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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 »

Newspaper rich lists: public service or invasion of privacy?

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Feb 09
Income details are public property in Sweden - so much so that neighbourhood rich lists are regularly published in the press. Paul O’Mahony peers behind the figures to examine attitudes to a practice that is coming under increasing fire. READ »

University given go ahead to expel convicted murderer

Education: 22 Jan 09
A decision by a Stockholm court means that Uppsala University can expel a convicted murderer enrolled in medical studies at the school, according to the National Board of Health and Welfare. READ »

Health authorities won't hire med student with rape conviction

Education: 19 Jan 09
A medical student in Lund convicted for raping a minor will not be able to gain employment within the Swedish healthcare sector without prior approval, the National Board of Health and Welfare has ruled. READ »

Swedish quake 'strongest in two decades'

National: 17 Dec 08
The earthquake which rattled southern Sweden on Tuesday morning wasn’t as powerful as initially thought, according to new data about the tremor. READ »

Earthquake shakes southern Sweden

National: 16 Dec 08
Southern Sweden was rocked by an earthquake early on Tuesday morning which caused a flood of phone calls to emergency services operators from alarmed residents. READ »

Swedes: hard workers or hardly working?

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 08
Doug Lansky takes a look at how Swedish tradition, technology, sick leave, vacations, public holidays and a new management style mean many 'full-time' Swedish workers get 130 days off per year. READ »

Stolen Newton first edition gravitates back to Swedish home

Society: 8 Dec 08
A Swedish university has been reunited with a first edition copy of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica some forty years after the book was stolen from from its collection. READ »

Swedish texts 'filled with ideological bias'

Education: 4 Dec 08
Several books used to teach Swedish as a second language are plagued with ideological bias, according to a recent academic study. READ »

Swedish DNA tests confirm remains of Copernicus

Science & Technology: 21 Nov 08
Strands of hair found in a book at Uppsala University have been used to confirm that a skeleton discovered in Poland is that of 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. READ »

Violent video games alter childrens's heart rates: study

Science & Technology: 14 Nov 08
A new Swedish study shows that playing violent video games can alter children’s heart rates, raising concerns about violent games’ long term physiological effects on youngsters. READ »

Class divisions less pronounced in Swedes' internet habits

Science & Technology: 7 Nov 08
The average Swede spends 18 hours a week surfing the internet, according to a new report, and students and university graduates are no longer the ones spending the most time in front of a computer screen. READ »

Deadly weekend for Swedish boaters

National: 3 Nov 08
Boating accidents in Sweden claimed three lives at the weekend, while the search continues for the fourth member of the crew of a boat that sank in Lake Mälaren on Friday near Västerås. READ »

Swedes cool towards ethnic diversity

Society: 24 Oct 08
Greater numbers of Swedes are expressing hostility towards ethnic diversity, according to a new study. READ »

Earthquake hits northern Sweden

National: 17 Oct 08
An earthquake rumbled through northern Sweden on Thursday night, according to local media reports. READ »

Sweden to consider tougher sentences for violent crime

National: 15 Oct 08
Sweden needs to have tougher punishments for violent crime and recidivism, and make changes to the range of sanctions for serious cases of abuse and blackmail, according to a new report from a government commission. READ »

Swedish research bolsters protein-Alzheimer's link

Science & Technology: 14 Oct 08
The presence of a certain protein can help protect the elderly from developing Alzheimer’s, according to a group of Swedish researchers at Uppsala University. READ »

Swedes tight-fisted in quest for love

Dating: 8 Oct 08
Financial crisis or not, Swedes are much less inclined to spend vast sums in their efforts to find a mate in comparison to their European counterparts, a new study reveals. READ »

Stockholm awash with beer and whisky

Lifestyle: 26 Sep 08
The Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival has hit town again and, as Jennifer Heape discovered, it’s a far cry from beer bellies and a packet of pork scratchings. READ »

Iron found to be a threat to Vasa's future

Society: 24 Sep 08
Fresh research has shed new light on what exactly is breaking down the wooden hull of the centuries old Vasa war ship housed in one of Stockholm’s most popular museums. READ »

Study: Swedish docs dig one another

Dating: 19 Sep 08
Love is in the air at Swedish hospitals, at least according to a new set of statistics compiled by the magazine Du & Jobbet (‘You and Work’) and Statistics Sweden (SCB). READ »

Study: Snoring dangerous to health

Science & Technology: 6 Sep 08
Normal levels of snoring are dangerous to health and leave those afflicted sleepy and prone to involuntary catnaps, a new study has shown. READ »

How do I find student housing in Sweden?

