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More illegal immigrants on the run in Sweden

Migrationsverket is powerless to enforce deportation orders, says spokesman, as more than 11,000 asylum seekers go underground in Sweden READ

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Sex-crazed grouse terrorizes Swedish family

A family in Singö in Roslagen have been told they can do nothing about a lovesick, aggressive capercaillie patrolling their property READ

Man the barricades! Has the sleepy island of Gotland invaded Norway? Photo by Emelie Asplund

Facebook helps Swedes invade Norway

Is Gotland on the march? According to Facebook, many Gotlanders have stealthily infiltrated the Norwegian county of Hedmark, just east of Oslo. READ

The Baltic Sea, as seen from Lithuania. Photo: TT

Russian warships disrupt Swedish cable laying

Russian naval ships have repeatedly disrupted cable-laying work between Sweden and Lithuania in the past few months, prompting diplomatic protests from both countries affected. READ

The Palestinian flag. Photo: Diego Sandeval/Flickr

Police list Palestine flag as terror symbol

Swedish police documents include the Palestinian flag among known terror symbols, it was revealed after officers shared internal material with a central Swedish high school where youths had previously left to fight in Syria. READ

Cunning Swedish mayor keeps neo-Nazis at home

The mayor of a town in southern Sweden kept members of the neo-Nazi Party of the Swedes off the streets for their annual May Day demonstration - thanks to pre-empting their moves a year in advance. READ

Photo: TT

Youth and bank tax in May Day speech focus

The Swedish government used the May Day demonstrations to unveil plans for a national "marginalized youth" coordinator and mooted a new bank tax. READ

Photo: TT

Swedes back 'organized begging' ban

Members of the parliamentary justice committee have rejected a ban on organized begging, an idea which is backed by a majority of Swedes. READ

Photo: Aude Steiner

Swedes enjoy rare Baltic dolphin sight

A dolphin has been wooing well-wishers along Sweden's east coast in recent weeks, but experts warn that the creature is unlikely to hang around in the bracing Baltic for long. READ

IN PICTURES

Sweden's King and Queen with their grandaughter Leonore. Photo: TT

Swedes celebrate as King Carl XVI turns 69

Sweden's royal family has been celebrating the King's birthday at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, watched by a huge crowd of onlookers. READ

Features

The Local List

Södra Teatern. Photo: Claes Helander

Ten unmissable outdoor venues in Stockholm

When the sun comes out, Sweden's capital undergoes a rapid transformation as outdoor bar areas spring open and the city's residents get a boost of energy after the harsh Nordic winter. But in a city packed with patios, where can you guarantee a cool atmosphere as temperatures rise? Here are The Local's top hotspots. READ

Opinion

The Swedish government and parliament buildings. Photo: Ola Ericson/imagebank.sweden.se

'Sweden is ruled by unelected policy plotters'

Sweden has long been seen as the epitome of a healthy democracy. But in this week's debate article, three researchers argue that an increase in unelected behind-the-scenes operators is threatening accountability in the Swedish political sphere. READ

The Local List

The outgoing leader of Sweden's Christian Democrats, Göran Hägglund, with the new leader, Ebba Busch Thor. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT

The ultimate guide to Sweden's party leaders

Two are pregnant, four are under 40 and nearly half are women. The Local's beginners' guide to Swedish political leaders reveals who has clung on to power and whose heads have rolled in the months since Sweden's general election in September 2014. READ

My Swedish Career

James Gill in his lego shop. Photo: The Local/Bobbie Carlson

Building my Swedish lego dream brick by brick

James Gill was working as a chef in the UK when he one day decided to combine his two passions in life: Sweden and Lego. The Local's reporter Bobbie Carlson visited his shop in Stockholm - and discovered that there is far more to the famous children's toy than meets the eye. READ

Swedes are the eighth happiest people in the world. Photo: Susanne Walström/imagebank.sweden.se

Eighth happiest: why are the Swedes not pleased?

Sweden is the eighth happiest country in the world, according to the UN. But the result has not gone down well in the Nordic country. The Local caught up with an expert to find out why. READ

More News

Måns Zelmerlöw won Melodifestivalen earlier this year. Photo: Maja Suslin/TT

Swedish Eurovision star Måns set for June show

Sweden’s Eurovision entry Måns Zelmerlöw has confirmed he is set to make an appearance at one of Stockholm's legendary singalong shows at Skansen this June. But before that the international hearthrob is touring Europe to drum up support for his big moment in Vienna. READ

Even Klasson's pet cat Mocca fits through the holes. Photos: private

Does this Swede have world's biggest piercing?

