February 13, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Topless":
Society: 22 Nov 11
Twelve male Swedish docs-to-be from university town Uppsala, north of Stockholm, have shed their shirts for charity to produce a topless calendar for 2012.
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Travel: 3 Oct 11
Imagine visiting St. Petersburg, one of the most majestic cities in the world, without having to fly there and avoiding the headache of the visa-application process. A unique cruise line makes this possible.
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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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Society: 22 Jul 10
Swedes, long famous round the world for their relaxed attitude to nudity, are now some of Europe’s biggest prudes, according to a new survey.
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Society: 21 Nov 09
Gay activists took over an empty house in central Lund, southern Sweden, on Friday evening to protest over the lack of facilities for HBT people in the town.
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Society: 20 Jul 09
Despite winning the right to bathe topless at all of the municipal swimming pools in Malmö, bare-breasted female bathers have remained conspicuous in their absence.
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Society: 24 Jun 09
Women in Malmö have been given the right to bathe topless in the swimming pools of Sweden's third largest city.
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Society: 8 Dec 08
In a nod to women not wishing to reveal too much, an indoor public swimming pool in Sweden has begun renting out burkinis.
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Society: 21 May 08
Women will continue to be barred from bathing topless at an indoor pool in Enköping following a decision by the town council’s recreation committee.
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Society: 8 Jan 08
Women campaigning for topless bathing have claimed victory after a pool said it would not stop them baring their breasts.
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Society: 30 Nov 07
Two women who want to be allowed to go topless in the nation's swimming pools have had their case rejected by Sweden's equality watchdog.
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Society: 12 Nov 07
Feminists have launched a campaign for the right to bathe topless at Sweden's swimming pools. 'We too want to be able to pull off our shirts at football matches,' says one activist in the 'Bare Breasts' network.
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National: 20 Sep 07
Two female students are demanding their rights after they were banned from bathing topless at a swimming pool in Uppsala. 'Gender discrimination', they say. But staff at the pool are sticking by their decision.
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National: 26 Aug 07
Climate change can hardly be the reason, with a wetter Swedish summer hard to remember. But regardless of the rainfall, Swedes are buying cabriolets like never before.
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Lifestyle: 26 Mar 07
His youthful odyssey brought him to Sweden in the 1970s, since when Panos Papadopoulos has established himself as the nation's swimsuit king. But now the Miss Sweden organizer has dropped the swimsuits from the competition, as Paul O'Mahony explains.
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Society: 27 Dec 06
Osqledaren, the august journal of the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, decided to replace its traditional abstract illustrated front cover with something a little more eye-catching: a buxom topless blonde.
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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.
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National: 7 Dec 06
In a photo designed to mimic their hockey-playing male peers, a group of girls from a school in Kiruna posed topless on the ice rink. "Sexist", says school. "Discrimination", say students.
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Lifestyle: 20 Nov 06
Her Eurovision victory in Athens earlier last year confirmed Gothenburg siren and former swimsuit model Elena Paparizou as Europe's Number One. Now Elena has become Helena, and she is taking her Greek charms stateside.
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National: 20 Sep 06
Tiger Woods has voiced his fury after an Irish magazine published bogus topless photos of his Swedish wife Elin. "It is hard not to get emotional about this," the golfer says.
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National: 30 Jul 06
A Swedish tourist thought she'd like a bit of an all-over tan on her holiday in Albania. But locals were shocked when she took her bikini top off – and called the military.
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Society: 6 Jul 06
TV4 meteorologist Anders Nylund presented the weather in his swimming shorts. Hypocrisy, scream supporters of fellow forecaster Tone Bekkestad, suspended after appearing scantily-clad in a men's magazine.
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Lifestyle: 9 Jan 06
As 'Let's Dance' puts Sweden’s minor celebrities to the test on the dance floor, Englishman Tony Irving, chairman of the judges, tells The Local that so far the Swedes are "better than in the US and Denmark". (But not as good as the Brits.)
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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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