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UK wildlife park animals catch ‘Euphoria’ fever

Society: 25 May 12
The Paradise Wildlife Park in the UK has pledged their allegiance to Sweden in the Eurovision song contest by making their own film version of Loreen’s “Euphoria” – complete with dancing animals. READ »

Swedish school reported over 'holy' yoga lessons

Education: 25 May 12
The "om" chant featured in yoga lessons at a Stockholm school has prompted a complaint calling for them to be banned because of the term's ties to the Hindu religion. READ »

Swedish rapper reported for Twitter death threat

National: 24 May 12
Sweden Democrat party leader Jimmie Åkesson received a death threat from a Swedish rapper through Twitter, prompting to the political party leader to report the matter to police. READ »

German ambassador: 'Sweden feels like home'

Analysis & Opinion: 23 May 12
Harald Kindermann, the German ambassador to Sweden, talks to The Local about the importance of the German language, nuclear power, and the legacy of the Stasi. READ »

'Wedded' couples not married after mayor error

Society: 22 May 12
Thirty couples who took part in civil marriages in Uppsala are still officially unmarried, as the former mayor who married them turned out to be no longer qualified as a marriage registrar. READ »

Black Cobra gang quitting Sweden: report

National: 21 May 12
The feared Black Cobra criminal gang is abandoning Sweden in the wake of a police crackdown that has left many prominent members in prison. READ »

Viagra helps Swedish gangs get profits up

National: 21 May 12
Viagra and other impotency drugs appear to have replaced cocaine as the drug of choice for Swedish motorcycle gangs looking to profit from the illegal drugs trade. READ »

Problem of profiting ex-politicos not simply money, money, money

Analysis & Opinion: 18 May 12
Abba's famous refrain fails to capture the true cause for concern when Swedish politicians leave government to fatten their wallets in the private sector, argues commentator and historian David Linden. READ »

Comedian Al Pitcher in the Local Lockdown

Lifestyle: 16 May 12
With Sweden’s comedian of the year Al Pitcher releasing his first book this week, The Local catches up with him to find out more, and we preview our first ever “Local Lockdown” video segment. READ »

Mosques' advice: 'don't report abusive husbands'

Society: 16 May 12
Six out of ten mosques in Sweden gave women advice about how to deal with spousal abuse and polygamy that contradicted Swedish law, a new investigation has revealed. READ »

Bus crashes near Arlanda airport after driver faints

National: 14 May 12
A double-decker bus carrying 72 passengers crashed north of Stockholm on Sunday evening after the driver passed out while behind the wheel. READ »

'Are Swedes really more polite in English?'

Lifestyle: 11 May 12
After a curious claim by a bartender about Swedes' manners, The Local's Oliver Gee looks deeper into the question of whether a whole nation may be more polite when using English instead of Swedish. READ »

Cowboy hat smuggler jailed at Norway border

Society: 10 May 12
A smuggler travelling across Sweden's (wild) western border recently baffled customs officials who found over 500 cowboy hats stashed in the back of his car along with booze and cigarettes. READ »

9 untranslatable Swedish words - caught on film

Lifestyle: 9 May 12
The Local put together a list of nine unusual Swedish words that simply don’t exist in English. We even asked a bunch of Swedes to make sure - and filmed their responses… READ »

Man arrested after tying 6-year-old to fence

National: 9 May 12
A man in Uppsala, eastern Sweden, has been arrested by police after allegedly tying up his 6-year-old and locking him up in a dark room. READ »

Swede solves 100-year-old pee disease mystery

Science & Technology: 9 May 12
Swedish doctors have finally solved the mystery behind an obscure and inconvenient illness that has forced sufferers to urinate up to 15 litres a day. READ »

Paul Simon, Yo-Yo Ma reel in Polar Music Prize

Society: 8 May 12
US musician Paul Simon has taken home the 2012 Polar Music Prize, along with US cellist Yo-Yo Ma, organizers announced in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Swedes set for virtual gift card competition

