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A father on leave in a Stockholm café. Photo: Stina Gullander/imagebank.sweden

Swedish Dads pushed to take third month of leave

Sweden is set next week to give all new fathers a third month of ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ paid paternity leave in a bid to push them to take on a greater share of baby care.

The psychiatric clinic at Sahlgrenska University Hospital where three people were wounded on Friday. Photo: Björn Larsson Rosvall/TT

Police shoot knife attacker at psych clinic

Police in Sweden have shot and grievously wounded a man after he wounded two patients and an employee in a knife attack at a psychiatric facility in Gothenburg.

The tests were run at Sandviken crematorium. Photo: Svenska Kyrka

Swedish crematoria test for low emission coffin

Sweden’s crematorium industry has launched a project to identify the most environmentally friendly coffin, recording and analysing emissions given off by seven different models when burnt with the deceased inside.

Heavy snow trapped parked cars in Malmö in 2010. Photo: Drago Prvulovic/TT

White Christmas to hit Sweden two days late

It’s a few days too late for a white Christmas, but according to Sweden’s national weather forecaster, heavy snow will hit swathes of the south and west of the country over the weekend.

"The world has come close to us," the king said. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT

King talks terrorism in Christmas speech

Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf on Friday delivered his annual Christmas speech, touching on both terrorism and the migrant crisis and how the Swedes must defend society’s values by remaining trusting and open.

The ID checks will start on January 4th. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT

Öresund train operators mull scanning IDs

Swedish and Danish train operators are mulling the possibility of scanning the IDs of all travellers crossing the Öresund Bridge. The move is linked to the mandatory ID checks that will be imposed on Sweden-bound trains as of January 4th.

Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT

Winter storm set to sweep across Sweden

A winter storm, which has already claimed two lives in Norway, is forecast to sweep across Sweden on Friday. The national weather service has issued its second-highest warning, saying snow is most likely on the cards in many parts of the country this weekend.

Photo: Robert Nyholm/TT

Swedes now want fewer refugees, poll says

A majority of Swedes now want their country to take in fewer refugees, a new poll showed Thursday, as the Nordic nation struggles to contain an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers.

The Local List

Gävle is a town in Sweden that can offer you coffee, candy and fishing. Photo: Gävle Kommun

Is Gävle Sweden's most random city?

What do a giant straw goat, Cat Stevens and Sweden's most iconic sweets have in common? They all have links to Gävle, the biggest city in east Sweden, but barely known abroad.

Five weirdest attacks on Sweden's straw yule goat

The Local Guide

Merry Christmas from The Local! Photo: Carolina Romare/imagebank.sweden.se

Swedish Christmas: The Local's essential guide

Did you know Swedes all celebrate Christmas on December 24th? Learn about how the day unfolds with The Local's ultimate guide to Swedish Christmas.

Features

Opinion

What do you do if you're alone at Christmas? Photo: Carolina Romare/imagebank.sweden.se

'Christmas is a cruel time for lonely Swedes'

Alexandra Charles, founder of Sweden's non-profit women's health organization '1.6 million club', explains why she thinks that Christmas is a cruel holiday for those who are lonely in the Nordic nation.

The Local List

The Local shares ten Swedish Christmas songs. Photo: Helen Wahlman/imagebank.sweden.se

Ten Swedish Christmas hits for festive season

With just a couple of days left to Christmas, why not add a couple of traditional Swedish tunes to your playlist? The Local's intern Emma Lidman shares some of her favourite Swedish Christmas songs.

IN PICTURES

Northern Lights in Sweden last month. Photo: Hjalmar Andersson/imagebank.sweden.se

Mystic Northern Lights dazzle Swedish skies

Swedes were out snapping pictures of the Northern Lights over the weekend. But one stunning image captured by an amateur photographer has gone viral after it was shared on social media.

IN PICTURES

/he snow-covered structures mark the foundations of the demolished town. Photo:Ricard Estay/Public Art Agency Sweden

Stunning memory park for moved Swedish town

What happens when an entire town is knocked down and relocated? In Kiruna, Sweden's most northerly town, a 'memory park' has been created from the rubble as a monument to residents' feelings of loss.

My Swedish Career

Greg on a trip to Gothenburg in west Sweden. Photo: Private

'Moving to Sweden was my quarter-life crisis'

He hates the cold and loves making money. So what exactly is 28-year-old American Greg Clayman doing in freezing, high-tax Stockholm? The Local's Maddy Savage finds out for this week's My Swedish Career profile.

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Nordic Noir

Alexandra Rapaport. Photo: C More

New Nordic Noir shows 'true life of Swedes'

In the latest Nordic thriller series to hit TV screens, a Stockholm mum takes over her late husband's marijuana business. The Local speaks to star and co-producer Alexandra Rapaport about Gåsmamman, which she hopes will go global.

Out with models, in with... tyres. Photo: ABS Wheels/ Anders Wiklund/TT. Montage: The Local

Tyre firm dumps raunchy adverts and boosts sales

The old advertising adage is that sex sells, but a Swedish tyre firm that dumped semi-naked women from its adverts says its sales doubled as a result.

Refugee crisis

A cruise ship in Stockholm this summer. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT

Swedish cruise ship to house 1,260 refugees

Sweden's migration agency has signed a deal to house 1,260 refugees on board a cruise ship as authorities continue their search to find long-term asylum accommodation in the Nordic country.

Swedish tennis player Robin Söderling. Photo: Robin Halldert/TT

Swedish star officially retires from tennis

Sweden's Robin Söderling has announced he is hanging up his tennis racket, more than four years since his last match.

Video

Stock picture of another snowboarder. Photo: AP Photo/Odd Andersen

Watch this Swede going to shops – by snowboard

An adrenaline-fuelled video showing a Swede racing through his village on his snowboard has grabbed headlines in Sweden. But the man behind the clip has played down the attention, promising better things ahead.

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From our other editions

Photo: Damüls - Faschina Tourismus

Inexorable spread of Silent Night

When "Silent Night" was born in Austria almost 200 years ago, those present had little idea that the Christmas carol would one day be sung the world over, including this year by Miley Cyrus and some Swedish goats.

Fifa corruption scandal

Photo: Fifa

Swiss software caught Blatter-Platini payment

Fifa investigators used special software for financial watchdogs to catch the $2-million transfer that led to the ban on Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, a source close to football's Zurich-based world governing body said.

US Air Force B-52 strategic bombers pictured in 1957. Image: USAF/Wikimedia Commons

US planned East Berlin's 'systematic destruction'

The US Air Force planned to drop 91 atomic bombs in and around East Berlin in the event of the Cold War turning hot, documents released on Wednesday showed.

Aarhus University. Photo: IK's World Trip/Flickr

Deported African cleaner blitzes Danish uni exams

An international student at Aarhus University passed three exams in one day, all with the highest possible grade, after finding out he is to be deported from the country.

Christmas 2015

The winning numbers. Photo: Loteria Nacional

African migrant saved from sinking boat wins big in Spanish lottery

A 35-year Senegalese man who was saved by the Spanish coastguard after making a perilous journey from Africa is celebrating his win of €400,000 in the Christmas lottery.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

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