Teens

The following articles have been tagged with "Teens":

Appeals court confirms Stureby killing sentences

National: 5 Feb 10
The Svea Court of Appeal has confirmed the sentences for the two teenagers convicted in the killing of 15-year-old Therese Johansson Rojo in the Stockholm suburb of Stureby last summer. READ »

Sweden to prescribe exercise to battle youth obesity

Science & Technology: 21 Jan 10
School nurses in Uppsala in eastern Sweden will soon begin prescribing children exercise in order to combat increasing obesity among teenage boys. READ »

Two teens held in probe of 18-year-old's killing

National: 4 Jan 10
Two 16-year-old boys have been detained in connection with last week’s murder of an 18-year-old woman in the Hjällbo district of Gothenburg after police traced the woman’s missing mobile phone. READ »

Afghan teens left in the cold by train operator

National: 29 Dec 09
The five Afghan teens found wandering in the cold near Sävsjö in southern Sweden had not been left in the forest by smugglers, it emerged on Monday, but had instead been kicked off a Swedish passenger train. READ »

Afghan teens dumped in Swedish forest

National: 28 Dec 09
Five chilled and hungry Afghan teenagers stumbled into a southern Swedish town on Christmas Eve after being left by smugglers in a deserted stretch of forest days earlier, a priest who had taken them in said Sunday. READ »

Teens sign up for jihad at Stockholm youth centre

National: 11 Nov 09
Swedish taxpayers helped fund a youth recreation centre in the north Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby which served as a recruiting station for the Somalia-based Islamist group al-Shabaab. READ »

Police fire shots at suspected teen arsonists

National: 11 Nov 09
Police in a Stockholm suburb responding to a suspected case of arson on Tuesday night fired shots at a car carrying three teenagers who tried to run the police officers down as they attempted to flee. READ »

Juvenile care for Stureby teen killing

National: 26 Oct 09
The two teenagers found guilty for the death of 15-year-old Therese Johansson Rojo in the Stockholm suburb of Stureby last summer have each been sentenced to 20 months in institutional juvenile care. READ »

Seduction on the streets of Stockholm

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 09
Wooed into learning the art of seduction, The Local’s Christine Demsteader follows a group of men in pursuit of a pick-up artist’s secrets in Stockholm. READ »

School torched following Swedish teens' failed hand gel tests

National: 30 Sep 09
Two teens playing with alcohol-based hand sanitizer inadvertently burned down a school in Södertälje, south of Stockholm. READ »

Teen girl kidnappers: 'strip now or die'

National: 15 Sep 09
Three Swedish teenage girls have been charged for kidnapping and stripping another 17-year-old girl who had once dated the ex-boyfriend of one of the kidnappers. READ »

Teens convicted for Stureby murder

National: 9 Sep 09
The two teenagers charged with killing 15-year-old Therese Johansson Rojo in the Stockholm suburb of Stureby in June were found guilty on Wednesday by the Södertörn District Court. READ »

Overwhelming support for Reinfeldt over Sahlin

Politics: 4 Sep 09
60 percent of Swedes expressed faith in Fredrik Reinfeldt as prime minister in a new voter survey. Opposition leader Mona Sahlin has the confidence of only 20 percent. READ »

Afghan teens in Swedish asylum limbo

National: 29 Jul 09
A wave of teenage Afghan refugees has arrived in Malmö and other Swedish cities in recent weeks. Many remain in limbo as most Swedish municipalities refuse to accept them. READ »

Confession in killing of teenage girl

National: 10 Jun 09
The 16-year-old boy suspected in the weekend murder of a 15-year-old girl in Stureby south of Stockholm confessed to manslaughter on Wednesday and has been remanded in custody. READ »

Detention hearing for teen murder suspects

National: 9 Jun 09
Prosecutors want a Stockholm-area court to have two 16-year-olds suspected in the weekend murder of a teenage girl in Stureby south of the city remanded in custody. READ »

Outrage over teens' two-month detention without charges

National: 9 Jun 09
Two months after five teenagers were placed in a remand centre in Umeå in northern Sweden, the attorney for one of the youths is speaking out about the prolonged detention. READ »

'Mafia' ruined Swedish teens' shopping spree

Society: 3 Jun 09
Two Swedish teenage girls who took a family safe to finance a day of shopping allege their plans were spoiled when they inadvertently handed the safe over to someone with ties to the mob. READ »