Business & Money: 7 May 12
The Swedish gift-card application “Wrapp” continues to expand around the world, and has launched a competition for Swedish users to win a trip to London. READ »

Rocko the cat found 250 kilometres from home

Society: 4 May 12
A man from southern Sweden was shocked to receive a call from someone who’d found his missing cat Rocko – three weeks after it went missing and 250 kilometres away. READ »

Some of the most amazing Swedish hockey goals ever scored

Lifestyle: 4 May 12
With the 2012 ice hockey world championships underway in Stockholm, The Local has found a few stunning clips of goals by young Swedish players who may someday find themselves donning a Tre Kronor jersey. READ »

Aussie in 15 kronor Sweden food challenge

Business & Money: 4 May 12
Australian beach-volleyballer and current Stockholm resident Johannah Rohkämper plans to survive in the Swedish capital on 15 kronor ($2.20) a day to raise awareness about global poverty. READ »

Valborg in Sweden: booze, music and raft racing

Society: 30 Apr 12
Everyone knows that summer is just around the corner when the revelry of Valborgsmässoafton - Walpurgis Night – kicks off around Sweden. The Local's Oliver Gee finds out more, and takes a look at how the event is celebrated by Uppsala students. READ »

Study: apathetic refugee kids are not faking it

National: 29 Apr 12
A Swedish study has found that apathetic refugee children suffer from dramatic changes in hormone levels connected to chronic stress, concluding that the condition is thus genuine. READ »

Swedish comedian attacked by ‘Satanists’

Society: 27 Apr 12
A Swedish comedian and TV-personality recently ended up in hospital when an after-party turned into a “Satanist” attack, in which he was physically beaten and “offered to the gods”. READ »

'No excuse' for anti-Semitism: Obama envoy

National: 26 Apr 12
US president Barack Obama’s expert on anti-Semitism said during a press conference in Stockholm on Thursday that the brand of Sweden is at risk if leaders aren’t held accountable for their insensitive actions. READ »

Swede wins Google's grand photo prize

Society: 26 Apr 12
A 24-year-old Swedish student has beaten almost 20,000 competitors to take home the grand prize in the Google Photography competition for 2012. READ »

Swedish reps hail US Ikea store wedding

Society: 24 Apr 12
An American couple, whose first date was in an Ikea store, became so attached to the Swedish furniture supplier that they tied the knot at an outlet in Maryland, much to the delight of Ikea reps in Sweden. READ »

Mute and mutilated: black women and the cutting of the 'racist' cake

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Apr 12
The criticism surrounding the 'racist' cake controversy has so far failed to adequately explore the impact of the installation on the attitudes and predicament of black women, argue three researchers working in Sweden on issues of gender and race. READ »

Sluts, sex and farts - welcome to Swedish

Lifestyle: 20 Apr 12
Words in the Swedish language can sure look funny, especially to the untrained eye. Here's a list of Swedish words where a straight translation might leave you scratching your head. And whatever happens, DO NOT eat the mother cake… READ »

Missing finger, roadside birth and bad breath

Society: 20 Apr 12
This week in Sweden's News in Brief, we take a look at a missing finger, a woman giving birth on the roadside, and severe consequences for a halitosis sufferer. READ »

Swedish artist turns Carl Bildt's tweets to cartoons

Lifestyle: 19 Apr 12
The Local catches up with a Swedish illustrator Henrik Tomenius, who has captured the interest of the world through his tongue-in-cheek illustrations of tweets by Sweden's Twitter-savvy foreign minister Carl Bildt. READ »

Volunteering in English opens donations page

Society: 18 Apr 12
The English Volunteering Project’s virtual doors were thrown open for donations on Monday, with project organizers hoping to raise enough money to see volunteering in Sweden becoming a reality for English speakers. READ »

'I was in survival overdrive': victim

National: 17 Apr 12
On Tuesday it was the 25-year-old kidnapping victim’s turn to tell his version of events in the abduction drama which took place in Uppsala at the end of last year. READ »

