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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 »

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 »

'We are so happy and relieved': parents

National: 4 Jan 12
The 25-year-old man who went missing from his Uppsala flat on December 28th has been found alive in Umeå, in the north of Sweden, according to police. READ »

Police question couple over missing man

National: 3 Jan 12
Police on Tuesday arrested a couple in their twenties on suspicion of kidnapping a 25-year-old man who went missing from his home in Uppsala in December. READ »

'Women to blame if they suffer abuse': study

National: 12 Dec 11
A third of the staff working in Sweden's largest hospital emergency room believe it's the woman's fault if she is physically abused, according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Plot thickens in Swedish king's grave mystery

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 11
Scientists who exhumed bodies from a tomb believed to contain Magnus Ladulås, who reigned as Swedish king from 1275 until 1290, were surprised to learn that the bodies are at least 200 years too young to be those of the fabled king and his family. READ »

New calendar features hot Swedish 'med studs'

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. READ »

Female students have more sex partners: study

National: 17 Nov 11
Female university students in Sweden have twice as many sex partners than they did ten years ago, according to a new survey by the student health service at Uppsala University, while condom use is on the decline. READ »

Stressed mothers have obese kids: study

Science & Technology: 7 Nov 11
Stressed out mothers increase the risk of obesity among their children, a new Swedish study has shown. READ »

Humans bred with Archaic peoples: study

Science & Technology: 1 Nov 11
Researchers at Uppsala University have found evidence to indicate regular sexual relations between Archaic and modern humans. READ »

'Suspects can claim they were drunk and go free'

Society: 1 Nov 11
The recent acquittal by Sweden's Supreme Court of a man charged with attempted murder because he claimed he was “too intoxicated” to remember the incident, has been slammed by legal experts. READ »

Cunning linguists in Sweden crack 300-year-old occult code

Science & Technology: 27 Oct 11
Two Swedish linguists at Uppsala University have deciphered a handwritten manuscript dating from the mid-18th century, written by a secret society known as “the Occultists”, obsessed with eye surgery and spying on the Freemasons. READ »

Uppsala trio make YouTube hit with Robyn and cottage cheese mix

Society: 24 Oct 11
A grainy video of three young women crooning a tune by Swedish pop star Robyn and keeping the beat with empty cottage cheese containers is the latest YouTube sensation out of Sweden. READ »

Lund's foreign student recruitment efforts flop

Education: 11 Oct 11
Despite major investments in foreign student recruitment, Lund University has attracted barely half of the tuition-paying students it hoped would enroll. READ »

'Avoid studying in large cities': minister

Education: 25 Aug 11
Sweden's housing minister Stefan Attefall suggested on Wednesday that students should avoid enrolling in universities in big cities where housing is scarce, drawing sharp criticism from a number of quarters. READ »

'Skinny ideal' worries Swedish 7-year-olds

Science & Technology: 15 Aug 11
One in five 7-year-old girls in Sweden wants to lose weight, a new Swedish study shows. READ »

Cupcake 'orgy' awaits Uppsala students

Science & Technology: 12 Aug 11
In an experiment to measure the effects of fat on the human body, students at Uppsala University have volunteered to eat four cupcakes every day for six weeks. READ »

Ambassador met with jailed Swedes in Ethiopia

National: 5 Jul 11
On Monday evening the Swedish ambassador was permitted to visit the two Swedish journalists currently being held in custody in Ethiopia. READ »

Sommestad to be new face of Sweden's Social Democrat women

Politics: 4 Jul 11
Former Environment Minister Lena Sommestad is expected to succeed Nalin Pekgul as leader of the Social Democratic Women in Sweden association after a unanimous nomination by the election committee. READ »

Iceland ash could impact Swedish flights: agency

National: 24 May 11
Swedish air traffic could be affected when volcanic ash from Icelandic Grimsvötn reaches western Sweden on Tuesday afternoon, according to the country's Civil Aviation Administration. READ »

Sweden plans to centralise cancer care

Politics: 23 May 11
Sweden plans to reduce the number of locations patients can receive care for certain types of cancer, in the hope of improving the overall quality of the care provided. READ »

