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'Too many potatoes on Swedes' plates': expert
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'Too many potatoes on Swedes' plates': expert

Generations of Swedes have grown up with the dietary guideline known as the "plate model" but now its inventor says it should be scrapped because it does not suit Swedes' increasingly immobile lifestyles and may contribute to high obesity rates.
'Give 'em Viagra': politician's joke flops
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'Give 'em Viagra': politician's joke flops

Another week of unusual news in Sweden, featuring Viagra, sheep heads, smelly guinea-pigs and octogenarians on the "run", we present a light-hearted look at Swedish news that didn't make the front page.
Patients feel effects of nurses strike
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Patients feel effects of nurses strike

Health services in several parts of Sweden began redirecting ambulance traffic so that emergency rooms participating in the healthcare workers strike can close as planned at noon on Monday.