A Swedish teaching assistant’s record breaking ear-piercings have earned him internet fame in Sweden this week, after already astonishing his young students. He tells The Local about life with 130 milimetre (13cm) lobes. READ

The school in Vännäs. Photo: Liljaskolen

Swedish pupil 'slept in faeces' at school

UPDATED: A teenage student has been sleeping on a mattress in school basement covered in faeces, urine and vomit, despite clean dormitories being available elsewhere in the building. READ

A beggar in Stockholm. Photo TT

Begging ban push from Swedish opposition

UPDATED: A potential ban on organized begging is back in the spotlight after two leading opposition politicians called for municipalities to be able to clear the camps where thousands of EU migrants are settling. READ

What's on in Sweden

The Nordic Oyster Opening Championships take place in Grebestad, south-west Sweden on Friday and Saturday. Photo: Adam Ihse/TT

What's on in Sweden: April 30th - May 6th

With the approaching summer and a long weekend ahead there are plenty of reasons to get out of the house this week. From a stand-up event featuring Eddie Izzard to the Nordic Oyster Opening Championships, here are a few ideas. READ

All three of the Swedish universities featured in the ranking suffered significant drops. Photo of a student in a library: Shutterstock

New unis in Sweden tumble in world rankings

Three Swedish universities have plummeted in this year’s world rankings of institutions founded within the past 50 years. READ

Photo: Dennis Karlsson

Has a kangaroo scored Sweden's best selfie?

A Swedish 26-year-old who took a snap with a kangaroo while travelling around Australia has produced one of the best selfies of 2015, but he isn’t the first Swede to have a fetish for photos with wild animals. READ

A Swedish police car. Photo: TT

Rapist on the run after Swedish pupil attack

Police in Gothenburg are searching for a man believed to have raped girl on her way to school in Gothenburg on Wednesday morning. READ

Sofia Helin who plays Saga in The Bridge television series. Photo: TT

Roadtrip traffic boost for Sweden's 'The Bridge'

The Öresund Bridge between Sweden's Malmö and the Danish capital has seen its biggest increase in traffic since 2008, with day trippers and tourists behind the leap in journeys across the road and rail link made famous in Nordic Noir series The Bridge. READ

Anders Kompass is accused of leaking secret documents. Photo: TT

Swedish UN worker in French troop abuse row

UPDATED: A senior Swedish aid worker has been suspended from his job at the United Nations for allegedly leaking an internal report claiming that French soldiers deployed in the Central African Republic have been abusing children. READ

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A detail from the sugar sculpture. Photo: Thomas Kienbauer

Sugary twin towers attacks Austrian politics

The owner of a Vienna patisserie has managed to offend some of his customers by creating a sugar sculpture depicting the terror attack on New York’s World Trade Center - in an attempt to critique Austrian politics. READ

Photo: Caroline Bishop

Street food (finally!) surfaces in Swiss cities

Street food offers an alternative, lower cost style of dining that has been almost impossible to find in Swiss cities. The Local's Caroline Bishop finds out that this state of affairs is rapidly changing — to the delight of many expats. READ

Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière has some explaining to do. Photo: DPA

Govt 'lied' to parliament about NSA spying

The government has been accused of lying to the Bundestag (German parliament) after it emerged last week that Chancellor Angela Merkel's office knew German spies were conducting economic espionage on behalf of the Americans. READ

Membership in the banking union would give ECB regulators authority over Danish banks. Photo: DANIEL ROLAND/Scanpix

Denmark wants in on EU banking union

The Danish government supports joining the EU’s banking union and wants parliament to vote on it without first asking the Danes, a Justice Ministry report said on Thursday. READ

Basques can now safely visit Iceland without the threat of being killed on sight. Photo: Arnar Valdimarsson/Flickr

Iceland revokes order to 'kill Basques on sight'

In a small town on the western coast of Iceland last week, authorities finally revoked a 400-year-old order that allowed Basques to be killed on sight. READ

The girl was found dead on the ground outside her apartment. Photo: AFP

French teen suicide after sex video web bullying

A 15-year-old French girl has taken her own life after an intimate film featuring her and her boyfriend was shared online, leading to her being the victim of some vicious online bullying and blackmail. READ

A demonstrator throws a smoke bomb to police in downtown Milan, during a demonstration against the Universal Exposition Expo Milano 2015. Photo: AFP

Italy PM says riots will not ruin Milan Expo 2015

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi warned on Saturday that stone-throwing protesters who clashed with police in Milan during the Expo 2015 opening would not ruin the world fair. READ

Video

Erna Solberg, phone snugly in place, hands over the 2014 Womans' Football Cup. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB scanpix

Norway PM celebrated for phone-in-bra trick

After Norway's PM Erna Solberg was caught on camera slipping her phone into her bra, Norway’s top tabloid VG has made a video investigating the phenomenon. READ

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