Hospital mix-up causes post-funeral autopsy

Science & Technology: 17 Apr 12
A family in eastern Sweden was devastated to learn that their decesed loved-one would have to be autopsied after the funeral due to a hospital snafu. READ »

Playboy mags, seals and drivers 'stuck' in traffic

Society: 13 Apr 12
Unwanted Playboy magazines, recalcitrant seals and an enormous glue spill - The Local's News in Brief tackles the smaller offbeat news stories from around Sweden this week. READ »

Stoned Swedish nurse ignored suffering patient

Science & Technology: 13 Apr 12
A Swedish night shift nurse has been fired from a Gothenburg hospital for being high on cannabis and failing to notice a patient's rapidly deteriorating condition. READ »

Uni vows to 'do more' to inform foreign students

Education: 12 Apr 12
An Uppsala University official has promised to bolster efforts to give foreign students accurate information to help avoid misunderstandings like the one that has left one graduate student without her degree. READ »

'We didn't abduct wealthy Swede': accused couple

National: 12 Apr 12
Two people accused of abducting the 25-year old son of a millionaire Swedish businessman denied all charges on the first day of their trial on Thursday, despite evidence in the form of a "mind map" detailing what could go wrong with the caper. READ »

'Women and children first' a myth: study

Science & Technology: 12 Apr 12
The widespread belief that women and children are saved first in maritime disasters is a myth, unless the men onboard have been threatened with physical violence, a new Swedish study has found. READ »

Blue the green parrot calls ‘papa’, finds mother

Society: 11 Apr 12
A family from eastern Sweden who feared their missing pet parrot had perished in freezing cold temperatures could hardly believe their ears when they heard squawks of "paaaapaaa" emanating from a nearby forest. READ »

Uni's 'bad advice' costs student grad degree

Education: 10 Apr 12
A woman who recently completed a master's programme at Uppsala University may lose her "dream job" after erroneous information about eligible courses has left her without a diploma. READ »

Bear set for Swedish zoo gets 'cold feet' and flees

Society: 10 Apr 12
A bear, which was destined for a zoo in central Sweden, has escaped from its enclosure in Alaska, and is now at large, forcing zookeepers to launch a search party. READ »

'Swedish loving' Lady Gaga to hit Stockholm

Society: 10 Apr 12
Pop music mega star Lady Gaga has announced that she will be performing in Stockholm, and it’s not the first time she has shown her love of Sweden… and the Swedish language. READ »

Swedish team finds eggs from birdlike dinosaurs

Science & Technology: 7 Apr 12
A team of Argentine-Swedish researchers has reported finding fossilized bones and eggs from a giant-clawed birdlike dinosaur in a 70 million-year-old pocket in Patagonia. READ »

Trio charged in wealthy Swede's abduction

National: 5 Apr 12
Three people were charged on Thursday with drugging and kidnapping a 25-year-old student from a wealthy Swedish family and holding him prisoner for more than a week in what one of the suspects said was a "prank". READ »

Man tweets cops to nab speeders - gets caught

National: 5 Apr 12
A Swedish man who used Twitter to alert police of speeding drivers on a road near his house got a response – which came in the form of a hefty speeding fine the next day. READ »

Cocaine, candy, and angry Abba members

Society: 5 Apr 12
Cocaine found among bananas, sweet-toothed kids escaping home for sweeter pastures, dog-sitters selling dogs, and one angry Abba member... The Local presents another News in Brief - tidbits from the week's news that are worth a mention. READ »

Sweden 'uninterested' in volunteers: charity head

Business & Money: 3 Apr 12
120 youth volunteers due to arrive in Stockholm this month have had their services refused by several Swedish companies, which are simply "uninterested" in help, according to the organization's programme coordinator. READ »

Swedes bake up success with online pizza site

Business & Money: 2 Apr 12
Three Swedes have struck online (and pepperoni covered) gold after the online pizza service they created was bought by a German company READ »

'Limping' cat shot dead and dumped by police

Society: 2 Apr 12
A cat which was discovered in central Sweden "with a limp" was taken by police and shot dead, and then dumped on a roadside. READ »

