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 Serious tax evaders could be released from prison, see their convictions quashed and be eligible to receive damages from the state, according to a judgement by the Swedish Supreme Court on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20130716/49092 Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:55:00 +0200 49092 A man has been charged with raising false alarm after faking a bomb threat in order to prevent a Malta-bound Scandinavian Arlines flight from taking off without him. https://www.thelocal.se/20121118/44488 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 12:34:00 +0100 44488 Two Swedish Migration Board (Migrationsverket) offices in opposite parts of the country were damaged late Wednesday night in what police believe were organized attacks. https://www.thelocal.se/20121101/44170 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:50:00 +0100 44170 A trainee chef from Sweden was recently awarded damages from the state after a freak accident in the kitchen left him injured for life. https://www.thelocal.se/20111111/37296 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:03:00 +0100 37296 A couple in Norrtälje, north of Stockholm, was sentenced to pay damages to their kids after forcing them to swallow Tabasco sauce as punishment for telling lies. https://www.thelocal.se/20110701/34682 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:22:00 +0200 34682 In the middle of Sunday service a man jumped up on the altar in a church in Hässleholm, in the south of Sweden. Once installed, he launched forth to preach his own, alternative faith. https://www.thelocal.se/20110412/33170 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:11:00 +0200 33170 A man from Luleå in northern Sweden who was dismissed from his job after being convicted to five years in prison for attempted murder has lost a lawsuit filed against his previous employer. https://www.thelocal.se/20110407/33072 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:43:00 +0200 33072 A Swedish firm of funeral directors has agreed to pay 15,000 kronor to two sisters after their father's coffin was tipped without grace into an open grave by pallbearers unsteady on their feet. https://www.thelocal.se/20100506/26488 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:03:00 +0200 26488 Two sisters are claiming damages from a firm of funeral directors after their father's coffin was plunged ungracefully into a grave by undertakers unsteady on their feet. https://www.thelocal.se/20091120/23388 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:00 +0100 23388 An 11-year-old boy has been ordered to pay 1.9 million kronor ($276,000) in damages after causing smoke and water damage to a Stockholm home, the Aftonbladet newspaper writes. https://www.thelocal.se/20091113/23242 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:20:00 +0100 23242