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'Too big' Swedish model cheers global support
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'Too big' Swedish model cheers global support

UPDATED: A 19-year-old model from Sweden has told The Local she is thrilled to have raised concerns about the fashion industry, after using a video to reveal how agencies said she was "too big" despite her being underweight.
Divers join hunt for missing mother of two
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Divers join hunt for missing mother of two

As police continue to question a man being held overthe disappearance of a 20-year-old mother of two, divers have taken to the lakes and storm drains around Trollhättan, western Sweden, in the hopes of finding her.
Woman evicted over angry note 'threats'
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Woman evicted over angry note 'threats'

A disgruntled tenant was evicted this week from her apartment building in Stockholm after neighbours complained that the angry notes she had been posting in the stairwell became too rude and threatening.
Docs thought pneumonia was anxiety, woman dead
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Docs thought pneumonia was anxiety, woman dead

A hospital in southern Sweden has been reported to Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) after a 55-year-old woman died from double pneumonia double pneumonia after doctors had diagnosed her for a panic attack.
Transgender woman appeals rape acquittal
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Transgender woman appeals rape acquittal

A transgender woman who was the victim of an attempted rape has appealed a Swedish court’s decision to clear the offender of the charges after the court argued the rape was "impossible" because the victim was still biologically a man.