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 Sweden's Schools Inspectorate has demanded answers from Sweden's most elite boarding school, after one or more pupils were reported to the local police for alleged sex crimes. https://www.thelocal.se/20170121/swedens-eton-probed-after-new-abuse-claims Sat, 21 Jan 2017 12:13:53 +0100 swedens-eton-probed-after-new-abuse-claims Police in Värmland in central Sweden are investigating allegations of a rape at one of the country's most prestigious schools, Lundsberg, which has also been rocked by bullying cases. https://www.thelocal.se/20141119/rape-claims-at-elite-swedish-boarding-school Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:30:00 +0100 rape-claims-at-elite-swedish-boarding-school Sweden's three elite boarding schools can no longer charge tuition fees, the government announced on Thursday, in a string of changes following a two-year review. https://www.thelocal.se/20140731/sweden-strips-boarding-schools-of-special-privileges Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:40:00 +0200 sweden-strips-boarding-schools-of-special-privileges A Swedish court has convicted two students at the boarding school Lundsberg of causing bodily harm, after a younger student had his back burned with an iron during hazing that provoked national soul-searching about the culture of elite schooling. https://www.thelocal.se/20140124/two-pupils-convicted-of-private-school-hazing Fri, 24 Jan 2014 12:25:00 +0100 two-pupils-convicted-of-private-school-hazing A timeline of the scandal at prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg, where pupils used a hot iron to scald a newly enrolled student in a hazing ritual. https://www.thelocal.se/20140108/the-lundsberg-school-iron-hazing-scandal-a-timeline Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:33:00 +0100 the-lundsberg-school-iron-hazing-scandal-a-timeline Nine students and one employee from prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg will face court on Wednesday for their involvement in a hazing ritual in which a 14-year-old boy was burned with an iron. https://www.thelocal.se/20140108/lundsberg-students-stand-trial-for-iron Wed, 08 Jan 2014 09:54:00 +0100 lundsberg-students-stand-trial-for-iron Sweden's education minister on Tuesday proposed stripping the country's three elite boarding schools of state subsidies and banning them from charging tuition fees in the latest twist in a long-running hazing scandal. https://www.thelocal.se/20131211/lundsberg-private-school-loses-state-funding-hazing-boarding Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:16:00 +0100 lundsberg-private-school-loses-state-funding-hazing-boarding The Administrative Court of Appeal ruled on Friday that Sweden's School Inspectorate was wrong to temporarily close the scandal-hit boarding school Lundsberg, after two students were burned with an iron in a hazing ritual. https://www.thelocal.se/20131122/elite-school-should-have-stayed-open-court Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:17:00 +0100 elite-school-should-have-stayed-open-court Nine students and one employee at prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg have been charged for burning a 14-year-old boy with an iron in a hazing ritual in August. https://www.thelocal.se/20131119/nine-students-charged-for-elite-school-hazing Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:38:00 +0100 nine-students-charged-for-elite-school-hazing Students at the elite boarding school Lundsberg will not be charged for burning a 14-year-old boy with an iron in a hazing ritual after the prosecutor dropped the assault charge. https://www.thelocal.se/20131015/50810 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:20:00 +0200 50810 Scandal-hit Swedish boarding school Lundsberg was back in the headlines this week when a gang drunken pupils were thrown out of a performance of Hamlet just hours after a court ruled the Schools Inspectorate (Skolinpektionen) was wrong to shutter the school over a violent hazing incident. https://www.thelocal.se/20131003/50574 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:32:00 +0200 50574 A sense of normality returned to scandal-hit Swedish boarding school Lundsberg on Monday with pupils expected to return to classes after a court ruling reversed a decision by the Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen) to close it after a hazing incident. https://www.thelocal.se/20130909/50138 Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:22:00 +0200 50138 The principal of the elite Swedish boarding school Lundsbergs was sacked on Wednesday night and school's entire board resigned in the latest fallout following a hazing scandal in which two students were burned with irons at the weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20130829/49928 Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:27:00 +0200 49928 Students sobbed while others expressed their anger on Wednesday over news that scandal-hit boarding school Lundsbergs would be closed temporarily in the wake of the most recent hazing scandal. https://www.thelocal.se/20130828/49924 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:46:00 +0200 49924 Sweden's School Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen) has decided to close temporarily the scandal-hit boarding school Lundsbergs, after reports that two students were burned with an iron in a hazing ritual. https://www.thelocal.se/20130828/49914 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 15:31:00 +0200 49914 A student at the prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg in central Sweden was attacked and burned with an iron by nine other students during a "hazing" ritual on Saturday, the latest in a long line of bullying incidents at the elite school. https://www.thelocal.se/20130826/49844 Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:30:00 +0200 49844 A Swedish court on Friday convicted five young men for assaulting a younger student in a high-profile hazing case that took place at the same prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf. https://www.thelocal.se/20130222/46346 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:02:00 +0100 46346 A student told a court on Monday of being beaten by five other students facing charges in a hazing scandal that has rocked the same prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf. https://www.thelocal.se/20130205/46004 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:29:00 +0100 46004 New incidents of hazing have been reported at the prestigious Swedish boarding school once attended by King Carl XVI Gustaf, including a case of a young girl forced to perform oral sex on a snowman, according to the Svenska Dagbladet daily. https://www.thelocal.se/20121124/44632 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:58:00 +0100 44632 The Swedish Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen) has told the prestigious boarding school Lundsberg that it will impose a 500,000 kronor ($75,000) fine if it doesn't act to stamp out the practice of bullying and violence among pupils. https://www.thelocal.se/20121012/43778 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:15:00 +0200 43778