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 A couple of Stockholm police officers were left red-faced on Saturday night after they left their car unlocked with the keys in the ignition, only to see a drunken twenty-year-old climb in and drive it away. https://www.thelocal.se/20161009/stockholm-cops-red-faced-as-drunk-makes-off-with-car Sun, 09 Oct 2016 15:11:38 +0200 stockholm-cops-red-faced-as-drunk-makes-off-with-car An international flight from Malmö Airport was temporarily grounded after a member of the crew failed a breathalyzer test in the cockpit. https://www.thelocal.se/20161004/plane-delayed-after-crew-member-failed-alcohol-test Tue, 04 Oct 2016 17:42:35 +0200 plane-delayed-after-crew-member-failed-alcohol-test Most people who have too much alcohol at a birthday party do not find themselves drunk, naked, blood-covered and trapped inside a hen house in a rural Swedish village. https://www.thelocal.se/20160920/hen-baiting-fox-was-a-drunk-and-naked-swede Tue, 20 Sep 2016 15:49:59 +0200 hen-baiting-fox-was-a-drunk-and-naked-swede An “extremely drunk” Swedish citizen went on a windscreen-smashing rampage in the Danish city of Aalborg on Sunday night, local police said. https://www.thelocal.se/20160905/very-drunk-swede-goes-on-window-smashing-rampage-in-denmark Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:19:58 +0200 very-drunk-swede-goes-on-window-smashing-rampage-in-denmark Police in the Danish town of Helsingør had their hands full on Easter Sunday night as 500 Swedish revellers caused disorder in the city, resulting in 250 being put on the next ferry back to Sweden. Helsingør is an ‘Ibiza’ for the teenagers, said one police officer. https://www.thelocal.se/20160328/danish-police-send-250-drunk-swedes-home Mon, 28 Mar 2016 13:57:43 +0200 danish-police-send-250-drunk-swedes-home A Swedish pensioner has been told he could be imprisoned after being caught driving a golf buggy while drunk twice in one night by police on the west coast of Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150925/swede-risks-jail-for-drunk-golf-buggy-spins Fri, 25 Sep 2015 14:08:00 +0200 swede-risks-jail-for-drunk-golf-buggy-spins Police are introducing electronic road barriers that automatically test if drivers are over the legal alcohol limit. https://www.thelocal.se/20140903/sweden-to-introduce-auto-sobriety-road-blocks Wed, 03 Sep 2014 18:58:00 +0200 sweden-to-introduce-auto-sobriety-road-blocks A doctor in western Sweden worked for several hours in the hospital's emergency room under the influence of alcohol and possibly drugs. He is now suspected of gross misconduct say the police. https://www.thelocal.se/20140713/doctor-probed-for-being-drunk-and-high-at-work Sun, 13 Jul 2014 11:56:00 +0200 doctor-probed-for-being-drunk-and-high-at-work Two Swedish men are suspected of aggravated drunk driving after police pulled them both over in the same car within the same hour. https://www.thelocal.se/20140228/two-men-caught-drunk-driving-in-same-car Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:03:00 +0100 two-men-caught-drunk-driving-in-same-car One drunken driving citation didn't faze a beer-loving trucker in western Sweden, who opted to stay on the road and crack open a few more. https://www.thelocal.se/20140214/truck-driver-achieves-rare-drunk-driving-double Fri, 14 Feb 2014 10:44:00 +0100 truck-driver-achieves-rare-drunk-driving-double A captain piloting a tank ship loaded with 15,000 tonnes of flammable liquid to western Sweden has been too drunk to respond to questioning since the Swedish coast guard apprehended him on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20131217/drunk-captain-unable-to-steer-ship-sweden-toxic-flammable-naptha-coast-latvia Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:44:00 +0100 drunk-captain-unable-to-steer-ship-sweden-toxic-flammable-naptha-coast-latvia A 25-year-old woman picked up from driving drunk in northern Sweden left law enforcement officials astounded after it was revealed her blood alcohol level had reached heights they'd never seen before. https://www.thelocal.se/20131023/50966 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:12:00 +0200 50966 A Swedish female police officer, accused of beating a drunken man and setting her dog on him, is being prosecuted for assault after the incident was captured on film. https://www.thelocal.se/20131015/50800 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:21:00 +0200 50800 A man stopped by police and found to be driving while heavily intoxicated has been cleared of drink driving by a Gothenburg appeals court as he was also fast asleep at the time. https://www.thelocal.se/20131004/50600 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:54:00 +0200 50600 A 61-year-old caught driving with a blood-alcohol level five times over Sweden's legal limit walked free after a court in southern Sweden cited his high tolerance for alcohol. https://www.thelocal.se/20130206/46030 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:55:00 +0100 46030 A man has been jailed for a month for having told security staff at Stockholm Arlanda Airport that there was a bomb on board, hoping to delay departure so that he would have time to make the flight. https://www.thelocal.se/20130202/45966 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:25:00 +0100 45966 A 21-year-old man died Saturday night after falling on to the tracks of a Stockholm subway station. https://www.thelocal.se/20121230/45336 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:14:00 +0100 45336 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 A Scandinavian Airlines pilot who failed a breathalyzer test prior to be scheduled to fly a plane out of Arlanda airport in May this year, has been cleared by the Attunda District Court. https://www.thelocal.se/20121023/43998 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:45:00 +0200 43998 An inebriated Norwegian man, napping in the back of his car, was shocked to find himself dumped in Gothenburg by two female car thieves some hours later. https://www.thelocal.se/20120928/43496 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:10:00 +0200 43496