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Analysis & Opinion: 22 May 13
Following three nights of violence that left cars smouldering in several Stockholm suburbs, The Local travelled to the north-western district of Husby where the disturbances began to see how the riots have affected local residents.
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Lifestyle: 20 May 13
With two weeks of Euromania done and dusted and with southern Sweden nursing a Eurovision-sized hangover, The Local's Patrick Reilly takes one last look at the highlights, the lowlights, and Malmö's time in the limelight.
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Society: 17 May 13
With Denmark tipped to win this year's Eurovision final, The Local's Patrick Reilly caught up with a few Danes who'd crossed the divide to be in Malmö for Saturday night's final.
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Travel: 17 May 13
For this week's mystery location, we challenge you to guess one of the ten biggest cities in the country from just nine clues. Can't be that hard... right?
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National: 17 May 13
A woman-on-woman kiss during the semi-finals failed to raise eyebrows among Eurovision Song Contest fans, but AFP's Sören Billing finds out why the "Gays World Cup" may not please socially conservative eastern European authorities.
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Society: 16 May 13
Eurofever has swept southern Sweden, with the most vocal voices coming from the Eurovision superfans. The Local's Patrick Reilly finds out some have travelled from the other side of the world.
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National: 16 May 13
A British man wanted in South Africa in connection with the murder of his Swedish wife, who was killed while the couple were on their honeymoon, has suffered a relapse in mental health problems, a court heard on Wednesday.
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Science & Technology: 14 May 13
Researchers in Sweden have revealed the mysterious mechanism responsible for the curved trajectory of curling stones as they slide down the ice in one of the country's more popular winter sports.
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National: 9 May 13
Rail travel between southern Sweden and Stockholm continued to face some delays after a mystery fire cut off traffic at Flen an hour south of the capital.
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Lifestyle: 8 May 13
So you've decided to attend a Swedish music festival this year but you don't know how it all works. No matter, The Local's Sanna Håkansson gets the lowdown from avid festival-goers and finds out the top tips to surviving the chaos.
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National: 6 May 13
Sweden's Justice Ombudsman announced on Monday it will not investigate the alleged racial profiling carried out by Stockholm police in the city's public transit system during a push to deport illegal immigrants.
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Lifestyle: 6 May 13
With the Abba Museum opening on Tuesday, The Local's Oliver Gee gets a sneak peak behind the scenes, has a quick word with Björn Ulvaeus, and tries to find out if Stockholmers are willing to sing their favourite Abba song on camera. Hint: they are.
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Society: 5 May 13
A company within Sweden's home care services could have mistreated migrant workers by making false promises about work conditions, according to a Swedish media report.
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National: 4 May 13
Swedish Muslims fighting in Syria and other conflict zones could return home to carry out terror attacks and Sweden has a lot to learn from other EU countries when it comes to preventing Islamist terrorism, a new report claims.
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Travel: 3 May 13
Think you know Sweden? Or simply want to learn more? For the second quiz in our trivia series, we head to a city that's rather unusually squashed, at least from an international perspective. But which one is it?
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Science & Technology: 1 May 13
A girl born without a windpipe has become the youngest patient in the world to receive a bio-engineered organ after doctors implanted her with a special tube grown from her own stem cells in a surgery led by a Karolinska Institute professor.
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Analysis & Opinion: 30 Apr 13
With three years in Sweden under her belt, US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt debates the pros and cons of taking Swedish citizenship.
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Business & Money: 29 Apr 13
Swedish consumers worried about climate change should cut down on meat rather than put their efforts into buying local produce, according to a new Swedish study.
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Travel: 26 Apr 13
Think you know Sweden? Or simply want to learn more? In our new "Secret Location" trivia series, we head to a "mystery" Swedish town that millions of people have visited without ever actually stepping foot there. But which one is it?
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National: 26 Apr 13
Worshippers at the Fittja mosque in southern Stockholm on Friday heard Sweden's first-ever call to prayer, which brought some congregation members to tears of joy.
