March 21, 2010
The following articles have been tagged with "Uppsala":
Business & Money: 19 Mar 10
The Uppsala military airport Ärna has been given the environmental all clear to begin hosting low-cost commercial flyers, the County Administrative Board announced in a statement on Friday.
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Education: 18 Mar 10
The Swedish government has announced that from August 1st it will no longer be permitted to favour prospective university students by virtue of their gender.
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Society: 2 Mar 10
A Swedish court has ruled that 24-year-old Sofie Karlsson lost her right to sickness benefit by failing to register as unemployed the day after the cancer death of her infant son.
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Science & Technology: 2 Mar 10
A new bacteria thought to be a cause of meningitis has been found in ticks, new Swedish research shows.
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National: 25 Feb 10
Former Uppsala police chief Göran Lindberg, already accused of rape, is also suspected of involvement in the organised sex trade, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
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Science & Technology: 24 Feb 10
Swedish researchers have found that as many as two out of three people diagnosed as allergic can eat peanuts without any problems at all.
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Education: 22 Feb 10
Lund University in southern Sweden has agreed to pay compensation to 24 women denied admission to the university's psychology programme because of their gender.
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National: 16 Feb 10
A lieutenant and a captain at the Air Combat Training School in Uppsala have been reported to military authorities for ordering young conscripts to eat food in humiliating circumstances.
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Society: 16 Feb 10
Sven Thidevall, the Swedish bishop at the heart of a period of ecclesiastical turbulence which left the diocese of Växjö in southern Sweden reeling, has resigned.
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National: 11 Feb 10
The Swedish government has announced that from September 1st parents will be made financially responsible for crimes committed by their children, in the face of stern criticism from several parties.
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National: 9 Feb 10
Three men have been arrested in Afghanistan on suspicion of being connected to the the death of Swedish soldiers Johan Palmlöv and Gunnar Andersson near Mazar-e Sharif on Sunday.
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National: 8 Feb 10
Mehdi Kadirou, a rejected asylum seeker, has been kept locked up for 18 months in an Uppsala cell while the police and migration authorities decide where to return him.
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National: 4 Feb 10
The wintry weather continued to cause extensive problems in the Stockholm region on Thursday as an Arlanda Express airport train derailed north of the city.
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National: 30 Jan 10
The Swedish Met Office (SMHI) has issued a class 1 warning for the Österlen area of Skåne, southern Sweden, over the next two days with strong winds and more heavy snowfall expected.
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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.
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Society: 13 Jan 10
Sweden’s environment minister Andreas Carlgren continued to defend the country’s recent government-sanctioned wolf hunt despite a lack of evidence supporting part of the minister’s justification for the cull.
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Education: 8 Jan 10
Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University and Stockholm University have made the grade in a new list of the world’s top 100 higher education establishments.
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National: 5 Jan 10
An agent with Swedish security service Säpo who once served as a bodyguard for King Carl XVI Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria has been charged with raping a woman near Uppsala in eastern Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 1 Jan 10
It will be a cold and wintry start to 2010, with up to 20 centimetres snow set to blanket much of the country's east coast and below zero temperatures for most of the country, according to meteorological agency SMHI.
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Business & Money: 28 Dec 09
In a surprising move, a gaming company has agreed to pay back some of the millions of kronor a company in Uppsala in eastern Sweden lost due to an employee’s gambling addiction.
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National: 21 Dec 09
A Swedish appeals court ruled on Monday that it was illegal for a university to prioritize men for its veterinary education programme, upholding a previous decision finding the institution guilty of illegal gender discrimination.
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National: 8 Dec 09
Having a university degree is no guarantee for immigrants hoping to succeed in the Swedish labour market, a new study shows.
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National: 3 Dec 09
A Swedish bus driver convicted for driving while speaking on a mobile phone and writing in a notebook at the same time has been acquitted of reckless driving by the Swedish Supreme Court.
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Society: 26 Nov 09
It will soon be possible to take a Stockholm commuter train directly to Arlanda airport, after the government on Thursday gave the go ahead to Uppsala and Stockholm to cooperate on a commuter rail route connecting the two counties.
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Science & Technology: 23 Nov 09
Sweden's disease control authorities report that three women and eleven men have died from the swine flu since August. The fifteenth victim, a 3-year-old boy who died at the weekend, was not included in the report.
