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 Firefighters say a fire that killed one woman and threatened to destroy the historic wooden town of Eksjö in southern Sweden is now under control, as residents describe a "war zone" atmosphere in the burnt-out neighbourhood. https://www.thelocal.se/20150817/raging-fire-put-under-control-in-wooden-town Mon, 17 Aug 2015 12:01:14 +0200 raging-fire-put-under-control-in-wooden-town A huge fire is threatening to destroy the historic wooden town of Eksjö in Jönköping county in southern Sweden. One woman has died in the fire. https://www.thelocal.se/20150816/out-of-control-fire-threatens-swedish-town Sun, 16 Aug 2015 14:15:11 +0200 out-of-control-fire-threatens-swedish-town Seven of the eight men charged with the aggravated rape of a woman at a housing facility for asylum seekers in Småland, southeastern Sweden, last year were convicted and sentenced to prison on Wednesday in the Eksjö District Court. https://www.thelocal.se/20120411/40208 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:27:00 +0200 40208 Eight men who were detained on gang rape allegations in December have been charged on Friday for the brutal rape of a woman in a Migration board (Migrationsverket) flat last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20120309/39580 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:53:00 +0100 39580 The mystery surrounding several decades-old pictures found in a vintage camera purchased last August by a UK couple at an auction in south central Sweden has been solved. https://www.thelocal.se/20111213/37918 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:06:00 +0100 37918 Seven men have so far been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a 29-year-old mother of two in Eksjö, in the south of Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20111207/37792 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:10:00 +0100 37792 A UK couple are appealing to Swedes for help in gleaning clues about several decades-old photographs which turned up on film hidden in a vintage camera purchased at an auction in south central Sweden last August. https://www.thelocal.se/20111020/36868 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:03:00 +0200 36868 The 58-year old man charged with holding his girlfriend captive in a cabin for nine years, was given a suspended sentence on Thursday for abuse and molestation. https://www.thelocal.se/20081106/15512 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:28:00 +0100 15512 Formal charges were filed on Monday against the 58-year-old man who is believed to have held his girlfriend captive for nine years in a small cabin outside of Eksjö in central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20081013/14920 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:32:00 +0200 14920 The fears of a refugee family in hiding and those protecting them provide at least a partial explanation of how a 58-year-old man managed to hold a woman captive in a cabin outside of Eksjö in south central Sweden for nine years without detection. https://www.thelocal.se/20080910/14238 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:21:00 +0200 14238 The police chief in Jönköping on Monday reported his colleagues for official misconduct in their handling of the case of a woman kept locked up for years in a cabin near Eksjö in south central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20080908/14200 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:43:00 +0200 14200 Police were informed about the woman held captive in a small cabin in southern Sweden for nine years, in November 2007. They acted first yesterday to arrest her captor - a 58-year-old man missing, thought dead, since 1982. https://www.thelocal.se/20080906/14180 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:26:00 +0200 14180 A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis is believed to have been held by a man for several years in a small cabin in south-central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20080905/14152 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:50:00 +0200 14152 A 17-year old girl has died from injuries sustained following a fall from her fourth floor apartment in the Småland town of Eksjö. https://www.thelocal.se/20080127/9789 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:44:00 +0100 9789 A courtroom in Eksjö was filled to bursting on Thursday morning by representatives of various women's shelters who had come to support three of their colleagues accused of helping a woman to hide her two sons from their father. https://www.thelocal.se/20070419/7047 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:26:00 +0200 7047 A 44-year old teacher was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in jail for raping a 12-year old girl. https://www.thelocal.se/20060913/4887 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:04:00 +0200 4887