 | Are Swedish taxes too high? |
| Every week we ask a panel of readers for their views on a particular topic relating to life in Sweden. This week, we wonder whether Swedish taxes rock the panelists' cradle or have them wishing for an early grave. |
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| OECD backs Sweden to survive crisis |
| Sweden is well placed to ride out the global economic crisis despite risks of exposure to the overseas financial sector, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. |
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| 'Saab has potential buyers': CEO |
| Saab's chief executive has said there are a number of companies interested in buying the Swedish car maker after owner General Motors announced it was up for sale. |
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| Scania halts European production for a month |
| Swedish truck maker Scania announced on Wednesday it was closing down production across Europe for one month because of weaker demand. |
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| Nathalie's killer sentenced to nine years in prison |
| The 21-year-old ex-boyfriend of Nathalie Johansen, whose body was found buried near a farm in late September, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for killing the 20-year-old woman. |
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| Spy tricks in cancer woman eviction case |
| Malmö's council-owned housing company MKB has admitted to using "classic" TV tricks in its bid to evict a 69-year-old woman with multiple illnesses. |
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| 'Bullet hole' in SAS plane from Thailand |
| A suspected bullet hole has been discovered in a SAS airplane which recently returned to Sweden from the Thai city of Phuket. |
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| Poisoned go-kart driver in shower collapse |
| Three people were taken to hospital in Uppsala on Friday after inhaling toxic fumes at a local go-kart arena. Doctors said the kart drivers came close to suffering organ failure. |
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| UK citizen wanted in record pot bust |
| Swedish authorities plan to issue an arrest warrant for a 33-year-old British citizen wanted in connection with one of the largest marijuana busts in the country's history. |
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| Woman's benefits withdrawn due to large breasts |
| A Swedish woman injured in a car accident has had her disability benefits withdrawn after the country's social insurance agency determined her large bust was to blame for the pain. |
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| Mobile phone radiation damages memory: study |
| Exposure to mobile phone radiation worsens the short-term memory of rats, according to a new Swedish study. |
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| General Motors gears up for Saab sale |
| Struggling US auto giant General Motors is to seek a buyer for Swedish subsidiary Saab, according to trade media reports in Detroit. |
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| Politician quits over refugee threats |
| A politician in southern Sweden is leaving his post on a local council after receiving numerous threats for suggesting that the municipality accept three unaccompanied child refugees. |
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| Swedish park offers new home to superstar German polar bear |
| Celebrity polar bear Knut, the pride of Berlin Zoo, may soon be on his way to Sweden, according to a wildlife park that has been holding talks with the bear's German handlers. |
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| Sporty Swedish teens pose for charity calender |
| A Swedish girls football club has decided to raise money by producing and selling calendars featuring girls as young as 15-years-old in athletic poses. |
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| Ten ways to save money in Sweden |
| From cheap dates with movie stars to the latest free music service, Thanh Dinh has some great tips for biting back at the credit crunch. |
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| Police clear suspicious parcel from US Embassy |
| Police bomb disposal experts have safely removed a suspicious package from the grounds of the US Embassy in Stockholm. |
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| Sweden rules out state Volvo takeover |
| Leading government ministers have ruled out the possibility of a state takeover of Volvo Cars should embattled US owner Ford elect to sell its Swedish subsidiary. |
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| Borg slams EU over bank aid reviews |
| Swedish finance minister Anders Borg called the European Commission "bureaucratic on Tuesday, saying the EU body's approach to assessing bailouts for troubled banks hasn't helped frozen credit markets. |
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| Jumbo jet hostel prepares for take off |
| Travelers passing through Stockholm's Arlanda airport will soon be able to reserve a place on a different sort of plane as the world's first jumbo jet hostel prepares to take its maiden bookings this Wednesday. |
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| Fuglesang blasts Sweden space commitment |
| Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang has lashed out at his country for what he sees as an insufficient budget commitment for space research and exploration. |
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| Engine fire forces Baltic ferry evacuation |