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Science & Technology: 16 Nov 09
The number of Swedes diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer has increased by 50 percent over the last decade, a new study shows.
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Science & Technology: 15 Nov 09
The return of 22 skulls taken from the Hawaiian community in the late 19th century was completed at a ceremony at the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm on Saturday.
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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.
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National: 12 Nov 09
The conditions of two of the soldiers injured in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday are reported to have deteriorated overnight.
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National: 9 Nov 09
County health authorities in Sweden are set to receive half a million more doses of the swine flu vaccine on Tuesday, with up to a million doses expected to be delivered weekly in two weeks time.
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Society: 9 Nov 09
The Church of Sweden on Sunday ordained a female pastor as the country's first openly homosexual bishop, just weeks after approving gay marriages.
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National: 8 Nov 09
A senior administrative officer at the Government Offices has been detained for serious drugs offences. The man was remanded into custody on Friday together with two other men.
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Science & Technology: 7 Nov 09
Plans to built the country's first wave power plant in the sea, northwest of Smögen on Sweden’s west coast, have been proposed by Uppsala-based company Seabased Industry.
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Politics: 7 Nov 09
Uppsala County Council has come under criticism after politicians and leading civil servants were offered the chance to have the swine flu vaccine, regardless of whether they belong to a high-risk group.
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Business & Money: 5 Nov 09
Edsbacka Krog, one of only two Swedish restaurants currently in possession of two Michelin stars, is to close, the luxury Stockholm eatery said in a statement on Thursday.
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National: 5 Nov 09
Per-Anders Pettersson intervened to save a 66-year-old woman from assault. But instead of being lauded for exercising his civic duty he is now about to start a prison sentence in a case that has sparked outrage in Sweden.
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Society: 4 Nov 09
Anglican bishops from England and Northern Ireland have rebuffed invitations to attend the ordination of the openly gay Eva Brunne to be the next Bishop of Stockholm.
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Politics: 3 Nov 09
A once moderate Muslim spokesperson who last year came out as an Islamist radical has announced plans to start a political party uniting all of Sweden’s anti-Zionists.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Nov 09
Classroom warfare has erupted in Sweden as conservative commentators are appalled by what they view as a "try everything" approach to sex education in the nation's schools, writes The Local's Christine Demsteader.
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National: 29 Oct 09
The number of Swedes reporting positive experiences with immigrants is on the rise, a new study shows, though more people are critical of the wearing of the Muslim veil in schools and workplaces.
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National: 25 Oct 09
An overhaul of Swedish prisons will see 14 institutions affected by closures and cutbacks as the appointed authority is forced to juggle figures in line with its budget for 2010.
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Politics: 17 Oct 09
During the annual congress of the far-right political party the Sweden Democrats, Joakim Larsson, chair of the Uppsala branch, has called for the introduction of the death penalty in Sweden.
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Lifestyle: 15 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: Championship rugby & Massive Attack (UK) in Stockholm/Uppsala; Chocolate festival & avant garde dance in Gothenburg; Rahael Saadiq (US) in Malmö/Lund.
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Education: 14 Oct 09
A group of women who are suing a Swedish university for gender discrimination have also reported Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman for refusing to take up their case.
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National: 13 Oct 09
A 51-year-old man has been remanded into custody after setting fire to his ex-wife in Gävle in eastern Sweden.
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National: 12 Oct 09
The largest vaccination programme in Swedish history got underway on Monday as health workers in the south of the country received the first shots to protect against the swine flu.
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National: 8 Oct 09
Sweden’s highest legal official, Chancellor of Justice Göran Lambertz, is stepping down from his post and will be replaced by supreme court justice Anna Skarhed, the government announced on Thursday.
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Business & Money: 5 Oct 09
Sweden has the highest quality broadband in Europe, and the third best in the world, according to a new study.
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Business & Money: 2 Oct 09
The number of company start ups around Sweden rose significantly in September, up 18 percent in comparison with the same month of last year.
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Lifestyle: 1 Oct 09
What's on in Sweden: International poetry festival & American football in Stockholm; International art biennial & World music festival in Gothenburg; Kings of Convenience (NO) in Malmö/Lund.
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Science & Technology: 30 Sep 09
Brain damage due to alcohol abuse, previously considered irreversible, may by repairable with the help of growth hormones, Swedish researchers have learned.
