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Dramatic rise in dementia numbers in Sweden

Society: 13 Feb 12
Every second Swede is at risk of developing dementia, according to a new study from Umeå University, which concentrated on the 85+ population in northern Sweden. READ »

Snow and severe cold forecast for Sweden

Science & Technology: 2 Feb 12
Snow and temperatures well below freezing are expected to hit Sweden over the next few days with forecasters warning of a “snow cannon” ready to fire over the country. READ »

'High hopes' for Löfven as Social Democrat head

Analysis & Opinion: 27 Jan 12
Sweden's leader pages painted newly named Social Democrat head Stefan Löfven as a down-to-earth, politically inexperienced man from northern Sweden who has a good chance of strengthening the struggling party. READ »

Man withdraws mouse from cash machine

Society: 27 Jan 12
A bank customer in northern Sweden got more than he bargained for when he made a withdrawal from a cash machine and pulled out his money, followed by a mouse. READ »

Union boss tipped as new Social Democrat head

Politics: 26 Jan 12
Stefan Löfven, current chair of Sweden’s IF Metall trade union, is set to take over as interim head of the Social Democrats, according to Swedish media reports, which were subsequently confirmed by his mother. READ »

Håkan Juholt survives to lead another day

Politics: 20 Jan 12
The Social Democrats' executive committee expressed its continued confidence in embattled party head Håkan Juholt on Friday following two days of intense meetings about his leadership. READ »

Kids' eyes glued shut by Swedish docs

Science & Technology: 13 Jan 12
Two small children who sought treatment for facial injuries at two different Swedish hospitals ended up having their eyes glued shut by mistake, with one toddler requiring emergency surgery to correct the error. READ »

Nervous student caught with 56 cheat notes

Education: 13 Jan 12
A student in the north of Sweden was recently discovered to have been hiding a large number of cheat notes about his person when sitting for an exam at Umeå University. READ »

Movie's 'gunfire' prompts police response

Society: 10 Jan 12
A couple in northern Sweden who were watching a violent movie at home on Monday were surprised when police turned up in response to reports of gunfire and screams emanating from the apartment. READ »

Swedish drivers smash into elk, reindeer

Society: 30 Dec 11
Six elk were hit by motorists in northern Sweden in the span of a few hours on Thursday afternoon, bringing the three day total of accidents involving large mammals to at least 20 for the region. READ »

Motorists trapped in flooded Gothenburg

National: 10 Dec 11
Emergency services are cautioning motorists in Gothenburg in western Sweden to take care as a recent wave of winter weather has left a number of roads in the city's road flooded. READ »

Ten reasons to spend winter in Sweden

Travel: 23 Nov 11
While Sweden seems to be at its most captivating during the warm summer months of June to August, here’s an insider tip — the country is just as beautiful during the height of winter. Here are 10 reasons to visit Sweden during winter. READ »

Top young Moderates sacked over Nazi salute

Politics: 22 Nov 11
Two young members of the youth wing of the Moderate Party have been asked to leave the organization after posting a picture of themselves making the Nazi salute on a personal blog. One of them has also been charged with hate speech. READ »

Sweden braces for freezing rain, snow

Science & Technology: 18 Nov 11
Freezing rain and snow is expected to fall across large swaths of central and northern Sweden on Friday night, prompting warnings from icy road conditions across much of the region. READ »

Northern Sweden hails Russian 'invasion'

National: 15 Nov 11
Local authorities in northern Sweden are overjoyed at the continued interest in the area, having received over 900 applications from enthusiastic Russian families keen to move to the region. READ »

Smuggling scandal rocks Swedish Air Force

National: 26 Oct 11
The Swedish military has been hit by a smuggling scandal stemming from the Air Force's just completed mission in Libya. READ »

Doc tried to trade drugs for sex with addicts

Society: 21 Oct 11
A doctor from the north of Sweden was recently found to have offered drugs for sexual favours to women with a history of drug addiction. READ »

Frosty night ahead for most of Sweden

Science & Technology: 8 Oct 11
The night between Saturday and Sunday promises to be cold throughout Sweden with a risk of frost all the way down to the southern coast. READ »

Göran Hägglund lays down the gauntlet

Politics: 30 Sep 11
Christian Democrat leader Göran Hägglund has challenged his critics within the party to stand up and fight for the leadership, in response to a petition which has cast doubt on his position. READ »

Swedish police to become better drivers

National: 16 Sep 11
From 2013, Swedish police recruits will receive more extensive training in driving emergency vehicles in an attempt to reduce the number of officers injured in road accidents. READ »

