its Bronze Horse lifetime achievement award in a tribute to her work.
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Lifestyle: 12 Aug 11
The Local's Clara Guibourg comes to the rescue of those struggling to get by on a meagre student loan with a survival guide of almost everything you need to know about living in Sweden on the cheap, without missing out on the fun.
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Education: 14 Jul 11
The number of advertised vacancies for teaching jobs in Sweden has leapt 25 percent over the past year, new figures show, with unions arguing that low salaries are to blame.
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Education: 12 Jul 11
The Swedish government plans to boost sexual education in schools, announcing a 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) investment to expand the subject from biology classes into history, social studies and religion.
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Education: 6 Jul 11
Learning Chinese at any elementary school in the country could become reality for children in Sweden within the next decade, if education minister and Liberal Party head Jan Björklund gets his way.
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Education: 4 Jul 11
A majority of the Swedish population prefers a nationalized school system, according to a recent survey. However the national teachers' organization argues that only one political party is pushing the issue.
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National: 27 Jun 11
The trial of three suspects for the killing of a former teacher in Hofors in eastern Sweden in April ended on Monday, with the prosecutor calling for a long prison sentence for the main defendant.
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Education: 26 Jun 11
All Swedish teachers will soon have a professional certificate. But this new requirement is posing difficulties. Students may have to switch teachers, be taught from a distance, or even see their school shut down.
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Education: 25 Jun 11
Thousands of schoolchildren across the country are regularly skipping classes as the problem of truancy grows, according to a new report.
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National: 21 Jun 11
A young man suspected of beating a 54-year-old Swedish school teacher to death in April tried to downplay the severity of the fatal assault in testimony on the second day of the against the three young adults who stand charged with the killing.
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Society: 21 Jun 11
Preschool-children at a day care centre in southern Sweden have had their outdoor fun ruined by hordes of hungry and intrepid rooks.
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National: 20 Jun 11
One of the three suspects accused of beating a 54-year-old Swedish school teacher to death in April filmed the assault with a mobile phone camera, giving prosecutors key evidence as the trio's murder trial opened on Monday.
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National: 15 Jun 11
Swedish prosecutors have charged two former students along with a third accomplice for beating a high school to teacher to death in early April.
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Science & Technology: 13 Jun 11
Doctors in Sweden are preparing to transplant the womb of a 56-year-old woman into her own daughter.
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National: 12 Jun 11
A 67-year-old Swedish man was charged with a score of child sex allegations in disaster-struck Haiti where he worked under the guise of an organization that purports to help street children.
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Education: 12 Jun 11
Every day, on average, a teacher in Sweden is victimized by student violence representing a dramatic spike in classroom assaults, according to a recent report.
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Education: 8 Jun 11
For a teacher, a librarian or a dental hygienist an academic degree may turn out be less profitable than having started working straight out of school, according to a new trade union study.
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Education: 5 Jun 11
A leading Swedish association of publicly-funded, privately managed free schools wants national statistics collected on the extent to which Swedish schools reach certain quality criteria.
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National: 4 Jun 11
When a 15 year-old student picked up a waste basket and pretended to throw it at a classmate, the teacher's aide saw red - and hit him over the back with a pointer, according to local newspaper reports.
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Science & Technology: 2 Jun 11
A 21-year-old has been convicted of aviation sabotage after pointing a laser pen at the pilot of a pollice helicopter in Gothenburg last year.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 May 11
While applications to start privately-run, publicly-funded free schools are on the rise in Sweden, there is nevertheless gathering unease about the suitability of schools being run by private companies, The Local's Geoff Mortimore explains.
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National: 28 May 11
A pre-school teacher in Gothenburg has been reported to the police on suspicion of assaulting a 2-year-old girl earlier this week, prompting several parents to keep their children at home.
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Analysis & Opinion: 26 May 11
As the idea of elite education takes hold in Sweden, a country known for promoting equality, The Local's Karen Holst looks at the debate surrounding a decision to offer advanced classes to younger students.
