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Missing People volunteers gather in central Sweden. Photo: TT

Record volunteer search for missing teenage girl

UPDATED: Police in central Sweden have resumed their search for 17-year-old Lisa Holm after 900 volunteers combed an area near Lidköping last night. READ

10/06 Huge police hunt for missing Swedish teen »

The bomb threat concerned an SAS plane travelling from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport to Helsinki. File photo: Ingy The Wingy/Flickr

Man arrested over Arlanda bomb threat

A man has been arrested in Finland over a bomb threat on a plane taking off from Stockholm’s Arlanda airport. The alert has now been lifted. READ

Royal Wedding

Sofia Hellqvist at the Nobel Prize banquet in December 2014. Photo: TT

How a reality TV star got a Swedish fairytale

With just two days to go until the wedding of the year in Sweden, we take a closer look at the former reality starlet, glamour model and yoga teacher set to become a real-life princess. READ

Video

The whole rescue mission was caught on camera. Photo: Screengrab

Swedish man rescues baby elk from cold creek

A video of a Swedish man wading through a freezing cold creek to rescue a baby elk has gone viral. READ

The farm where the man was discovered. Photo: TT

Swedish teens arrested over pensioner's murder

Two 13-year-old boys have been questioned by police after they were arrested on suspicion of murdering a 65-year-old man on a farm in south-western Sweden. READ

A Swedish Saab plane crashes near Kecskemet, Hungary, on Wednesday June 11th. Photo: TT

Hungary crash grounds Swedish Saab planes

After two planes made by Swedish defence giant Saab and used by the Hungarian army crashed, the central European country has opted to ground its fleet of Jas-39 Gripen fighter jets. READ

Northern Dispatches

Donna Richmond with her twin girls. Photo: Private

'How Zumba gave me a real life in Sweden'

The Local's reporter Paul Connolly loves living in the Swedish countryside. But it took starting a community Zumba class for his partner fellow-Brit Donna Richmond to thaw to the idea of staying in the frozen north. Here, she shares her emotional story. READ

What's on in Sweden

Summerburst is one of the best things about the Swedish summer. Photo: TT

What's on in Sweden: June 11th-17th

The Royal Wedding is finally happening on Saturday. Here, we list where you’re most likely to catch a glimpse of the royal bride and groom and some of the other best events around Sweden this week.READ

An Ikea store in Stockholm. Photo: TT

Ikea among dream firms for European students

Business, IT and engineering students from Europe's twelve biggest economies have voted Swedish firms Ikea and Volvo as among the continent's most attractive employers, with both firms climbing the rankings since a similar survey last year. READ

The man was living in Gamla Stan, Stockholm's Old Town. Photo: Max Anderson/Wikicommons

Nude neighbour stripped of Stockholm apartment

A man in his 60s who was caught roaming naked around his apartment building in central Stockholm has been stripped of his rental lease by a Court of Appeal. READ 3 comments

Features

The Local List

Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist will be tying the knot this Saturday. Photo: TT

Seven totally Swedish wedding traditions

Marriages are celebrated slightly differently in Sweden. As the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist looms, wedding planner Mariella Gink gives The Local the lowdown on some of Sweden’s quirkier wedding traditions. READ

Analysis

Is the world about to get a taste for 'fika'? Photo: TT

Is Sweden's 'fika' break concept going global?

If you've lived in Sweden for more than five minutes you'll be well aware of the 'fika' coffee and bun tradition. But now it seems the phenomenon is going global. READ

Opinion

Swedish drinkers. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT

'Sweden is confused about tackling addiction'

Sweden should ban tax-free boozing in the Baltic and offer more help for sex addicts, argues Rupert Wolfe Murray from one of the UK's leading rehabilitation clinics. READ

My Swedish Career

James Towers from Australia. Photo: Private

'Sweden should be more proud of its brand'

In this week's My Swedish Career interview, we chat to James Towers – an Australian trying to revolutionize Sweden's advertising, media and retail industries. READ

The Local List

Midsummer celebrations in Tingaröd, southern Sweden. Photo: Carolina Romare/Image Bank Sweden

Ten Swedish dates every visitor must discover

Swedes aren't too fussed about their National Day on June 6th, but there are plenty more fun, mouthwatering and occasionally bizarre dates that are a must for your diary. READ

More News

Students at a different graduation. Photo: Sofia Sabel/Image Bank Sweden

'Multicultural' flag ban at high school graduation

A high school headteacher has been slammed for banning students from waving Swedish or other international flags and singing Zlatan Ibrahimovic's alternative national anthem, just in case their "multicultural" efforts instead promoted xenophobia. READ

Spotify's Stockholm office. Photo: TT

Spotify stake bought by Nordic mobile giant

Nordic telecom operator TeliaSonera has bought a 1.4 percent stake in music streamer Spotify, valuing the online music service at more than $8.2 billion. READ

Kristina Ljungros from the sex education group behind the contest. Photo: RFSU

Swedish group to debate new stimulating word

A Swedish sex education group will this week meet to discuss the adoption of a new word for female masturbation after launching a competition to come up with a term last year. READ

Video

A screenshot from the video of the crash.

