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 Secret diary reveals Swedish 'snow man' pain Sweden’s mystery “snow man”, named in media reports as Peter Skyllberg, who survived for several months in a snowed –under car in the north of the country, kept a journal before isolating himself in the woods, in which he describes his desperate financial situation. https://www.thelocal.se/20120509/40732 Wed, 09 May 2012 15:43:00 +0200 40732 Sweden's 'snow man' to be documentary film The 44-year-old man who was trapped in his snowed-in car in Umeå, northern Sweden, for over two months is set to become the basis of a documentary by the Discovery Channel. https://www.thelocal.se/20120228/39360 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:01:00 +0100 39360 New find reveals Swedes' role in Ottoman sex-slave trade The recent uncovering of centuries-old documents has revealed that Swedish ships were used in the Mediterranean slave trade. Up to three quarters of the cargo was women who researchers have suggested were sold as sex slaves. https://www.thelocal.se/20120113/38486 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:57:00 +0100 38486 Fuglesang completes third spacewalk of shuttle mission Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang and an American colleague on Saturday completed the third and final spacewalk of their mission from the US space shuttle Discovery, allowing the Swede to reach a unique space milestone. https://www.thelocal.se/20090906/21908 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:33:00 +0200 21908 ‘Weightlessness is as fun as it was the first time’: Fuglesang The Discovery space shuttle’s seven-person crew, including Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang, has started their second day on the job, following the successful blast off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday evening (local time). https://www.thelocal.se/20090830/21776 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:29:00 +0200 21776