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Education: 24 May 11
Swedish schools fail to properly utilise students' English language skills, acquired through the consumption of film and music, according to a report by the Schools Inspectorate.
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Politics: 21 May 11
Sweden's Green Party on Saturday voted to appoint Gustav Fridolin and Åsa Romson as their new spokespeople at their party conference in Karlstad.
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Education: 20 May 11
A class of immigrant students in southern Sweden was given a Swedish grammar lesson using the Swedish word for Negro.
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Society: 19 May 11
A Swedish student who was trying to boost her finances by stripping and selling sexual favours has reported her school for discrimination after being suspended for her "sick" behaviour.
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Education: 17 May 11
A elementary school teacher from Skövde in western Sweden is one 28 Europeans recognised by the EU in a competition to highlight language diversity.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 May 11
As Sweden continues to grapple with how best to integrate its ever-growing foreign born population, The Local's Karen Holst looks at one way in which Swedish schools address the needs of children with a mother tongue other than Swedish.
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Sport: 8 May 11
The number of reports of child sex abuse more than doubled in Sweden in the days following revelations by former Olympic high jumper Patrik Sjöberg that he was molested by his late coach and stepfather, a children's rights group has said.
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Education: 4 May 11
A independently-run Christian school in Stockholm has been criticised by the Swedish Schools Inspectorate after being reported for presenting homosexuality as a sin in its teaching.
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Lifestyle: 4 May 11
Beer blogger Darren Packman offers his thoughts on seven new beers set to hit the shelves in select Systembolaget stores in May, as Sweden's state-run liquor monopoly does its part to mark the arrival of spring.
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Society: 28 Apr 11
Regular visitors to a Stockholm-area public swimming pool have expressed their outrage over the refusal of fellow bathers to get naked.
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Sport: 28 Apr 11
Revelations that Swedish Olympic high jumper Patrik Sjöberg faced years of sexual abuse by his late coach and stepfather have left the Swedish athletics establishment reeling.
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Education: 27 Apr 11
A family in Stockholm were surprised to find out that their daughter had been assigned a place at a preschool with a teaching method created by L Ron Hubbard, the father of Scientology.
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Education: 22 Apr 11
Five years after the law against abuse and discrimination in schools came into force, only 66 Swedish students received compensation.
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Lifestyle: 20 Apr 11
Known as the ‘Laughing Dalai Lama,’ His Holiness bedazzled southern Sweden with witty quips, magnetic smiles and his contagious giggle while doling out pearls of wisdom and a few personal stories, The Local's Karen Holst reports.
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National: 17 Apr 11
A 67-year-old Swede who is working as a teacher in Berlin has been arrested on suspicion of abusing children, as well as being one of the brains behind a large human smuggling ring.
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Education: 14 Apr 11
A schoolteacher in Arvika in central Sweden has been convicted of assault after striking a student talking on her mobile phone during class.
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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.
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National: 8 Apr 11
As Europe marks International Roma day, Sweden has once again come in for criticism from the Council of Europe for not living up to demands to protect the country's Roma population.
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National: 7 Apr 11
A 20-year-old woman and a similarly-aged man suspected of killing their former high school teacher were remanded in custody by a court in eastern Sweden on Thursday.
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Society: 2 Apr 11
A class of high school students from western Sweden recently duped a number of media outlets by posting an advertisement for a runestone on Swedish buy-sell site Blocket.se.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Mar 11
Many employers require foreign-earned diplomas and certifications to be translated and verified according to Swedish standards; an often expensive and time-consuming process, The Local's Karen Holst has found.
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Lifestyle: 18 Mar 11
UK comedian and air guitar specialist Danny Robins, also known by his alter-ego DJ Danny, talks to contributor Anita Badejo about his plans to get Swedish audiences to take off all their clothes during his upcoming tour.
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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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