| Eleven passengers were evacuated from the Sea Wind ferry early on Tuesday morning after a fire broke out in the boat's main engine as it sailed near the Åland islands in the middle of the Baltic Sea. |
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| Police shoot pensioner on Gotland |
| Police on Monday evening shot an elderly man suspected in the earlier shooting of a 48-year-old man in a house north of Visby on the island of Gotland. |
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| Parents in Sweden face fines for 'nameless' children |
| Swedish authorities are cracking down on parents who take too long to name their newborn children. |
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| Ford mulls Volvo sale |
| Swedish car maker Volvo has said it was not surprised by US auto company Ford's announcement on Monday that it was considering selling its Swedish subsidiary. |
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| Winter rail destinations: Riksgränsen |
| Lying 200 kilometres above the Arctic Circle, Riksgränsen is Sweden's most northerly resort and a nature lover's delight. |
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| Camera hidden in women's restroom 'not a crime' |
| A 41-year-old man on trial for secretly filming dozens of women in the restrooms of Stockholm-area cafés has been acquitted of sexual harassment charges. |
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| Swedish layoffs reach historic highs |
| Nearly 20,000 layoffs were announced in Sweden in November, the highest number of redundancies the country has seen since November 1992. |
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| Protect Saab from public sector 'mediocrity' |
| If Saab is to preserve its tradition of excellence it needs to remain in the private sector, argues Steven Wade following a recent flurry of calls to nationalize the Swedish car maker. |
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| Swedish car sales plummet in November |
| New car registrations in Sweden suffered their worst decline in 15 years in November, dropping 36.4 percent compared to the same month a year ago, according to new figures released on Monday. |
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| Ford and GM seek Swedish aid: report |
| Ford and General Motors (GM) have asked the Swedish government for financial assistance in an attempt to improve the finances of Volvo and Saab ahead of the anticipated sale of the two brands. |
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| Swedish men's condoms need more rubber: study |
| Swedish men come second only to the French in a study of the state of European members, a new study has shown. |
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| Girl feared kidnapped found safe in Finland |
| The 16-year-old girl from northern Sweden who was feared kidnapped has been found across the border in Finland. |
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| Poll: Moderates gain as Left Party support drops |
| The Moderates are advancing, while the Left Party has dropped in popularity as a new poll shows that the gap between Sweden's centre-right Alliance parties and the opposition has dwindled to only 3.1 percent. |
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| Violence erupts at nationalist march |
| Police in Lund in southern Sweden faced paving stones, bottles, and torches flying through the air as they attempted to restore order following demonstrations on Sunday marking the death of King Karl XII. |
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| 'Frozen River' wins Stockholm film festival prize |
| US film "Frozen River" by Courtney Hunt was awarded the 16 pound Bronze Horse by the jury of the Stockholm International Film Festival on Saturday. |
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| Swedish yacht wins second leg of Volvo yacht race |
| Sweden's Ericsson 4 won the second leg of the around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday morning, cruising into India's Kochi port three days ahead of schedule. |
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| Teenage girl kidnapped in northern Sweden |
| Police in Sweden and Finland are looking for a 16-year-old girl feared kidnapped in Haparanda in northern Sweden on Saturday morning. |
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| Blow-up doll behind Halmstad bomb scare |
| High jinks at a stag night led to an area of central Halmstad being cordoned off on Saturday night as police responded to a bomb scare. A blow-up doll and the stag's false nose were found at the scene. |
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| Sweden's Elmander piles pressure on Keane |
| Sweden striker Johan Elmander claimed an opportunist's double as Bolton humiliated Sunderland 4-1 in front of their own supporters and piled the pressure on to Black Cats boss Roy Keane. |
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| SAS to collect Thailand tourists |
| Scandinavian airline SAS announced on Saturday plans to send an aircraft to collect stranded Swedish passengers in Thailand. |
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| All American Cowgirl Chicks steal Stockholm show |
| There were no panties and little naked flesh in sight at the Stockholm Horse Show this year as the All American Cowgirl Chicks stole the show on Friday evening. |
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| Pre-teen joyrider bitten by police dog |
| An 11-year-old boy was bitten by a police dog on Friday evening after the stolen car that he was driving was stopped. |
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| Swedish doctors back euthanasia |
