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 woman who left her infant boy in a stairwell in northern Sweden in 1972 has stepped forward in the hope of meeting her son to ask for forgiveness before she dies. https://www.thelocal.se/20130615/48508 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:37:00 +0200 48508 Sweden is the second best country in the world in which to be a mother, according to a new ranking which looked at pregnancy risks and infant health. https://www.thelocal.se/20130507/47756 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:56:00 +0200 47756 Parents who suck on their infants' pacifiers may reduce their children's chances of developing allergies, a team of Swedish researchers has found. https://www.thelocal.se/20130507/47754 Tue, 07 May 2013 10:55:00 +0200 47754 A father convicted of shaking his infant daughter to death has been granted a retrial by Sweden's Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) in a case that could result in a re-examination of other cases of "shaken baby syndrome". https://www.thelocal.se/20130109/45504 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:11:00 +0100 45504 A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicions of attempted murder after a young woman was stabbed while out walking with an infant in a pram in Malmö on Thursday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20120720/42136 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +0200 42136 The mother and 9-month-old baby found dead in a flat in Arboga, in central Sweden, died “due to illness or as a result of it” local police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120220/39224 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:39:00 +0100 39224 The incidence of cot death, or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has begun to increase again in Sweden with 27 children dying in 2010. https://www.thelocal.se/20111024/36922 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0200 36922 Two free mobile phone apps offering pregnancy advice have been criticised by a Swedish infant health group for offering information that could put unborn children at risk. https://www.thelocal.se/20111011/36666 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:47:00 +0200 36666 A daycare centre in Jönköping, southern Sweden, sent an unaccompanied 15-month-old girl by taxi when she needed to be transported between care facilities. https://www.thelocal.se/20111007/36604 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:27:00 +0200 36604 A sleeping cat is suspected of having inadvertently suffocated a three-month baby to death in northern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20091110/23180 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:51:00 +0100 23180 A Swedish couple who had a son born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine is having trouble getting their 13-day-old child back to Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20090330/18550 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:26:00 +0200 18550 Swedish midwives and nurses continue to advise new mothers to abstain from alcohol when breast feeding, despite new guidelines saying that consuming alcohol in small quantities has no adverse effects. https://www.thelocal.se/20081110/15582 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:32:00 +0100 15582