Sweden set for sunny weekend weather

Science & Technology: 29 May 09
Swedes are gearing up unseasonably warm weather during the final weekend in May, with temperatures expected to reach as high as 30 degrees Celsius. READ »

Seven years for car-ride rape of Swedish teens

National: 15 May 09
A 30-year-old man who repeatedly raped two 17-year-old girls during a frightful 16-hour car ride through southern Sweden was sentenced on Friday to seven years in prison. READ »

Teen girls convicted for 'torture-like' assault

National: 14 May 09
A court in Malmö convicted two 15-year-old girls from southern Sweden for the “torture-like” beating of another 13-year-old girl in a dispute over insulting text and internet chat messages. READ »

Adam Tensta: Sweden's great hip-hop hope

Lifestyle: 13 May 09
Sweden's rising hip-hop star Adam Tensta talks to The Local's Majsan Boström about bright musical prospects, growing up in a tough Stockholm neighbourhood, and recording in the same studio as boyhood idol Michael Jackson. READ »

Woman jailed for rape of teenage girls

National: 21 Apr 09
A 28-year-old Swedish woman has been convicted of rape after she and her boyfriend forced two teenage girls to engage in sex acts against their will over a 12-hour period. READ »

Prosecutor: giving the pill to teens aids rape

Science & Technology: 16 Apr 09
A Swedish prosecutor thinks that health professionals who prescribe birth control pills to girls younger than 15-years-old should be charged as accomplices to rape. READ »

Säpo to investigate chicken glass mystery

National: 1 Apr 09
Sweden's security police (Säpo) have been called in to assist national police in the investigation into a slew of recent incidents involving glass in chicken products. Meanwhile chicken is being taken off menus across Sweden. READ »

Lund team to look at how internet affects youth morals

Science & Technology: 27 Dec 08
Researchers at Lund University plan to work with The Pirate Bay and MySpace to learn more about how the internet affects the way Swedish teens build their norms and values. READ »

Do you know who I am?

Lifestyle: 23 Dec 08
When the Swedish tabloids appear more interested in the celebrities of London and Hollywood than their own home-grown offerings, is it any wonder that we foreigners can find it hard to learn who's who in Sweden, asks Ben Kersley. READ »

Sporty Swedish teens pose for charity calender

Sport: 2 Dec 08
A Swedish girls football club has decided to raise money by producing and selling calendars featuring girls as young as 15-years-old in “athletic poses”. READ »

Police: Swedish teens offering sex for booze

Society: 26 Nov 08
Swedish teenagers are resorting to increasingly perilous measures in order to get their hands on alcohol, according to police in Stockholm. READ »

Appeals court reverses Rödeby judgement

National: 20 Nov 08
A Swedish court of appeal has found a 51-year-old father from Rödeby in southern Sweden guilty of manslaughter and serious assault related to the shooting of two teenage boys in October 2007. READ »

Stockholm - the rat capital of Scandinavia?

Lifestyle: 8 Oct 08
Sleek design, spotless sidewalks and vast colonies of rats: It can only be Sweden, as Christopher Seymour finds out. READ »

Swedish teens shun condoms and cigarettes

Society: 25 Jun 08
Swedish teens drink and smoke less than their peers in most other countries, but when it comes to sex, young people in Sweden are far from being the most careful. READ »

Study: Swedish teens 'more stressed out' at school

Society: 24 Jun 08
Swedish 15-year-olds feel more pressure in school than their counterparts in other countries, according to a new study. READ »

High school drop-out rate raises concerns

Society: 17 Jun 08
Although more Swedish students are graduating from high school with their high school diploma, one in ten students drops out during the first two years. READ »

Community service for moped teens

National: 25 Apr 08
Four boys have been sentenced to community service for their part in the events that led to the shooting death in southern Sweden of a 15-year-old boy. READ »

Campogiani witness: 'I’ve lied about everything'

National: 15 Apr 08
A 16-year-old boy stunned the Stockholm Court of Appeals on Tuesday when he confessed to lying to police and in court about what he saw of the fatal beating of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani last October. READ »

Boys' faces slashed in knife attack

National: 7 Mar 08
Two boys in their late teens were had their faces slashed by a gang of teenagers in central Stockholm on Friday afternoon. READ »

