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 government has ordered Sweden's Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO), the country's primary arbiter of discrimination claims, to relocate its offices to a north Stockholm suburb with a high concentration of immigrants. https://www.thelocal.se/20130610/48412 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:33:00 +0200 48412 A newly opened health clinic in Ängelholm, south Sweden chose an unconventional marketing technique by recruiting patients among young revellers at a nightclub. https://www.thelocal.se/20130420/47456 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:55:00 +0200 47456 A woman who was denied a job as a receptionist for being "too young" has been awarded a settlement of 50,000 kronor ($7,700) by Sweden's Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen). https://www.thelocal.se/20130117/45662 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:23:00 +0100 45662 A lesbian couple in County Östergötland has reported the county council to the Swedish Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO), for making them pay 3,000 kronor ($457) for two inseminations. https://www.thelocal.se/20120828/42870 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:31:00 +0200 42870 A Sweden Democrat politician in southern Sweden recently made the papers after saying on Facebook that the word “negro” is not a racist term. https://www.thelocal.se/20111128/37620 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:42:00 +0100 37620 A devout Muslim was kicked off a train bound for Flen, south of Stockholm, in May, after failing to show his ticket to the conductor as he was deep in prayer. https://www.thelocal.se/20111103/37148 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:33:00 +0100 37148 A woman from Borås in western Sweden has filed a discrimination complaint against a health clinic after she was told to go back to Africa and get help from a medicine man for pain in her legs. https://www.thelocal.se/20110209/31928 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:57:00 +0100 31928 The 24-year-old suspect of a double murder of a couple outside Båstad in 2007 described parts of the scuffle that led to their deaths an "impulse thing" in a hearing on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100910/28918 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:42:00 +0200 28918 A Swedish appeals court has ruled that a Norrköping hotel was guilty of discriminating against a guest who was participating at a conference on ethnic discrimination at the time. https://www.thelocal.se/20100521/26780 Fri, 21 May 2010 15:32:00 +0200 26780 Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen) has decided not to appeal its fine for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of Jeanette Löding, the female CEO of a firm with which he was seeking employment. https://www.thelocal.se/20100303/25320 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:18:00 +0100 25320 The Svea Court of Appeal has ordered Elite Hotels to pay compensation to six men after finding that they were denied entry to a Stockholm nightclub due to their ethnicity. https://www.thelocal.se/20100223/25160 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:24:00 +0100 25160 Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby raced to a surprise alpine skiing victory on Monday, taking first place in the women’s World Cup Super-G in Cortina, Italy and marking the first World Cup victory of her career. https://www.thelocal.se/20090126/17158 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:09:00 +0100 17158 A 20-year-old Malmö woman has been awarded damages after she was asked to leave a bus for wearing a veil. https://www.thelocal.se/20080412/11070 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:19:00 +0200 11070 Western Union has stopped the private money transfers of Arab men with typical Arab names. The company gave the men's names as justification for their action. https://www.thelocal.se/20080412/11062 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:30:00 +0200 11062