| Every third doctor in Sweden supports the legalization of euthanasia, according to a new survey presented at the ongoing "Global Health in a new world" conference in Gothenburg. |
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| Poll: Swedes in favour of Volvo nationalization |
| The Swedish people want the state to bail out troubled car-maker and national icon Volvo, a new poll shows. |
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| Five charged for heroin smuggling |
| Five men were charged in Malmö on Friday for transporting 19 kilogrammes of heroin, half of which was confiscated in Serbia. |
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| Fast food can increase Alzheimer's risk: study |
| Results from a new Swedish study indicate there may be a connection between eating fast food and an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. |
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| Swedish docs: thumbs up for tinned skin |
| Doctors are predicting that spray-on skin cells will be used as a common form of sore treatment in the Swedish healthcare system within the coming years. |
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| The Local's Winter Concert Guide: 20 shows worth seeing |
| Looking for some tips about where to go for live music in Sweden this winter? Omri Grinberg offers a number of enticing options to warm up the cool Swedish winter. |
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| Ambulance staff draw lots over heart patients |
| Ambulance personnel in Malmö have been instructed to play a game of chance when deciding which treatment to apply to heart attack patients. |
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| Lapland walkers find English kids' balloon |
| A balloon released from a children's centre on the east coast of England a year ago has been found more than 1,500 kilometres away in the wilds of northern Sweden. |
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| Trade minister vows to snuff out EU snus ban |
| Swedish trade minister Ewa Björling has called on Brussels to lift the EU ban on exports of Swedish moist snuff, or 'snus', calling the prohibition discriminatory. |
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| Recession hits Swedish economy |
| Seasonally adjusted data shows that Sweden's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.1 percent in both the second and third quarters, technically putting the country in a recession. |
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| Building occupied in pay dispute |
| Several construction workers barricaded themselves in a building in the Gärdet district of Stockholm late Friday night vowing not to leave the site until they get paid. |
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| Sweden to launch beetle rescue mission |
| Sweden plans to employ helicopters to save an endangered species of beetle in the country's far north, regional officials said Thursday. |
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| SAS open to increasing stake in Estonian airline |
| Scandinavian airline SAS said on Thursday it wants to buy all or part of the Estonian government's 34 percent stake in Estonian Air. |
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| Americans cook Thanksgiving meal for Stockholm's homeless |
| A group of volunteers from the American Club of Sweden cooked up a Thanksgiving feast on Thursday for residents and staff at one of Stockholm's homeless shelters. |
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| Sweden could give Saab story a happy ending |
| Sixty years after its formation, Saab Automobile is an important piece of Swedish heritage. Ryan Emge, from the Saab History website, argues that Sweden would be best advised to buy the company in order to safeguard its existence. |
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| Ombudsmen critical of racist school book |
| Two Swedish ombudsman offices have added their voices to the chorus of criticism about a school book accused of having racist and sexist contents, but are powerless to do anything about it. |
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| Volvo Group willing to help troubled Volvo Cars |
| The Volvo Group has said it would help support Volvo Cars in order to protect the Volvo brand in the event that the carmaker's parent Ford goes bankrupt. |
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| Swedish team clear for trip to Homeless World Cup |
| A football team from Sweden will now be able travel to Australia to participate in the Homeless World Cup on Saturday thanks to a loan with generous repayment terms. |
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| Club and concert tips: Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö |
| Casiokids, Elza Soares and Fucked Up all offer very fine reasons for braving the elements this weekend. |
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| GM considers ditching Saab: report |
| Saab Automobile is among the brands US automaker General Motors (GM) is thinking about unloading in order to get through its current crisis. |
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| What's on in Sweden: November 28 - December 4 |
| 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. |
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| Malmö club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 29 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Malmö club and concert tips: Friday, Nov. 28 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Gothenburg club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 29 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Gothenburg club and concert tips: Friday, Nov. 28 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Swedes choose computer games over sports: study |