Building of new student flats grinds to a halt

Education: 9 May 11
The number of newly-built student apartments completed in 2010 fell sharply compared to the year before, amounting to only about one tenth of the number of units completed in 2009. READ »

Surgery better for tackling prostate cancer: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 6 May 11
Swedish researchers have determined that surgery rather than "watchful waiting" may be a better option for treating prostate cancer, especially in younger patients. READ »

Swedish unis suffer drop in foreign admissions

Education: 5 May 11
Foreign students' interest in studying at Swedish universities has plummeted in the wake of a government decision to introduce tuition fees for non-EU students, new admissions statistics show. READ »

Status-savvy Swedish parents pick child names for success: study

Society: 3 May 11
Swedish parents are working ever harder to aid their offspring's prospects with the choice of name seen by many as a key to wealth and prosperity, a new study shows. READ »

Winter births bring higher depression risk: Swedish study

Science & Technology: 4 Apr 11
New mothers of children born in the last three months of the year have a higher risk of developing depression than do women who give birth during other times of the year, a new Swedish study shows. READ »

Top marks for Stockholm School of Economics

Education: 23 Mar 11
Stockholm School of Economics has overtaken Karolinska Institutet in an annual ranking of Sweden's top 30 universities and colleges. READ »

Karolinska named among world's top universities

Education: 11 Mar 11
Stockholm's Karolinska Institute and Lund University are among six Swedish universities named in a world top 200 list published on Thursday. READ »

Swedish comedian dead after collapsing on stage

National: 4 Mar 11
Well-known Swedish comedian and actor Lasse Eriksson is dead after collapsing on stage during a performance in Uppsala in eastern Sweden on Thursday night. READ »

Reducing stress fights more heart attacks: study

Science & Technology: 25 Jan 11
Behaviour therapy to help patients with heart disease learn to better manage stress can greatly reduce the risk of heart attacks in the long run, according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Lakes emit greenhouse gases: Swedish scientist

Science & Technology: 7 Jan 11
Greenhouse gas emissions from inland waters are greater than previously thought, a Swedish-led study has found. READ »

Total lunar eclipse visible over Sweden

Science & Technology: 21 Dec 10
On Tuesday morning, the beginning of a total lunar eclipse was visible over Sweden, with viewing best in the northern parts of the country. READ »

Assange accusers had 'an agenda': lawyer

National: 13 Dec 10
As WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange awaits his extradition hearing in London related to rape and sexual molestation allegations, his Swedish attorney lashed out at his client’s accusers, claiming they had “an agenda”. READ »

Swedish jobless funds 'among OECD's worst'

Business & Money: 7 Dec 10
A study compiled by an Uppsala University researcher reveals that Sweden has one of the worst unemployment fund schemes among wealthy nations. READ »

Swedish universities suffer enrollment drop

Education: 24 Nov 10
The number of first-time students at Sweden's universities declined in the autumn with session overall despite a rise in overseas student numbers ahead of the introduction of tuition fees next year. READ »

Tensions high as Vilks finishes disputed lecture

Society: 7 Oct 10
Four people were refused entry to a lecture given by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks at Uppsala University on Thursday. Vilks was attacked when he first gave the lecture in May. READ »

Homeless in Uppsala: a foreign student’s tale

Lifestyle: 28 Sep 10
More than a month after arriving in Sweden, many foreign students are still struggling to find permanent housing. Contributor Amy Keresztes, an American studying at Uppsala University, shares her tale of frustration. READ »

Lars Vilks to fulfill Uppsala lecture

National: 28 Sep 10
Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who courted controversy by depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog, will finish his lecture at Uppsala University, where he was attacked in May. READ »

Tummy height tells of heart disease risk: study

Science & Technology: 22 Sep 10
Swedish researchers have discovered a simple way for people to determine if they are at risk for cardiovascular disease, claiming it’s more reliable than BMI (Body Mass Index). READ »

