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Springtime skiing - just a bus ride from Stockholm

Travel: 19 Mar 10
If watching the Olympics gave you an itch to hit the slopes, consider Romme Alpin, a bus ride from Stockholm, says Davrell Roberts Tien. READ »

Sweden bans university affirmative action

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. READ »

'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty

National: 18 Mar 10
Colleen LaRose aka 'JihadJane', and the two men held in Ireland in connection with the alleged plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks, are set to face court on Friday. READ »

What's On in Sweden: March 19th - 25th

Lifestyle: 17 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: Ship shape tour in Stockholm, Cameroonian Jazz in Gothenburg and a spin on Cinderella in Malmö. Plus English comedy in Linköping. READ »

Sweden offers refuge to exiled Iranian activist

National: 16 Mar 10
Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Parvin Ardalan has accepted Sweden's offer of refuge after she was sentenced to several jail terms in her native country. READ »

Two remanded over cartoon murder plot

National: 16 Mar 10
Two men arrested in Ireland last week in connection with a plot to murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks were remanded into custody on Monday. Five of the seven arrested last Monday have now been released. READ »

Fourth murder plot suspect released

National: 14 Mar 10
A fourth suspect in the plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks for his caricature of the Prophet Muhammad has been released without charge by Irish police. READ »

Three cartoon murder plot suspects freed

National: 13 Mar 10
Police in Ireland have released three of the seven people arrested earlier this week on suspicion of plotting to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks. US media reports a second American Muslim woman has been arrested in the case. READ »

Murder plot suspects kept for questioning

National: 11 Mar 10
The seven people arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of a suspected plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks have had their periods of detention extended by an Irish court for another three days of questioning. READ »

Two Swedes named on world rich list

Business & Money: 11 Mar 10
Two Swedes have been named among the richest people in the world, according to the latest Forbes ranking which places Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim at the top of the pile. READ »

'Jihad Jane' visited Sweden to plan attack

National: 10 Mar 10
The American woman known as "Jihad Jane", charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks, is reported to have paid a visit to Sweden in August. READ »

US 'Jihad Jane' linked to plot to kill cartoonist

National: 10 Mar 10
An American woman known as "Jihad Jane" was charged by US authorities on Tuesday with conspiring to kill Swedish Muhammad cartoonist Lars Vilks. READ »

Vilks 'not shaking with fear' over murder plot

National: 10 Mar 10
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks said he was undaunted by revelations of a plot on his life after seven people were arrested in Ireland on Tuesday. READ »

Irish police foil plot to kill Swedish cartoonist

National: 9 Mar 10
Seven Muslims were arrested by Irish police on Tuesday on suspicions of conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog. READ »

Swede appointed to head UN police force

National: 9 Mar 10
Swedish police officer Ann-Marie Orler has been appointed as the United Nation's top cop, the world body's secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon confirmed on Monday. READ »

Government calls for action on khat use

Society: 8 Mar 10
The Swedish government has announced a tougher approach to the threat posed by the use of the mildly intoxicating drug khat on the state of public health. READ »

Stockholm pram march marks Women's Day

Society: 8 Mar 10
Stockholm will on Monday host the largest ever march of the prams as part of the city's celebration of the 100th International Women's Day. The pram march hopes to bring focus on the problem of maternal mortality. READ »

Sweden slammed over sexual violence inaction

Society: 8 Mar 10
Sweden and its Nordic neighbours have been slammed by human rights group Amnesty International for failing to combat sexual violence, a new report shows. READ »

Swedes win thrilling ski marathon

National: 7 Mar 10
Jörgen Brink and Susanne Nyström of Sweden won the respective men's and women's events in the annual 90 kilometre Vasaloppet ski race on Sunday. READ »

What's On in Sweden: March 5th - 11th

Lifestyle: 3 Mar 10
What’s on in Sweden: The Middle East Peace Orchestra play Stockholm, Women's Arm Wrestling in Gothenburg and Tindersticks in Malmö. READ »

Job agency accepts 'Muslim handshake' fine

Society: 3 Mar 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen) has decided not to appeal its fine for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO. 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 »

Swedes back pensioner king to carry on

Society: 1 Mar 10
A majority of Swedes are in favour of King Carl XVI Gustaf remaining on the throne despite reaching the pension age in 2011. READ »