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Politics: 26 Apr 13
A former US government employee now living in the Swedish capital has been charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for Cuba, the US Justice Department announced on Thursday.
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Travel: 23 Apr 13
A Stockholm museum in honour of Swedish super group Abba is only weeks away from being open to the public. Camille Bas-Wohlert finds out what fans of the legendary group can expect.
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Science & Technology: 20 Apr 13
A 58-year-old Swedish-born hotel owner in Austria said skills acquired during Swedish military training helped him survive after he was trapped for four days in the lift of his abandoned hotel without food, water or central heating.
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National: 19 Apr 13
Rail services from Stockholm to Uppsala have suffered serious disruption on Friday after the melting snow caused extensive flooding in the university town and surrounding areas.
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Lifestyle: 19 Apr 13
Hosting the Eurovision Song Contest finals is bringing a cash windfall for Malmö, not least for some locals who are renting out their apartments to devoted music fans, The Local's Patrick Reilly discovers.
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Society: 18 Apr 13
Scandinavian airline SAS has the cheapest airfares to several destinations in Europe and is on par with budget airlines such as Norwegian and Ryanair, new figures show.
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Lifestyle: 16 Apr 13
Love-hungry American men will date a bevy of Swedish women in a new programme to hit Sweden's TV screens on Tuesday night. The Local finds out more about their search for love across the Atlantic.
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Analysis & Opinion: 16 Apr 13
As debate rages in Sweden about the role of private firms in the country's publicly-financed healthcare system, liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji suggests Swedes may find a solution inspired by an innovative heart surgeon from India.
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National: 15 Apr 13
Around 30 Islamists have travelled from Sweden recently to fight or to be trained to fight in Syria, Swedish security service Säpo revealed on Monday, expressing its concerns over the development.
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Science & Technology: 14 Apr 13
A Polish doctor and two nurses have been charged in connection with a breast augmentation operation in 2010 which left a Swedish woman in a coma and suffering from serious brain damage.
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National: 12 Apr 13
A 44-year-old Swedish citizen has been given the death penalty by a Malaysian court for drugs trafficking, a crime which is penalized by hanging in the south-east Asian country.
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Travel: 12 Apr 13
Photographer Lisa Mikulski profiles Gothenburg for this week's My Sweden, explaining how it's the "delightful" little things that make it Sweden's best city to visit.
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National: 6 Apr 13
A Swedish man who went missing in January has been found dead amid growing suspicions he was the scapegoat for a botched drug deal in Norway.
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Travel: 5 Apr 13
In our weekly profile of life in different parts of Sweden, Colombian-born entrepreneur Carlos Perdomo waxes poetic about Karlstad, a town that offers small-town charm, a bevy of foreign students, and no shortage of outdoor adventure.
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Science & Technology: 4 Apr 13
The Småland Airport in southern Sweden was shut down on Thursday morning, after airport staff received a letter believed to contain a bomb threat. The airport was reopened in the early afternoon.
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National: 31 Mar 13
A man died and another was seriously injured in separate road accidents in western Sweden on Saturday.
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Science & Technology: 30 Mar 13
The Easter weekend stands to be an hour shorter this year as it coincides with the change to daylight savings time, signalling the imminent arrival of summer.
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Politics: 28 Mar 13
A New York court sentenced a man who left his home in Sweden to join the al-Shabaab guerrilla in Somalia to nine years in prison Wednesday for aiding a US-designated terror group.
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Lifestyle: 27 Mar 13
Sweden is a comparatively expensive place to live compared to the rest of Europe, but it delivers an exceptional standard of living. Expats too are entitled to receive the same healthcare, education, and welfare benefits as the native population.
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Analysis & Opinion: 27 Mar 13
In the wake of a medical ethics council recommendation to allow surrogacy in Sweden, new father through surrogacy Christoffer Lindén argues that rubber-stamping a practice already in use but fraught with legal hazards is not enough.
