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Police are investigating the murder in Bålsta, north-west of Stockholm. Photo: Maja Suslin/TT

Man denies murdering nine-year-old daughter

UPDATED: A father has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his nine-year-old daughter and injuring her mother at their home in Bålsta near Stockholm, a prosecutor told Swedish media on Saturday. READ

Umeå District Court in northern Sweden. Photo: Rolf Höjer/SCANPIX

Umeå rapist allowed to return to scene of crimes

One of Sweden's most infamous serial rapists will be allowed to return to the area where he kept a town locked in fear over the course of seven years when he is released this summer, a court ruled on Friday. READ

Clothes and shoe sales went up in June. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/SCANPIX

Swedes flock to stores to buy summer outfits

After a slow start to the year, shoppers are finally hitting the stores again, according to fresh figures by the Swedish Trade Federation (Svensk Handel). READ

Märtha Ljungberg with her grandson Oscar. Photo: Private

Swedish granny proves age is just a number

After 88-year-old Märtha Ljungberg’s visit to Sweden’s biggest amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg went viral, The Local spoke to her grandson about the high-speed occasion. READ

Malmö was hit by a series of explosions around Christmas last year. Photo: Stig-Åke Jönsson/TT

Man locked up over Malmö Christmas blast

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison over an explosion in Malmö in southern Sweden on Christmas Eve. READ

Malmö police worry about wave of violence »

IN PICTURES

Sweden's top footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

Swedish footballer Zlatan pays visit to home town

Football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic caused a stir in southern Sweden on Friday after he published pictures of himself returning to his roots in the troubled Rosengård area of Malmö. READ

Prince Nicolas. Photo: The Royal Court/TT

Prince Nicolas enjoys first Swedish summer

Princess Madeleine and her husband Chris O’Neill are planning to relocate to the UK in the autumn, but are first spending the summer on the island of Öland, with their new baby prince. READ

The Local Recipes

Rye bread with apple. Photo: John Duxbury/Swedish food

How to make Swedish rye bread with apple

Here's a great snack to make during the summer, when you can make the most of those long Swedish evenings to prepare it before sharing with friends. John Duxbury shares his favourite recipe with The Local. READ

A Stockholm care home has been struggling with a rat problem. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/SCANPIX

Rat attack fears at Stockholm care home

Suspected rat attacks have sparked fears at a care home in the Swedish capital after several residents suffered mysterious bite wounds. READ

Cars being checked by Swedish customs officials. Photo: Stig-Åke Jönsson/TT

Swedish cops call for tougher bridge checks

Police in Malmö have called for strengthened border control on the Öresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark in a bid to crack down on a recent wave of gun crime in the city. READ

Features

Swedish actor Fabian Bolin. Photo: Instagram with permission of Fabian Bolin

Swedish hunk writes emotional cancer blog

Fabian Bolin, 28, who has appeared in several UK television shows and US movies, is melting hearts with a now viral blog about his cancer treatment. READ

The Local List

Tanto Beach in Stockholm. Photo: Jessica Gow/TT

Five beaches you won't believe are in Sweden

Few people connect Sweden with a beach holiday, but there are plenty of fabulous seaside spots to enjoy in summer. READ

Opinion

Russian planes perform during the International Maritime Defence show in St.Petersburg earlier this month. Photo: TT/AP/Dmitry Lovetsky

'Russians don't think about Sweden's military'

While there's been much chatter in the global media about Russian military activity off the Swedish island of Gotland, most Russians have never even heard of the place, writes Stockholm-based Russian journalist Elena Bazina. READ

My Swedish Career

Hamed Koramyar at Sweden's political festival, Almedalen. Photo: The Local

‘Sweden has the best infrastructure I’ve known’

Hamed Khoramyar worked for household names in Iran for more than a decade, but forged a new career as an IT entrepreneur after fleeing his home country and seeking asylum in Sweden in 2010. READ

The Local Music

Tove Lo - The Local's number one singer for July. Photo: Promo

The Local's top Swedish songs of the month

The Local's music guru, Paul Connolly, has been sweating over Sweden's hottest new music so you don't have to. Here's a selection of July's best tracks. READ

More News

Hikers in northern Sweden. Photo: Fjällsäkerhetsrådet

Tourists to get more help in Swedish mountains

Mountain safety for tourists is set to improve in Sweden, with authorities introducing more signposting and guides in English as rising numbers of foreigners head for the hills. READ

Students at Uppsala university in Sweden. Photo: Magus Liam Karlsson/Image Bank Sweden