Swedish media sign up to April Fool fun

Society: 1 Apr 12
Pensioners forced back to work for dancing jive, a little known Swedish musician signing up to Bruce Springsteen's E Street band, and The Local's own youth follicle directive were among the April Fool's hoaxes on Sunday. READ »

Record March highs despite late snowfalls

Science & Technology: 1 Apr 12
Despite recent snowfalls in Stockholm and southern areas of Sweden, March 2012 is set to be one of the three warmest months on record, new preliminary statistics show. READ »

Thieving teenage intern caught 'blue-handed'

National: 30 Mar 12
After thousands of kronor kept disappearing from the petty cash supply at a company in southern Sweden, police laid a trap to catch the thief "blue-handed". READ »

Pot growers plead not guilty for 'organic' weed

Society: 30 Mar 12
Cannabis growers claiming they're innocent as their product is "organic", men biting through prison beds, and nazi t-shirts - here are some amusing tidbits from the past week in Sweden. READ »

Swedish boys' new hero: pram-pushing Spiderman

Society: 30 Mar 12
A new Swedish toy catalogue has reversed the traditional gender roles by showing Spiderman pushing a pram, and a young girl riding a toy racecar. READ »

Swedish research leads to 'autism blood test'

Science & Technology: 29 Mar 12
Soon parents may be able to perform a simple blood test to determine whether or not their children have autism, thanks to new findings from Swedish researchers. READ »

Swedes launch 'sexless' web search tool

Science & Technology: 29 Mar 12
Swedish computer programmers have created a a new browser plug-in dubbed the "Henerator" which automatically changes the Swedish equivalents of "he" and "she" into the recently coined and gender-neutral pronoun "hen". READ »

Stockholm iPad 'magic' a surprise YouTube hit

Science & Technology: 27 Mar 12
A YouTube video of Swedish magicians promoting Stockholm using iPads and trickery has taken the internet world by storm, leaving audiences baffled and event organizers beaming. READ »

Phone theft victim gets nude Facebook pic shock

Society: 27 Mar 12
A woman from northern Sweden who had her mobile phone stolen at the weekend was later horrified to find naked pictures of herself posted on her own Facebook page. READ »

Poison sausage plot targets Sweden's wolves

Society: 27 Mar 12
Poisoned chorizo sausages have been found laid out in the woods around Dalarna, in central Sweden, in what police believe was an attempt to bait and kill wolves in the area. READ »

'Give 'em Viagra': politician's joke flops

Society: 23 Mar 12
Another week of unusual news in Sweden, featuring Viagra, sheep heads, smelly guinea-pigs and octogenarians on the "run", we present a light-hearted look at Swedish news that didn't make the front page. READ »

Babies mature faster with both parents home: study

Science & Technology: 23 Mar 12
Babies develop the ability to discern between their mother’s, father’s and strangers’ emotional expression faster if both parents stay home for the first few months, a new Swedish study shows. READ »

Man charged with abuse of disabled students

National: 22 Mar 12
A teaching assistant who allegedly sexually molested students 15 times at a school for children with learning difficulties in Sweden was charged on Wednesday. READ »

Twitter storm over 'official' Swedish breasts

Society: 22 Mar 12
A Swedish woman serving as the curator of Sweden's official Twitter account has posted pictures of herself breastfeeding and whipped up an online storm just days after her takeover of the account. READ »

Big baby girls become fat mums: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 21 Mar 12
A study in Uppsala has concluded that overweight baby girls are more likely to become obese women, who in turn are more likely to give birth to obese babies. READ »

Ten Swedish words you won't find in English

Lifestyle: 20 Mar 12
Whether Swedish is the world's richest language or not, it can lay claim to at least ten very common words that are sorely lacking from English. We’ve compiled a list of the top ten here, and you may be surprised what’s NOT in the list… READ »

Stockholm theatre scene meets British humour

Lifestyle: 19 Mar 12
When Relatively Speaking, a play written by award winning English playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn, opened in Stockholm, The Local was there to talk to the cast about British humour and why Swedes have been loving this play. READ »