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National: 26 Mar 13
The bus driver who allegedly divided passengers according to their ethnicity has been suspended as the bus company continues to investigate the incident.
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National: 25 Mar 13
One of the ferry companies accused in Sweden's "bus apartheid" storm has hit back against allegations passengers were placed on different buses according to colour of their skin.
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National: 23 Mar 13
A driver allegedly made "Swedes" and "foreign-looking" people travel on separate buses between Stockholm and the Eckerölinjen ferry terminal in Grisslehamn.
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National: 22 Mar 13
A Moderate Party MP has suggested the Swedish armed forces solve the dilemma of interpreters in Afghanistan fearing retaliation after the troop pull-out by employing them in Sweden.
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Travel: 22 Mar 13
For this week’s My Sweden, The Local heads south and talks to former US Marine Ron Tibbs, who lives on a secluded farm near Kristianstad where he's converting a 100-year-old pig house into a traditional Swedish café.
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National: 21 Mar 13
Emergency services fear that a man who fell off the Åland ferry on Wednesday night has died.
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Education: 18 Mar 13
Students in Sweden, especially foreign students, can be left struggling when looking for extra work to support their studies. For this week's JobTalk, we find out why it's a problem and how it can be tackled.
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Travel: 15 Mar 13
An engineering student from Saudi Arabia presents Borås, a town of around 65,000 "well-dressed" residents and one enormous Pinocchio, for this week’s My Sweden.
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Education: 14 Mar 13
With more students worldwide choosing to learn Swedish, The Local catches up with Marina Astashevskaya - a Swedish teacher in Russia - whose classes help bridge the gap between love-refugees and their families in Russia.
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Analysis & Opinion: 12 Mar 13
US-native and parent Rebecca Ahlfeldt reflects on why many of her friends in Sweden are from her home country and whether or not this makes her a "bad immigrant".
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Travel: 9 Mar 13
After traveling to 27 countries, Angelo Guzzi discovered the delights of Tuscany and decided to settle down. Now owner and manager of the Country Inn Casa Mazzoni, he wants to share the secrets of the place he calls paradise.
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Politics: 9 Mar 13
Police have warned of potential disruptions during Sweden's first ever official visit by a Turkish head of state as President Abdullah Gül prepares to travel to Stockholm with a 100-strong delegation.
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Travel: 8 Mar 13
Sweden came first in a rating of the gay-friendliest countries in the world, published on Thursday by the Spartacus International Gay Guide.
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Travel: 8 Mar 13
In our weekly profile of people's lives in different parts of Sweden, The Local catches up with a Spanish couple who traded the sunny climes of Galicia for the snow, reindeer, and northern lights of Skellefteå.
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Travel: 7 Mar 13
Sweden still scrapes into the top ten of countries with a competitive tourism industry, but has slipped down four spots in the ranking, according to a report by the World Economic Forum released on Thursday.
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National: 5 Mar 13
The Swedish finance minister has said Sweden may reduce contributions to several UN organizations by as much as 10 percent, and redirect the cash to taking care of newly arrived refugees.
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Business & Money: 5 Mar 13
Swedish furniture giant Ikea has roped in US hotel chain Marriott for its long-discussed launch of a new branch of budget traveller hotels across Europe.
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Science & Technology: 5 Mar 13
The Local speaks to TEDxStockholm founder Carl Bärstad on why the Swedes are an innovative nation - and why they need to learn how to fail.
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Lifestyle: 1 Mar 13
Bird-watcher and nature enthusiast Leelene Karlsson presents Sundsvall for this week's My Sweden, explaining that a gigantic ice lolly, a cross-dressing singer, and life in a wok pan make Sundsvall the ideal Swedish town.
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National: 24 Feb 13
The Swedish Transport Administration has claimed improved punctuality rates for Swedish trains - but it has also tripled the time for what counts as a delay, from five to 15 minutes.
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National: 22 Feb 13
Sweden's integration minister, Erik Ullenhag, has slammed as "unacceptable" reports that police in Stockholm are stopping people based on the colour of their skin and forcing them to show their IDs.