Fast food freebie features swastika tattoo

Society: 11 Aug 11
When 8-year-old Eddie and his family recently ate at a fast food outlet in Umeå in northern Sweden, they were surprised to find that the gift inside the box featured a swastika tattoo. READ »

Champions League typo yields PR win for Malmö

Sport: 5 Aug 11
An embarrassing spelling mistake on supporter scarves created ahead of Malmö FF's match against Scotland's Glasgow Rangers on Wednesday has turned into a public relations bonanza for the Swedish football club. READ »

Father arrested for stabbing 7-year-old to death

National: 11 Jul 11
A 7-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Umeå in northern Sweden on Sunday, with his father taken into custody on murder charges. READ »

Sweden's sexual healthcare varies widely: report

Science & Technology: 8 Jul 11
Where you live can have a significant effect on what level of sex healthcare you're offered, according to a recent study from a Swedish sex education agency. READ »

Swedish man had ‘stick’ in stomach for 25 years

Society: 23 Jun 11
A 65-year-old man in northern Sweden, who had been complaining from stomach pains for 25 years, recently found out that his pain stemmed from a piece of wood odged in his bowels. READ »

Woman sentenced for spreading HIV

Science & Technology: 12 Jun 11
A woman in her 30s was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for infecting a man with HIV and could face expulsion from Sweden after the completion of her prison time. READ »

Tornadoes leave northern Sweden reeling

Science & Technology: 5 Jun 11
Tornadoes and rough winds wreaked havoc yesterday in the north of Sweden on Saturday, tearing down a large number of trees, blocking roads and cutting off thousands of households' power. READ »

Swedish doc free from child porn charges due to slow probe

National: 11 May 11
A Swedish doctor who was found to possess 300 films and 250,000 images containing child pornography is set to go free after the drawn out investigation into his crimes exceeded the statute of limitations. READ »

Parental leave equality '30 years away': study

Society: 15 Apr 11
Recent figures show that it will take more than three decades until parents in Sweden share their parental leave benefits equally. READ »

Man attacked girlfriend with samurai sword

National: 13 Apr 11
A man has been arrested in the proximity of his home in Hörnefors in northern Sweden on Wednesday morning on suspicion of having seriously injured his girlfriend with a samurai sword. READ »

Quake-hit Japan eyes Swedish homes

Business & Money: 15 Mar 11
Västerbotten county in northern Sweden has received a request from Tokyo to examine the possibilities for the supply of simple Swedish wooden homes and shelters to earthquake and tsunami hit areas of Japan. READ »

Social Democrat party secretary to quit

Politics: 6 Mar 11
The Social Democrats’ party secretary Ibrahim Baylan announced on Sunday that he plans to leave his post at the party’s extra congress at the end of March. READ »

Swedes drink less alcohol: study

Society: 19 Feb 11
Swedish average alcohol consumption declined in 2009, in comparison with 2008, but remains high in a historical perspective, a new report published on Friday showed. READ »

The white stuff: a guide to Swedish ski resorts

Travel: 11 Feb 11
With Sweden digging out from another wave of winter weather, The Local's Geoff Mortimore provides a run down of Swedish ski areas, where new snow brings fists raised in glee, rather than anger. READ »

Minister: turn off lights to save on electricity bills

Politics: 27 Jan 11
Sweden’s energy minister responded to concerns about sky-high electricity bills by advising homeowners to turn off their lights and install new windows, prompting a homeowners group to call the advice “a provocation”. READ »

Swedish man gets 10 years in jail for opium

Society: 8 Jan 11
A 51-year-old man from Umeå in northern Sweden was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aggravated drug crimes involving 4 kilogrammes of opium, local media reported on Friday. READ »

'I thought we were going to crash'

National: 3 Jan 11
Chaos and fear gripped travelers on a Swedish passenger plane Monday morning after a loss of cabin pressure caused the aircraft to drop thousands of metres in less than three minutes. READ »

Swedish docs identify deadly legal drug

Science & Technology: 29 Dec 10
A team of Swedish forensic physicians have concluded that nine young people have died over the past year after having taken the legal, and widely available, drug Krypton. READ »

Sweden in 'coldest December in 100 years'

Science & Technology: 17 Dec 10
Sweden is experiencing its coldest December in more than a century, according to meteorologists, as the country wrestles with the effects of another snowstorm which forecasters say isn’t over yet. READ »

