https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Ali Esbati, a Swede who was on the Norwegian island of Utøya during the massacre last summer, has spoken out about his “relief” to hear that Anders Behring Breivik was sentenced to prison and not psychiatric care on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120824/42806 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:21:00 +0200 42806 A well-known Swedish radio profile that recently called Serbians “stupid” and compared them to Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik, has been suspended from work indefinitely. https://www.thelocal.se/20120425/40472 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:55:00 +0200 40472 Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan was forced to apologize to readers who were shocked after finding an ad for “Cosy Sundays” straight across the headline of a story on the tragic massacre at Norwegian island Utøya in July last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20120416/40288 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0200 40288 Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has admitted it considered contacting newspaper editors to ask them to stop using the firm’s name as shorthand for confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik. https://www.thelocal.se/20120131/38822 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:37:00 +0100 38822 A Swedish academic has come under fire in Norway after writing an article suggesting that Israel played a part in the July 22nd massacre carried out by Anders Behring Breivik that claimed 77 lives. https://www.thelocal.se/20111214/37926 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:35:00 +0100 37926 Crown princess Victoria and prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt represented Sweden at a ceremony in Oslo on Sunday to honour the victims of the tragedy in Norway in July. https://www.thelocal.se/20110822/35678 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:05:00 +0200 35678 Swedish bestselling author and human rights activist Henning Mankell said in an interview on UK television on Monday that mainstream politicians shoulder the responsibility for the rise of the far right. https://www.thelocal.se/20110810/35466 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:08:00 +0200 35466