20,000 students without housing in Sweden

As Swedish and foreign students prepare to start university this autumn, a new report suggests 20,000 of them will struggle to find a place to live, despite a national push to tackle the housing shortage. READ

The teddy looks forward to going home. Photo: Skaraborg F7 Wing

Swedish military helps lost teddy return home

A lost teddy bear trying desperately to get back to his best friend received help from an unexpected source: the Swedish air force. READ

Real police officers at work in Stockholm. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT

Stockholm police warn of 'fake officer' house calls

Police in Stockholm are warning locals to be vigilant after a number of cases involving fake officers phoning people or turning up at their homes. READ

Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Akesson at Almedalen. Photo TT

Nationalist gains as Moderates dip in polls

The anti-immigration Sweden Democrat party gained support during last week’s national political conference Almedalen, while backing for the country’s main centre-right opposition group fell. READ

A German tourist at Långholmen camp site in Stockholm on Wednesday. Photo: Maja Suslin/TT

Warning of heavy rain and floods in Sweden

Remember Sweden's heatwave last week? That's all you're going to get: memories. The coming days are likely to be drenched in heavy rain and flooding, experts said on Wednesday. READ

Sweden has a strawberry shortage. Photo: Hasse Holmberg/TT

Fears over fake 'Swedish' strawberry sales

As Sweden continues to experience a homegrown strawberry shortage, there's a stir over whether some fruits labelled Swedish have actually been imported from overseas. READ

Swedish unions could join a strike against Ryanair. Photo: Lars Pehrson/SvD/SCANPIX

Swedish unions join Ryanair strike threat

Swedish unions have announced plans to join a Danish strike against Ryanair which could see the budget airline pull out of Scandinavia's biggest airport. READ

EXPAT GUIDE | Presented by Crans-Montana Tourism

Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Photo: Olivier Maire

Crans-Montana: expats' new international hub

Nestled high up in the heart of the Swiss Alps, Crans-Montana offers stunning panoramas of sky-high mountains and serene lakes. But it's more than a resort - it's home to the next generation of expats in Switzerland. READ

Skåne university hospital. Photo: TT

Was latest Malmö shooting a murder plot?

A 25-year-old man is in hospital after being shot in Malmö in southern Sweden, as police continue to raise concerns about rising gun crime in the city. READ

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From our other editions:

Smoking ban

Photo: Paul Gillingwater

Smoking ban bill to become law

Austria’s parliament will pass a new bill on a complete smoking ban on Wednesday - which will come into force in May 2018. READ

EXPAT GUIDE | Work

Photo: Anatoly Vartonov/Stockphoto.com

Quick tips for writing the perfect Swiss CV

Every country has a slightly different approach to the perfect resume. Rebekka Affolter, who writes the blog for leading Swiss recruitment website swissjobs.ch, tells The Local how to polish up your CV and stand out from the hordes of other jobseekers in Switzerland. READ

An Xbox 360 controller. Photo: DPA

Man drugs girlfriend to keep playing videogames

A court fined a 23-year-old man in North Rhine-Westphalia after he admitted to giving his girlfriend a sedative so that he could keep playing video games with a friend. READ

The golden spirals are each approximately 3cm long and weigh 0.1 grams each. Photo: Vestsjællands Museum.

Bronze Age treasure found in Denmark

Danish archaeologists have found 2,000 gold spirals buried in a field in Zealand that they suspect were used to adorn the ceremonial garbs of sun-worshiping priest-kings during the Bronze Age. READ

A beach in Barcelona, certainly not segregated. Photo: Ivan Lian / Flickr Creative Commons.

Catholic group calls for sex-segregated beaches

A Catholic group in northern Spain has caused controversy after advising people not to visit mixed beaches this summer to avoid "sins of the flesh". READ

Gallery - Travel

Everyone knows Mont Saint-Michel but what about some of France's more unknown Unesco World Heritage sites? Photo: AFP/Unesco

Ten French Unesco sites you won't have heard of

After France was awarded two new World Heritage sites at the weekend The Local has dug up some of the country’s least known gems on a list that now boasts 41. How many of these have you heard of? READ

The tornado killed one person. Screengrab: YouReporter.it

VIDEO: One killed in Venice tornado

One person was killed and more than thirty were injured when a tornado swept through the outskirts of Venice on Wednesday night, destroying dozens of homes and other buildings. READ

An armed Norwegian policeman patrolling Stavanger. Photo: Mats Danielsen/Wikimedia Commons

Norway Police fired just two shots last year

Norwegian police fired just two shots in the entire of 2014, neither of which killed or injured anyone, according to statistics published last month. READ

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Saturday, July 11, 2015

The Local- News of Sweden

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