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 toyshop has been ordered to pull an advert which showed a boy dressed as a pirate and a women as a scantily clad angel wearing suspenders. https://www.thelocal.se/20170106/swedish-toyshop-ordered-to-pull-sexist-adverts Fri, 06 Jan 2017 12:24:05 +0100 swedish-toyshop-ordered-to-pull-sexist-adverts A city in western Sweden is facing a discrimination lawsuit for halting a woman's recruitment process after she told them she was pregnant. https://www.thelocal.se/20130312/46694 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:57:00 +0100 46694 A Swedish man who received five parking tickets on the same street over the past two years despite being legally parked, has reported the matter despite an apology from city officials acknowledging their repeated mistake. https://www.thelocal.se/20120502/40594 Wed, 02 May 2012 19:05:00 +0200 40594 A Swedish court judge has been slammed for a recent ruling in which he wrote it was "quite understandable" that a man hit his wife after she refused to tell him where she had been. https://www.thelocal.se/20120328/39942 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:32:00 +0200 39942 An advertisement for a health drink featuring a slang term for sexually desirable mothers does not discriminate against women, Sweden's advertising watchdog has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20111207/37800 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:57:00 +0100 37800 The National Police Board (Rikspolistyrelsen) has been sued by a rights group for alleged discrimination, arguing that women have been favoured ahead of men in the recruitment process. https://www.thelocal.se/20111114/37338 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:30:00 +0100 37338 A Sweden Democrat politician from Malmö who was called a “bloody foreigner” by the chair of her housing association has been awarded 180,000 kronor ($27,000) in damages for racial discrimination. https://www.thelocal.se/20111021/36894 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:23:00 +0200 36894 Staff at a Swedish prison had no right to interrupt an inmate and his girlfriend while they were having sex during an authorised visit simply because the couple's five-month-old daughter was also in the room, Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman (Justitieombudsmannen – JO) has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20111004/36522 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:28:00 +0200 36522 Swedish universities and colleges have been rebuked by the Ombudsman for Justice (Justitieombudsmannen - JO) for demanding that applications for employment or promotions be written in English. https://www.thelocal.se/20110901/35896 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:31:00 +0200 35896 Dozens of men have filed sexual discrimination complaints with Sweden's Equality Ombudsman (DO), after being denied admission to Sweden's National Police Academy. https://www.thelocal.se/20110729/35246 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:11:00 +0200 35246 Sweden's top watchdog has slammed the Migration Board (Migrationsverket) for human rights violations stemming from the agency's detention practices for people awaiting deportation. https://www.thelocal.se/20110523/33924 Mon, 23 May 2011 11:08:00 +0200 33924 A Swedish student who was trying to boost her finances by stripping and selling sexual favours has reported her adult education college for discrimination after being suspended for her "sick" behaviour. https://www.thelocal.se/20110519/33872 Thu, 19 May 2011 17:49:00 +0200 33872 The daily discrimination faced by Sweden's Roma population violates Swedish law, according to a new report by the country's Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen – DO), which argues for tougher legislation to protect the Roma's rights. https://www.thelocal.se/20110427/33416 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:06:00 +0200 33416 Bus operator Keolis has abandoned plans to enforce a Swedish-only policy on drivers in Jönköping in central Sweden, with the company hierarchy stating that its staff should be free to enjoy their lunch in a language of their choice. https://www.thelocal.se/20110308/32452 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:40:00 +0100 32452 A woman from Borås in western Sweden has filed a discrimination complaint against a health clinic after she was told to go back to Africa and get help from a medicine man for pain in her legs. https://www.thelocal.se/20110209/31928 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:57:00 +0100 31928 The Swedish government has announced that the Equality Ombudsman (DO), Katri Linna, is to be reassigned, despite having four years remaining in her post. https://www.thelocal.se/20110201/31770 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:43:00 +0100 31770 Swedish universities should be offered cash ‘equality bonuses’ for making significant strides toward increased gender equity, a government commission has proposed. https://www.thelocal.se/20110121/31572 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:57:00 +0100 31572 Nordic hotel chain First Hotels has been slammed by the Swedish advertising ombudsman (Reklamombudsman - RO) for an internet campaign featuring scantilly clad employees and sexual innuendo. https://www.thelocal.se/20101203/30602 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:25:00 +0100 30602 Banning a student from class for wearing a headscarf is a violation of Sweden’s anti-discrimination laws, the country’s Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen – DO) has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20101201/30530 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:55:00 +0100 30530 A boy in western Sweden is to be compensated after enduring years of racially-motivated bullying, Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen – DO) has ruled. https://www.thelocal.se/20101118/30302 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:13:00 +0100 30302