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 Commuters in a southeast Swedish city were briefly roused from their wintry routines by a public display of pornography at a bus stop outside the central rail station, officials said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20200117/suspected-hackers-show-porn-on-swedish-station-billboard Fri, 17 Jan 2020 17:11:16 +0100 suspected-hackers-show-porn-on-swedish-station-billboard Fifty-eight berry pickers were expelled from Sweden after raids on strawberry farms. https://www.thelocal.se/20190626/58-berry-pickers-forced-to-leave-sweden-after-police-raids Wed, 26 Jun 2019 10:45:46 +0200 58-berry-pickers-forced-to-leave-sweden-after-police-raids A living testament to Sweden’s long history is about to disappear forever. https://www.thelocal.se/20190503/millennium-old-tree-in-sweden-on-the-verge-of-dying Fri, 03 May 2019 13:27:47 +0200 millennium-old-tree-in-sweden-on-the-verge-of-dying The remains of what is believed to be a person who died in the 17th century have been found in a building in Kalmar. https://www.thelocal.se/20190122/skeleton-found-in-basement-may-be-from-a-swedish-danish-war-400-years-ago Tue, 22 Jan 2019 09:43:33 +0100 skeleton-found-in-basement-may-be-from-a-swedish-danish-war-400-years-ago A 37-year-old has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder after he stabbed a man to death and mutilated him in southern Swedish city Kalmar. https://www.thelocal.se/20160902/life-in-jail-for-swede-who-murdered-and-mutilated-victim Fri, 02 Sep 2016 18:55:41 +0200 life-in-jail-for-swede-who-murdered-and-mutilated-victim Kalmar was once voted Sweden’s top summer destination. Here's way you should go there immediately — and bring your swimming gear. https://www.thelocal.se/20160615/why-kalmar-is-swedens-best-summer-city Wed, 15 Jun 2016 09:00:03 +0200 why-kalmar-is-swedens-best-summer-city A new ranking has revealed the best Swedish city to visit in the summer, and the result may surprise internationals more familiar with the Nordic nation’s big hitters. https://www.thelocal.se/20160613/step-aside-stockhom-swedens-best-summer-city-revealed Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:33:29 +0200 step-aside-stockhom-swedens-best-summer-city-revealed The bodies of three children and nine men were dug up from the grounds of Sweden's Kalmar Castle earlier this year and tests suggest the bones are up to 500 years old, archaeologists have revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20150813/twelve-skeletons-found-beneath-swedish-castle Thu, 13 Aug 2015 13:11:32 +0200 twelve-skeletons-found-beneath-swedish-castle The investigation into child porn offences against the judge of the infamous day-care rapist case has been dropped, meaning that the court case can resume. https://www.thelocal.se/20140716/day-care-rapist-judge-cleared-of-allegations Wed, 16 Jul 2014 19:06:00 +0200 day-care-rapist-judge-cleared-of-allegations A senior judge has warned that a high profile day-care rape case could go to re-trial after the presiding judge was reported for alleged child porn offences. https://www.thelocal.se/20140714/rape-case-faces-re-trial-over-judge-child-porn-case Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:26:00 +0200 rape-case-faces-re-trial-over-judge-child-porn-case The 21-year-old man charged with aggravated sex crimes against children at a daycare has confessed to the charges, and called his internship there a "golden opportunity". https://www.thelocal.se/20140618/day-care-rapist Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:04:00 +0200 day-care-rapist Several thousand pigs are feared dead after a huge fire at a pig farm in southern Sweden which raged for several hours on Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.se/20140302/thousands-of-pigs-die-in-sty-fire Sun, 02 Mar 2014 16:33:00 +0100 thousands-of-pigs-die-in-sty-fire A woman was forced to enter a psychiatric hospital in southern Sweden after police officers tasked with picking up a female patient ended up knocking on her door by mistake. She has since received a bill for the unscheduled visit. https://www.thelocal.se/20140130/woman-invoiced-for-accidentally-being-sectioned Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:21:00 +0100 woman-invoiced-for-accidentally-being-sectioned Irish airline Ryanair's new flight between Barcelona and southern Sweden has failed to draw in the Spanish tourists, despite the best efforts of the Swedish tourism board and the Spanish media to push the region's Baltic coast delights. https://www.thelocal.se/20131105/barcelona-not-interested-in-southern-sweden Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:05:00 +0100 barcelona-not-interested-in-southern-sweden A couple who discovered a hedgehog strangled to death with a hairband have said they are 'furious' with the perpetrators of the sick attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20130804/49434 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 19:27:00 +0200 49434 A man in southern Sweden was shocked to uncover a human skeleton just 20 centimetres under the ground near a public beach, remains that archaeologists believe belong to a fallen soldier from the Danish occupation of Sweden in the early 1600s. https://www.thelocal.se/20130613/48476 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:25:00 +0200 48476 A county governor in southern Sweden has raised eyebrows for serving cheap wine to King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia at a recent banquet. https://www.thelocal.se/20130527/48170 Mon, 27 May 2013 18:19:00 +0200 48170 A bombshell believed to be from the 1800s brought an abrupt and frightening end to plans to carry out some spring cleaning on Monday in the cellar of the 16th-century city wall in Kalmar in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20130416/47356 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:34:00 +0200 47356 A 44-year-old man was sentenced to prison on Monday for killing his mother and hiding her body under the deck of a house in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20130408/47202 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:40:00 +0200 47202 Fifteen men with connections to the Swedish Hells Angels biker gang were sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison on Thursday for their involvement in a violent attack on party-goers in southern Sweden in May. https://www.thelocal.se/20121206/44892 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:02:00 +0100 44892