| Computer games are nearly three times more popular among Swedes than football and ice hockey combined, according to a new study. |
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| Stockholm club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 29 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Stockholm club and concert tips: Friday, Nov 28 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Woman finds acupuncture needles in lingonberry jam |
| A woman working at a treatment centre in southern Sweden made a grisly discovery this autumn when she sat down to eat her evening meal. |
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| Swede among Mumbai hostages |
| A Swedish woman is among those being held hostage in one of two luxury hotels under siege in Mumbai following a slew of terror attacks across the Indian city on Wednesday which claimed at least 100 lives. |
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| Moderates propose major development aid reforms |
| The Moderate Party wants to ditch Sweden's development aid goal of devoting 1 percent of the country's gross national income (GNI) to foreign assistance. |
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| New demands for immigrant families |
| Before bringing their families to Sweden, newly arrived immigrants must first demonstrate they have housing and disposable income, according to a new proposal. |
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| Saviano to attend Stockholm premiere |
| Renowned Italian author Roberto Saviano is to attend the Swedish premiere of the film adaptation of his hard-hitting book Gomorrah at the 19th Stockholm Film Festival on Wednesday. |
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| Second bank joins Sweden's loan guarantee scheme |
| Volvofinans Bank AB has said it will join Swedbank in applying to participate in the loan guarantee programme contained within the Swedish government's financial stability package. |
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| Italian outcry over Swedish 'slander' |
| The Italian Ambassador to Sweden has slammed a petition raised this week by a Swedish member of parliament in support of high profile Italian author Roberto Saviano. |
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| Swedish copyright laws 'a joke' |
| The director and producers of Let The Right One In, a Swedish movie that has proved an enormous box office and critical success, have lent their voices to Sweden's ongoing intellectual property debate with an open letter to the government. |
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| Swedish town and ski resort for sale |
| Ski-loving real estate investors interested in rubbing elbows with royalty may want to venture north to the Swedish village of Storlien, which is on the market for 365 million kronor ($45.6 million). |
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| Confidence in economy hits record low |
| A major index measuring sentiment about the Swedish economy continued to fall in November, reaching its lowest level since measurements began in 1996. |
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| Would you ever consider becoming a Swedish citizen? |
| Ever week we ask a panel of readers to give their views on a particular issue concerning the international community. This week we wonder whether the panelists are keen to get their hands on a Swedish passport. |
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| Bildt plays down nanny tax 'scandal' |
| Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has dismissed allegations that he has been flouting the country's tax rules by not paying any taxes for his nanny in Sweden. |
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| Toddler's death prompts US recall for Ikea blinds |
| Swedish furniture maker Ikea announced on Tuesday it was recalling window blinds sold in the United States following the choking death of a one-year-old girl. |
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| Police: Swedish teens offering sex for booze |
| Swedish teenagers are resorting to increasingly perilous measures in order to get their hands on alcohol, according to police in Stockholm. |
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| Swedes caught up in Thai unrest |
| Hundreds of Swedes are among those stranded in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport after violent anti-government protesters stormed the building on Tuesday, forcing authorities to shut down operations. |
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| Swede named in White House chef speculation |
| Swedish chef Marcus Samuelson, founder of New York's acclaimed Aquavit restaurant, is among those being tipped as possible candidates to prepare meals for Barack Obama at the White House. |
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| Man feared drowned after ferry mishap |
| A man is believed to have drowned in the Baltic Sea after falling overboard from a ferry on Tuesday night. |
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| Security high for visit of Rushdie and Saviano |
| Swedish police have put additional security measures in place for the appearance on Tuesday evening at a seminar in Stockholm of two of the world's most endangered authors, Salman Rushdie and Roberto Saviano. |
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| Vattenfall to power electric car tests |