Sweden defends curling gold

National: 27 Feb 10
The Swedish women's curling team, the reigning Olympic champions, triumphed over Canada 7-6 in the curling final on Friday after forcing an extra end when defeat seemed imminent. READ »

Woman threatened to set fire to her children

National: 26 Feb 10
A woman was taken into psychiatric care on Friday afternoon after threatening to set fire to herself and her three children in an apartment in Karlskrona in southern Sweden. READ »

'Don't force mothers to stay at home'

Analysis & Opinion: 25 Feb 10
The European Commission's proposed new directive on maternity leave is well-meaning but fatally flawed, argues Minister for EU Affairs Birgitta Ohlsson. READ »

Sweden slams forced maternity leave

Politics: 25 Feb 10
The Swedish government is critical of a new EU directive proposal making it obligatory for women to be at home for the first six weeks after birth. EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson plans to argue Sweden's case in the EU parliament. READ »

Swedes claim silver in cross country sprint

Sport: 23 Feb 10
Sweden claimed a valiant silver behind Germany in the women's cross country team sprint event at Vancouver Winter Olympics on Monday, the team's fifth medal in the sport. READ »

Female students awarded discrimination damages

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. READ »

Sweden and Norway in sprint clash

Sport: 22 Feb 10
Old rivals and neighbours Sweden and Norway will meet in both the men's and women's team sprints to decide who gets the cross-country bragging rights at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic games. READ »

Swedes dominate in men's cross-country

National: 21 Feb 10
Sweden's Marcus Hellner made up for just missing out in the 15km race when he powered away from his rivals in the home stretch to claim gold in the men's cross-country 30km pursuit. READ »

Spectacular crash ends Järbyn's Olympics

Sport: 20 Feb 10
Veteran Swedish skier Patrik Järbyn saw his Olympic career come to an abrupt end on Friday as he crashed out of the super-G at the Vancouver Olympics. READ »

'Force councils to accept refugees'

Politics: 19 Feb 10
The opposition Social Democrats have called for legislation to force all of Sweden's municipalities to accept their share of refugees. READ »

Anja Pärson beats pain to claim Olympic medal

Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson battled through the pain barrier to claim an heroic bronze medal in the women's super-combined at the Vancouver Winter Olympics on Thursday. READ »

Anja Pärson crashes out of 'icy' downwhill

Sport: 18 Feb 10
Swedish skier Anja Pärson crashed out of the women's downhill in Whistler on Wednesday leaving American Lindsey Vonn to claim the gold. READ »

Swedes irked by biathlon hold up

Sport: 16 Feb 10
Sweden's coaching team was left fuming on Wednesday as 10km pursuit medal hopeful Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek was held up at the starting line. READ »

Swedish officers reported for 'force feeding' conscripts

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. READ »

Classy Kalla claims first Swedish gold

National: 15 Feb 10
Olympic debutante Charlotte Kalla won the women's 10km freestyle in Vancouver on Monday to claim Sweden's first gold medal at the 2010 games. READ »

'Sexual harassment rife in Swedish theatre'

Society: 15 Feb 10
Every third woman working within Swedish film and theatre has been subjected to sexual harassment, often by those in a supervisory capacity, a new survey published on Monday shows. READ »

Vancouver 2010 gets underway

Sport: 12 Feb 10
The Vancouver 2010 Olympics gets underway on Friday at 7pm Swedish time. The opening events include ski jumping, the men's downhill and Sweden's women's hockey team in action against the Swiss. READ »

Rape suspicions mount against ex-police chief

National: 12 Feb 10
The allegations directed at a former Swedish police chief suspected of rape continued to grow on Friday with at least seven women and girls now thought to be involved in the case. READ »

A layman's look at cross-country skiing

Sport: 9 Feb 10
A quick primer on cross-country skiing events that see athletes in tight-fitting costumes ski around Vancouver looking desperate to find their way home. READ »

A layman's look at ski jumping

Sport: 9 Feb 10
There are no Swedes competing in the perennially insane ski jumping event in Vancouver, but it was a Swede who patented the V-style. And that's not V for Vertigo. READ »

Job agency fined for religious discrimination

Society: 8 Feb 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency has been fined for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO. READ »

Kalla shows Olympic form in Nordic skiing win

Sport: 6 Feb 10
Charlotte Kalla has triumphed. In a freestyle Nordic skiing race she outclassed the overall World Cup champion in an impressive victory. READ »