Students convicted in bullying case

National: 21 Feb 08
Five teenageers have been convicted in Malmö for binding their classmate with duct tape last spring. READ »

Parents of teens 'should get time off work'

Politics: 18 Jan 08
Are the kids really alright? Politicians urge parents to take time to find out. READ »

Convicted teens released from custody

National: 14 Jan 08
Two teenagers found guilty of involvement in the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani were released from custody on Monday after facing new charges of assault and illegal threats. READ »

Convicted teens return to court on fresh assault charges

National: 14 Jan 08
Two teenagers found guilty last week of involvement in the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani will be back in Stockholm District Court on Monday, to face new charges of assault and illegal threats. READ »

Convicted teens back in custody

National: 12 Jan 08
Two teenage boys involved in the events that led to the death of 16-year-old Riccardo Campogiani have been taken back in to custody following a fresh assault. READ »

Christmas Eve stabbings in Stockholm

National: 25 Dec 07
A brawl involving several young people resulted with three men in the hospital and several questions as to what caused the violence. READ »

Teens caught in porn site card scam

Society: 21 Dec 07
Two 16-year-old boys went on a 40,000 kronor shopping spree after setting up a fake porn site to steal people's credit card details. READ »

Jobs of the future: head teacher and IT expert

Business & Money: 22 Nov 07
Good times ahead for engineers and occupational therapists. Not so good for librarians and others. READ »

Ericsson shares plummet over profit warning

Business & Money: 16 Oct 07
Ericsson shares fell 24 percent in opening trading on the Stockholm Stock Exchange after the telecoms equipment maker said its profits would be lower than expected. The fall wipes 100 billion kronor off Ericsson's value. READ »

Sweden comes to terms with huge youth demo

National: 13 Oct 07
Sweden was coming to terms Saturday with one of the largest demonstrations the country has ever seen – against growing binge drinking and violence among Swedish youth. READ »

Swedish teens tricked friend into posing nude for webcam

National: 1 Oct 07
Careful before you disrobe in front of your web camera - you never know who may be at the other end. Seven teenagers were found guilty on Monday of tricking a classmate into posing naked for films which were then uploaded onto the internet. READ »

Four teens arrested over man's death

National: 19 Jun 07
Four teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 50-year-old man whose body was found in an apartment near Stockholm on Tuesday. READ »

HIV man 'kept catalogue of sex with teens'

Society: 10 Jun 07
The HIV-positive British man charged with having sex with scores of underage girls kept a careful list of his victims, cataloguing their ages, addresses and even their leisure interests and boyfriends, it has been reported. READ »

HIV Brit's 'youngest victim was 12'

National: 8 Jun 07
The youngest victim of a British man suspected of infecting at least two young girls with HIV was just twelve years old, according to police. Explicit pictures and videos of his encounters with many young girls were recovered from his apartment. READ »

British man admits infecting girl with HIV

Society: 7 Jun 07
A British man has admitted infecting a young girl he met in an online chatroom with HIV. Using the screen name Hot Boy, the man is suspecting of seducing a large number of teenagers and exposing them to the virus. READ »

Teens 'should be able to keep treatment secret'

Society: 4 Jun 07
Teenagers in vulnerable family situations must be given the chance to seek help from psychiatric services without their parents being informed, Sweden's largest children's charity has demanded. READ »

Teen murder in central Stockholm

National: 11 May 07
A woman believed to be in her late teens has been found dead in a central Stockholm apartment. An 18 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. READ »

Teacher warned for racist remarks

National: 23 Mar 07
"Cleaning is not something for nice white girls," according to a teacher from Sandviken in eastern Sweden. On Thursday she received a formal warning. READ »

Sahlin accepts Social Democrat leadership

Politics: 17 Mar 07
Mona Sahlin has been confirmed as Social Democratic leader at a conference in Stockholm. Accepting the job, Sahlin vowed to fight for Social Democratic years and vowed to reform parts of the party organization. READ »

Sahlin set for coronation as Social Democrat leader

Politics: 17 Mar 07
Six months after a crushing election defeat, the Social Democrats are due to elect a new leader on Saturday. The event is expected to be a coronation for sole candidate Mona Sahlin. READ »