| Swedish energy group Vatenfall is joining with German carmaker BMW to launch a pilot project in Berlin next year to test the feasibility of electric cars, the companies announced on Tuesday. |
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| Condom ad banned by Gothenburg transit agency |
| Bus and tram passengers in Gothenburg have been spared riding in cars with an advertisement featuring two men which asks, Do you want to see us put on a condom? |
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| Education agency knocks college rankings |
| Sweden's National Agency for Higher Education has criticized the ranking of different universities and colleges, arguing the lists don't help students pick the right school. |
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| Swedish neo-Nazi party undergoes makeover |
| The National Socialist Front (NSF), one of the dominant groups within Sweden's white-power movement, has disbanded and is re-launching itself as the Folkfronten ('The People's Front') party. |
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| 'Swedish car makers should come home' |
| With Ford and GM, the respective owners of Volvo and Saab's car divisions, struggling for their survival, Sweden needs to regain the initiative and nationalize its auto industry, argues Rolf Wolff, dean of the School of Business, Economics and Law at Gothenburg University. |
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| Long sentences for gruesome cabin torture |
| A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced the two primary suspects in a brutal torture case to several years in prison. |
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| Video: Winterjam at Stockholm's Olympic Stadium |
| For the third year running, Stockholm's Olympic Stadium hosted the LG Winterjam on Saturday. |
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| Orphan kangaroo Walter rejoins Ystad mob |
| Walter the motherless kangaroo has finally left the comfortable surroundings of a cloth pouch in a terraced house in Ystad and is almost ready to join the other marsupials at a zoo in the town in southern Sweden. |
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| Skanska to cut 2,000 jobs in Sweden |
| Swedish construction giant Skanska announced on Tuesday it would be shedding 2,000 jobs in Sweden and an additional 1,400 around the Nordic region. |
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| Continued delays at Stockholm airport |
| Delays are expected to continue on Tuesday for flights in and out of Stockholm's Arlanda airport. |
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| Furor over racism in Swedish school book |
| Parents in Karlskoga in central Sweden are up in arms over what they see as racist and sexist passages in a book designed to help first graders learn how to read. |
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| 'Nationalize Volvo and Saab': professor |
| Rolf Wolff, dean of the school of business at Gothenburg University, has called on the government to nationalize the Swedish auto industry. |
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| Swede owns 'most expensive home in the world' |
| A sprawling estate near Beverly Hills, California owned by Swedish socialite Suzanne Saperstein and valued at $125 million dollars, has landed at the top of Forbes magazine's list of the most expensive homes. |
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| 'I guess it'll be a cold cement floor for me tonight' |
| Scores of travellers at Stockholm's Arlanda Express train station were confronted with the news of widespread delays and cancellations for flights leaving from Sweden's largest airport on Monday. |
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| No word from Citibank Sweden on rescue plan's effects |
| Officials from Citigroup's subsidiary in Sweden are staying tight lipped about how a US government stabilization plan announced on Monday might affect the US bank's Swedish operations. |
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| Success for Henrik Larsson in floorball debut |
| Henrik Larsson showed that his athleticism is not limited to the football pitch when the star footballer came off the bench to help his team to victory on Sunday during his first match in Sweden's top floorball league. |
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| Sweden to offer all girls free cervical cancer vaccines |
| Sweden will offer vaccines against cervical cancer to all primary school girls as part of the country's free vaccination programme, the National Board of Health and Welfare said on Monday. |
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| Artist gets Sweden all wired up |
| For every Local reader there's a Local Story. This month Jonquille Okhiria introduces Eka Acosta, an artist who has carved out a niche for himself in Sweden. |
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| Passengers wait out airport delays |
| An estimated 6,000 to 7,000 passengers have been affected by delays at Stockholm's Arlanda Airport on Monday as a major snow storm hit the capital and left only one runway in use. |
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| Man with axe stuns Stockholm congregation |
| Worshipers at the All Saints Church in Stockholm panicked on Sunday when a man wielding an axe and a can full of gasoline interrupted the pastor during services. |
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| More Swedes favourable toward the euro: poll |
| Support for the euro in Sweden is increasing, although a majority of Swedes would still vote to retain the krona if a referendum on the matter were held today, according to a new poll. |
