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 is regularly hailed as a bastion of gender equality, but that doesn't mean sexual harassment is non-existent. https://www.thelocal.se/20171019/we-think-were-an-equal-society-but-harassment-happens-here-too Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:16:12 +0200 we-think-were-an-equal-society-but-harassment-happens-here-too A politician was allegedly sexually molested at the official opening party of Almedalen Week, Sweden's annual politics festival, when a businessman snapped a picture up her skirt. https://www.thelocal.se/20170704/swedish-politician-sexually-molested-at-almedalen-political-festival-visby-gotland Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:39:35 +0200 swedish-politician-sexually-molested-at-almedalen-political-festival-visby-gotland A young girl was reportedly sexually assaulted by a group of six-year-olds at a school in Härnösand in the north of Sweden this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20121222/45240 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:46:00 +0100 45240 The man behind a paedophile name-and-shame website that publishes details of mostly foreign-born sex offenders has himself been jailed for sexually exploiting a minor, according to Swedish media reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20121221/45220 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:51:00 +0100 45220 Several residents in Örebro, central Sweden, were shocked when they sorted through their post recently and found a detailed account of a child sex crime committed by one of their neighbours. https://www.thelocal.se/20121120/44538 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:31:00 +0100 44538 The head of a Sweden Democrat party district and member of the party’s election committee used the party's website to call for the castration of four young boys suspected of sexual crimes. https://www.thelocal.se/20120911/43160 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:23:00 +0200 43160 Charges against the two Swedes suspected of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in a New York hotel room have been dismissed. https://www.thelocal.se/20120225/39324 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:01:00 +0100 39324 A 32-year-old woman from Dalarna in central Sweden has been remanded on suspicions of child rape for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy. https://www.thelocal.se/20111230/38236 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:26:00 +0100 38236 A Swedish appeals court has revoked the licence of a Stockholm-area doctor who has previously been convicted of child sex offences and has admitted to substance abuse problems. https://www.thelocal.se/20110318/32668 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:14:00 +0100 32668 More often than not, sex crimes accusations in Sweden don't lead to formal charges, a new study shows. The frequency with which charges are filed also varies widely across the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20110221/32182 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:13:00 +0100 32182 A former high-ranking police official has been arrested in central Sweden on suspicion of raping a woman and attempting to rape several children. https://www.thelocal.se/20100127/24628 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:21:00 +0100 24628 A website featuring personal information about Swedes convicted of sex crimes involving children has been reported to the police by Sweden's Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen – DI). https://www.thelocal.se/20100118/24446 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:41:00 +0100 24446 A court in Halmstad on the southwest coast of Sweden has dismissed charges against a man who reportedly took a photo of a 17-year-old girl's genitals while she was sleeping. The court said that the incident was was not a punishable offense. https://www.thelocal.se/20091231/24144 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:43:00 +0100 24144 A 60-year-old Church of Sweden pastor faces a remand hearing this Friday for the alleged sexual abuse of two children during an overseas trip with a group of candidates for confirmation. https://www.thelocal.se/20091217/23902 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:40:00 +0100 23902 A businessman from southern Sweden who attempted to pay for sex from two 18-year-old women instead found himself caught up in a blackmail scheme. https://www.thelocal.se/20091118/23330 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:46:00 +0100 23330 Three young people have been indicted in Malmö on pimping charges for repeatedly selling the sexual services of a 14-year-old girl with a mild mental disability. https://www.thelocal.se/20091116/23290 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:23:00 +0100 23290 Being found guilty of paying for group sex with a minor is not sufficient grounds for education officials in Stockholm to fire a teacher who has refused to quit following his conviction. https://www.thelocal.se/20091015/22680 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:20:00 +0200 22680 A 48-year-old man is on trial in Helsingborg in south-western Sweden for having sexually assaulted a police officer following an interrogation for other alleged sex crimes. https://www.thelocal.se/20091008/22530 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:24:00 +0200 22530 A 62-year-old man found guilty of sex crimes perpetrated against eight girls over a period of several years had his sentence reduced on Wednesday from seven to five years. https://www.thelocal.se/20090805/21128 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:41:00 +0200 21128 An Uppsala University education student has been charged for requesting nude pictures over the internet from hundreds of underage girls across Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20090710/20584 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:49:00 +0200 20584