Begrimed baguettes cause bakery battle

National: 16 Mar 12
It’s News in Brief Friday again, where we’ve captured some of the shorter tales that caught our attention – this week including a ski race around the Stockholm castle, begrimed baguettes, bungling bird baiters, and the anniversary of a rather unusual murder. READ »

Man dies after hospital mistakes stroke for drugs

National: 16 Mar 12
A Swedish man who had suffered a stroke later died in hospital after staff mistakenly thought he was on drugs, prompting the family to file a police report. READ »

Unknown Swedish prisoner may provide clues to Wallenberg mystery

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Mar 12
A so far unidentified Swedish prisoner in Soviet captivity in the 1950s may provide historians with more clues as to the fate of missing WWII diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, argues historian Susanne Berger. READ »

Swedish comics set to storm Edinburgh Festival

Society: 14 Mar 12
Comedians from Sweden will be performing their trade at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and will be practicing their routines in English first in Stockholm. READ »

Ad agency sent 'bloody horse head' in the post

Society: 14 Mar 12
A Swedish retail giant alerted security after discovering a “blood soaked” horse head in the mail, which a Dalarna advertising company claimed was just harmless PR stunt. READ »

Vibrating package baffles Swedish postal workers

Society: 9 Mar 12
Another thrilling week in Swedish media, but did you hear the one about the Swedish chef, the biting thief, and the vibrating package that closed down a post office? If not, The Local's News in Brief has all the answers. READ »

‘Swedish is the world’s richest language’: Swede

Lifestyle: 9 Mar 12
After meeting a Swede who claimed that Swedish was the richest of all the world’s languages, The Local’s Oliver Gee searched a little deeper into how Swedish rates on the world stage. READ »

Gang of kids suspected of Uppsala burglary wave

National: 9 Mar 12
Children as young as 11 have been apprehended following a series of house burglaries in eastern Sweden, which led the flabbergasted police to a youth gang using very young members to commit crimes. READ »

Conditions 'just right' for northern lights: expert

Science & Technology: 8 Mar 12
With a solar flare providing excellent Northern Lights viewing opportunities in Sweden on Thursday night, a researcher at Lund observatory explains the phenomenon and the five best ways to catch it. READ »

Wolf prowls through Swedish family's garden

Society: 8 Mar 12
A man in eastern Sweden was shocked to have his morning coffee interrupted by a wolf strolling around his garden, straight through his children’s play area. READ »

Eleven Swedes make Forbes billionaires list

Business & Money: 8 Mar 12
Eleven Swedes have made it onto the Forbes billionaires list for 2012, with H&M owner Stefan Persson ranking highest among the Swedes considered to be the world's wealthiest. READ »

Swedish TV to take on Stephen Fry's QI

Society: 7 Mar 12
Sweden is set to adapt the hugely popular British TV-show QI this year, with producer Anders Lenhoff claiming that Sweden is finally ready for "more intelligent comedy". READ »

Celebrities in Swedish: YouTube's finest

Lifestyle: 6 Mar 12
Celebrities worldwide have tried getting their tongue around Swedish and The Local has collected a sample of those who were either terribly bad - or surprisingly good. READ »

Live Blog: Sweden celebrates new princess

Lifestyle: 24 Feb 12
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a daughter in the early hours of Thursday morning. The Local brings you all the latest news, reactions, and details surrounding Sweden's first royal birth in more than three decades. READ »

Swedish street signs axed over 'perky' breasts

Society: 22 Feb 12
Signs featuring a woman with "perky" breasts and a short skirt are set to be removed from the streets of Uppsala in eastern Sweden following a mix up that has left local officials baffled. READ »

'He said he was living in the woods': shopkeeper

National: 21 Feb 12
A Swedish man who claimed he survived for two months in his snow-covered car without any food had reportedly been living in his car since mid-2011. READ »

'We don’t know why he didn’t try to leave'

