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Stockholm riots: a view from the street in Husby
Following three nights of violence that left cars smouldering in several Stockholm suburbs, The Local travelled to the northwest district of Husby where the disturbances began to see how the riots have affected local residents.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 15:46:00 GMT)
Bergman auction canned after suspected theft
An auction of memorabilia belonging to Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Berman has been scrapped by authorities after claims the items were stolen from the family.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 13:59:00 GMT)
Stockholm man lay dead in flat for two years
Workmen in southern Stockholm found the body of man who may have lain dead in his flat for over two years, with the police blaming the belated discovery on society's broken social networks.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 11:10:00 GMT)
Fashion prize turns Rookies into players
Swedish designers who fight for brand-name recognition in the notoriously hard-to-crack fashion business tell The Local's Victoria Hussey about the importance of the Swedish Rookies Award.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 11:02:00 GMT)
Four jailed for drugging internet date victims
Four thieves who used internet dating sites to find victims who they then robbed after drugging them with a concoction of sedatives and psychosis drugs were sentenced to prison on Wednesday by a Swedish court.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 10:54:00 GMT)
Riksbank unveils new board members
Sweden's central bank has appointed two new board members plucked from banking and academia to replace two outgoing members, one of whom was an outspoken critic of the Riksbank's commitment to the government's inflation goal.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 08:58:00 GMT)
Doc went on holiday as Swede's cancer spread
A Swedish man has been left facing death after his doctor went on holiday, leaving a cancer diagnosis stranded in the computer system while the increasingly desperate patient fought for help elsewhere.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 08:34:00 GMT)
Thirty fires in third night of Stockholm riots
Police arrested eight people on Tuesday night as thirty cars were torched across southern and western Stockholm, in what was the third consecutive night of unrest in the Swedish capital.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 08:20:00 GMT)
350 jobs lost as Ericsson shuts Swedish factory
Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has buckled under the pressure of European competition and will turn off the switch on a cable production plant in Sweden, leaving 350 employees without jobs.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 07:49:00 GMT)
Swedish 'serial killer' cleared of two murders
A man long referred to as Sweden's most notorious serial killer after being convicted of eight murders has been cleared of two more of the killings, prosecutors announced on Tuesday.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 07:33:00 GMT)
Stockholm's ten best-kept secrets - revealed
With summer around the corner and tourists already heading to the Swedish capital, part-time Stockholmer Erik Bloom shares the secrets of how to find the ten best places to visit in Stockholm that the average visitor may never find.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 05:02:00 GMT)
Sweden has 'lower tax burden' than Senegal
While Sweden has a reputation for having one of the most painful tax bills in the world, a new report ranks Sweden 20th when comparing the tax burden on salaries when social security payments and salary brackets are taken into account.
(Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:00 GMT)
Seven arrested over Stockholm's Husby riots
Seven people were arrested on Tuesday following the Husby riots in northern Stockholm, with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt warning that the unrest may continue.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 15:09:00 GMT)
'The future of freedom on the internet is at stake'
Internet policy experts gather in Stockholm this week to grapple with online data protection and surveillance issues that everyone who surfs the web should care about, reports technologist Stefan Geens.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:00 GMT)
'Swedishness must be split from being white'
Sweden needs a new story better equipped to deal with and include today's demographic diversity and create a new Swedishness that is separate from whiteness, write representatives from the Multicultural Centre in Botkyrka near Stockholm.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 11:44:00 GMT)
Body parts found in missing woman search
Human remains were found in a military building in northern Sweden on Monday night during the search for a 20-year-old woman who has been missing for two weeks.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 11:42:00 GMT)
The 'absolute truth' about tacos in Stockholm
Unable to find good Mexican food after moving to Stockholm to study in 2008, Monterrey native David Licona now finds himself running La Neta, one of the most popular Mexican eateries in the Swedish capital. The Local finds out more.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 10:42:00 GMT)
Defamation charges for Instagram 'slut-shaming'
Two Swedish teenage girls were officially charged with defamation on Tuesday for their involvement in the "slut-shaming" Instagram account that saw enraged teens in Gothenburg lay siege to two high schools last year.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 09:12:00 GMT)
Topless woman to be lifted from Swedish map
After a caricature of a topless woman on a tourist map in western Sweden left some residents seething, a local official has promised to have the offending image removed.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 07:44:00 GMT)
Former Saab CEO arrested for tax crimes
Jan Åke Jonsson, the former CEO of Saab Automobile, and two top-level colleagues have been detained by police on suspicion of tax crimes.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 07:15:00 GMT)
Ericsson probed over suspected bribes
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson is suspected of having bribed ministers in Romania in connection with being awarded a contract for the country's emergency number and is now under investigation in the United States.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 07:06:00 GMT)
Warning over 'long-term' Swedish export slump
Sweden's largest business confederation has gone out guns blazing, criticizing politicians for not facing up to the challenges of "a lost year for Swedish exports" in 2012.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 05:51:00 GMT)
Fresh clashes as more cars burn in Husby
Cars were engulfed in flames on Monday night and youths clashed with police in the north-western Stockholm district of Husby for a second night in a row.
(Tue, 21 May 2013 05:28:00 GMT)
Riot police 'resorted to racial slurs' in Husby
Police officers on hand during the Husby riot in northern Stockholm stand accused of using racist language towards people on the ground, with one youth worker in the area claiming it is "not the last time" such scenes will occur.
(Mon, 20 May 2013 15:14:00 GMT)
'Lean hospital a sign of Swedish welfare reform'
A Stockholm hospital saved from closure by private health care providers has been hailed by the Economist as one of modern's Sweden public-private success stories.
(Mon, 20 May 2013 14:59:00 GMT)
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