Lifestyle: 14 Aug 08
Ask The Local: Every week we will be answering readers' questions about Sweden. This week, Peter from Hamburg wants to know how he can find a student apartment in Sweden. READ »

Swedes face near tripling of health costs

Science & Technology: 29 Jul 08
The cost of care at Swedish hospitals is expected to increase by 270 percent by the year 2040 due to an aging population, according to a fresh report. READ »

Prejudice stops women from studying maths

Society: 27 Jul 08
Boys and girls are equally good at mathematics, but far less Swedish women continue to study mathematics or technology at a higher education level. READ »

Health authority sued over lesbian insemination

Society: 26 Jul 08
Only one woman in a lesbian couple has the right to insemination according to Uppsala health authority. Discrimination - argues the Ombudsman against Discrimination on grounds of Sexual Orientation (HomO). READ »

Papers study college fees for non-Europeans

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jun 08
David Landes takes a look at how the papers reacted to the idea of charging fees to non-European students who wish to study at Swedish universities. READ »

Taxpayers prop up political parties

Politics: 24 Jun 08
The amount of money paid out in grants to Sweden's political parties has risen by more than 40 percent over the last seven years. READ »

'No concrete global warming proof in polar region'

Analysis & Opinion: 21 Jun 08
Are the ices of the Arctic north about to melt away for good? Rami Abdelrahman gets the views of a range of Swedish researchers. READ »

Is Italy in the EU? - A Swedish ID card farce

Analysis & Opinion: 13 May 08
Getting an ID card might not seem like rocket science but Riccardo Bevilacqua from the Division of Applied Nuclear Physics at Uppsala University has found splitting atoms easy by comparison. READ »

Mid-life diabetes raises Alzheimer risk in men: study

Science & Technology: 10 Apr 08
Men who develop diabetes in middle age are at increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life, according to a new Swedish study. READ »

Police question mother of murdered children

National: 5 Apr 08
The mother of two toddlers murdered in central Sweden has been informed of the deaths of her children. READ »

Possible Arboga murder weapon found

National: 2 Apr 08
Police believe they have found the weapon which was used in the murder of two toddlers and the attempted murder of their mother in Arboga two weeks ago. READ »

Mother of murdered children taken off respirator

National: 27 Mar 08
The mother of two children brutally murdered in Arboga has been taken off a respirator for the first time since the attack that left her two young children dead. READ »

Arboga murder suspect released in Germany

National: 23 Mar 08
The 31-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murdering two children in Arboga has been released by German authorities. READ »

Child murder suspect denies involvement

National: 21 Mar 08
The 31-year-old woman arrested in Germany on suspicion of the murder of two children in Arboga in central Sweden has denied any involvement. READ »

Child murder suspect arrested in Germany

National: 20 Mar 08
A 31-year-old woman from Stockholm suspected of the brutal murder of two small children in Arboga in central Sweden has been arrested in Germany. READ »

Father of murdered toddlers released

National: 19 Mar 08
The 28-year-old man held on suspicion of murdering his two children has been released. READ »

Father arrested for brutal child murders

National: 18 Mar 08
Two children, aged 1 and 3, have been stabbed to death at a house in Arboga in central Sweden. The children's 28-year-old father has been arrested on suspicion of murder. READ »

Big-boned Swedish women surprise researchers

Science & Technology: 28 Feb 08
Swedish women have more powerful bones than previously believed. READ »

