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 Swedish court convicted a 37-year-old man on Thursday over a 2004 double murder that went unsolved until police matched his DNA on a popular genealogy website. https://www.thelocal.se/20201001/swede-convicted-of-double-murder-after-dna-match-16-years-later Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:45:51 +0200 swede-convicted-of-double-murder-after-dna-match-16-years-later The trial of a 37-year-old man is under way, after police matched his DNA on a popular genealogy website – 16 years after a woman and boy were killed in the town of Linköping in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20200916/dna-hit-brings-swedish-double-murder-suspect-to-trial-after-16-years Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:01:06 +0200 dna-hit-brings-swedish-double-murder-suspect-to-trial-after-16-years As much as 15-20 kilos of industrial explosives – placed in a cargo bike – was used to carry out the bomb attack in Linköping in June, making it up to almost 40 times as big as charges used in recent attacks in Malmö. https://www.thelocal.se/20190823/linkoping-bomb-up-to-40-times-as-big-as-recent-malmo-blasts Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:50:20 +0200 linkoping-bomb-up-to-40-times-as-big-as-recent-malmo-blasts UPDATED: The main police station in the Swedish city of Linköping was on Wednesday cordoned off after a suspicious object was found placed by the entrance, but police were later able to confirm it did not contain explosives. https://www.thelocal.se/20190612/suspected-bomb-found-at-linkping-police-station Wed, 12 Jun 2019 10:22:09 +0200 suspected-bomb-found-at-linkping-police-station As the investigation into a Friday explosion at an apartment building in Linköping continues, police on Sunday appeared to be focusing on certain residents of the buildings. https://www.thelocal.se/20190609/linkping-explosion-police-interested-in-residents-of-damaged-building Sun, 09 Jun 2019 13:07:52 +0200 linkping-explosion-police-interested-in-residents-of-damaged-building Special police unit NOA (Nationella operativa avdelningen) will reinforce city police in Linköping on Saturday as efforts to clear up Friday morning’s explosion continue. https://www.thelocal.se/20190608/absolutely-incredible-no-one-was-seriously-injured-in-linkping-explosion-police Sat, 08 Jun 2019 14:19:12 +0200 absolutely-incredible-no-one-was-seriously-injured-in-linkping-explosion-police UPDATED: A major explosion hit an apartment building in Linköping, southern Sweden, on Friday morning, with around 20 people injured. https://www.thelocal.se/20190607/huge-explosion-rips-through-block-of-flats-in-linkping Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:08:33 +0200 huge-explosion-rips-through-block-of-flats-in-linkping An elk has died after leaping from the five metre balcony of an apartment building in the centre of the Swedish city of Linköping. https://www.thelocal.se/20190512/elk-dies-after-leaping-from-balcony-in-centre-of-swedish-city Sun, 12 May 2019 19:02:37 +0200 elk-dies-after-leaping-from-balcony-in-centre-of-swedish-city A Swedish family from a residential area outside Linköping got a shock on Wednesday when they sat down to breakfast only to see a large wolf lurking in their garden. https://www.thelocal.se/20170121/wolf-filmed-prowling-near-swedish-nursery-school Sat, 21 Jan 2017 23:16:20 +0100 wolf-filmed-prowling-near-swedish-nursery-school A 17-year-old girl from Linköping in southern Sweden has been arrested in Austria. According to her family, she was heading to Syria to join the Isis extremist group. https://www.thelocal.se/20151206/swedish-girl-arrested-on-way-to-join-isis Sun, 06 Dec 2015 15:53:25 +0100 swedish-girl-arrested-on-way-to-join-isis In recent months the refugee crisis has blown all proportions, and societies have struggled to handle the influx. Linköping University has decided to help – here’s how. https://www.thelocal.se/20151204/linkping-university-tackles-refugee-crisis Fri, 04 Dec 2015 12:25:29 +0100 linkping-university-tackles-refugee-crisis Seventeen people were arrested during the early hours of Tuesday after a man was shot dead in central Sweden. Several of the suspects were already known to the police for gang crimes. https://www.thelocal.se/20140729/cops-arrest-17-people-for-gang-murder Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:44:00 +0200 cops-arrest-17-people-for-gang-murder A 34-year-old man was given life imprisonment on Thursday for the murder of a 15-year-old boy and 57-year-old woman in Ljungsbro in eastern Sweden in November 2013. https://www.thelocal.se/20140508/man-gets-life-for-brutal-double-murder Thu, 08 May 2014 15:06:21 +0200 man-gets-life-for-brutal-double-murder The man suspected of the brutal double murder in Ljungsbro at the beginning of November has confessed to the crime. Initial medical examinations meanwhile indicate that he is suffering from a serious mental disorder. https://www.thelocal.se/20131126/mentally-ill-man-confesses-to-double-murder Tue, 26 Nov 2013 10:57:00 +0100 mentally-ill-man-confesses-to-double-murder The boyfriend of the 57-year-old woman, who was killed together with a 15-year-old boy in the Ljungsbro double murder case which has rocked Sweden, has spoken out about the brutal events of Friday night. https://www.thelocal.se/20131104/slain-womans-boyfriend-he-came-at-us-like-a-madman Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:43:00 +0100 slain-womans-boyfriend-he-came-at-us-like-a-madman The man arrested on suspicion of having murdered a 15-year-old boy and 57-year-old woman in Ljungsbro near Linköping in eastern Sweden on Saturday has denied the allegations. https://www.thelocal.se/20131103/mentally-ill-man-denies-double-murder Sun, 03 Nov 2013 11:54:00 +0100 mentally-ill-man-denies-double-murder An adult elk caused a kerfuffle after falling into a swimming pool in central Sweden on Tuesday, needing a team of emergency workers to help carry out the unorthodox animal rescue operation. https://www.thelocal.se/20130108/45492 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:58:00 +0100 45492 A 21-year-old Swedish man fears that he will be unable to walk unaided again after Linköping University Hospital lost track of him, leading to a delay in the treatment of a routine foot fracture. https://www.thelocal.se/20121013/43794 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 11:53:00 +0200 43794 On Thursday, 14-year-old Lovisa Nystrand from Linköping in central Sweden published a video on Facebook entitled "How it all happened" in which she tells of being raped by a friend. https://www.thelocal.se/20121005/43646 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:19:00 +0200 43646 A half-naked Swedish woman trying to beat a reckless driving fine told police she was “licking ice cream” off a male driver’s body as the couple raced down the motorway in an open-topped Porsche. https://www.thelocal.se/20120927/43488 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:39:00 +0200 43488