The Local Sweden

Half of Viking city of Sigtuna were immigrants: study

Sat, 25 Aug 2018 14:13:57 +0200

No fewer than half the population of the Viking town of Sigtuna were immigrants, a new genetic analysis of human remains from the 10th to the 12th century has discovered.

Five guilty of hazing at elite Swedish school

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:02:00 +0100

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.

Teen tells court of abuse at elite Swedish school

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:29:00 +0100

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.

Fire guts conference centre near Stockholm

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:58:00 +0100

Police have launched an arson investigation following a violent Wednesday night fire that left a popular hotel and conference centre in Sigtuna, north of Stockholm, in ruins.

Elite Swedish school faces new hazing reports

Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:58:00 +0100

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.

Fake cop jailed after failed pick up attempt

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:49:00 +0200

A man who in April pretended to be a policeman and asked a “cute” Swedish woman for her phone number was jailed for 16 months on Monday for impersonating a police officer.

Barred student sues school for a million

Tue, 29 May 2012 12:54:00 +0200

A 20-year-old student at prestigious boarding school Sigtuna, the alma mater of King Carl XVI Gustaf, has sued his school for a million kronor ($139,500) after he has been barred from graduation due to suspicions of bullying, according to daily Aftonbladet.

Cute Swede pulled over by 'policeman' for a date

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:27:00 +0200

A Swedish woman who was pulled over for driving too fast but managed to walk away without a ticket, was shocked to find this was not the last she would hear from the amorous “policeman” that night.

Private school sued after bullying case

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:05:00 +0200

Prestigious Swedish boarding school Lundsberg has been sued for 178,400 kronor ($26,523) in damages for a boy who was allegedly continuously bullied by other students.

Mother convicted of drowning young sons

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:31:00 +0100

The 31-year-old mother who pushed her two young sons into a lake in central Sweden and watched them drown was convicted of murder on Monday and sentenced to closed psychiatric care and deportation.

'We were all supposed to die': mother

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:04:00 +0100

The trial against the 31-year-old mother charged with murdering her two sons by pushing them in the water and watching them drown opened in Sweden on Wednesday.

Mother who killed sons found 'mentally ill'

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0100

A 30-year-old mother who admitted to killing her young sons in September in Sigtuna, north of Stockholm, has been found mentally ill after undergoing a forensic psychiatric evaluation.

Schools agency: kids taught 'to take a beating'

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:36:00 +0100

After reviewing the prestigious boarding school Lundsberg in Värmland, the Swedish Schools Inspectorate (Skolinspektionen) have given the foundation until the end of February to prove that they can rid the school of bullying.

Swedish boarding schools put under review

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:50:00 +0100

All three of Sweden's national boarding schools -- Lundsberg, Grennaskolan and Sigtuna humanistiska läroverk -- will be investigated by the Schools Inspectorate (Skolverket) after reports of systematic bullying and violence between students at two of them.

Sigtuna pastor calls for society to 'listen'

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:00:00 +0200

After the memorial held on Saturday for the two murdered boys in Sigtuna, north of Stockholm, pastor Ann-Marie Johansson called for more communication.

Mother admits to killing sons, 4 and 8

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:45:00 +0200

The 30-year-old mother who is suspected of having murdered her two young sons, whose bodies were recovered from a lake in Sigtuna north of Stockholm on Monday, confessed to their killing on Thursday afternoon.

Killings prompt review of school's actions

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:16:00 +0200

Officials in Sigtuna are looking into why it took 13 days without contact from the mother before schools contacted social services about the absence of two boys, aged 4 and 8, who were found dead in a lake on Monday.

Mother denies killing two young sons

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:24:00 +0200

A mother held on suspicion of killing her two young sons, whose lifeless bodies were recovered from a lake in Sigtuna north of Stockholm on Monday, has denied committing the crime.

Guru's guide: The best beers in Sweden right now

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:38:00 +0100

With so many unconventional Swedish and imported beers currently filling the shelves at your local Systembolaget it’s sometimes difficult to know what bottles to buy and try. Darren Packman, one of Sweden’s leading beer experts, give his tips on what you should (and should not) be pouring into your beer glass.

Hard rocking beer man: 'I brew in A Major'

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:08:00 +0100

“That’s the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll” is a track from Sigtuna Brygghus head brewer Mattias Hammenlind’s favourite hard rock band AC/DC. It also sums up nicely his approach to brewing beer, writes Darren Packman.