Swedish professor rejoices over laptop thief's memory stick miracle

Science & Technology: 15 Oct 10
A professor at Umeå University in northern Sweden was stunned after a thief who stole his laptop went through great pains to return the machine's contents. READ »

Thai berry pickers head home empty-handed

National: 3 Oct 10
Around 135 Thai berry pickers left Åsele in northern Sweden on Saturday evening to return to Thailand empty handed after the owners of their employer, Lömjsö Berry, allegedly emptied the firm of cash and fled. READ »

Live Blog: post-election developments

National: 22 Sep 10
Latest: The Liberal Party - and by extension the Alliance - has missed out one seat it needed to gain in Gothenburg to the Social Democrats - by just four votes. READ »

Best schools in Sweden's far north: survey

Education: 8 Sep 10
Six towns in northern Sweden ranked among the top ten municipalities with the best schools in the country, according to a ranking by the Swedish Teachers' Union. READ »

Boys not circumcised without medical grounds

Society: 5 Sep 10
By refusing to perform circumcisions on boys who lack specific medical grounds for the operation, several county and regional health authorities in Sweden continue to contravene national guidelines on the procedure. READ »

Sweden's Top 5 adventure vacations

Travel: 1 Sep 10
Looking for a thrill? The Local's Emily Gelb offers up a several options showcasing Sweden’s great outdoors. READ »

Swedish house prices keep rising

Business & Money: 15 Jul 10
House prices in Sweden rose by two percent in the second quarter compared to the first quarter, according to new figures from Statistics Sweden. READ »

Business startups climb in 2010

Business & Money: 1 Jul 10
The number of business startups increased in Sweden by 17.6 percent in the first half of 2010 in comparison with the corresponding period of last year. READ »

Earthquake rocks northern Sweden

National: 16 Jun 10
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale shook homes in parts of Västerbotten in the north of Sweden late Tuesday evening. READ »

Swedish town hopes for Russian revival

National: 31 May 10
Sorsele, a town in the far north of Sweden, is hoping to attract highly-qualified Russian immigrants in a move aimed at arresting depopulation and ensure the municipality's future. READ »

Spring floods threaten northern Sweden

National: 21 May 10
Sweden's meteorological agency SMHI has issued flood warnings in several areas across northern parts of Sweden as water levels rise with the spring floods. READ »

Jehovah's Witness claims she was fired for beliefs

Society: 12 May 10
A care assistant from northern Sweden has reported her employers after they allegedly fired her for her religious beliefs. READ »

Stockholm suburb tops school rankings: report

National: 7 May 10
The Stockholm suburb of Danderyd comes out top in a new report ranking Sweden's schools with 93 percent of its pupils graduating after their nine-year education. READ »

Young girl has face bitten by rottweiler

National: 2 May 10
A 5-year-old girl in northern Sweden is being treated in intensive care after she was bitten in the face by a rottweiler on Saturday afternoon. READ »

A new life in northern Sweden - Part One

Lifestyle: 21 Apr 10
Macho men, monotony, mosquitoes: Englishman Alec Forss heard all the clichés trotted out as he made known his plans to move to northern Sweden. But nothing could deter him from plunging headlong into the vast wilderness beyond the Arctic circle. READ »

Enterprise minister says no to airline bailout

Politics: 20 Apr 10
Embattled airlines can not count on financial support from the Swedish state to compensate for the flight chaos of the past week, enterprise minister Maud Olofsson has said, emphasising that the issue must be considered at EU level. READ »

Sleeping baby found on snowmobile trail

Society: 7 Apr 10
A young couple were out on their snowmobile near Ammarnäs in northern Sweden on Tuesday when they stumbled upon a six-month-old baby laying fast asleep on the track in front of their vehicle. READ »

University slams 'sexist' student party

Society: 23 Mar 10
The Umeå University student union has found itself fighting accusations of sexism after revelations that a party organised by business students featured lightly-clad girls, chocolate sauce and pole dancing. READ »

'Every wasted krona amounts to theft'

Analysis & Opinion: 18 Mar 10
Recognizing frustration among a heavily taxed electorate, the Swedish Taxpayers Association has joined hands with the free-market think tank Timbro to appoint a special ombudsman to which citizens can report wasteful government spending. READ »

Baptism of fire for 'horny' church's new name

Society: 23 Jan 10
Church leaders in Storuman, northern Sweden, are facing a barrage of protests from local worshippers after deciding a sexual connotation linked to the name Kåtakyrkan was no longer fitting and should be changed after 30 years. READ »

