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 Re-elections are rare in Sweden, but on Sunday the people of Falun went to the polls again. Here's how they voted. https://www.thelocal.se/20190408/how-did-the-re-election-change-or-not-the-political-map-of-falun-sweden Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:51:11 +0200 how-did-the-re-election-change-or-not-the-political-map-of-falun-sweden Falun Municipality is home to around 60,000 people and is best known for its copper mine, the local sausage, and traditional red houses. But this week it's become the political centre of Sweden as the town gears up for a re-election. https://www.thelocal.se/20190405/why-falun-is-the-political-centre-of-sweden-this-week Fri, 05 Apr 2019 11:14:40 +0200 why-falun-is-the-political-centre-of-sweden-this-week A municipality in central Sweden must hold a second election due to ballots being delivered late in the election of September last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20190207/swedish-town-must-hold-second-election-after-postal-mix-up Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:51:55 +0100 swedish-town-must-hold-second-election-after-postal-mix-up Votes cast by 145 people have not been counted in the Swedish election, after a bag containing the ballot papers was delivered late. https://www.thelocal.se/20180913/145-votes-not-counted-in-sweden-election-after-postal-mix-up Thu, 13 Sep 2018 18:58:13 +0200 145-votes-not-counted-in-sweden-election-after-postal-mix-up A man in his 50s has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder of his younger relative in central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20170927/12-year-prison-sentence-for-man-who-murdered-relative-with-scissors-in-sweden Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:50:07 +0200 12-year-prison-sentence-for-man-who-murdered-relative-with-scissors-in-sweden Police are investigating after a Left Party politician said he was attacked and raped because of his political beliefs. https://www.thelocal.se/20170915/swedish-politician-i-was-raped-at-knifepoint-falun Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:36:21 +0200 swedish-politician-i-was-raped-at-knifepoint-falun A May Day demonstration by the militant neo-Nazi group the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) in Falun elicited strong reactions from Swedes celebrating the traditional workers’ holiday on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20170501/anger-in-sweden-over-neo-nazis-may-day-march Mon, 01 May 2017 17:39:12 +0200 anger-in-sweden-over-neo-nazis-may-day-march A man who was found dead in the town currently hosting the Ski World Cup on Tuesday had been geocaching, a kind of scavenger hunt done using GPS, police believe. https://www.thelocal.se/20150226/dead-ski-world-cup-man-was-geocaching Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:31:00 +0100 dead-ski-world-cup-man-was-geocaching UPDATED: Police in central Sweden have launched a murder investigation following the death of a man found under a bridge in Falun, which is currently hosting the Ski World Cup. https://www.thelocal.se/20150224/man-found-dead-in-swedish-world-cup-city Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:51:00 +0100 man-found-dead-in-swedish-world-cup-city With 2,7 million articles under his belt, a Swede tops the list over the amount of items published on online encyclopedia Wikipedia, making up almost one tenth of the total content on the site. https://www.thelocal.se/20140718/swedish-wiki-vet-sets-new-record Fri, 18 Jul 2014 11:52:00 +0200 swedish-wiki-vet-sets-new-record The grave was not dug, the pallbearers never showed up, the church bells were broken and the priest suggested that the deceased woman should be cremated instead of buried, leaving one Falun family upset and confused at the lack of coordination between the church and the undertaker. https://www.thelocal.se/20121208/44934 Sat, 08 Dec 2012 13:41:00 +0100 44934 A lunch lady whose food was "too good" for students at a Swedish school will be able to continue offering her tasty concoctions after local authorities said the episode was a "misunderstanding" -- an explanation that doesn't sit well with the cook. https://www.thelocal.se/20121009/43712 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:50:00 +0200 43712 Students in central Sweden have taken to Facebook in a show of support for their school's head cook whose food was recently deemed "too good" by local authorities. https://www.thelocal.se/20121008/43698 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:32:00 +0200 43698 A talented head cook at a school in central Sweden has been told to stop baking fresh bread and to cut back on her wide-ranging veggie buffets because it was unfair that students at other schools didn't have access to the unusually tasty offerings. https://www.thelocal.se/20121006/43656 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:04:00 +0200 43656 A dying man was left alone, as Carema neglected to put in extra staff to watch over him. Instead, the demented man's last hours were spent alone on a chair, in front of the television. https://www.thelocal.se/20111113/37326 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:08:00 +0100 37326 All 23 women on trial for possessing and distributing child pornography were convicted by a Swedish court on Tuesday, along with a 43-year-old man believed to be the mastermind behind the network. https://www.thelocal.se/20111018/36812 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:46:00 +0200 36812 A man accused of murdering his fiancée has been found guilty of moving and hiding her body after her death. https://www.thelocal.se/20100714/27782 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:31:00 +0200 27782 The trial of a 34-year-old Swedish man for the murder of his 32-year-old fiancée has opened in Falun in central Sweden, in a case whose intricate mystery has generated massive interest. https://www.thelocal.se/20100329/25798 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:42:00 +0200 25798 A former police chief suspected of rape in an expanding sex ring investigation was remanded in custody on Thursday, despite his claims of innocence. A number of other well-known men are also said to be under investigation. https://www.thelocal.se/20100128/24660 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:57:00 +0100 24660 A former high-ranking police official has been arrested in central Sweden on suspicion of raping a woman and attempting to rape several children. https://www.thelocal.se/20100127/24628 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:21:00 +0100 24628