The Local Sweden 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 Mummy bishop drives masses to Swedish town A perfectly preserved mummified bishop who died in the 17th century and was unearthed last year has been given a second funeral, after crowds queued to see him at a museum in southern Sweden earlier this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20151211/mummy-bishop-drives-masses-to-swedish-town Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:26:15 +0100 mummy-bishop-drives-masses-to-swedish-town Rogue British bishop fined for Holocaust denial A rebel British bishop was fined €10,000 ($13,534) by a German court on Friday for denying the Holocaust in an interview with a Swedish television channel. https://www.thelocal.se/20100416/26120 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:13:00 +0200 26120 Swedish bishop quits after office bashing Sven Thidevall, the Swedish bishop at the heart of a period of ecclesiastical turbulence which left the diocese of Växjö in southern Sweden reeling, has resigned to take up a research post. https://www.thelocal.se/20100216/25012 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:54:00 +0100 25012 Germany denied help in bishop probe In a criminal investigation against Catholic bishop Richard Williamson, who denied that the Holocaust happened in an SVT interview broadcast in January, German prosecutors want to question the Swedish journalist who interviewed him. The Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern) has denied the request. https://www.thelocal.se/20090409/18760 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:13:00 +0200 18760