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 World number one and six-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has spoken about how an elbow injury forced her to pull out of the Swedish Open in Båstad at the last minute. https://www.thelocal.se/20150717/serena-williams-pulls-out-of-swedish-open-2015 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 09:54:04 +0200 serena-williams-pulls-out-of-swedish-open-2015 Germany Mona Barthel claimed the Swedish Open title on Sunday with a a 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) win over South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers, her third career title. https://www.thelocal.se/20140721/germanys-barthel-wins-swedish-open Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:40:53 +0200 germanys-barthel-wins-swedish-open World number one Serena Williams racked up her 51st win of the year on Sunday when she cruised past home player Johanna Larsson in the Swedish Open final. https://www.thelocal.se/20130722/49184 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:25:00 +0200 49184 24-year-old Swede Johanna Larsson, ranked 76th in the world, is set for a showdown with world number one Serena Williams in the final of the Swedish Open in Båstad on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130721/49178 Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:37:00 +0200 49178 Carlos Berlocq of Argentina bagged his first ATP Tour title on Sunday in seeing off Spanish eighth seed Fernando Verdasco in straight sets at the Swedish Open. https://www.thelocal.se/20130715/49052 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 10:13:00 +0200 49052 Slovenia's Polona Hercog successfully defended her Swedish Open title on Sunday after recovering from a set down to defeat French hope Mathilde Johansson. https://www.thelocal.se/20120723/42172 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:51:00 +0200 42172 In-form Spaniard and top seed David Ferrer won his fifth ATP title of the year here on Sunday beating compatriot Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 6-2 at the Swedish Open in Båstad. https://www.thelocal.se/20120716/42046 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:40:00 +0200 42046 A 17 year-old boy died early on Sunday morning, after having been hit by a car outside the summer resort Båstad in southwestern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120715/42036 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 14:41:00 +0200 42036 A nursing assistant is suspected of having hit a patient with the dementia in the head with a broom. The incident occurred at Skogsliden's geriatric home in Båstad, in southern Sweden, and has been reported to the police. https://www.thelocal.se/20120114/38506 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:00 +0100 38506 Sweden's Robin Söderling and Spain's David Ferrer on Saturday easily secured their spots in the final of the ATP Swedish Open tennis tournament in Båstad. https://www.thelocal.se/20110717/34996 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:02:00 +0200 34996 A 25-year-old man suspected of killing and dismembering a couple from the Båstad area in western Sweden was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Thursday for murder, manslaughter and disturbing the peace of the dead. https://www.thelocal.se/20101216/30906 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:15:00 +0100 30906 The 24-year-old suspect of a double murder of a couple outside Båstad in 2007 described parts of the scuffle that led to their deaths an "impulse thing" in a hearing on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100910/28918 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:42:00 +0200 28918 Christer Nordin, a Moderate party politician from Båstad in southern Sweden has withdrawn his candidacy for the upcoming local elections, despite claiming that a threat to kill a journalist was uttered in jest. https://www.thelocal.se/20100809/28270 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:50:00 +0200 28270 A Swedish politician threatened to murder a journalist after making insulting comments about the family of an autistic man, it has been alleged. https://www.thelocal.se/20100728/28050 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:59:00 +0200 28050 Rising French star Aravane Rezaï won her fourth WTA title on Saturday at the Collector Swedish Open Women in Båstad in southern Sweden on the west coast, beating Gisela Dulko. https://www.thelocal.se/20100711/27722 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 11:10:00 +0200 27722 A man has died after being attacked by a bull on Tuesday afternoon on a farm outside Båstad in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20090811/21248 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:50:00 +0200 21248 Swede Robin Söderling delighted crowds in Båstad when he beat Argentine Juan Monaco 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) to win the Swedish Open on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090720/20786 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:40:00 +0200 20786 Spanish rank outsider Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez spoiled the birthday celebrations of top seed Caroline Wozniacki from Denmark in Saturday's Swedish Open final. https://www.thelocal.se/20090712/20614 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:27:00 +0200 20614 On Friday, a 23-year-old man suspected of murdering a couple near Båstad in southern Sweden was remanded into custody. https://www.thelocal.se/20090712/20610 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:50:00 +0200 20610 A prominent member of Sweden's largest political party likened Israel to apartheid South Africa and Nazi Germany in calling for a boycott of Sweden’s upcoming Davis Cup tennis match against the Middle Eastern country. https://www.thelocal.se/20090113/16874 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:15:00 +0100 16874