Stockholm bourse ends week down

Business & Money: 23 Feb 08
The Stockholm stock exchange ended a stable week with a fall on Friday as the OMXS index closed down 1.2 percent due to concerns over the economic outlook. READ »

Lecturer fined for slapping student

National: 21 Feb 08
A lecturer from Uppsala University has been fined for striking a medical student across the face. READ »

Viking women had sexy style

Society: 11 Feb 08
Viking women dressed in a much more provocative manner than previously believed, new research has found. READ »

Mobile chatting 'causes insomnia'

Science & Technology: 22 Jan 08
Chatting on a mobile phone before bedtime can stop you from sleeping, according to research carried out in Sweden and Michigan. READ »

Avoidable deaths 'more common in Sweden'

Society: 11 Jan 08
Preventable deaths are more common in Swedish hospitals than in a number of other comparable industrial countries. READ »

Author Stig Claesson dies

National: 5 Jan 08
Swedish author Stig Slas Claesson, known for his portrayal of rural Sweden, has died in Stockholm at the age of 79. READ »

Girl wakes up three weeks after balcony 'fall'

National: 17 Nov 07
Police hope for breakthrough in case of girl who fell from Eskilstuna balcony in mysterious circumstances. READ »

Astrid Lindgren: the legacy lives on

Lifestyle: 14 Nov 07
Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and creator of Pippi Longstocking, would have turned 100 on Wednesday. Delphine Toitou looks at her legacy. READ »

Please can I return this husband?

Dating: 13 Nov 07
Buy a sweater at H&M and you don't expect it to last forever, but it will look good on you for the time being. With the country's high divorce rate, Swedes have a pretty similar attitude to spouses, says Sarah Tarnowski. READ »

A leap of faith

Lifestyle: 12 Oct 07
Swedish women who convert to Islam: Of the 400,000 people in Sweden estimated to be celebrating the end of Ramadan this weekend, around 5,000 are ethnic Swedes who have converted to Islam. Two women converts tell Rami Abdelrahman about how they square their faith with society's expectations. READ »

'Ban headscarves' say half of Swedes

Society: 26 Sep 07
Islamic headscarves ought to be banned at workplaces and in schools - that's the view of half the people surveyed in a new Swedish survey carried out by Uppsala University. READ »

Handbags for men all the rage

Society: 12 Sep 07
Soon everybody will be dancing around their handbags at the local discotheque, as Swedish men rush to the stores to get their hands on the season's hottest accessory. READ »

Satellites could combat midges

Science & Technology: 15 Aug 07
Aggressive wetland mosquitos are causing increasing irritation across Sweden. Now researchers say that satellite technology could help them combat the problem. READ »

Cold Swedish summers 'make you more depressed'

Science & Technology: 30 Jul 07
A cold July leads Swedes to buy more anti-depressive medicine, according to a new study. The reason is believed to be that the cold weather prevents stressed people from winding down in the great outdoors. READ »

The lowdown on high school graduation

Education: 7 Jun 07
Without any warning at all, Sweden's streets have been invaded by large groups of happy youths wearing peaked white caps and travelling around on the backs of trucks. What's going on? READ »

Japanese emperor fetes Linnaeus tricentenary in Sweden

Society: 23 May 07
The Japanese Emperor and Empress are in Uppsala on Wednesday to celebrate the 300th birthday of botanist Carolus Linnaeus. READ »

Japanese imperial couple delve into the natural sciences

Society: 22 May 07
The Emperor and Empress of Japan stopped off at botanical gardens, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and a natural history museum as part of their visit to Stockholm. READ »

Sweden kicks off Linnaeus festivities

Science & Technology: 20 May 07
This week will see the culmination of festivities celebrating the life of Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who who born 300 years ago. Among those due to join the celebrations is Emperor Akihito of Japan. READ »

Swedes still dying from Chernobyl radiation

Lifestyle: 4 May 07
It is now two decades since the world's worst nuclear power accident at Chernobyl, but people in parts of northern and central Sweden are still dying from cancer caused by the radiation. And the worst could still be to come, reports Rami Abdelrahman. READ »

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