The Local Sweden

Condemn the Swedish model, not Kamprad

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:25:00 +0100

Rather than denounce Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, people should instead take aim at the Swedish system that forced him to move the company's fortunes abroad and replace it with a culture of charitable giving, argues business school professor Hans Sjögren.

Pirate Bay backer caught in Liechtenstein tax probe

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:25:00 +0100

Carl Lundström, one of four men awaiting trial for involvement with file sharing site The Pirate Bay, is among a dozen Swedes at the heart of a tax authorities investigation into funds stashed in a bank trust in Lilliput tax haven Liechtenstein.

Peanuts and snowglobes - an afternoon with Lasse Åberg

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:53:00 +0200

Jesus playing ice hockey and Jimmy Carter as a giant peanut? There's more than enough to entertain at Åbergs Museum, the brainchild of iconic comedian Lasse Åberg.

100 Swedes in Liechtenstein tax probe

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:39:00 +0100

Sweden's tax authorities are claiming to have acquired information about some 100 Swedes with bank accounts in Liechtenstein.