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| Winter storm blows over Sweden |
| Traffic problems, flight delays, and power outages were left in the wake of Sweden's first major winter storm, which headed out to the Baltic Sea early Monday morning boasting hurricane force winds. |
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| Elmander stakes claim for Sweden recall |
| Swedish striker Johan Elmander staked a claim for a recall to the national team as he scored a sublime winner as Bolton grabbed a 3-1 win over hosts Middlesbrough at the Riverside on Saturday. |
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| Swedish artist's Muhammad musical courts new controversy |
| Swedish artist Lars Vilks is at the centre of a new controversy as his new musical Dogs premiered in Stockholm on Saturday. |
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| Storm warning: 'Avoid driving if you can' |
| A large part of Sweden is covered in snow and more falls and strong winds are forecast for Monday. Motorists are advised to avoid driving if they can. |
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| Army hushes up Afghanistan risks |
| The Swedish armed forces have deliberately played down the risks faced by Swedish troops in Afghanistan, a new report shows. |
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| Moderates: 'Immigrants should sign Swedish contract' |
| Immigrants to Sweden should sign a contract to testify familiarity with Swedish laws, rules and values. If the contract is not met then their benefits should be reviewed, the Moderate party has proposed. |
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| Bill Gates in Sweden for high society wedding |
| Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates is in Gothenburg this weekend to attend the wedding of billionaire Charles Simonyi and Swedish socialite Lisa Persdotter. |
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| Poll: Social Democrats at lowest level since election |
| The Social Democrats continue to lose voter support, a new opinion poll from Novus has shown. Support for the party has declined by 3.6 percentage points in a month to 37.2 percent. |
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| Sorenstam misses cut as glorious career comes to a close |
| Swedish golf superstar Annika Sörenstam missed the cut in her final event in Florida on Friday, ending a 15-year glorious career on the American ladies golf tour. |
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| Post Office CEO to work for no pay |
| Lars G Nordström, President and CEO of the Swedish post office (Posten), has announced that he will forgo his salary in the face of stern media criticism accusing him of being greedy. |
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| Migration Board sets new principle in Congo ruling |
| The Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) has established a new guiding principle in awarding residency to a woman from war-torn DR Congo. |
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| Woman collapses after self-immolation threat |
| A woman threatened to set herself on fire outside the County Court in central Gothenburg on Friday after she had her asylum application rejected. |
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| Anger over Norway's fighter plane rejection |
| A former Saab executive lashed out at the Norwegian government on Friday over its handling of a decision to reject the Gripen in favour of the American F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. |
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| Swedish DNA tests confirm remains of Copernicus |
| Strands of hair found in a book at Uppsala University have been used to confirm that a skeleton discovered in Poland is that of 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. |
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| Estonia victim families demand new probe |
| Relatives of the victims of a 1994 Baltic Sea ferry sinking, which claimed the lives of 501 Swedes, are stepping up pressure for a new probe of enduring claims that the disaster was caused by an explosion. |
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| Icelandair offers discount as thanks for Nordic loan |
| To show its appreciation for Thursday's offer of financial assistance from Iceland's Nordic neighbours, the country's airline, Icelandair, said on Friday it was offering a 25 percent discount on all economy class seats. |
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| Carnegie to be broken up for eventual sale |
| Sweden's National Debt Office said on Friday it plans to sell Carnegie's investment banking arm and insurance broker Max Matthiessen as separate units. |
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| Two Swedish towns hit by AstraZeneca cuts |
| Anglo-Swedish pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca said Thursday it would slash 1,400 jobs by 2013, affecting operations in Umeå in northern Sweden, as well as Södertalje south of Stockholm. |
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| Swedish baby born in skies above Kazakhstan |
| A Swedish mother is celebrating the remarkable birth of her new daughter, who was welcomed to the world high above Kazakhstan in the back of a Finnair jet. |
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| Justice minister offers concessions on file sharing law |
| The Swedish government has indicated it plans to move forward with a controversial anti-file sharing law but that the proposal will be altered in an attempt to appease some of the measure's many critics. |
