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 national bomb squad was called out to a Swedish pre-school after a young child brought in a grenade he found on a military firing range to show his friends. https://www.thelocal.se/20190911/panic-at-swedish-pre-school-after-child-brings-grenade-to-class Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:07:57 +0200 panic-at-swedish-pre-school-after-child-brings-grenade-to-class A substitute janitor covering shifts at a hospital in southern Sweden ended up emptying more than the waste bins when no doctors were available to carry out autopsies. https://www.thelocal.se/20131104/janitor-removes-organs-at-short-staffed-morgue Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:38:00 +0100 janitor-removes-organs-at-short-staffed-morgue For this week’s My Sweden, The Local heads south and talks to former US Marine Ron Tibbs, who lives on a secluded farm near Kristianstad where he's converting a 100-year-old pig house into a traditional Swedish café. https://www.thelocal.se/20130322/46876 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:56:00 +0100 46876 Players from a Swedish women's football team who starred in a Baywatch homage video have defended the YouTube clip explaining that "sex sells". However, the popular clip has nevertheless been taken down. https://www.thelocal.se/20121018/43912 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:31:00 +0200 43912 Two people have been arrested for attempting to steal several items, including coffee, tea – and a toilet seat – from a courthouse in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120713/41996 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:46:00 +0200 41996 Two people were arrested Monday afternoon following the stabbing of a 19-year-old man in connection with a fight at a high school in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20111213/37898 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:31:00 +0100 37898 Fredrik Reinfeldt will address a scout meeting in Kristianstad on Saturday along with his Finnish and Danish counterparts as a mark of solidarity in the wake of the atrocities in Utøya and Oslo last month. https://www.thelocal.se/20110806/35386 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:15:00 +0200 35386 A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to psychiatric care after having been convicted for raping three young children, filming the attacks and publishing the material on the internet. https://www.thelocal.se/20110801/35278 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:00:00 +0200 35278 Police were called to break up a fight among parents in the stands at a youth indoor football tournament in southern Sweden which left several players in tears as they watched adults exchange punches. https://www.thelocal.se/20110104/31246 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:44:00 +0100 31246 Southern Swedish artist Nils Rickard was shocked to find that his 20 kilo stone sculpture of the male reproductive organ had been broken in two when he went to collect it from an exhibition at a Kristianstad hotel. https://www.thelocal.se/20090422/19016 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:31:00 +0200 19016 A controversy has erupted in Kristianstad in southern Sweden over responsibility for the handling of corpses, resulting in an overflow at the central hospital’s morgue. https://www.thelocal.se/20090109/16812 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:59:00 +0100 16812 Around 20 dogs were burnt to death when a farm near Skepparslöv outside Kristianstad caught fire on Friday evening, reported local media. https://www.thelocal.se/20070414/7000 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:22:00 +0200 7000 Two teenage girls were raped in Kristianstad, southern Sweden, on Tuesday evening. One of the girls, 16, was raped by a gang of young men outside a bus station in the town, another, 15, was raped in a park. https://www.thelocal.se/20061108/5442 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:40:00 +0100 5442 A 76 year old man has been arrested after shooting at police throughout the night in Bjärnum, Skåne, southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20060708/4286 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 15:01:00 +0200 4286