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 Billy Fagerström, 23, has been found guilty of murdering his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend. https://www.thelocal.se/20180215/swedish-court-to-deliver-tova-moberg-murder-verdict Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:55:05 +0100 swedish-court-to-deliver-tova-moberg-murder-verdict A man accused of murdering his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend is to undergo a psychiatric evaluation before the court can pronounce its sentence – but the decision means a guilty verdict is likely. https://www.thelocal.se/20171222/murder-conviction-expected-for-man-suspected-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-hudiksvall-sweden Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:55:25 +0100 murder-conviction-expected-for-man-suspected-of-killing-ex-girlfriend-hudiksvall-sweden The trial of a 22-year-old man accused for murdering his ex-girlfriend starts today. https://www.thelocal.se/20171127/ex-boyfriend-faces-trial-over-murder-of-tova-moberg-19 Mon, 27 Nov 2017 09:07:40 +0100 ex-boyfriend-faces-trial-over-murder-of-tova-moberg-19 A six-year-old girl who went missing for 13 hours in the forest in the Blacksås nature reserve in Hudiksvall municipality has been found safe. https://www.thelocal.se/20170717/girl-found-after-missing-for-13-hours-in-swedens-bear-country Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:20:33 +0200 girl-found-after-missing-for-13-hours-in-swedens-bear-country A 22-year-old man has been remanded in custody suspected of the murder of Swedish teenager Tova Moberg, whose body was found on May 16th after a major search operation sparked by her disappearance the previous weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20170518/ex-boyfriend-remanded-for-murder-of-swedish-teenager Thu, 18 May 2017 17:16:47 +0200 ex-boyfriend-remanded-for-murder-of-swedish-teenager A 20-year-old man is suspected of killing two people just days before Christmas after first seeing the new Star Wars movie and then taking a bus and a taxi to their rural home. https://www.thelocal.se/20161228/double-murder-suspect-remanded-in-custody Wed, 28 Dec 2016 11:02:32 +0100 double-murder-suspect-remanded-in-custody Sea rescue teams searched in vain for a 20-year-old man who failed to return home from a fishing trip in eastern Sweden on Monday night. But as it turned out, his life was never in danger. https://www.thelocal.se/20130806/49470 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:47:00 +0200 49470 Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has buckled under the pressure of European competition and will turn off the switch on a cable production plant in Sweden, leaving 350 employees without jobs. https://www.thelocal.se/20130522/48052 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:49:00 +0200 48052 Nude pictures of more than 30 Swedish schoolgirls are circulating freely on the internet, sending shockwaves through a small community in eastern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20121003/43592 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:10:00 +0200 43592 An out of work 26-year-old from eastern Sweden who threatened to cut off a business owner's fingers after being denied a job is facing criminal charges for the violent threat. https://www.thelocal.se/20120717/42062 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0200 42062 A Swedish local politician who also worked driving vehicles to transport disabled people has been jailed for molesting a disabled woman after being caught having sex with the woman in the back of his van. https://www.thelocal.se/20120614/41436 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:35:00 +0200 41436 Kevin Hansson, an 11-year-old Swedish boy who once suffered from a rare stomach condition, spent all autumn saving up his pocket money to buy toys for sick children at a hospital in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20111222/38098 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:05:00 +0100 38098 A town on the east coast of Sweden has been struck by a wave of unusually smelly crimes, where dirty nappies are pilfered from bins, unwrapped by the perpetrators and strewn around public places. https://www.thelocal.se/20111118/37428 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:43:00 +0100 37428 The 40-year-old Swedish bird enthusiast who caught more than 13,000 wild birds was sentenced on Monday to 18 months in prison for aggravated hunting crimes, animal cruelty, and violating Sweden's protected species laws. https://www.thelocal.se/20111017/36792 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:30:00 +0200 36792 A 37-year-old mother of two from northern Sweden had an unprecedented hunting outing on Thursday when she managed to fell five elk in four hours, propelling her to nationwide fame. https://www.thelocal.se/20111014/36746 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:40:00 +0200 36746 A Swedish man has been charged for catching and holding thousands of birds in Hälsingland in eastern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20110304/32402 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:09:00 +0100 32402 A software firm in eastern Sweden has elected to take a democratic approach for distributing this year's 15 million kronor ($2.21 million) bonus among the company's employees. https://www.thelocal.se/20101217/30920 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:56:00 +0100 30920 Health authorities in eastern Sweden have reported their own inaction to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) after an 85-year-old man swallowed his false teeth and died. https://www.thelocal.se/20090715/20672 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:08:00 +0200 20672 Two 20-year-old men have been formally charged with raping a young woman on a street in Hudiksvall, 300 kilometres north of Stockholm. The pair are alleged to have forced the woman to the ground and held her arms before raping her. https://www.thelocal.se/20070608/7546 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:06:00 +0200 7546 A 55-metre chimney which had threatened to fall onto Sweden's main east-coast rail track was secured on Sunday night, allowing trains to start running again. https://www.thelocal.se/20070521/7359 Mon, 21 May 2007 10:14:00 +0200 7359