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| Riksdag ratifies EU's Lisbon treaty |
| The Riksdag voted late Thursday night to ratify the European Union's Lisbon reform treaty, making Sweden the 25th of the 27 EU members to approve the text. |
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| Saab loses Norway fighter plane tender |
| Saab was dealt a serious blow on Thursday as the Norwegian government announced its decision to purchase US-made Joint Strike Fighter/F-35 planes rather than Sweden's JAS Gripen. |
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| Swedish magazine staff get cosmetic surgery for article |
| The editorial staff of a Swedish magazine for gay men recently raised eyebrowsliterallywhen they took the unusual step of going under the knife for an article about cosmetic surgery. |
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| Web test helps people interested in becoming Swedish |
| The Swedish Migration Board has added a new feature to its website that allows people to determine whether or not they qualify for Swedish citizenship. |
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| Sweden may change bank loan guarantees |
| The government said on Thursday it is open to altering Sweden's new bank lending guarantees in order to get more of the country's biggest banks to participate. |
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| What's on in Sweden: November 21 - 27 |
| What's on: International Film Festival & Mali Bluesman in Stockholm; the search for Lucia & Lambchop in Gothenburg; Jose Carrerras in Malmö. |
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| Club and concert tips: Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö |
| Johan Heltne, MGMT and Miriam Aida: Just some of the goodies on offer in Sweden's main cities this weekend. |
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| Nurse reported over penis size slur |
| A Swedish nurse has been reported to the authorities after telling a room full of people that one of the guests at his party "had the smallest penis he had ever seen". |
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| Appeals court reverses Rödeby judgement |
| A Swedish court of appeal has found a 51-year-old father from Rödeby in southern Sweden guilty of manslaughter and serious assault related to the shooting of two teenage boys in October 2007. |
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| 'Every Swede has a cousin in America' |
| Sweden has deep historic ties with the United states, writes Olle Wästberg, director-general of the Swedish Institute. And even though some Americans mistakenly associate Sweden with the cuckoo clock, the relationship remains largely one of mutual understanding and respect. |
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| Sweden to participate in joint Nordic loan to Iceland |
| Sweden has joined with Denmark, Finland, and Norway to provide a joint loan to troubled Iceland worth $2.5 billion to help the troubled Nordic country cope with its acute economic crisis. |
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| Sandvik to cut over 1,000 Swedish jobs |
| The Sandvik engineering group announced on Thursday it would be laying off more than 1,000 employees in Sweden. |
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| More foreign students choose Swedish universities |
| The number of foreign students studying at Swedish colleges and universities continues to climb to record levels. |
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| Sweden falls to the Netherlands in football friendly |
| Despite an impressive goal by Kim Kallström, visiting Sweden succumbed to the Netherlands 3-1 in a friendly football match on Wednesday night. |
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| Man murdered in Umeå |
| Police in Umeå in northern Sweden are investigating the death of a 29-year-old man who was found badly beaten in an apartment and later died in hospital. |
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| Malmö club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 22 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Malmö club and concert tips: Friday, Nov. 21 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Gothenburg club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 22 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Gothenburg club and concert tips: Friday, Nov. 21 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Millions promised for Vasa preservation research |
| The Swedish Research Council announced plans on Wednesday for a multi-million kronor research project aimed at learning more about how to best preserve the centuries old Vasa war ship, one of Sweden's most popular tourist destinations. |
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| BBC statement to SVT regarding 2005 Niger reports |
| The following is the full statement issued to Sveriges Television (SVT) by the BBC in response to questions about the latter's reporting on the 2005 food crisis in Africa. |
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| SVT criticizes BBC Africa report |
| A documentary broadcast on Swedish public television on Tuesday called into question the reputation of Britain's public broadcaster, the BBC, for filing misleading and inaccurate reports about the severity of a food shortage in Niger in 2005. |
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| Stockholm club and concert tips: Saturday, Nov. 22 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Stockholm club and concert tips: Friday, Nov 21 |
| The Djungeltrumman club editor's tips. |
