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 A decision to close two schools in the Swedish city of Trollhättan and bus the students to other schools in the area, in a bid to reduce segregation, is expected to be made on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20201027/desegregation-buses-proposed-in-swedish-city-trollhattan Tue, 27 Oct 2020 08:20:27 +0100 desegregation-buses-proposed-in-swedish-city-trollhattan A 14-year-old girl is suspected of causing another teenager's death at a residential care home in Trollhätten, western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20181116/14-year-old-girl-suspected-death-teenager-home Fri, 16 Nov 2018 08:57:11 +0100 14-year-old-girl-suspected-death-teenager-home We're wrong to blame acts of violence on racism alone, argues equality strategist Marcus Svensson two years after a far-right sympathizer killed three people at the Kronan school in Trollhättan. https://www.thelocal.se/20171024/opinion-racism-alone-does-not-explain-far-right-school-attack-sweden-trollhattan-kronan Tue, 24 Oct 2017 09:59:59 +0200 opinion-racism-alone-does-not-explain-far-right-school-attack-sweden-trollhattan-kronan Shooting is underway in Sweden for a new Lars von Trier movie starring Hollywood actress Uma Thurman, producers have announced. https://www.thelocal.se/20170308/uma-thurman-to-shoot-new-lars-von-trier-thriller-in-sweden Wed, 08 Mar 2017 08:00:57 +0100 uma-thurman-to-shoot-new-lars-von-trier-thriller-in-sweden Hundreds of people on Saturday turned out for a torchlight procession in the small town of Trollhättan in southwestern Sweden to honour the victims of last year’s deadly school attack there. https://www.thelocal.se/20161023/trollhttan-remembers-school-attack-victims Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:12:10 +0200 trollhttan-remembers-school-attack-victims Police in south-western Swedish city Trollhättan were set to hold meetings with members of the local municipality on Thursday, following a second night of unexplained disturbances in the area. https://www.thelocal.se/20160901/swedish-police-puzzled-by-trollhattan-disturbances Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:40:27 +0200 swedish-police-puzzled-by-trollhattan-disturbances A father suspected of involvement in the death of a baby has been detained in custody in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20160715/father-detained-over-swedish-baby-death Fri, 15 Jul 2016 12:08:23 +0200 father-detained-over-swedish-baby-death More than 200 school children and teachers have been told they can apply for compensation following the deadly attacks by a sword-wielding 21-year-old last November. https://www.thelocal.se/20160310/swedish-pupils-could-get-payout-for-trollhttan-stabbings Thu, 10 Mar 2016 09:12:47 +0100 swedish-pupils-could-get-payout-for-trollhttan-stabbings The sword-wielding man who killed three people in a school attack last year was motivated by racial hatred and had spent two weeks planning the attack, police have revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20160308/killer-spent-two-weeks-planning-school-attack Tue, 08 Mar 2016 13:22:41 +0100 killer-spent-two-weeks-planning-school-attack A 15-year-old boy has died from knife wounds after an argument with a younger pupil escalated at a school in southern Sweden, police reported on Monday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.se/20160111/swedish-pupil-dies-in-hospital-after-stabbing Mon, 11 Jan 2016 18:43:19 +0100 swedish-pupil-dies-in-hospital-after-stabbing Trollhättan pupils and staff on Thursday turned out to remember one of their favourite teachers who became the third victim of a far-right killer in a rare Swedish school attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20151217/hundreds-turn-out-for-stabbed-teachers-funeral Thu, 17 Dec 2015 18:32:01 +0100 hundreds-turn-out-for-stabbed-teachers-funeral A Swedish teacher who was believed to be on the road to recovery after an attack on a school in Trollhättan in October has died from his injuries. https://www.thelocal.se/20151204/teacher-becomes-third-victim-of-sword-attack Fri, 04 Dec 2015 08:42:37 +0100 teacher-becomes-third-victim-of-sword-attack Four weeks after a masked man attacked pupils and staff in Sweden's first school massacre since the 1960s, children in Trollhättan say they're still scared, while community leaders are fighting to restore the town's peaceful reputation. https://www.thelocal.se/20151119/we-cant-go-out-without-our-dads-and-mums-now Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:01:53 +0100 we-cant-go-out-without-our-dads-and-mums-now A teacher who was left fighting for his life when a masked swordman stabbed him in the stomach is on the road to recovery, following the attack in which a pupil and a teaching assistant died. https://www.thelocal.se/20151118/brave-trollhttan-teacher-millimetre-from-death Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:00:29 +0100 brave-trollhttan-teacher-millimetre-from-death Swedish police have described the moment they shot dead a 21-year-old swordman who killed two in an attack on a school in Trollhättan in western Sweden in October. https://www.thelocal.se/20151113/swedish-swordman-had-put-on-make-up Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:50:24 +0100 swedish-swordman-had-put-on-make-up A 15-year-old boy has spoken of the moment a masked swordman stabbed him in the stomach, after killing one of his fellow pupils and a teaching assistant in an attack on a Trollhättan school. https://www.thelocal.se/20151106/trollhttan-teen-im-so-happy-to-be-alive Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:37:00 +0100 trollhttan-teen-im-so-happy-to-be-alive A Swedish school was still in mourning when it reopened on Monday, more than a week after an attack which saw a sword-wielding knifeman kill a pupil and teaching assistant. https://www.thelocal.se/20151102/trollhttan-pupils-return-after-fatal-school-attack Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:38:00 +0100 trollhttan-pupils-return-after-fatal-school-attack UPDATED: A ceremony has been held to remember Ahmed Hassan, the 15-year-old Swedish Somali boy killed in the school attack in Trollhättan, days after a huge funeral took place for the teaching assistant who also died. https://www.thelocal.se/20151030/funeral-for-somali-boy-killed-in-sword-attack Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:11:20 +0100 funeral-for-somali-boy-killed-in-sword-attack Police in west Sweden have revealed that a second pupil survived being struck by the Trollhättan sword attacker last week, during the stabbings which killed another teenage pupil and teaching assistant and put two others in hospital. https://www.thelocal.se/20151029/second-student-survived-school-sword-attack Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:11:00 +0100 second-student-survived-school-sword-attack UPDATED: Around 1500 people gathered to pay tribute to a teaching assistant who was killed when he tried to protect his pupils from a sword attacker last week. https://www.thelocal.se/20151028/funeral-of-heroic-teacher-to-take-place-in-sweden Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:53:30 +0100 funeral-of-heroic-teacher-to-take-place-in-sweden