February in Sweden: No sex please, we're cold

Lifestyle: 4 Feb 10
The Year in Sweden - February: Journalist Kim Loughran sketches a month by month account of the country he has called home ever since his accidental migration in 1966. READ »

Swedish rock mums roll up for riff camp

Society: 4 Feb 10
If you are a "madame" aged "18 to eternity" and have long harboured dreams of stardom, a new music camp at cities across Sweden may help you hone your rock star poise and hot licks. READ »

Introducing... Anna Anka

Lifestyle: 2 Feb 10
Introducing... is The Local's guide to the Swedish celebrity. In this week's instalment Malin Nyberg profiles Anna Anka, the conservative trophy wife Sweden loves to hate. READ »

Profile: Sweden's new EU minister Birgitta Ohlsson

Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 10
Birgitta Ohlsson was named as Sweden's new EU minister on Tuesday. An outspoken advocate of feminism, equality and civil liberties issues, as well as a keen supporter of Nato membership, Ohlsson also harbours dreams of a top UN human rights post. READ »

Stockholm mum charged over Polish 'slaves'

National: 1 Feb 10
A mother of four has been charged with trafficking and other offences after keeping her Polish nannies and cleaner under "slave-like" conditions in her Solna home. READ »

Taxes and jobs dominate party leader debate

Politics: 1 Feb 10
Sunday's televised debate between the five leaders of Sweden's major political parties was dominated by taxes and labour market policy, while exposing divisions within the opposing blocs. READ »

Margot Wallström lands top UN job

Politics: 1 Feb 10
Sweden's Margot Wallström is set to become the UN special representative tasked with combating sexual violence against women and children in conflicts, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced on Sunday READ »

Pärson scores timely World Cup victory

Sport: 29 Jan 10
Top Swedish skier Anja Pärson sealed her first World Cup win of the season in the women's super-combined event in St. Moritz on Friday, just weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. READ »

Taxi driver charged with raping customers

National: 29 Jan 10
A 34-year-old illegal taxi operator has been charged in Malmö on eight counts of rape and attempted rape. READ »

Reinfeldt: no burqa ban in Sweden

Politics: 28 Jan 10
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said definitively on Thursday that he is against introducing legislation which would ban women from wearing burqas. READ »

Ex-police chief remanded in sex ring probe

National: 28 Jan 10
A former police chief suspected of rape in an expanding sex ring investigation was remanded in custody on Thursday, despite his claims of innocence. A number of other well-known men are also said to be under investigation. READ »

Elin visits Tiger in effort to 'keep family together'

Society: 27 Jan 10
In hopes of sparing her children from seeing their parents divorce, Elin Nordegren last week paid a visit to a sex addiction clinic where husband Tiger Woods is seeking treatment, according to celebrity website reports. READ »

Moderates add feminist touch to policy platform

Politics: 25 Jan 10
The Moderate Party is making an election year play to increase its appeal to feminist voters, promising to take on gender-based pay disparities and ranking schools according to gender equity, among other proposals. READ »

Stockholm swells with millionaire men

Business & Money: 21 Jan 10
Stockholm-area men dominate the ranks of the roughly 40,000 Swedes who earn more than one million kronor ($139,000) per year, fresh statistics show. READ »

Kabul to Kiruna: a new life in the Arctic Circle

Analysis & Opinion: 20 Jan 10
Adjusting to life in the far north of Sweden can be tough at the best of times, but coming as a refugee presents an extra set of challenges. Malin Nyberg speaks to two women who are more than happy to adapt. READ »

Swedish papers say no to 'lesbian love' advert

Society: 20 Jan 10
An advertisement featuring three half-naked women was deemed inappropriate for publication by two newspapers in southern Sweden, shocking officials at the sexual health organization who created the ad. READ »

Swedes swap passwords for chocolate treats

Science & Technology: 20 Jan 10
Sweet-toothed Swedes are happy to trade their internet passwords for bars of chocolate, according to a poll carried out by an appalled computer magazine. READ »

Boy charged for Gothenburg sex attacks

National: 20 Jan 10
A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with more than a dozen sexual attacks in Gothenburg last autumn which left area residents fearful of the so-called ‘babyface’ rapist. READ »

