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 Fights, assaults, riots and one incident of sexual molestation were reported after a football match in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20180430/three-to-hospital-after-fight-breaks-out-in-stockholms-old-town Mon, 30 Apr 2018 10:09:31 +0200 three-to-hospital-after-fight-breaks-out-in-stockholms-old-town The Old Town in Sweden's capital is about to relive the most infamous massacre in its history as a theatre company re-enacts the grim events known as the "Stockholm Bloodbath", where Denmark's king seized the city in brutally violent fashion. https://www.thelocal.se/20171106/why-a-danish-bloodbath-is-coming-back-to-stockholm-500-years-later Mon, 06 Nov 2017 17:00:23 +0100 why-a-danish-bloodbath-is-coming-back-to-stockholm-500-years-later Which of Stockholm's islands would you choose to sink? That's the question a Swedish newspaper asked its readers, who had their say on the island they would miss least if water levels continue to rise. The answer may surprise tourists and nature lovers alike. https://www.thelocal.se/20170830/swedes-vote-on-the-stockholm-island-they-would-get-rid-of Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:08:55 +0200 swedes-vote-on-the-stockholm-island-they-would-get-rid-of A man who pushed and spat at a mum trying to stop him from stealing from a woman in Stockholm's Old Town has been locked up for two months over the high-profile assault. https://www.thelocal.se/20160222/man-jailed-over-subway-attack-on-stockholm-mum Mon, 22 Feb 2016 15:11:37 +0100 man-jailed-over-subway-attack-on-stockholm-mum A man accused of hitting a mother who tried to stop him from stealing in Stockholm's Old Town is facing assault, attempted theft and molestation charges. https://www.thelocal.se/20160215/pickpocket-charged-after-video-captures-attack-on-mum Mon, 15 Feb 2016 18:09:23 +0100 pickpocket-charged-after-video-captures-attack-on-mum A man accused of hitting a mother in front of her two toddlers at Stockholm's Gamla Stan subway station because she tried to stop him from pickpocketing has been arrested. https://www.thelocal.se/20160122/arrest-after-stockholm-thief-punches-young-mum Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:49:49 +0100 arrest-after-stockholm-thief-punches-young-mum Thousands of streets in Sweden are named after people, but new figures suggest only 14 percent refer to women, despite the country's reputation for gender equality. https://www.thelocal.se/20141211/sweden-slammed-for-sexist-street-names Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:25:00 +0100 sweden-slammed-for-sexist-street-names The 43-year-old man who threatened Stockholm's Gamla Stan with a bomb in June was sentenced on Friday to two years in jail, followed by deportation. https://www.thelocal.se/20140725/stockholm-bomber-gets-deporting-sentence-sweden Fri, 25 Jul 2014 13:50:00 +0200 stockholm-bomber-gets-deporting-sentence-sweden The man who brought the capital to a standstill in June is set to face charges of aggravated criminal threats and false alarms for the incident. The trial date was announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140708/stockholm-bomber-prosecuted-for-false-alarm Tue, 08 Jul 2014 15:15:00 +0200 stockholm-bomber-prosecuted-for-false-alarm Tourists in the Swedish capital have been warned to keep an eye out for ghosts, or at least people dressed as ghosts, who are believed to be distracting sightseers while accomplices pick their pockets. https://www.thelocal.se/20130806/49468 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:38:00 +0200 49468 A man was rushed to hospital in Stockholm after being stabbed in the stomach in Gamla Stan late on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20121123/44600 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:54:00 +0100 44600 One person has been arrested after several armed thieves robbed a jewellery store in central Stockholm on Friday afternoon; however police have still not managed to track down the others involved in the crime. https://www.thelocal.se/20120810/42540 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 19:00:00 +0200 42540 One of two Swedish brothers under suspicion of the murder of a 22-year-old man in central Stockholm last year has been arrested in London. https://www.thelocal.se/20120202/38868 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:46:00 +0100 38868 A man in his mid-twenties died after being stabbed in the stomach in Gamla Stan, in central Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20110910/36056 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:17:00 +0200 36056 UK native Suhail Din reflects on why Swedes refused to talk to him and his family during their recent visit to Stockholm on holiday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110815/35404 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:55:00 +0200 35404 The 41-year-old man who in April tried to kill a couple in Sweden’s historic Gamla Stan district has been sentenced to ten years in prison for attempted murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20090714/20654 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:55:00 +0200 20654 The 41-year-old bouncer on trial for the attempted murder of a couple in Stockholm’s historic Gamla Stan district in April confessed in court on Tuesday that he pulled the trigger. https://www.thelocal.se/20090707/20516 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:56:00 +0200 20516 The Stockholm District Court decided on Thursday to release a 39-year-old Swedish woman suspected of hiring a bouncer to murder a couple in Gamla Stan, according to Aftonbladet newspaper. https://www.thelocal.se/20090501/19186 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:21:00 +0200 19186 The 41-year-old bouncer suspected of having shot a couple in Gamla Stan in central Stockholm last Tuesday was remanded in custody on Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20090427/19094 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:51:00 +0200 19094 A second person has been detained in connection with the shooting earlier this week of a Swedish aristocrat and his girlfriend in Gamla Stan in central Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20090424/19046 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:50:00 +0200 19046