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| Sweden to enter talks with banks |
| Sweden's government is to meet with representatives of the country's major banks on Thursday in a bid to understand the banks' refusal to join a state-sponsored lending guarantee scheme. |
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| Pup sparks feud with Playboy bunny |
| Bonnie the Chihuahua has found herself at the centre of divorce wranglings between Swedish-speaking Playboy Playmate Ida Ljungqvist and her estranged husband Joshua R. Lang. |
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| Sahlin sets Christmas cooperation deadline |
| Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has said a decision will be reached by Christmas as to whether the main parties of the opposition will run for election in 2010 on a joint electoral platform. |
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| Sweden sees wave of squatter evictions |
| Police on Tuesday removed a group of young people from a building in Malmö in the latest in a series of squatter evictions in the south of the country. Protesters in Malmö and Lund have also taken to the streets to demonstrate against housing shortages. |
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| Joyous court climax for Madonna of Orgasm Church |
| The Madonna of Orgasm Church took an important step toward official recognition in Sweden last week when a court ruled it had the right to be registered as a faith community. |
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| How hard is Swedish to learn? |
| Learning Swedish can be a tricky business for even the most nimble-tongued of linguists. This week we get the views of our readers' panel on how best to the deal with the intimidating dots and circles. |
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| Scania to open production facility in Iraq |
| Truck and bus maker Scania announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with the government of Iraq to open an assembly plant in the country in 2009. |
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| 'Do more to encourage talented students': Moderates |
| Schools need to do a better job of encouraging and taking responsibility for talented students, according to Moderate Party working group. |
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| Man detained for triple-stabbing |
| A 32-year-old man from Motala in central Sweden has been remanded in custody on three counts of attempted murder after stabbing his ex-girlfriend, her mother, and her mother's friend on Saturday. |
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| Ryanair CEO in swimsuit protest |
| Michael O'Leary, CEO of budget airline Ryanair, has criticized a Swedish advertising watchdog for its claims that the company uses naked women as part of its marketing. |
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| Sweden taking in record numbers of immigrants |
| 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. |
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| Ikea chief wants to 'support social causes' |
| Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad has said he is keen to do a lot more to help people in need, according to the Dutch foundation that owns the Swedish furniture giant. |
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| Winter city guides for parents and kids |
| Whether you preside over a family with kids or have just been lumbered with a bout of babysitting, Jennifer Heape has scoured Sweden's three largest cities to bring you The Local's guide for child-friendly days out. |
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| Winter city guides for parents and kids: Stockholm. |
| Jennifer Heape combs the Swedish capital for child-friendly winter activities. |
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| Winter city guides for parents and kids: Gothenburg |
| Sweden's second city has plenty of options for families with children this winter, as Jennifer Heape finds out. |
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| Winter city guides for parents and kids: Malmö |
| Jennifer Heape checks out what Malmö has to offer in terms of entertainment and activities for families with kids this winter. |
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| Witches help lift Sweden's job loss curse |
| An enterprising Swedish company seeking to hire 20 witches has provided a welcome break in the country's otherwise steady flow of dismal employment news. |
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| Australian boys feared abducted in Sweden |
| Police in Sweden are continuing the search for two boys not seen since they were brought to the country from Australia by their Swedish mother in early October. |
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| Volvo's IT supplier to cut 350 jobs in Sweden |
| Volvo IT, which provides its parent Volvo AB with IT services, announced on Monday it would be laying off 350 employees. |
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| Broken window forces emergency landing |
| An airplane with 63 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport on Tuesday morning because of a cracked cockpit window. |
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| Six injured in bus accident |
| Six people have been taken to hospital after a bus on its way from Stockholm to Copenhagen collided with a road maintenance truck early on Tuesday morning. |
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| Little support for expanding Sweden's presence in Afghanistan |
| Most Swedes do not wish to see an increase in the |
