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 The Swedish wife of a 74-year-old California real estate mogul has accused her husband of forcing her to wear a spiked dog collar and sexually assaulting her when she was nine months pregnant. https://www.thelocal.se/20130823/49794 Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:10:00 +0200 49794 A man found unconscious in a Californian motel room is baffling US authorities after waking up in hospital with no memory of his previous life and only answering to questions in Swedish. https://www.thelocal.se/20130715/49064 Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:25:00 +0200 49064 Swedish rookie Jonas Blixt earned his first US PGA victory after rolling in a four-foot par putt on 18 to capture the $5 million Frys.com Open by one stroke on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121015/43816 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:20:00 +0200 43816 A Swedish man is believed to have died in a runway car crash, in an accident that occurred at Tracy Municipal Airport in California on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120226/39334 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:36:00 +0100 39334 After spending last winter in rural Sweden recording the Hollywood version of "The girl with the dragon tattoo", director David Fincher was left baffled as to how Swedes survive the cold, dark months. https://www.thelocal.se/20111201/37670 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:16:00 +0100 37670 Swedish handicapped swimmer Anders Olsson shocked a field of experienced open-water swimmers by winning a race from prison island Alcatraz to the California mainland in record time on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110905/35960 Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:55:00 +0200 35960 Annika Östberg Deasy, who sat in a US prison for 28 years for her role in two murders, has had her life sentence reduced and will be released sometime in May 2011. https://www.thelocal.se/20091116/23288 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +0100 23288 Annika Östberg, who was recently transferred from the United States to Sweden to serve out a lifetime prison sentence, isn’t yet ready to re-enter society, according to prosecutors. https://www.thelocal.se/20091104/23060 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:16:00 +0100 23060 Annika Östberg, who was found guilty in 1981 of being an accessory to two murders in California, is back in her native country after 27 years in an American prison. https://www.thelocal.se/20090408/18746 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:09:00 +0200 18746 Two Swedes died on Wednesday night in a mid-air collision involving two Cessna light-aircraft in California. https://www.thelocal.se/20060209/3025-2 Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:38:00 +0100 3025-2