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 man from Hong Kong was so jubilant after he was named the best Santa Claus in the world at an annual event in Sweden that he proposed to his partner live on TV . https://www.thelocal.se/20151122/hong-kong-santa-proposes-after-winning Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:34:06 +0100 hong-kong-santa-proposes-after-winning On Friday Sweden awoke to news of the second earthquake in less than a week, this time in the far north of the country. But a seismologist told The Local that the tremors were the result of mining activity. https://www.thelocal.se/20150731/mining-behind-swedish-earthquake-experts Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:19:39 +0200 mining-behind-swedish-earthquake-experts Christmas cheer came early to Sweden's Arctic mining town of Gällivare this weekend, where Santas from around the world gathered to compete in one of the world's most important but little known sporting events: the Santa Winter Games. https://www.thelocal.se/20121118/44490 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:44:00 +0100 44490 Teachers should be able to tolerate violence inflicted on them by students, but at the same time have scope for using force against unruly pupils, according to two recent Swedish court rulings. https://www.thelocal.se/20120524/41010 Thu, 24 May 2012 10:37:00 +0200 41010 Four young men reported missing after venturing out on a skiing trek in the vicinity of Gällivare in the mountains of northern Sweden have been found, police confirmed on Sunday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20120318/39742 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:25:00 +0100 39742 A velvet-voiced Dutchman who could also hold his own on a mechanical bull didn't let a lack of snow diminish his joy at being crowned winner of the 2011 Santa Games in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111121/37480 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:12:00 +0100 37480 Two people were killed and eight people injured when a minivan ran off the road and flipped Saturday night in northern Sweden. The severity of injuries sustained by the eight is unclear. https://www.thelocal.se/20110619/34444 Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:06:00 +0200 34444 A Sweden Democrat candidate who won a seat on the local council in Gällivare in northern Sweden has resigned from the party after reading its manifesto. https://www.thelocal.se/20100923/29212 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 17:48:00 +0200 29212 A man in Malmberget in northern Sweden has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his common-law wife in their home. https://www.thelocal.se/20100809/28258 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:27:00 +0200 28258 Sweden's appeals court has upheld a sentence of life imprisonment for Toni Alldén, the 51-year-old who has confessed to killing 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall outside Gällivare in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20090618/20144 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:03:00 +0200 20144 A 51-year-old man from northern Sweden has been convicted of murdering 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall outside Gällivare in September of last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20090319/18308 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:28:00 +0100 18308 Toni Alldén, 51, the man who has confessed to killing 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall in northern Sweden, said he had "no explanation" for why he had taken the woman's life as his trial began on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20090302/17944 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:28:00 +0100 17944 Prosecutors in Gällivare in northern Sweden on Monday formally charged a 51-year-old man with murder in the death of 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall. https://www.thelocal.se/20090223/17774 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:21:00 +0100 17774 State psychiatric experts have found that Toni Alldén, 51, the man suspected of the murder of 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall, was not mentally ill at the time of her death and may be sentenced to imprisonment if convicted. https://www.thelocal.se/20090121/17054 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:52:00 +0100 17054 A 75-year-old Swedish man escaped with minor injuries after a pack of dogs chased off an aggressive elk from an orchard in the center of Gällivare in northern Sweden on Saturday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20081228/16602 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:31:00 +0100 16602 Police in Sweden and Finland are looking for a 16-year-old girl feared kidnapped in Haparanda in northern Sweden on Saturday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20081130/16028 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:39:00 +0100 16028 Results of the autopsy performed on Carolin Stenvall reveal that the 29-year-old woman was shot in the back, prosecutors revealed during a press conference on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20081106/15502 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:48:00 +0100 15502 A young woman was beaten to death in Gällivare in northern Sweden in the early hours of Sunday. A man in his thirties has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. https://www.thelocal.se/20081102/15394 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:26:00 +0100 15394 Prosecutors believe that 29-year-old Carolin Stenvall's death can not have resulted from a push, as the main suspect has claimed. https://www.thelocal.se/20081027/15250 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:11:00 +0100 15250 Police confirmed late Wednesday night that they have found the body of Carolin Stenvall, the 29-year-old Swedish woman who has been missing for more than a month. https://www.thelocal.se/20081022/15152 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:23:00 +0200 15152