German troops are already in Iraq. Photo: TT

Sweden must 'share responsibility' for Iraq

After announcing that she wants to send Swedish military staff to Iraq, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has told The Local that the move is designed to 'share responsibility' for tackling extremism. READ

Photo: SVT

Children's 'genital song' in new YouTube row

A music video about penises and vaginas from a Swedish children's programme that went viral last week, was classified by YouTube as 'adult' content over the weekend, sparking a new row about the song. READ

Police were also called to the offices of the tax agency in Malmö in a similar scare last week. Photo: Drago Prvulovic/TT

Mystery white powder hits northern Sweden

The discovery of a mystery white powder has prompted police in northern Sweden to seal off several buildings, just days after a similar find at government headquarters in Stockholm. READ

08/01 Sweden government HQ in 'white powder' scare »

Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neil in December 2014. Photo: TT

Are Sweden's royals moving to London?

Speculation is growing that Sweden's Princess Madeleine and her husband are planning to relocate to London, after temporarily moving to Stockholm from New York. READ

A hand tattoo (but not this one) led to an arrest. Photo: TT

Facebook tattoo gives away Swedish robber

A man’s Facebook photos showing him flaunting his tattoo have helped police identify him as the suspect of a gas station robbery in Tomelilla in southern Sweden. READ

SAS is one of Scandinavia's biggest airlines. Photo: TT

More passengers are travelling with SAS

Scandinavian airline SAS has announced a boost to its passenger numbers, with 7.1 percent more people travelling with the company in December 2014 compared with a year ago. READ

My Swedish Career

Vasja Petkovska loves Sweden's snowboarding scene. Photo: Private

'Snowboarding drew me to work in chilly Sweden'

Vasja Petkovska left sunny Skopje in Macedonia to work in Stockholm a year ago. For this week's My Swedish Career, the snow-loving IT consultant tells The Local how she's warming up to the idea of living here for good. READ

Train services in west Sweden have been delayed. Photo: TT

West Sweden faces rush hour chaos after storm

Several train routes in west Sweden were facing severe delays on Monday after a heavy storm - known as Egon - hit the region over the weekend, while thousands remained without power. READ 19 comments

11/01 Super storm leaves 40,000 without power »

Director Ruben Östland and his team. Photo: TT

Sweden's Turist misses Golden Globe award

Swedish hit film Turist, known as Force Majeure abroad, lost out in the Best Foreign Film category at the Golden Globes, to a Russian drama. READ

A family in Malmö's Västra Hamnen district braves the winds. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

Super storm leaves 40,000 without power

The powerful storm which clobbered much of Sweden on Saturday night had left more than 40,000 without power by midday on Sunday, caused several injuries and disrupted road, rail and air traffic across the country. READ 4 comments

Features

Obituary

A 1955 portrait of Anita Ekberg in a publicity photo for the film War and Peace. Photo: INP/AFP

Anita Ekberg: The Swede who was La Dolce Vita

The actress Anita Ekberg, who has died aged 83, is likely to be remembered for a single scene in which she cavorts in Rome's Trevi Fountain, exhibiting her curvaceous charms to an urbane Marcello Mastroianni in Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita". READ

A tram in Gothenburg. Photo: Rafael B. da Costa/Flickr

'It's called Gothenburg, not Göteborg'

The Local's Oliver Gee is vexed about the only Swedish city with a name in both English and Swedish. And he wants you to say it correctly, please. READ 99 comments

The Local Recipes

Swedish cabbage rolls. Photo: Shutterstock

How to make Swedish stuffed cabbage rolls

Strapped for cash this month and trying to get back to a healthier diet after Christmas? Why not give healthy and cheap cabbage rolls a try. Here is a Swedish take on the international classic, courtesy of The Local's food expert, John Duxbury. READ 3 comments

Video

The Local's Oliver Gee takes language lessons in Umeå. Photo: The Local

Is this the strangest sound in Swedish?

The word for 'yes' in most of Sweden is 'ja', but in the north of the country a unique sound is used instead, as The Local's Oliver Gee discovered in the city of Umeå. READ 23 comments

Gothenburg-based artist Jose Gonzalez. Photo: TT

The Local's top Swedish songs of the month

The Local's resident music guru Paul Connolly is back with a selection of his favourite Swedish tracks to see you through the dark, post-festive days of January. READ

More News

France's Ambassador Jacques Lapouge speaking at the rally. Photo: TT

Stockholm Charlie rally breaks winter 'record'

Around three thousand people gathered in Stockholm’s main square on Sunday in solidarity with the journalists killed in Paris last week. Police said they could not remember a gathering so large during winter in the city, as The Local's Maddy Savage reports. READ 17 comments