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Lifestyle: 22 Feb 13
After his son started a family in a small central Sweden village, Scotsman Tom Smith ditched his dreams of retirement in France and followed his family to Nannberga, where he teaches Swedes the intricacies of stained glass making.
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Society: 20 Feb 13
Public transit officials in Uppsala in eastern Sweden were forced to make a house call to a malodorous man after a flood of complaints from passengers and drivers about the man's unbearable stench.
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Education: 19 Feb 13
The decision-making dilemma is no joke but something of a riddle for managers new to corporate culture in Sweden. The course Effective Leadership in Sweden gets straight to the point and assists managers in getting their team to do the same.
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Lifestyle: 15 Feb 13
With the snow in northern Sweden "deep enough to drown in", ex-Londoner Paul Connolly explains the trials and tribulations that come with a new snowmobile.
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National: 14 Feb 13
A British man wanted in South Africa over his Swedish bride's horrific murder during their honeymoon has been hospitalized after his health "seriously deteriorated", his family said on Wednesday.
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Lifestyle: 13 Feb 13
The Royal Philharmonic percussionists skipped to a Södertälje beat this week on a visit to one of Sweden's more diverse areas where grade-school children are learning to play music in a band.
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National: 13 Feb 13
The Swedish foreign ministry will extend its reach into social media, with Foreign Minister Carl Bildt saying all embassies will soon have Twitter and Facebook accounts to ease "the consular challenges" posed by travelling Swedes.
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Society: 12 Feb 13
A would-be US engineer's untruthful online claims have left a Gothenburg woman out of pocket and brokenhearted - and she's just one of dozens of Swedish women who have fallen victim to an increasingly common online dating scam.
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Education: 11 Feb 13
Tablet computers could fill in staffing gaps in rural communities in northern Sweden, as authorities look for new ways to keep village schools open amid a shortage of qualified teachers.
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Lifestyle: 11 Feb 13
A park in Uppsala has been transformed into a winter wonderland for a week-long ice festival, with sculptors flocking from around the world to put their frozen art on display for chilly spectators.
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Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 13
With a much-anticipated documentary about Swedish filesharing site The Pirate Bay set to debut at the Berlin International Film festival on Friday, The Local catches up with director Simon Klose, our pick for Swede of the Week.
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National: 7 Feb 13
Police suspect that two stopped cars may have indirectly caused the massive pile-up that left one dead and dozens injured on an icy Swedish motorway last month.
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Travel: 6 Feb 13
In The Local's My Sweden series, where we profile readers' favourite hangouts, sights, and eateries in their own corners of the country, we talk to Jeanette Renman, a communicator who calls Umeå home, in the far north of Sweden.
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Business & Money: 6 Feb 13
Tourists from the US, China and, increasingly, India helped Swedish tourism grow incrementally despite a slump in visits from crisis-tainted European countries.
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Analysis & Opinion: 5 Feb 13
As The Local throws open the doors to its new office in Paris, founder Paul Rapacioli argues - purely coincidentally - that a daily diet of local news could change Europe’s destiny.
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Lifestyle: 5 Feb 13
A 73-year-old Swede who feels at home on the sea is planning to sail around the world in a three-metre boat that is only slightly bigger than a bathtub.
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Business & Money: 29 Jan 13
The Swedish Public Employment Service is urging out of work young Swedes to look for employment in crisis-hit countries like Spain and Greece, where youth unemployment is twice as high as Sweden's.
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Analysis & Opinion: 28 Jan 13
In our series profiling careers of foreigners who've moved to Sweden, The Local catches up with Australian Mel Todaro whose wanderlust saw him end up in Sweden and settle down at a job with Universal Pictures in Stockholm.
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Society: 26 Jan 13
A man from Umeå in northern Sweden has been charged with aggravated assault and manslaughter after the death of 28-year-old German woman during a violent S&M sex game.
