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 in Uppsala were called after a tourist accidentally got locked inside a supermarket on Sunday evening. https://www.thelocal.se/20170925/tourist-locked-in-supermarket-after-toilet-visit-uppsala-sweden Mon, 25 Sep 2017 10:43:10 +0200 tourist-locked-in-supermarket-after-toilet-visit-uppsala-sweden Are Swedish teenagers too afraid of embarrassing noises to go to the toilet at school? https://www.thelocal.se/20170609/use-music-to-help-swedish-teens-poo-urges-politician-tingsryd Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:38:44 +0200 use-music-to-help-swedish-teens-poo-urges-politician-tingsryd Snus, that's what gets flushed. https://www.thelocal.se/20161117/this-is-how-much-snus-that-gets-flushed-every-day-in-sweden Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:12:46 +0100 this-is-how-much-snus-that-gets-flushed-every-day-in-sweden A police officer in northern Sweden was left feeling flushed after his girlfriend broke up with him by text message. So much so that he forgot he was carrying a service weapon. https://www.thelocal.se/20160712/dumped-police-left-his-gun-in-the-toilet Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:15:37 +0200 dumped-police-left-his-gun-in-the-toilet A gang of burglars caught red handed when they tried to break into a pizza restaurant in central Sweden, were forced to hide in the toilet to escape "the owner's wrath". https://www.thelocal.se/20160112/pizza-thieves-flushed-out-after-owner-hits-back Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:08:51 +0100 pizza-thieves-flushed-out-after-owner-hits-back A Swedish woman was left feeling flushed after getting herself trapped in her own bathroom – for 15 hours. https://www.thelocal.se/20151120/swedish-woman-stuck-in-bathroom-for-a-whole-day Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:17:00 +0100 swedish-woman-stuck-in-bathroom-for-a-whole-day Poorly cleaned toilets are to blame for increasing numbers of Swedish schoolchildren seeking medical treatment, paediatricians have warned, amid a rising number of complaints about the cleanliness of schools in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20131010/50706 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:52:00 +0200 50706 The majority of hospitals in Sweden are not following the country’s guidelines for toilet hygiene, with many only cleaning the toilets once a day or less. https://www.thelocal.se/20121210/44956 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:25:00 +0100 44956 Two people have been arrested for attempting to steal several items, including coffee, tea – and a toilet seat – from a courthouse in southern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20120713/41996 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:46:00 +0200 41996 Sweden's Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) has approved a new system of paying for public toilets using text messages in Malmö's famous Folkets Park. https://www.thelocal.se/20090902/21840 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:51:00 +0200 21840 The Malmö police department will stop at no lengths to refrain from spending a penny, employees learned recently. https://www.thelocal.se/20090622/20206 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:44:00 +0200 20206 A hunter from western Sweden has been cleared of charges of endangering human life after accidentally shooting a distant toilet seat rather than the goose at which he had taken aim. https://www.thelocal.se/20090520/19558 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:36:00 +0200 19558 An employee who chose a new toilet to mark his 25 years of service for a municipality in southern Sweden has officials in Gnosjö rethinking the rules for how it honours faithful workers. https://www.thelocal.se/20090417/18912 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:22:00 +0200 18912 Swedish dry toilets have been deployed in inner Mongolia - a booming region of China suffering a chronic shortage of water resources. It took some time to win over the locals however, Svenska Dagbladet reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20080729/13348 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:44:00 +0200 13348 An elderly woman was forgotten on the toilet for 10 hours by staff at her old people's home in Katrineholm, 160 km west of Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20080618/12516 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:51:00 +0200 12516