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 new survey has revealed that more Swedes identify themselves as a dog person instead of a cat person, with almost six in ten saying they prefer canines over felines. https://www.thelocal.se/20140713/more-swedes-prefer-dogs-to-cats-study Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:43:00 +0200 more-swedes-prefer-dogs-to-cats-study Swedish insurance giant Folksam as well as the Handels trade union are dumping their shares in Lundin Petroleum over the oil company's refusal to agree to an independent probe of suspected human rights violations committed in connection with its operations in Sudan and Ethiopia. https://www.thelocal.se/20120531/41158 Thu, 31 May 2012 12:06:00 +0200 41158 The CEO of Sweden-based Lundin Petroluem rejected calls for an independent probe into the company's activities in Africa, telling owners to "sell your shares" if they don't trust Lundin's actions. https://www.thelocal.se/20120503/40620 Thu, 03 May 2012 18:26:00 +0200 40620 Two Sundsvall neighbours were horrified to discover last week that the reason for an invasion of maggots and flies in their apartments was because the person living next door to them had died and the body had lain undiscovered and rotting for two and half weeks. https://www.thelocal.se/20110828/35810 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:43:00 +0200 35810 A five-year-old girl from Orust, an island off the west coast of Sweden, has been refused insurance from giant Folksam, on the grounds of her weight putting her into a “high risk” category, according to a report in daily Aftonbladet. https://www.thelocal.se/20110625/34564 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:35:00 +0200 34564 Talks will continue over the weekend between Saab and real estate company Hemfosa in the latest bid to save the ailing carmaker. https://www.thelocal.se/20110625/34562 Sat, 25 Jun 2011 12:52:00 +0200 34562 A consortium that includes Swedish insurance group Folksam said on Monday that will pay nearly $900 million to buy the Danish investment banking business of failed Iceland bank Kaupthing. https://www.thelocal.se/20100920/29134 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:20:00 +0200 29134 Women run twice the risk of men of whiplash injuries during a car accident. Furthermore, whiplash prevention measures in new cars are much less effective for women than for their male counterparts, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.se/20091223/24010 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:20:00 +0100 24010 More and more Swedes are purchasing private insurance for income protection as a result of the economic crisis. https://www.thelocal.se/20090706/20482 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:33:00 +0200 20482 Swedbank has decided not to pay dividends to shareholders amidst ownership changes resulting in a state-owned credit agency become one of the bank’s major owners. https://www.thelocal.se/20090309/18082 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:52:00 +0100 18082 Investments, consumption and exports are set to protect the Swedish economy from next year's expected economic slump, according to a report presented by insurer Folksam. https://www.thelocal.se/20060928/5049 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:02:00 +0200 5049