The Local Sweden

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Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:18:51 +0200

A special edition of our regular behind-the-scenes look at the biggest news stories in Sweden, with regular panelists plus special guests from Swedish media and politics.

Secret anti-immigration blogger's name exposed

Wed, 02 Sep 2015 13:31:51 +0200

UPDATED: 'Julia Caesar', an anonymous right-wing blogger who has blasted Swedish journalists for writing an "epoch of lies" about the benefits of immigration, is herself a former reporter for Sweden's biggest broadsheet, Dagens Nyheter, according to a Swedish tabloid.

Swedish court upholds tabloid gun crime verdict

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:59:00 +0100

The editor of Swedish tabloid Expressen and two journalists are guilty of gun crimes, a Swedish court ruled on Tuesday, upholding a lower court ruling that their investigative sting into buying black-market weapons in Malmö was illegal.

Tabloid reported over mobile phone sex claims

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 17:26:00 +0100

A young woman from northern Sweden has accused tabloid Expressen of slander after it published her picture next to a headline proclaiming, "This is how young people use their mobile phones to meet up for sex".

Swedish tabloid editor guilty of weapons crimes

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:29:00 +0200

The editor-in-chief of Swedish tabloid Expressen and two other journalists with the paper have been convicted of weapons crimes related to a report about how easy it is to buy guns in Malmö in southern Sweden.

Swedish editor charged with weapons crimes

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:20:00 +0100

Thomas Mattsson, editor-in-chief of one of Sweden's largest newspapers, has been charged for instigating a weapons offense.

Sweden evaluates swine flu response

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:11:00 +0100

With more than half the population inoculated, the swine flu scare is waning in Sweden. But questions remain whether the epidemic was grossly exaggerated.

Reporter fired over Hells Angels contacts

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:57:00 +0200

The Expressen newspaper has sacked its US correspondent following revelations that he had close contact with the former leader of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in Sweden, Thomas Möller.

Burma regime tells Swedish media to leave

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:15:00 +0200

Several Swedish and Danish news media outlets said on Monday they had been contacted by Burmese regime officials urging them to withdraw their reporters from the country for their own safety.

Expressen fights former Lindh murder suspect over libel claim

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:36:00 +0200

Swedish tabloid Expressen and its editor Otto Sjöberg are to continue fighting a lawsuit brought against them by the man first suspected of murdering foreign minister Anna Lindh in 2003. The case has now reached the Supreme Court.

Expressen editor fined for Persbrandt libel

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:36:00 +0100

The editor of Swedish tabloid Expressen has been convicted of libel by Stockholm district court for articles his paper wrote about actor Mikael Persbrandt.

Expressen editor guilty of Persbrandt libel

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:51:00 +0100

A jury has found the editor of Swedish tabloid Expressen guilty of defamation after the paper wrongly wrote that actor Mikael Persbrandt had been admitted to a clinic suffering from acute alcohol poisoning.

Persbrandt meets Expressen in court

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:29:00 +0100

The editor of Sweden's second largest tabloid newspaper, Expressen, is facing a court in Stockholm after the paper wrongly reported that actor Mikael Persbrandt had been admitted to a clinic suffering from acute alcohol poisoning.

Expressen reporter convicted

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:39:00 +0200

A Swedish appeals court on Friday said Expressen reporter Niclas Rislund was guilty of twice impersonating a police officer in connection to last year’s kidnapping of electronic store Siba’s chief, Fabian Bengtsson.

Persbrandt demands record payout from Expressen

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:24:00 +0200

Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt is to demand record compensation from the Expressen newspaper after it falsely stated that he had experienced alcohol poisoning and had checked himself in at a detox clinic.

Expressen reporter accessed party network

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:49:00 +0200

An Expressen reporter has been suspended after it emerged that he had accessed the Social Democrats' internal network, Sapnet.

Expressen prosecuted for Persbrandt stories

Thu, 18 May 2006 16:30:00 +0200

Sweden's Chancellor of Justice is to prosecute tabloid paper Expressen for libelling actor Mikael Persbrandt.

Haga man suspect reports Expressen

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:44:00 +0200

Expressen have been reported to the press ombudsman for publishing the name and a photograph of the Haga man suspect.

Reporter 'did not pose as policeman'

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:47:00 +0100

A reporter from a Swedish tabloid did not pose as a policeman to get information about the case of kidnapped businessman Fabian Bengtsson, a court in Gothenburg has decided.

Expressen journalist denies impersonating police officer

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:47:00 +0100

GOTHENBURG. The trial of an Expressen journalist who is accused of pretending to be a police officer began in Gothenburg on Monday. He denies the charge.