Repairman's vacation keeps Swedish town off the internet

Society: 29 Dec 09
An internet technician’s holiday travels have left a remote mountain village in northern Sweden cut off from the internet, causing a dent in the town’s winter tourism bookings. READ »

Calm weather expected for Christmas Day

Science & Technology: 25 Dec 09
A yuletide calm has settled over Sweden for Christmas, both on the roads and in the skies. READ »

Workers pick Sweden's shrubs and data hubs

Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago. READ »

Stockholm prison island hostel lands tourist group's top prize

Society: 25 Nov 09
A former prison on the outskirts of downtown Stockholm has been honoured as the 2009 hostel of the year by the Swedish Tourist Association. READ »

Teen girls convicted for harassing refugees

National: 19 Nov 09
Two teenage girls have been convicted for their role in terrorizing refugees in Vännäs in northern Sweden last May in what was described at the time as a “lynch mob”. READ »

Nurses's moist wipe helps drunken driver escape conviction

Society: 21 Oct 09
A 36-year-old Swedish man who confessed to driving while drunk has been acquitted because of uncertainty caused by the way a nurse took a blood sample. READ »

Swine flu vaccinations underway in Sweden

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. READ »

Flying logs crush Swedish man's home - again

Society: 18 Sep 09
Erold Sigurdsson, a 65-year-old man from northern Sweden, is once again counting his blessings and picking up the pieces after a truckload of timber slammed into his house on Thursday – for the third time. READ »

Stranded Thai berry pickers on their way home

National: 28 Aug 09
Some 200 Thai berry pickers left stranded in Sweden after staking their life savings to travel have had their return trips arranged for them through donations. The first of the berry pickers returned to Thailand yesterday. READ »

Man bashed by urinating gang

National: 4 Jul 09
A man was seriously assaulted by a gang of urinating youths in Umeå on Friday night, sustaining serious injuries. READ »

Grenades retrieved from popular swimming spot

Society: 27 Jun 09
Six thousand grenades rest at the bottom of a lake in northern Sweden in boxes originally dumped there in 1954. Two of the boxes have now been retrieved by the Swedish navy for analysis. READ »

Animal rights activists force restaurant closure

Society: 25 Jun 09
Threats and vandalism allegedly carried out by animal rights activists have forced a restaurant in Umeå in northern Sweden to close its doors. READ »

Outrage over teens' two-month detention without charges

National: 9 Jun 09
Two months after five teenagers were placed in a remand centre in Umeå in northern Sweden, the attorney for one of the youths is speaking out about the prolonged detention. READ »

Sweden set for sunny weekend weather

Science & Technology: 29 May 09
Swedes are gearing up unseasonably warm weather during the final weekend in May, with temperatures expected to reach as high as 30 degrees Celsius. READ »

Police foil Umeå security depot heist

National: 24 May 09
A dramatic shoot out after a robbery at a security depot in Umeå in northern Sweden left one of the robbers with gunshot wounds as four of the gang were arrested. READ »

Man dies following balcony crash

National: 23 May 09
A 30-year-old man died, while another man was injured, when a balcony fell off the side of an apartment building in the northern Swedish town of Skellefteå on Friday night. READ »

'Lynch mob' prompts refugees to flee town in northern Sweden

National: 22 May 09
Nearly half of the predominantly Iraqi-refugees residing in Vännäs in northern Sweden have decided to permanently move out of the area after being terrorized by what police called “a lynch mob” in early May. READ »

Boyfriend blames ADHD for genital tattoo abuse

National: 5 May 09
A Swedish man has claimed that his attention deficit disorder (ADHD) is to blame for the aggravated assault of his girlfriend which extended to tattooing his name and ID number on her sexual organs. READ »

An uncommonly calm Valborg

National: 1 May 09
Beefed up security efforts on Walpurgis Night paid off this year. Police and parents on patrol, piles of confiscated liquor and teenagers escorted home resulted in a Valborg without major incident. READ »

Rare owl convalescing in southern Sweden

Science & Technology: 26 Apr 09
A Lapland Owl was found injured in a ditch in southern Sweden in March. The species is very rare in these parts and the bird is now convalescing after receiving hospital treatment. READ »

Swedish press: file sharing still ahead of the law

National: 18 Apr 09
The Swedish press weighs in on prosecutorial victory yesterday in the Pirate Bay case. Although the guilty verdict was not surprising, they write, the harsh sentencing was. READ »

