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Are these Sweden's 12 prettiest towns?

Are these Sweden's 12 prettiest towns?

A Swedish travel news site has listed the country's 12 most beautiful towns and cities. Do you agree with their picks?

Life in jail for Swede who murdered and mutilated victim

Life in jail for Swede who murdered and mutilated victim

Why Kalmar is Sweden's best summer city

Why Kalmar is Sweden's best summer city

Sweden’s best summer city revealed

Sweden’s best summer city revealed

Twelve skeletons found beneath Swedish castle

Twelve skeletons found beneath Swedish castle

2014

'Day-care rapist' judge cleared to proceed

'Day-care rapist' judge cleared to proceed

Re-trial looms in rape case after judge report

Re-trial looms in rape case after judge report

Day-care rape suspect confesses in court

Day-care rape suspect confesses in court

Thousands of pigs die in massive sty fire

Thousands of pigs die in massive sty fire

Wrong woman sectioned due to cops' blunder

Wrong woman sectioned due to cops' blunder

2013

Catalans pan Ryanair deals to south Sweden

Catalans pan Ryanair deals to south Sweden

Hedgehog cub strangled with hairband

Hedgehog cub strangled with hairband

Swedish workers dig up 400-year-old soldier

Swedish workers dig up 400-year-old soldier

Swedish governor shows cheap wine fit for a king

Swedish governor shows cheap wine fit for a king

Swede's spring cleaning yields antique bombshell

Swede's spring cleaning yields antique bombshell

Man jailed for 15 years for killing his mother

2012

Fifteen Hells Angels jailed after party attack

Fifteen Hells Angels jailed after party attack

Öland ship accident prompts oil leak fears

Hells Angels take the stand after party attack

Hells Angels take the stand after party attack

Hells Angels trial opens after violent party crash

Hells Angels trial opens after violent party crash

Dane sought after Swede's bulls hit

Dane sought after Swede's bulls hit

Girl awakes 'unscathed' after ice fall drama

Mom rescues daughter trapped under ice

2011

Shopping centre blaze was 'gang initiation'

Shopping centre blaze was 'gang initiation'

Swedish castles with sizzle: a sampler

Swedish castles with sizzle: a sampler

Kalmar mall gutted in suspected arson case

Kalmar mall gutted in suspected arson case

Drunken elk hides kids' swing set in a tree

Drunken elk hides kids' swing set in a tree

Swedish inmates complain over 'poor TV'

Swedish inmates complain over 'poor TV'

Men jailed for shooting each other in duel

Men jailed for shooting each other in duel

Drunken Swedish sailor forgot his wife was on shore

Drunken Swedish sailor forgot his wife was on shore

Two men wounded in Kalmar shooting

Woman freezes to death inside Swedish castle

Woman freezes to death inside Swedish castle

2010

Webcam paedophile sentenced to year in jail

Webcam paedophile sentenced to year in jail

Swedish man gored to death by bull

Council employs medium to banish old soul

Siblings could face jail for incest

Man charged for sex with door-to-door saleswomen

Winter keeps its grip on Sweden into the New Year

Winter keeps its grip on Sweden into the New Year

2009

Woman pays hefty fine for feline-induced property damage

Woman pays hefty fine for feline-induced property damage

Kalmar: more than merely a Baltic gateway

Kalmar: more than merely a Baltic gateway

Forgetful cop fined over public toilet gun gaffe

Forgetful cop fined over public toilet gun gaffe

2008

Kalmar claim historic Swedish title

Kalmar claim historic Swedish title

Tattoo thieves indicted for scissors attack

Pair held for using scissors to remove man's tattoos

Pair held for using scissors to remove man's tattoos

Detainee found hanged at police station

Swedish man missing in Thailand

Sex text messages central in blackmail case

Sex text messages central in blackmail case

2007

Kalmar's Chinese market put on ice

Doubts persist as giant Chinese market opens in Kalmar

Triathlete to swim from Sweden to Lithuania

Police find 78 strawberry pickers in truck trailer

Student 'threatened to set fire to college'

2006

Öland fire "probably murder"

Two die in accident near Kalmar

'Honour killing': conviction upheld

Öland stabbing: man remanded

Man admits killing stranger in her house

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Swedish Nazi arrested for planned murder of journalists

Swedish Nazi arrested for planned murder of journalists

US blames Russia for huge 2016 cyberattack on Swedish media: report

US blames Russia for huge 2016 cyberattack on Swedish media: report

Kings, queens and jesters: step back in time at Gotland's Medieval Week

Kings, queens and jesters: step back in time at Gotland's Medieval Week

Ryanair flights grounded as pilots strike

Ryanair flights grounded as pilots strike

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