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Politics: 20 Jan 13
Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has stated that Sweden received no information with regards to two Swedes, suspected of terror crime in Somalia, who were extradited to the US.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 13
The costs of maintaining a house in Sweden can vary by as much as 15,000 kronor ($2,300) per year depending on where the house is located, according to a report published on Friday.
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National: 17 Jan 13
Swedish police have dismissed the theory that faulty winter tyres are to blame for Tuesday's massive car crash, which involved nearly 100 cars and killed one person, but say they have pinpointed the three trucks that initially collided.
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National: 14 Jan 13
A man is dead after he was shot in the head on Monday afternoon in eastern Sweden, with police launching a murder investigation.
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National: 8 Jan 13
Sweden's foreign ministry has labeled as a "failure" its inability to successfully bring two Swedish citizens home from Djibouti before they were extradited to the United States to face terror charges.
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Business & Money: 28 Dec 12
Statistics show that 2012 was one of the wettest year since records began, which spoiled many a Swede's summer but also contributed to keeping down electricity prices.
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Politics: 25 Dec 12
Syria News, a regime-run television station, has warned Swedes against fighting in the Syrian civil war.
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Science & Technology: 25 Dec 12
Swedes woke up to heavy snowfall, freezing rain and strong winds on Christmas Day, with traffic disruptions expected across the country.
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Science & Technology: 22 Dec 12
A 50-kilometre long traffic jam developed on a major Swedish motorway on Saturday, with blizzard-like conditions causing accidents and warnings for Swedes to delay their Christmas travel plans.
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Lifestyle: 21 Dec 12
The Local catches up with Jean-Pierre Lacroix, France's ambassador to Sweden, to talk Gerard Depardieu, Vikings, the EU, and where to get the best baguettes.
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Society: 18 Dec 12
A Colombian-Swedish family about to celebrate Christmas with their 78-year-old grandmother fear the senile woman will be deported before the New Year despite appeals on health grounds against the Migration Board decision.
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Lifestyle: 17 Dec 12
After British comedian Ricky Gervais performed in Stockholm on Sunday night, The Local’s Oliver Gee reflects on why a liberal Swedish crowd took such delight in the mostly dark and, many would argue, offensive humour.
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Travel: 17 Dec 12
With flights into space scheduled to take off from far northern Sweden within a few years, AFP's Camille Bas-Wohlert finds out exactly what's on the cards for eager space tourists.
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Lifestyle: 14 Dec 12
Counting down the days to Swedish Christmas or can't wait to leave the country? With help from readers of The Local, Christine Demsteader ponders celebrations and tribulations for foreigners during the festive season.
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Politics: 14 Dec 12
The National Auditor will take a closer look at Swedish rail operators SJ after it cancelled more than 200 trains this week with the stated purpose of getting ready for the Christmas rush.
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Analysis & Opinion: 13 Dec 12
Swedes hoping a new dog will make the perfect Christmas present have been warned they may end up feeding to a recent rise in dog smuggling, with pugs having replaced chihuahuas as the canine of choice in the illegal puppy trade.
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Travel: 13 Dec 12
A construction crew bundled up in heavy parkas is bustling around an Arctic building site on the banks of the Torne river in northern Sweden as the 23rd Jukkasjärvi Ice Hotel is erected one oversized ice cube at a time.
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Society: 12 Dec 12
Immigrants to Sweden who move here before their 35th birthday have enough time to work towards a pension that is almost equal to people born in Sweden, but older immigrants risk lagging behind socio-economically, a new statistics review shows.
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Science & Technology: 9 Dec 12
Swedish meteorology agency SMHI has issued a class 2 warning for the Skåne region in the south of Sweden, advising residents to stay indoors as harsh winds combined with heavy snowfall make for perilous conditions.
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National: 9 Dec 12
In an ad campaign for trips to Germany and Poland, ferry liner company Stena Line describes the forties - a period closely associated with war and Nazi persecution - as a "delightful decade when lots of fun things happened".
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