April 4, 2014
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'Hey expats, let Swedes swear in English'
The furore this week over the name of the Gothenburg sandwich shop, F**king Awesome Sandwich, is a depressing reminder of the immaturity of some expats in Sweden, argues contributor Paul Connolly. READ () »
Swedish bride murder suspect to be extradited
British murder suspect Shrien Dewani will be extradited to South Africa next week to face charges that he arranged to have his wife killed during their honeymoon, Cape Town officials announced on Friday. READ () »
Moderate MP Anna Kinberg Batra. File photo: TT
Moderates to stamp out ID number delays
The ruling Moderate Party wants to help EU citizens who are planning to work in Sweden for less than a year, giving them swifter and easier access to the holy grail of Swedish bureaucracy - "the personnummer". READ () »
JobTalk Sweden
Deepti pre-personnummer in suburban Stockholm. Photo: Private
The magic of Sweden's personal ID number
When I first moved to Sweden, I wondered how I'd ever survive the cold. But I knew little of the real struggle ahead – life in Sweden without a personnummer. Deepti Vashisht explains how a ten-digit number unlocks endless possibilities. READ () »
The Local Video
VIDEO: How to embrace The Swedish Hug
A week after writing a column about Swedes and their obsession with hugs, The Local's Oliver Gee hits the streets of Stockholm to answer his critics and to finally embrace a most intimate of Swedish customs. READ () »
Swedish pussy willow blooms. File photo: Helen Alvfegren/Flickr
Double springtime blow for hayfever sufferers
Air pollution in Stockholm went into red alert on Friday, with churned-up asphalt and pussy willow two ingredients to a tougher than usual spring for Sweden's allergy sufferers. READ () »
Sweden ranked second best place to be young
Sweden is the best country in Europe to be young, and the second best in the world, according to a ranking released on Thursday. But the report authors found that young Swedes may not feel they are being heard by policy-makers. READ () »
SDU chairman Gustav Kasselstrand. File: SDU
Young Sweden Dems in 'ultra-nationalist' tie-up
While mother party the Sweden Democrats has yet to announce any official allegiance with European partners, youth wing SDU on Friday announced its new collaboration with France's National Front and Belgium's Vlams Belang. READ () »
A user performs a search on Lexbase.se. File photo: Per Larsson/TT
Sweden's snoop site relaunches in new guise
Controversial criminal-tracker website Lexbase, which allowed people to see their neighbours' criminal records, has now been relaunched after its founders felt forced to shut it down in January. READ () »
Zlatan out for 'at least four weeks' with injury
Sweden's football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be out for at least a month after he injured his thigh during Wednesday night's clash with Chelsea. READ () »
Features
Op-Ed
Kawa Zolfagary and an excerpt of a Swedish law text. Files: Private, TT
Nobody hates men as much as other men do
As a Swedish court frees a teen of sexual coercion because he didn't understand that shooting his victim with an air gun was threatening, writer Kawa Zolfagary explains why he's tired of a justice system that treats men like dumb monsters. READ () »
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Do Italians like Sweden's Italian restaurants?
Swedes throng the Italian joints all the time, but what about the natives? There are 1,882 restaurants in Stockholm serving Italian food, but the Italian expats haven't been much satisfied by any. READ () »
Photo: TT
Introducing: Sweden's latest pop sensation
Swedish pop music is currently so much in the ascendancy that pop stars, the blogosphere and the music press seem to be acclaiming a “new Swedish sensation” every month, argues The Local's music contributor Paul Connolly. READ () »
Opinion: Free speech
File image of Globala Gymnasiet, March 24th 2014. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT
Why Sweden should cherish pupils who blocked Sweden Democrat
A national newspaper has slammed a group of students that prevented a young Sweden Democrat from speaking at their school. But really we should be proud they took a stand, argues contributor Ruben Brunsveld. READ () »
Op-Ed
Swedish entertainers Danny Saucedo and Måns Zelmerlöw are HFF now. File: TT
I can't embrace Swedes' obsession with the hug
Despite years of life in Sweden under his belt, The Local's Oliver Gee simply can't come to grips with Swedes and their fascination with hugging. And he's not alone. READ () »
More News
Elections 2014
Göran Greider is not a fan of the new fashion rules. File: Axel Öberg/TT
'Tragic' fashion tips for left-wing MPs: Greider
Swedish spin doctors appear to be on fashion-police duty once again, with Social Democrats told to roll up their sleeves for photo ops, just a month after Moderates were asked put their pets in outfits with logos. READ () »
Göran Hägglund at Thursday's press conference. Photo: Jessica Gow/TT
Government to inject billions into cancer care
The Swedish government announced on Thursday that it was injecting 2 billion kronor ($307 million) into improving access to cancer care and providing more treatment for uncommon forms of cancer. READ () »
Fritze in the hospital. File photo: Private
Stroke patient overhears organ donation chat
Doctors in Sweden discussed organ donation within earshot of Jimi Fritze as he lay in hospital after a stroke. The patient, however, could hear every word but couldn't protest as he couldn't move. READ () »
Kista Galleria. File photo: Carlos Tomas Marti/Flickr
Swedish kids cast stones at Romanian beggar
Swedish police are looking into the reported group assault on a 59-year-old woman who was begging outside a shopping mall in suburban Stockholm when bottles came flying. READ () »
Swede of the Week
Two women, unrelated to the story, in a café. File photo: Shutterstock
'You're quite pretty... for a black girl'
"Do you want an orange negro?" Comments such as this litter Fanna Ndow Norrby's life. Her Instagram @svartkvinna handle has attracted 17,000 followers, all keen to hear our Swede of the Week's stories of sexist racism. READ () »
Vattenfall inquiry churns up heated feelings
The official inquiry into state-owned Vattenfall's disastrous purchase of Nuon has started heating up, with a former enterprise ministry aide reacting strongly to statements made by the energy giant's former chair. READ () »
The grave stone itself. Photo: Carin Nilsson
Swedes find 200-year-old gravestone in living room
A Swedish family renovating their living room was shocked to find a gravestone from the 1800s under the floorboards. READ () »
Op-Ed
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