Sweden's minorities struggle with health

Society: 18 Jan 10
Sweden's minorities have more health problems than the population as a whole, according to a new study examining the respective health situations of the country's Jews, Romanies, Sweden Finns, Sami and Tornedalians. READ »

Swedes claim surprise double in Nordic skiing World Cup

Sport: 18 Jan 10
Sweden picked up an unexpected pair of victories in the men’s and women’s Nordic skiing World Cup competition in Estonia on Sunday. READ »

Council urges action to hinder wife importers

National: 15 Jan 10
The governor of Värmland, western Sweden, has called for action to track the marital lives of men that habitually wed foreign women after it is revealed the region has the highest number of so-called wife importers in the country. READ »

Introducing... Basshunter

Lifestyle: 14 Jan 10
Introducing... is The Local's guide to the ins and outs of Swedish celebrity. This week Malin Nyberg sits too close to the telly and gets sucked into the wacky world of commercial dance artist Jonas Altberg, aka Basshunter. READ »

Foster kids demand apology for 'dark chapter'

National: 14 Jan 10
Sweden plans to launch an inquiry to examine how victims of abuse in state-run foster homes and orphanages can receive some form of restitution following the partial findings of a government investigation into past mistreatment. READ »

Drunken Swedish artist forgets painting four women

Society: 12 Jan 10
An artist from southern Sweden has been charged with assault for spray painting four women while in a drunken stupor. READ »

Sweden set to scrap university gender quotas

Education: 12 Jan 10
Sweden plans to ditch gender quotas for admissions to programmes at the country’s universities and colleges, according to higher education and research minister Tobias Krantz. READ »

Opera mood marred by sexual harassment case

Society: 11 Jan 10
Tensions are running high at the Royal Swedish Opera as ballet director Marc Ribaud is issued with an official warning after sexually harassing a female member of staff. READ »

Man charged for sex with door-to-door saleswomen

National: 7 Jan 10
A 36-year-old Gothenburg businessman has been charged with paying for sex after three young women knocked on his hotel room door and offered him their bodies in return for cash. READ »

Warning follows spate of fake police robberies

National: 6 Jan 10
Swedish police have issued a warning via their website after criminals have been caught using false police identification to lure their way into people's homes before running away with cash and valuables. READ »

Conviction for Sweden's 'youngest female pimp'

National: 4 Jan 10
A 17-year-old girl from Malmö in southern Sweden has been convicted for selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old mentally disabled girl. The 20-year-old man suspected of masterminding the pimping operation was acquitted. READ »

Sweden starts 2010 in typically messy fashion

National: 1 Jan 10
The early hours of 2010 were marked by fights, drunkenness, and fires in many parts of Sweden, as a well as traffic accidents and stray rockets. READ »

Donald scores landslide victory in Christmas 'duck' battle

Society: 29 Dec 09
Perennial TV ratings champion 'Kalle Anka och vänner' ('Donald Duck and Friends) squashed the outspoken wife of crooner Paul Anka in what was billed as Sweden's Christmas Eve battle of the ducks. READ »

Swedes reach new peak in mountains of debt

Business & Money: 29 Dec 09
Swedes are further in the red with the national debt collection agency than ever before, with accumulated debts currently totalling 64 billion kronor ($9 billion). READ »

Woods' womanizing no secret: Swedish golfer

Society: 24 Dec 09
Tiger Wood's extramarital activities were no secret to other golfers, Swedish LPGA star Helen Alfredsson said on Wednesday, claiming she first heard rumours about his infidelities during last summer's British Open. READ »

Young Swedish women more likely to have sex with each other: study

Society: 23 Dec 09
Young Swedes have ever more fluid definitions of sex and sexuality, according to a new study from Malmö University in southern Sweden. Women in particular are more likely to pursue sexual activities with others of the same gender. READ »

Women twice as likely to get whiplash: study

National: 23 Dec 09
Women run twice the risk of men of whiplash injuries during a car accident, according to a new study. READ »

Elin Nordegren to spend Christmas in Sweden

Society: 22 Dec 09
Former model Elin Nordegren will visit her family in Sweden over the holidays along with her two children, while husband Tiger Woods is retreating to the Bahamas on his private yacht named 'Privacy'. READ »

Swedish university guilty of gender discrimination

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. READ »