Thai students poisoned after mushroom meal

Society: 17 Sep 10
Ten language students from Thailand have been admitted to Uppsala University Hospital with suspected mushroom poisoning after making a stew from the death cap mushroom. READ »

Vilks arsonists face appeals court trial

National: 6 Sep 10
Two brothers sentenced to prison for firebombing the home of Swedish artist Lars Vilks in mid-May will appear in court on Monday to appeal the ruling. READ »

Vilks arsonists plan to appeal prison sentences

National: 19 Jul 10
The two brothers who last week were sentenced for firebombing the home of artist Lars Vilks will appeal the sentence, the younger brother's lawyer announced on Monday. READ »

Murky waters hamper aquatic romance

Science & Technology: 28 Jun 10
While its adverse effects are well known to mating humans, Swedish researchers have now shown that blurred vision, brought on not by alcohol consumption but by murky waters, can leave romancing fish counting the cost of their chance encounters. READ »

Court convicts teenager over Lars Vilks attack

National: 17 Jun 10
A teenager was convicted by a Swedish court on Thursday for assaulting a police officer during an attack on Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who courted controversy with a drawing of the Prophet Muhammed. READ »

Stricter requirements for SMS loans

Business & Money: 10 Jun 10
Sweden's government has proposed placing tighter requirements on SMS-loan companies to carry out credit checks. READ »

Swedish court considers sadomasochism case

National: 6 Jun 10
A Swedish court is to consider the issue of how much sexual violence is legally permitted between two consenting partners in a case involving a 32-year-old man who came into contact with his 16-year-old sex partner via a sex website. READ »

Organizer: ship deaths 'premeditated murder'

National: 3 Jun 10
The Swedish organizer of the Ship to Gaza, Mattias Gardell, told journalists on his return to Stockholm that the Israelis had committed “premeditated murder” and were guilty of piracy. READ »

University in quest to return Sami bones

Society: 31 May 10
A major project is underway at Uppsala University to try and return the remains of Sami people used for racial biology research. READ »

Vilks invited to complete Uppsala lecture

National: 26 May 10
Uppsala University has invited artist Lars Vilks to speak again after his lecture on May 11th was interrupted when he was attacked. READ »

Vilks arson suspects remanded into custody

National: 18 May 10
Two brothers suspected of targeting controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks' home in Nyhamnsläge in southern Sweden have been remanded into custody for attempted arson. READ »

Two men arrested over fire at Vilks' house

National: 16 May 10
Two men, aged 19 and 21, have been arrested in connection with an arson attack at the home in southern Sweden of artist Lars Vilks. READ »

Vilks website hacked as cyber hate grows

Society: 13 May 10
The website of artist Lars Vilks was hacked on Wednesday, just a day after the 53-year-old was attacked as he gave a lecture at Uppsala University. READ »

Lars Vilks attacked during lecture

National: 11 May 10
Muhammad cartoon artist Lars Vilks has emerged unharmed after being attacked while giving a lecture at Uppsala University. READ »

Obesity risk for women who sleep less: study

Science & Technology: 2 May 10
Too little sleep may be linked to the development of a large belly and broad waist, a study of women in Sweden has found. READ »

Dyslexic Irishman denied SFI assistance

Education: 21 Apr 10
When Irishman Alan Newsome moved to Stockholm five years ago he signed up for a Swedish for Immigrants language course, only to find that as a dyslexic he was denied support and was forced to quit. READ »

'Workplace pregnancy is contagious': study

Business & Money: 22 Mar 10
Pregnant women in the workplace affect the inclination of female colleagues to try for children, a new study shows. The same is however not true for expectant fathers. READ »

Grieving mother denied sickness benefit

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. READ »

Swedish research finds new meningitis bacteria

Science & Technology: 2 Mar 10
A new bacteria thought to be a cause of meningitis has been found in ticks, new Swedish research shows. READ »

Sweden to prescribe exercise to battle youth obesity

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. READ »

Hat-trick of Swedish universities make world top 100

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. READ »

Foreign grads run threefold jobless risk

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. READ »