Have you seen Scandi hotel king's ski blunder?

One of the rockstars of the travel industry, Norwegian Petter Stordalen, meant to make a James Bond style entrance as he jet skied to a hotel opening in Sweden's Malmö. Instead, his clumsy crash made international headlines. READ

Royal Wedding

The flight ban, which covers much of central Stockholm, is from 12pm to 8pm. Photo: Eric Kilby/Flickr

Flights banned during Swedish royal wedding

A flight ban will be imposed over much of central Stockholm on Saturday when Prince Carl Philip weds Sofia Hellqvist. READ

Swedes are being told to pack condoms as well as bikinis. Photo: TT

Sweden gets cheeky safe sex toilet campaign

Toilets at Swedish airports are being plastered with messages designed to warn young people to practice safe sex when they jet off for their summer holidays. READ

A Swedish workplace. Photo: Susanne Walström/Image Bank Sweden

Stress causing hike in Swedish sick leave

For the fifth year in a row, the number of people taking time off work due to stress has gone up in Sweden, according to a report by the Swedish Work Environment Authority (Arbetsmiljöverkets). READ

Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström last month. Photo: TT

Minister slaps 'medieval' Saudi punishment again

Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström on Tuesday accused Saudi Arabia of handing a "medieval" punishment to a blogger in a move likely to further strain tensions between the two countries. READ

Ratsit provides personal data online. Photo: TT

Salary snooping steps up in transparent Sweden

A controversial Swedish website famed for providing the incomes of almost every adult in Sweden is launching a quarterly report that will also list people’s credit histories. READ

Lanvetter airport, where the man was arrested. Photo: TT

Swedish police arrest teen Norway Isis suspect

An 18-year-old Norwegian has been arrested at Landvetter Airport just outside Gothenburg. He is suspected of planning to join the extremist group Isis (also known as IS) in Syria. READ

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Photo: Pascha

Salzburg brothel offers free sex in tax protest

A licensed brothel in the city of Salzburg has been offering free drinks and free sex in a protest against what its owner says is unfair taxation.READ

Photo: Bombardier

Bombardier and SBB unveil double-deck train

Train manufacturer Bombardier and Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) on Monday unveiled a model of the new double-decker passenger trains the state-owned rail operator ordered five years ago for two billion francs ($2.15 billion). READ

Since the start of the Ukraine conflict German trust in NATO has fallen. Photo: DPA

German public rejects Nato mutual defence

A survey published by the Pew Research Center on Wednesday showed that the majority of Germans would be against their country using military means to defend a Nato ally against Russian aggression. READ

The Local List

Copenhagen's waterways come alive in the summertime. Photo: Colourbox

Five summer surprises in Copenhagen

Blogger Melanie Haynes shares the top five things that surprised her about summer in Copenhagen, as well as two that really annoy her.READ

Diphtheria was wiped out in Spain in 1986 thanks to a vaccination programme. Photo: Sanofi Pasteur / Flickr

Diphtheria boy being kept alive by machines

The child who has become the first to contract diphtheria in Spain for 28 years has developed heart and lung problems as well as kidney failure and is being kept alive connected to three different machines.READ

The deserted centre of Berrien in northwestern France. Photo: GoogleMaps

French village's €1 land offer sparks global frenzy

The mayor of a tiny, underpopulated village in northwestern France has been inundated with calls from around the world after he decided to sell off land for just €1 per square metre in a bid to attract new villagers. READ

Italian President Sergio Mattarella. Photo: Fillippo Monteforte

Yes, it's still a crime to insult Italy's president

The Italian Senate has moved to scrap a jail term of up to five years for insulting the president. But don't go making derogatory remarks just yet, as the bizarre fascist-era law has not been completely abolished. READ

Video

The Bishop of Oslo, Ole Christian Kvarme, on Monda

Tooji coming out video 'gross misuse of church'

Norwegian Eurovision star Tooji has come out in scandalous style, releasing a video shot inside an Oslo church in which he has steamy sex with a male priest in front of both altar and shocked congregation.READ