Tiger not yet out of the woods

National: 19 Dec 09
Tiger Woods reportedly made a deal with Enquirer magazine in 2007 in exchange for suppressing photos revealing his marital infidelity. Meanwhile, his wife and former Swedish model Elin Woods is said to have turned to a high-powered Hollywood divorce attorney. READ »

'Feminists have better sex': Swedish party

Politics: 17 Dec 09
Sweden's feminist political party is hoping logo items featuring a bold claim about their supporters’ supposed prowess in the bedroom will raise awareness about the party during the holiday shopping season. READ »

Jönsson claims third biathlon win of the season

Sport: 17 Dec 09
Sweden’s Helena Jönsson, the reigning biathlon World Cup champion, cruised to her third victory in five races on Thursday be winning the women's 15km individual race in Slovenia. READ »

Elin's split with Tiger '100 percent on': report

Society: 17 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren plans to divorce her husband Tiger Woods and spend Christmas away from the disgraced billionaire golf star following the infidelity scandal which has put his career on hold, according to several media reports. READ »

The day the milk stood still

Analysis & Opinion: 15 Dec 09
It's not really the government that runs Sweden. Nor is it the police, the Royal Family or the largely interchangeable bearded dudes from Abba. It is the people who print the little best-before dates on all food and drink items, writes Paddy Kelly. READ »

More Swedes favour euro over krona: poll

National: 15 Dec 09
A majority of Swedes would favour switching from the krona to the euro if a referendum on whether Sweden should adopt the common European currency were held today, a new poll shows. READ »

Tiger Woods mistress 'sorry for Elin's pain'

Society: 15 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren received a nationally televised apology from one of Tiger Woods’ ex-lovers on Monday as the golf star received backing from one of his major sponsors. READ »

Swedish envoy in Russian pantyhose probe

National: 15 Dec 09
A Swedish diplomat has left his post in Moscow after police interrogated him about allegedly selling women's stockings smuggled from Belarus, according to Russian television. READ »

Allow Afghan women to give massages: army adviser

Society: 14 Dec 09
A Swedish army gender adviser in Afghanistan has taken the Armed Forces to task for only employing local men to perform massages on troops stationed in Mazar-E-Sharif. READ »

Nordegren's purchase of Stockholm island retreat confirmed

Society: 13 Dec 09
Elin Nordegren closed on a deal to buy a sprawling island estate in the Stockholm archipelago in the early days of an infidelity scandal which continues to plague her star golfer husband Tiger Woods, the island’s residents' association said on Sunday. READ »

Pomp aplenty as winners gather for Nobel gala

Society: 10 Dec 09
Nobel season reaches its pinnacle on Thursday evening as the 2009 laureates receive their awards from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and dignitaries gather for the banquet of the year at City Hall in Stockholm. READ »

'Abolish women's right to vote': 80,000 Facebook users duped

Science & Technology: 9 Dec 09
Swedes received a lesson in the internet’s power for deception when a Facebook group claiming to support heart research suddenly changed into one aimed at scrapping women’s right to vote. READ »

Holmberg leaves hospital in 'good condition'

Society: 9 Dec 09
Tiger Woods' mother-in-law Barbro Holmberg has been released from a Florida hospital after collapsing from stomach pains at the home of the golfing superstar. READ »

Swedish group renames hymen 'vaginal corona'

Society: 8 Dec 09
A Swedish sexual rights group unilaterally proclaimed a new English term for what it considers one of the most misunderstood parts of the female anatomy. READ »

Seven arrests as police smash trafficking ring

National: 7 Dec 09
Police in Sweden arrested seven people on Monday morning for their suspected role in a human trafficking network. READ »

Nobel Week kicks off with feast and fancy

Society: 6 Dec 09
Nobel Week is once again in full swing, with the 12 Nobel laureates and their respective entourages arriving in the Swedish capital over the weekend. The week’s festivities will culminate with the Nobel Ceremony and Banquet on Thursday. READ »

Fewer obese children in Sweden: report

Science & Technology: 5 Dec 09
The number of obese and overweight ten-year-olds is higher in Bollnäs, Västerås and Ystad than in Karlstad and Umeå. These were the findings in a comparison between municipal councils that the National Public Health Institute has carried out. READ »

Markets absorbed by probiotic Swedish tampons

Science & Technology: 3 Dec 09
Shares in a Swedish biotech firm soared on Wednesday on news that the company had inked a distribution deal in China for its tampons “bathed in human lactic acid bacteria”. READ »

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