National: 20 Feb 12
Many questions remain about how and why a 44-year-old Swedish man survived subzero temperatures in his snow-bound car for two months without any food. READ »

Zlatan launches 'first ever' iPad autobiography

Business & Money: 17 Feb 12
For fans who just can’t get enough of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a new iPad application has been released to complement the footballer's 2011 biography “I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic”. READ »

Skype founder: 'cold winters' key to Swedish tech success

Science & Technology: 16 Feb 12
Swedish entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström, founder of Skype, and Andreas Ehn, founder of Spotify, spoke recently in Stockholm about the secrets to their success and why Sweden "punches above its weight" when it comes to producing tech start-ups. READ »

Valentine's Day in Sweden - readers' sweet tweets and love stories

Society: 14 Feb 12
With Valentine's day upon us again, The Local called for messages from the star-crossed lovers of Sweden, who sent us their loving letters and sweet tweets in a celebration of love in Sweden. READ »

Rape accusations stun Swedish high school

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. READ »

How Millennium films tap deep into Swedish angst

Lifestyle: 1 Feb 12
Is there any truth in the image of Sweden portrayed in the Millennium books and films? Stockholm University ethnologist Jonas Engman argues that the stories have tapped into Swedish fears that their society’s success is not all they had been brought up to believe. READ »

Swedish nuclear safety needs improving: report

Science & Technology: 20 Jan 12
Sweden must take measures to increase nuclear plant security against terror attacks, including the introduction of armed guards, according to a new government-sponsored report. READ »

Pantless prisoner walks out of Swedish jail

Society: 19 Jan 12
A bare-legged ex-convict walked out of a Swedish prison without any pants or shoes on Tuesday after being denied extra money to buy new clothes. READ »

Foreign applications to Swedish unis rebound

Education: 19 Jan 12
The number of foreign students applying to masters programmes at Swedish universities is on the rise, according to preliminary figures, following last year's precipitous drop in foreign applicants. READ »

Abandoned boy 'not abandoned': prosecutor

Society: 18 Jan 12
Prosecutors have closed the case of the child left behind by his father at a sporting hall for ‘playing badly’ in a floorball game, after the investigation showed he was never left in the first place. READ »

Finding student accommodation in Sweden

Study in Sweden: 17 Jan 12
If you're moving to Sweden to study, then you'll need to find somewhere to live. Here are a few tips on finding student accommodation in Sweden. READ »

'I never left my son': floorball dad

National: 15 Jan 12
The father of the 10 year-old boy, reportedly abandoned outside an Uppsala sporting hall for playing floorball badly, has spoken to the media for the first time, denying the incident ever occurred. READ »

Festivalgoers' pee pollutes Swedish river

Science & Technology: 12 Jan 12
A lack of available portable toilets for drug-taking attendees of an annual reggae festival in Uppsala in eastern Sweden left a local river with dangerously high levels of drug remnants, a new study has found. READ »

Prosecutor to probe case of 10-year-old left outside

National: 9 Jan 12
The case with the 10-year-old boy left out in the cold by his father after ”failing to perform” in a sports event has been referred to the prosecutor's office for further investigation, Uppsala police announced on Monday. READ »

Abductee 'had a crush' on female suspect

National: 9 Jan 12
The 25-year-old man who was abducted and held in an abandoned school in northern Sweden was in love with the 23-year-old woman suspected of kidnapping him, according to the suspect's father. READ »

Dad leaves son in the cold for 'playing like crap'

National: 8 Jan 12
A 10-year-old boy was left outside in the cold wearing only a shorts and t-shirt in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Saturday evening after his father felt the boy didn't deserve a ride home to Stockholm because he "played like crap" in a floorball tournament. READ »

Sweden's 'silliest' place names revealed

Lifestyle: 7 Jan 12
Some people will always hesitate to reveal the name of their hometown, whether it's due to tragic history, bad reputation, or that the name itself is enough to make anyone blush. The Local’s Joel Linde has gathered a few of the latter from all over Sweden. READ »


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