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 72-year-old woman from western Sweden is finally facing court on murder charges nearly 20 years after she allegedly killed her husband with a stun gun. https://www.thelocal.se/20140204/widow-charged-for-husdands-1995-stun-gun-killing Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:00:00 +0100 widow-charged-for-husdands-1995-stun-gun-killing According to a new report published by the police over 30 officers were injured during the recent unrest in Stockholm suburbs and many did not have protective equipment. https://www.thelocal.se/20130615/48514 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 16:43:00 +0200 48514 Ten Swedish and British academics have called for a "Husby committee" to investigate the roots of the recent unrest in Stockholm and to establish how to avoid similar incidents in the future. https://www.thelocal.se/20130602/48280 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:41:00 +0200 48280 The police officer suspected of manslaughter after fatally shooting a 69-year-old man in Husby has denied the charges, claiming he had the right to use his weapon in self-defence. https://www.thelocal.se/20130601/48264 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 12:12:00 +0200 48264 A Swedish woman was found dead in her Oslo home together with a seriously injured man in the early hours of Tuesday, with Norwegian police arresting two men and on the hunt for more suspects. https://www.thelocal.se/20130430/47642 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:47:00 +0200 47642 A man was arrested in western Sweden on suspicion of murdering a woman and seriously injuring three people after he went on a rampage in his apartment on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121210/44952 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:00:00 +0100 44952 A 37-year-old man has confessed to the killing of an elderly dog walker with an axe in Arvidsjaur in northern Sweden on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20121202/44802 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 12:44:00 +0100 44802 A 63-year-old Finnish man calmly walked into a petrol station in northern Sweden on Tuesday night and confessed to a double murder in his home country, prompting the surprised station owner to ring the police before inviting the self-confessed killer to coffee. https://www.thelocal.se/20121024/44026 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:30:00 +0200 44026 After 12 years, a 34-year-old man has confessed to killing a 51-year-old father of four in Skövde in central Sweden in 2000, telling police he needed to clear his conscience. https://www.thelocal.se/20121023/43984 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:57:00 +0200 43984 A Swedish woman was among the victims when four people were fatally attacked by a gunman in the French Alps, the prosecutor in charge of the case said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120906/43068 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:04:00 +0200 43068 A 28-year-old man sentenced to 12 years in prison in April for murdering his best friend has had his conviction overturned on appeal, but was nevertheless found guilty of having thrown the victim's body in a sewer. https://www.thelocal.se/20120618/41514 Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:57:00 +0200 41514 The two men suspected of a gruesome double murder of an elderly couple on a farm in southwestern Sweden last autumn reportedly showed no emotion during an inspection of the crime scene on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120605/41264 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:41:00 +0200 41264 The beheading of a golf club manager by a Swedish citizen in the UK has prompted a letter to Swedish justice minister Beatrice Ask inquiring why the man was allowed to leave Sweden despite being charged with a crime. https://www.thelocal.se/20120604/41246 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:34:00 +0200 41246 A 39-year-old woman was found shot dead in a car in central Malmö on Sunday evening after witnesses reported hearing "pops" in the area. https://www.thelocal.se/20120507/40670 Mon, 07 May 2012 08:53:00 +0200 40670 Murder charges have been filed against a 22-year-old Swede suspected of killing his 84-year-old grandmother after she refused to let him borrow her car. https://www.thelocal.se/20120109/38408 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0100 38408 Two people wanted for the brutal slaying of an elderly farming couple outside of Alingsås in western Sweden have been arrested in Poland. https://www.thelocal.se/20111117/37406 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:15:00 +0100 37406 Arrest warrants have been issued for two men suspected of the brutal murder of a couple on their dairy farm outside of Alingsås in western Sweden, although prosecutors believe both suspects have likely left the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20111107/37214 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:28:00 +0100 37214 Police arrested a 36-year-old man on Friday afternoon for his suspected role in the execution-style murder of a couple on a farm in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20111021/36874 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:02:00 +0200 36874 A man and a woman were found brutally murdered on a farm in western Sweden on Wednesday afternoon after the couple failed to turn up for choir practice. https://www.thelocal.se/20111020/36848 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:36:00 +0200 36848 A 39-year-old man from Karlskrona in southern Sweden who admitted to stabbing his neighbour to death citing incessant noise coming from the victim's flat, was sentenced to psychiatric care by a Blekinge court on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110715/34972 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:47:00 +0200 34972