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National: 28 Sep 09
For the past 25 years the Swedish Security Service has been sitting on documents attesting to the innocence of a man charged in Sweden with espionage in 1983, a new investigation has revealed.
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Science & Technology: 28 Sep 09
Mothers with high salaries breast feed their children longer than mothers with lower incomes, according to a new Swedish study.
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Science & Technology: 25 Sep 09
Swedish researchers have concluded from DNA samples that Scandinavians are descended from immigrants that landed in the region 4,000 to 6,000 years-ago.
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National: 22 Sep 09
The fiancé of a woman missing in Falun in north-central Sweden, was remanded in custody on Tuesday by the Dalarna District Court on suspicions of having killed the woman he was set to marry.
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Business & Money: 14 Sep 09
The Swedish founder of internet telephony software company Skype, Niklas Zennström, has been named the recipient of a prestigious prize awarded by the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
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National: 12 Sep 09
Friday night was a troublesome one for many police forces across Sweden with several reports of arson and unrest. Police fear an escalation in the violence.
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Lifestyle: 11 Sep 09
Financial markets implode, the flow of regular work slows to a trickle, and the only thing expanding is his waistline. Roger Choate explains how he unexpectedly came to wave his wilting wallet in the direction of a personal trainer.
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Science & Technology: 3 Sep 09
A 55-year-old man has died from suspected swine flu, the Västmanland regional health authority has announced. If the virus is confirmed, it will be Sweden’s second swine flu death.
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Science & Technology: 1 Sep 09
Three newborn children have died at Västerås hospital in central Sweden following infection with a strain of multiresistant bacteria.
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Science & Technology: 31 Aug 09
Medical officials at Uppsala University Hospital in eastern Sweden confirmed on Monday evening that a man in the town has died after contracting the swine flu virus.
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Science & Technology: 31 Aug 09
A man aged around 30 in Uppsala in eastern Sweden has died at home of an illness health officials suspect may be the swine flu virus.
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National: 31 Aug 09
Authorities are convening a crisis meeting in Uppsala today after a wild weekend of firebombings and burning cars in the suburb of Gottsunda.
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Science & Technology: 28 Aug 09
A pregnant young Swedish woman is critically ill with a life-threatening lung infection that is suspected to be swine flu.
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National: 27 Aug 09
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for raping a teenager and engaging in a series of webcam-related sex crimes involving 60 girls.
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National: 14 Aug 09
A 58-year-old father of four in Uppsala has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for abusing his wife and children.
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Science & Technology: 6 Aug 09
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is much more common among children adopted from abroad than among those born in Sweden. Those at highest risk for the disorder have been adopted from Eastern Europe, according to a new study.
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National: 5 Aug 09
A woman who received a bill for almost 65,000 kronor ($9,000) after giving birth at Uppsala University Hospital has petitioned the Swedish government to erase her debt.
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Society: 30 Jul 09
A disagreement between two bus drivers and a motorist in Uppsala in central Sweden resulted in the motorist seeking hospital treatment after one of the bus drivers bit him in the face.
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Business & Money: 29 Jul 09
The world's first jumbo jet hostel at Stockholm Arlanda Airport has been put up for sale just seven months after its opening under the attendant gaze of the world's media.
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National: 25 Jul 09
A guilty verdict appears likely for the father of four in Uppsala accused of abusing his wife and children and keeping them confined to the family apartment. The district court has found that there is overwhelming evidence against the man and has ordered him to undergo a physiatric evaluation.
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National: 23 Jul 09
Three of the children of a father accused of abusing and imprisoning his family spoke out on Thursday as the trial of the 58-year-old kicked off in Uppsala in eastern Sweden.
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Science & Technology: 23 Jul 09
A shortage of healthy sperm and a spike in demand from lesbian couples has caused a backlog of artificial insemination applications at Swedish fertility clinics.
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Science & Technology: 21 Jul 09
Iranian nationals have been banned from Swedish university programmes with ties to nuclear and missile technologies following a warning from the country’s security service Säpo.
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National: 21 Jul 09
A 68-year-old father of four in Uppsala suspected of abusing his wife and children and holding them captive in their apartment was arraigned on Tuesday.
