The Local Sweden 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 Swedish pools ban parents' smartphones A rising number of public swimming pools across Sweden are launching blanket bans on smartphones and tablets in a bid to make inattentive parents help protect their children from drowning accidents. https://www.thelocal.se/20151103/swedish-pools-ban-parents-from-using-smartphones Tue, 03 Nov 2015 17:56:24 +0100 swedish-pools-ban-parents-from-using-smartphones Elk rescued from Swede's swimming pool 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 Women banned from public shower shaving Women will no longer be allowed to shave in the showers at some of Sweden’s public swimming halls after a number of visitors saw red and complained. https://www.thelocal.se/20121116/44458 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:34:00 +0100 44458 Boy dead after drowning at Swedish water park A boy has died after life guards found him at the bottom of a pool at a waterpark in central Sweden on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120713/41994 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:57:00 +0200 41994 Woman 'scalped' at Swedish swimming pool Parts of a woman's scalp were torn off in central Sweden after her hair got caught near the edge of a pool over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20110117/31476 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:11:00 +0100 31476 Police arrest Stockholm swimming pool squatters Police raided an indoor public pool south of Stockholm on Wednesday morning to remove three activists who were part of a group which had occupied the facility for nearly two months. https://www.thelocal.se/20091125/23480 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:00 +0100 23480 Peeing in indoor pools increases asthma risk: Swedish study Swedes' habit of relieving themselves in public swimming pools may heighten their risk of asthma if the indoor pools lack proper ventilation, new Swedish research shows. https://www.thelocal.se/20090909/21980 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:28:00 +0200 21980 Flasher suspect claims public masturbation was 'groin massage' A 60-year-old Swedish man who says he was massaging his groin is on trial for sexual harassment after three teenage girls claim they saw him masturbating at a public pool. https://www.thelocal.se/20081211/16280 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:28:00 +0100 16280