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 Swedish school leaver has been ordered to pay 10,000 kronor ($1,112) in damages to a female pupil he described using a sexually explicit term inspired by Norwegian teen show Skam. https://www.thelocal.se/20181119/boy-ordered-to-pay-damages-over-skam-inspired-smear-at-graduation-ball Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:51:44 +0100 boy-ordered-to-pay-damages-over-skam-inspired-smear-at-graduation-ball A class of Swedish high school graduates have wowed the nation with their perfectly choreographed twist on an age-old tradition. https://www.thelocal.se/20160617/watch-these-swedes-leave-in-style-when-schools-out-forever Fri, 17 Jun 2016 09:30:00 +0200 watch-these-swedes-leave-in-style-when-schools-out-forever The diploma ceremony for the graduating class of 2016 was held at Stockholm City Hall on Friday. Congratulations to all new alumni! https://www.thelocal.se/20160530/si-nfgl-members-graduate-at-stockholm-city-hall Mon, 30 May 2016 14:24:37 +0200 si-nfgl-members-graduate-at-stockholm-city-hall Nabila Zaman is doing her one-year Master Program in Economics Program at Lund University. As the year draws to a close and summer approaches, she reflects upon life at Lund as a member of the NFGL. https://www.thelocal.se/20150527/nfgl-reflections-my-year-in-lund Wed, 27 May 2015 17:58:00 +0200 nfgl-reflections-my-year-in-lund The Swedish government has officially amended education law to make it clear that religious hymns are permitted at school graduations, and school events are allowed to take place in churches. https://www.thelocal.se/20140806/government-graduations-may-take-place-in-church Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:30:00 +0200 government-graduations-may-take-place-in-church A young man died during graduation festivities in Stockholm on Thursday, the latest in a series of accidents over the past two weeks. https://www.thelocal.se/20140613/student-drowns-in-graduation-parade Fri, 13 Jun 2014 10:52:00 +0200 student-drowns-in-graduation-parade A student who fell off a truck during a traditional Swedish graduation parade was taken to hospital on Wednesday after the truck ran over his body. https://www.thelocal.se/20140611/student-run-over-by-truck-in-grad-parade Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:46:00 +0200 student-run-over-by-truck-in-grad-parade Police in a central Swedish town had to put an end to a traditional graduation parade, saying the students' drunken behaviour was "worse than ever before". https://www.thelocal.se/20140605/graduate-drunks-worse-than-ever-before Thu, 05 Jun 2014 16:18:00 +0200 graduate-drunks-worse-than-ever-before The public revelry of Graduation Week is the prelude to countless private family receptions. Awkward cross-generational parties are worth their weight in gold for us immigrants, however, argues Danny Chapman. https://www.thelocal.se/20140528/pretend-to-be-sober-for-granny Wed, 28 May 2014 11:50:00 +0200 pretend-to-be-sober-for-granny Swedish students who take their time to graduate from post-secondary study are extremely costly to the economy, a new government study has shown. https://www.thelocal.se/20101203/30596 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:44:00 +0100 30596