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 Police on the island of Gotland removed a public sculpture from the Galgberget nature reserve near Visby on the grounds that it is just too creepy. https://www.thelocal.se/20190309/swedish-police-remove-sculpture-mistaken-for-suicide-victim Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:50:05 +0100 swedish-police-remove-sculpture-mistaken-for-suicide-victim Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, best known for his iconic sculpture of a revolver with a knotted barrel displayed outside the UN headquarters in New York, has died aged 81, Swedish officials said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20160504/swedish-knotted-gun-sculptor-reuterswrd-dies-at-81 Wed, 04 May 2016 14:32:29 +0200 swedish-knotted-gun-sculptor-reuterswrd-dies-at-81 What happens when an entire town is knocked down and relocated? In Kiruna, Sweden's most northerly town, a 'memory park' has been created from the rubble as a monument to residents' feelings of loss. https://www.thelocal.se/20151221/in-pictures-kirunas-memory-park Mon, 21 Dec 2015 07:55:40 +0100 in-pictures-kirunas-memory-park The northern Swedish town of Luleå has unveiled its annual giant animal-themed ice sculpture, with a beaver selected for 2015. https://www.thelocal.se/20150120/swedens-lule-carves-spot-for-giant-beaver Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:34:00 +0100 swedens-lule-carves-spot-for-giant-beaver A hunter made a macabre find in the forest on an island off the east coast of Sweden at the weekend, stumbling across several life-sized wooden sculptures depicting tied-up naked women. https://www.thelocal.se/20121023/43996 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:07:00 +0200 43996 Swedish artist Maria von Köhler has received death threats after the recent installation of a sculpture depicting Michael Jackson almost dropping his infant son out of the window at an East London recording studio. https://www.thelocal.se/20110407/33068 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:01:00 +0200 33068 National alerts were issued for several 'priceless' church artifacts stolen overnight on Sunday from Tidersrums church in southeastern Sweden's Kisa. https://www.thelocal.se/20101018/29682 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:46:00 +0200 29682 A sculpture owned by a Swedish union fetched nearly 50 million kronor ($7.52 million) at a Christie's auction in London on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20101018/29670 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:23:00 +0200 29670