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Science & Technology: 17 Jul 09
Youth and young adults who receive low marks in primary school are more likely to attempt suicide or self-mutilation compared with those who achieve high marks, according to a Swedish study.
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National: 14 Jul 09
Charges against a father of four from Uppsala in eastern Sweden suspected of abusing his family and holding his children captive for years won’t likely be filed until next week, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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National: 13 Jul 09
A father of four in Uppsala is suspected of keeping his children home from school their entire lives. The children and the man's wife are also reported to have been illegally imprisoned in their home.
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National: 11 Jul 09
Stefan Eriksson, the former leader of the Uppsala Maffia who infamously crashed a rare Ferrari in California in 2006, has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for making illegal threats, attempted blackmail, and robbery.
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National: 10 Jul 09
An Uppsala University education student has been charged for requesting nude pictures over the internet from hundreds of underage girls across Sweden.
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National: 9 Jul 09
A Swedish court has ruled that a 32-year-old father of two is guilty of having used threats to force more than 60 young girls to pose nude for him in front of their webcams.
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Society: 6 Jul 09
Two people have been arrested on suspicions of gang rape on Saturday night at Arvikafestivalen, a synth and electronica music festival held every summer in western Sweden.
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Business & Money: 25 Jun 09
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson announced on Thursday that CFO Hans Vestberg would take over as CEO of the company in 2010.
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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: 23 Jun 09
Fewer Swedes feel lonely today than they did in the middle of the 1980s, according to new research from Uppsala University.
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National: 19 Jun 09
A 58-year-man armed with a machete was shot on Thursday night by a dog handler with the Uppsala police after he threatened the staff of a petrol station.
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Politics: 17 Jun 09
Liberal Party Riksdag member Tobias Krantz will take over as Sweden’s Minister for Higher Education and Research, the Swedish government announced on Wednesday.
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Society: 11 Jun 09
Thirteen Swedish municipalities have been chosen to participate in the first phase of a plan to reward newly arrived immigrants who perform well in state-funded language classes.
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Science & Technology: 7 Jun 09
Levels of PCBs and other toxic substances that babies consume via breast milk have declined considerably since the middle of the 1990s, a new Swedish study has shown.
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Society: 3 Jun 09
A recently discovered 300-year-old desk which once belonged to Sweden’s Queen Hedvig Eleonora has been sold at auction in Uppsala in central Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jun 09
Moderate Party MEP Christofer Fjellner tells The Local why he is seeking reelection to the European Parliament
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National: 1 Jun 09
Up to 100,000 Stockholm households were left without electricity on Sunday night following a series of networks faults and a fire at a transformer station.
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Analysis & Opinion: 29 May 09
Ellen Söderberg hopes she'll soon be walking the corridors of EU power. But for now she's making do with school corridors: "People think I’m more mature, some think I’m crazy, some think I’m the coolest girl in school.”
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National: 29 May 09
A man who allegedly threatened to kill dozens of girls if they didn’t pose nude for him in front of a webcam was charged on Friday by the district court in Uppsala.
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Science & Technology: 28 May 09
A 16-year-old Iraqi immigrant in central Sweden has single-handedly figured out a formula with Bernoulli numbers that is normally reserved for much more seasoned mathematicians.
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Science & Technology: 26 May 09
Uppsala University Hospital has been forced to put operations on hold as it combs the length of Sweden for sufficient blood supplies to meet an acute shortage.
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National: 25 May 09
Most drink-drivers get caught in the morning, a new report from Uppsala police shows. Police now propose focusing roadside alcohol checks to tackle the problem of pre-lunch drinkers.
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National: 21 May 09
Two men have been charged with raping a 14-year-old girl on a night train bound for Stockholm on May 1st.
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Science & Technology: 19 May 09
The risk of recurrence of an acute heart attack has declined dramatically in Sweden in recent years, a new Swedish study published on Tuesday shows.
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Society: 15 May 09
Swedish royalists and antique enthusiasts are celebrating the discovery of a 300-year-old wooden desk which once belonged to Queen Hedvig Eleonora.
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"Recently I’ve been thinking of how much mental space we could create if we collectively agreed to get rid of stereotypes. All of those small compartments we walk around with in our heads would suddenly be cleared away and we’d feel so much lighter. Just think of all of that space for real new perceptions..." READ »
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