Man attacked by two teens in central Stockholm

National: 4 Mar 07
A man in his sixties is fighting for his life after being brutally assaulted by two teenagers in central Stockholm. The man was left unconscious after the attack, on the Klaraberg viaduct. READ »

Sweden's Supreme Court to rule on teen sex

Society: 2 Feb 07
Sweden's highest court is to review the case of a 17-year-old boy who had sex with a 14-year-old girl. READ »

Ericsson in major US broadband deal

Business & Money: 20 Dec 06
Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson has agreed to buy American company Redback networks, which makes broadband routers, for 2.1 billion dollars. READ »

Sherrybaby drinks in Stockholm's warm glow

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 06
Drugs film Sherrybaby and its lead actress Maggie Gyllenhaal scoop the gongs at the Stockholm Film Festival. But for Eddie de Oliveira, New York school drama Half Nelson stole the show. READ »

Fewer teens to be called into army

National: 3 Oct 06
All young Swedish men should in principle serve in the armed forces, but less than half of 17-year olds will be called up for military service next year. Now, most won't even have to attend a formal evaluation. READ »

Activists disrupt tax demonstration

National: 22 Aug 06
Young activists disrupted a demonstration against property tax in Stockholm on Tuesday evening. Cries of "kill the rich" and "more tax, more healthcare" interrupted speeches. READ »

Common for Swedish men to flash and perv - study

Society: 17 Aug 06
Beware: flashing and secretly spying on others having sex are remarkably common practice in Sweden, according to new research into Swedes' sexual habits. READ »

Two dead in Midsummer traffic

National: 24 Jun 06
Two men, aged 23 and 27 years old, have so far died in Sweden's Midsummer traffic. But despite these and other accidents across the country, police say that the traffic has been unusually calm. READ »

Midsummer: Sweden's real national day

Lifestyle: 21 Jun 06
Forget June 6th – Sweden's real national day is Midsummer's Eve, and you'd be hard pressed to find a Swede not dreaming of a red cottage, a lake (and a mildly suggestive Maypole). READ »

Valborg violence mars celebrations

National: 1 May 06
In most areas across Sweden the traditionally raucous Valborg celebrations were peaceful, but a series of assaults and gang fights cast a shadow over the evening. READ »

ICA shareholders reap 610m kronor rewards

Business & Money: 22 Feb 06
Swedish supermarket chain ICA has announced a profit after tax of 1.523 billion kronor for 2005 - up from 1.516 billion the year before. READ »

Chubby teens less likely to commit suicide later

Science & Technology: 12 Jan 06
Men who were overweight in their late teens are less likely to commit suicide later in life than thin men, according to a study of army recruits over 30 years published in Sweden on Thursday. READ »

Teens face mobile stress

Society: 9 Jan 06
Life is tough for the modern always-connected teenager -but mobile phones are causing sleeplessness and concentration problems, say Swedish doctors. READ »

T stands for TV: Swedish teens watching more

Society: 12 Dec 05
Sweden is becoming a couch potato nation. New statistics show that Swedish youngsters are spending more time in front of the TV, with one third of teens spending more than three hours watching the tube. READ »

One in four teens ?addicted to video games?

Society: 18 Nov 05
A quarter of Swedish teenagers are addicted to computer games, and six percent of teenagers play more than five hours a day. But computer games are often social, says one expert. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: The anonymity of fame

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Oct 05
Obliviously bumping into celebrities left, right and centre, our Stockholm Syndrome correspondent concludes that there's no better place to be famous than Sweden. READ »

Stockholm Syndrome: Young Swedes need to grow up

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Sep 05
From Anders Celsius to Carl von Linné, Swedes love to measure and categorise. But today's young Swedes measure how grown up they are by an intricate scoring system: adult points. READ »

Tax office rocks up in Hultsfred

Society: 14 Jun 05
Paying tax is the new rock'n'roll, if Swedish authorities get their way. As over 30,000 young people flock to the Hultsfred music festival, Marilyn Manson and Snoop Dogg will be joined by tax inspectors hoping to persuade them to cough up. READ »

Swedish pop stars unite against illegal downloading

Lifestyle: 18 Apr 05
The list of signatories reads like the VIP list at an industry awards ceremony but an open letter from Sweden's top musical artists isn't about glamour - it's about "what's right and what's wrong". Note: nicking their music is wrong. READ »