Avalanche risk in the north, grass fires in the south

National: 12 Apr 09
Sweden is a country divided by extremes of weather over the Easter weekend. There is a large risk for avalanches in the north at the same time as grass fires threaten in a dry south. READ »

Sweden's chicken glass mystery thickens

National: 30 Mar 09
Bits of glass have been found in a package of Ivar’s brand frozen chicken in northern Sweden as well as a package of fresh chicken sold in a Coop supermarket in Ystad in the south of the country. READ »

Enjoying bourgeois buns in the home of functionalist architecture

Analysis & Opinion: 26 Mar 09
There's no better place in Stockholm to savour croissants and cappucino than Petite France, an award-winning cafe and bakery located on the ground floor of Sweden's most Utopian apartment block, writes Jeanne Rudbeck. READ »

Regular tobacco use falling in Sweden: study

Society: 16 Mar 09
The number of regular smokers in Sweden has fallen by 200,000 in the last five years, with women comprising the largest part of the drop. READ »

Warbling opera singer mistaken for assault victim

Society: 11 Feb 09
Police in northern Sweden broke open the door of a hostel on Friday night after they mistook the sound of an opera singer practising her scales for the heartrending screams of a woman under attack. READ »

Temperatures plunge to new winter low

National: 16 Jan 09
Temperatures of -37.7 degrees Celsius were recorded on Thursday night in a small town in northern Sweden, making it the coldest night of the winter so far. READ »

Alphabet soup: Sweden’s many languages

Analysis & Opinion: 8 Jan 09
Learning Swedish is a noble pursuit. When in Rome and all that. But mastering the majority mother tongue is only the beginning, as many more languages loom large on the horizon, writes Alec Forss. READ »

Gävle goat survives to Christmas

Society: 24 Dec 08
Despite vandals managing to get to and burn some of its smaller siblings, the traditional Gävle goat has managed to survive until Christmas. READ »

Erectile aid found to enhance spruce tree roots

Science & Technology: 20 Dec 08
Swedish researchers have found that a common erectile dysfunction aid also has an enhancing effect on the common spruce tree. READ »

City officals' 'boxing' party sends two to hospital

Society: 20 Dec 08
A holiday activity held at a local boxing club for 15 city officials from Umeå in northern Sweden ended prematurely after two of them were rushed to the emergency room. READ »

Thousands still without electricity

National: 14 Dec 08
Thousands of households in areas of northern Sweden were still without electricity on Sunday morning. Heavy snow and thick layers of ice are hampering repair work. READ »

Thousands lack power after heavy snow

National: 13 Dec 08
After heavy snowfalls across Sweden on Friday thousands of people were left without electricity on Saturday morning. Icy road conditions were forecast for Saturday in Stockholm and northern areas. READ »

Man stuck in tree after botched cat rescue

Society: 11 Dec 08
A man in northern Sweden got stuck attempting to rescue his cat from a tree, eventually needing the fire department to bring both him and his cat down safely. READ »

Warning for icy roads across Sweden

National: 4 Dec 08
Weather forecasters in Sweden are warning drivers for slippery roads throughout the country on Thursday, with snow to blame in the north and ice in the south. READ »

What's on in Sweden: November 28 - December 4

Lifestyle: 27 Nov 08
What’s on: Frida Hyvönen & International Film Festival in Stockholm; Melissa Auf der Maur and Sami dance in Gothenburg; Manhattan Transfer and Ibsen in Malmö/Lund. READ »

Sweden taking in record numbers of immigrants

National: 18 Nov 08
As the flow of immigrants into Sweden reaches record levels, growing numbers are choosing to live in communities featuring universities rather than in cities traditionally known for their large immigrant populations. READ »

Arsenic leak at Swedish gold mine

National: 22 Oct 08
Large quantities of arsenic have leaked out into a fresh water repository near a gold mine operated by Dragon Mining in Västerbotten in northern Sweden. READ »

Swedish court to rule on school lunch fingerprinting

Education: 20 Oct 08
Hungry students at a school in Västerbotten in northern Sweden must give a fingerprint in order to eat in the school’s cafeteria, a practice which bothers data privacy officials seeking to ban the measure. READ »

'Elk hunting is no child's play'

National: 18 Oct 08
Animal rights campaigners are in uproar over reports that a pre-school in northern Sweden took its children out elk hunting. It was all pretend but campaigners allege that an ulterior motive lay behind the brutal game. READ »

Earthquake hits northern Sweden

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

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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