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 The seven children of dead Isis fighter Michael Skråmo have been given the green light to be taken from a Syrian refugee camp to Sweden's consulate in Iraq, reports TV4. https://www.thelocal.se/20190419/swedish-is-fighters-seven-orphaned-children-one-step-closer-to-returning-home Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:09:52 +0200 swedish-is-fighters-seven-orphaned-children-one-step-closer-to-returning-home The Norwegian-Swedish Islamic State solider Michael Skråmo has been killed in Syria, his mother has told Sweden's state broadcaster SVT. https://www.thelocal.se/20190317/gothenburg-born-islamic-state-fighter-killed-in-syria-mother Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:26:39 +0100 gothenburg-born-islamic-state-fighter-killed-in-syria-mother As Sweden continues to debate the fate of the roughly 150 citizens who have returned home after joining the terror group Isis, the government is under fire from critics who say it is not doing enough to address the problem. https://www.thelocal.se/20190313/sweden-democrats-call-on-government-to-strip-isis-fighters-of-citizenship Wed, 13 Mar 2019 11:29:25 +0100 sweden-democrats-call-on-government-to-strip-isis-fighters-of-citizenship None of the 150 Swedish citizens who have returned home after joining the terror group Islamic State have been convicted of crimes committed while abroad. While some European countries are investigating all returning foreign fighters, Sweden is not. https://www.thelocal.se/20190224/sweden-debates-fate-of-returned-foreign-fighters Sun, 24 Feb 2019 12:15:56 +0100 sweden-debates-fate-of-returned-foreign-fighters A man who was found to sympathise with the Islamic State terror group was released by Swedish authorities even though they wanted to deport him, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.se/20170528/isis-linked-man-was-released-by-swedish-authorities-report Sun, 28 May 2017 14:33:34 +0200 isis-linked-man-was-released-by-swedish-authorities-report An Islamic State judge gave an ethnic Swedish jihadi a fake death sentence simply because he wanted to steal his wife, a former IS lawyer has claimed. https://www.thelocal.se/20170106/is-judge-sentenced-swede-to-death-to-steal-wife Fri, 06 Jan 2017 10:17:58 +0100 is-judge-sentenced-swede-to-death-to-steal-wife A Swedish prosecutor has ruled that the ISIS flag does not constitute hate speech and is therefore legal under Swedish law. https://www.thelocal.se/20161016/islamic-state-flag-is-legal-in-sweden-prosecutor-rules Sun, 16 Oct 2016 15:26:06 +0200 islamic-state-flag-is-legal-in-sweden-prosecutor-rules At least 40 Swedish children aged 0-10 are believed to be staying with Isis after their parents travelled to Syria or Iraq to join the terror group, according to the national coordinator against violent extremism. https://www.thelocal.se/20160202/at-least-40-swedish-children-staying-with-isis Tue, 02 Feb 2016 08:15:57 +0100 at-least-40-swedish-children-staying-with-isis UPDATED: A 17-year-old Swedish girl who was arrested in Vienna on suspicion of planning to join Isis militants has been appointed an Austrian criminal lawyer known for defending alleged jihadists. https://www.thelocal.se/20151221/swedish-isis-teen-celebrated-paris-attacks Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:11:08 +0100 swedish-isis-teen-celebrated-paris-attacks A 15-year-old pregnant Swedish teenager seized by extremist Islamist fighters in Syria earlier this year has been freed, anonymous sources have told Swedish broadcaster TV4 Nyheterna. https://www.thelocal.se/20151029/pregnant-swedish-teen-freed-from-isis-captivity Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:12:58 +0100 pregnant-swedish-teen-freed-from-isis-captivity A teenage boy who disappeared from southern Sweden in the spring and is thought to have joined Isis (Islamic State), has returned to Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20150904/teen-who-joined-isis-returns-to-sweden Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:01:36 +0200 teen-who-joined-isis-returns-to-sweden Female extremism is a growing problem in Sweden and the government should do more to prevent it, argue Jessica Katz and Katarina Tracz from the Stockholm Free World Forum. https://www.thelocal.se/20150901/sweden-should-focus-more-on-women-extremists Tue, 01 Sep 2015 09:43:18 +0200 sweden-should-focus-more-on-women-extremists UPDATED: Three Swedes are thought to have succeeded in joining Isis in Syria or Iraq after multiple attempts to travel to the war-torn countries, Sweden's biggest news agency has reported. https://www.thelocal.se/20150603/swedish-trio-believed-to-have-joined-isis-troops Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:48:19 +0200 swedish-trio-believed-to-have-joined-isis-troops Sweden has earmarked 70 million kronor ($8.44 million) in bilateral aid to Iraq in the coming year, the Nordic country's development aid minister revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150511/sweden-pledges-extra-aid-for-war-torn-iraq Mon, 11 May 2015 19:41:57 +0200 sweden-pledges-extra-aid-for-war-torn-iraq The Swedish government has not ruled out investing more money into the fight against terrorism, Home Affairs Minister Anders Ygeman has said. https://www.thelocal.se/20150223/sweden-could-invest-more-cash-in-fight-on-terror Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:47:00 +0100 sweden-could-invest-more-cash-in-fight-on-terror Sweden's Security Service, Säpo, has confirmed that 32 Swedes have been killed fighting for the Islamic State (Isis) in Syria and Iraq. https://www.thelocal.se/20150212/32-swedes-dead-fighting-for-is Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:47:00 +0100 32-swedes-dead-fighting-for-is Sweden could introduce controls over airline ticket sales and border crossings as part of a new anti-terror strategy aimed at preventing citizens going abroad to fight for extremist groups. https://www.thelocal.se/20150124/sweden-mulls-ticket-controls-in-new-terror-plan Sat, 24 Jan 2015 09:23:00 +0100 sweden-mulls-ticket-controls-in-new-terror-plan As many as 300 Swedes could have joined the Islamic State insurgency, Sweden's intelligence chief said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20141123/up-to-300-swedes-with-islamic-state-report Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:07:00 +0100 up-to-300-swedes-with-islamic-state-report