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 23-year-old man has been sentenced to life in jail over the brutal murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend, who sparked a huge search when she went missing in western Sweden last year. https://www.thelocal.se/20200728/man-locked-up-for-life-for-murdering-girlfriend-in-western-sweden Tue, 28 Jul 2020 10:21:35 +0200 man-locked-up-for-life-for-murdering-girlfriend-in-western-sweden Memorial ceremonies were held in western Sweden after police said that a missing teenager had been confirmed dead. Her boyfriend is being held on suspicion of murder. https://www.thelocal.se/20191202/tributes-paid-after-missing-girl-found-dead-in-western-sweden Mon, 02 Dec 2019 13:37:13 +0100 tributes-paid-after-missing-girl-found-dead-in-western-sweden A nine-year-old boy survived a plunge into almost freezing water after the car he was in drove under the surface at a Swedish ferry port, killing one. https://www.thelocal.se/20180223/boy-survives-as-car-plunges-into-freezing-water-in-sweden-killing-one Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:46:33 +0100 boy-survives-as-car-plunges-into-freezing-water-in-sweden-killing-one Two brothers were being held by police on Monday over a triple murder in the town of Uddevalla in western Sweden on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150309/swedish-police-question-brothers-over-triple-murder Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:43:49 +0100 swedish-police-question-brothers-over-triple-murder Swedish police are seeking to come into contact with two people on a moped seen leaving the scene of a suspected triple murder in Uddevalla in western Sweden on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20150308/swedish-police-hunt-two-in-triple-murder-case Sun, 08 Mar 2015 09:20:57 +0100 swedish-police-hunt-two-in-triple-murder-case Three people were found dead in the city of Uddevalla in western Sweden. Police have confirmed that the case is being investigated as a triple homicide. https://www.thelocal.se/20150307/three-found-murdered-in-uddevalla Sat, 07 Mar 2015 13:08:00 +0100 three-found-murdered-in-uddevalla A man in western Sweden faces charges for illegal weapons possession after building a crossbow to protect himself from vampires. https://www.thelocal.se/20140708/swede-builds-crossbow-to-fight-vampires Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:23:00 +0200 swede-builds-crossbow-to-fight-vampires Angry Birds-themed equipment at a playground in western Sweden has parents hopping mad that the city has subjected their children to unwanted marketing for the popular video game. https://www.thelocal.se/20140109/parents-fuming-over-angry-birds-playground Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:09:00 +0100 parents-fuming-over-angry-birds-playground The principal of a school in western Sweden is under investigation for unilaterally scrapping the marks given to a class of eighth graders because they were too low in comparison to other schools in the area. https://www.thelocal.se/20120127/38754 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:16:00 +0100 38754 Volvo Car Corporation is terminating production at their plant in Uddevalla, in western Sweden, when they take over sole ownership of the company in 2013, the company announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111003/36518 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:57:00 +0200 36518 A young man was seriously injured on Saturday night after jumping from the fourth-floor balcony of an apartment in Uddevalla in south-west Sweden as he attempted to avoid arrest. https://www.thelocal.se/20110529/34058 Sun, 29 May 2011 15:11:00 +0200 34058 Nine people were injured early on Saturday morning when a bus drove into a ditch on the E6 motorway, north of the village of Tanumshede in Bohuslän in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20100327/25762 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:22:00 +0100 25762 A teenage boy died on Wednesday evening after being electrocuted when he climbed up on the engine of a train in Uddevalla in western Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20091001/22396 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:39:00 +0200 22396 Six men have been formally charged under Swedish gambling laws after they organized an illegal million-kronor poker tournament involving 700 people. https://www.thelocal.se/20071001/8659 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:52:00 +0200 8659 A man charged on Friday with raping and sexually abusing his stepdaughter over a nine year period was reported to the police as long ago as 2003. https://www.thelocal.se/20070814/8180 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:07:00 +0200 8180 A woman has admitted stealing a man's wallet and taking nearly 900,000 kronor ($129,000) from his bank account. https://www.thelocal.se/20070328/6824 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:18:00 +0200 6824 A man who raped his daughter hundreds of times, and who made her pregnant at the age of 13, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail by Gothenburg District Court. https://www.thelocal.se/20060317/3309-2 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:48:00 +0100 3309-2