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Suspects planned to 'kill as many as possible'

National: 2 Mar 12
Four men from Sweden were formally charged in Denmark on Friday for planning a suspected terrorist attack against Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen in December 2010. READ »

Volvo wagon Sweden's 'biggest film star'

Society: 20 Jan 12
When naming the Swedish model most often seen on the silver screen, many might guess Greta Garbo. But the correct answer is actually the rather unassuming Volvo 240 station wagon, according to a new ranking. READ »

Condemn the Swedish model, not Kamprad

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 11
Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company’s fortunes abroad, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren. READ »

Swedish mums seek more kids time: study

Society: 27 Oct 10
Swedish mums would like to spend more time with their kids, half think that other mums would like to be housewives if they could, while six of ten feel that fathers take more responsibility in the home, a new survey has shown. READ »

Volvo mulls recall over engine problem

Business & Money: 4 May 10
Swedish car maker Volvo warned customers on Monday that it was considering a recall of eight models after the discovery of an engine problem that could cause their cars to suddenly accelerate. READ »

Volvo in top gear as Saab stuck in reverse

Business & Money: 16 Apr 10
Sweden's two major car manufacturers, Volvo and Saab, are experiencing starkly contrasting fortunes in European markets, new sales statistics show. READ »

Elderly couple in hospital after parking lot assault

National: 30 Mar 10
A couple in their seventies are being cared for at a Lund hospital after they were attacked by a young man over a parking space in Landskrona in southern Sweden. READ »

Toyota wins case over Volvo 'safest car' claims

National: 12 Mar 10
Sweden's Market Court has ruled that Volvo Car's marketing of its XC60 vehicle as the "safest in the world" is misleading and lacks supporting evidence in a case brought by Japanese firm Toyota. READ »

Injured soldiers back on Swedish soil

National: 13 Nov 09
Two of the five soldiers injured in Wednesday's bomb explosion in Afghanistan landed in Sweden on Thursday evening. A further two aircraft with medical personnel have been dispatched to bring back the other casualties. READ »

Cargo ship needed to store unsold cars off Swedish coast

Business & Money: 4 Mar 09
Car sales in Sweden have fallen off so sharply that Japanese automaker Toyota was forced to lease a cargo ship in Malmö to store 2,500 unsold cars, according to a port official. READ »

Teen blogger tops Swedish celebrity search list

Society: 10 Dec 08
Blogging teenager Isabella 'Blondinbella' Löwengrip was Sweden's most sought after celebrity in 2008, according to a new list released by Google. READ »

Swedish rally legend dies in crash

Sport: 12 Jun 08
Former Swedish rally driver and Toyota Formula 1 team principal, Ove Andersson, 70, died on Wednesday in a car crash in South Africa. READ »

Swedes embrace green motoring

Society: 2 Aug 06
Hybrids, diesel and ethanol-powered cars are enticing Swedes in ever greater numbers. New registrations of 'green' cars increased by 390 percent last month compared to July 2005. READ »

Saab to launch revolutionary green car

National: 23 Mar 06
Swedish carmaker Saab is to launch the world's first ethanol-electric hybrid car in Stockholm next week, it has been reported. The company could launch the green cars by 2010. READ »

Green cars on the rise

Business & Money: 19 Oct 05
One in ten cars sold in Sweden last month uses alternative fuels, making Septemer the best ever month for "green" car sales. Customers are realising that green cars are cheap to run, says industry. READ »

Swedish cars safest, says report

Society: 25 Apr 05
Volvos and Saabs are still the safest in the world, according to a new study by insurer Folksam. And the chances of dying in a car crash are down 90 percent since the eighties. READ »

Toyota tops Nordic Market

Business & Money: 4 Apr 05
The best selling car brand in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland in the first quarter of 2005 is Toyota. The Japanese car giant is second only to Volvo in Sweden. READ »

New leads in SIBA boss kidnap case

National: 20 Jan 05

Three mobile phone calls, a cash withdrawal and four suspicious men in a car park: these are the main leads in the hunt for the kidnapped chief executive of the SIBA electronics chain, at least as far as the Swedish press are concerned. READ »

Escapism III: massive hunt for two more prisoners

Smörgåsbord: 24 Sep 04
Lessons appear not to have been learned from two high profile escapes and recaptures in the summer - either by the authorities or the prisoners. But this time the stakes are higher: these two have taken a hostage with them. READ »


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"If you missed it yesterday, here’s The Local’s editor David Landes snagging Prime Minister Reinfeldt for a chat before Princess Estelle’s baptism. Always nice to know the PM has time for TL!" READ »

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