Anita Ekberg pictured in 2010 at the Rome premiere of a digitally remastered version of "La Dolce Vita". Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP

Swedish Dolce Vita star Ekberg dies in Rome

Legendary Swedish actress Anita Ekberg, immortalised by her performance in Federico Fellini's 1960 film "La Dolce Vita", died on Sunday near Rome. She was 83. READ 2 comments

An enlarged look at the mystery sighting of a suspected submarine in the Stockholm archipelago in October. Photo: TT

Sweden admits second secret submarine hunt

Sweden launched a second, hitherto unreported, submarine hunt just two weeks after a suspected sighting in October made world news, Dagens Nyheter has revealed. READ 20 comments

Anna Kinberg Batra celebrates being voted in as leader on Saturday. Photo: TT/Henrik Montgomery

Sweden's opposition votes in woman leader

The new leader of Sweden's Moderate Party - who was officially voted in on Saturday - has called for a study on how Sweden could end two centuries of neutrality and join Nato. READ 3 comments

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More bike rides could save lives in capital

Increased cycle commuting in Stockholm could save at least 80 lives a year through reduced air pollution and increased physical exercise, according to the interim report from a major new research study. READ 23 comments

Gothenberg Mosque at night. Photo: Sveriges Muslimska Stiftelse

New bomb threat against Swedish mosque

Gothenburg's main mosque was evacuated on Friday night after a bomb threat, exacerbating Swedish Muslims' fear of reprisals following this week's Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. READ 148 comments

Fatal use of the "Superman" pill has also been reported in the UK, Canada and Israel. Photo: Flickr

Sweden confirms four 'Superman' drug deaths

Two more people have died from using the so-called 'Superman' drug, Swedish police have confirmed to The Local, bringing the total number of deaths from the drug in Sweden to four. READ

Photo: SVT

Children's 'genital song' goes viral in Sweden

A video about penises and vaginas from a Swedish children's programme has gone viral, causing wildly varying reactions from the Swedish public. READ 74 comments

Snow and wind in Stockholm last month. Photo: TT

Wild weather whipping up in southern Sweden

Rain, heavy snow and high winds are expected in the south of Sweden this weekend, with weather warnings issued in several parts of the region. READ 6 comments

A wolf on the prowl. Photo: Shutterstock

Sweden court stops hotly contested wolf hunt

A Swedish court has pulled the plug on a wolf hunt due to start on Friday, favouring animal rights activists in one of the country's most hotly disputed environmental issues. READ 10 comments

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From our other editions:

Sabina (L) and Samra (R), different teen girls who went missing in April. Photo: APA/Interpol

Teen girls arrested for Isis 'wife offer'

Two more teenage girls, this time from Salzburg and Upper Austria, were arrested in their homes on Saturday after attempting to join the terrorist group Isis. READ

Photo: Madonna/Facebook

Madonna leaves her mark on Swiss holiday

Pop star Madonna made her mark in more ways than one during her recent holiday stay in the Swiss Alps. READ

Anti-Islam protestors outside Berlin town hall. Photo: DPA

PEGIDA expects record rally on terror fears

Germany's new anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement plans to rally again on Monday, with analysts expecting its ranks to swell by thousands following this week's bloody jihadist violence in France. READ

Photo: Stig Nygaard/Flickr

Danish wind energy has record year

With 39 percent of Denmark's electricity use covered by wind power in 2014, the climate minister says the nation is well on its way to hitting its 2020 goals. READ

The Kouachi brothers, Cherif (left) and Said, who are wanted for the killings at Charlie Hebdo's offices on Wednesday. Photo: French Police

Spain tightens security after Paris attack

UPDATED: Spain upgraded its anti-terrorist security level a notch on Wednesday, hours after an attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that left 12 dead. READ

Paris Terror Attacks

Hostages are rushed away from the scene of the Kosher store in the east of Paris. Four died in the siege. Photo: AFP

RECAP: Gunmen 'coordinated' attacks

Counter-terrorist police in France stormed a printworks and a Jewish supermarket Friday, killing two brothers wanted for the Charlie Hebdo massacre and an accomplice who took hostages at a Jewish supermarket in Paris, in two separate sieges. READ

The construction of new mosques has been banned in Padua. Photo: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP

New mosque ban in Padua after Paris attacks

The mayor of Padua has said that no more permits will be granted for the construction of mosques in the northern Italian city in the wake of the shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine, in Paris on Wednesday. READ

Terror attacks in Paris

PST chief Benedicte Bjørnland. Photo: Terje Bendiksby/NTB Scanpix

Norway security service: No change in threat level

Norway's terror threat level remains unchanged after the attacks in France that have so far left 13 people dead, the country's security service (PST) said on Thursday. READ

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Monday, January 12, 2015

The Local- News of Sweden

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