Deadly skin cancer on the rise in Sweden: study

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. READ »

Swedish museum in Hawaiian skull handover

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. 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 »

Swedish soldiers 'unstable' after Afghanistan explosion

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. READ »

Outrage as civic 'angel' sent to prison

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. READ »

Swedes more positive toward immigrants: study

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. READ »

Man held for setting ex-wife on fire

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. READ »

Growth hormones 'could repair brain damage': Swedish study

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. READ »

Well-paid mothers breast feed longer: Swedish study

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. READ »

'We are all immigrants': Swedish researchers

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. READ »

Skype founder awarded top Swedish tech prize

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. READ »

Getting fit in fitful times

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. READ »

Three babies die of bacterial infection

Science & Technology: 1 Sep 09
Three newborn children have died at Västerås hospital in central Sweden following infection with a strain of multiresistant bacteria. READ »

Sweden's first swine flu death confirmed

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. READ »

Swine flu claims first Swedish victim: report

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. READ »

ADHD common among adopted kids: study

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. READ »

Mother in the red after costly childbirth

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. READ »

Uppsala man bloodied in biting bus driver beating

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. READ »

Lesbian couples cause run on Swedish sperm banks

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. READ »

Iranians barred from Swedish universities

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. READ »

Suicide risk rises as grades sink: study

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. READ »

Swede charged for soliciting nude pics from pre-teen girls

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. READ »

Two arrested for gang rape at music festival

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. READ »

Ericsson names Vestberg as new CEO

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. READ »

Fewer Swedes feeling lonely: study

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. READ »

Krantz named as higher education minister

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. READ »

Swedish teen tackles centuries-old numbers challenge

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. READ »

Blood shortage puts operations on hold

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. READ »

Repeat heart attack risk declines in Sweden: study

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. READ »

Universities clamp down on internet piracy

Education: 15 May 09
Swedish universities have begun cutting off internet access for students suspected of illegal file sharing, prompting criticism from both student groups and file sharing advocates. READ »

Foreign student fees delayed until 2011

Education: 12 May 09
The Swedish government’s proposal to charge university tuition fees to non-European students has been postponed by one year, officials say. READ »

Swedish rapists ‘enjoy impunity’: Amnesty International

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Apr 09
Sweden needs to do much more to clamp down on rapists, according to reports from Amnesty International and the United Nations. Jennifer Heape examines the disparity between the country's high incidence of rape and its low conviction rate. READ »

Foreign students help boost numbers at Swedish colleges

Education: 27 Apr 09
The number of students enrolled at Swedish universities climbed in 2008 for the first time since the early 2000s, new statistics show. Foreign students account for a large part of the increase. READ »

Swedish team helps uncover prehistoric 'monster predator'

Science & Technology: 20 Mar 09
Researchers from Uppsala University have helped reveal that an old collection of fossils sitting in storage in the United States actually belong to a massive prehistoric predator previously unknown to archeologists. READ »

Swedish study shows health benefits of exercise after 50

Science & Technology: 6 Mar 09
A new Swedish study shows that starting a regimen of regular exercise after the age of 50 has health benefits for men on par with quitting smoking. READ »

Norwegian women abort girls in Sweden

National: 22 Feb 09
Pregnant Norwegian woman have been allowed to undergo abortions in Sweden after finding out the sex of their child, according to new revelations. READ »

Sweden's colleges catching more cheats

Education: 18 Feb 09
The number of students expelled from Sweden’s colleges and universities for cheating increased by nearly 30 percent last year, according to a recent study. READ »

Modern methods pit reindeer herders against animal activists

Lifestyle: 13 Feb 09
Far from the idyllic image of lone herders skiing after their reindeer, indigenous Samis in Sweden's far north today use snowmobiles and other vehicles, giving rise to an animal welfare campaign as far away as Britain, writes AFP's Nina Larson. READ »

Swedish researchers link contraceptive pill to asthma

Science & Technology: 7 Feb 09
Women on the pill have a higher incidence of asthma than other women of a fertile age, according to a study involving Swedish researchers. READ »

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