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Norway offers to scrap Swede's Utøya memorial

Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:40:57 +0200

A Swedish artist's controversial memorial to the victims of the Utøya massacre may be replaced by the Norwegian government in an effort to appease local residents.

Swedish 'whore' murder plotter faces charges

Thu, 21 May 2015 19:26:00 +0200

A 20-year-old man alleged to have written notes about his plans to kill a "whore", an "unfriendly" person and an "immigrant child" has been charged with three counts of conspiring to murder in a gruesome case that is gripping the Swedish media.

Swedish teens build on Breivik massacre spot

Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:58:42 +0200

Eighteen construction and civil engineering students from Sweden are taking part in a restoration project on the Norwegian island Utøya, where a youth politics conference is taking place this summer for the first time since dozens of young people were killed by Anders Behring Breivik in 2011.

Swedish royals in 'Breivik group' bomb threat

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:21:00 +0200

Police in Sweden are on high alert after a letter in English was sent to a regional Swedish paper warning about "four big bombs" that would be detonated on Thursday night at the royal family's residence in central Sweden.

Israel envoy: Palestinian prisoners are like Breivik

Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:49:00 +0200

Comments by Israel's ambassador to Sweden comparing recently-released Palestinian prisoners to Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik has left relatives of victims of the Utøya massacre seething.

'Racism in Norway survived the 22/7 attack'

Mon, 22 Jul 2013 18:57:00 +0200

A Norway-based Swedish survivor of the Utøya terror attack on Monday said Norway had learned little from the massacre of 77 people, claiming that the "undergrowth of hateful rhetoric" had recovered from the right-wing extremist attacks that shocked Norway and the world.

Swedish Utoya survivor revisits summer camp

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:27:00 +0200

A Swedish survivor of the Norway terror attack two years ago heads back to Labour Party summer camp for young members, and tells The Local why it is important "to regain normality" after the murder of 69 people on Utoya Island in 2011.

EDL in Stockholm for 'counter-jihad' meet

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:06:00 +0200

The English Defence League (EDL) and a collection of far-right and anti-Islam groups are planning to come to Stockholm to hold an international meeting on Saturday.

Sweden marks Norway terror attacks

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:48:00 +0200

Memorial services are being held across Sweden on Sunday to mark the one year anniversary of the twin terror attacks in Oslo and on Utøya island which left 77 people dead.

Sweden Democrats 'unchanged' in wake of Breivik terror: expert

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:48:00 +0200

While the far-right Sweden Democrats initially distanced themselves from the deadly attacks by Anders Behring Breivik, currently on trial in Norway, the party hasn't undergone a major transformation, the AFP's Nina Larsson discovers.

Paper sorry for 'cosy' ad over Utøya story

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:31:00 +0200

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.

Breivik planned secret base on Swedish farm

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:07:00 +0200

Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Breivik planned to hire a Swedish country house in what police believe was to be a base for running his terrorist operations in Oslo and Utøya.

Swedes more fearful of terror attacks: study

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:20:00 +0100

An increasing number of Swedes are worried about future terror attacks in the wake of the Stockholm suicide bombing and the Norway massacre on Utøya, a new survey has shown.

Breivik had Swedish mum's SIM card: report

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:58:00 +0100

A Swedish mother of two has been linked to Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik after a mobile broadband SIM card registered in her name was discovered in a computer found on Breivik's farm.

Swedish uni sacks man over pro-Breivik blog

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:19:00 +0100

A 45-year-old trainee at the Mid Sweden University (Mittuniversitetet) has been sacked after his employers found out he was writing a racist blog during working hours.

The Sweden Democrats - a year in the Riksdag spotlight

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:28:00 +0200

A year has passed since the Sweden Democrats became Sweden’s newest parliamentary party and The Local’s Peter Vinthagen Simpson has a look at what has been achieved, what has not and what has changed.

Two men charged for Breivik 'tribute' attack

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:41:00 +0200

Two men arrested in Västerås on suspicion of attempted murder expressed support for Anders Behring Breivik's massacre in Norway prior to stabbing two men of non-Swedish origin.

Holding the hate at bay - defending free speech in the internet age

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:13:00 +0200

As Swedish news outlets reassess their policies regarding online comments amid an ongoing debate about "internet hate", The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson argues that free speech is too important to be left to fend for itself in an online Wild West.

Sweden's gun laws would have stopped Norway killer: police

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:32:00 +0200

In Sweden, a person like Anders Behring Breivik wouldn't have been allowed to own a semi-automatic weapon built expressly for military purposes, according to Swedish police.

Swedish blogger inspired Norway terrorist: report

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:13:00 +0200

Portions of Anders Behring Breivik’s “manifesto” were previously posted on an anti-Muslim Swedish blog, according to report in the Swedish media.