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 Over 1,500 people took their own lives in Sweden in 2017, 149 of whom were between the ages of 15 and 24. https://www.thelocal.se/20181126/suicides-increasing-amongst-swedish-youth Mon, 26 Nov 2018 18:24:39 +0100 suicides-increasing-amongst-swedish-youth An anti-suicide charity says the Swedish government needs to provide more resources to help reduce the number of people in the country taking their own lives. https://www.thelocal.se/20170807/swedish-government-should-do-more-to-prevent-suicides-charity-argues Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:50:33 +0200 swedish-government-should-do-more-to-prevent-suicides-charity-argues UPDATED: Swedish soldiers in Timbuktu were caught up in a suicide attack late last night. https://www.thelocal.se/20161011/attempted-suicide-attack-on-swedish-troops-in-mali Tue, 11 Oct 2016 09:13:15 +0200 attempted-suicide-attack-on-swedish-troops-in-mali Parents have hit out after their 13-year-olds were asked to write a suicide letter in Swedish class. But the school says the controversial assignment was only a misunderstanding. https://www.thelocal.se/20150923/swedish-pupils-told-to-pen-suicide-note Wed, 23 Sep 2015 19:14:31 +0200 swedish-pupils-told-to-pen-suicide-note Swedish researchers have been sharing details of a woodland project designed to help European countries outwit future terrorists plotting attacks with homemade bombs. https://www.thelocal.se/20150212/sweden-hosts-project-to-stop-homemade-bombs Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:24:00 +0100 sweden-hosts-project-to-stop-homemade-bombs Sweden's Security Service (Säpo) has announced that it will stop its core investigation into a suicide bombing in Stockholm four years ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20141022/stockholm-bomb-investigation-to-cease Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:18:00 +0200 stockholm-bomb-investigation-to-cease Last year 1,600 people in Sweden took their own lives - and for Swedes aged 15 to 24, the numbers haven't been so high since 1989. https://www.thelocal.se/20140728/swedish-suicide-rates-hit-25-year-high Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:32:00 +0200 swedish-suicide-rates-hit-25-year-high Charities working with mental health issues in Sweden have called for the creation of a new state agency tasked with cutting the rate of suicide in the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20140720/mental-health-groups-call-for-suicide-agency Sun, 20 Jul 2014 13:35:43 +0200 mental-health-groups-call-for-suicide-agency Swedish police failed to search for a suicidal 24-year-old despite a plea from psychiatric services after the woman had disappeared. https://www.thelocal.se/20140602/police-take-four-hours-to-respond-to-suicide-call Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:52:00 +0200 police-take-four-hours-to-respond-to-suicide-call A woman was forced to enter a psychiatric hospital in southern Sweden after police officers tasked with picking up a female patient ended up knocking on her door by mistake. She has since received a bill for the unscheduled visit. https://www.thelocal.se/20140130/woman-invoiced-for-accidentally-being-sectioned Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:21:00 +0100 woman-invoiced-for-accidentally-being-sectioned A widow in northern Sweden has taken a landmark case against her late husband's former employer claiming that his suicide was caused by bullying in the workplace. https://www.thelocal.se/20131111/bullying-suicide-trial-gets-underway Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:52:00 +0100 bullying-suicide-trial-gets-underway The trial started on Wednesday of a 45-year-old man suspected of driving a 13-year-old girl to suicide by threatening to publish sex acts he allegedly made her perform online. He faces multiple child sex charges. https://www.thelocal.se/20131002/50552 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 12:39:00 +0200 50552 An 84-year-old woman in western Sweden committed suicide on Thursday by throwing herself off her own balcony during a meeting with case officers there to determine whether she could live in an elderly home. https://www.thelocal.se/20130926/50468 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:07:00 +0200 50468 A 45-year-old man from western Sweden has been charged on 25 counts of sex offences against children, including rape. https://www.thelocal.se/20130917/50282 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:28:00 +0200 50282 Men are at greater risk of suicide than women, with loneliness and lower education factors affecting their mental health, according to a new Swedish-American study. https://www.thelocal.se/20130607/48362 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:13:00 +0200 48362 Suicide rates have risen dramatically since 1995 among young people in Sweden with disabilities that leave them with reduced working capacities, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.se/20130516/47950 Thu, 16 May 2013 19:12:00 +0200 47950 Prosecutors on Friday ordered a 44-year-old man held on remand, saying the man's online chats are connected to a 13-year-old girl's suspected suicide. https://www.thelocal.se/20130315/46742 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:54:00 +0100 46742 Police have arrested a 45-year-old man on suspicions of sex crimes in connection with their investigation into a case of cyberbullying that police suspect drove a 13-year-old girl to commit suicide. https://www.thelocal.se/20130314/46726 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:10:00 +0100 46726 Teachers of the 13-year-old girl who is believed to have killed herself in central Sweden last week knew she was being bullied, according to her friends and family. https://www.thelocal.se/20130313/46718 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:39:00 +0100 46718 Police are investigating whether a 13-year-old girl who died after being hit by a train in central Sweden last week may have committed suicide after being bullied online. https://www.thelocal.se/20130312/46682 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:30:00 +0100 46682